Fortress Defender

Defender branches
Protector	Guardian	Juggernaut	Arts Protector
Duelist	Fortress	Sentry Protector	Primal Protector

Fortress Defender

Roles

Long-distance area bombardment

Position

Melee

No. of Operators

3

In Other Languages

Chinese

要塞

Japanese

堅城砲手

Korean

포트리스

General Information

HP

High

ATK

High

DEF

Average-high

RES

None

Redeployment time

70 seconds

Block count

2 > 3

Attack interval

2.8 seconds

“	When not blocking enemies, prioritizes dealing ranged AoE Physical damage.	”
	—Trait description

Fortress Defender is a branch of the Defender class in Arknights.

Fortress Defenders are unique in which they have a ranged attack dealing splash damage over a radius of 1 with a range of 2×3 ahead of a minimum range of the 2×2 ahead of them with a 1×1 extension up front at Elite 2 that is used when not blocking enemies, and this attack can only target ground enemies (which is not stated in-game); otherwise the Fortress Defender uses a single-target melee attack. They also have higher ATK than other Defenders but with lower DEF, slow attack interval – the slowest of all Defenders, and a high DP cost that is somewhere between Duelist and Protector Defenders.

Operator Modules

Module	Information
FOR-X	New trait: Increases ATK to 110% when attacking blocked enemies
FOR-Y	New trait: ASPD +10

Strategies

• Fortress Defenders are best treated as a ground-placed Artilleryman, and unusually for a Defender, should be placed behind the frontlines, as they are less well-suited to blocking enemies compared to other Defenders; their Skills and Talents are often more focused on outputting damage instead of tanking which means they are less tanky than normal Defenders, and they can only use their melee attack when blocked instead of the stronger ranged splash attacks.
• Similar to Besiegers, Fortress Defenders' abnormal long range is both a strength and weakness: On one hand, they can bombard from a farther, safer distance, which is very helpful against enemies that become dangerous when damaged/defeated upclose like Infused Originium Slugs, Pocket Sea Crawlers, etc. As for the other, Fortress Defenders have a minimum range that is even larger than that of Besiegers (2 tiles in front of them instead of 1 tile) and needs another melee Operator to cover their blind spot.