Zenless Zone Zero tier list - Agents ranked
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Updated on April 1st, 2026 - Version: 2.6.0
In this article, we've ranked every agent in ZZZ! Find out who the best and worst agents to use are with our Zenless Zone Zero tier list.
About Zenless Zone Zero
Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) is the latest action gacha RPG from miHoYo, the developers behind Genshin Impact, Honkai Impact 3rd, and Honkai: Star Rail. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting where humanity scavenges for resources in exclusion zones crawling with monsters. Where do you fit in? Well, you take on the role of a Proxy guiding these expeditions.The story unfolds in a visual novel format with a mix of animation, comic strips, and interactive conversations. As for the gameplay, it blends action RPG combat and exploration across a grid-based map.
With that out of the way, let's get right into our Zenless Zone Zero tier list!
1
SS-Tier
| Ye Shunguang | Physical / Attack |
| Her kit centers on her Enlightened Mind state, which boosts her offense. She builds Qingming Sword Force with attacks, and at six stacks can enter Enlightened state by holding her basic attack or using her Ultimate. Then, her skills are enhanced, her Physical DMG converts to Honed Edge DMG, and she can trigger Ether Veil: Verdict to inflict Veil Vulnerability, increasing enemy damage taken. |  |
| Nangong Yu | Ether / Stun |
| Nangong Yu is an Ether Anomaly/Stun hybrid who builds Vibrato stacks on enemies and detonates them for huge Abloom damage. She buffs team Anomaly output, restores her own resource, and becomes extremely powerful when attacking stunned + anomalied enemies. |  |
| Yixuan | Rupture / Ether |
| Yixuan is tricky to play and works best with high-end S-Rank W-Engines like Qingming Birdcage, focusing on CRIT and HP stats. Her best teams include Anby for stunning enemies and Soukaku for attack boosts. To play her well, you need to build Adrenaline for skills, nail Perfect Dodges, and manage Technique Points for her Ultimate. |  |
| Aria | Ether / DPS |
| Aria builds and consumes Fandom Power to unleash charged Perfect Pitch attacks that trigger huge Abloom explosions. She excels at detonating anomalies, ignoring enemy defenses, and chaining rapid high‑impact Ether attacks when properly fueled. |  |
| Miyabi | Frost / Anomaly |
| Hoshimi Miyabi is an Ice DPS character with very high damage output and versatility. Her Fallen Frost mechanic buffs her attacks, and she can pretty much fit into any team composition. The premium setup is with Yanagi; Grace if you are F2P. To maximise her potential, gather Anomaly Certification Seals and Freeze Chips for ascension and skill upgrades. |  |
| Astra Yao | Support / Ether |
| Astra Yao is a Support-Ether who brings something new to the game: buffing and healing allies. Her Idyllic Cadenza buffs team ATK significantly, while her Ultimate heals the entire team. While off-field, she grants invulnerability and boosts regular and critical damage. Works well in Hyper Carry, Stun, and Disorder teams. |  |
| Dialyn | Physical / Stun |
| Dialyn is a Physical support who stacks “Positive Reviews” to boost team damage and stun enemies. Her Rock-Paper-Scissors skills add extra effects, with “Paper” making stuns hit harder. She’s all about locking foes down while giving her squad more punch. |  |
| Lucia | Ether / Support |
| Lucia is a top-tier support built for Rupture teams. She piles on huge buffs, extra attacks, and heals the whole squad. The stronger her HP, the stronger her boosts — and she’s at her peak when she’s in Dream State. |  |
| Sunna | Physical / Support |
| Buffs squad ATK based on her ATK, applies Cat’s Gaze (detonatable by Attack/Anomaly for bonus damage), boosts Stun DMG, and grants energy on entry. Strong at enabling burst windows and pairing with detonator DPS. |  |
| Yuhuza | Physical / Support |
| Yuzuha is a Physical Support Agent perfect for Anomaly teams. She boosts Attribute Anomaly and Disorder damage, increases team attack, and restores energy. Excellent — but only truly shines in Anomaly-focused setups. |  |
2
S-Tier
| Zhao | Ice / Defense |
| Zhao's skillset focused on team buffs and healing. She builds Frostbite Points, and when they’re full, switching her in triggers Ether Veil: Wellspring, granting a squad-wide ATK buff that becomes stronger if she’s teamed with Attack, Anomaly, or Support agents. She also heals through her Special Attack, sacrificing some of her own HP to give allies HP regeneration. |  |
| Alice | Anomaly / DPS |
| Alice builds Blade Etiquette to unleash powerful charged attacks that trigger Polarized Assault, a special Disorder‑triggering explosion. She excels at detonating anomalies, reducing enemy DEF, and chaining high‑damage slashes once her Etiquette bars are full. |  |
| Yidhari | Ice / Rupture |
| Yidhari is an S-rank Ice DPS with built-in sustain. She boosts crit, blocks damage, heals on attacks, and even revives once. Strong damage dealer that’s hard to kill |  |
| Banyue | Fire / DPS |
| Banyue converts ALL his Fire damage into DEF‑ignoring Sheer DMG that scales with his Max HP. He builds Wrathful Fires to enter his powered‑up state, Visage of Wrath, where he unleashes massive EX attacks and finishes with a gigantic nuke, Toppling Mountain. He becomes stronger the longer he stays in Wrath mode, gaining Fire DMG, Sheer Force, and CRIT bonuses. |  |
| Rina | Electic / Support |
| Rina is overall the best and most flexible support currently in Zenless Zone Zero. Even though she's Electric element, you can use her in other team comps without any problems. With the use of her companions, she can provide multiple teamwide buffs such as PEN ratio, Shock damage and Shock duration. She's more of a tagger, so you don't even need her on the field. You simply cast the buffs and switch to another agent. |  |
| Seed | Electic / Attack |
| Seed's main role is to deal high damage with her basic attacks while also boosting her teammates' attack and critical damage. She works best when paired with other strong damage-dealing characters to unlock her full potential. |  |
| Orphie & Magus | Fire / Attack |
| Orphie & Magus are a fire-attack duo who are great at dealing damage even when you switch them out. Their main trick is building up "Bottled Heat" to unleash a powerful special attack that can ignore enemy defenses. While they also buff the team, they really shine when paired with other characters who can trigger their special Aftershock effects. |  |
| Harumasa | Electic / Attack |
| Asaba Harumasa is a free S-Rank Electric DPS character in Zenless Zone Zero. He utilises an Electro Quiver mechanic to mark enemies and unleash powerful dash attacks for high damage. His gameplay revolves around maximising critical hits, and he synergises well with characters that can trigger Anomalies or provide Electric support. |  |
| Sousaku | Ice / Support |
| Since the Ice team is meta right now, thanks to Ellen primarily, and Lycaon, Soukaku becomes S-Tier even though she's truly A-Rank. Her ability to increase her teammates' ATK and Ice damage is all you care about. Obviously, she's S tier only if you are going to use her in a team with Lycaon and Ellen, otherwise, I'd rank her A or B tier. |  |
| Grace | Electic / Anomaly |
| Grace is an Anomaly agent and the core of the Electric team. Her kit is pretty simple. She builds stacks of Zap (up to 8) whenever her attacks or dash attacks hit an enemy. Once she reaches maximum stacks, her Special Attack or EX Special Attack will consume all the Zap to increase her damage. If there's another character in your squad who shares the same Faction or Attribute, Grace will increase the next Shock DMG by 18%. |  |
| Anby: Soldier 0 | Electic |
| Anby: Soldier 0 kit is centred around amplifying damage against Silver Star-marked enemies with a 12.5% damage boost and 15% extra critical damage via Aftershock attacks. Her critical rate increases by 10% with Stun or Support allies, and active combat boosts squad Aftershock damage by 25% against marked foes. Her basic attack, Penetrating Shock, delivers multiple Electric slashes, while Mindscapes enhance crit rates and damage during EX Special Attacks and Ultimates. |  |
| Hugo | Ice / Attack |
| Hugo's passive ability makes him stronger when he stuns enemies or uses certain attacks. When he lands a stun or his Chain Attack, he gets a crit rate and damage boost for six seconds. His attack power also goes up if there are one or two stun-based characters in the team. If he uses his EX Special Attack or Ultimate on a stunned enemy, it deals massive extra damage based on how much stun time was left, up to 1700% more. This ends the stun but builds up Daze, making future attacks stronger. Even if the EX Special Attack hits an enemy that isn’t stunned, it still increases Daze buildup by 20%. |  |
| Vivian | Electic |
| Vivian’s passive ability, Dirge of Destiny, makes her stronger when attacking enemies affected by different elemental debuffs (like Ether, Electric, and Fire). When her basic attack hits a debuffed enemy, it triggers Abloom, dealing extra damage based on her Anomaly skill level. Her other basic attacks also activate Vivian’s Prophecy, which continuously deals Ether damage (55% of her attack) every 0.55 seconds as long as the enemy stays debuffed. When she first enters battle, she starts with 2 Flight Feathers, though her base attack and Anomaly Mastery start at zero. |  |
| Trigger | Electric / Stun |
| Trigger is an electric specialist who's all about stunning enemies from a distance. Her main job is to shoot enemies with her sniper rifle to build up their stun meter, and she can even keep doing it after you switch her out. She's really good at making enemies vulnerable to big attacks, but to get the most out of her, she needs her specific signature weapon. She works best on a team built around stunning foes so your main damage dealers can move in for the kill. |  |
3
A-Tier
| Ellen | Ice / DPS |
| Ellen is widely considered the strongest DPS in the game. Her Ice damage output is unmatched, and she pairs best with Lycaon and Soukaku for meta‑defining freeze and stun rotations. |  |
| Harumasa | Electric / Attack |
| Harumasa is a free S‑Rank Electric DPS who uses Electro Quiver marks to unleash high‑damage dash attacks. He excels with crit‑focused builds and synergizes well with anomaly triggers. | |
| Hugo | Ice / Attack |
| Hugo gains massive crit and damage bonuses when attacking stunned enemies. His EX Special Attack can deal up to 1700% extra damage based on remaining stun time, making him a devastating finisher. | |
| Manato | Fire / DPS |
| Manato is a Fire Rupture DPS who sacrifices HP for massive Sheer DMG that ignores defense. With proper healing support, he becomes a top‑tier nuker capable of deleting bosses. |  |
| Soldier 11 | Fire / Attack |
| Soldier 11 is the premier pure Fire DPS of early ZZZ. Her kit revolves around precise timing of basic attacks and burst windows. She excels with Fire supports and Stun units. |  |
| Zhu Yuan | Ether / DPS |
| Zhu Yuan is an Ether DPS who swaps between Assault and Suppressive modes. She builds shotshells for devastating charged attacks and competes with Ellen for top DPS output. |  |
| Burnice | Fire / DPS |
| Burnice consumes energy to ignite her attacks and apply powerful burns. She excels in Anomaly‑focused teams and scales heavily with off‑field triggers. |  |
| Jane Doe | Anomaly / DPS |
| Jane Doe builds Passion to enter a powerful state that boosts ATK and Anomaly Buildup. She weakens enemies and excels as a fast, agile DPS with strong self‑sustain. |  |
| Piper | Physical / Anomaly |
| Piper builds Anomaly stacks to supercharge her Ultimate. She excels with dodge‑cancel into spinning attacks and pairs well with Nekomata for physical burst setups. |  |
| Yanagi | Electric / Anomaly |
| Yanagi triggers Shinrabanshou state for extended combos and high Electric Anomaly buildup. She excels at applying Polarity Disorder and enabling burst windows. |  |
| Lycaon | Ice / Stun |
| Lycaon is the premier Ice Stunner with massive Impact and high survivability. He reduces Ice RES and is Ellen’s best partner for meta freeze‑stun rotations. |  |
| Qingyi | Electric / Stun |
| Qingyi builds Voltage and Subjugation stacks to massively increase damage dealt to stunned enemies. She is a top‑tier stunner with excellent team synergy. |  |
| Sousaku | Ice / Support |
| Sousaku becomes S‑tier when paired with Ellen and Lycaon. She boosts ATK and Ice DMG, enabling some of the strongest freeze‑burst rotations in the game. | |
4
B-Tier
| Anton | Electric / Attack |
| Anton is a simple, beginner‑friendly attacker who switches between basic and burst modes. His burst mode unleashes electrically charged attacks, and he pairs well with Grace and Ben. |  |
| Billy | Physical / Attack |
| Billy is stylish and fun but statistically the weakest DPS. His optimal play revolves around canceling Rolling Shot with a dodge into a dash attack. |  |
| Corin | Physical / Attack |
| Corin excels at shredding stunned enemies with rapid slashes. She struggles against groups and ranged foes but becomes deadly with a reliable stunner on the team. |  |
| Nekomata | Physical / Attack |
| Nekomata is a fast, aggressive melee DPS with strong dodge‑counter synergy. Easy to pick up, hard to master — perfect for players who enjoy high‑speed close‑quarters combat. |  |
| Grace | Electric / Anomaly |
| Grace is the core of Electric Anomaly teams. She builds Zap stacks to empower her Special attacks and boosts Shock DMG when paired with matching Faction or Attribute allies. | |
| Caesar | Physical / Defense |
| Caesar provides strong shields, crowd control, and team ATK buffs. A versatile defensive unit who pairs well with Billy and Nicole for balanced team setups. |  |
| Koleda | Fire / Stun |
| Koleda is a ranged stun‑focused agent who builds Cold Furnace to enhance her attacks. She excels in Fire or Bog Gear Industry teams that amplify her stun and debuff potential. |  |
| Lucy | Fire / Support |
| Lucy summons boars to deal off‑field damage and buffs allies with her EX skill. Her perfect dodge hits hard and adds stun, making her a strong third‑slot support. |  |
| Pulchra | Physical / Stun |
| Pulchra enters Hunter’s Gait to boost her Daze output and trigger Quick Assists. She applies Binding Trap to enemies, increasing all Aftershock damage dealt to them. |  |
| Rina | Electric / Support |
| Rina is one of the best supports in the game. Her companions provide PEN buffs, Shock DMG boosts, and long‑lasting off‑field utility. She fits into almost any team. | |
5
C-Tier
| Ben | Fire / Stun |
| Ben is a defensive agent who applies stun through blocking and counterattacks. His EX Special grants shields, and he gains extra utility when paired with Fire agents or Strike characters. A tanky, reliable setup unit. |  |
| Anby | Electric / Stun |
| Anby is a hybrid stun agent who can also function as an on‑field DPS. Her fourth basic attack grants a large damage boost, and she excels when her attacks are timed precisely. A strong free character for stun‑focused teams. |  |
| Seth | Electic / Support |
| Seth is a shield‑granting Electric support who forces assists, boosts Anomaly buildup, and reduces enemy Anomaly RES. |  |
Keep in my that our power rankings will definitely change with future agent releases. Make sure to check back now and then to get accurate power rankings from our Zenless Zone Zero tier list.
Mihail Katsoris
I've enjoyed playing games ever since I was a kid (which was a long long time ago at this point). It all started off with an Atari 65XE, then came an Amiga 500+, a Sega Genesis, a 386, and the rest was history. I consider myself lucky to have been able to experience the gaming evolution over the years - this is my passion, and what I will continue to do for as long as I can.