On-Field DPS

An On-Field DPS character is one that deals a significant amount of damage while being actively used on the field. Teams that use an On-Field DPS character will often see this character make the largest contribution to overall team damage output due to the large amount of consistent damage they can dish out.

It is not necessary to actually run an On-Field DPS character in your team although most teams in Genshin Impact will choose to do so due to needing to fill down time while all the abilities of characters in your team are cooling down.

Most On-Field DPS characters will use Normal Attacks and/or Charged Attacks to deal damage, often boosting these with elemental reactions from their Supports or other Off-Field DPS abilities to further increase their damage.

Some On-Field DPS characters are often called Selfish, Greedy or Ultra/Hyper Carries or other similar terminology due to possessing hard requirements to stay on the field to deal damage and suffering major setbacks when switched off of.

Do not use more than 1 On-Field DPS per team. Some On-Field can operate in other roles, typically as Burst DPS, but you should only have at most 1 character operating as the On-Field in your team.

In teams using these characters, it is recommended to invest in your On-Field character first as they deal the bulk of the team's damage. Supports in these teams may only require minimal investment up front (e.g. to reach the recommended Energy Recharge %). Further investment into supports can continue once satisfied with the On-Field character's damage output.

On-Field DPS Characters

Check out the character's page to see how the character works and functions in a team.

Character	Notes
Al-Haitham	Elemental Skill, Burst, and A1 infuse their weapon with Dendro.
Ayaka	Dashing infuses their weapon with Cryo. Elemental Burst deals a large amount of damage. Can be used as a Burst DPS.
Ayato	Elemental Skill infuses their weapon with Hydro and increases attack speed and area.
Diluc	Elemental Burst infuses their weapon with Pyro.
Eula	Elemental Burst deals a large amount of damage. Can be used as a Burst DPS.
Ganyu	Primarily deals damage through using her Charged Attacks.
Hu Tao	Elemental Skill infuses their weapon with Pyro. Elemental Burst deals a large amount of damage. Can be used as a Burst DPS.
Itto	Elemental Burst infuses their weapon with Geo. Swapping off this character while their Elemental Burst is activated will cause them to lose their Elemental Burst.
Kazuha (C6)	It is only recommended to use Kazuha as an On-Field at C6.
Keqing	Elemental Skill infuses their weapon with Electro upon using it twice. Can be played either as a Physical On-Field DPS or Electro On-Field DPS.
Klee	Swapping off this character while their Elemental Burst is activated will cause them to lose their Elemental Burst. This makes Klee slightly more of a selfish On-Field DPS than other characters but since her primary source of damage is her Charged Attack, she does not lose as much damage for swapping early compared to other selfish On-Field DPS like Razor or Xiao.
Kokomi	Not a typical On-Field DPS as her damage ceiling is fairly low however, Kokomi can be used as the primary On-Field character driving an Electro-Charged (Hydro) "Taser" team.
Ningguang	Elemental Burst deals a large amount of damage. Can be used as a Burst DPS.
Nilou	Not a typical On-Field DPS as she lacks the sustained On-Field damage many other On-Field DPS have, but she can be used as the primary On-Field character in a Bloom team.
Raiden	Not a typical On-Field DPS as Raiden is restricted to only attacking while her Elemental Burst is active. This active duration is shorter than most other On-Field DPS characters and the resulting downtime must be filled by the other team members.
Razor	Swapping off this character while their Elemental Burst is activated will cause them to lose their Elemental Burst.
Tartaglia	Elemental Skill infuses their weapon with Hydro.
Tighnari	Elemental Skill decreases the charging time of the highly damaging Charged Attacks Tighnari can do. Typically relies on Spread reactions to deal a large amount of damage.
Wanderer	To swap off of Wanderer, he must not be airborne and as such has to cancel his Elemental Skill. Relies on his Elemental Skill being active to do damage.
Xiao	Swapping off this character while their Elemental Burst is activated will cause them to lose their Elemental Burst.
Yae	Elemental Skill deals damage Off-Field. Can be used as a Off-Field DPS. Elemental Burst deals a large amount of damage. Can be used as a Burst DPS.
Yanfei	Swapping off this character while their Elemental Burst is activated will cause them to lose their Elemental Burst.
Yoimiya	Elemental Skill infuses their weapon with Pyro.
Cyno	Elemental Burst allows Cyno to deal Electro DMG.

Other Potential On-Field DPS Characters

Technically, all characters can potentially be used as On-Field DPS but in general, you will find yourself dealing less damage when using them as such compared to the On-Field DPS characters listed above.

This includes off-meta builds such as DPS Jean, Zhongli or Rosaria.

The following characters listed below can be used as On-Field DPS characters in a pinch when you do not have access to other characters but are also not recommended long term.

Character	Notes
Bennet	Can work similarly to a budget Diluc when paired with Xingqiu and/or Chongyun.
Fischl	Can be used as a Physical (Electro) On-Field DPS in a pinch although generally not recommended.
Kaeya	Can be used as an On-Field DPS in Freeze (Cryo) teams with Chongyun.
Lisa	Can be used as an On-Field DPS in Electro-Charged (Electro) teams although generally not recommended.
Mona	Can be used as an On-Field DPS in Electro-Charged (Hydro) teams.
Nahida	Her A4 and C6 greatly increase her on-field DMG from her Elemental Skill which can enable her to be used as an On-Field DPS. Despite this, she still does not contribute greatly to the overall DMG of her team to justify the amount of time on-field as a DPS.
Noelle	Deals damage primarily while her Elemental Burst is active. Does not generate energy for herself with her Elemental Skill and typically requires an Energy Battery support to provide energy for her to maintain Elemental Burst Uptime.
Rosaria	Can be used as an On-Field DPS in Freeze (Cryo) teams with Chongyun or Physical (Electro) teams.
Traveler (Anemo)	Can be used as an On-Field DPS at the early stages of the game but is best retired as soon as possible for any better alternatives.
Traveler (Geo)	Can be used as an On-Field DPS at the early stages of the game but is best retired as soon as possible for any better alternatives.
Xiangling	Can be built as a Physical DPS with Crescent Pike in the early stages of the game. However, most players eventually transition to focusing on Pyro DMG and maximising the damage output from her Elemental Burst.