If you’ve read the basic team building guide, you probably have a pretty solid understanding of which operatives do what and how to put them together to make a team. However, sometimes you need some more specialized information on how to get certain functionality or handle a specific boss fight. As such, this guide is more of a choose-your-own-adventure reference handbook, with different sections going in-depth on certain operative archetypes or who you might want to bring against specific bosses.

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DPS

Support

Specialist Roles

Bosses

Name	Elemental Weaknesses	Elemental Resistances	CC Vulnerabilities	Traits	Notes
Beauvoir-13	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow	Shielded
Cerberus	Chaos (5%) Thermal (5%) Electric (10%)	N/A	Paralyze Slow	Multi-Target	Clone phase can be skipped with Paralyze
Cerberus - Pyroclast	Frost (40%)	Thermal (40%)	Paralyze Slow	Multi-Target
Esther	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow	Mobile
Fiend - Foehn	Kinetic (5%) Frost (10%) Electric (5%	Thermal (80%)	Frozen Slow	Multi-Target Frequent Invulnerability
Fiend - Frostwind	Kinetic (5%) Electric (5%)	Frost (80%)	Slow	Multi-Target Sub-DPS Viable Frequent Invulnerability
Gavin	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow	Destructible Parts Shielded	Cubes that spawn during HP trigger have parts HP, but are optional to destroy
Hela	Chaos (5%) Kinetic (5%) Frost (10%) Electric (5%)	N/A	Frozen Slow	Multi-Target
Hela - Ragethorn	Chaos (5%) Kinetic (5%) Frost (10%) Electric (5%)	N/A	Frozen Slow	Multi-Target
Iron Ouroboros	Chaos (20%)	Electric (40%)	N/A	Enhanced Weak Spot Shielded
Joseph The Bison	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow
Joseph - Hardened	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Paralyze Slow	Destructible Parts Sub-DPS Viable	Mobile from phase 2 onward
Katya	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow	Mobile Frequent Invulnerability
Katya - Frostcap	Kinetic (40%)	Frost (60%)	Stun Slow	Mobile Frequent Invulnerability	Invulnerability trigger can be delayed with Slow
Lament of Yehrus	Chaos (5%) Kinetic (5%) Frost (10%) Electric (5%)	N/A	Frozen Slow	Destructible Parts Enhanced Weak Spot
Nascent Woden	Kinetic (20%)	Chaos (40%)	Slow	Multi-Target Frequent Invulnerability
Nightborne Phantom	Electric (20%)	Thermal (40%)	Frozen Slow	Destructible Parts Multi-Target Frequent Invulnerability
Ni-Type Mech	Chaos (10%) Thermal (5%) Electric (10%)	N/A	Paralyze Slow	Damage Reduction Destructible Parts Multi-Target
Ni-Type Mech - Falconer	Chaos (10%) Thermal (5%) Electric (10%)	N/A	Paralyze Slow	Damage Reduction Destructible Parts Multi-Target
Njall	Chaos (5%) Kinetic (5%) Frost (10%) Electric (5%)	N/A	Frozen Slow	Damage Reduction Shielded
Njall - Murkflux	Frost (40%) Electric (40%)	Chaos (60%)	Frozen Slow	Destructible Parts Shielded
Pact of Antinomy	Chaos (20%)	Kinetic (40%)	Slow	No Weak Spot Frequent Invulnerability	Weak spot technically exists, but not worth the trouble
π (pi) - Purified	Thermal (20%)	Kinetic (40%)	Paralyze Slow	Multi-Target Frequent Invulnerability
Sartre	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow	Shielded	Invulnerability triggers can be cancelled with Stun or delayed with Slow
Shadow Predator	Thermal (20%)	Frost (40%)	Stun Slow	Shielded	Wall jump can be cancelled with Stun
Snowbreak Aku-MA	Frost (20%)	Kinetic (40%)	Frozen	Destructible Parts Enhanced Weak Spot Frequent Invulnerability No Weak Spot	Weak spot only appears when downed, but is an enhanced weak spot
Teumessian	Chaos (10%) Thermal (5%) Electric (10%)	N/A	Paralyze Slow		Invulnerability trigger can be skipped with Paralyze
θ (theta) - Inversion	Electric (20%)	Chaos (40%)	N/A	Frequent Invulnerability Shielded
Will	Kinetic (10%) Thermal (10%) Frost (5%)	N/A	Stun Slow	Mobile	Frequent Invulnerability in phase 1
Will - Flameblade	Kinetic (40%)	Thermal (60%)	Stun Slow	Mobile Sub-DPS Viable Frequent Invulnerability

DPS Operatives

• Low Endurance operatives have a limited period of time to deal damage before they run out of resources, typically only being able to perform a single damage rotation.
• Short Range operatives have to be close to enemies to deal maximum damage.
• Ultimate-Reliant operatives require access to their ultimate skill in order to deal maximum damage.

Ballistic DPS

Ballistic damage operatives deal double damage to shields and usually rely on hitting weak spots to critically hit and deal maximum damage.

Operative	Element	Weapon	Notes
Fenny - Lionheart	Kinetic	Shotgun	Short Range
Marian - Queen of Pain	Chaos	Sniper Rifle
Mauxir - Meow	Frost	SMG	Not reliant on landing critical hits
Haru - The Ace	Kinetic	Pistol	Please don’t
Yao - Winter Solstice	Thermal	Sniper Rifle	Low Endurance Ultimate-Reliant
Fenny - Coronet	Electric	Shotgun	Short Range
Marian - Swift	Kinetic	Sniper Rifle	Low Endurance
Katya - Blue Bolt	Frost	Crossbow	Not reliant on landing critical hits (can't crit)
Fritia - Turbo	Chaos	Sniper Rifle
Bubu - The Geomancer	Thermal	Pistol	Ultimate-Reliant (does not use U-Energy)

Skill DPS

Skill damage operatives are typically not reliant on hitting weak spots, but can still benefit from doing so.

Operative	Element	Weapon	Notes
Fritia - Hush	Thermal	Assault Rifle	Low Endurance Ultimate-Reliant
Haru - Absconditus	Kinetic	Pistol	Low Endurance against bosses
Cherno - Enigma	Chaos	SMG
Siris - Ksana	Thermal	Shotgun	Short Range Ultimate-Reliant
Vidya - Agave	Electric	Pistol
Katya - Dawnwing	Frost	Assault Rifle

Hybrid DPS

These operatives come in two varieties:

• Mixed damage: the operative deals both ballistic and skill damage, but in separate instances.
• Dual mode: the damage the operative deals is treated as both ballistic and skill damage.

Operative	Element	Weapon	Notes
Lyfe - Wild Hunt	Frost	SMG	Mixed Damage Primarily skill damage
Chenxing - Ethereal Cloud	Electric	Assault Rifle	Mixed Damage Primarily ballistic damage
Lyfe - Infinite Sight	Kinetic	Dual SMG	Mixed Damage Primarily ballistic damage
Chenxing - Jade Arc	Electric	Bow	Dual Mode Damage is classified as skill damage

Sub-DPS

Sub-DPS operatives are only used to skip past invulnerability triggers, and thus this role is limited to operatives that can quickly deal large amounts of burst damage in a single hit.

Operative	Category
Cherno - Enigma	Skill DPS
Siris - Ksana	Skill DPS

Support Operatives

• Low Endurance operatives have a limited period of time to be effective before they run out of resources, typically only being able to perform a single skill rotation.

General

Operative	Weapon	Notes
Lyfe - Wild Hunt	SMG	Requires Amarna Squad logistics and support weapon
Acacia - Kaguya	Pistol
Mauxir - Shadow Ka	SMG	Extra synergy with ballistic DPS operatives Vulnerable to bosses with Frequent Invulnerability
Tess - The Magician	Sniper Rifle	Low Endurance U-Energy battery utility
Eatchel - The Cub	Shotgun	High investment required

Ballistic

Operative	Weapon	Notes
Fritia - Little Sunshine	Assault Rifle	Incompatible with Fenny - Starshine
Enya - Big Sis	Pistol
Siris - The Goldfish	Shotgun
Fenny - Starshine	Assault Rifle	Incompatible with Fritia - Little Sunshine
Yao - Nightglow	SMG	Don’t believe Seasun’s lies

Skill

Operative	Weapon	Notes
Chenxing - The Observer	Assault Rifle
Enya - Exuvia	Pistol
Marian - Riptide	Shotgun	Parts break utility

CC Support

Being able to apply control effects to bosses can make fights easier due to it allowing you to cancel certain attacks and open up DPS windows. As well, certain bosses have HP triggers that can be cancelled with a well-timed control effect. However for players with adequate damage, control effects are usually a secondary priority unless it is needed specifically for cancelling a trigger.

• Control effect is applied via support skill unless otherwise indicated.
• Operatives use the Navigator Squad logistics set unless otherwise indicated.

Type	Operative	Weapon	Notes
Paralyze	Lyfe - Wednesday	SMG
	Vidya - Agave	Pistol
	Yao - Nightglow	SMG	Ballistic support utility Navigator not recommended
Slow	Acacia - Redacted	Pistol	U-Energy battery utility
	Cherno - Those Two	SMG
	Cherno - Enigma	SMG	Not generally recommended
Freeze	Lyfe - Wild Hunt	SMG	Navigator not recommended
	Acacia - Kaguya	Pistol	Requires standard skill hits
	Katya - Blue Bolt	Crossbow	Not generally recommended No support weapon options
	Katya - Dawnwing	Assault Rifle	Not generally recommended
Stun	Nita - Hands	Shotgun	From ultimate skill
	Haru - Absconditus	Pistol
	Eatchel - The Cub	Shotgun	General support utility at high investment Navigator not recommended
	Lyfe - Infinite Sight	Dual SMG	Not generally recommend No support weapon options

Healer

Operative	Weapon	Notes
Chenxing - The Observer	Assault Rifle	Skill support utility
Yao - Quiet Quitter	Sniper Rifle
Eatchel - The Cub	Shotgun	General support utility at high investment

Parts Break

Operatives shoot to break parts unless otherwise indicated.

Operative	Weapon	Notes
Fenny - Lionheart	Shotgun
Nita - Hands	Shotgun	CC support utility
Siris - The Goldfish	Shotgun	Ballistic support utility
Fenny - Coronet	Shotgun	Ballistic support utility
Tess - The Magician	Sniper Rifle	General support utility U-Energy battery Uses ultimate skill NOT a main parts breaker, for extra parts break speed only
Eatchel - The Cub	Shotgun	General support utility at high investment
Siris - Ksana	Shotgun
Vidya - Agave	Pistol	Uses standard skill
Marian - Riptide	Shotgun	Skill support utility

Elemental Resistance Shred

These operatives are able to apply resistance reduction in a certain element to enemies. Resistance reduction is applied via support skill. Operatives use the Twilight Squad logistics set to apply the resistance reduction unless otherwise indicated.

Element	Operative	Weapon	Source	Notes
All	Acacia - Kaguya	Pistol	Support skill
Electric	Lyfe - Wednesday	SMG	Twilight
	Enya - Exuvia	Pistol	Twilight
Chaos	Acacia - Redacted	Pistol	Twilight
	Marian - Queen of Pain	Sniper Rifle	Support skill
	Mauxir - Shadow Ka	SMG	Twilight
Thermal	Fritia - Little Sunshine	Assault Rifle	Twilight	Best used with ballistic DPS
Kinetic	Siris - The Goldfish	Shotgun	Twilight	Best used with ballistic DPS
Frost	Lyfe - Wild Hunt	SMG	Twilight

U-Energy Battery

Operative	Category	Source	Notes
Acacia - Redacted	CC Support	Deiwos Passive
Tess - The Magician	General Support	Ultimate Skill	Low Endurance

Specialized Roles

Operatives that can serve one or more of these roles can be especially effective against bosses with those traits. However, this does not necessarily make that operative recommended for that boss - remember to still use your own judgement!

Damage Reduction

These operatives either can bypass damage reduction effects, or can allow the main DPS to bypass them.

Operative	Category	Source
Cherno - Enigma	Skill DPS	Standard skill
Mauxir - Shadow Ka	General support	Support skill
Chenxing	Hybrid DPS	Ultimate skill

Enhanced Weak Spot

All ballistic operatives can take advantage of enhanced weak spots to do additional damage. The following operatives can as well:

Operative	Category
Chenxing - Ethereal Cloud	Hybrid DPS
Siris - Ksana	Skill DPS
Lyfe - Infinite Sight	Hybrid DPS
Katya - Dawnwing	Skill DPS

Mobile

The following operatives have skill sets that are effective at locking onto mobile bosses or allow the main DPS to lock onto them.

Operative	Category
Mauxir - Meow	Ballistic DPS
Marian - Swift	Ballistic DPS
Mauxir - Shadow Ka	General support
Vidya - Agave	Skill DPS
Fritia - Turbo	Ballistic DPS
Chenxing - Jade Arc	Hybrid DPS

Additionally, consider a CC support to immobilise the boss.

Multi-Target

These operatives can take advantage of enemies with multiple targetable parts to deal extra damage.

Operative	Category
Chenxing - Ethereal Cloud	Hybrid DPS
Haru - Absconditus	Skill DPS
Lyfe - Infinite Sight	Hybrid DPS

Shielded

All ballistic operatives are strong against shielded enemies due to ballistic damage dealing double damage to shields. The following hybrid operatives also deal significant amounts of ballistic damage, or have their damage output treated as ballistic to also gain this advantage:

• Chenxing - Ethereal Cloud
• Lyfe - Infinite Sight
• Chenxing - Jade Arc

No Weak Spot

Skill damage operatives are generally more effective against bosses with no weak spot, as they are not as reliant on landing critical hits to deal damage. However, some ballistic or hybrid operatives are not reliant on landing critical hits, or are able to land guaranteed critical hits to bypass the lack of a weak spot:

Operative	Category
Lyfe - Wild Hunt	Hybrid DPS
Katya - Blue Bolt	Ballistic DPS
Lyfe - Infinite Sight	Hybrid DPS
Bubu - The Geomancer	Ballistic DPS
Chenxing - Jade Arc	Hybrid DPS