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 Pros 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 Pros 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 Cons Not as efficient as other shieldbreakers til 5★ Pros High DoT on shieldbreak Area burst with skills Cons Easily interrupted when casting and basic attacking Pros Highest shieldbreak efficiency, self-heal on shieldbreak (1★) Immune to interrupts Cons No shieldbreak damage Clunky switch skill Pros High burst with active skill + 3 dash attacks 3★ resets CDs on shieldbreak, benefits other weapons Cons Skill has small range, useless if enemies are mobile Switch skill is terrible Pros Decent shieldbreaking efficiency Relatively high energy charge Cons 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 Pros Applies multiple high damage burn effects Very high damage active skill Cons Reliant on 2 set Cobalt chips to apply 3rd burn Reliant on 6★ to reduce skill cooldown Pros Fast hits, good DPS and charge rate Safe AoE air attack Cons Final hit of ground basic attack is terrible Bad long range attack, ineffective anti-air Pros Backstabs, execute, built-in crit buffs Air attack has very high DPS potential Cons Very difficult to use, requires 2-piece Claudia matrix set Weak at low ★s Pros Ice field allows free dash attacks and buffs other ice weapons Large AOE attacks i-frames on active skill Cons Slow attacks, reliant on staying in ice field Pros High charge rate Good dash attack and arrow rain damage i-frames on active skill Cons Basic attacks are weak and blocked by other players Pros Good DPS for SR Provides good CC and CC immunity Active skill allows dash attack spam Cons 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 Pros 35% all damage buff (3★) and CC immunity buff (6★) High charge rate Cons No useful buffs before 3★, takes damage for allies Pros 20%/40%(5★)/50%(6★) electric attack buff Heals while doing good passive dps (3★+) Cons Only supports electric weapons Pros Highest charge rate against grouped enemies 24% (1★)/40% (6★) all damage buff Cons Reliant on dash attacks to apply buff until 6★ Pros 24% all damage buff (1★), 10% (3★)/20% (6★) phys damage increase, 20% skill damage buff (5★) High charge rate Cons Vulnerable during skill No main physical DPS to support Pros 1★ greatly increases team burst damage and shieldbreak during active skill 3★ resets cooldowns on shieldbreak, benefitting other weapons Cons Pros 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 Strongest Setups Setups With 6★ and Maxed Matrices Setups Without Limited Weapons More Guides