Da Pan Build Guide

Da Pan Chen Qianyu Akekuri Catcher

F2P Friendly team that uses Da Pan as your main DPS. Chen and Catcher provide Vulnerable Stacks and Akekuri gives some extra SP for your team. Use Skills to apply Vulnerable Stacks as needed, and cash out with Da Pan’s Combo Skill. The team can be upgraded as you get new operators. 

Pogranichnik Lifeng Da Pan Chen Qianyu

Currently the best Physical Team in the game. Pogranichnik can apply breach and Lifeng can apply susceptibility to increase the damage of all other operators in your team. Once everything is in place, use Da Pan (and Chen) to deal massive damage to enemies.

Can I use Endmin instead?

Yes, Endministrator and Da Pan are close to each other (assuming Da Pan is P5). They both fulfill the same role of consuming Vulnerable stacks for massive damage, but each has its own playstyle. Endmin rotations are more complex, while Da Pan is generally more straightforward. So basically, just pick the one you enjoy the most.

Weapons

• Best-in-Slot: Exemplar
• Alt: Sundered Prince
• Alt: Ancient Canal (F2P)

Da Pan benefits from all effects provided by Exemplar. Some of the Weapon effect requires using Battle Skills and Ultimates for increased Physical DMG%, but the stacks last long enough so you don’t need to worry about it, as you’ll naturally use these skills through the fight.

Sundered Prince is an Alternative Weapon in case you’re on-fielding Da Pan. It gives increased Stagger to your Final Strikes and an ATK Boost after hitting the enemy with your Final Strike. The ATK buff has a low duration so make sure to activate it before using your skills.

Ancient Canal is Da Pan’s Signature. It synergizes well with Da Pan’s gameplay, but it focuses on crushing enemies. Use it if you don’t have any of the other options above.

Gear

General Use

• Gear Set: Aethertech
• Armor: Aethertech Plating
• Gloves: LYNX Gloves
• Kit 1: Aethertech Stabilizer
• Kit 2: Aethertech Stabilizer

Aethertech synergizes perfectly with Da Pan, who can apply a lot of Vulnerable stacks and use his Combo Skill to consume all of them and deal massive damage. LYNX Gloves is for Ultimate Gain Efficiency, but if you'd rather have more damage over consistent rotations, you can replace it with Swordmancer TAC Gauntlets.

Stagger Efficiency

• Gear Set: Swordmancer
• Armor: Swordmancer Heavy Armor
• Gloves: Swordmancer TAC Gauntlets
• Kit 1: Aethertech Stabilizer
• Kit 2: Swordmancer Flint

Swordmancer increases the Stagger efficiency and deals extra damage after applying a Physical Status to enemies. This is a general use set that finds better value when using it alongside Sundered Prince.

Combo Skill > Battle Skill = Ultimate > Basic Attack

As a DPS, all of Da Pan Skills should be leveled up to maximize his damage potential, but the Combo Skill is your main source of damage on Da Pan, so leveling it up first is ideal. Battle Skill and Ultimate come next, both for the damage and Vulnerable application. Basic Attacks will always be used in the downtime, but you can leave it at a lower priority.

• P1 Fine Cooking
• P2 Harmonized Flavors
• P3 Model Employee
• P4 Special Blend
• P5 Fire it Up

Da Pan’s Potentials are purely for his own damage, both against groups of enemies or a single target.

Potential 1 incentivizes you to use Da Pan’s Ultimate to finish smaller enemies.

Potential 2 increases the duration and max stacks of his 2nd Combat Talent, giving you faster Combo Skills through the fight. This requires hitting 3 or more enemies with your Ultimate to get all 3 possible stacks, so you won't benefit from this on single-target content.

Potential 3 gives extra stats for Da Pan.

Potential 4 reduces the energy cost of your Ultimate, giving you more damage, vulnerable stacks and more stacks for your Combat Talent.

Potential 5 adds some value for Da Pan vs Single-Target content. If the Ultimate hits only a single enemy, it applies one extra Vulnerable Stack to the target. But it has a long cooldown, so you won’t notice it that much.

Keep in mind that vertically investing in Arknights Endfield is not recommended and you should treat these as a bonus damage/utility for your Operator.

The game plan is simple, you stack 4 Vulnerable and this triggers his Combo Skill. Activate it to apply Crush on the enemy and deal massive damage. His Battle Skill and Ultimate help you with this, but having other sources will help you to both activate his Combo Skill and also maintain Vulnerable Stacks on enemies, in order to benefit from the increased damage against Vulnerable enemies.

The Ultimate applies 2 stacks of Vulnerable and activates his 2nd Combat Talent for reduced Cooldown on his next Combo Skill, increasing the frequency that you burst down the Vulnerable Stacks on enemies.

Da Pan will release on January 22nd, 2026 along with the release of Arknights: Endfield.

Da Pan is a Standard Operator, meaning they are permanently available through the gacha system.