Nangong Yu best build and team guide for Zenless Zone Zero

Basic Attack: Shooting Star Step

Press Basic Attack to activate: Perform up to three attacks forward, dealing Ether DMG.

Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact

Hold Basic Attack to launch a charged attack, dealing Ether DMG. Release the button at the right moment to trigger precise charging, increasing the Daze dealt by the skill by 20%. Nangong Yu can perform up to three hits. The second and third hits each must consume 50 Downbeats. After using a Chain Attack, Ultimate, or EX Special Attack, if enough Downbeats are available, hold Basic Attack to skip the first hit and directly perform the second and third hits, which always trigger precise charging. When Nangong Yu is the active character, Chain Attacks, Ultimates, and EX Special Attacks do not interrupt the combo count of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact. While charging the first hit, Anti-Interrupt Level increases and DMG taken decreases by 60%. While charging the second and third hits, the character is Invulnerable. During the dash phase of the first hit, enemy attacks can be Blocked. On a successful Block, the attack is treated as a precise charging attack. Character is invulnerable during all attacks.

Dodge: Natural Dancer

Press Dodge to activate: A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Dash Attack: Spinning Meteor

Press Basic Attack during a dodge to activate: Deliver a quick attack forward, dealing Ether DMG.

Dodge Counter: Asteroid Waltz

Press Basic Attack during a Perfect Dodge to activate: Launch a series of attacks on the target, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Quick Assist: Emergency Save

When the active character is launched, press Quick Assist to activate: Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Defensive Assist: Perfected Choreography

When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press Quick Assist to activate: Parries the enemy’s attack, dealing massive Daze. This skill excels at parrying enemy attacks and reduces the consumption of Assist Points when the character is under intense attacks. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Assist Follow-Up: Improvised Performance

Press Basic Attack after a Defensive Assist to activate: Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing massive Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Special Attack: The Weight of Love

Press Special Attack to activate: Delivers a morning star attack, dealing Ether DMG.

EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love

With enough Energy, press EX Special Attack to activate: Delivers a morning star attack, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Chain Attack: Comet Gravity

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate: Launch a series of attacks forward, dealing massive Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Ultimate: Meteor Shower

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press Ultimate to activate: Launch multiple attacks forward, dealing massive Ether DMG. Upon activating this skill, Nangong Yu activates Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise. While Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise is active, all squad members gain an additional 50 ATK for 30s. If Nangong Yu activates Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise again, the current Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise will first deactivate. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Core Passive: Prodigious Idol

Nangong Yu’s Anomaly Proficiency increases by 60. When Nangong Yu’s initial Anomaly Mastery exceeds 110, each point of initial Anomaly Mastery above that increases her Impact by 1. When an enemy is Stunned, each time any character triggers Abloom DMG, Disorder DMG, or inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on the enemy, the enemy gains 1 stacks of Vibrato. A single enemy can have up to 4 stacks of Vibrato. If Vibrato reaches the maximum stacks and the enemy is afflicted with an Ether, Electric, Fire, Physical, or Ice Anomaly, or if the enemy has Vibrato and recovers from being Stunned, all Vibrato stacks will be cleared. When Vibrato is cleared, if the enemy is suffering an aforementioned Attribute Anomaly, Nangong Yu triggers an instance of Abloom DMG on the target, dealing an additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG equal to 720%/360%/900%/63%/90% of the original Attribute Anomaly DMG. Each stack of Vibrato on the enemy increases this Abloom DMG ratio by an additional 25%. During the same Stun period, once Vibrato has been cleared, the enemy cannot gain Vibrato again. When Nangong Yu’s Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact or EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love hits an enemy, her Anomaly Buildup Rate increases by 17%, and her Daze dealt increases by 11%, and all squad members’ DMG dealt increases by 13% for 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. While in combat, Nangong Yu restores 3.8 Downbeats/s. When any squad member inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, Nangong Yu restores an additional 12 Downbeats. This effect can trigger once every 6s. Nangong Yu can hold up to 100 Downbeats, and starts with 30 Downbeats upon entering the battlefield.

Additional Ability: Angel Captain

When another character in your squad is an Anomaly character or shares the same Faction: Any squad member’s attack against a Stunned enemy has 30% increased Anomaly Buildup. Chain Attacks against a Stunned enemy have an additional 30% increased Anomaly Buildup. When any squad member Stuns an enemy, Nangong Yu gains 2 stacks of Dance Prowess, up to a maximum of 2 stacks, lasting 15s, repeated triggers reset the duration. With Dance Prowess, when a heavy attack from Nangong Yu’s EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love, Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, or Quick Assist: Emergency Save hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, 1 stack of Dance Prowess is consumed to trigger the special Disorder effect Polarity Disorder against all enemies who meet the conditions. This deals DMG equal to 25% of the original Disorder DMG, and triggers the previous squad member’s Quick Assist. Polarity Disorder does not clear the target’s Attribute Anomaly. If the skill fails to trigger Polarity Disorder, Dance Prowess will not be consumed. When Nangong Yu has Dance Prowess, the next time she switches to the field, she will immediately perform the first charged hit of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, which will always trigger precise charging. When any squad member Stuns an enemy, Nangong Yu’s next EX Special Attack will not consume Energy. This effect lasts 15s and can trigger once every 15s. When Nangong Yu and Aria are in the same squad, if Aria’s Basic Attack: Perfect Pitch heavy attack hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, and Nangong Yu fully participates in the attack, 1 stack of Dance Prowess will also be consumed to trigger Polarity Disorder on all enemies who meet the conditions. When the third hit of Nangong Yu’s Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact or Ultimate: Meteor Shower hits an enemy, the enemy suffers Misstep. Under this effect, Stun DMG Multiplier increases by 30% and when an enemy becomes Stunned, their Stun duration increases by 3s. Before recovering from Stun, Misstep can only trigger once on the same target. The increased Stun duration cannot stack with similar effects. When an enemy with Misstep recovers from Stun, the Misstep effect ends.

M1 — Lazy Spotlight

When EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love or Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact hits an enemy, the enemy’s All-Attribute RES decreases by 18% for 40s. Repeated triggers refresh the duration. When entering the battlefield, Nangong Yu’s Downbeat is restored to the maximum. In Investigation Zone Mode, this effect can trigger once every 180s.

M2 — Painless Tears

Each stack of Vibrato’s additional Abloom DMG ratio increase from Core Passive: Prodigious Idol increases by an additional 10%. The Stun DMG Multiplier provided by Additional Ability: Angel Captain increases by an additional 30%. When the active character’s Chain Attack heavy attack hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, it triggers Polarity Disorder, dealing DMG equal to 25% of the original Disorder DMG. Each enemy can only trigger this effect once during the same Stun period.

M3 — Chips on the Scales

Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

M4 — Accomplice’s Dance Step

Anomaly Proficiency increases by 40. The Anomaly Buildup of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact when hitting an enemy increases by 35%.

M5 — Center Stage

Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

M6 — An Angel’s Delusion

Nangong Yu’s attacks deal 50% more Daze. When the enemy is not Stunned, each time any character triggers Abloom DMG, Disorder DMG, or inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on them, the enemy gains 1 stacks of Vibrato: Modified. When hit by the heavy attack of EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love or Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, they gain 2 stacks of Vibrato: Modified. When hit by the heavy attack of Ultimate: Meteor Shower, they gain 2 stacks of Vibrato: Modified. Vibrato: Modified can stack up to 4 times. When the enemy becomes Stunned, all Vibrato: Modified stacks are cleared. When Vibrato: Modified is cleared, if the enemy is under an Ether, Electric, Fire, Physical, or Ice Anomaly, Nangong Yu triggers an instance of Abloom DMG on the target, dealing an additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG equal to 800%/400%/1,000%/70%/100% of the original Attribute Anomaly DMG. Each stack of Vibrato: Modified on the enemy increases this Abloom DMG ratio by an additional 25%. Vibrato: Modified cannot stack with Vibrato.