Every operator card on this page contains a ranked build list: best weapon, alternate weapons, recommended gear pieces, and one or more team compositions. The rankings are not editorial picks. They come out of a DPS simulator that scripts each operator's full rotation against a standard endgame combat scenario (boss damage profile, sustained rotation length, average buff uptime, average ult cycle). The simulator runs every legal weapon-gear-team permutation, then ranks the results by total damage dealt over the scenario window.
Because the simulation models the full fight, including weapon skill passives, gear-set bonuses, team synergy buffs, and ult timing. These rankings capture effects that pure stat-alignment tools cannot. The weapon recommender tells you which weapons have the best substat match for an operator; this page tells you which weapon actually deals the most damage when you account for skill effects. The two answers can and do differ, and where they differ, the builds page is usually right.
What goes into a "build" entry
- Weapon, the simulator's top-ranked weapon by simulated full-fight DPS. Alternates listed below are within a small DPS percentage of the top pick and are shown so you have a backup if the top weapon is unavailable.
- Gear set, the recommended four-piece or two-piece-plus-two-piece combination. Set bonuses are evaluated against the operator's role, and the simulator picks the set with the highest net contribution to the rotation.
- Substat priority, the ordered list of gear substats that the simulator weighted highest for this operator. Use this when farming gear: you want pieces whose rolls land on the top of the priority list, not pieces with the highest raw numbers.
- Team comp, the team configuration the simulator paired the operator with for the ranking. Different team comps produce different optimal weapons, so the team listed here is the one assumed for this build's numbers.
Where the team composition logic comes from
Recommended teams are built around two questions: which operators in your roster supply the buffs this DPS operator scales best off, and which operators cover the survivability or sustain gap this DPS leaves open. A high-burst DPS like Zhuang Fangyi is usually slotted with an SP-battery support (Perlica) and a healer or shielder to enable the burst window; a sustained DPS like Rossi is slotted with damage amplifiers and crowd control. The dropdown of alternate team configurations lets you swap in operators you actually own, the simulator re-runs against your selection and re-ranks the weapon list accordingly.
Data freshness and patch coverage
The build dataset is regenerated on every major patch and after any rebalance that touches the involved operators, weapons, or gear sets. The "last updated" timestamp at the top of the page reflects the most recent regeneration. New operators are added once their skill multipliers, scaling coefficients, and rotation timings are confirmed from the live client, usually within a week of release. If an operator you expect to see is missing, they are either too new to have stable data, or excluded because their kit relies on mechanics the simulator does not yet model (uncommon, but it happens).
When to override the recommendation: the simulator assumes endgame combat against named bosses. For early-progression players still in story mode, almost any reasonable build clears, and you should prioritise the gear you can actually farm over the gear the simulator wants. For weekly Joint Operations and Cinder Arsenal, the recommended build is what you should aim for.
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LYNX Heavy Armor
LYNX Gauntlets
LYNX Aegis Injector
LYNX Slab
Eternal Xiranite Armor
Eternal Xiranite Gloves T1
Eternal Xiranite Auxiliary Arm
Eternal Xiranite Power Core T1
Catastrophe Heavy Armor T1
Catastrophe Gloves
Catastrophe Filter
Catastrophe Gauze Cartridge T1
Frontiers Armor T1
Frontiers Blight-Res Gloves
Frontiers Analyzer
Frontiers Comm T1
