Zenless Zone Zero additional abilities guide

Zenless Zone Zero is the latest action RPG from HoYoverse, offering exhilarating battles and intricate combat mechanics. Here, players have to gear up their characters and indulge in fights against elite enemies. The gameplay is simple enough to master, but if there’s one thing some Proxies might overlook, it's the additional abilities of Agents. This is basically a Core Skill concept that influences team building to some extent.

This guide discusses everything there is to know about the additional abilities of characters in Zenless Zone Zero.

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How to unlock additional abilities for characters in Zenless Zone Zero

Soldier 11 additional ability (Image via HoYoverse)

Zenless Zone Zero features many different gameplay mechanics, and additional abilities are one of them. Fortunately, their activation criteria are simple and integrated into an Agent’s Core Skill.

A character gains additional abilities when one of the allies shares the same Attribute or Faction. As of writing, every unit in the game possesses this bonus skill, so make sure to team them accordingly to unleash their true potential.

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All characters and their additional abilities in Zenless Zone Zero

Listed below are the additional abilities of every Zenless Zone Zero character:

Anby

• Upon hitting an enemy with a dodge counter, she gains an extra 7.2 Energy. This effect can be triggered every five seconds.

Anton

• While in Burst Mode, Anton's next attack on Shocked enemies inflict an additional 45% Shock DMG for every four critical hits. This effect is triggered every 0.5 seconds.

Ben

• When Ben’s Guardian Shield is active, he gains a 16% CRIT Rate.

Billy

• After Bily uses a Chain Attack, his next Ultimate deals 50% bonus damage, stacking up to two times. It resets after launching the ability.

Corin

• Deals 35% more damage to Stunned targets.

Ellen

• When Ellen inflicts Ice DMG, her elemental damage increases by 3% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. Repeated triggers will reset their duration.

Grace

• Hitting an enemy with an EX Special Attack increases the next Shock DMG by 18% if they are afflicted with the Shock effect. This ability stacks for two times and is triggered once on each enemy per skill use.

Koleda

• An explosion from Koleda’s EX Special Attack applies debuff on an enemy. While they are stunned, all subsequent Chain Attacks will deal 35% damage to the enemy. The effect stacks two times and resets when the Stun wears out.

Lycaon

• After Lycaon hits a Stunned enemy, their Stun DMG Multiplier is enhanced by 35%.

Lucy

• Lucy’s guard board inherits her CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG.

Nekomata

• When any character applies Assault, Nekomata’s next EX Special ATK deals 35% more damage, up to two stacks.

Nichole

• Nicole’s team deals an extra 25% Ether DMG on enemies afflicted with the debuff from her Mechanical Case Core Passive.

Piper

• The entire squad’s DMG is increased by 8% if Piper gains 20 or more stacks of Power.

Rina

• Increases the duration of Shock inflicted on a target by any Agent. Her additional ability further increases the Electro DMG of the whole squad for 10% when there are Shocked enemies on the field.

Soldier 11

• Soldier 11 deals 10% more Fire DMG. This effect is enhanced by an additional 22.5% if she attacks a Stunned enemy.

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Check out our other Zenless Zone Zero guides:

• All active redeem codes
• Agent tier list
• Beginner mistakes you should avoid
• Best Standard S Rank character