Thorns

Thorns is a 6-star character in Arknights. Thorns's weapon type is Sword and class is Guard. Faction: Iberia.

On our Arknights tier list Thorns is S tier, 19th of the 293 characters ranked, from where 13 current tier lists put Thorns.

Thorns can flex between two very different skills depending on what a fight calls for. One leans into countering attacks while a talent's self-healing keeps Thorns alive, doubling as both damage and a makeshift shield; the other trades that for high damage over a wide area, and its effect eventually sticks around permanently, so it pays to deploy Thorns as early as possible.

The Iberian Islander codenamed "Thorns" is an excellent swordsman of the Destreza swordsman school, a skill that should be only practiced among the local Liberi traditionally.

Since his childhood, he was raised up by Aulus the Aegir priest who cherished his swordsmanship through the combination of his own toxic.

Nevertheless, Thorns and Aulus had ideological differences that eventually led to their split-off following a purge by the Inquisition onto his church.

In fact, he had made a right choice as he did not realize that the fatherly priest is actually a bishop of the Church of the Deep who blindly venerates the nefarious Seaborn.

After fleeing from his homeland, Thorns was recruited by Rhodes Island under the recommendation of his friend Elysium.

As a full-time operator, he is both a a competent field combatant and a talented chemist who masters his toxicology to concoct various medicinal compounds or weaponry, one of which including a potent neurotoxin infused into his sword.

But Thorns hasn't forgotten his goal of facing his mentor; one day, he will have to return to the Iberian dark coasts and have an ultimate duel between him and Aulus.

Introduced in Heart of Surging Flame Rerun