Summoner Supporter

Supporter branches
Decel Binder	Summoner	Hexer	Bard
Abjurer	Artificer	Ritualist	–

“	Deals Arts Damage. Can use Summons in battles.	”
	—Trait description

Summoner Supporter is a branch of the Supporter class in Arknights.

As their name suggests, Summoner Supporters allow the deployment of summons while they are deployed, which are subject to the following rules:

The summons have a limited deployment count which can only be replenished if the Summoner Supporter is redeployed or the summons are recovered through certain skills; retreating the summons will not replenish their count.
If the Summoner Supporter is knocked out or retreated, all of their corresponding deployed summons will be destroyed.
The summons are counted towards the Unit Limit.

Summoner Supporters themselves are identical to Core Casters, but with lower stats.

Operators[]

Module	Information
SUM-X	New trait: The first summoned unit does not consume deployment slots (The last summoned unit on the field does not return a deployment slot when retreated or defeated) Magallan Mayer Scene
SUM-Y	Trait improved: Can hold +3 additional summoned units and summoned unit deployment costs are reduced Deepcolor Ling Magallan
Additional information
The SUM-Y Module's cost reduction varies with the summon, between 20% to 30% depending on the summon's DP cost.

While Summoner Supporters have been shown to be able to clear most operations single-handedly, it should be noted that their summons' micromanagement can be very intense, especially in the operations where unit limit is reduced. Therefore, knowledge of enemies' pathing is very valuable especially for Magallan whose summon cannot block enemies at all.

The SUM-X Module can help the Summoner Supporter keep one of their summons on the field throughout the operation, provided it is the first one deployed.
The SUM-Y Module helps expedite the deployment of the Summoner Supporter's summons as well as minimizing the impact caused by the summons' loss.