Conviction

Conviction is a 4-star character in Arknights. Conviction's class is Guard. Faction: Minos.

On our Arknights tier list Conviction is C tier, 220th of the 293 characters ranked, from where 9 current tier lists put Conviction.

Conviction is cheap to deploy, and Safe Landing knocks that cost down further while also shortening his redeploy time, though it briefly stuns him right after he lands. His two real gimmicks are gambles: Judgment can hit absurdly hard if its low-chance second effect triggers, especially stacked with ATK buffs or DEF debuffs, and Genesis is a coin flip that either crowd-controls enemies effectively or stuns Conviction and any nearby allies if it whiffs.

He's free every April Fools and easy to get, but his potential can't be upgraded at all and his base stats are nothing special. We have him at C tier, a novelty pick that occasionally gets lucky.

DRE-X: "I ask of you..."

"Don't pile all this stuff in front of me!

Where'd you get it anyway? It's totally gaudy."

"Conviction is an extremely sacred existence, with extremely serious rituals.

Naturally, the cooler the better. Don't concern yourself with unimportant things.

I've recently discovered that the traditional trolley problem isn't difficult enough to challenge the geeky fellas these days, so I'm working on an upgraded, super-difficult version.

I ask of you..."

"Ahahaha, I suddenly remembered I have something to do.

Let's talk more later."

"Fortune teller, your divination exists at the intersection of mysticism, logic, and art, just as Conviction's prior trial.

"Divination is much more practical than simply confusing people with riddles."

"Oh, Singer, I ask of you..."

"An upgraded version of the trolley problem: the surgery problem!

Take this doctor next to me as an example.

One day, this skilled and compassionate doctor treats six patients.

They are dying and each needs different organs to be transplanted soon in order to survive, but the hospital doesn't have any of the organs in stock.

While the doctor is performing a routine checkup on another patient, the doctor discovers that the patient's organs would not be rejected by the six dying patients.

In fact, they would be a perfect fit. Additionally, this patient is only passing through for a checkup, and even if this patient disappeared, it would not provoke any suspicion.

Now then, how should the doctor proceed?

The trolley problem is not about the answer that the respondent gives in the end, but rather about the conflict between nature and humanity experienced in the formulation of that answer.

Whether the respondent hesitates, calculates, finds the situation unbearable, weighs emotions over righteousness or vice versa, all of these struggles are reflected on the outside, through micro-expressions, through one's eyes and very demeanor...

You really have no sense of artistry... Conviction, Conviction of course is an art.

To stand trial before Conviction is an art.

Every aspect of the Conviction Fist is also an art.

People who have passed Conviction's test transcend and move to a higher realm.

This, too, is art! Ah, whatever, it's impossible to explain these things to you people."

"But, you just scared that doctor away!"

Given free to all Global players every April Fools since 2021 (unless already owned); originally introduced on the CN server on April Fools 2020 via a redeemable code on Blibli.