Skadi the Corrupting Heart

Skadi the Corrupting Heart is a 6-star character in Arknights. Skadi the Corrupting Heart's class is Supporter. Faction: Aegir.

On our Arknights tier list Skadi the Corrupting Heart is A tier, 40th of the 293 characters ranked, from where 10 current tier lists put Skadi the Corrupting Heart.

Skadi the Corrupting Heart heals everyone in her range passively and can't attack directly on her own, instead leaning fully into support and, with The Tide Surges, The Tide Recedes active, into spread damage that drains her own HP the whole time it's running. Wish of Burial permanently boosts allied ATK and DEF, Chant of Returning fully restores her HP while soaking up half the damage nearby allies would otherwise take, and Ancient Kin lets her summon a Seaborn that effectively extends her range further out, working especially well alongside Abyssal Hunters like Andreana, Gladiia, or Specter.

She's an A on our list despite very low HP and DEF and no base RES at all, and she needs steady healer support to keep The Tide from knocking herself out.

Pairs well with: Andreana; Gladiia; Specter.

Skadi the Corrupting Heart is the first Operator in Arknights who has an animated artwork (but only for the Elite 2 one) and the second character to have it after Closure, as well as the first "what-if" Operator in Arknights.

It should be noted that the circumstances leading to Skadi's transformation to the Corrupting Heart are not set-in-stone canon in the Arknights storyline, but they (and Skalter) are from a possible future where Skadi gave into the call.

In the Under Tides story, the outfit is merely a disguise by the regular Skadi.

The events described in Under Tides itself on the other hand are canonical, which are theorized to take place towards the end of the year 1098.

Along with Akafuyu and Gladiia, Skadi the Corrupting Heart's skills have the longest names of all Operator skills.

Along with Big Adam, Big Bob, Gravestone, The Deathless Black Snake, The Blood Knight Dikaiopolis, and Sui-Xiang, Ishar'mla Heart of Corruption is the only boss with two S ratings on her stats.

Skadi the Corrupting Heart can be used on Destiny of We Many where Ishar'mla, Heart of Corruption is fought.

Even though Skadi cannot be used in GT-3 since she appears as a pre-deployed Operator there, the Corrupting Heart can actually be used (and deployed) in the said operation.

This is likely an oversight and becomes the only instance prior to the Il Siracusano update where it is possible to have an alternate Operator deployed together with their original.

When in-game tips/glossaries were introduced in A Walk in the Dust on the Global server, clicking on "Alternate Operator" would already show Skadi the Corrupting Heart among the alternate Operators.

This was likely an oversight and seen by the Global community as a dead giveaway that Under Tides would be the next event.

Unlike her original version, who is affiliated with Abyssal Hunters, Skadi the Corrupting Heart is affiliated with Aegir instead.

This references how this version of Skadi defected from the Abyssal Hunters and fully embraced her Seaborn blood.

Skadi the Corrupting Heart is among the few characters who is highly implied to be attracted (romantically or otherwise) towards the Doctor, which can be seen from her dialogues and especially her speech.

The others are Angelina, Gravel, and Platinum.

Skadi the Corrupting Heart is the center of the "Cheese Sandwich Formation Force (CN: 两面包夹芝士)" meme in the CN community.

During Arknights 2nd Anniversary event, a Bilibili uploader named 一只大哈鱼 spent almost 3000 RMB (around $460 USD) in purchasing Originite Prime in order to pull for the Skalter/Kal'tsit banner.

This was because he was drunk that night and was unaware of his silly actions and spending.

These included doing a video record for himself (which he thought he was having a livestream), mumbling to himself like saying "to sandwich Japan with our forces in order to save her from nuclear waste!" and "We're too weak (to save her)!", or even bought air tickets to Beijing and Nanjing later on.

The meme also further bolstered Skadi's popularity in the CN community.

According the Global server's 2nd anniversary livestream, Skadi the Corrupting Heart is the most Operator assigned as the player's Assistant.

In the Chinese version of Skadi's Bloodline of Combat skin description, the sea monster is addressed with the 祂 pronoun, which is reserved for deities.

Operator tab

Skadi the Corrupting Heart is the "alter" version of Skadi who is a Bard Supporter specializing in Support, DPS, and Survival, and are only available from the Celebration limited headhunting banners starting from Abyssal Corrosion.

Being a limited banner, the "pity" system from other banners are not carried over to the Celebration banners including Deep Drown Lament where the Corrupting Heart is introduced, which tracks the pity system separately.

But to compensate that, the Corrupting Heart (along with Kal'tsit) have a 70% chance to be the 6★ Operator that appears in a pull (instead of other 6★ Operators' 50%), and can also be purchased at the Certificate Store for Headhunting Data Contract if she somehow does not appear after at least 300 pulls.

Being an alter Operator, the Corrupting Heart is subject to the following mechanics:

Both Skadi and the Corrupting Heart shares the same Trust, but have different potential, skills (as well as separate skill upgrades/Mastery training), talent, and base skills (as well as separate morale).

Both Skadi and the Corrupting Heart have their own outfits and dialogues, and are available separately as the player's Assistant.

Both Skadi and the Corrupting Heart can be present in one squad or the RIIC at the same time.

As a Bard Supporter, the Corrupting Heart have no means to directly attack enemies, so she must be kept away from ranged enemies' reach due to her lackluster HP and DEF, and 0 RES unlike other Supporters.

Alter Operator, available only from Celebration limited headhunting banners starting from Abyssal Corrosion (70% chance to be the 6-star operator per pull vs the standard 50%); purchasable via the Certificate Store for Headhunting Data Contract after 300 pulls without appearing