Zhu Yuan Guide and Best Builds

Zhu Yuan Guide & Best Builds

Welcome to our Zhu Yuan build guide for Zenless Zone Zero. Zhu Yuan is an S-Rank Ether Attack Agent who can deal high burst damage inside of the stun window. In our guide, we will cover everything you need to know to get the most out of Zhu Yuan, from building the best Drive Discs and W-Engines to important stat priorities and combos.

Zhu Yuan's Best W-Engines

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

Cordis Germina

Sprouting Core
Increases CRIT Rate by 15/17/19/21/23%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 12.5/14.5/16.5/18.5/20%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 20/23/26/29/32% of enemy DEF.

The Brimstone

Scorching Breath
Upon hitting an enemy with a Basic Attack, Dash Attack, or Dodge Counter, the equipper's ATK increases by 3.5/4.4/5.2/6/7% for 8s, stacking up to 8 times. This effect can trigger once every 0.5s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Riot Suppressor Mark VI

Security Patrol
Increases CRIT Rate by 15/18.8/22.6/26.4/30%. Launching an EX Special Attack grants the equipper 8 Charge stacks, up to a maximum of 8 stacks. Whenever the equipper's Basic Attack or Dash Attack deals Ether DMG, consumes a Charge stack and increases the skill's DMG by 35/43.5/52/60.5/70%.

Starlight Engine

Knight's Combo
Launching a Dodge Counter or Quick Assist increases the equipper's ATK by 12/13.8/15.6/17.4/19.2% for 12s.

Marcato Desire

Get Everyone Fired Up
When an EX Special Attack or Chain Attack hits an enemy, the equipper's ATK increases by 6/6.9/7.8/8.7/9.6% for 8s. While the target is under an Attribute Anomaly, this effect is increased by an additional 6/6.9/7.8/8.7/9.6%.

Best Drive Discs for Zhu Yuan

The Sky Ablaze

2-Piece Set: Ether DMG +10%.
4-Piece Set: When the equipper is an Ether attribute Agent, their CRIT DMG increases by 30%. When the equipper uses an EX Special Attack or Ultimate, their ATK increases by 10% for 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Puffer Electro

2-Piece Set: PEN Ratio +8%
4-Piece Set: Ultimate DMG increases by 20%. Launching an Ultimate increases the equipper's ATK by 15% for 12s.

Zhu Yuan's Stat Priority

When building Zhu Yuan, your priorities can vary depending on team composition however generally you want to aim for as close to 100% Combat CRIT Rate as possible and then building up as much ATK % and CRIT DMG rolls as you can.

Zhu Yuan's Skill Priority

Zhu Yuans's most important skills to level are her Core Skill, Basic Attack, and Ultimate.

How to Play Zhu Yuan

Zhu Yuan is an Attack agent who wants to enter on-field during the stun window to unload all her resources and deal high damage.

When using her basic 4 or 5, dodge counter, EX Special, Assist Counter, Chain Attack or Ultimate Zhu Yuan will gain Enhanced Shotshells. She can hold a maximum of 9 of these Shotshells and can spend them by holding her Basic Attack to deal an extra 40% DMG. While attacking a stunned enemy this increases further by another 40%.

When playing Zhu Yuan its important to build up maximum Shotshells with her basics and Assist Counter as well as generating enough Decibels to use her ultimate inside the stun window, generally around starting the stun window with around 2000 Decibels will end with you having enough Decibels to use her Ultimate if you perform a double chain with Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan's Best Mindscapes

Zhu Yuan's M1, Quick Reload enables her to play as an on field DPS, giving her plenty of Enhanced Shotshells to use outside of the Stun window while also allowing her to generate enough during the Stun window. Beside that Zhu Yuans mindscapes aren’t particularly worth it, Her M2, Ether Ember provides her with 50% Ether DMG Bonus which is a stat she is heavily over saturated on and her other Mindscapes will run you a lot of pulls for how little value they provide.

Zhu Yuan's Best Teams

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

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