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Genshin Impact DPS Calculator

Calculate your Genshin Impact DPS (Damage Per Second) across a full rotation. Input skill cooldowns, burst frames, normal attack timing, and average hit damage to find your true sustained DPS and compare team compositions.

Normal & Charged Attacks

Elemental Skill

Elemental Burst

Off-field / Support Damage

Understanding the Inputs

Normal Attack Hits: Number of NA inputs during on-field time in one rotation. Charged Attack Hits: Number of CA inputs (relevant for characters like Hu Tao, Ganyu, Ayaka). Avg NA/CA Damage: Average (non-crit-averaged) damage per hit from the Damage Calculator. Skill Hits: Number of times the skill triggers in one rotation (based on cooldown vs rotation duration). Avg Skill Damage: Average damage output per skill trigger. Burst Hits: Number of distinct hits your Burst produces per cast. Avg Burst Damage: Average damage per Burst hit. Off-field Hits: Other characters' off-field abilities hitting during your DPS character's on-field window. Rotation Duration: Total seconds for one complete team rotation.

Normal Attack Hits: Number of individual NA inputs during your on-field time in one rotation.
Avg NA Damage: Use the average (not CRIT) damage from the Genshin Damage Calculator per hit.
Charged Attack Hits: How many CA inputs per rotation (Hu Tao uses ~6–8, Ganyu uses 4, etc.).
Burst Hits: Count each individual hit in the burst description (e.g., Ayaka Q = 20 Snowflakes + 1 final).
Off-field Hits: Sum of all support characters' off-field ability hits during your DPS character's on-field time.
Rotation Duration: Time one full team cycle from start to repeat. Record with a stopwatch during practice.

Formula Used

DPS = Total Damage in Rotation / Rotation Duration (seconds) Total Rotation Damage = (Normal Attack Hits × Avg NA Damage) + (Charged Attack Hits × Avg CA Damage) + (Skill Hits × Avg Skill Damage) + (Burst Hits × Avg Burst Damage) + (Off-field Hits × Avg Off-field Damage) Rotation Duration = manually timed full loop in seconds (typically 15–25s for most teams). Burst DPS contribution = (Burst Total Damage) / rotation_duration Skill DPS contribution = (Skill Total Damage × floor(rotation / cooldown)) / rotation_duration Energy Filter: If Burst cost exceeds team's energy generation, reduce burst frequency accordingly.

DPS is always calculated as Total Rotation Damage divided by Rotation Duration (seconds). The breakdown by source (NA, CA, Skill, Burst, Off-field) lets you identify which part of your rotation is contributing most — and where the biggest optimization opportunity lies. In most top-tier teams, Burst + Off-field together account for over 60% of total rotation DPS.

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Interpreting Your Result

Elite (S-Tier): 12,000+ DPS reliably 36-stars Spiral Abyss. Strong (A-Tier): 8,000–12,000 DPS clears comfortably. Good (B-Tier): 5,000–8,000 handles most content. Decent (C-Tier): 2,000–5,000 for early Abyss and open world. Below 2,000 DPS usually indicates an unoptimized build or missing key supports.

✓ Do's

  • •Use average damage (not CRIT damage) when calculating how much total damage each ability type contributes.
  • •Time your actual rotation in practice — community timings can vary from your playstyle.
  • •Include off-field damage from supports like Fischl, Xiangling, and Beidou — they often add 30–50% to team DPS.
  • •Check Energy Recharge sufficiency before assuming every rotation includes a full burst.
  • •Compare DPS with and without reactions to understand the value of reaction-enabling teammates.

✗ Don'ts

  • •Don't equate your biggest crit hit with your DPS — single-hit damage and sustained DPS are entirely different metrics.
  • •Don't ignore animation time — Eula's Burst has a long animation that reduces on-field DPS time.
  • •Don't forget that you lose DPS time while swapping characters, using skills, and during Burst animations.
  • •Don't assume off-field characters contribute zero damage — many meta teams rely 30–50% on off-field DPS.
  • •Don't compare DPS from different rotation durations — normalize to the same window (usually 20–25 seconds).

How It Works

The Genshin Impact DPS Calculator measures sustained damage output over a full character rotation — not just a single hit. Unlike a spike damage calculator, DPS factors in how long animations take, how often you can use Skills and Bursts, how much Energy cost your Burst demands, and the role of off-field damage from supports. Enter your average hit damage (from our Damage Calculator), skill cooldowns, burst cooldown and energy cost, rotation duration, and on-field time to get your true DPS. This is the ultimate metric for comparing team compositions, character synergies, and the value of quickswap vs sustained-carry playstyles.

Understanding the Inputs

Normal Attack Hits: Number of NA inputs during on-field time in one rotation. Charged Attack Hits: Number of CA inputs (relevant for characters like Hu Tao, Ganyu, Ayaka). Avg NA/CA Damage: Average (non-crit-averaged) damage per hit from the Damage Calculator. Skill Hits: Number of times the skill triggers in one rotation (based on cooldown vs rotation duration). Avg Skill Damage: Average damage output per skill trigger. Burst Hits: Number of distinct hits your Burst produces per cast. Avg Burst Damage: Average damage per Burst hit. Off-field Hits: Other characters' off-field abilities hitting during your DPS character's on-field window. Rotation Duration: Total seconds for one complete team rotation.

Formula Used

DPS = Total Damage in Rotation / Rotation Duration (seconds) Total Rotation Damage = (Normal Attack Hits × Avg NA Damage) + (Charged Attack Hits × Avg CA Damage) + (Skill Hits × Avg Skill Damage) + (Burst Hits × Avg Burst Damage) + (Off-field Hits × Avg Off-field Damage) Rotation Duration = manually timed full loop in seconds (typically 15–25s for most teams). Burst DPS contribution = (Burst Total Damage) / rotation_duration Skill DPS contribution = (Skill Total Damage × floor(rotation / cooldown)) / rotation_duration Energy Filter: If Burst cost exceeds team's energy generation, reduce burst frequency accordingly.

Real Calculation Examples

  • 1Ayaka freeze team: Burst (20 hits × 8400 avg) = 168,000 + Skill (2 × 15,000) = 30,000 + NAs (10 × 3,000) = 30,000 = 228,000 in 20s → ~11,400 DPS
  • 2Hu Tao vaporize: CA (8 × 26,000 avg vaporize) = 208,000 + Skill (12,000) = 220,000 in 18s → ~12,222 DPS
  • 3Raiden Hypercarry: Burst (21 hits × 7,000) = 147,000 + Skill off-field (10 × 2,000) = 167,000 in 22s → ~7,590 DPS (extremely consistent, no downtime)

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The Comprehensive Guide

Genshin Impact DPS Calculator: The Ultimate Guide to Rotation Damage and Sustained Output

In Genshin Impact, your biggest single hit is not what wins fights — it is your sustained damage output over a full rotation. The Genshin Impact DPS Calculator measures what truly matters: how much total damage your team deals every second across an entire cycle of abilities. Whether you are debating between team archetypes, optimizing character investment, or pushing for 36 stars in the Spiral Abyss, understanding DPS is the difference between winning and falling short with 10 seconds left on the clock.

What Is DPS in Genshin Impact?

DPS, or Damage Per Second, is the sustained rate of damage your character or team produces over time. Unlike a single Burst hit or Charged Attack number, DPS accounts for everything in a rotation: Normal Attacks, Skill hits, Burst hits, and off-field damage from teammates — all normalized against the total time it takes to complete one cycle.

The formula is elegantly simple: DPS = Total Rotation Damage ÷ Rotation Duration (seconds). The complexity lies in accurately capturing every source of damage and every second of your rotation. This is exactly what this calculator does.

Understanding Rotations: The Foundation of Genshin DPS

A rotation in Genshin Impact is one full cycle of your team's abilities from start to finish — after which you repeat the same sequence. For example, a typical Ayaka freeze rotation looks like: Kokomi E → Kazuha Q → Ayato Q → Ayaka E → Ayaka CA spam → Ayaka Q → repeat. The entire cycle might take 20–22 seconds.

Understanding your rotation is critical because it defines: 1) how much damage each ability contributes to total DPS, 2) whether your Burst can fire every cycle based on Energy Recharge, and 3) how long each character spends on field versus off-field. Every second of rotation time is precious — deadtime (no damage) is the DPS killer.

On-Field Time vs Off-Field Damage

Not all damage happens while a character is on-field. In modern Genshin meta, some of the most powerful characters deal the majority of their damage completely off-field. Examples:

  • Fischl (Oz): Her Electro owl hits once per second for approximately 1,200–2,500 damage off-field — consistently throughout the entire rotation.
  • Xiangling: Her Pyronado spins autonomously, hitting multiple times per second for up to 30+ Pyro hits per rotation.
  • Yelan: Her Lifeline marks enemies and fires multiple Hydro bolts whenever the on-field character attacks.
  • Beidou: Her Burst arcs chain lightning between enemies on every hit for the entire 15-second duration.

Ignoring these off-field contributions is the single biggest mistake players make when evaluating team DPS. In many top-tier comps, off-field supports contribute 40–60% of total rotation damage.

Key Combat Archetypes and DPS Patterns

Sustained Carry (Hypercarry)

In a Hypercarry team, one primary DPS stays on field for the majority of the rotation, supported by three others whose sole purpose is to buff, heal, and enable the carry. Example: Hu Tao + Xingqiu + Yelan + Zhongli. Hu Tao stays on field for 12–15 of an 18-second rotation. This creates a high single-target DPS ceiling but depends entirely on the main DPS's numbers and reaction uptime.

Quickswap (Burst Cycling)

Quickswap teams rapidly cycle all four characters — each casting their Cooldown Skill and Elemental Burst in sequence, spending only 3–5 seconds per character. This distributes DPS across all four characters and results in smooth, consistent output. The famous "National Team" (Bennett + Xiangling + Xingqiu + any Pyro/Physical DPS) is a quintessential quickswap team with top-tier DPS.

Freeze Comps

Freeze teams (Cryo DPS + Hydro applicator + Anemo + Flex) maintain enemies in a permanently frozen state, enabling consistent reactions and uninterrupted damage without threat of enemy retaliation. Ayaka, Ganyu, and Wriothesley excel here. The Freeze reaction itself does no damage but enables Shatter (Claymores/Geo) or simply prevents the enemy from moving.

Hyperbloom and Bloom

Post-3.0 Dendro comps introduced new team archetypes around Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Quickbloom. Hyperbloom (Dendro + Hydro + Electro) generates Dendro Cores that an Electro character can detonate for massive EM-scaling damage — often outperforming traditional Pyro teams in specific scenarios.

Industry Benchmarks: What DPS Tier Are You?

  • S-Tier (12,000+ DPS): Top 5-star main DPS with full C0 investment, BiS weapon, and proper 5-star support setup. Clears Abyss 12 with 30+ seconds margin.
  • A-Tier (8,000–12,000 DPS): Strong 5-star DPS or exceptional 4-star carries with good artifacts. Reliable 36-star clear with practice.
  • B-Tier (5,000–8,000 DPS): Mid-investment or 4-star focused teams. Can clear Abyss 12 with optimal play and time management.
  • C-Tier (2,000–5,000 DPS): Early/mid-game builds, underleveled talents, or suboptimal artifact sets. Struggles with Floor 11-12.
  • Below 2,000 DPS: Builds in progress. Open world viable; Abyss above Floor 9 will be challenging.

How to Maximize Your DPS in Genshin Impact

1. Eliminate Rotation Downtime: Every second where your team is dealing zero damage is DPS lost. Plan your rotation so there is always an off-field source dealing damage during character swaps. Fischl, Xiangling, Xingqiu, and Yelan are excellent sources of zero-downtime off-field DPS.

2. Build Energy Recharge Correctly: If your main DPS or key support cannot Burst every rotation, their Burst DPS contribution halves. Use the ER recommendations from KQM (Keqing's Grimoire) for your specific team before locking artifacts.

3. Shorten Your Rotation Duration: A team finishing 22,000 damage in 18 seconds (1,222 DPS) outperforms 28,000 in 27 seconds (1,037 DPS). Shorter rotations mean more full cycles per minute. Quickswap teams deliberately optimize for rotation speed over burst total.

4. Maximize Multipliers Before Burst: Timing your burst after all buffs (Bennett Q, Kazuha Q, Sara Q) are active dramatically increases burst DPS. A Bennett ATK Buff can add 800+ flat ATK, increasing all multiplied damage from that point forward.

5. Target Grouping and Enemy Positioning: AoE abilities like Ayaka Q, Xiangling Pyronado, and Kazuha Q hit all grouped enemies simultaneously, effectively multiplying DPS against multiple targets. Learning to funnel enemies and use Anemo characters' grouping is a free DPS increase.

Risks: What Can Tank Your Real-World DPS?

Animation Lock: Many Bursts have long animation sequences during which you cannot swap or attack. Eula, Xiao, and Wanderer all have lengthy animations that reduce actual DPS time. This calculator assumes these animations are counted in rotation duration — always time your rotation including the full animation.

Enemy Movement and i-Frames: Bosses in Genshin Impact have movement patterns and invulnerability phases (i-frames) during which all damage is blocked. Without any i-frame compensation, real-world damage against bosses like the Magatsu Mitake Narukami no Mikoto can be 30–40% lower than theoretical rotation DPS.

Reaction Application Failure: Vaporize and Melt require precise elemental gauging. If your Hydro applicator cannot reapply Wet fast enough between Hu Tao Charged Attacks, you lose Vaporize multipliers and your effective DPS drops sharply.

Conclusion: DPS is the Language of Genshin Optimization

Understanding DPS is understanding Genshin Impact at its highest level. It reframes character investment discussions from "who hits bigger" to "who contributes more per second." It transforms team-building from guesswork into a structured decision-making framework. Use the Genshin Impact DPS Calculator alongside the Genshin Impact Damage Calculator to build complete clarity on your roster's power. From choosing your next 5-star investment to deciding when your artifacts are "good enough," DPS math is the clearest answer in the game's deep theorycrafting ecosystem. Climb the Abyss. Reach 36 stars. Build smarter.

Frequently Asked Questions

Usage of This Calculator

Who Should Use This?

Spiral Abyss players optimizing their 36-star clear, theory-crafters comparing team archetypes (Freeze vs Vaporize, Hypercarry vs Quickswap), content creators building guides for character investment, F2P players deciding which limited banner character maximizes team DPS, and competitive players attempting Abyss speedclears.

Limitations

Assumes consistent rotation execution with no missed hits, perfect reaction triggering, and full burst availability every cycle. Does not account for enemy movement, i-frames, or kill-time variance. Off-field damage approximations should be cross-referenced with character-specific guides for consistency. Damage numbers must come from the Genshin Impact Damage Calculator for accuracy.

Real-World Examples

Case Study A: Ayaka Freeze Team Rotation

Scenario: Team: Ayaka (DPS) + Ayato (Hydro) + Kazuha (Anemo Support) + Kokomi (Healer). Rotation: Kokomi E → Kazuha E + Q → Ayato E + Q → Ayaka E + CA spam + Q. Rotation = 21 seconds. Ayaka Q = 20 hits × 8,400 avg = 168,000. Ayaka CA = 6 × 7,200 = 43,200. Ayato Q ticks = 18 × 4,500 = 81,000. Total = 292,200.

Outcome: 292,200 ÷ 21s = 13,914 DPS — solidly S-tier, especially against multi-target (Freeze hits all grouped enemies). With Kazuha VV shredding Cryo RES by 40%, numbers increase another 15–20%.

Case Study B: Hu Tao Vaporize with Double Hydro

Scenario: Team: Hu Tao (DPS) + Xingqiu (Hydro) + Yelan (Hydro) + Zhongli (Shield). Rotation = 18s. Hu Tao CAs = 8 × 26,000 avg (Vaporize) = 208,000. Xingqiu Rain Swords = 15 × 4,000 = 60,000. Yelan Q = 10 × 5,500 = 55,000. Total = 323,000.

Outcome: 323,000 ÷ 18s = 17,944 DPS — top-tier single-target DPS for Spiral Abyss. The double Hydro ensures consistent Vaporize triggers and provides bonus max HP% buffing Hu Tao's HP-to-ATK conversion.

Summary

The Genshin Impact DPS Calculator transforms your damage numbers into a real, actionable metric for team composition decisions. By measuring damage across an entire rotation — including all abilities, off-field damage, and reaction contributions — you get the complete picture of your team's power. Use it to compare team archetypes, justify investments, and confidently push for 36 stars in the Spiral Abyss.