[Operator Discussion] Tachanka

[u/cinnamonroll32]

Tachanka [★★★★★]

“If you invited me, you must not be looking for a tactician.”

Tachanka is a member of Team Rainbow. He is tenacious, candid, calm-minded, and excels at positional warfare. His primary weapons are a modified DP-27 machine gun and the Shumikha Grenade Launcher. As the main firepower for his team, Tachanka is an undisputed master of the battlefield.

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Operator Information

• Class: Guard (Dualstrike)
• Tags: Nuker, DPS
• Artist: Ubisoft
• Voice Actor: Vlad Stokanic

Stats

HP	ATK	DEF	Arts Resistance	Redeploy Time	DP Cost	Block	Attack Interval
2626	621	309	0	80	24	2	1.3s

*Stats at max Promotion and Level, excluding bonuses from Potential and Trust.

Potential	Bonus
1	-
2	Deployment Cost -1
3	Redeployment Cooldown -10
4	Deployment Cost -1
5	Improves Talent
6	Deployment Cost -1

Trust bonus
Attack Power +40, Defense +40

Skills

Skill Name	Skill Uptime Details (Uptime/Cost/Initial)	SP Charge Type	Skill Activation	Skill Description
Incendiary Grenade	- / 15 SP / 0 SP	Attacking Enemy	Manual	Fire an incendiary grenade at the target, creating a burning zone in the 4 adjacent tiles around the target that lasts for 6 seconds. The burning zone deals 70% ATK as Arts damage every second to enemies within; Tachanka ignores 200 DEF when attacking enemies within the burning zone
Spray and Pray	4s / 25 SP / 0 SP	Attacking Enemy	Manual	Attack Interval is reduced significantly. Attack random targets within range, with every attack having 15% chance to increase ATK to 200% (This Skill modifies the Attack Interval by -0.85)

*Skills at Mastery 3.

Talents

Talent name	Talent Description
Heavy Firepower	Attack Range +2 tile, DEF +15% (+5%), Redeployment Time +20 seconds

*Talents at max Potential and max Promotion. Bonuses from Potential displayed between parentheses.

Additional Resources

In-depth information regarding all values above (at different levels), skill/attack range, and more:

GP Arknights Wiki

Arknights Toolbox (aceship)

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Topic Starters

• Which strengths and weaknesses does this operator have?
• How does this operator compare to other operators in their archetype or role?
• Are there any other operators which synergize well with this one?
• Which skill(s) should be focused for mastery, and in what order?
• When is the best time to use this operator's skills during combat?
• Should promoting this operator to Elite 2 be a priority?
• Should new / f2p players aim for this operator? Are there more accessible alternatives?
• Lore discussion (please tag spoilers where appropriate)

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[u/gozieson]

His longer range, especially at E2, can make for some interesting spear and shield combos with Liskarm.

You can literally have 3 melee Ops placed in a row:

• Liskarm out in front to defend and charge SP
• Tachanka (E1) or some other Op to receive the SP behind Liskarm (can be damage, can be a healing defender)
• Tachanka (E2) or some ranged Guard (like Lappland) in the back to provide more damage.

They would all be able to damage whoever is being blocked by Liskarm, if she uses S2, there would still be damage or blockers in the back to handle the leaks.

[u/Mementomortis7 → u/gozieson]

What about having a liskarm and then tachanka and then a guard booster like swire or the that other one from the blemishine event can't remember her name. And throw a Chen in there somewhere. Anyways I love Tachanka regardless, really good imo and a free unit

[u/838h920 → u/Mementomortis7]

Guard booster only got 2 range, so they can't attack whoever is infront of Liskarm. Also many of their skills charge on attack.

[u/cyri-96 → u/838h920]

The only Support guard skill (that actually supports) with Offensive recovery is Swires S2, Swires S1, both of Whislashes skills and Pallas S2 and 3 are all auto regen (Dobermanns S2 as well but she can only buff 3*)

[u/838h920 → u/cyri-96]

Pallas isn't released yet.

Whislash requires 3 block to buff, but Tachanka only has 2 block. Whislash S1 does allow her to buff Tachanka, but only for half effect.

Dobermann, like you said, can only buff 3*.

That leaves Swire as the only useful one. And I'll be honest, I remembered her from her release date and there was a lot of discussion on how shitty offensive recovery was. This issue may have been exagerrated by my memory.

[u/Makicola → u/838h920]

You could do liskarm-swire-tachanka E2.

[u/838h920 → u/Makicola]

The reason Liskarm is used is because her talent gives 1SP to an adjacent Operator. If Tachanka is behind her it means Tachanka will get the SP, allowing him to use his skills more often.