Operator overview: Tachanka

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In Arknights, Tachanka is a 5★ Swordmaster Guard who specializes in Nuker and DPS, and the welfare Operator of Operation Originium Dust — the crossover between Rainbow Six Siege and Arknights, awarded by completing the Combat Report mission which requires the player to clear OD-4 with Tachanka's Token available in the Commissary for 200 , 240 , 280 , 320 , and 360 .

As a Swordmaster Guard, Tachanka's attacks deliver two hits in a quick succession, essentially doubling the damage he dealt. However, Tachanka is still considered to have attacked once, so each of his attacks only adds 1 SP, which can be detrimental to charge up his skills (see below) as both of them have offensive SP recovery; furthermore, Tachanka's ATK is on the lower end to offset the aforementioned quirk. Tachanka has above-average HP, moderate DEF, and can block up to two enemies, but his DP cost is on the higher end which increases with each promotion. Unlike other Swordmaster Guards, Tachanka can attack aerial enemies as he clearly uses a machine gun.

Talent

Heavy Firepower extends Tachanka's range by 1 tile (2 tiles at Elite 2) and buffs his DEF from Elite 1, but increases his redeployment time by 20 seconds.

Skills

1. Incendiary Grenade has Tachanka fire his Shumikha grenade launcher at the enemy within range, which burns the ground for a short time that deals Arts damage equal to a portion of his ATK within the adjacent tiles to the point of impact every second. If Tachanka attacks an enemy being burned by Incendiary Grenade, his attack will ignore some of the target's DEF.
2. Spray and Pray has Tachanka mount and load his LMG (he can't do it anymore after his rework, by the way) to unleash hell for a mere 4 seconds, during which his attack interval is vastly reduced and he attacks random targets within range with a slight chance to deal more damage.

Operator Module

The SWO-X Module, Machinegun Rack, increases the damage dealt by Tachanka's skills by 10% in addition to increasing his ATK and DEF. Once upgraded, Heavy Firepower's DEF buff is increased.

Base skills

Tachanka's base skills provide various bonuses while he is assigned to the Control Center.

1. Team Rainbow has Operators in the Control Center (including Tachanka himself) recover 0.05 morale per hour for every Team Rainbow Operator there (also including Tachanka himself), which stacks with other similar base skills (including itself!).
2. Ursus Specialty Beverages provides one of the namesake for each Ursus Student Self-Governing Group Operator in the Control Center.

Summary

Tachanka is just as destructive as he was in R6S (specifically after his rework in Operation Shadow Legacy) and a good Swordmaster Guard who can turn the battlefield into a killing zone, though he can be quite tricky to use for new players. All hail our Lord and savior, Tachanka!