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Caesar King Guide and Best Builds for Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)

Last updated on Jun 03, 2025 at 20:46 by Jaymo
T1 Rating
Physical Physical
Defense
Sons Of Calydon
Jennifer Sun Bell EN Voice Actor
Rina Sato JP Voice Actor
1.

Introduction - Caesar King

Caesar King is an S-Rank Physical Defense Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. She is the leader of the Sons Of Calydon Faction. Other members of The faction are Lucy, Piper Wheel, Lighter, Burnice White, and Pulchra.

I come, I see, I crash!
I'm Caesar herself, the leader of Sons of Calydon.
Take a seat anywhere you like. Make yourself at home. As you've come all
the way to the Outer Ring, consider yourself a guest of the Sons of Calydon!

2.

Caesar King is not currently available on any Banners. Caesar King was last available to be pulled in Version 1.2.

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Caesar Character Demo

3.

Caesar King Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
  • +Provides strong survivability with her shield.
  • +Provides buffs and debuffs.
  • +Great crowd control and stun capacity.
  • +Large team capacity: can be put in almost any squad.
X Weaknesses
  • -Her Daze relies too much on Defensive Assists.
4.

Skills, Mindscapes, and Promotions

5.

Skills, Mindscapes, and Promotions

Skills Mindscapes Promotions
Basic Dodge Assist Special Chain Core
Skill Description
Basic Attack: Rampaging Slash

Press to activate:

Unleashes up to 6 slashes ahead, dealing Physical DMG.
Basic Attack: Dead End

When there are sufficient Assist Points, hold to activate:

Consume 1 Assist Point to toss the shield and attack nearby enemies in all directions, dealing Physical DMG.

Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Skill Description
Dodge: Adrift

Press to activate:

A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Dash Attack: Hog Rush

Press during a Dodge to activate:

Strikes forward with the shield, dealing Physical DMG. During skill activation, damage taken is reduced by 40%, and when attacked by an enemy, Caesar blocks with the shield and gets knocked back.

Following that, press or to trigger Retaliation and activate Special Attack: Roaring Thrust or EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash.
Dodge Counter: Eye For an Eye

Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate:

Stabs at enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Skill Description
Quick Assist: Lane Change

When the on-field character is launched, press to activate:

Stabs at enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Defensive Assist: Aegis Shield

When the character on field is about to be attacked, press 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: Aiding Blade

Press after a Defensive Assist to activate:

Tosses the shield forward, unleashing a powerful spinning attack on enemies in front, followed by a slash that deals Physical DMG.

After activating the skill, press or to trigger a Retaliation, activating Special Attack: Roaring Thrust or EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Skill Description
Special Attack: Shockwave Shield Bash

Press to activate:

Strike forward with the shield, dealing Physical DMG.

If Caesar is hit by an enemy at the beginning of the skill's activation, it will trigger a Perfect Block, negating the damage once and automatically following up with a Special Attack: Roaring Thrust.

After using the skill, Caesar enters a guard stance, reducing incoming damage by 40%. When attacked by an enemy Caesar blocks with the shield and gets slightly knocked back.

Press or to trigger Retaliation, activating Special Attack: Roaring Thrust or EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash. When Retaliation is triggered, Caesar is invulnerable while using the skill.
Special Attack: Roaring Thrust

After activating Special Attack: Shockwave Shield Bash, press to activate:

Thrusts forward, dealing Physical DMG. If Perfect Block or Retaliation is not triggered, the Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill. Character is invulnerable while using this skill when Perfect Block or Retaliation is triggered.
EX Special Attack: Parry Counter

When Caesar has enough energy, press to activate:

Strikes forward with the shield, followed by a powerful thrust, dealing massive Physical DMG.

If Caesar is hit by an enemy at the beginning of the skill activation or a Interrupt is triggered with the shield strike, it will trigger Perfect Block, negating incoming damage once and countering with a shield attack. After triggering Perfect Block, press to activate EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash without consuming energy.

After using the skill, Caesar enters a guard stance, reducing incoming damage by 40%. When attacked by an enemy, Caesar blocks the attack and is knocked back. Press or to trigger Retaliation and activate Special Attack: Roaring Thrust or EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash

After activating EX Special Attack: Parry Counter, with enough energy, press to activate:

Strikes forward with the shield, dealing massive Physical DMG.

If Caesar is hit by an enemy at the beginning of the skill activation or an Interrupt is triggered with the shield strike, it will trigger Perfect Block, negating incoming damage once and recovering the Energy used to activate the skill.

When the skill is activated through Perfect Block or Retaliation, it cannot trigger Perfect Block again. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Stance Switch

When Caesar triggers a Perfect Block, Retaliation, or Defensive Assist, her impact is increased by 9.0% for 3s.
Skill Description
Chain Attack: Road Rage Slam

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to Activate:

Unleashes a powerful downward strike at enemies ahead, dealing massive Physical DMG. The character is invulnerable during this skill.
Ultimate: Savage Smash

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate:

Tosses the shield forward, unleashing a powerful spinning attack on enemies in front, followed by a downward strike, dealing massive Physical DMG. When hitting shielded enemies, the Daze dealt is increased by 45%. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Skill Description
Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience

When Caesar activates EX Special Attack: Parry Counter, Chain Attack, Ultimate, or triggers EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash through Retaliation, she buffs all squad members with a Radiant Aegis shield equal to 300% of her base Impact + 200. The shield lasts for 60s and is equipped by the on-field character, with its value shared among all squad members. Any single instance of DMG will not exceed the Shield value.

While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's Anti-Interrupt level is increased. While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 40. After Radiant Aegis expires, this buff remains for an additional 5s.
Additional Ability: Battle Spirit

When another character in your squad can activate Defensive Assist or shares the same Faction:

When Caesar activates Perfect Block, Retaliation, Defensive Assist, or Basic Attack: Dead End, she applies a Debuff effect to enemies within a 7m radius, increasing the damage they take from all squad members by 25% for 30s.
5.1.

Caesar's Best Mindscapes

Caesar has very good Mindscapes. Her M1 is definitely worth getting as she will apply her shield directly upon switching in combat. Her M2 gives her a small boost but can be overlooked. However, her M4 and M6 are rather powerful boosts in damage for herself and her entire team. As the first S-rank Defense character, she will most likely be a valuable team member in a lot of compositions, and as such, getting the most out of her Mindscapes can be a good investment.

# Mindscape Description
M1 Spearhead Advance When Caesar enters combat or switches in, she instantly buffs the entire team with a Radiant Aegis shield. This effect can trigger once every 300s. While Radiant Aegis is active, enemies within a 5m radius of the shield bearer suffer a 15% All-Attribute RES reduction.
M2 Legacy of the Far Lands While Radiant Aegis from Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience is active, Caesar's Energy Generation increases by 10%, and the shield bearer's attack boost is increased to 150% of its original value.
M3 Absolute Trust Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2.
M4 Aries the Battering-Ram When Caesar uses a Chain Attack or Ultimate, she gains 3 additional Assist Points. If her Energy is below 20, she can activate EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash with 1 Assist Point instead. This substitution can trigger once every 5s.
M5 Romantic Conquest Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2.
M6 Overlord's Will EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash and Assist Follow-Up are guaranteed to trigger a critical hit. The skill's DMG is increased by 50% and deals additional 50% damage to the primary target. When Caesar uses EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash or Assist Follow-Up, her CRIT Rate is increased by 30% and her CRIT DMG is increased by 60% for 15s.
5.2.

Caesar's Promotions

Skill Description
Core Skill Enhancement A
  • Base Impact increases by 6
  • Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience Skill Lv.+1
  • Shield Equals to 500% of her base Impact +400
  • While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 135
Core Skill Enhancement B
  • Base ATK increases by 25
  • Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience Skill Lv.+1
  • Shield Equals to 700% of her base Impact +700
  • While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 240
Core Skill Enhancement C
  • Base Impact increases by 6
  • Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience Skill Lv.+1
  • Shield Equals to 900% of her base Impact +900
  • While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 400
Core Skill Enhancement D
  • Base ATK increases by 25
  • Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience Skill Lv.+1
  • Shield Equals to 1100% of her base Impact +1100
  • While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 650
Core Skill Enhancement E
  • Base Impact increases by 6
  • Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience Skill Lv.+1
  • Shield Equals to 1300% of her base Impact +1300
  • While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 900
Core Skill Enhancement F
  • Base ATK increases by 25
  • Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience Skill Lv.+1
  • Shield Equals to 1400% of her base Impact +1400
  • While Radiant Aegis is active, the shield bearer's ATK is increased by 1000
6.

How to Play Caesar King

Caesar King has the ability to defend, buff her team, and debuff enemies at the same time.

Her gameplay revolves around her EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, and Ultimate, since all of those will trigger her Shield. Once the shield is up, it will transfer to the on-field Agent and buff their Attack.

Caesar's additional ability will trigger when another member of the Sons of Calydon is in your team, but also when there is any agent that can trigger a Defensive Assist. This means most of the melee units (and some other agents) can be played with Caesar!

When the additional ability is triggered, Caesar Debuffs enemies, allowing your other agents to do more damage.

You will have to increase Caesar's Impact to make the most out of her, since her shield will be based on her Impact.

Perfect Block is triggered when an enemy attacks just after you activate EX Special Attack: parry counter or perform a shield strike. This will block the incoming damage, and if you press EX special attack right after, you activate her special attack: Overpowered Shield Bash without consuming energy.

When Caesar activates he Ex Special attack: parry counter, chain attack, or Ultimate, she will grant her Radiant Aegis shield to all squad members. This shield will increase their ATK and anti-interrupt level.

When you have enough Assist points, hold Basic attack to throw her Shield. This will also pull in smaller enemies.

7.

Caesar King's Best Build Options

BiS W-Engine Tusks of Fury
Alternative W-Engines
  1. Tremor Trigram Vessel
  2. Spring Embrace
  3. Original Transmorpher
  4. Peacekeeper - Specialized
Best Drive Discs

4 Piece:

  1. Proto Punk

2 Piece:

  1. Shockstar Disco
  2. Swing Jazz
Main Stats
Substat Priority
  1. CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
  2. ATK %
  3. PEN
Skill Priority
  1. Core Skill
  2. Assist
  3. EX Special Attack
  4. Basic Attack
  5. Dodge
  6. Ultimate

Caesar's best W-Engine is her Tusks of Fury signature S-Rank W-Engine. It is the Best-in-Slot option for Caesar since it will increase her Impact, helping her scale her shield. It will also provide the whole squad with a damage and Daze boost.

Other W-Engines that can be useful to Caesar are Spring Embrace and Original Transmorpher who are both very good defensive w-engines for Caesar.

If you do not have any of the previously mentioned Defensive Engines, you can exceptionally go for a Stun w-engine with Impact % as main stat. The stat they provide are more worth than the other defensive W-engines which are not great.

Caesar's best Disc Drive is Proto Punk. It is the most useful option for her as it increases her Shield effect, and give an additional damage boost to the squad.

Shockstar Disco is good 2-piece options for more Impact. Swing Jazz is also a good option if you want some additional energy regen.

7.1.

Bangboo Information

Red MoccusRed Moccus is the best Bangboo for Caesar and her team, as it is the Bangboo for the Sons of Calydon.

SnapSnap can be another good option.

If you are looking for a support type Bangboo, ExplorebooExploreboo or AvocabooAvocaboo are viable options, as they provide small buffs or healing to the team.

8.

Team Comps and Synergy

Caesar is extremely versatile and can be used in many teams. She has the ability to protect the squad on the long run, providing a lot of survivability, while also helping with squad buffs, and debuffing enemies. While not all team options are listed here, you can often replace any other support with Caesar if needed.

8.1.

Sons of Calydon Teams

DPS Defense Support Bangboo
Lighter Caesar King
Piper Wheel Burnice White Caesar King Red Moccus

You can either go for a complete Sons of Calydon team, or 2 agents just the Additional Ability bonus. Lighter has great synergy with Caesar, as they are both members of the Sons of Calydon, which activates Caesar's additional ability. At the same time, both Lighter and Caesar also increase Soldier 11 or Evelyn Chevalier's DMG making this squad very efficient. Caesar also further protects and boost the DPS unit, who will be unstoppable.

8.2.

Double Defensive Buff Teams

DPS Defense Defense Bangboo
Yixuan Caesar King Pan Yinhu Belion

While you typically would not go for two defense agents in one squad, this is one of the rare exceptions where it works. Pan Yinhu is currently the only character able to provide a Sheer buff, so if you play Yixuan you want to use Pan. Teaming them up with Caesar King allows Yixuan to convert Caesar's ATK buff into Sheer as well. While it is slightly diminished due to the fact not all the buff gets converted into Sheer, it is still a nice bonus for your DPS. On top of that, Caesar has enough Daze capacity to still be able to stun, on top of almost rendering your team invincible between Caesar's shield and Yixuan's own high invulnerability.

8.3.

Other Possible Caesar Teams

DPS Defense Stun Bangboo
Ellen Joe Caesar King Soukaku Sharkboo
Soldier 0 - Anby Caesar King Trigger Plugboo

Ellen Joe can also benefit from Caesar, combined with Soukaku, this would give a massive Attack buff to Ellen. This is of course if you didn't get lucky and missed out on Von Lycaon or Lighter.

Another good team for Caesar is with Soldier 0 - Anby and Trigger as she does not require that much on-field time, and can provide additional buffs to Anby.

8.4.

Changelog

  • 03 Jun. 2025: Updated for 2.0.
  • 22 Apr. 2025: Updated for 1.7.
  • 08 Feb. 2025: Updated for 1.5 Phase two.
  • 27 Nov. 2024: Team update.
  • 14 Oct. 2024: Team updated.
  • 25 Sep. 2024: Build updated.
  • 24 Sep. 2024: Build Updated.
  • 14 Sep. 2024: Build Updated.
  • 11 Aug. 2024: Page added.
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