A COMPLETE Guide to Combat Basics in Zenless Zone Zero !

In this complete guide, I go through all the combat basics and terms and UI elements they throw at you, so you can understand them properly! Zenless Zone Zero has many abilities and ability types and tutorials but some might not click, and so this video will help you understand those before you dive into more advanced mechanics. I will be going through advanced ZZZ combat things in a separate video, so sub if you want that! I hope you enjoyed the video and learnt something, and if you did, like and sub for more! Have a guoba day! ˁ(◠ᴥ◠)ˀ
Download ZZZ with my link!: hoyo.link/as3jFdAL
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Team Composition & Agent Types
00:52 Bangboos
01:06 DPS Classes in ZZZ (Attack & Anomaly)
01:30 Stun Units
01:48 Defense & Support Agents
02:17 Elements & Anomalies (ANOMALY GUIDE SOON)
03:02 Teambuilding: Additional Ability
03:44 Swapping, HP, Energy
04:41 Decibels & Ultimates
04:59 Enemy HP, Daze, Stun, Chain Attacks
05:59 How Agents vary
06:25 Basic Attacks
07:05 Dodge, Dash Attack, Dodge Counter
07:51 Specials & EX Specials
08:29 Assists, Defensive & Evasive Assists, Assist Follow Up
09:17 Quick Assists
09:35 Ultimate & Variations
10:02 Conclusion & I-Frames
Credits:
Jupiter of EuropaCrafts for the model rig
Gameplay, Websites: Hoyoverse, Hoyowiki, KZbin
SFX and Music: Pixabay, Hoyoverse, HoyoMix.
#zzz #zzzero #zenless

[@guobauncertified]

WHO IS YOUR FAVE UNIT RIGHT NOW? Download ZZZ with my link!: hoyo.link/as3jFdAL NOTES: - Forgot to mention but Chain Attack amount varies. Weak enemies => 1, Elite => 2, Bosses => 3, and some content can enable more. - Future units may use different unit matching than Attribute or Faction but that will be a per unit basis - Disorder bit removed, it functions slightly different from the info we initially had! Guide on it soon

[@arhesia7725]

Lycaon please

[@silverflamingegg]

I've loved all the units so far, it's so hard to choose lol

[@yoghurtmingvase]

Anby, but her kit is pretty simple to understand. If possible, I'd really appreciate a guide on Lucy or Nicole.

[@OlimacKuma]

For the love of god someone help me with Grace rotations.

[@harshpandya7834]

Grace

[@izanagiuzumaki7325]

0:35 I heard "team is composed of 3 Asians" lmao. This clarified so much for me, this whole time I thought Anomaly characters were debuffers, cause I don't have any so I just assumed lol. Turning those notifications on for the anomaly video. I don't even know how you know an anomaly is about it about to be inflicted.

[@stefanusunicorn7483]

Wait, it's not 3 asians?? What did he say then 😂

[@vigneshiyer3839]

​@@stefanusunicorn74833 Agents*

[@guobauncertified]

AAAAAAAAAA my pronunciation

[@izanagiuzumaki7325]

@@guobauncertified it's endearing and we all love it!

[@stefanusunicorn7483]

@@vigneshiyer3839 LOOOL 😂😂

[@Mann42]

Thank you for actually playing the game and making guides for it. I'm enjoying the game right now but it's been impossible to find good gameplay guides, and I'm so happy you are doing your thing here at your high quality bar. Much respect.

[@Kagetora-]

If you have a mono ice team, the shark bangboo is solid. butler one also works too

[@LittleTilde]

I played 30-40 hours since launch but I only now learned that you can swap backwards in party order... Thank you Gouben!

[@callmeandoru2627]

Same, I always double tap the assist button to swap to the previous character

[@luisalejandrofg]

You forgot to mention, different enemy types have different amounts of chain attacks that can be done on them when stunned, I believe regular enemies is just 1, elites 2, bosses 3. I like to end all my chains with my dps, or if i mess up by mashing, ill try to end on support so I can quick assist back into dps

[@mapichitkularb6955]

I hope you dont take it the wrong way but I love listening to your guides and fall asleep to 😊

[@veezerrscharnhorst]

Ha found others that do the same

[@Draguunlol]

@Guoba Uncertified pls add random loud noises into your guides

[@guobauncertified]

i get this a lot :) And falling asleep = 100% view retention so its kinda a pro move?

[@guobauncertified]

@Draguunlol HOW EVIL

[@dubsllantos7796]

@@Draguunlol Metal pipe ftw

[@basilnottheherb]

This is what I want you KZbin tell me and show me more content creators who are breaking down and teaching me things about the game. I like this game. I really felt there was something I was missing that there was more depth. Even with the story being good and the combat being relatively simple and easy. I knew there was something KZbin. Please keep giving me these guides. This is what I want to watch

[@canaldecasta]

Ben's jump on his chain of attacks makes me want to on-field him 24/7 since it dodges a lot of stuff 🐻

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

Koleda’s jump on her Sequence 3 and 4 makes me want to yeet that orange rat because she somehow gets hit by ground attacks while 3 metres in the air. And I obviously got her to M1, because fuck me and my Ellen pulls. At least she’s good, even if not the most fun to play.

[@johnmc9073]

We'll have to see whats possible with defense characters, i have a feeling we can only unlock their potential once we have good disc gear and wengines, and perhaps a non-dps character can become a DPS character by non conventional means. Someone will definitely main DPS a non-DPS character by modifying their gear to have the necessary stats

[@iv4nt37]

Ellen has been so satisfying to play just because of how much combos she can pull and how you can adapt them by considering uf you should dodge or parry with her, if you should make the lurk attack or the more powerful one froms assitance, If its better to use the simple EX just for one last third basic instead of waiting to have enough for the second version of the EX. Like when you are able to pull everything so seamesly sometimes by accident sometimes by intuition it feels so freaking good. But she's not the only one. The young girl with the pigs it's so damn complex and fun too or even more straight foward units like anby who also has it's small decisions and depth

[@YenBi33198]

Of course, my fav is Lycaon. There are few CCs covering guides about ZZZ so I'm happy that you're covering this game.

[@sponge563]

Best combat guide out there currently. Thanks for all the visuals and slowing things down. I understand much more now.

[@luiss428]

OHHH THANK GOD 😭 every zzz content i see are people debating if its bad or not, thank you seriously.

[@HoopBocchi]

No one quite makes guides as high quality as Guoben. Thank you so much for covering ZZZ, really appreciate you!

[@Ohsoverysleepy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I basically had no idea what I was doing in combat

[@phierle1061]

thank you so very much for the effort you put into these videos mr. gouba ! ! zone zero (that happens to be zenless) needs your knowledge ! ! !

[@yinnija]

I was just looking for a video like this today!! Thanks Goober

[@akimotomiharu3415]

YESSS LETS GOOO, thank u Guoba

[@iamkurogane]

As WuWa fan I’m excited to dive deeper into ZZZ’s combat. The game has a nice clip to how it reveals more and more stuff to the player. I’m IL 25 and I still haven’t unlocked Shiyu

[@barksandrea]

This new game needs more content thanks for sharing your knowledge boosting the algorithm for you^^

[@guobauncertified]

thank youuu!

[@fauzanrafli4474]

I'm so happy to see you make zzz guide content, there's barely any cc that makes quality guides that is as easy to digest as yours.

[@shiniminiiigames]

This is really COMPLETE Guide to Combat Basics!!! Thanksss mannn!

[@nolifeSnorlax]

Love that you’re covering zzz 😊

[@jadejaguar6606]

Thank you so much needed this from sooooo longgggg🥺🥺🥺

[@gil-dayo2596]

Commenting for the algorithm. Thanks for this + all the other videos. Hope your channel grows more!

[@DatAsuna]

One of the big things I think people are often sleeping on is the value of tagging out during EX moves to attack as they continue the previous move

[@azrulamir71]

Been waiting for your vid ✨✨✨

[@prezfa]

Good guide, quick and succinct while helping me understand some of the things I've glossed over in my own gameplay. (They really do throw a ton of words and concepts at you!)

[@justanothershrimp1908]

Man, thank you, I’ve intuited a majority of systems of this game but having it spelled out helps sooo much.

[@kfox24]

This was so helpful!! Thank you, I'll be checking out your other guides for ZZZ too

[@_mako]

i wanted lycaon but got grace. so i rerolled and got her again 💀 decided to keep the first account. looking forward to the anomaly video and a grace guide! she's been pretty fun to play so far

[@Ilikegames804]

Easy guide right her just stack as much anomaly proficiency and press skill once you get 8 stacks of her grenade until you apply shock.

[@guobauncertified]

Excited for the anomaly vid! Its a really cool game mechanic

[@Ilikegames804]

@@guobauncertified Guoba when will you post the Ben Main dps guide?

[@brunoferrid]

I got Rina and now I want my 300pulls asap to get Grace and make a Shock team!

[@_mako]

@@brunoferrid im so conflicted cuz i managed to pull rina's weapon too but i still want lycaon toooo. i hope i get either one of them soon!

[@Maloooon]

Such a great video. To the point and very clear information, thanks!

[@carlisim00]

awesome guide, Guoba!

[@hanipierce5710]

Very needed video u helped me a lot on hsr and here u are saving me again

[@honordragon]

Thanks for the guide! FYI Anby also has a delayed attack combo, and Nicole can also charge her exSkill, since everyone has them they are better as an example. The red glint means that it cannot be blocked with your existing assists in the team, so you probably need an evasive assist to dodge that, if you have someone on the team who can do that, that character will jump in even if it is out of order.

[@Misko6]

Will be looking forward to more in depth videos! Been playing a lot and still didn't know some of the info in here at Inter-knot lvl 32

[@unbelie8013]

thank you so much!! love the content ❤❤ if we could get a guide to talk about the best units /teams in game that would be amazing!! thanks so much guoba :)

[@leandromafe]

Wow, I was looking for one such vídeo. I'm looking to maximize dps, but I don't know the intricacies of the mechanics. Thank you so much.

[@Paradoxicallibility]

6:15 Just a little detail but you can see Anby deflecting the bullets in this instance.

[@existDFN]

I like how koleda being in the air most of the time evades all possible incoming attacks

[@ahabsnew3926]

I would have asked to make a guide on soldier 11 but you were faster than me! Thank you for your guides!

[@gunblad3]

Subbed just for this. Tysm. Looking forward to the next vids

[@mathmonium]

Great guide! waiting for Anomaly and Disorder breakdown in the future!

[@meriwidget3474]

Ty for the guides!

[@estudoesthething8589]

I haven't watched one of your videos before but this one got me to subscribe

[@SeoulNotFound]

Helped me, thanks

[@GuiltyKit]

God this is the most fun mobile game I've ever picked up and played. It just feels so good. There's this tightness to the controls that anyone who's played a good spectacle fighter understands. Either it feels better it feels good. And as good as some of the games on mobile have been, none of them have nailed it like zzz does.

[@averagejohn2786]

My favorite content creator in HSR is also my favorite in ZZZ, thanks Guoba : )

[@andremontero1427]

Dude im loving your videos

[@LadyMouzon]

Actually the thing that’s missing and many of us could use. Thanks Guoba for not letting us down. Love me some Von Lycaon. Hopefully we get some more husbandos.

[@bedroomblue5947]

Appreciate the work. Keep it going c:

[@mikeykwaak272]

FINALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS GUIDE

[@kreideprinz3644]

Literally the only good zzz cc rn 🙏

[@markmarkmark08]

Thanks! Subbed 🔥💪

[@reece5634]

Been playing ZZZ for a couple days now and ngl, I thought I wouldn’t vibe with it. I’m quite enjoying it, alongside my main game Genshin, and HSR as my side, ZZZ is fulfilling the more casual game for me.

[@Goose____]

oh boy, time for brain information overload! way better than reading the in-game text, thanks for the video:)

[@dragonarc_gaming]

Thanks a lot! There is so much stuff about the combat, I forgot you can use skill without the energy bar haha. Waiting grace energy took forever since I thought you can't use skill without ex special

[@guobauncertified]

Grace likes using Specials outside of EX :D

[@akirachisaka9997]

Do note that for defensive parries, the damage they do doesn’t matter that much, but the stun it does is very dramatic. In fire builds like S11 Ben Lucy, it’s pretty much a “we don’t need stun we have stun at home” and just parry everything to fill daze. In contrast, evasive assists are… I would say, a bit weaker. Since the follow up attacks don’t do as much stun, and when bosses do chained golden attacks, it’s much harder to “lock” into the chain and parry them all. However, evasive assists works on any attack, while parry only works on golden melee attacks. So when playing S11 Ben Lucy, you can often get “parry this you filthy casual”-ed by the machine bosses that use a lot of AOE and lingering attacks. Also note that Evasive Assists are significantly better than forcing a parry unit to switch in against an attack that can’t be parried or if you are out of assist points. Switching in do have a few dodge s, so you can switch to a parry unit in a pinch to dodge an attack. However it only counts as a perfect dodge and you still need to run away from the lingering damage, since perfect dodge doesn’t actually give that much invulnerability, compared to actual parrries and evasive assists.

[@guobauncertified]

Ben my beloved pseudo stun with his parries :)

[@akirachisaka9997]

@@guobauncertified Neat But yeah, it does feel painful when the mech bosses pulls out a flamethrower and laser beam and start akimboing. And some extra missile spam to spice things up :D

[@Arcanewhim]

Thank you for this! I’m finding this game extremely visually confusing especially the enemy bar which is too small for me to see clearly, the in game tutorial left me confused on how to tell if the enemy was stunned or had assault applied to them 😅 so thanks for enlarging the image!

[@vincentarceo350]

Guoba Uncertified certifiably saving the day and helping the masses (me) understand

[@RayReyRei]

Im so glad you're covering this game despite all the hate it gets! Its soo fun

[@johnmc9073]

Ayooo, you only have 3 vids?! Sadge, i hope you keep making vids like these that explain the fine mechanics in the game, even if theyre short vids, still interesting to know tips and tricks. I personally would like to have a guide on Hollow Zone, tons of cards and locations that im not 100% sure what they do.

[@cyan7984]

Love your guides! Can you do a bangboo guide?

[@iDroiD-Gaming]

With that video, welcome to ZZZ Can't wait for the anomaly video

[@myob2dac]

ty little bear for popping up on my recommended

[@TD2T]

quick assist is forward based only oh and you should've mentioned about solo/duo/trio bangboo chain combo rotations this game is so good man this is a pretty good well researched video

[@Zandock]

Would love to see a guide on scaling anomaly units. Mostly if its possible to scale them on anything other the anomaly stats.

[@pengu7079]

yes that's what I need

[@Juicetey]

OH MY GOD YOU CAN SWAP BACKWARDS??? 🙏

[@skinniderking]

I finished the second chapter and didnt know how to trigger chain attacks 💀 Thanks for the guide

[@snufflessss1313]

thank you for the guide mr guoba! but id like add information on chain attacks as i didnt hear it being mentioned in the video. whenever a character performs a chain attack it also counts as their ult! so any support w-engines that provide buffs based on characters casting their ultimates or on their kit are activated by chain attack. i noticed this was the case when i realized chain attacks are just the ultimate animation minus the short cutscene that plays before the ultimates goes off. i hope this helps!

[@MaximumCarnage-]

Uncertified ... better get that Guoba certification ASAP

[@kylegadson7434]

This was super helpful remembering what the character supposed to do don't suppose you can make a video talking about about the wish system the energy b system or whatever the equivalent of artifact and weapons are plz

[@helper_bot]

Some things I would add: 02:17 Element, Anomaly, Disorder - Even if the element bar is filled, there's still around ~3 second ICD until you can apply another anomaly. I'm looking forward to that video 03:11 Teambuilding: Additional Ability - (this is official information) Zhu Yuan specifically doesnt resonate with Element, instead she requires Support Class or Faction, you can see this in ch2 interlude quest which includes her trial. 03:53 Swapping, HP, Energy - Energy Cap is 120. really weird number. 04:50 / 09:44 Decibels & Ultimates - Decibels regenerate with combo and stuff. DMC-like combo points im pretty sure - Ultimate recovers 3 Assist Points. Units like Ben have the ability to recover another +3, recovering 6 in total 05:08 Enemy HP, Daze, Stun, Chain Attacks - Chain Attacks recover 1 Assist Point per chain - You CAN have Chain Attacks on solo parties with a Bangboo that are able to do Chain Attacks, this means you can run funny BUT viable Duo/Solo teams that still works - When enemy Stun Bar glows, you can trigger certain attacks to activate Chain. Whether you do or not, the Stun timer will still go down with the same duration. - Certain bosses can glow for a prolonged period, being able to chain at MAX as much Chain as your party count. Last Chain attack will always have Bangboo as an option. - Usually Stun modifier (the number beside the bar) is 150%, some weird reason its 200% in VR (home), and in HZ there can be Resoniums that add to that multiplier - Unique to Freeze im pretty sure, Stun Timer is also frozen 07:16 Dodge, Dash Attack, Dodge Counter - Some units can deflect minigun Attacks during Hold Dash e.g. Ellen, Anby, S11. Some units doesnt have hold dash like Ben :( 08:38 Assists, Defensive & Evasive Assists, Assist Follow Up - Perfect Assists (Yellow Glow) cost 1 Assist Point, you can store at max 6 Points, i think thats important lol - As long as they're in guarded state, they will keep parrying without consuming points, e.g. The Dead Butcher 3-combo can be parried with only 2. - Likewise if succedent attacks does not have Yellow Glow, it cannot be parried. - Red Glow means you do not meet the requirement for a Perfect, so maybe you have no Assist Points, or its Evasive Assists only. This may let your previous character be hit by that attack because it wouldnt give i-frames to that character. - Purple Glow means unparriable by any means, so you will have to Dodge (dash have i-frames) or getting out of the way - Solo parties cannot do parries as of right now, only dash 09:26 Quick Assists - Quick assist is ALWAYS forward based, unlike normal assists. Team Ordering is STILL important if you want to use Soukaku/Lucy ATK buffs 10:11 Conclusion > Thank you Guoba, this video and your next video(s) will be a great help for theorycrafting. subbing rn!

[@vulpixel]

Perfect, just what I need. Also I cracked up because I misheard you as saying “your team is composed of 3 Asians”

[@michaelyang838]

Guoba you can maybe consider a video on animation cancelling, a compilation of them maybe? Just a thought. The best ones to cancel, that is

[@rannieller7690]

5:24 It's time for "Billy Impact" 🎉🎉🎉

[@Lulumix3000]

Love your guides Guoba, keep up with the ZZZ content

[@user-bx2mx3lq4w]

Waiting for the next series of your combat guide because I currently simply mash buttons 😅

[@sil7en354]

Thanks a bunch for the condensed info! So the general strategy is to keep a stunner out most of the time til the enemies are dazed, and then swap to a dps?

[@yinnija]

thanks goober. Cant wait for your kitty guide :3

[@callmeandoru2627]

I'm very much enjoying Soukaku dps right now.

[@StrikerTVFang]

I wish I could put my finger on what makes your guides so enjoyable to watch... but whatever it is, keep doing it. (spoiler: it's the bear)

[@guobauncertified]

BEAR :D

[@michaelyang838]

Can you or someone write the combo string for Ellen lycoan and soukaku post break? Who breaks and then into who in what order? Mine is doing a lot but I’m not entirely sure if it’s optimal, you briefly touched on it in the Ellen guide, but can we have a written version.

[@canaldecasta]

Billy is so satisfying to use man...

[@guobauncertified]

true!

[@philippemarcotte6594]

Thanks for the video! Great intel! What I'm still unsure of is when to switch between some characters and how to manage their energy bar. Like I know Nicole ex special is good to trigger an assist and switch to your dps (like nekomata) but how to juggle doing damage with my dps and filling Nicole's bar?

[@yuru_rl312]

How about the chain attacks? Occasionally I couldn't do a complete chain attack with all 3 of my agents and it only stops after swapping to the second agent.

[@alaur]

in guoba we trust

[@locohero577]

Can you do a grace guide??? nice videos man!!

[@kaseius]

Should I focus on getting multiple Bangboos or leveling the one I have? I've pulled 3 of the Shark S rank one in my pulls but now thinking I maybe should have gone for variety instead

[@jaykayy4268]

So this is the guoba uncertified

[@guobauncertified]

Yessir

[@gabrielrodriguez9142]

@guobauncertified You forgot to mention that there is also a Pierce class in the game we just don't have one yet but the game has bangboos for Pierce classes.

[@Eduardo54cenationx2]

Greate video! Now we need an Anomaly video, that system isn't very clear to me. 🙏

[@guobauncertified]

Yep! it will be soon

[@valthan5231]

I'd like a video on Nekomata. I got her, but I'm thinking maybe I don't have theoretical best team for her yet. I'm hoping to find a way to boost her damage more by picking a better team. I also get the feeling that the order you swap them in matters more than one might think at first.

[@rhan1472]

Guoben is cooking

[@LazeRiT55]

Could you please explain how do chain attacks work? I figured that if you stun default enemy you get to use 1 chain attack, if you stun elite monster it's 2 and if you stun the big boss it's 3 (also bangboo before the 3rd), not counting stunning others with aoe chain attacks. Correct me if I'm wrong

[@docedeleite16]

quick teambuilding question, are stun units useful if im focusing on anomaly damage? i still am not sure how the stun system interacts with the anomaly system

[@nep5ds15]

Yo guoba, do you know the timing as to when Bangboos will have their chain attack? I am not sure the exact timing of it even though I keep chaining vs bosses.

[@Linh_Tran-49]

When you break an enemy, sometimes you get two perfect assists, sometimes three. Is there a way to tell when is when? I tend to mess up my combo and end up on my stun smh

[@sillylovelykiss]

wait soooo if im using a stun character as my dps... im playing wrong?

[@Aventurinesgirl]

dang bro from someone who likes to unga bunga this actually helps me alot nice vid