Qingyi in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ): Best Build Guide

In Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) Qingyi is 5 star character, which is an Intimidation type and uses the Electro attribute. In a team, she can play the role of a secondary damage dealer, aimed at stunning enemies. In this guide, you will learn about her best build, amplifiers and drive disks, as well as recommended squads with her

The main features of Qingyi

How to get Qingyi

In the first phase of version 1.1, this operative of the criminal investigation department of the Security Service appeared in banner, which increased the chance of her dropping. In the future, this character can only be obtained through Signal Search. 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 an android girl for free.

Key Features of Qingyi

Qingyi's abilities and their upgrade priority

You can read 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 study our combat system guide to better understand it.

As for pumping up the heroine's talents, then the priority should be the inclinations and basic attacks, as they are the main source of her damage. Next in importance are special attacks and dodges (you will often add these to your combos to increase damage).

Once you've maxed out these abilities, you can move on to maxing out chain attacks (ultimate) and assists. While both aren't as important to Qingyi as the previous skills, they'll still give her a slight boost to her overall damage output.

Mental picture of Qingyi

To open it, you need to accumulate Agent Profiles, which are given out when duplicates of the heroine drop, which, of course, is random. Considering the small chance of getting 5-star characters, you will need to spend a lot of time and money to unlock all the mentals. However, even without them, Qingyi can easily play the role of a sub-DD.

The table below lists all the mental abilities, their descriptions and benefits for the heroine.

If you still decide to try your luck, then you can stop at M1 and M2, thanks to which playing for Qingyi will become much easier and more fun - she will deal more damage and stun opponents faster. If you have to choose between a starting mental weapon and a signature weapon, then we advise you to take the first option, as it will bring more benefits.

How to play as Qingyi

Basic combinations

Here, everything is actually quite simple, since the entire gameplay is built around the heroine's enhanced basic attacks. First, you need to accumulate the "Breakthrough Voltage" effect to 75-100% (the blue bar under the agent's health bar) by inflicting electrical damage on opponents. This can be done in several ways.

Let's start with the most effective - basic attacks. The thing is that after the first two hits, you can start quickly tapping the attack button (LMB) to cause a flurry of incessant hits that deal Electro damage. This will allow you to quickly fill the bar. Then stop pressing the button so that the heroine can perform the final fourth hit (if you hear a characteristic bell and see a flash, then its enhanced version will be performed).

Special attacks take longer to fill the bar, and the ult, although it immediately gives 80% of the "Breaking Voltage", takes too much time to activate, so it can only be considered a situational ability that allows you not only to stun most enemies almost instantly, but also to immediately switch to enhanced attacks. You will need the E-ka for slightly different things, which we will discuss in more detail below.

Once you enter Sparkle mode (the bar will turn gold), use the "I gaze upon the moon with rapture" combo while holding down the basic attack button (LMB). This will apply the "Taming the Defiant" debuff to the enemy, which will increase the damage dealt to them if they are stunned.

Overall, the rotation will look like this:

1. Hit the enemy with the 1st and 2nd basic attacks, then start spamming the 3rd attack, hitting them with electricity and building up the voltage until you fill the gauge to 75-100%.
2. While in Sparking, hold down the Basic Attack button to perform 5 empowered attacks, including a finishing move that applies Taming the Defiant.
3. Usually at this point the target becomes stunned, so you switch to your main damage dealer and deal increased damage to them.
4. If you have your ultimate ready and the elite enemy, boss, or large group of enemies is not stunned yet, you can use Qingyi's ultimate. This will stun the target and allow you to perform a combo of enhanced attacks, placing a debuff on them. Now switch back to your main DD to deal maximum damage.

Advanced Combinations

In most cases, the above rotation is enough to destroy most enemies. However, if you want to fully utilize Qingyi's combat potential, we recommend that you listen to the tips below.

As you already know, the first two attacks deal physical damage and do not give tension, so it is not recommended to use them. You can skip these attacks and go straight to the 3rd hit in the following ways:

• Perform a counterattack after a perfect dodge. Useful because you can interrupt the 3rd hit after the dodge and then immediately continue with a flurry of hits, but you can't start a combo with this action.
• Use a strengthened special attack. A good option, accelerating the stunning of the enemy and the accumulation of tension, but you will have to more carefully monitor the accumulation and expenditure of energy, which, of course, not everyone will like. Therefore, this will rather be a situational technique, that is, having accumulated enough energy, try to always use a strengthened E-shka to immediately move on to the 3rd basic attack.
• Perform a quick assist. A good option that allows you to not only get buffs but also immediately go to the 3rd strike, but you will have to carefully select allies for Qingyi.

Now that we've sorted out the tension, let's move on to enhanced basic attacks. Let's note right away that it's not necessary to get 100%, since the damage bonus (25%) and stun (12.5%) are quite small to lengthen the already long animations for their sake.

A fully executed "I Watch the Moon with Intoxication" combo will grant you 10 stacks of "Taming the Defiant" (5 from standard attacks and 5 from the finishing move). However, if you release the button while the enemy is attacking, you will perform a perfect dodge and perform a finishing move that will apply 10 stacks of debuff on its own However, you will have to watch your opponents closely and time the release of the button correctly.

Now let's look at all these combos in combination with Assist. The thing is that after releasing the button when performing enhanced basic attacks, you can immediately press "Space" to perform a quick assist - Qingyi will perform a finishing blow and apply 10 levels of a negative effect, and the ally will deal additional damage.

The same can be done, by the way, when switching from the 3rd basic attack to the 4th, that is, releasing the attack button, immediately press the "Space" to switch to an ally - Qingyi will then make the 4th attack, and you can then start hitting with the main damage dealer.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Qingyi

With her unique abilities, the android girl can deal significant Electro damage to both single targets and large groups of enemies. Her advantages also include:

• Can significantly increase the enemy's vulnerability multiplier, increasing the explosive damage they receive when stunned.
• Pairs well with damage dealers that have stun bonuses, such as Zhu Yuan and Corin.
• The basic combinations are relatively easy to use, so Qingyi is suitable for beginners, but it has advanced mechanics that more experienced players will certainly enjoy learning.
• It has increased resistance to interrupts, can reduce damage taken and even get a shield (M4), which turns it into a good tank for protecting fragile damage dealers.
• The best stunner when it comes to area of ​​effect stun, meaning it can stun multiple enemies at once.
• Thanks to the additional ability, its assembly is significantly simplified, since increasing the Impulse also leads to an increase in Attack Power. It is enough to focus on this characteristic and crits.
• She can fit into almost any squad, since her abilities require a character from the "Attack" group, which is usually present in all teams.

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

• She has almost no stun bonuses, so her enemy stun speed is lower than other Intimidation Legendaries, even behind Enby in this regard.
• Needs a lot of time on the battlefield to implement all of her mechanics, so she doesn't pair very well with hypercarries.
• If Qingyi fails to timely use her dodges or assists when performing the 3rd hit, she may take too much damage, which will quickly disable her.

Best build for Qingyi

The best amplifiers

The table below presents the most interesting options.

Best Drive Discs

As for main characteristics of drives, then your selection should look like this:

• IV sector: critical hit chance (priority) or critical damage in a ratio of 1 to 2.
• V-sector: Electric damage bonus (priority) or penetration chance.
• VI sector: impulse.
• Substats: Crits > Attack Power% > Penetration Chance

If we talk about recommended values ​​of Qingyi parameters, then they should look something like this:

• Impulse: 169-193+
• Health: 1000+
• Defense: 800+
• Attack: 1800-2000 units (mostly optional)
• Critical Hit Chance: 50-60%+ (mostly optional)
• Critical Damage: 100-120% (mostly optional)

Best Teams for Qingyi

F2P squad

Let's remember that Qingyi can be used in any team that has an "Assault" character. Nicole and Billy activate each other's additional abilities. The android girl will help the latter deal more damage to stunned opponents.

Ethereal Squad

Qingyi pairs well with Zhu Yuan, as the latter can deal massive damage to stunned enemies thanks to her bonuses, while Nicole will be able to activate her additional ability thanks to her Threat Captain.

Ice Squad

If you managed to knock out Ellen, but you don't have Lycaon, then Qingyi can easily replace the wolf cub. She will give the shark girl almost the same bonuses as the head of "Victoria". Lycaon slightly surpasses Qingyi in this team only in long battles.

Fire Squad

Qingyi is a better match for the Fire pack than Kolyada. There are two reasons for this. First, the effectiveness of the stun: although Kolyada has a higher speed of applying the stun, her stability leaves much to be desired, which is why she loses to the Security Service employee in long battles.

Secondly, Qingyi is able to increase Soldier 11's damage through one of her traits, further increasing her usefulness in this squad.

Physical detachment

Like Zhu Yuan, Korin has bonuses to stunned enemies, so she pairs well with Qingyi. The android girl will be on the battlefield most of the time, stunning enemies. Then you will need to bring Korin out of your pocket to deal increased damage to enemies. Nekomata can be used in attack chains to deal additional damage.

Electro squad

Qingyi will be a great addition to mono electric packs. Rina will increase the chance of penetration and electric damage of allies, and Anton will deal the main damage to enemies after they are stunned by the Security Service employee.

If desired, Rina can be replaced with Grace for faster accumulation of the Electro attribute anomaly.

Qingyi's upgrade

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

This concludes the guide to the best build for Grace in ZZZ. We hope that this information will help you choose the best amplifiers, drive disks and commands for the heroine.