Ray is The New STRONGEST Sniper

I've been using Ray in almost every clear I've done so I thought I'd make an analysis on why I think she is the strongest sniper in the game until we get W in chap 14
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#arknights

[@Storn_]

So, as some people pointed out I had a stroke when reading and her S3 increases reload time not ASPD so my bad there

[@YuriBo26]

Storn would NEVER be hyperbolic about a new operator

[@nazatalitulus9601]

Ita the first cycle man.

[@galeria_m]

well she is the new strongest on global

[@Auroraen]

How Storn TRIVIALIZES the youtube algorithm ... Storn is FINALLY CUTE

[@neonayse8803]

Storn can NEVER find high definition versions of operator sprites for their thumbnails

[@rorogogos]

@@galeria_m isn't she not released until 3 more days?

[@pitagor2]

Ray is the STRONGEST sniper (for about 4 months) Average sniper powercreep

[@galeria_m]

@pitagor2 yeah but i dont mind, she did that well for a shitty archetype and i still love her so much

[@amirreza1937]

I mean ... wisadel doesn't just power creep snipers she power creeps all operators so ... 😂😂😂

[@zombexcc8224]

And here we thought no one could dethrone Chalter for how balanced she is Then Wisadel came and fucked everything up, quite fitting for W

[@vanzeralltheway8638]

@@zombexcc8224 >Comes in >Broke every kind of existing power balance in the game and tier list >Doesnt elaborate >??? >Profit

[@vuototetro0]

w alter is not strong,is unbalanced,that s different

[@galeria_m]

storn is officially my favourite arknights content creator. he complimented my ray and called her hot and all that, thank you

[@dragichav2810]

Reject the ricefields EMBRACE the Bunny 😮

[@Tessssaa]

Why not use both?

[@dragichav2810]

@@Tessssaa good point 👍

[@lividzokk4801]

Bnuyy

[@Only_Ameen04]

​@@Tessssaa The thing called limited resources:

[@galeria_m]

i absolutely love the cute little analysis at the end. top tier analysis up there with dragon

[@galeria_m]

just realized her summon stays on the tile even after the skill ends, even if its outside the original range. wow

[@vanya3935]

Thank you for making the video. I'm a whale (I love this game and fully support it) and I learned my lesson on skipping new operators with Executor Alter. I pull on every new op now. I am looking forward to Ray.

[@galeria_m]

@vanya3935 i wish i was whale. i would do this too

[@vanzeralltheway8638]

Thank you for supporting arknights. I hope your pull goes well

[@imzelone]

Im pulling for Ray and Wisadel, but man... nothing can really replace the satisfaction of hearing and seeing Schwarz S3. Idk, none of the recently released snipers have that oomph sfx+vfx that makes it sound and look powerful (wisadel is the closest, really cool vfx, but the sound is a tad behind schwarz s3).

[@-Seaheart-]

Schwarz S3 and Irene S3 are the most satisfying skills to use in the game despite both being directly powercrept.

[@galeria_m]

@@imzelone true true

[@Ziselaer]

Honestly, that's why she's my waifu. I loved her design and how she packs a punch. E2 90 M9 Max Trust and she's permanently in my squad.

[@galeria_m]

@@Ziselaer okay now im feeling a bit possessive cus im gonna do the same and i want to be the only one

[@Ziselaer]

@@galeria_m Still, I'm glad there're others who enjoy Schwarz. Also, build whoever you like! My Blemishine is M9, Virtuosa M6(M9 soon), and Degenbrecher M6(same as Virtuosa), which are my waifus. Have fun playing and good luck to the upcoming banners!

[@fatuihomicide]

"ray is the hottest character they ever made" real and true

[@ArdentMoogle]

This is why she's OP

[@koekelbagstrogoff966]

Small but important distinction to make at 8:05, Ray's S3 does not give her +atk% but rather an atk scale, meaning she'll get almost full benefit from any +atk% buffs like Warfarin's S2 as her talent only caps at +27% atk. So whereas Schwarz has diminishing returns with her own massive S3 +atk% buff, Pozy's typewriter can't receive such buffs and Typhon is likely to expire any such buff with her lengthy S3 duration, Ray can most likely fully utilise them for her entire S3 duration. I'm also curious if you have any thoughts on her S1 (pushing on sniper lmao) and S2 (infinite duration with faster sandbeast), as it seems to raise her ceiling even further.

[@vanzeralltheway8638]

From what i have seen, Ray S1 is a pretty good push but nobody ever used her for that because, why would you? Even shaw can push 2 at once and can block. Ray S2 is good for her ammo management to circumvent Hunter's limited ammo but again, why would you? Even Humus and gummy can take care of swarm of weak enemies, and enemies's staggered wave can easily mess with her S2 rythm. Edit : I've just tried Ray S2. The biggest drawback of this skill is her innate ammo gimmick. If any tiles in Ray's atk range contain steady flow of enemies, this skill will suck because not even the sandbeast can help her ammo management. She will be locked into perpetual reload especially if a High HP enemy is in her range. Use her S3 Instead. i dont have Ray tho, so i cant give personal experience. 52 pull spent to get a 6star dupe and a single warmy ....

[@arnoldwu744]

Love this new analysis content! I'm excited for more in the future, if it's not too much work. I'm definitely pulling for Ray. Neither the rice fields nor the collabs can stop me.

[@omaba]

I saw a video by sciel where she does 153k damage against patriot. Granted she is buffed with every drug imaginable but its insane.

[@SebastianGonza266]

right at the first release of her, I've realized that she would be a good sniper if making a good use with that potential kit. she can just literally snipe enemies while staying at a safe spot with skill 3 and you can manually indicate the targets. Apart from damage, she has one thing that Typhon literally don't have is a quite good skill uptime with her skill 3, both still have Achilles' heel is that their powerhouse could be ruined with trash mobs if those get inside their range, but Ray's kit make it somewhat more manageable.

[@galeria_m]

@SebastianGonza266 and ASPD wise, Ray is also better. sure Typhon can kill Patriot with extra ammo left, but Ray does it even faster

[@kitsuneprincess4637]

My feelings on Ray are as such: Every day since she was released on CN has been filled with untold suffering, a void in my heart longing to be filled by her presence. In about 36 hours I will be filled with rapture unlike I have ever felt before. She is my love, my soulmate, I can't wait to use her!!! 😭😭😭

[@bluerendar2194]

This is why I have 600+ pulls squirreled away I AIN'T MISSING ANY OF THESE!1!

[@galeria_m]

@@bluerendar2194 man....

[@BringOnTheTrumpets]

Small nitpick but her S3 doesn't affect her attack speed, but rather her reload speed. Attack speed is somewhat antithetical to the archetype, since faster attack means more likelihood of losing your clip and thus needing to reload - but with her S3 her it offsets the downside by both loading to a full clip and making getting extra bullets faster if she's attacking long enough to empty it again.

[@Auroraen]

~300 pulls e2 mats farmed m3 mats on the way irene in TR MY BODY IS READY

[@ncrnmcn]

My well is dry rn dawg. The celebration banner tempted me with the chance of a Mylnar, Goldenglow, and Typhon. Gave me Flametail😭😭😭

[@Auroraen]

typhon isnt even on the celebration banner 😭

[@ncrnmcn]

But the first 2 are still good tho

[@SlavZuko]

Ive got flame tail this week went to trade?

[@ncrnmcn]

If only we could

[@mr.clevertrick8710]

Flametail is good though, but that assumes you guys even use pioneers

[@macsenpai7006]

I will probably do a 10x pull at most. I'm saving for Shu and R6 limited banners.

[@Mishimatic]

2:16 I choose to believe that you timed this exactly to have Ray defeat the boss with her last bullet.

[@helmifaiz4504]

Storn can I ask you a question? When I zoomed an Operator art (especially the E2 one) I always have a pixelated result, but why you always look so Smooth? Is there any place to get the Smooth one? I really want it to make my Wallpaper (Ulpian E2 art looks SO pixelated when I zoomed it)

[@Storn_]

@@helmifaiz4504 some cgs have the characters smaller than others so if you zoom in the result can vary between them, the ones on the video i just took from prts wiki

[@helmifaiz4504]

​@@Storn_ after I checked it, the quality does look better. But I still can't comes up with your thumbnail quality. Perhaps did you use a tool to improve the image quaility? (Sorry if I asked too much)

[@buglocc]

probably AI upscaled, you can see the watercoloring effect from that

[@namensklauer]

one of her selling points is her being a buff target, so i feel you kinda missed not showcasing her with warfarin

[@kami761]

W'isadel in few months: Are you sure about that?

[@areszeudion5153]

I kind of wanted to pull, but after this it's Shu's banner. I want Zuo Le.

[@Dimaaasuu]

Bro trying to make me broke

[@byronignalague9503]

Im only gonna do a 10 pull on her, i plan to skip Shu and get some free pulls off the daily logins to save for Ela and W'alter

[@rafliyaumil8812]

My comment exactly as your idea about Ray. She is super strong, her kit is fun -and she is hot- But we got shu, ela and walter in near future. (Or even ulpianus) Moreover, she is in standard banner. So yeah.. getting her is not the priority -as a meta slave-

[@ggok]

babe wake up new Storn psyop dropped

[@user-fj9gs9kp2e]

What about her other skills are they usefull like Shwartz s2 for example ?

[@Storn_]

Ray S2 won’t be relevant until her module is released and S1 is very niche compared to s3 so that’s why I didn’t talk about them

[@user-le3fu2mb7s]

Exusiai be like: finally a worthy opponent 🐧

[@zeldomaine]

would love to pull becasue of how unique her kit is but i'm saving for chongus

[@Rouma63]

Will pull for tactical bnnuy

[@alicesynthirty]

Originally I'm trying to be responsible on my gacha funds spending so I was planning to skip Ray, but after this vid...plus the past multiple slander on my baby Rosmontis... Unrelated but do you guys know how to hire the Armorless Union? A certain sniperknights is in need of some sniping

[@edceltolenntino7147]

man they should have made totter a 6 star~ his kit is just BEAUTIFUL

[@606hunter1]

I want the bunny. She’s strong, pretty, and the kit is fun.

[@MiniOkage]

She's very pretty plus comfy outfit so yes

[@user-db7ux8ib3v]

10 pulls and a dream

[@munteanurodica2252]

I think she is cool. But I am a Typhon enjoyer. I am broke on all resources and saving up for Shu. She is a welcome spook though. I would raise her asap because bunny.

[@viviansytsui]

The summon is stupidly cute and I can't help but want to pull because I envision this little sand beast scavenging her bullets back for her.

[@ThatPianoTuner]

I got Ray, because I still have blemishine and she still holds up, I don't really care that much about meta because that would mean spending actual money on that game, im just happy with my Ray of sunshine, Arturia, silverash and Blemishine

[@clemenssmith8870]

you need her for CC UNDERDAWN thats the best reason for now hahahaha

[@NeoSpira]

what is it about snipers that makes it so prone to powercreep?

[@galeria_m]

@@NeoSpira guard has it way worse

[@galeria_m]

@@NeoSpira and caster

[@galeria_m]

those three, along with medic and defender, are incredibly narrow classes that do a specifized thing instead of being a generalized group who can "do a bunch of weird shit" like specialists, vanguards and supporters

[@dragichav2810]

Did you just usef the Steam Knight clear again 😂👍

[@billybobjoe4847]

Ray or typhon? I'm getting Ray but just want to know the tradeoffs

[@Storn_]

@@billybobjoe4847 typhon is really fucking good at dealing damage and she will do that, she also has the good lazy s2. Ray can’t reach her total dmg but the damage she can do is most of the time more than enough and she also has great cc with her s3 and the best range out of every 6* sniper

[@Engitsu]

Layback gameplay - Typhon, buttcheeks clenched gameplay - Ray. Both do great damage, while Typhon more total damage and ridiculously wide map coverage, meanwhile Ray burst damage and basically "pick the target" coverage. Both can make you happy using them that’s for sure 👍

[@galeria_m]

Typhon is very simple. Tons of damage, damage, and more damage. Ray is a bit more complex. Micro managing, flexibility, tons of damage, and tons of utility. Depending on how your brain works, Typhon could be better than Ray and Ray could be better than Typhon

[@bahtiarilhamt2390]

must pull warmy lmao

[@antaresarcturus]

wait a minute... Since when you can deploy operator on paused?

[@clytievangogh2421]

Since executor alter's update

[@justyourusualDoktah]

Gotta love how every new operator is the NEW STRONGEST for that class. (According to Storn)

[@kalutex3170]

I have 75 pulls and a dream, I came back to arknights after a 3 years hiatus just because of Ray and I hope for the gachagods to have mercy on me... Status: Farming rocks like crazy...

[@galeria_m]

@@kalutex3170 i pray for your success

[@kalutex3170]

The gachagods have been merciful! They have granted my wish in 70 pulls...

[@kalutex3170]

@@galeria_m It seems your prayers were very helpful, thanks a lot for that, fellow sniper bnnuy enjoyer.

[@galeria_m]

@@kalutex3170 I pray for your luck and blessings to extend to the banners you wish to gacha!!!

[@progrockkeyboardist]

That's too much text at the end. As an EN player, I can't... 9:38 Okay, you convinced me. (As a whale, I was going to max P6 L90 M9 her anyway.)

[@nightly2005]

I'm kinda sad that Schwartz is losing to Ray in raw damage after latter's module. But, well, at least I know for sure I can Skalter s2 and aak s3 Schwartz and she survives.

[@XxMvpKostxX]

I want to at least get warmy cuz im afraid shu soon and we gonna get back 2 back limited

[@Storn_]

🛐

[@Nafaa29]

Chibi Ray is so cute❤😂

[@albertyu750]

Bunny thighs is coming home soon

[@robloxgrindingguy9405]

Tbh,3 arknights content creator all use mostima as their pfp is kinda confusing

[@Sairento-kun]

Nah Shu is too close and there is Typhon v:

[@wheelotime2581]

Yes she's BROKEN, always follow Mr. Storn's orders

[@phoenix.6350]

This video convinced me to save up for Wis'adel 😅

[@justarchi1912]

f2p/low spend, only 6* sniper is archetto, how worth is ray for me

[@MinecraftBPs]

Unfathomably based. Ofc you should pull for Ray, if not for her kit then for her "kit". And just get all of em (except for the ricefield, sorry :( )

[@daneal7500]

im more surprised with 4 star dude there

[@buglocc]

Totter is da goat. also, his upcoming skin is INSANE.

[@ak_oneoneone]

​@@buglocc HUGE W for totter fans

[@Vadikus2424]

Titt, I mean, Totter, always has been a 6★ in disguise

[@poofinator4952]

For sniperknights dealing with invisible enemies there's two options, deal with Rosmontis's rng and block em with s3 or use the much easier and simpler option of Totter just being able to hit em

[@kyarumomochi5146]

""Strongest sniper"" more like "the strongest sniper for 3 months before Wisadel releases"

[@simonchan6099]

Ray mod3 is stronger than Walter in ST

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@simonchan6099 Actually no. Wisadel ST total damage is 110k+ and 20k+ Arts damage from Summons. Ray Module 3 ST damage is around 80k ish

[@galeria_m]

@@kyarumomochi5146 yeah true but it's pretty awesome that a shitty archetype got that far

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@galeria_m Flingers were actually a broken archetype but didnt have the high numbers to actually fulfill anything. Wisadel basically brought up metric tons of damage to a archtype with multiple hits and...

[@galeria_m]

@kyarumomochi5146 true, Wisadel also has that story 😆

[@koutaroubokuto9187]

Totter carry

[@Gacha-Ritual-Master]

Nah, 10 pulls, if she comes she comes.

[@815TypeSirius]

Reject DPS

[@galeria_m]

i agree with everything you said

[@alexmatusevich6553]

Ray is cool, but typhon more versatile in any way for average player just with s2 only. IS story and sss, she covered any content. And the timing for ray is shit 2 r6 collab and 2 normal limited with shu and w

[@edhikurniawan]

Ela exists.

[@aaakck]

lol, she sucks against anything with decent def

[@edhikurniawan]

@@aaakck Only 120 pulls to get her. And you forgot the flipside. SHE IS twice better when the the enemy has moderate Def. Cheaper, and can be deployed at any tile.

[@Mushabeans]

Bnuuy

[@galeria_m]

forgot to mention that she beats Typhon in cycling and bosskilling speed. Her ASPD not being reduced by her skill makes her MUCH FASTER at dealing all her damage. That's on top of the fact that her bosskiller skill cost literally HALF that of Typhon's!!

[@okNerdRage]

No, that's just completely wrong. Her cycling doesn't out DPS Typhon over time. She beats her in the first skill activation in burst damage and falls off after the first cycle in comparison to Typhon S3.

[@tronco.3935]

I saw a lot of videos testing Ray's damage, she doesnt surpass Typhon's damage, however, she has more utilities than her

[@galeria_m]

@tronco.3935 defo not damage wise, but utility wise and speed Ray is better

[@galeria_m]

@@okNerdRage i never said she has more damage than typhon, i just said she had a faster cycling and faster aspd leading to her dealing her max damage way faster then typhon who has reduced aspd on an already low aspd

[@galeria_m]

idk about you guys but id rather not wait 40 seconds for a skill whose all ammo i wont even get to use. id rather wait 20 seconds to kill Patriot in 16 seconds instead. maybe if Typhon's ammo and cooldown could be controlled like the earlier you activate the skill, the less ammo you get, she'd ABSOLUTELY be better but nah

[@arks_knights]

Strongest sniper… Chen alter and W’isadel: I’m I a joke to you

[@qwyzy260]

Yes, she has higher dps😅

[@shiningnightmare5616]

​@@qwyzy260 But Ch'en and Wis'adel wipes an entire field of enemies lol, even bosses

[@qwyzy260]

@@shiningnightmare5616 they have more total damage but Ray still has higher dps

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Chen isnt that broken anymore. Only wisadel

[@kyarumomochi5146]

​@@qwyzy260 Actually wisadels s3 dps isnt far off

[@noirgost6809]

You need skill yo play bnnuy

[@NearoC]

Begging you to stop using hideous ai upscaling for your thumbnails it's so terrible looking, way worse than a bit of fuzzy resolution, and makes me not click 99% of these vids. Barely relented because I wanted to see some more Ray, though. Also her aspd has nothing to do with her reload speed, her skill 3 increases her reload speed, that's why she has faster reload speed, not because of a non existent aspd buff. I'd personally disagree with the assessment that her s3 is far and away the best too, it probably is the best but her s2 post module is fantastic as well in the right hands, and her s1 definitely has its appeals. It really just depends what you need.

[@matthewlin1398]

skip shu for Bnuy 😤😤

[@lloleolom]

"STRONGEST" Sniper .... laughs in Wiš'adel 🤣

[@John-el5sv]

Ray would be a good SNIPER at release, if typhon was not available. And oh, also for global, if we didnt know Walter is going to be released later. Ray's specialty with S3 seems to be against bosses mainly, but not sure why there's the bonus of 10SP recovery with at least 1 kill. Her summon is essentially Shamare's voodoo doll mechanic with some different effects like priority focus and range extend, but her attack is very basic. It's just basic shots and bind unlike typhon's tracking shots or flashy animations. There's one additional thing no one seems to have mentioned. Arknights has been going on a character release powercreep trend recently, so it is possible that more powerful characters are on the way, and some powerful modules might be upcoming. Ray is strong but she's single target. Compare this to all the other boss killers with AOE and outside of being able to snipe further, Ray is actually quite bad in terms of total potential damage.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Ray is litterally better than thyphoon lmfao. Thyphoon is already at best same tier as Rosa dude, she is overrated to oblivion

[@John-el5sv]

@@kyarumomochi5146 do you even use Typhon? Typhon is able to hit bosses moving around where no units can be deployed thanks to S3 tracking. Rosa's main purpose is S3 for binding and that's mainly it, Typhon is used for damage. Why would you compare them together? Unless it's S2 which Typhon would powercreep due to her permanent duration.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@John-el5sv No??? 1] Rosa S2 deals more damage and dps than Thyphoon S2 and Thyphoon s2 damage becomes irrelevant the moment she starts attacking multiple targets while rosa doesnt care, Thyphoon does NOT powercreep rosa lmfao 2] "Moving targets" yeah its usable on SOME bosses. Guess what many other bosses have? Multiple enemies right next to them. And guess what happens when Thyphoon uses S3 on them? She attacks random enemies and her total damage falls off alot wich rosa doesnt have the issue of Yes i have used both, Typhoon is litterally not better than Rosa lmfao, cope with it

[@vinifz]

@@kyarumomochi5146 I don't think Rosa is bad and powercrept, but currently she isn't better than Typhon for general content. Rosa fills the role better in her own archetype, but Typhon is easier to handle, which is what the meta is nowadays: brainless.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@vinifz No??? Rosa s2 is as brainless you could get lmfao. Typhoon LITERALLY requires you to have unique enemy placements and be mindful of howmany enemies are there as ther S2 and S3 damage falls off very drastically if she doesnt attack a single enemy while Rosa ignores all of that. Rosa is magnitudes easier to use and inflicts her full total damage without the external factors like enemy amount crippling her DPS

[@tehrin2474]

I passed on this one, need 300pulls until logos wisadel banner

[@coralreef6298]

I will be pulling for Ray, from the moment she debuted, I knew she was going to be a lot of fun paired with good damage, love her design as well, and snipers are just super fun in Arknights as a whole, she will be best friends with Typhon 🤍