Zenless Zone Zero Nekomata guide: Best W-Engines, Drive Discs, and more

Nekomata in Zenless Zone Zero is a physical DPS Agent who specializes in dealing anomaly and slash damage. A part of the Standard S-Rank pool, the character is an extremely fast attacker who can quickly take down enemies. She can form a core part of many team synergies in the game.

This article goes over the best build for Nekomata in Zenless Zone Zero.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the opinions of the writer

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Zenless Zone Zero Nekomata: Attributes

Stats for Neko (Image via HoYoverse)

Neko has the following stats at her max rank of 60 in Zenless Zone Zero:

• HP: 7560
• ATK: 1594
• DEF: 587
• Impact: 92
• Crit Rate: 43%
• Crit Damage: 50%
• Anomaly Proficiency: 96
• Anomaly Mastery: 97
• Energy Regen: 1.2
• Pen Ratio: 0%

These are the base stats that you can obtain by ascending her to her maximum level. You can modify them further using W-Engines and Drive Discs.

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Best Nekomata equipment in Zeneless Zone Zero: W-Engines, and Drive Discs

Equipment (Image via Hoyoverse)

Here are the best W-Engines that will give you the maximum benefit from the Agent's kit:

Best W-Engines

Rank S - Steel Cushion (Best in Slot)

• Base ATK: 684
• Crit Rate: 24%
• W-Engine Effect: Increases Physical DMG by 20%. The user's DMG increases by 25% when attacking the enemy from behind.

Rank A - Cannon Rotor

• Base ATK: 594
• Crit Rate: 20%
• W-Engine Effect: Increases Crit Rate by 8%. All attacks that crit will inflict 275% damage based on attack. This effect is triggered every eight seconds.

Best Drive Discs

Here are the best Drive Discs for the character:

Woodpecker Electro

• 2 piece: Increases Crit Rate by 8%
• 4 piece: When attacks trigger crit, you gain 16% increased Crit Damage.

Fanged Metal

• 2 piece: Increases Physical DMG by 10%.
• 4 piece: Whenever a squad member inflicts Assault (Physical Anomaly) on an enemy, the equipper deals 35% increased damage to the target for 12s.

For stats, you must focus on Crit Rate/ DMG, Pen, Attack, and Attribute Mastery.

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Team Synergy

Billy is currently one of Neko's best team mate (Image via HoYoverse)

Nekomata has some of the best synergies with other physical units. Here are the characters who synergize well with her as of version 1.1 of Zenless Zone Zero:

• Billy
• Corin Wickes

These two characters easily match the Agent's requirement of physical units, and she can activate her core passive easily with them on her team.

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Best Bangboo for Nekomata in Zenless Zone Zero

Bangboo (Image via HoYoverse)

Nekomata can use the following Bangboos to boost her damage:

• Butler: Increases Crit Rate by 14% and the Crit Rate for Victoria Housekeeping members by a further 14%
• Amillion: Increases Crit Damage of all Agents by 28%, and the Crit Damage of Cunning Hares Agents by an extra 28%

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Nekomata's team is very restricted as of version 1.0, but with the release of future characters, she will get even more powerful.