Arknights Upcoming Banners for the Second Half of 2025

Hey there, Arknights enthusiasts! With half of 2025 gone, the Global server’s Thorns The Lodestar Rate Up Banner has concluded. What powerful new operators await us in the second half of the year?

In this guide, we'll take a peek at the CN server schedule to reveal all the upcoming banners for the next six months. We'll break down each new operator, examining their strengths and roles. This guide will help you figure out if they're worth rolling for.

Follow this guide to unlock the secrets of the upcoming operators. Discover which ones can truly enhance your gameplay. Boost your strategic prowess and get ready to conquer the battlefield with the best new additions to your team.

Arknights 2025 Upcoming Banners & Operators - Banners Schedule

With each of the upcoming banners, we will review the rate-up operators and provide a quick analysis of their playstyles. This will give players a solid understanding of their skill kits and power levels before we advise on whether the banner is worth rolling for.

Please note that the timeframe for some of the banners may differ slightly from reality. This data is based on the CN server schedule, and the Global server can change their schedule at any time. However, the order of the banners should remain correct regardless of any differences in release timeframes.

July - Limited Operator Banner - Yu & Blaze the Igniting Spark

Starting us off is one of the most important banner of the year in July, celebrating Arknights’ half anniversary with the release of a brand new Limited Operator banner, featuring the Limited 6* Defender Operator Yu and the 6* Caster Operator Blaze the Igniting Spark or Blaze Alter.

Limited Operator---Yu: Yu is an extremely powerful Defender Operator with the unique ability to enable the special elemental damage type - Burn. His class and talent allow him to block large numbers of enemies, dealing burning elemental damage to all enemies he blocks. Additionally, he boasts amazing skills that can enhance other operators.

Crucially, Yu’s second skill allows him to teleport enemies to his position to deal massive amounts of Burn elemental damage. Yu’s most important skill—his third skill—sets up a burning threshold on the field. Any Arts damage exceeding this threshold will inflict additional Burn elemental damage to enemies, effectively turning all Arts DPS operators into Burn elemental damage dealers.

Blaze the Igniting Spark: Blaze the Igniting Spark, also known as Blaze Alter, is a Primal Caster operator specializing in Burn Elemental damage. She excels at clearing large waves of enemies.

Her damage output is relatively strong, and her abilities pair extremely well with Burn enablers like Yu. However, when operating alone, she does less damage overall and may be outperformed by other strong Caster options like Logos and Nymph.

Should You Roll: YES. This is one of the Limited banners coming up in Arknights, and Yu is one of the best operators in the game in terms of utility. Rolling for him is extremely crucial as he is a limited operator.

 

August - New Operator Banner - Entelechia

After the release of Yu's limited banner, players will have a decent amount of break time before the release of a brand new Rate Up Banner for the brand new 6* Guard operator—Entelechia.

Entelechia: Entelechia is a 6* Guard Operator of the Reaper archetype. She specializes in dealing constant damage to enemies surrounding her and an ally while healing herself and the ally.

Entelechia’s skill kit focuses on dealing AoE Arts attacks to enemies in a decent range, stealing their HP, and summoning special candles that will deal damage to enemies within range when Entelechia attacks them.

Should You Roll: It Depends. While Entelechia is a decently strong operator with a powerful AoE Arts skill kit that works well with many other operators, she faces competition from other Guard operators in the game. Additionally, her HP manipulation and inability to be healed might prove difficult to manage for some players, so you should take that into consideration as well.

 

September - New Operator Banner - Necrass

Following the release of Entelechia, it will take around 3 weeks for the next brand new operator to release together with her special side story - the long-awaited 6* Caster Operator Necrass.

Necrass: Necrass is a 6* Caster Operator of the extremely interesting Shaper Caster branch. Her main gimmick revolves around dealing Arts damage and summoning familiars to aid her in battle upon successfully killing enemies within her range.

Necrass’s skill kit is extremely powerful, with the ability to summon up to 3 familiars in her attack range whenever she manages to defeat enemies. These familiars have the ability to block enemies and deal Arts damage to them. When using her skill, Necrass can fuse multiple familiars into 1 extremely powerful familiar that has stronger stats and a higher block count to aid her in battle. She can even enhance this familiar further by boosting her own attack and the familiar’s attack.

Should You Roll: Yes. Necrass is one of the strongest and most versatile Caster operators in the game. Her ability to deal with enemies from afar and block enemies with her familiars makes her a valuable addition to any team. Her controlling playstyle and powerful damage output make her one of the best Operators to roll for both old and new players alike.

 

October - New Operator Banner - Monst3r

After the release of Necrass, players will have the release of the 15th Main Story Chapter of Arknights - Dissociative Recombination, featuring another brand new 6* Medic Operator - Monst3r.

Monst3r: Monst3r is a 6* Medic operator of the Chain Medic archetype, with the ability to heal multiple operators in range through special chain healing techniques. Monst3r is an extremely strong all-round unit, capable of healing, supporting, dealing damage, and carrying the team all in the same kit.

There are 2 different ways players can play Monst3r: healing support or melee laneholder. Monst3r’s 2nd skill allows her to summon a construct in her range and prioritize healing that construct, enabling her to chain heal all allies within her range whenever she heals the construct. For her attack mode, when Monst3r uses her 3rd skill, she will teleport to her construct, forgo her role as a medic, block all enemies in front of her and deal true damage to them.

Should You Roll: Yes. Monst3r is an extremely versatile operator with both damaging and supporting options, making her a very useful operator to bring in many stages, reducing the need for either an additional support or DPS unit.

 

November - Limited Operator Banner - Exusiai The New Covenant & Lemuen

The second and the other important limited banner for Arknights in 2025, with the release of the Arknights Special Thank You Celebration, you will be able to roll on the special Limited Operator Rate Up Banner, featuring the Limited 6* Specialist Operator Exusiai and the 6* Sniper Operator Lemuen.

Limited Operator---Exusiai The New Covenant: Exusiai The New Covenant, also known as Exusiai Alter, is a 6* Specialist Operator of the Geek archetype, specializing in buffing allies by targeting them with attacks. Exusiai The New Covenant is an extremely interesting operator with a very technical skill kit, requiring players to have a decent understanding of the game to make full use of her skill kit.

In concept, Exusiai the New Covenant’s skill allows her to do 2 things: support and deal damage. When using her second skill, Exusiai Alter will target an ally and grant them massive amounts of shield, protecting them while enhancing her own attacks to deal damage. Her more interesting skill—her third skill, allows Exusiai Alter to place a marker in her attack range. When an ally is defeated or retreated, Exusiai can instantly redeploy them onto her marker, ignoring redployment cooldown time.

Lemuen: Lemuen is a 6* Sniper Operator of the Deadeye Archetype. She specializes in dealing massive amounts of damage to an enemy that is marked by Laterano operators.

Both of Lemuen best skills focus on one thing: dealing massive amounts of Physical damage to marked enemies on the map. Regardless of her attack range, as long as there’s an enemy marked by Lemuen or a Laterano Operator, Lemuen can either snipe them down with powerful shots with her 2nd skill or nuke them instantly with her 3rd skill.

Should You Roll: YES. Once again, this is one of the last important banners in Arknights for the year 2025 and is a limited banner. This means you won’t have the chance to roll for Exusiai the New Covenant for at least a year once she is gone, making rolling on this banner extremely crucial.

 

 

December - New Operator Banner - Tragodia

To end the year, players will be treated with the last side story of the year and the release of the last new operator of 2025 - the 6* Supporter Tragodia or Phantom Alter.

Tragodia: Tragodia is a 6* Supporter Operator of the Spitualist Archetype, specializing in enabling a brand new elemental damage type - Nervous Impairment.

Tragodia’s skill kit is extremely powerful, with the ability to lure enemies to different places and inflict them with Nervous Impairment, preventing them from using skills and making them panic. The strongest part of his skill kit is his ability to kite boss enemies, making them move back and forth on the map without being able to do anything while he deals massive amounts of arts damage to them.

Should You Roll: YES. Once again, Tragodia is an extremely powerful operator that pioneers a very overpowered new elemental damage effect, so having them will help you to enable a lot of other operators in the future that make use of Nervous Impairment.

Conclusion

The second half of 2025 is bringing an impressive array of banners and operators to Arknights. These new additions are packed with higher-level power and capabilities that can greatly boost your game. We hope this guide helps you plan your pulls wisely and take your gameplay to new heights.

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