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Heres a handy guide to get the most out of Zenless Zone Zeros combat.

If youre struggling with getting an S-Rank onZenless Zone Zerosharder missions, youre not alone.

Eventually, however, more challenging activities like Hollow Zero and Shiyu Defense missions will test your limits.

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To attack, your agents can either use a Basic Attack or a Special Attack.

you might increase your Decibels simply by actively participating in combat and doing things like parrying attacks and dodging.

Heres where things get a little more complicated.

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When swaps are timed correctly however, they become Assist skills.

Agents can also use Chain Attacks by stunning enemies and using a Heavy Attack.

This will immediately prompt the player to choose another agent to trigger a powerful follow-up attack.

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Synergy is critical to making the most out of this games combat, so heres how it works.

Going from Ice to Fire characters wouldnt achieve the same effect.

Characters who share synergy with their teammates get special buffs as well.

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All Chain Attacks will then deal 35% more damage to the stunned target.

Specialties range from Attack and Defense to Stun and Support.

Depending on who you have unlocked, your team composition can differ greatly.

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Dont feel bad about throwing whoever you have available together in a team and experimenting a little.

Well, thats a complicated question.

In Zenless Zone Zero, there are a million little ways to make your Agents more effective in combat.

Lets start with levelling up.

In Zenless Zone Zero, your Agents dont gain experience points through combat.

Instead, they manually gain experience through the use of Investigator Logs.

Once youve levelled your Agents up, turn your attention to their Skills page.

it’s possible for you to upgrade each of these abilities to increase useful damage stats.

Once youre done tinkering with these skills, check out the W-Engine page.

For example, Support characters should have Support W-Engines, or they wont enjoy these extra passive bonuses.

Drive Discs also function as gear, offering useful but less powerful stat boosts.

you’re free to also upgrade W-Engines and Drive Discs to further boost your Agents stats.

Lastly, you have the Mindscape Cinema.

This is something you really shouldnt worry about unless youre shelling out for Signal Search pulls.