ZZZ Team Building Guide! [BEST TEAMS] for EVERY CHARACTER! Zenless Zone Zero

Here are the best teams for every DPS character in Zenless Zone Zero! Every character is included throughout all the teams, and I even include Zhu Yuan as well.
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0:00 | Guide Overview
1:43 | Billy
2:49 | Corin
3:38 | Nekomata
4:11 | Piper
5:04 | Anton
5:39 | Grace
6:13 | Soldier 11
7:24 | Ellen
8:16 | Zhu Yuan
8:52 | All Teams and Takeaways
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[@GryphonTooth]

Gotta say, I feel like they knocked it out of the park with Anby and Nicole. Such a versatile core to f2p teams early on, exactly what you want from free characters. Once you have better options, they'll make the backbone of your second team with Anton/Neko/Zhu Yuen

[@lSylner]

As a Anton main I got Grace as my free 5 star and got Rina early pity on limited banner I think it's fate I shall now rewatch Gurren Lagann

[@bigpoof3349]

May your drill pierce the heavens, brother

[@jasonoyola590]

Anton main👌💯

[@onii-than4568]

I’m in the same boat getting Rina as my free 5 star and losing 50/50 to Grace. Anton gang rise up 💪

[@PatchDaBlunt]

@@onii-than4568this is exactly what happened to me and niw I have Anton max cinema too lol

[@wn5444]

Fr this game must want me to go that route as well, Anton is M4 and I got Grace from limited in 2 pulls and Rina+her signature in the standard

[@perk2469]

Watching this as my first ZZZ strategy guide Makes me realize I need to watch stuff on individual characters and strategies to understand how they actually work

[@zgrat]

Each unit has a trial session that explains shows you how they work. It’s at the VR device in the back room. Was really helpful.

[@labibrashidinan9868]

The fact that both Nicole and Billy are free, both of whom I was hoping to wish for makes saving wishes very easy lol

[@KaminariHouse]

Billy's kinda crazy, so you're a lucky one. Too bad I'm an S-rank dreamer😭

[@h2o684]

​@@KaminariHousesame, I want Lycaon and Ellan 😔

[@tacticalmechtank5556]

00:30 30s in and I know this is gonna be one of the best team guides out there

[@Bill_Dipperly]

Had to got back just to hear what he said like 3 times

[@glishy1325]

I've gyat to pull her

[@Mukhtarisonrive]

GYATTTT

[@TheMightyFraser]

Zhu Yuan savers where you at

[@lSylner]

Anton is hotter

[@RieBec-K]

Miyabi solos

[@ayanokoji9608]

Yanagi solos

[@bloody4558]

I was going to, but I got a very early Lycaon so I became a Ellen main instead

[@Johnin3D_]

IM HERE!

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

Mark my words, Piper is going to age like Fischl did in Genshin.

[@Zonymash77]

She’s so strong for me too

[@hua..]

She is absolutely nuts, I think phys anomaly in general is gonna age well

[@p01nt_blank67]

Fr

[@ashhex]

I hope so since I have to build her at this point...

[@smashbrother980]

Yeah, i tried to use her as a support for Corin But then she spin

[@matthewedgerton5761]

One thing I think was a big oversight in this Video: Corin can't ONLY work with Von Lycaon - she also has a fantastic team setup with Corin, Rina & Anby. She synergises well with Rina because between her 2 passives & her weapon giving her almost 160% DMG bonus WITHOUT any DMG% from Drives (Set bonus OR Slot 5), so she can instead run a Pen% setup (since they take the same slot as DMG%) - and Pen as a stat becomes more powerful the more of it you have - naturally synergising with Rina. Rina & Anby are also just a naturally excellent tag team. Also - I feel like everyone is taking the complete wrong approach to how she's supposed to be used. Corin's role is not to be on the field most of the time - her Teams "Stun" character is the main on-fielder (Anby or Lycaon, respectively). She's a predominantly off field character who get's swapped in for massive bursts of damage once an enemy is stunned, and then spends the rest of the time on the bench charging energy. Basically she's used to burst down Elites & Bosses while her team handles the mooks/stunning side of things. She is the "Main DPS" in that she does the most damage, but she does that in 6 seconds of Chainsawing while the boss is stunned - then it's back to the backline until Anby/Lycaon Stuns it again. For reference on her burst power: a full use of her EX Special Saw has a 4200% scaling ratio at the level of investment this video was using - which for comparison is 600% more than Ellen does with her entire Ultimate (and the same value as Soldier 11's Ult). Corin's Ultimate then - for further comparison - has a 4800% ratio, so if you managed to get both up, that's 9000% between the 2. I'm kind of curious to know how these damage calculations actually played out for her, because when used in her intended role, I have no idea how people are ranking her damage so low... It feels like the Genshin equivalent of using Childe to Charge Shot enemies to death and then complaining when Ganyu outdamages him. Honestly I'd love to build her, but since I got neither of Lycaon OR Rina she's not really got any great options for me (and I guess I'm just too much of a simp for Billy's character to play anyone else).

[@johnbonjov1491]

Bro stop yapping and play her as intended

[@mnib3859]

Bro yaps too much

[@marcusaurelius4777]

Pop off, king. Illiterate people that can't read a few short paragraphs are showing the quality (or lack thereof) of their public school education.

[@MashyM3llow]

your team names are off the charts!

[@alikazemi730]

no, they're in the chart.

[@GAUDAGAMING]

@@alikazemi730 ROFL

[@IGoByRocky]

Perfect timing i needed a team for my c1 soldier 11. Yes i got het twice and im not happy about it

[@RuseGuise]

I got the other fire support with the helmet and she is like a baseball player. Is she good?

[@sheenpailovesu7841]

Same happened to me, but with Koleda. Like, I get an early S-Tier and it's the ONE I ALREADY HAVE.

[@oreo0sama]

I got her twice as well,hey atleast we get a free skill charge😢😢

[@ismailibrahim9353]

Brooo, i legit have c2 lycaon and ellen, no other s rank agents, gacha luck can be so unforgiving.

[@darius1709]

i sadly got her m2 😭😭(i like her tho)

[@harnakshadowclaw5964]

An additional team, and probably one of the better teams out of all of the ones listed (especially for early game) is Soldier 11, Piper, and Lucy. Assault/Disorder is absolutely broken and puts up numbers that consistently rival the Ellen Joe ice team. Pairing Assault (piper) with burn makes the most sense because Piper and Lucy synergize via factions and Soldier and Lucy synergize via element and burn application. For those with these three characters I can't recommend this team enough. It's crushing content since it doesn't rely on stats from drive disks and mainly damage from assault and disorder anomaly procs

[@justaglitch2251]

bro, this is my team. they even run through those enemies that requires ice or electric. Piper doing that Assault/ Disorder reaction after burned enemies is crazy.

[@fafnirable1]

Piper is the physical support, any physical DPS will benefit from having her on the team. Piper/Lucy is a physical/fire core that some people can have from the standard banner. Lucy also has quick assist capabilities and will have off field damage with her pigs. Piper will build up anomaly and stun quickly. Nekomata, Corin, and Billy are there to deal the actual damage while the others weaken the enemy. The only reason why I don't use Piper/Lucy is because I have Rina

[@Lilytheblighted]

Nice video man🎉🙌🏻

[@KumokoChan]

Man, it's been so long since I've been on this channel. Last I was here was back when I still played Genshin a year or two ago. I felt nostalgic seeing that Klee jump.

[@bigmilk13_]

Great spreadsheet! I will reference it constantly despite picking the characters I find fun and running totally unoptimized teams

[@ChariotduNord]

thanks for sweatin it up in the excel trenches for us Mr IWinToLose, I always enjoy these videos!

[@daveedwards5188]

Very nice info & love the team names, much appreciated

[@LastSnailStanding]

Watching this, I just realised that I immediately got prompted into a fire team by getting Soldier 11 and Koleda within 20 pulls on the standard banner

[@phroexx]

I never expect to see one [nevermind 2!] Of my teams on one of these lists. Gotta say it feels better than I thought it would

[@moeza76]

Currently building a team with DPS Corin with the support from Soukkaku and Lycaon. I've been thinking of building a team with DPS Anton with support Anby and Nicole. Great video

[@galaxyb0nes]

Corin hits HARD if you really invest in her. I don’t care if she’s a low tier character, she’s S-tier in my heart TuT

[@olddesert4497]

Piper user here- you're SO right. My first 5 star is Koleda, and I didn't get any other fire or belobog characters until chapter 2 (where you get Ben for free), but what I did get from gacha were Piper and Lucy with their first and second cinemas respectively. I was also lucky enough to get Piper's signature engine and let me tell you, so far her assault damage is carrying me. She's very user friendly and those three have great synergy.

[@bluesats]

I'll swear by Coolest Team, Ellen does insane ice damage! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Rating

[@blazing123]

thx bro great video

[@wydx120]

Oh let's goooo the Saw-full Potential team is the one I naturallygravitated towards during normal gameplay

[@aidanjackson5084]

I think one of the best parts about this video are the Team Names you came up with. They're really funny xP Edit: I will say that Soldier 11 was the unit I got from the "guarantee in 50 pulls" starter, so pretty sure the "Military Budget Cuts" will be the team I use for her, though I lack Lucy as of right now, the Soukaku recommend is a good thing to know

[@francisdl5467]

use ben

[@punpathpajareeyapong6983]

@@francisdl5467I have s11 and ben but no have lucy, should I use piper or nicole?

[@francisdl5467]

@@punpathpajareeyapong6983 andy

[@prophet4722]

Nice of you to point out it’s not free to play at all in the beginning

[@marecaelomiscere]

Soldier, Koleda and Lucy/Ben is my first team. Now best girl Nicole and Anby are waiting for Zhu Yuan

[@sempio6378]

The Zhu Yuan part in the intro was so relatable

[@bad3ip2k10]

Why didnt you include Soukaku for Nekomata's best team? Her fly the flag massively buffs Nekomatas attack and allows you to follow up with a quick assist triggering her own massive dmg buff. The synergy is much better than Nicole or Corin.

[@insertnamehere2022]

Ive been using neko with anby & piper and its really good

[@TheMustardMan8]

I keep getting spooked by Nekomata - she’s at M2 now… It’s honestly great, though; I’m about to pull Ellen (and of course Neko got me on the 50/50 earlier), I got M6 Soukaku in the process, and I’m planning to pick Lycaon on the pity banner. Looking like Nekomata is gonna be the core of my non-Ellen team for the foreseeable future, not that I’m complaining since she controls great and has such a FTP-friendly team comp.

[@TienMinhNguyen-qo2pr]

Definitely worth try on with Rina Grace and wolfy. Grace rotation is quite versatile and can switch back to Rina for the buff at anytime. Lycaon will melt down the stun bar, and all contribute to an unexpected incredible team

[@brianwaterman9154]

I'm skipping until reruns so this was very helpful for the free units

[@isaiaholat3293]

Why skip until reruns? 🤔

[@brianwaterman9154]

@@isaiaholat3293 It's how I play Hoyo games. Let's me see the Meta and see who gets powercrept. I also wanna work on my current characters and build up resources

[@isaiaholat3293]

@@brianwaterman9154 Good idea actually

[@Chieftain01]

Piper has been my Goat. Her and Lucy are a powerhouse.and I looked up before this video any teams. And it's entirely just pyro with either Soldier 11 or koleda for stun and my favorite so far since I don't have koleda and randomly got soldier is a discord team of both Piper and soldier 11 swapping each other around for discord procs. It's very fun and I can't wait to build it out.

[@Mardaler2600]

that thumbnail is my team XD, btw great video

[@yoonminsubunit]

i've been waiting for this

[@morrisless2707]

Ellen Corin and Sou has been a fun one

[@Renvaar1989]

I Pulled Grace and Anton together on my second 10-pull, was so happy. Guess I should go get Rina now...

[@LcveFool]

I'm coping so hard rn cause I went all in for ellen joe but lost to rina a at hard pity so now I'm using the standard victoria housekeeping team which is alright 💀

[@kenchen704]

Ngl even the default trio team works pretty well

[@JoEdLazaro]

Rina, Antonn, Anby is a great electro team with 3/3 synergy, it works fairly well tbh

[@RawrItzFlipBoi]

I knew building nicole and waiting for zhu yuan was big brain

[@Ninzeph]

Bro, you missed Corrin/Anby/Rina!

[@Goodblue77]

That's what I'm using atm.

[@tpv51]

Ngnl i just noticed just now but iwtl profile pic is just a pic of his cats is awesome. Cute cats

[@jinnypie]

I love these team names. 10/10.

[@JustThatGamer-ep6pm]

as someone who failed their 50/50 to Grace the drill calls to me, and it tells me to believe in the Kamina who believes in me

[@valixalix]

was not expecting piper to be a good dps or even do good dps in the first place, I thought she’d focus more on anomaly build up like shes supposed to lmao

[@Shadeinside]

finally my selfmade team "Assaulted by a Cat with Pipe" gets some recognition

[@gianlucabrambilla9665]

Finally some love for my girly pop piper 😭😭😭. I have soldier 11 and i use piper as a main dps instead (m2p1)

[@stewie_]

It seems that the disorder teams are the best right now. Might include it too

[@SmashTheAdam]

As soon as I saw Anton for the first time I knew I'm gonna enjoy using him, it kinda clicked like when I first saw Boothill's drip marketing for Star Rail, and I'm glad the game agrees with me because I already have him at M5 and he's so fun to use, he might not be very good at dealing damage but I'm still gonna build him at least a little bit

[@justaglitch2251]

My current team is Piper, Lucy, Soldier 11 partnered with rocketboo. Shreds all content so far at interknot level 34. Burning enemies then applying Assault/ Disorder with Piper's win to spin is just fckin satisfying

[@KickinWithKoi]

My electric team is Rina, Anby and Anton. Carried me thru the game so far

[@smittywababla]

Lightcone is so cool, fun, and actually strong character to play!

[@come7162]

For Bangboos I pulled for Butler because of energy regen which is nice in every team. (And got him 1st 10-pulls so it allows me to save up now)

[@FlyingPancake0390]

I got Rina from the starter banner so I’m running Anby, Rina and Corin - holding out for Miyabi!

[@Wadym72]

According to the leaks, Miyabi will be in 1.3

[@FlyingPancake0390]

@@Wadym72 Yeah I saw that too but it’s so far out - I don’t believe anything regarding unit releases until they’re in beta for the upcoming patch lol.

[@Wadym72]

@@FlyingPancake0390 Just remember Ayaka from Genshin) Also we already know champs for 1.1

[@yuukirei5031]

anby rina corin works? is it better than the piper rina lucy recommended by the vid?

[@FlyingPancake0390]

@@yuukirei5031 can’t say since I don’t have Piper. Just working with what I have as Rina is my only 5 star - in my team everyone is activating their bonus passive, use Anby for stun, Rina for buffs and Corin for dps.

[@imareezy_]

I just wanted to add that for soldier 11 there is a build that I use that fairs quite well: Soldier 11, Piper, and Lucy. Tons of damage quick swaps and piper does good assault dmg too! I like that team a little better than ben and lucy with soldier 11.

[@tungson2123]

Piper is just built different, at first I used her as a second damage dealer for my Corin as the main dps in the early game. But she out-damaged my Corin with her spin to win mech

[@GAUDAGAMING]

Justic for Billy boyy....We need 5 Star Billy boii

[@xaius4348]

My current team is Nekomata, Piper, and Nicole (instead of Lucy) +Amillion, but I was considering getting lucy as an alternative option to branch out from later on. The second team I was thinking about building is one of the first main ones you suggested: Corin, Lycoan, and Soukaku. Was also considering the exact fire team you reccomended, since the game likes giving me fire attribute I guess.

[@MrDee001]

Soukaku and Lycoun are freaking amazing together. I cant wait for Miyabi to come out.

[@chillhour6155]

Piper does crazy rendom damage, you'll just get 99999 damage out of nowhere sometimes

[@Lucas-ln6oj]

Don't call it mindscape, the game itself has a big button written "CINEMA"

[@Glirion__]

After playing the interlude, I want Zhu Yuan, but I did an accidental multi on the weapon banner and got Ellens signature so now I'm also an Ellenite... I also got Lycaeons signature and Soukaku C6 so it sort of works.

[@lanyardodo]

Is Soldier, Lucy, Piper not as viable as the other disorder teams? I don’t think it was mentioned

[@timogul]

I'm playing Neko/Nico/Anby at the moment, and it seems to do well, but I doubt I'm getting the most out of it yet.

[@oWieee]

Ellen, Soukaku & Lycaon is my current team! Imma build mono fire / electric next

[@yannlee7821]

One thing that wasnt mentioned is how a bangboo can change a team comp. I have Ellen, corin and soukaku because i have the butler bangboo, but no lycon. That butlers bangboo is amazing.

[@mz1929]

we need more ZZZ content. Bangbros, artifacts, Wengines etc

[@manuelmiddleton1446]

The red iWintoLose uses to highlight things is the exact same red as the KZbin progress bar and logo

[@reece5634]

Got soldier and neko on my first 60 pulls on standard after playing for a day, so I think I’m set for now, and will wait for the next char banner

[@Warblaaster]

I'm currently running Lycaon, Soukaku and Corin. Those saw attacks are so satisfying to land and I'm hoping to get Ellen (yes I should quit while I'm ahead but its too late now XD). If I don't get Ellen, if I can get Rina, then I'll be just as golden cause the only characters I'm missing is Rina, Ellen, Soldier and Grace.

[@RetroGhost16]

Personally I've just been running a mono electric team since I got luck and got Grace. The team is just her, Anby, and Anton and it works pretty well so far as im at IK level 25

[@tolou1586]

"if you didn't pull a dps fuck you the game" is what zenless basically is

[@NEETSoldier]

take a shot everytime you need Rina

[@higorgabriel2598]

Idk the numbers, but I imagine a really good team for Corin that you didn't mention would be Rina + Anby, or you could even go Lycaon + soukaku, though at that point it depends on wether you would skip Ellen despite having the furry butler.

[@risqonabdypratama57]

User om Anton lari maraton hadir 🗣️🔥🔥

[@jolty404]

I got Lycoan, I got 5 copies of Soukaku and I won my 50/50 on Ellen... this game is the definition of divine intervention I swear. Oh also I got like 5 copies of Piper and 3 of Lucy, so I'm already going ham on the available content

[@ahatheaeon]

in the end it AAAALL GOES BACK TO ANBY 💀💀💀💀⚡⚡⚡

[@chibixleon]

We need a BANGBOO GUIDE asap

[@sparhawk2195]

Use the 5* bangboo that matches either your 2 person faction or 2 person elemental. Repeat for 4*.

[@randomaj237]

I’ve been using a Koleda, Nekomata, and Lucy team. Lost the 50/50 and didn’t get soldier 11. Suprisingly the team shreds pretty well though. Outside of some bad mech matchups, it stacks a lot of disorder with Lucy’s summons and Nekomata doing physical dmg. With Koleda and Lucy doing fire dmg.

[@nuoza]

s11 ben and lucy feels very comfortable imo

[@El7he]

My free 5* were nekomata, her weapon and soldier 11, sad I can’t use all of them in the same team..

[@matheusmendes5990]

Try this team: Soldier11 / Piper / Lucy I know it doesn't have a stunner, but you can build Lucy in a way to have more Impact attributes and her boars inherit these. With that out of the way, the thing about this team is to apply burning with Lucy and Soldier and then apply Assault with Piper. For those who don't know, when you apply two different anomalies at the same time in the same enemy, you will cause a Disorder. Disorder uses all applied anomalies damages to calculate its own damage (it also makes that all DoT are applied in a single hit). And since Assault already have a big burst damage by itself, combining Burn + Assault + Disorder can give you astronomic burst damage numbers. So you don't actually need Soldier11 as long as you can apply burn and assault consistently. The key character is Piper (as the game is right now).

[@HeshO-yi3hh]

Please do a video about Anomally teams there are many confusing things thanks!!!

[@bachthiago]

Loving Anby here

[@zafurz2508]

Anton, Anby, and Rina is my way to go because first of all my Anton is literally fully maxxed out like I pulled him everytime

[@betterretromess]

I wish I had Rina! I got c1 Grace and c0 Nekomata... but seeing that "DISORDER NUKE" team in the Piper section has me very excited. I always love status effects, DoTs, all that stuff in games and ZZZ is no exception. I wonder if I could make Piper / Grace / Nekomata or something work... I'll need to mess around with the options.

[@foxianjade]

Guess I’ll keep using Anby, Nicole and Billy/Lucy until I decide who I wanna pull. I *was* gonna save for a certain character but leaks made me not happy at all (I know what yall gonna say, you don’t need to say it lol). Also trying to decide if I want to keep playing or not. Having a hard time getting into the story in the first place, which sucks for me Edit: watching this again after over 24 hours later because I got Grace on standard, which is one of who I wanted :D might also end up trying for Ellen but only going for 50/50

[@hooeythegreat1987]

My ice team is ready character wise, cause I somehow got c1 (just one, I had pulled her before) Ellen and Lycaon at 0 pity plus the final con for soukaku. My electric team is missing a Rina, but Anby is nice too.

[@mamodokod4613]

I like using anby, the witch Ghost maid, the chainsaw maid, and the baseball bat Lolita that bats the little red guys that explode.

[@gustsword6588]

with characters I have now I play Soldier 11, Ben and m6 Soukaku and it works great honestly. I am planning on pulling for Miyabi tho so Soukaku would go there

[@TheGKLM]

I've only pulled 2 Grace's so far,. I'm trying to run Grace, Anby, Anton and I'm starting to not get 3 stars if the missions have electric resist mobs. Hoping for Rina, but I still have nothing for my second team.

[@stargateMimhi]

Would Grace, Rina, and Ellen work? You get everyone's passives but no additional ice application or ice focused debuffs (aside from bangboo).

[@Alex-em6dz]

I love Billy + Nekomata + Nicole team. Extremely fun and easy to play, also quite effective since you want most of your time spent on buffed Neko anyways. Both Billy and Neko benefit greatly from Nicole's debuff, both build a tonn of Assault status which is fantastic (esp if you pair em with Amillion), the next ether dps girl will probably be the BIS instead of Billy (because of Nicole's 30% DEF shred + 25% ether dmg buff) - spamming defensive assists won't even gimp team damage much, and those are WAY easier to do than perfect dodges mid-animation...

[@Loocheena]

I got Lycaon three times (lost my Ellen 50/50 to him) and I'm completely lost now lmao idk what to do with him

[@Buddz-ky1sk]

A personal favorite as of now for me that ain’t S rank bonanza is Piper Lucy Nekomata, Piper & Lucy are obvious, but with Nekomata you can build up so much assault with piper it’s literally insane. I’ve even gotten 2 assault proks per enemy in 2 seconds thanks to spin -> cat frenzy.

[@mz1929]

my electric team is really good so far. Rina was my first pull and Aton. was using nicole for grouping. until i lost 50/50 and got Lycoan. Lycoan has been great on electric team too. now im 19 pulls from Ellen and i have 10x ready and soukaku already like A5. ill be good for end game!

[@haridevrajesh7426]

Got koleda. Love her style. Running her with Ben and Lucy. Don't have any other S rankers atm. Is this the best team atm or is there another option

[@brunohv5203]

For the Nekomata team with Nicole, how does it compare with other support like Soukaku (so Neko, Anby, Soukaku team)? Since both are fully F2P, I'm curious of the difference between the 2