Arkis (Japanese:アーキスArkis) is a playable character appearing inTearRing Saga: Yutona Heroes War Chronicles. He is a Rook Knight in the service ofRunan.

TearRing Saga: Yutona Heroes War Chronicles

Role

Arkis is one of the first playable characters available alongsideKreiss, the second Rook Knight of the first chapter.

Starting stats and growth rates

Rook Knight Level 2

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Promotion stat gains

Analysis

Arkis is a Rook Knight who joins in the first chapter alongside fellow Rook Knight Kreiss. In comparison to Kreiss, Arkis has a noticeable advantage in base speed, but has lower base strength and weapon level. Arkis' growths focus on speed and luck, so he will have no trouble doubling most enemies, but he has low growths in strength and defense, so dealing damage and taking hits is always a concern for him. Additionally, while his weapon level growth is decent, his horrible base ensures he will be stuck using weak weapons for a while until he has gained several levels, which can be difficult due to his lower damage output. Importantly, he cannot use the javelin with his base weapon level. This leads to him being outclassed by other cavaliers such as Kreiss and Raffin due to their higher damage outputs and durability.

Additionally, Arkis promotes to the statistically weakest promotion for the Rook Knight, the Commando Knight, which has unimpressive promotion gains. While it has the unique niche of being the only mounted class that can use lances while dismounted and has no stat penalties for dismounting, other units, such as Lionel, can fulfill the role of an indoor lance user much better.

In terms of skills, Strong Wind can occasionally instantly kill low-defense enemies to make up for his shaky offense. Continue is a mediocre skill to learn as late as level 25, but it should trigger often enough. Canto comes far too late to ever be practical.

Should the player visit chapter 26b, they will face a conundrum involving Arkis. He will become an enemy unit and attempt to attack into the player's units, and if left untrained can easily die doing this. Training Arkis in the early game to get him the stats to not die instantly from counterattacks can make chapter 26b much easier, as they will no longer have to be worried about disarming or neutralizing him, although it's perfectly possible even with an Arkis who has gained no experience to keep him alive. Alternatively, the player can simply kill Arkis.

Ultimately, Arkis is a fairly weak unit whose role is better filled by others. His supports with Runan, Kreiss, and Esther are the best reason to use him.

Personality

Supports

Arkis Rook Knight Supports: Kreiss Rook Knight Bonus: 5 Rina Rook Knight Bonus: 5+10[event 1] [[Saga:{{{supportg3}}}|{{{supportg3}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classg3}}}|{{{classg3}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[Saga:{{{supportg4}}}|{{{supportg4}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classg4}}}|{{{classg4}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classg5}}}|{{{classg5}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[Saga:{{{supportg5}}}|{{{supportg5}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classg5}}}|{{{classg5}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[Saga:{{{supportg6}}}|{{{supportg6}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classg6}}}|{{{classg6}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[Saga:{{{supportg7}}}|{{{supportg7}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classg7}}}|{{{classg7}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} Supported by: Runan Knight Lord Bonus: 5 Kreiss Rook Knight Bonus: 5 Esther Rook Knight Bonus: 0+4[event 2]+2[event 3] Rina Rook Knight Bonus: 5+10[event 1] [[{{{supporto5}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classo5}}}|{{{classo5}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonuso5}}} [[Saga:{{{supporto5}}}|{{{supporto5}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classo5}}}|{{{classo5}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonuso5}}} [[Saga:{{{supporto6}}}|{{{supporto6}}}]] [[Saga:{{{classo6}}}|{{{classo6}}}]] Bonus: {{{bonuso6}}}

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quotes

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Rook Knight File:Bs trs01 arkis rook knight iron sword.png Sword (Iron Sword)

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  Official artwork of Arkis fromTearRing Saga: Yutona Heroes War Chronicles.

References