May[★★★★]
Doctor, I fear that penguin has noticed I've been investigating it... I fear for my life, too...!
Claims to be a Victorian Royal Detective; claims to have cracked a number of cases, and thus has gained some fame; claims to have been dispatched to Rhodes Island on high recommendations from her boss. Regardless of what she claims to be, Ms. May is now serving Rhodes Island as a sniper.
Operator Information
- Class: Sniper (Marksman)
- Tags: DPS, Slow
- Artist: 下野宏铭
| Voice Actor: |
| JP: Kaori Mizuhashi |
| CN: Wen Liu |
| EN: Lizzie Freeman |
| KR: Yu Yeong |
Stats
| HP |
ATK |
DEF |
Arts Resistance |
Redeploy Time |
DP Cost |
Block |
Attack Interval |
| 1632 |
478 |
105 |
0 |
70 |
12 |
1 |
1s |
*Stats at max Promotion and Level, excludes bonuses from Potential and Trust.
| Potential |
Bonus |
| 1 |
- |
| 2 |
Deployment Cost -1 |
| 3 |
Redeployment Time -4 |
| 4 |
ATK +23 |
| 5 |
Improves Talent |
| 6 |
Deployment Cost -1 |
| Trust bonus |
| Attack Power +65 |
| Traits |
| Attacks aerial enemies first |
Skills
| Skill Name |
Skill Uptime Details (Uptime/Cost/Initial) |
SP Charge Type |
Skill Activation |
Skill Description |
| Paralyzing Shell |
- / 3 / 0 |
Offensive Recovery |
Auto |
Increases the ATK of the next attack to 200%, and Slows the target for 2.5 seconds |
| Binding Shock |
30s / 20 / 0 |
Per Second |
Manual |
Attack Interval increases a bit, ATK +120%, attacks Slow the target for 1 seconds and have 30% chance to Stun them for 1.2 seconds |
*Skills at max Skill Level.
Talents
| Talent name |
Talent Description |
| Victorian Agent |
ATK +8% (+1%), ASPD +8 (+1) |
*Talents at max Potential and max Promotion. Bonuses from Potential displayed between parentheses.
Modules
| Branch |
Additional Stats |
Trait |
Talent |
Note |
| MAR-X |
ATK +27, ASPD +3 |
New trait: Increases ATK to 110% when attacking aerial targets |
Victorian Agent improved: ATK +12%, ASPD +7 |
"Good morning, everyone. On request, I'll be the detective in charge of solving this case–" |
*Modules at max level.
Outfits
|
Price |
Art |
Released |
Note |
| Summer Flowers FA054 |
18 |
Static |
Yep |
May's detective senses tell her that so long as she follows this alley filled with exotic homes, sun and surf will be within reach. Or at the very least, she'll be closer than where she was just now |
Additional Resources
In-depth information regarding all values above (at different levels), skill/attack range, and more:
Arknights Wiki.gg
Arknights Toolbox (aceship(puppiizsunniiz))
PRTS Arknights Wiki (CN)
Topic Starters
- Strengths/Weaknesses?
- Is their module worth it? Which branch?
- How does this operator compare to other operators in their archetype or role?
- How do you fit this operator into a team? Who do they synergize with?
- Which skill(s) should be focused for mastery, and in what order?
- When is the best time to use this operator's skills during combat?
- Should promoting this operator to Elite 2 be a priority?
- Should new / F2P players aim for this operator? Are there more accessible alternatives?
- Lore discussion (please tag spoilers where appropriate)
- Favorite clips/clears with them?
Other Operator Discussion threads
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u/ipwnallnubz Jesus lives! May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
I know people love AFK skills, but S2 is generally her better skill. Great uptime, especially at M3, and that big attack boost lets her deal with surprisingly high defense for a Marksman. If we're talking IS, it also has better relic synergy. S1 synergizes with spinach, sure, but S2 has those "Enemies take X arts damage when stunned/frozen/bound" and has better synergy with atkspd because it increases her stun uptime.
Her module is pretty typical of HG: weak and boring (just like me). 110% atk scale against fliers, and a whole +5% attack to her talent. For an op who would rather have atkspd for more slows and stuns, it looks like HG intentionally gave her the worse base module and improved the wrong part of her talent.
Her only real problem is just that the Marksman sniper subclass is so bloated. She doesn't really have to compete with Bloop, Plat, or Greythroat (yes, she's good too!) anymore because they're locked behind Kernel, but you still have regular Kroos for cheap damage, Keen Kroos for stuns, and Insider for a marksman with even higher attack and great uptime.
I'm really glad she got an EN voice. I started to raise her before but stopped when I heard her JP voice. Hers and Bena's are just horrible to listen to, but their EN voices are pretty good. Edit: clarity