Endfield Gilberta Physical Shatter Team Detailed Guide How to Play the Physical Shatter Team

In Arknights: Endfield, Gilberta is the second featured operator upon launch. Her skill mechanics are highly suited for Physical Shatter teams. Players interested in mastering this playstyle can refer to the detailed guide below on Gilberta’s Physical Shatter team in Arknights: Endfield. We hope this helps everyone.

Team Composition

Gilberta, Estella, Chen Qianyu, Endministrator. The basic rotation is Gilberta’s battle skill with Nature Infliction + Estella’s battle skill with Cryo Infliction + trigger Solidification + follow with a 4-hit combo skill + Endministrator’s battle skill. Check for ultimate availability, apply 3-4 stacks of Vulnerability for damage calculation, with a 20-second cycle. Details will be explained later during timeline arrangement.

Many people complain about insufficient SP. For the frontline editors, here’s an explanation: the 3-skill small cycle returns 50 SP from the Endministrator, and Estella starts returning 15 SP from the second round. One cycle lasts 20s and actually consumes only 235 SP. Natural regeneration is 20 SP × 8 = 160 SP, and the Endministrator’s final strike recovers 20 SP once per hit. Just four final strikes are enough. Can’t you land four final strikes in 20s? Not to mention the additional SP from Stagger Execution, and the ultimate saves SP. The saved SP can be used for Chen Qianyu’s battle skill to interrupt or stack layers flexibly. Alternating Estella’s ultimate, Gilberta’s ultimate, and Chen Qianyu’s battle skill can guarantee four Vulnerability per cycle.

Member Analysis

The damage multiplier distribution for four operators at skill level 9 is shown in the chart, intended solely to analyze the damage contribution of each skill and facilitate gear selection. The differences are minor. A lower total multiplier does not necessarily indicate weakness; it simply means the output axis in this team composition is lower. Calculations for others were also done for reference only.

Endministrator: Vulnerability accounts for 40%, others are relatively balanced, and basic attacks also account for a significant portion but were not precisely calculated in the multiplier chart. Therefore, the Endministrator is not as specialized as expected, whereas the Æthertech is overly specialized. Hence, the choice of Swordmacner + Æthertech Gloves.

Chen Qianyu: The ultimate accounts for 40%, the 3-piece Swordmancer is unquestionable, and the attributes match. Before the 4th potential reduces the ultimate energy, using Bonekrusha to charge allows a 2-cycle 1-ultimate rotation. After the 4th potential, switch to the Swordmancer Heavy Armor; the 7% Ultimate Gain Efficiency given by Gilberta is enough for a 2-cycle 1-ultimate rotation.

Estella: There are two playstyles. One is to fully charge her energy to unleash her ultimate once per cycle, which can be used as a transitional approach early on when resources are limited, though it results in significant damage loss. In the late game, it is recommended to develop her as a secondary DPS. Considering her damage multipliers, using her merely as a support is a huge waste.

Damage that is easily overlooked includes a 504% combo damage multiplier against Solidification units, 130% Cryo DMG, 240% Shatter damage, and 120% Lift damage (I tested this myself; forced knockback applying the first stack of Vulnerability also has a 120% multiplier, which grants an extra stack of damage compared to a pure physical team applying the first layer for free—impressive).

Gilberta: Damage can be disregarded; activate the gear's ultimate and the Eternal Xiranite set's ultimate to provide team-wide support, fitting the second cycle burst. Many hesitate due to Arts Susceptibility, but it is actually usable. Estella's battle skill deals Cryo DMG (funny).

Recommended Gear Chart

The distribution of operators wearing this gear should be as even as possible.

Output shaft minor details: how to make the Endministrator's combat skill benefit from their own 15-second attack buff every two rounds.

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Character positioning should follow the order of Gilberta, Estella, Chen Qianyu, and the Endministrator, as it affects the sequence of combo skill triggers.

But note that Gilberta and Estella need to be EE tapped in sequence. Estella shatters the ice first, followed by a 2-second delay before Chen Qianyu’s combo, then a 3-second delay before the Endministrator’s combo, and another 3-second delay before the Endministrator’s battle skill. The total 9-second Vulnerability window allows me to maximize efficiency.

During the second cycle, the entire team benefits from the Endministrator's Originium Crystal attack power boost. Gilberta initiates with her ultimate, triggering Solidification with Cryo Infliction. This combo requires instant activation: EE, Estella's ultimate, EE, Chen Qianyu's ultimate, Endministrator's ultimate, and Endministrator's battle skill. The boss usually becomes staggered in the second round, fully buffed and unleashing a final strike.

Tips

1. Gilberta's battle skill has a 3-second activation delay and can be deployed in advance. The effect naturally lasts for a long duration, seemingly around 20s or possibly permanent. By activating it early, you can seamlessly trigger it again once the cooldown is over.

2. When the future Endministrator's potential reduces SP cost to the ultimate level, whether it's a 10% or 15% reduction, you must switch to Ultimate Gain Efficiency armor to achieve one ultimate every two rounds. Do not refine armor and gauntlets in advance, as it would be a waste.

3. Don’t be too superstitious about Pogranichnik SP Recovery. Both my Endministrator and Estella’s battle skills have built-in refunds, which is even better. The more you fight, the more you earn. This team never runs out of SP.