Kafka Skills, Kit, and Mindscapes
Kafka is an S-Rank Electric Anomaly Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. Check out our Kafka guide for her best build, skills, talents and team compositions.
Introduction — Kafka
Kafka is an S-Rank Electric Anomaly Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. Our Kafka guide and best builds cover everything you need to know about Kafka's best builds, including skills, drive discs, team compositions and more. To learn more about Kafka, use the tabs above to switch to our build information for Kafka or her team compositions.
Kafka is a collaboration character from miHoYo's Honkai: Star Rail and is one of the available members of the Unknown Realm Faction alongside Robin.
"The past and the future, this world and the beyond, are all so alike. Just as the 'script' foretold."
"You mean... take advantage of this vacation to play a movie star for once?"
"Sounds great! After all, following the rhythm of a prophesied script and delivering a flawless performance is what I do best."
"As for how this all ends... That's up to the choices that you make."
Banner Availability & How to Pull Kafka
Kafka is currently unreleased but will be available on the Exclusive Channel in Version 3.4.
Kafka's Core Passives
Kafka's Anomaly Proficiency increases by 84. When using an EX Special Attack, she recovers 10 [Improvised Overture].
When an enemy under an Attribute Anomaly attacks, it triggers 1 instance of [Lightning Lash], dealing DMG equal to 3% of the original [Disorder] effect, plus additional DMG equal to 460% of Kafka's Anomaly Proficiency. [Lightning Lash] bounces to nearby enemies up to 3 times, with each bounce dealing 50% less DMG than the previous one. It can trigger at most once per enemy every 10s. When triggered, Kafka recovers 3 [Improvised Overture]. This effect can trigger once every 10s.
All DMG dealt by Kafka's [Lightning Lash] is considered [Disorder] DMG.
[Disorder] DMG dealt by all characters in the squad can trigger a critical hit, with a Base CRIT Rate of 100% and CRIT DMG of 35%.
Triggers when another character in your squad is an [Assist] character or another [Anomaly] character:
When Kafka applies [Shock] to an enemy, its duration is increased by 3s, and the duration that [Basic Attack: Disordered Echo] can extend Electric Attribute Anomaly to is increased to 13s;
Upon entering combat or when other squad members apply an Attribute Anomaly to an enemy, if Kafka's initial Energy Regen exceeds 1.2%, every 12% of Energy Regen above that increases her Anomaly Mastery by 10, up to a maximum increase of 140, lasting 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.
Kafka's Skills
Basic Attacks
Press
to activate:
Unleashes up to 4 attacks forward, dealing Electric DMG.
When the final hit of the 4th attack strikes an enemy suffering from an Attribute Anomaly, triggers [Lightning Lash] once, dealing DMG equal to 2% of the original Disorder effect's DMG, plus additional DMG equal to 360.00% of Kafka's Anomaly Proficiency. Lightning Lash bounces to nearby enemies up to 3 times, with each bounce dealing 50% less DMG than the previous one.
Character is invulnerable during the 4th attack.
When Improvised Overture is at 80 or above, hold
to consume 80 [Improvised Overture] and activate:
Deals massive Electric DMG to enemies in front;
When the final hit of the skill strikes an enemy under an Electric Attribute Anomaly, it does not trigger an Attribute Anomaly, and instead extends the duration of the Electric Attribute Anomaly to 10s;
When the final hit of the skill strikes an enemy under an Attribute Anomaly, it triggers a special [Disorder] effect, [Polarity Disorder], dealing 60% of the original [Disorder] effect's DMG to the target. [Polarity Disorder] does not remove the target's Attribute Anomaly;
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:
Perform an attack at enemies in front, dealing Electric DMG.
Press
during a Perfect Dodge to activate:
Perform a swift slash forward, dealing Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Assist
When the active character is launched, press
to activate:
Perform a swift slash forward, dealing Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press
to activate:
Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Press
after a Defensive Assist to activate:
Fires shots while circling the enemy, then unleashes a finishing slash, dealing Electric DMG;
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Special Attacks
Press
to activate:
Unleashes a forward slash, dealing Electric DMG.
With enough Energy, press
to activate:
Unleashes a forward slash, dealing Electric DMG;
Enters [Hunting Prelude] and activates Vital View. While in [Hunting Prelude], [EX Special Attack: Nightfall Hunt - Recitative] or [EX Special Attack: Nightfall Hunt - Aria] can be activated consecutively;
While in [Hunting Prelude], press
or wait for a period of time to exit [Hunting Prelude]. If [Hunting Prelude] is exited this way and no EX Special Attacks were activated during this round, 20 Energy is consumed;
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
During [Hunting Prelude], press
to activate:
Consumes Energy to unleash a forward Slash, dealing Electric DMG.
Up to 3 consecutive [EX Special Attacks] can be activated per [Hunting Prelude]. Holding the button activates the final [EX Special Attack: Nightfall Hunt - Recitative] early.
When the skill's final hit strikes an enemy suffering from an Attribute Anomaly, it triggers [Lightning Lash] once, dealing DMG equal to 10% of the original Disorder effect, plus additional DMG equal to 1060.00% of Kafka's Anomaly Proficiency. [Lightning Lash] bounces to nearby enemies up to 3 times, with each bounce dealing 50% less DMG than the previous one.
When the skill's final hit strikes an enemy suffering from an Electric Attribute Anomaly, it will not trigger an Attribute Anomaly.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
While in [Hunting Prelude], press
to activate:
Consumes Energy to unleash a shot forward, dealing Electric DMG.
Each [Hunting Prelude] can chain up to 3 consecutive [EX Special Attack]s. Hold to trigger the final [EX Special Attack: Nightfall Hunt - Aria] early.
When this skill hits an enemy not suffering from Electric Attribute Anomaly, Anomaly Buildup Rate increases by 50%.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Chain Attacks
When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate:
Unleashes consecutive attacks forward, dealing massive Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press
to activate:
Triggers a massive explosion in a large area ahead, dealing massive Electric DMG;
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Kafka's Mindscapes
Increases [Disorder] DMG dealt by the whole squad by 25%. DMG dealt by Kafka's [Lightning Lash] ignores 12% of the target's All-Attribute RES.
Kafka's Anomaly Buildup Rate is increased by 15%. During [Hunting Prelude], Kafka's DMG is increased by 25%. After [Hunting Prelude] ends, this effect lasts for an additional 8s.
Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
When any squad member triggers Disorder, Kafka recovers 150 Decibels. This effect can trigger once every 10s.
Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
During a single [Hunting Prelude], up to 6 [EX Special Attacks] can be activated in a row. Each [EX Special Attack] activated causes subsequent [EX Special Attack: Nightfall Hunt - Recitative] and the [Lightning Lash] it triggers during the same [Hunting Prelude] to ignore 15% of the target's DEF, up to a maximum of 60%. This effect resets after exiting [Hunting Prelude]. After activating [Basic Attack: Disordered Echo], Kafka's ATK increases by 200 for 30s; repeated triggers reset the duration. After activating [Ultimate], the Energy Cost of the next 6 [EX Special Attacks] is reduced to 50% of the original; repeated triggers reset the number of uses.
Changelog
- 07 Nov. 2026: Updated Kafka's profile for her latest skill and Mindscape changes.
- 07 Nov. 2026: Kafka Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu). Playing since launch and clearing endgame on reset. He is still saving for the Angels of Delusion faction since the start of the game and has a heafty saving of pulls ready and waiting. One day their banners will arrive.
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