Arknights is one of the most successful gacha games in the gaming community; with more and more video games incorporating gacha elements, such as Marvel Snap and Tower of Fantasy, Arknights has continued to maintain its large following and release new content and characters to the game. Arknights is a tactical tower defense game with RPG and gacha elements. Players can collect operators of various rarities and classes to take on the game's content and progress through its story.
Similar to most tower defense games, players will face waves of powerful enemies of multiple types and need a team with excellent synergy and consistent DPS to take on Arknights' most challenging content. Of the many operators available in Arknights, there are an abundance of characters capable of dealing considerable damage. However, players will need exceptional operators that can provide exceptional damage to make progressing through Arknights a breeze. Here are some of the best DPS operators in Arknights, ranked.
7 Skadi
Skadi is a ranged operator belonging to the guard class that possesses the duelist and dreadnought archetype. She is capable of dealing tremendous damage and is able to excel against powerful foes; Skadi has three skills that grant her a massive boost to her attack damage, allowing her to turn most enemies into dust.
In addition, her skill three gives her a massive increase to her attack, defense, and health which makes her a menace on the battlefield, great for taking on bosses.
6 Eunectes
Eunectes is a member of the defender class and is a six-star rarity unit; she is an excellent operator for many types of teams for her ability to dish out significant damage and strong sustain. She has three skills that significantly increase her stans and consistently make her more of a threat on the battlefield.
Perhaps Eunectes' most useful skill is her skill one, which gives her an attack interval increase while boosting her base attack by seventy percent; in addition, when activated, this skill stuns all enemies blocked by her. Eunectes' skill three boosts her attack even more and buffs her block stat, along with granting her increased health regeneration.
5 Nearl The Radiant Knight
Nearl the Radiant knight is an alternate version of base Nearl, who is a six-star unit that can only be obtained from the limited event, Path of the Radiant. As a unit, he is a complete rework of base Nearl, granting her a new design, a new weapon, and new abilities; this version of Nearl belongs to the guard class and possesses the duelist and dreadnought archetypes.
Radiant Nearl benefits from a significant ability to deal massive damage while also ignoring a base amount of enemy defense. In addition, he does not cost deploy points thanks to her skill two; paired with her brave the darkness talent, she is excellent at burst damage.
4 Ebenholz
Ebenholz is a six-star operator in Arknights that belongs to the caster class and possesses the charge and mystic archetype; thanks to this, he excels at draining the life from elite enemies in no time flat. Ebenholz is a very powerful unit but does take some finesse to use effectively.
With powerful burst damage, he can also summon remnants on the battlefield, which make him very powerful at single target and mob damage, able to affect a large amount of space. Ebenholz shines due to his ability to focus fire bosses and nearly one-shot most enemies in the game.
3 Silverash
Silverash is a favored unit among most Arknights players, being a six-star operator in the guard class with the ranged and lord archetypes. He once sat on the throne of the most damage in the game but with new additions and mechanics, he has somewhat been outshone by characters with stronger kits.
Overall, Silverash maintains stats strong enough to clear Arknights most challenging content; with high attacks and extended range, Silverash is still a wonderful choice for any team.
2 Surtr
Surtr is a guard class operator with the arts fighter; he is an operator that makes the battlefield revolve around her as she is near unstoppable when deployed and played correctly. Surtr is capable of dealing incredible damage and has excellent survivability thanks to her Remnant Ash talent.
Thanks to Surtr's Molten Flame talent, she can ignore a set amount of resistance of her targets, causing them high damage thanks to her arts-based attacks. He is a great front-line fighter and can melt enemy health bars with ease.
1 Ch'en The Holungday
Ch'en the Holungday is another alternate version unit of the base operator, Ch'en, who also appears in the recent Arknights: Prelude to Dawn anime. As a limited six-star unit, Ch'en of Holungday can only be obtained on the special banner, Summer Stars - Summer Series banner.
Holungday Ch'en is a Sniper with the broomstick and spread shooter archetype and has some of the best DPS in the game. He has excellent range and can deal consistent damage, able to dish out heavy AOE attacks affecting multiple targets with crowd control effects.