Zhu Yuan in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ): Best Builds Guide

In Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) Zhu Yuan is 5 star character, belonging to the Attack type and using the Ether attribute. In a team, she can serve as the main damage dealer. In this guide you will learn about her best builds, amplifiers And drive discs, as well as recommended units with her

Main Features of Zhu Yuan

How to get Zhu Yuan

In the second phase of version 1.0 (July 24), this Sobez criminal operative appeared in banner, which increased the likelihood of it falling out. In the future, it will be possible to obtain this character only by searching for a signal. Unfortunately, HoYoverse has never held an event where the reward would be a 5-star fighter, so you definitely won’t be able to get a captain for free.

Key Characteristics of Zhu Yuan

Zhu Yuan's abilities and the priority of leveling them up

You can find information about the heroine’s abilities in the game itself, so we decided to add it under the spoiler so as not to increase the size of the article. We also recommend that you read our combat system guide to understand it better.

Concerning leveling up the heroine's talents, then basic attacks and evasion should be a priority, since the main source of its damage will be enhanced buckshot. Next in importance are the Makings, because they increase the damage against stunned enemies.

Once you maximize these abilities, you can move on to leveling up special attacks and chains of attacks (ultra), increasing Zhu Yuan’s overall damage. Level up assistance last, as it provides noticeably less benefit than other skills.

Zhu Yuan's mental picture

To open it, you need to accumulate Agent Profiles, issued when duplicates of the heroine appear, which, of course, is random. Given the low chance of getting 5-star characters, you will need to spend a lot of time and money to unlock all mentals. However, even without them, Zhu Yuan can play the role of main DD without any problems.

If you still decide to try your luck, you can stop on M1, which causes the attack chain/ultimate to completely fill all of the Empowered Buckshot's charges, making it much easier to perform its Empowered Basic Attacks. If you have a choice between this mentality and a signature weapon, then we advise you to take the second option, as it will bring more benefits.

How to play as Zhu Yuan

Base

The entire gameplay of the Threat Captain revolves around gaining stacks of enhanced Buckshot, which significantly increases the damage of basic attacks in Suppressive Fire mode. To accumulate these projectiles you can do the following:

• Basic attacks: 4th and 5th hits give 1 charge.
• Quick help: give out 1 charge.
• Counterattack after dodging: grants 1 charge.
• Chain of attacks: gives out 3 charges.
• Superpower: gives out 3 charges.
• Extra Attack Assist: Gives out 3 charges.
• Enhanced Special Attack: Gain 3 charges.

Let's add that Zhu Yuan also automatically gains 6 shells after appearing on the battlefield. The number of available cartridges of reinforced buckshot can be seen in the upper left corner of the screen under the heroine’s avatar.

So, all you need to do is collect the Buckshot charges using the above methods, and then spend them all by going into Suppression Mode (hold LMB) and start shooting at the enemies in front of you. Even so, you will be able to deal a ton of damage to your opponents, but if you want to maximize her DPS, then you will need to follow certain combos.

Optimal combinations

Recall that when executing basic attacks You can use the heroine's own dodge by moving the joystick left/right or pressing the A/D keys on the keyboard. However, depending on when you use them, they will begin to change her combo.

For example, if you use a dodge after the first hit, then Zhu Yuan will immediately move on to the 3rd hit, which will speed up the collection of reinforced bullets. Thus, the ideal rotation for her when performing basic attacks would look like this:

1. Basic attack
2. Evasion (A/D)
3. Basic attack x3
4. Evasion (A/D) – you will receive 1 projectile and skip the 6th unscripted and useless blow
5. Basic attack x3 – will be performed at an accelerated pace

Now let's move on to enhanced basic attacks, which are activated by holding down the LMB. This combo consists of three 3 hits and 5 shots, and on the 3rd hit the heroine fires 3 shots at once.

As it turned out, if you perform a dash (WASD) immediately after the 3rd attack, the threat captain will not start the combination again, but will immediately move on to the 3rd strike, performing it again. Thus, the optimal rotation for her when performing enhanced basic attacks will look like this:

1. Enhanced basic attacks x3 - you will spend 5 charges of buckshot.
2. Dash with the joystick (or WASD) - you will spend 1 charge of buckshot.
3. 3rd enhanced basic attack x1 - you will spend the remaining 3 charges of buckshot.

Using these combinations, you will be able to maximize the damage dealt by your character. However, again, even without strictly following these rules, you will be able to deal gigantic damage to enemies with it.

Correct agent switching

We recommend placing her in the 1st position in the squad. 2nd position should be given to a character who accelerates the stun of enemies, since Zhu Yuan deals more damage to stunned enemies. Give the 3rd position to the Support hero, which will increase the chance of a critical hit for the Social Security employee after the start of the chain of attacks.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Zhu Yuan

With the help of her unique abilities, the policewoman can inflict enormous ethereal damage to both single opponents and large enemy groups. Its advantages also include:

• Her basic attacks can be used from a long distance, making it easier to evade enemy attacks. The dodge system is built into her combos.
• Can cause enormous damage even without using combinations, especially after stunning enemies.
• Relatively easy to operate.
• To activate the passive, it is enough to have a Support character in the team (not limited by faction or attribute), which simplifies the composition of teams.

However, it is still impossible to call Zhu Yuan an ideal character, since she also has her drawbacks:

• It is highly advisable to add a character to your squad who speeds up the stunning of enemies.
• Recruiting stacks of enhanced Buckshot can be quite tedious at times if you can't chain attacks or use an enhanced special attack often.

Best builds for Zhu Yuan

The best amplifiers

The table below presents the most interesting options.

The best drive discs

The table below presents the most interesting options.

Concerning main characteristics of drive disks then your selection should look like this:

• IV sector: critical chance/crit. damage in a ratio of 1 to 2 (if the probability of a critical hit is below 45%, then take the first option, and if higher, then the second).
• V-sector: bonus ethereal damage.
• VI sector: attack power.
• Substats: crit chance, critical damage, attack% and penetration

Best commands for Zhu Yuan

Ethereal Squad

An extremely accessible squad due to the presence of two free characters in it, but at the same time it is capable of inflicting significant damage on enemies, without any problems imposing negative effects on them.

Zhu Yuan and Nicole pair well together as they can activate each other's complementary abilities. In addition, the latter can reduce the defense of opponents. Enby quickly accumulates stun on enemies, which will increase the damage of the threat captain.

Universal Squad

Optimal teams with Zhu Yuan usually consist of one stun character and one support, as the first allows her to deal more damage, and the second allows her to activate her additional ability.

In this case, we are talking about the best squad with her, since Lycaon stuns opponents as quickly as possible, and Rina can increase the chance of penetration. All of this greatly increases Zhu Yuan's overall damage.

Fire-Ethereal Squad

Kolyada without Ben is less effective, but it should still be enough to stun opponents relatively quickly. Lucy will allow you to increase the attack power of your allies and deal damage from your pocket. This option is a little worse than the previous one, but is still effective, especially if the enemies are vulnerable to fire.

Leveling up Zhu Yuan

The table below shows the materials needed to increase the level, skills and inclinations of the heroine, as well as their total quantity.

With this, the guide to the best builds for Zhu Yuan in ZZZ can be considered complete. We hope that this information will help you choose the optimal amplifiers, drive disks and commands for the heroine.