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DPS Weapon Loadouts

By Cytus#4151
Last updated 5 May 2022
There are 3 main roles for DPS weapons: Shield Breaker, Main DPS, and Support DPS.
Note: This guide has not been updated for characters after Frigg.

Shield Breaker

Deal the highest damage to shields. Necessary as most bosses and minibosses have shields that significantly reduce damage taken. Bosses will also use powerful attacks if their shield is not broken in time. These weapons tend to unlock a crucial shield break effect at 1★ or 3★.

Recommended Shield Breakers
WeaponStrengths & Weaknesses
Baiyuekui's Weapon

Baiyuekui

Insanely high damage with skills and dash attacks, instant burst on shieldbreak (3★)

i-frames on active skill

Can be paired with 2 support weapons

Ruby's Weapon

Ruby

Very high damage numbers, can be used as Main DPS

Detonates burn effects, synergize with fire weapons

Can permastun elite mobs and be effective at long range

Not as efficient as other shieldbreakers til 5★

KING's Weapon

KING

High DoT on shieldbreak (1★)

Area burst with skills

Easily interrupted when casting and basic attacking

Meryl's Weapon

Meryl

Highest shieldbreak efficiency, self-heal on shieldbreak (1★)

Immune to interrupts

No shieldbreak damage

Clunky switch skill

Shiro's Weapon

Shiro

High burst with active skill + 3 dash attacks

3★ resets CDs on shieldbreak, benefits other weapons

Skill has small range, useless if enemies are mobile

Switch skill is terrible

Huma's Weapon

Huma

Decent shieldbreaking efficiency

Relatively high energy charge

No shieldbreak effect

Main DPS

Highest standing DPS to unshielded targets; the weapon you want to be on most of the time. These weapons tend to have low damage to shields and average charge rate.

Recommended Main DPS
WeaponStrengths & Weaknesses
Cobalt-B's Weapon

Cobalt-B

Applies multiple high damage burn effects

Very high damage active skill

Reliant on 2 set Cobalt chips to apply 3rd burn

Reliant on 6★ to reduce skill cooldown

Samir's Weapon

Samir

Fast hits, good DPS and charge rate

Safe AoE air attack

Final hit of ground basic attack is terrible

Bad long range attack, ineffective anti-air

Crow's Weapon

Crow

Backstabs, execute, built-in crit buffs

Air attack has very high DPS potential

Very difficult to use, requires 2pc Claudia chips

Weak at low ★s

Frigg's Weapon

Frigg

Ice field allows free dash attacks and buffs other ice weapons

Large AOE attacks

i-frames on active skill

Slow attacks, reliant on staying in ice field

Tsubasa's Weapon

Tsubasa

High charge rate

Good dash attack and arrow rain damage

Basic attacks are weak and blocked by other players

Ene's Weapon

Ene

Good DPS for SR

Provides good CC and CC immunity

Active skill allows dash attack spam

Slow attacks

Support DPS

Increase your overall DPS through damage buffs and other means. These weapons are best used as "quickswap" weapon, by rotating frequently to throw out their burst and refresh their buffs.

Recommended Support DPS
WeaponStrengths & Weaknesses
Marc's Weapon

Marc

35% all damage buff (3★) & CC immunity buff (6★)

High charge rate

No useful buffs before 3★, takes damage for allies

Nemesis's Weapon

Nemesis

20%/40%(5★)/50%(6★) electric attack buff

Heals while doing good passive dps (3★+)

Only supports electric weapons

Tsubasa's Weapon

Tsubasa

Highest charge rate against grouped enemies

24% (1★)/40% (6★) all damage buff

Reliant on dash attacks to apply buff until 6★

Claudia's Weapon

Claudia

24% all damage buff (1★), 10% (3★)/20% (6★) phys damage increase, 20% skill damage buff (5★)

High charge rate

Vulnerable during skill

No main physical DPS to support

Shiro's Weapon

Shiro

1★ greatly increases team burst damage and shieldbreak during active skill

3★ resets cooldowns on shieldbreak, benefitting other weapons

Reliant on active skill

Bai Ling's Weapon

Bai Ling

Applies wounded debuff on dash attacks (increase all damage to target by 20%)

Useful in group raid if you don't have good DPS options yourself

Current Strongest Teams

With 6★ and maxed matrices
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