Hoshimi Miyabi Guide and Best Builds

Hoshimi Miyabi Guide & Best Builds

Welcome to our Miyabi build guide for Zenless Zone Zero. Hoshimi Miyabi is a powerful S-Rank Ice DPS Agent known for her incredibly high DPS output in any team or content. In our guide we'll cover everything you need to know to get the most out of your Miyabi, from building the best Drive Discs and W-Engines, to important stat priorities and combos.

Hoshimi Miyabi's Best W-Engines

Listed below are Miyabi's best W-Engines. While W-Engines are listed in a priority order, what's best to build on your Miyabi can vary slightly depending on your team composition.

Hailstorm Shrine S1

Frost-Stained Star
CRIT DMG increases by 50/57/65/72/80%. When using an EX Special Attack or when any squad member applies an Attribute Anomaly to an enemy, the equipper's Ice DMG increases by 20/23/26/29/32%, stacking up to 2 times and lasting 15s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Fusion Compiler S1

Data Flood
Increases ATK by 12/15/18/21/24%.
When using a Special Attack or EX Special Attack, the equipper's Anomaly Proficiency is increased by 25/31/37/43/50 for 8s, stacking up to 3 times. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Electro-Lip Gloss S5

Kiss of Death
When there are enemies inflicted with Attribute Anomaly on the field, the equipper's ATK increases by 10/11.5/13/14.5/16% and they deal an additional 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% more DMG to the target.

Rainforest Gourmet S5

Dinner's Ready!
For every 10 Energy consumed, the equipper gains a buff that increases ATK by 2.5/2.8/3.2/3.6/4% for 10s, stacking up to 10 times. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Weeping Gemini S5

Lingering Cries
Whenever a squad member inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, the equipper gains a buff that increases Anomaly Proficiency by 30/34/38/42/48, stacking up to 4 times. This effect expires when the target recovers from Stun or is defeated. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Best Drive Discs for Hoshimi Miyabi

Branch and Blade Song

2-Piece Set: CRIT DMG +16%
4-Piece Set: When Anomaly Mastery exceeds or equals 115 points, the equipper's CRIT DMG increases by 30%. When any squad member applies Freeze or triggers the Shatter effect on an enemy, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by 12%, lasting 15s.

Woodpecker Electro

2-Piece Set: CRIT Rate +8%
4-Piece Set: Landing a critical hit on an enemy with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter, or EX Special Attack increases the equipper's ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.

Polar Metal

2-Piece Set: Ice DMG +10%
4-Piece Set: Increase the DMG of Basic Attack and Dash Attack by 20%. When any squad member inflicts Freeze or Shatter, this effect increases by an additional 20% for 12s.

Hoshimi Miyabi's Stat Priority

Generally speaking when building Miyabi, CRIT Rate is the most important while aiming to get as close to 100% as possible. You'll want at least 80% to fully benefit from her Core Passive, which grants Anomaly Mastery based on her Crit Rate, up to 80%. Don't forget that some sets grant their bonuses only in Combat, so they won't be visible on the character screen.

When played with Von Lycaon or other Agents that provide a bit of PEN already, the stat becomes a bit more valuable as well, so don't despair if you end up rolling it instead of ATK% or Crit DMG, as it is still useful for her.

Hoshimi Miyabi's Skill Priority

Miyabi's most important skills to level are her Core Skill, Basic Attack, Ultimate and EX Special Attacks, in that order.

How to Play Hoshimi Miyabi

Miyabi's gameplay revolves around gaining and spending Fallen Frost stacks to deal massive damage with her enhanced Basic Attack. Do not cast her enhanced Basic Attack with less than 6 stacks (the maximum), unless you can guarantee the final enemy will die to a weaker cast. Keep in mind that once the animation for the enhanced Basic has begun, you can already swap to another character, while Miyabi does her damage.

What are Fallen Frost Charges?

Fallen Frost charges are a mechanic unique to Miyabi. They are shown under Miyabi's HP and have a max stack of 6. When holding your Basic Attack Button, you will slowly consume them in pairs of two, to enhance her basic Attack. Consuming all 6 will deal about 2-3x as much damage as just consuming 4 charges, so make sure to never do so unless it can kill the final boss or enemy you are fighting.

Miyabi herself can gain stacks through her abilities, with her EX Special generating 2 stacks, while her Ultimate generates 6. Filling the Anomaly bar with her special Frostburn Anomaly will also generate 1 stack. Ideally you will avoid overcapping stacks if at all possible, but due to the uneven generation, you may end up having to do so anyway. Miyabi will also receive charges whenever an Anomaly Disorder is triggered by one of her teammates, which is something you will want to optimize as much as possible.

The general idea is that you will be using either her Ultimate to generate 3 Charges and then build 3 x 1 charges from Anomaly effects/her own Frostburn trigger, or use her EX Special twice back-to-back so it deals extra damage on the second cast, generates 4 stacks, and you gain 2 more from Anomaly effects.

You can also throw in a single EX Special to get your next enhanced Basic Attack out, as the damage difference between the follow-up EX Special that you only gain when using EX Special twice back to back, is not that big. Do note however that depending on your W-Engine choices, the double EX Special can also provide additional stats you want to build before unleashing your enhanced Basic, so if you're playing Rainforest Gourmet or Fusion Compiler, you may want to pay extra attention to your rotation.

The key takeaway is this: Do not waste resources, whether it be Fallen Frost charges, Energy, or sitting on your Ultimate for too long - unless it makes sense to do so. Sitting on 4 Fallen Frost charges, with your Ultimate ready, and no EX Special or multiple Anomaly triggers in sight, means that you are wasting a lot of Decibel Gauge by not using your Ultimate. In a case like this, it is better to just use the Ultimate, overcap on 1 Fallen Frost, and do the damage immediately, instead of waiting 10-15 seconds for you to generate Fallen Frost in another way.

Hoshimi Miyabi's Best Mindscapes

Miyabi's Mindscapes are strong damage improvements, but we recommend pulling her W-Engine first before committing to more copies of her. If you are grabbing dupes for Miyabi, you'll want at least two, as it offers additional stats and significantly more damage, while also giving you a free enhanced Basic on combat start.

If you already have her sig weapon and M2, committing to more copies is only worth if you plan on going all the way to M6. While each of the Mindscapes provide additional damage, there is a massive jump from M5 to M6, while the steps from M2 to M5 are fairly minor.

Hoshimi Miyabi's Best Teams

To learn all about Miyabi 's synergies and best team compositions, check our dedicated Miyabi team page below:

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