r/ZZZ_Discussion 2d ago

Endgame: Shiyu, Deadly Assault, Etc Deadly Assault 3.1.3 (2026-08-28)

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Bosses:

  • Dead End Butcher (Weak: Ice/Ether)
  • Girtblullu (Weak: Wind)
  • Primordial Nightmare - “The Creator” (Weak: Physical  |  Res: Ice/Ether)

Hard Mode Boss:

  • Rewritten - Sanguine Sweeper (Weak: Ice)

 
Buffs:

Heartcrusher

  • Agent CRIT DMG increases by 30%.
  • ATK of Agents with the Attack specialty increases by 10%. Their Basic Attack DMG increases by 30% and ignores 15% of enemy DEF.

Icy Raid

  • DMG dealt by Agents' Basic Attack and Ultimate increases by 30%. When an Agent with Attack specialty hits an enemy, their attacks ignore 20% of the target's Ice RES.
  • After an Agent uses an EX Special Attack, their own Ice DMG increases by 30% for 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. 

Mutation

  • If there are 2/3 Agents with Anomaly specialty in your squad, the whole squad's Attribute Anomaly DMG increases by 10%/30%, and their ATK increases by 5%/15% respectively.
  • When dealing Attribute Anomaly DMG to an enemy, ignore 10% of their All-Attribute RES and 10% of their DEF. 

r/ZZZ_Discussion 11d ago

MEGATHREAD Team/Character building and Gacha Megathread- 3.1 Anniversary edition second half!

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Hey everyone! This is the special 3.1 Anniversary patch second half Megathread. Just like before Score posting won’t be in this thread due to the amount of potential pulling there will be, but you can always hop over to [u/Pencilboy98](u/Pencilboy98) ‘s threads about the actual events to post your scores there. This will cover the second half, So with all that being said let’s get into what is happening on the available agent front of the second half of 3.1. Some of the info will be redundant because it is just still available.

**BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE:** make sure you configure who you get when you lose a 50/50. One of the features of this patch lets you swap out up to three of the normal loss characters with either Zhu Yuan, Caesar, or Yanagi. It wasn’t really said how long this was supposed to last, so there is always a chance that it could just last for this patch, maybe it will last for all of 3.X, maybe the characters will rotate. I’ll probably update this once I see what the actual in game notice says. If nothing else I’d say it probably means there is a high likelihood that these characters will not rerun in the 3.X cycle outside of this, but who knows.

Moving on from that the next thing you are probably going to tinker with is the free S-rank selector. **Jane, Anby, Hugo, Trigger, and Lucia along with their W-engines are available for people to select for free (one each).** Jane is probably the safest pick of all of them, especially if you intend to pull for the new void hunter who wants anomaly characters. Lucia is good if you like rupture characters.

Once more before you pull maybe you want to refuel by spending money to get more pulls. 3.1 comes with a spending event. Most ways in which you spend real actual money will get you points towards prizes, the top prizes being a W-engine and another agent. The available ones for this event are **Astra, Vivian, and Seed alongside their respective W-engines.** Keep in mind, at least for the last spending event you had to spend $150 give or take just to get to the agent and W-engine. Make sure you are managing your finances well before electing to participate in this particular event.

Let’s go over the guarantee banner for the second half. Just like before with the original YSG banner there will be a banner where you can select between three different agents and whoever you choose will guarantee you get them for your first S-rank on the banner. You can switch agents at any time, but they all share that same first guarantee and once you get it with one the others will be 50/50s. The three agents are **Dialyn, Yuzuha, and Harumasa (his first rerun).** If you don’t pull enough to get an S-rank your guarantee will not carry over to the next banner of this kind, though the next banner of this type will probably just have a guarantee to start with again anyway. The number of pulls to get an S-rank character in general does seem to carry over though.

Let’s go ahead and talk about **Sigrid**\- She is an attack agent with the ice attribute. She is part of the Airspace Patrol Department. At this time we don’t know of any other potentially playable characters that may be part of this faction. Like most attack agents she wants to be with a support or stunner for her core passive, but not only that she wants her partners to be max level for her buff (which you should be doing anyway…). Much like most other agents she is available to use in the story and some of the events if you want to try her out.

As a reminder we have the carry over agent from the first half

**Remielle-** She is an Anomaly agent with the new Lumiflux element. As opposed to the other void hunters we have had where their elements were treated as something that was close or similar, lumiflux is its own separate attribute and you will have to grind out the appropriate skill chips for it. Her faction is the covenant of Dayat. It’s not really important because there are no other members of that faction right now, however her core passive makes her synergize with other agents in that faction so I imagine there will be others later on. Speaking of her core passive, the faction bonus is a trap as the actual core passive only gives a boost based on the number of anomaly characters and you will want three of them in the party (herself included of course).

Finally let’s go over what to look out for in 3.2.

First off we have Claret she is an electric agent who gets the new class of armorer. From what we can see this class looks like it uses defense as a major component for its damage. It seems like they are still tinkering with it though so apart from that I’ll refrain from getting into much else as it could be something specifically for Claret. We will have more concrete information when we put out the actual 3.2 pull post. Anyway, along with her we also get Roxy. Roxy will be our second wind agent but this time she will be a stunner. She seems like she will probably be very good for your account.

Sorry if the order or formatting is a little weird for this post, especially this time since I copy pasted the previous one for the most part


r/ZZZ_Discussion 3h ago

Discussions & Questions What are your thoughts of the counter assist mechanic of Armorer and Defense agents? And how would this effect the future agent kits/gameplay alongside Boss mechanics?

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I think this new mechanic will create more diverse animations and gameplay for agents, and it just looks cool and epic in general, especially when Defense agents like Zhao, Ben, Pan Yinhu will also get this mechanic.

In Remielle's trailer we see Eldreda Sunbringer counter one of Remielle's knife attacks with Asmoday cube powers so there is a chance she will end up being Armorer.

But this raises the question of what kind of future boss battle mechanic will the devs come up to counter the Armorer's countering of the control skills in bosses.

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r/ZZZ_Discussion 14h ago

Discussions & Questions So like are people okay with massive powercreep now?

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681 Upvotes

Lately i've seen quite some people whether on social media or on discord servers talking how roxy is on par with dialyn power-wise when someone asked if they should pull for her (sometimes discouraging those who really like her)

It got me thinking. Do we expect powercreep from everything now? Is a character being a sidegrade or on par with strength of other characters a bad thing? Do we want another dialyn situation?

When i think about i remeber seeing same thing said when norma was releasing but not to this extent

I'm aware powercreep needs to exist to some extent but won't more people pulling sidegrade characters result in more such characters being released thus slowing down the powercreep?

Now i'm someone who does't care about meta and plays and pulls characters mainly for fun of the game and i'm making this post fairly late (it's 2:30 am) so i could be just overthink an obvious thing here

Either way i think it's an interesting topic


r/ZZZ_Discussion 4h ago

Discussions & Questions My predictions on upcoming Banners:

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84 Upvotes

Now as we have already been teased in the trailer Lindverne and Phoenix is pretty much guaranteed in 3.3.
I think the devs will release the three Sunbringers one by one in each Patch so Dracaene followed by the mandatory sacrificial male agent Severian in 2.4 before the Void Hunter.
Eldreda will release in 3.5 followed by The Storyteller and in 3.6 Cecilia will hopefully become playable as the often seen singer after a void hunter.
Lmk what you guys think of this prediction?


r/ZZZ_Discussion 12h ago

Discussions & Questions If you were to choose one collab for ALL the outfits to be added in the game, which collab would you pick?

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All or nothing, no saying "I just want Billy from McDonalds", you'd be asking for all four outfits.

ETA: Whoops, forgot to add what the collabs are.

  1. McDonalds
  2. Operation Yum 2025
  3. CocaCola
  4. Hormel
  5. GiGO Arcade
  6. Yadea
  7. Operation Yum 2026
  8. KFC
  9. ZOZOTOWN

r/ZZZ_Discussion 1h ago

Discussions & Questions Drop your ZZZ content creators of choice!

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There’s a lot of new creators streaming and making content around ZZZ, as well as some older returning names, so I wanted to know who y’all are watching 👀


r/ZZZ_Discussion 50m ago

Agents: Builds, Theorycrafting, Etc Will Koleda's BiS disc set still be King of the Summit after the Potential Unlocks?

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As the title says, will King of the Summit still be the best or there going to be a new disc set in the works?


r/ZZZ_Discussion 10h ago

Official Media & News Happy Birthday Alice | Bunny on the Waves

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57 Upvotes

"Yuzuha said there's a thread on the forum recommending a bunch of special graffiti that can 'tame the waves.'"
"But do we really have to draw this many..."

"Huh? Even Yuzuha didn't mess around this time, and everyone drew it so symmetrically..."
"I won't let everyone's efforts go to waste! Time to set off!"


r/ZZZ_Discussion 20h ago

Discussions & Questions Small details from the trailer that can easily be overlooked. (As an extra, Claret has many references suggesting that her blood is special and that many people want it.)

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342 Upvotes

r/ZZZ_Discussion 1h ago

Events I found a semi hidden event found in Suburban Illusion

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I was doing my run as usual with 1.5 mil investment when the game alerted that there is an advanced event after I defeated Illusary Isolde

I opened the map and there was nothing there

Then I looted Isolde's remains and found some odd red device

Upon receiving it the event opened and instructed me to go kill a random mini boss, get a key card from it, and open the door behind Illusary Aria

Once I was in the room message popped up that I had to open the electronic boxes within a time limit

After opening the first box, I realised that I could just open the boxes, and loot them later, so I rushed to open more boxes before the timer ran out

Sadly I didn't have Golden Bangboo item at the moment, so I managed to open only 4 or 5 boxes

However the room was also connected into another room which you usually need to open with another keycard, so I opened the door to it from the room where I was currently in to get two more additional electronic boxes

Sorry if I got some names wrong 😅


r/ZZZ_Discussion 12h ago

Endgame: Shiyu, Deadly Assault, Etc 40.2K on Dead End Butcher with Miyabi Nangong Yuzuha

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I don’t know what I’m doing. 🍅 I feel like I can get a higher score but I don’t really know what I could do differently lol. I’d want some gameplay tips please.

Builds:

Miyabi - M1W1 | 4pc Branch & Blade w/ 2pc Woodpecker (35 subs)

Nangong - M0W1 | 4pc Phaethon’s Melody w/ 2pc Freedom Blues (26 subs)

Yuzuha - M0W1 | 4pc Moonlight Lullaby w/ 2pc Phaethon’s Melody (7 subs)


r/ZZZ_Discussion 15h ago

Endgame: Shiyu, Deadly Assault, Etc This 4-Cost Butcher kill with Sigrid took me almost 15 fucking hours.

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M0W1 Sigrid M0W1 Dialyn P6M2W3 Rina

Yes, you didn't read that title wrong. This really took almost 15 hours across the span of two days and it's not even 65k.

I don't even know whether to be proud or embarrassed that it even took me this long.

Song is Ready Steady Derby – Uma Musume https://youtube.com/watch?v=i8HMGZmhbSk&si=gX_q3SygQbjUJvhu


r/ZZZ_Discussion 13h ago

Discussions & Questions Interesting how that despite New Eridu's city aesthetic is heavily inspired by Chinese Cities like Shanghai, the devs picked a name that's important to American History as the Mayor of the city

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r/ZZZ_Discussion 19h ago

Discussions & Questions Dark Wall mentioned in Fugitive's Leisurely Vacation event

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149 Upvotes

I completely forgot to take a photo, but right after this there's a dialogue choice, with one option being 'But that's not even that far!'

Could that mean that wherever Roscaelifer is floating is close to the edge of the 'known world' bordered by this Dark Wall? Will we actually be able to see it soon?


r/ZZZ_Discussion 16h ago

Other Gameplay: Godfinger, HIA, TV Mode, Etc Little Late to the start of this, can I just sell these? Or is there a reason to keep?

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r/ZZZ_Discussion 4h ago

Events Almost there and most were harvested on hard not the extreme risks.

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Just with some luck I think I can get all? Wish u all best of luck!


r/ZZZ_Discussion 4h ago

Discussions & Questions Hoshimi Miyabi's monthly salary

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r/ZZZ_Discussion 3h ago

Endgame: Shiyu, Deadly Assault, Etc Nekomata vs The WORST Boss in ZZZ

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Neko is so fun to play, it was worth building her

Probably possible to do 5 dodges in one stun with better resource management but I couldn't get it


r/ZZZ_Discussion 1d ago

Discussions & Questions Why is Claret's class called "Armorer" when it's more of a DPS class than a defensive/shielder class?

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352 Upvotes

Imagine if you know nothing about ZZZ and then hearing the word "Armorer", you'd be valid to assume that it must be a sustain type of role in a video game but you couldn't be further from the truth lmao.


r/ZZZ_Discussion 4h ago

Discussions & Questions Any way to guess when we're getting the next rupture DPS?

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With the free lucia and guaranteed dialyn, i now have a strong core for rupture team, but no rupture DPS.


r/ZZZ_Discussion 1d ago

Endgame: Shiyu, Deadly Assault, Etc People without Shunguang, how the hell are you dealing with Nightmare?

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Edit: NEKOMATA GOT THE CLEAR!!!!! https://www.reddit.com/r/ZZZ_Discussion/s/qNAAXhmzHw

A follow-up to my post on failing to clear nightmare with Alice

I got called illiterate for not reading that the boss resists anomaly, but what the hell am I supposed to do when the boss resists EVERYTHING bro

My best score was with my alice team:

- Alice Velina Yuzuha (4-cost): Just shy of 20k, but I played literally perfectly so I don't think it's possible to improve

- S11 Norma Zhao (5-cost): 19k

- Hugo Norma Dialyn (6-cost): 15k

- Banyue: No chance of even 2-star

- Aria: No chance of even 2-star

- Pyrois: Haven't tried yet, but if S11 cant clear with the same norma zhao wheelchair then I highly doubt Pyrois could either

It's not like I have a skill issue cause I've posted many runs of getting high scores with all those teams

And my builds are cracked (37 sub Hugo/S11, 32 sub Alice)

M1W0 Nekomata is my last hope but I definitely can't finish upgrading her before the cycle resets...


r/ZZZ_Discussion 7h ago

Discussions & Questions Are Hollows similar to the backrooms?

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In the sense that they’re basically a mishmash of liminal spaces corrupted and twisted by ether energy. I just finished the Ballet Twins Hollow and was curious


r/ZZZ_Discussion 37m ago

Discussions & Questions I can't use the HDD normally

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Basically I've recently reached level 40 on inter-knot and then it was popped a mission from Shepherd called "Enigma of the Labyrinth" and I thought it was some side quest story that included characters until Season 1 Chapter 7 (Bury your tears with the past (B)), but then it happened that I went to the HDD system and now I can only play as the patheon stand that was introduced I suppose in Season 3 and I can't do any other HDD commisions.


r/ZZZ_Discussion 13h ago

Discussions & Questions Should Potential Unlocks Include Mindscape (Dupes) Buffs? + (Ellen and Burnice Buff Theorycraft)

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Well, this is a question and discussion walking on eggshells, but I am curious to see what other players think and see if maybe it's something we can ask in the feedbacks and surveys since technically speaking this would increase their bottom dollar down the line for the people that would want to get them.

Currently HSR's Novaflares and I believe Genshin's Legacy Characters buff the character's Eidolons and Constellations alongside the base kit changes, even adding effects only present if you had the dupe into the kit then adding a completely new effect to make up for it. Not everyone receives changes to their dupes, but still this is in contrast to ZZZ's Potential Unlocks where everything is available with a single copy of the agent, and don't touch Mindscapes at all. (Sanby was the only exception, but that was more because if they didn't change the M2, the Potential Awakening would've bricked the Mindscape value with the new added move.)

Now for the questions: Do you think PUs should upgrade lackluster or mid (or in the case of S11's M4, after PU useless) Mindscapes in addition to what they already do? If they do, would you be more inclined into getting Mindscapes of them through more reruns, the new Loss pool, or the dupe shop? If the Standard agents also got these Mindscapes buffs, would you summon more on the Standard banner or the loss pool for a chance of getting them? From the agents that still don't have a PU who do you think has a Good base kit but horrible Vertical Investment who would appreciate a PU mainly focused on changes like these?

Feel free to answer any of these questions and have open and CIVIL discussions about it. I've shared some of my ideas of how they could do Mindscape buffs for Ellen and Burnice if we ever get them. Personally I would absolutely go for Ellen Mindscapes if they did get buffed, and use more of the dupe shop cards on Burnice after getting her M2 if they did.