Caesar King Skills, Kit and Mindscapes
Introduction — Caesar King
Caesar King is an S-Rank Physical Defense Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. Our Caesar King guide covers everything you need to know about Caesar King's best builds, including skills, drive discs, team compositions, and more. To learn more about Caesar King, use the tabs above to switch to our build information for Caesar King or her team compositions.
Caesar King is the leader of the Sons Of Calydon faction that includes 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!
Caesar Character Demo
Banner Availability & How to Pull Caesar King
Caesar King is not currently available on any Banners. Caesar King was last available to be pulled in Version 2.0.
Caesar King's Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
Provides strong survivability with her shield.- Her shield is easy to apply and refresh.
- Provides buffs and debuffs.
- Great crowd control and stun capacity.
- Large team capacity: can be put in almost any squad.
Weaknesses
Her Daze relies too much on Defensive Assists.- Does not have a lot of W-Engine options outside of her Signature
- Current value is severely behind other support and stun options
Caesar King's Core Passives
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 1400% of her base Impact + 1400. The shield lasts for 60s and is equipped by the active 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 1000. After Radiant Aegis expires, this buff remains for an additional 5s.
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.
Caesar King's Skills
Basic Attacks
Press 
to activate:
Unleashes up to 6 slashes ahead, dealing Physical DMG.
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.
Dodge Attacks
Press 
to activate:
A quick dash dodge.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Press during a dodge to activate:
Strikes forward with the shield, dealing Physical DMG.
During skill activation, DMG 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.
Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate:
Stabs at enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Assist
When the active character is launched, press 
to activate:
Thrust at enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
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.
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.
Special Attacks
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.
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.
With 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 an 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.
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.
When Caesar triggers a Perfect Block, Retaliation, or Defensive Assist, her impact is increased by 20.00% for 3s.
Chain Attacks
When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate:
Unleashes a powerful downward strike at enemies ahead, dealing massive Physical DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
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 100.00%.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Caesar King's Mindscapes
When Caesar becomes the active character in combat, she instantly buffs all squad members 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.
While Radiant Aegis from Core Passive: Barrier of Resilience is active, Caesar's Energy Generation Rate increases by 10%, and the shield bearer's ATK boost is increased to 150% of its original value.
Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
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.
Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash and Assist Follow-Up: Aiding Blade are guaranteed to trigger a critical hit. The skill's DMG is increased by 50% and deals additional 50% DMG to the primary target. When Caesar uses EX Special Attack: Overpowered Shield Bash or Assist Follow-Up: Aiding Blade, her CRIT Rate is increased by 30% and her CRIT DMG is increased by 60% for 15s.
Changelog
- 02 Mar. 2026: Updated build and teams.
- 13 Oct. 2025: Updated for 2.3.
- 03 Sep. 2025: Updated for 2.2.
- 15 Jul. 2025: Updated for 2.1.
- 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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