Orphie & Magus Guide and Best Builds

Orphie & Magus Guide & Best Builds

Welcome to our Orphie build guide for Zenless Zone Zero. Orphie & Magus is a powerful S-Rank Fire Attack Agent who deals Aftershock DMG. In our guide, we will cover everything you need to know to get the most out of your Orphie, from building the best Drive Discs and W-Engines, to important stat priorities and combos.

Orphie & Magus's Best W-Engines

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

Bellicose Blaze

Flame-Devouring Choir
Increases CRIT Rate by 20/23/26/29/32%. When the equipper triggers an Aftershock that deals Fire DMG, their attacks ignore 15/17.2/19.5/21.7/24% of the target's DEF for 8s. Can stack once every 3s, up to 2 stacks. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Heartstring Nocturne

String & Melody
CRIT DMG increases by 50/57.5/65/72.5/80%. When the equipper enters combat, or activates a Chain Attack or Ultimate, they gain 1 stack of Heartstring. Each stack of Heartstring allows the equipper's Chain Attack and Ultimate to ignore 12.5/14.5/16.5/18.5/20% of the target's Fire RES, stacking up to 2 times and lasting 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Serpentine Seeker

Bioengineered Venom
CRIT Rate increases by 25/28.8/32.5/36.3/40%. When the equipper consumes at least 20 Energy in a single instance, every 20 Energy consumed grants 3s of a buff: when dealing Electric DMG, ignore 28/31.5/35/38.5/42% of the target's DEF. Repeated triggers extend the duration, up to a maximum of 30s. When entering combat, gain 10s of this buff. While the equipper is not the active character, the duration no longer decreases.

Severed Innocence

Tranquil Blossom
CRIT DMG is increased by 30/34.5/39/43.5/48%. When the equipper lands a hit with a Basic Attack, Special Attack, or Aftershock, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's CRIT DMG by an additional 10/11.5/13/14.5/16%, stacking up to 3 times. The effect lasts for 30s, with each stack's duration calculated separately, and can only be triggered once per use of a skill. With all 3 stacks, the equipper's Electric DMG increases by 20/23/26/29/32%.

Gilded Blossom

Extraordinary Anti-Theft Measures
ATK increases by 6/6.9/7.8/8.7/9.6%, and DMG dealt by EX Special Attacks increases by 15/17.2/19.5/21.8/24%.

Best Drive Discs for Orphie & Magus

Because there are plenty of other Energy Regen bonuses for Orphie & Magus to select from, it is recommended to use a build that offers:

• A 2-Piece Drive Disc set with Energy Regen ( Moonlight Lullaby or Swing Jazz)
• A 4-Piece Drive Disc set that either increases her personal damage ( Shadow Harmony) or that increases the team's damage ( Astral Voice)

Keep in mind that increasing her Energy Regen for Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire is only a squad-wide ATK bonus, nothing else. Energy Regen does not impact the Ignore DEF value from Additional Ability: Forged in Flames.

Shadow Harmony

2-Piece Set: The DMG of Aftershocks and Dash Attacks is increased by 15%.
4-Piece Set: Upon hitting an enemy with an Aftershock or Dash Attack, if the DMG dealt aligns with the equipper's attribute, the equipper gains 1 stack of a buff effect, at most once per use of a skill. For each stack, the equipper's ATK increases by 4%, and CRIT Rate increases by 4%. The effect can stack up to 3 times and lasts for 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Astral Voice

2-Piece Set: ATK +10%
4-Piece Set: Whenever any squad member enters the field using a Quick Assist, all squad members gain 1 stack of Astral, up to a maximum of 3 stacks, and lasting 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. Each stack of Astral increases the DMG dealt by the character entering the field using a Quick Assist by 8%. Passive effects of the same name do not stack.

Orphie & Magus's Stat Priority

If you want to maximize Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire's ATK bonus from Zeroed In instead, you will need the following:

• Drive Disc 6 Partition: Energy Regen
• 2-Piece Moonlight Lullaby (+20% Energy Regen)
• 2-Piece Swing Jazz (+20% Energy Regen)
• Equipped W-Engine with 60% Energy Regen Main Stat

When building Orphie you want to aim for as close to 100% in-combat CRIT Rate. and around 2700 ATK and 130% CRIT DMG on the stat screen. You cannot build for Energy Regen through Drive Disc substats, and as such, should prioritize getting Energy Regen from the means listed above.

Orphie & Magus has 1.56 base Energy Regen at Level 60. She needs up to 3.66 Energy Regen to fully maximize Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire's Zeroed In ATK bonus. However, even though the number may seem daunting, this is fairly simple to achieve with the Drive Discs we currently have available.

Do not sacrifice personal damage for Energy Regen. Drill Rig - Red Axis is not a good option on Orphie as the 50% Energy Regen she gains from it isn't worth using in exchange for the damage you might receive from a W-Engine that increases Orphie's personal damage.

Orphie & Magus's Skill Priority

Focus on improving Orphie's Core Skill first, as it increases an unconditional amount of CRIT Rate and Aftershock DMG. It also increases the ATK boost whenever Zeroed In is active.

How to Play Orphie & Magus

Orphie & Magus's general rotation is pretty straightforward to understand:

• Generate at least 100 Bottled Heat
• Switch to Orphie & Magus for EX Special Attack: Heat Charge
• After Zeroed In is active, switch Orphie & Magus back out to allow your Main DPS to take the field

As most of Orphie's kit is considered as Aftershock DMG, she can theoretically gain a permanent "ignore 25% DEF" buff with any attack, as long as she has Zeroed In. This is thanks to her Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire and Additional Ability: Forged in Flames, which inherently increases ATK, buff duration, and adds ignore DEF for Agents with Aftershock DMG.

For Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire to work, she does need to accumulate 100 Bottled Heat. This is her gauge and how she can use EX Special Attack: Heat Charge, which will activate Zeroed In for 12 seconds.

Notably, her Basic Attack: High-Pressure Flamethrower does not provide any gauge, whereas Special Attack: Corrosive Flash does at a rate of 20 per 5s. When her Bottled Heat is at 100 gauge or higher, Orphie & Magus needs to switch in and use her EX Special Attack: Heat Charge.

When she uses EX Special Attack: Heat Charge, she will automatically trigger a Quick Assist, which will natively put her back off-field. This allows her to regenerate Bottled Heat again once EX Special Attack: Fiery Eruption activates.

Though Bottled Heat management may seem difficult, in Aftershock teams it isn’t at all. And in other teams she still gains at least 20 Bottled Heat every 5 seconds. Combined with her Chain Attack, Ultimate, and EX Special she can theoretically get enough Bottled Heat for nearly 100% uptime on her buffs.

Orphie & Magus's Best Mindscapes

As Orphie & Magus is primarily an Agent who prioritizes Aftershock DMG, her Mindscape Cinema however, enables her to flex into other types of teams.

For example, her Luxurious Cat House provides an overall 20% increased DMG for all Agents affected by Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire's Zeroed In. Though other Agents may not have Aftershocks to increase buff duration, all of them can certainly benefit from a non-conditional DMG increase!

The other major Mindscape Cinema is Pink Holster. This Mindscape Cinema increases the initial duration of her Core Passive: Taming Wind and Fire's Zeroed In buff. This is an incredible quality-of-life addition, not just for Orphie & Magus, but also other Agents who might not have any Aftershocks in their kits.

As such, most of her Mindscape Cinemas are not major game-changers for Orphie & Magus herself. But they provide a lot of squad-wide buffs not really found in most Attack Agents. In addition, with these upgrades, you do not have to worry about her personal damage either. They are all great, but investment is not required to 'fix' her kit.

So if you want to use Orphie & Magus with a wider variety of Agents, investing in Luxurious Cat House is recommended and Pink Holster makes her a lot more comfortable.

If you want to use her as a Main DPS, it goes without saying that Magic Seed is exactly what you want. Being able to manually activate EX Special Attack: Crimson Vortex goes a long way toward giving her some field presence, and the manual variant of this attack doesn’t reset the cooldown of her off-field Aftershocks, allowing her to use two in a row if you switch off quickly.

Weird Food List is also quite good. It increases the value of her otherwise weak Ultimate by giving her a 20% ATK increase upon using it and can provide her with enough decibels to get an extra use of her Ultimate during Deadly Assault runs. This also synergises with Pink Holster and Magic Seed, which also increase her Ultimate damage significantly.

Surprisingly, "Tactics Manual" and Ferry Toll are significant increases for Orphie. Her multiplier values are quite low by default, so these Mindscapes can increase them enough to bring them up to par with other Agents. However, if you're going to get Ferry Toll, you're better off going all in and getting Magic Seed as well.

Orphie & Magus's Best Teams

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

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