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See the list of Main DPS characters here to know the best damage dealers in Genshin Impact. Get to know their rarity, element, and rankings in this list!

List of Main DPS Characters

Character Element Weapon Rating
Genshin Impact Alhaitham Alhaitham (5★)
Dendro Sword S
Genshin Impact Aloy Aloy (5★)
Cryo Bow D
Pyro Polearm SS
Genshin Impact Ayaka Ayaka (5★)
Cryo Sword A
Genshin Impact Ayato Ayato (5★)
Hydro Sword A
Genshin Impact Chasca Chasca (5★)
Anemo Bow S
Genshin Impact Clorinde Clorinde (5★)
Electro Sword S
Genshin Impact Dehya Dehya (5★)
Pyro Claymore D
Genshin Impact Diluc Diluc (5★)
Pyro Claymore A
Genshin Impact Eula Eula (5★)
Cryo Claymore B
Genshin Impact Ganyu Ganyu (5★)
Cryo Bow A
Genshin Impact Hu Tao Hu Tao (5★)
Pyro Polearm S
Genshin Impact Itto Itto (5★)
Geo Claymore B
Genshin Impact Keqing Keqing (5★)
Electro Sword B
Genshin Impact Kinich Kinich (5★)
Dendro Claymore S
Genshin Impact Klee Klee (5★)
Pyro Catalyst C
Genshin Impact Kokomi Kokomi (5★)
Hydro Catalyst C
Genshin Impact Lyney Lyney (5★)
Pyro Bow S
Genshin Impact Mavuika Mavuika (5★)
Pyro Claymore SS
Genshin Impact Mizuki Mizuki (5★)
Anemo Catalyst C
Genshin Impact Mualani Mualani (5★)
Hydro Catalyst S
Genshin Impact Navia Navia (5★)
Geo Claymore S
Hydro Catalyst SS
Genshin Impact Raiden Raiden (5★)
Electro Polearm S
Genshin Impact Tartaglia Tartaglia (5★)
Hydro Bow A
Genshin Impact Tighnari Tighnari (5★)
Dendro Bow A
Pyro Sword
Genshin Impact Varesa Varesa (5★)
Electro Catalyst S
Genshin Impact Wanderer Wanderer (5★)
Anemo Catalyst A
Cryo Catalyst S
Genshin Impact Xiao Xiao (5★)
Anemo Polearm A
Genshin Impact Yoimiya Yoimiya (5★)
Pyro Bow B
Genshin Impact Freminet Freminet (4★)
Cryo Claymore C
Genshin Impact Gaming Gaming (4★)
Pyro Claymore S
Genshin Impact Heizou Heizou (4★)
Anemo Catalyst C
Genshin Impact Ifa Ifa (4★)
Anemo Catalyst B
Genshin Impact Kaveh Kaveh (4★)
Dendro Claymore C
Genshin Impact Ningguang Ningguang (4★)
Geo Catalyst C
Genshin Impact Noelle Noelle (4★)
Geo Claymore B
Genshin Impact Razor Razor (4★)
Electro Claymore D
Genshin Impact Sethos Sethos (4★)
Electro Bow B
Genshin Impact Xinyan Xinyan (4★)
Pyro Claymore D
Genshin Impact Yanfei Yanfei (4★)
Pyro Catalyst C

Characters who can be built as a Main DPS are included.

Best Main DPS Characters

Main DPS Characters Ranked

Genshin - SS Tier
Genshin - Neuvillette DPS RankGenshin - Mavuika DPS RankGenshin - Arlecchino DPS Rank
Genshin - S Tier
Genshin - Varesa DPS RankGenshin - Mualani DPS RankGenshin - Kinich DPS RankGenshin - Navia DPS RankGenshin - Alhaitham DPS RankGenshin - Hu Tao DPS RankGenshin - Lyney DPS RankGenshin - Chasca DPS RankGenshin - Gaming DPS RankGenshin - Raiden DPS RankGenshin - Wriothesley DPS RankGenshin - Clorinde DPS Rank
Genshin - A Tier
Genshin - Ayaka DPS RankGenshin - Xiao DPS RankGenshin - Tartaglia DPS RankGenshin - Diluc DPS RankGenshin - Ayato DPS RankGenshin - Tighnari DPS RankGenshin - Wanderer DPS RankGenshin - Ganyu DPS Rank
Genshin - B Tier
Genshin - Yoimiya DPS RankGenshin - Sethos DPS RankGenshin - Itto DPS RankGenshin - Cyno DPS RankGenshin - Keqing DPS RankGenshin - Ifa DPS RankGenshin - Sucrose DPS RankGenshin - Noelle DPS RankGenshin - Eula DPS Rank
Genshin - C Tier
Genshin - Mizuki DPS RankGenshin - Yanfei DPS RankGenshin - Heizou DPS RankGenshin - Klee DPS RankGenshin - Kaveh DPS RankGenshin - Kokomi DPS RankGenshin - Freminet DPS RankGenshin - Ningguang DPS Rank
Genshin - D Tier
Genshin - Razor DPS RankGenshin - Dehya DPS RankGenshin - Xinyan DPS RankGenshin - Aloy DPS Rank

Character Tier List

Who do YOU think is the best Main DPS?

Aloy 94
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Ayaka 1890
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Ayato 254
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Diluc 250
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Eula 210
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Ganyu 571
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Hu Tao 1286
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Itto 285
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Keqing 198
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Klee 82
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Kokomi 42
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Mona 29
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Qiqi 47
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Raiden 664
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Tartaglia 180
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Xiao 972
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Yoimiya 228
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Fischl 41
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Kaeya 86
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Ningguang 59
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Noelle 74
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Razor 152
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Rosaria 35
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Xinyan 33
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Yanfei 242
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Yun Jin 14
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Heizou 128
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Tighnari 77
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Cyno 87
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Candace 15
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Nilou 23
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Nahida 46
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Wanderer 218
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Alhaitham 525
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Dehya 35
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Kaveh 22
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Lyney 61
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Freminet 31
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Neuvillette 991
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Wriothesley 87
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Navia 125
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Gaming 59
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Arlecchino 298
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Clorinde 30
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Mualani 25
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Kinich 34
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Chasca 28
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Mavuika 72
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Best Main DPS Characters in SS Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Neuvillette Neuvillette ・Outstanding and constant damage on his Charged Attack damage.
・Self-sufficiency lets him be a one-man army.
・C1 constellation removes his major weaknesses.
Genshin - Mavuika Mavuika ・Absurdly high-scalings from her burst damage that can flex as either on-field, off-field or quick-swap.
・Strong in both Vaporize and Melt, which are the best reactions for damage as a Pyro character.
・Exploration ability combines most of the Natlan characters' strengths all in one character.
Genshin - Arlecchino Arlecchino ・High raw Pyro damage even in non-Vaporize situations or Overloaded teams with Chevreuse.
・Normal Attacks are swift, have a wide AoE, while also having good damage to boot and simple to activate once you learn her rotations, which makes her viable in single target, AoE, and overworld content.
・Extremely high risk gameplay may be off-putting for some early-game players.

Main DPS Characters in S Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Lyney Lyney ・Passive talent greatly compensates the lack of Elemental Reactions in a Mono-Pyro team.
・High damage on both single target and AoE.
・Susceptible to interruptions.
Genshin - Chasca Chasca ・Specializes in Rainbow teams where she can convert her damage into other elements that is Pyro, Hydro, Electro, or Cryo, making her versatile in team-building.
・Flying is extremely useful in overworld exploration especially in Natlan.
・Bullets in AoE situations are split between enemies, essentially making her a single-target damage dealer.
Genshin - Gaming Gaming ・Overperforming as a 4-star character at C6 with high plunging damage with his best teams.
・Reliant on his Elemental Burst to be used off-cooldown to deal damage.
Genshin - Raiden Raiden ・Burst enables her to be on-field, which also deals obscene amounts of damage within 7 seconds.
・DEF ignore is an extremely powerful buff from her C2, which makes her a top-tier DPS that can obliterate her enemies within seconds.
Genshin - Wriothesley Wriothesley ・Good single-target focused Main DPS who specializes in triggering melt or freeze reactions in close-combat.
・Kit is incomplete without his C1. This constellation also fixes his anti-synergy with certain healers.
・Struggles against spread-out packs of mobs.
Genshin - Clorinde Clorinde ・Flexible team-building and snappy playstyle with reliable self-healing in the Overworld.
・Personal damage dependent on the team you are building.
・No resistance to interruption at C0.
Genshin - Varesa Varesa ・Plunge Attacker who has high base DMG to compensate the fact that she cannot do amplifying reactions unlike Gaming, but still stronger enough especially as she doesn't need that much investment with support of buffers who are relatively easy to access like Iansan or Chevreuse.
・Easy-to-use and smoother than most Plunge Attackers, which means her base potential is easily reached by any casual players.
Genshin - Mualani Mualani ・Frontloaded damage which is good on both single target and AoE, but will need proper setup.
・Playstyle performs best in Vaporize, with extremely good exploration abilities.
・Sharky's Bite can miss.
Genshin - Kinich Kinich ・Specializes in Burning or Burgeon teams, and excels on single-target situations.
・Extremely mobile playstyle and grappling hook is great for exploration, although it can be a struggle to use in combat on uneven surfaces.
・If Kinich is not on Burning or Burgeon teams, he gains Nightsoul points slower, which means you won't have enough Scalespiker Cannon to use.
Genshin - Navia Navia ・High frontloaded Elemental Skill damage that can instantly one-shot medium level opponents and chunk bosses per rotation.
・Her team allows high flexibility because she's not constricted by mono-Geo.
・Frontloaded damage has downsides when looking at damage over time.
Genshin - Alhaitham Alhaitham ・Dendro application is superb to set up and trigger powerful reactions like Hyperbloom, Burgeon, and Spread.
・Good AoE coverage and overall team damage is top-tier. He also requires minimal investment.
Genshin - Hu Tao Hu Tao ・Deals large amounts of single-target Pyro DMG with her Elemental Skill and Charged Attacks.
・Elemental Skill infused Normal and Charged Attacks with Pyro and increase damage at the cost of sacrificing some of her HP.
・C1 lets you spam Charged Attacks without consuming Stamina.

Main DPS Characters in A Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Ayaka Ayaka ・Infuses Cryo element in Normal and Charged Attacks after sprinting, which makes her infusion near-permanent.
・Elemental Burst has high scaling and its damage potential is her defining trait. With her best supports, she can rival the top-tier DPS, but needs high investment.
Genshin - Xiao Xiao ・Elemental Burst increases overall DPS at the cost of his HP.
・Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill set up high DMG combos.
・Requires supports for offensive and healing to perform optimally.
Genshin - Tartaglia Tartaglia ・Riptide applies strong Hydro application especially against multiple opponents.
・Currently the best driver for Vaporize.
Genshin - Diluc Diluc ・Weaves Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill together as his combat mechanic, which enables him to use the best supports like Xingqiu for Vaporize.
・Low energy cost for his Elemental Burst, which also covers a wide range. However, this burst pushes back lighter enemies.
Genshin - Ayato Ayato ・Wide range and continuous damage for his Hydro-infused Normal Attacks after using Elemental Skill.
・Can self-buff with his Normal Attack-increasing Elemental Burst.
・Can act as a driver for Hydro-related Elemental Reactions with his on-field and off-field Hydro application.
Genshin - Tighnari Tighnari ・Damage primarily comes from Charged Attacks and Elemental Bursts
・Deals big damage by using the Spread Dendro Elemental Reaction.
・Can distract most enemies with his taunt.
Genshin - Wanderer Wanderer ・Normal Attacks have a wide AoE and can home in on enemies.
・Requires proper dedicated supports to perform well at low constellations.
・Elemental Skill allows him to float mid-air, making exploration easy.
Genshin - Ganyu Ganyu ・Level 2 Charged Shot is great vs mobs of enemies, with high damage potential with Melt. However, it takes a long time to charge, and she's susceptible to interruptions.
・Elemental Burst, in-combination with ally pull-in effects, can quadratically target and attack enemies in one location.

Main DPS Characters in B Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Yoimiya Yoimiya ・Elemental Skill infuses Normal Attacks with Pyro, which has a high base scaling.
・Supports that can improve her resistance to interruption and ATK SPD are needed to improve her overall performance.
Genshin - Sethos Sethos ・Versatile playstyles as he can choose either Charged Attack spamming, or Normal Attack spamming through his Elemental Burst, depending on his current Energy.
・Charged Attack form makes him stationary and susceptible to interruptions.
・Stats is inherintly on the low-side due to him being a 4-star.
Genshin - Itto Itto ・High base scaling on his Charged Attacks and Elemental Skill, especially during Burst.
・Requires his high-energy Elemental Burst to start dealing damage, and switching out ends it.
・Requires high investment from his artifacts, weapons, and team comps to deal top-tier damage.
Genshin - Cyno Cyno ・Decent Electro hypercarry for Dendro reactions such as Aggravate and Hyperbloom.
・Requires his high-energy Elemental Burst to deal damage, and switching out ends it.
・Poor resistance to interruptions, which affects his recommended tempo for his rotations.
Genshin - Keqing Keqing ・Good with either Aggravate or Physical build. Recent introduction of the element bumped up her performance and became competitive with other Quicken DPS.
Genshin - Ifa Ifa ・Comparable to Sucrose and C2 Mizuki as an on-field Swirl Driver but focuses more on Electro-Charged, but he can heal and also use normal attack.
・Tied to a specific character and archetype but otherwise free-to-play friendly.
Genshin - Sucrose Sucrose ・On-field driver that also increases Elemental Mastery for the entire team.
・Can also group enemies together.
Genshin - Noelle Noelle ・Balances ATK and DEF stats for great sustain DMG, with her power spike increasing further with her C6.
・Self-sufficient as well with her shields and healing.
Genshin - Eula Eula ・Elemental Burst covers a significant amount of Eula's overall DMG to a wide range, especially if the enemy is Superconducted.
・Consuming 2 stacks from Elemental Skill debuffs enemies and raises DPS output.
・If Elemental Burst doesn't hit or crit, the bulk of Eula's damage is lost.

Main DPS Characters in C Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Mizuki Mizuki ・On-field Anemo driver for Swirl comps, who also buffs Swirl Damage dealt to opponents and can also sustain characters.
・Some off-field presence albeit limiting due to her Elemental Burst limitations.
・Cannot use her Normal Attacks while on her Elemental Skill.
・Great constellations as a Standard Character.
Genshin - Yanfei Yanfei ・Good Pyro Normal and Charged attacks user, but scaling for damage is to be expected for a regular 4-star character like her.
・Stamina consumption is big but made easier with C1.
Genshin - Heizou Heizou ・Focuses on Swirl DMG or CRIT to do DPS. Can be used as either a driver for Viridescent Venerer, or as a quick-swap burst damage dealer.
・Elemental Skill can easily deal max DMG easily with Swirls as a Catalyst user, although his other damage sources aren't up to par.
Genshin - Klee Klee ・Attacks primarily with Normal and Charged Attacks, cleaning up swaths of foes.
・Her clunky playstyle isn't for everyone and requires min-maxing her rotations to play optimally.
Genshin - Kaveh Kaveh ・Decent Dendro driver for Bloom-specific teams and buffs.
・Low personal DMG.
Genshin - Kokomi Kokomi ・Decent Hydro driver for Bloom and Electro-Charged reactions, and self-sufficient as she can heal for herself.
・Her kit not allowing her to crit requires her to use teams and artifacts that would introduce damage for her.
Genshin - Freminet Freminet ・Can work as both a Cryo DPS and/or a Physical DPS, depending on the preferred playstyle and teamcomps.
・4-Star rarity weights down his stats to compete with other Main DPS.
Genshin - Ningguang Ningguang ・Decent Geo DPS damage with a combination of her Normal and Charged Attacks.
・Requires high investment on her constellations to play optimally.

Main DPS Characters in D Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Razor Razor ・Elemental Burst enables consistent Superconduct coverage with his mix of Electro and Physical damage.
Genshin - Dehya Dehya ・Deals low Elemental Skill and Burst damage without multiple buffs. Needing a lot of Energy to have her Burst back again.
・Requires more constellations to perform optimally.
Genshin - Xinyan Xinyan ・Elemental Burst can be used as a nuke damage for Physical Builds.
・Scaling as a a Main DPS, especially with Physical, is split. She will either need to focus on ATK or DEF, which severely impacts her performance.
Genshin - Aloy Aloy ・Can increase own Normal ATK DMG with Elemental Skill, but requires bomblets to be hit by the pellets to gain access to infusion.
・No access to constellations means that her performance is only limited to a point forever.

What is a Main DPS in Genshin Impact?

Genshin - Diluc as a Main DPS

Main DPS characters are on-field damage dealers that provide strong amplified damage with their Skills and Burst through Elemental Reactions, with a focus on using Normal and Charged Attacks. They bear the bulk of the damage with the help of their Sub-DPS and Supports.

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Playable Characters

All Playable Characters
Chasca Chasca Faruzan Faruzan Heizou Heizou Ifa Ifa
Jean Jean Kazuha Kazuha Lan Yan Lan Yan Lynette Lynette
Mizuki Mizuki Sayu Sayu Sucrose Sucrose Traveler (Anemo) Traveler (Anemo)
Venti Venti Wanderer Wanderer Xianyun Xianyun Xiao Xiao
Aloy Aloy Ayaka Ayaka Charlotte Charlotte Chongyun Chongyun
Citlali Citlali Diona Diona Escoffier Escoffier Eula Eula
Freminet Freminet Ganyu Ganyu Kaeya Kaeya Layla Layla
Mika Mika Qiqi Qiqi Rosaria Rosaria Shenhe Shenhe
Wriothesley Wriothesley Alhaitham Alhaitham Baizhu Baizhu Collei Collei
Emilie Emilie Kaveh Kaveh Kinich Kinich Kirara Kirara
Nahida Nahida Tighnari Tighnari Traveler (Dendro) Traveler (Dendro) Yaoyao Yaoyao
Beidou Beidou Clorinde Clorinde Cyno Cyno Dori Dori
Fischl Fischl Iansan Iansan Keqing Keqing Lisa Lisa
Ororon Ororon Raiden Raiden Razor Razor Sara Sara
Sethos Sethos Shinobu Shinobu Traveler (Electro) Traveler (Electro) Varesa Varesa
Yae Miko Yae Miko Albedo Albedo Chiori Chiori Gorou Gorou
Itto Itto Kachina Kachina Navia Navia Ningguang Ningguang
Noelle Noelle Traveler (Geo) Traveler (Geo) Xilonen Xilonen Yun Jin Yun Jin
Zhongli Zhongli Ayato Ayato Barbara Barbara Candace Candace
Furina Furina Kokomi Kokomi Mona Mona Mualani Mualani
Neuvillette Neuvillette Nilou Nilou Sigewinne Sigewinne Tartaglia Tartaglia
Traveler (Hydro) Traveler (Hydro) Xingqiu Xingqiu Yelan Yelan Amber Amber
Arlecchino Arlecchino Bennett Bennett Chevreuse Chevreuse Dehya Dehya
Diluc Diluc Gaming Gaming Hu Tao Hu Tao Klee Klee
Lyney Lyney Mavuika Mavuika Thoma Thoma Traveler (Pyro) Traveler (Pyro)
Xiangling Xiangling Xinyan Xinyan Yanfei Yanfei Yoimiya Yoimiya

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37 Anonymous8 days

I can’t find venti on this list

36 Anonymousabout 1 month

Needs an update, Varesa is one of the strongest now.

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