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Xiahou_Shake
06/02/2025
02:06 AM
#1
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8ccdcc31.jpg

https://youtu.be/ffubdFPFlS8

Tier list and general info:
https://www.prydwen.gg/zenless/

Video guides:
https://www.youtube.com/@IWinToLose

It's finally time - Season 2 of ZZZ launches this week! Thursday's going to be a big night with not only the launch of the next story arc but sweeping changes to pretty much every aspect of the game, including:
  • A new (and very pretty looking) central hub
  • New and updated activities for dailies and weeklies
  • Both City and Hollow exploration majorly upgraded
  • New combat mechanics
  • Upgraded kits for old characters, starting with Ellen
Plus the launch of our next Void Hunter-tier character in Yixuan, a boatload of freebies for the season premiere + anniversary, and a metric buttload of events! I'm definitely pumped - it's been very cool seeing this game grow up big time from how much rougher around the edges it used to be, and it's been fun chatting with you all throughout Season 1. Excited to jump into the next chapter this week!
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
JackMan
06/02/2025
08:23 AM
#2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsEBLshHYY&ab_channel=BangBooBang

I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is a teaser for a livestream on June 7 where we'll get full animated shorts of each little snippet shown. I mean, it's definitely a teaser for the livestream, it's whether we get the full shorts I'm not sure on.
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HeroDelTiempo17
06/02/2025
12:18 PM
#3
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0c85a82f.jpg
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Arti
06/02/2025
03:21 PM
#4
tag

I should really do the flowers event, still haven't even started it.
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swordz9
06/02/2025
03:26 PM
#5
He wont protect Burnice & Pulchra though huh
swordz9
06/02/2025
06:49 PM
#6
Woodpecker just refuses to drop anything useful for me despite all the energy Ive used on it the last week or so
Xiahou_Shake
06/02/2025
09:27 PM
#7
Spending battery on Woodpecker is really rough - you're really spending full battery for only half the useful discs since Soul Rock is complete garbage on anyone not named Ben. For that reason I believe the general recommendation is to use your battery on literally anything else you need and just get Woodpecker through Bardic Needle.
Let the voice of love take you higher,
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HeroDelTiempo17
06/02/2025
09:45 PM
#8
I think Soul Rock might be actually useless now that we have Proto Punk. Cursed domain.
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swordz9
06/03/2025
10:40 AM
#9
Woodpecker is the main thing I need, but yeah maybe I should. Some Version 2 character models are leaking. Sure are a lot of twintails girls and theres a dude with furry ears thats very buff
HeroDelTiempo17
06/03/2025
12:28 PM
#10
Buff wolf man is a great design but he's gonna get hit with the Thiren A-rank curse I can feel it. His friend with the umbrella maybe my other favorite design of the Waifei agents so far though the bar has not been set super high!
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HeroDelTiempo17
06/03/2025
01:34 PM
#11
Man I thought people were exaggerating about how bad Hugo was in Hollow Zero but I just did a run on Intensity 9 and it probably took 30 minutes between fights and resets because I'm bad. You simply can't stun shit fast enough.

Also the enemies will just fucking murder you, might be time to drag Caesar out of retirement for intensity 12.
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swordz9
06/03/2025
01:38 PM
#12
I havent even tried the intensity over like lv3 or something in a while now I think? Actually maybe I did 5 or 6 for Lost Void, but Im not really confident enough in my skill at this game to do the really hard stuff
Xiahou_Shake
06/05/2025
11:46 AM
#13
Tonight!

Even if you don't get a Switch 2, ZZZ will still be here for you.
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
Xiahou_Shake
06/05/2025
10:20 PM
#14
I absolutely don't fucking believe it LMAO

I lost my 50/50 to Soldier 11... AGAIN. She's at M5 now. Literally every single 50/50 I've ever lost in this game has been to her. Girl just won't leave me alone.
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
Xiahou_Shake
06/05/2025
10:24 PM
#15
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1ae49186.jpg
Had to go to hard pity after that and lost almost all my chromes and then the game did this to me lmao, I feel like I've been toyed with. Still have to get the W-Engine which thank god I at least have a guarantee on, but Fufu is 100% out of the question now
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
HeroDelTiempo17
06/05/2025
11:36 PM
#16
I won the 50/50 but at what cost? Went to pity, 6 Pulchras, and only 1 Panda...
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UshiromiyaEva
06/05/2025
11:59 PM
#17
Do I want the Brimstone or the Restrained.....I don't have any copies of either.
https://youtu.be/d2qp2scgc_4?si=7k54z8xFv75JQ9ya
https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD
JackMan
06/06/2025
12:16 AM
#18
If you have and use Lycaon, then go for The Restrained. Otherwise Brimstone is a good alt for most attackers.
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JackMan
06/06/2025
12:18 AM
#19
Xiahou_Shake posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1ae49186.jpg
Had to go to hard pity after that and lost almost all my chromes and then the game did this to me lmao, I feel like I've been toyed with. Still have to get the W-Engine which thank god I at least have a guarantee on, but Fufu is 100% out of the question now
Grats on the double pull. I got bird lady already, but Im tempted to keep pulling on her banner once I get her W-Engine. Worst case I lose the 50/50 and make item easier to get Tiger Girl.
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UshiromiyaEva
06/06/2025
12:19 AM
#20
The build demands for CR and CD I am seeing for Yixuan seem unreasonable....how are these people getting to 88 CR and 150 CD. Even with the 20 CR from her Wengine I can't see that happening, unless I'm missing something.
https://youtu.be/d2qp2scgc_4?si=7k54z8xFv75JQ9ya
https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD
HeroDelTiempo17
06/06/2025
12:22 AM
#21
You know what I'm gonna wait to pull this Wengine at least until we see drip or beta for the next agents. I just threw Steel Cushion on Yixuan for now lol.

UshiromiyaEva posted...
Do I want the Brimstone or the Restrained.....I don't have any copies of either.

Brimstone is good on most Attack agents, the exceptions I can think of are Hugo (terrible) and Eve (similar to Marcato). As for The Restrained, my understanding is that people prefer Hellfire Gears on Lycaon unless he's taking up lots of field time. But if you already have that one then might as well I suppose.
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paperwarior
06/06/2025
12:37 AM
#22
Wait, I haven't been keeping up, what even is Yixuan, like, a new element and class?
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paperwarior
06/06/2025
12:45 AM
#23
Oh, this really is 2.0. Everything's different and everything's happening.
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Arti
06/06/2025
12:50 AM
#24
Grabbed Rina and the Hellfire Gears. Already had Rina's signature and Brimstone, and I really needed another stun W-Engine.

Managed to get a few pandas with 40 pulls but that was all I had since I got Hugo. Will try a few times more as I get more polychromes.
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paperwarior
06/06/2025
12:51 AM
#25
Man, so many excess Pulchras. At least give me more Pandamen.
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paperwarior
06/06/2025
12:52 AM
#26
Nope. No nothin'.
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paperwarior
06/06/2025
12:57 AM
#27
I spent some of those to force another 10 pull and got another panda. To be fair, even if I was saving up, it was right after getting Vivian. At 18 till now.
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Xiahou_Shake
06/06/2025
01:06 AM
#28
Realizing I may actually be okay-ish on chromes since this patch is giving out a poopload of stuff. Really feel like I'm being rewarded for bad behavior which... I guess tracks for a gacha!
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
swordz9
06/06/2025
06:25 AM
#29
Got the new Bangboo in 50 pulls. Dont really have any idea what I was doing with the new characters in the demo/trial section, but they seem good.
swordz9
06/06/2025
07:03 AM
#30
30 on character

3 Pulchra
1 Box Cutter past max
1 Fossilized Core
1 Pan Yinhu
1 Lucy past M6
M0 Yixuan

110 on W-Engine

6 Box Cutter past max
8 Pan W-Engine
1 Soukaku W-Engine
1 The Restrained
1 Billy
1 Piper
1 Lucy

Well I was super lucky getting Yixuan early and then I lose the odds on her W-Engine and go to max pity to pull it too because I couldnt possibly have good luck there. Anbys W-Engine robbed me hard too, but such is the weapon banner I guess.
HeroDelTiempo17
06/06/2025
08:33 AM
#31
I have no idea what I am doing playing Yixuan, just watching the shiny gold numbers
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swordz9
06/06/2025
08:43 AM
#32
Pretty much. Also Im broke now tapes wise thanks to the W-Engine banner 75:25 failing me. Will have to wait til tomorrow to really check out the new version.

My free choices are now narrowed down to M1 Grace vs M1 Neko and Hellfire Gears vs Steel Cushion
HeroDelTiempo17
06/06/2025
10:05 AM
#33
Doing the story to at least unlock the new dailies.

Ye Shiyuan has extreme "going to turn out to be evil" vibes.
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HeroDelTiempo17
06/06/2025
10:33 AM
#34
Oh wow the monthly rotating agents in the signal shop have been replaced by a selector that lets you select ANY A-rank for the equivalent of 7 limited pulls??? I've spent hundreds of pulls on banners I don't like in Genshin just trying to get new 4*s, assuming they update the selection the patch after an agent drops that's actually extremely good.

...So they probably won't because that's too good to be true lol
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Arti
06/06/2025
10:43 AM
#35
Unfortunately I think it barely matters since there's so few A-ranks in the game anyway. I have all at M6 except Seth and Pan Yinhu, so I'll probably just continue converting the items to tapes.
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swordz9
06/06/2025
10:44 AM
#36
Eh it matters when theres a brand new one at least. It would matter a lot less in Star Rail where there hasnt been a new 4* in a while and theyre gifted/featured so often almost everyone has everyone maxed out if theyve been playing for a year
paperwarior
06/06/2025
10:51 AM
#37
HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
I have no idea what I am doing playing Yixuan, just watching the shiny gold numbers
See, I looked at this tutorial and this is the problem. I know how to read but these are like 4 different keywords for resources that turn into each other through some move or other in 2 text boxes.
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swordz9
06/06/2025
10:58 AM
#38
They need to simplify the character kits. Like give me Explain Like Im 5 descriptions for them over walls of text with new terms
HeroDelTiempo17
06/06/2025
11:42 AM
#39
Yixuan is particularly egregious. She has an EX Special you activate by holding basic attack. She also has a charged Basic Attack, but you activate that by holding dodge. What are we doing?

After reading prydwen's review I have a better idea of what I'm supposed to be doing but she still feels really odd.
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UshiromiyaEva
06/06/2025
11:46 AM
#40
I know what all the buttons do...I think, but I don't know when to do them. I don't know how you build the actual ult while within the install Ult.

And is holding ex special....a counter?
https://youtu.be/d2qp2scgc_4?si=7k54z8xFv75JQ9ya
https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD
Xiahou_Shake
06/06/2025
12:13 PM
#41
Yixuan is really damn cool, my goodness. Yeah her gameplay is definitely a step up in complexity but I'm very okay with some agents like that existing.

UshiromiyaEva posted...
And is holding ex special....a counter?
If you get hit while holding it down, it does an auto counter. If you release it with the right timing against an enemy attack, you can use it as a parry.

If you charge it the full duration uninterrupted OR use it as a parry, you get a bigger burst of damage + refund part of the cost of the attack. Also you can just straight up hit her EX special raw to do the parry and get those benefits if you're that much of a cool guy. In either case, you can keep pressing the button with enough energy to go into the second and third hits of her EX combo, which of course you're able to do more often if you're getting that refund from parrying.

I had to edit this post multiple times lmao
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
UshiromiyaEva
06/06/2025
12:30 PM
#42
Also, obviously they've got they're own thing going on here with Rupture, but does she still COUNT as Ether for weaknesses purposes? Obviously she uses Ether materials, but I figure that isn't a guarantee. I see that the new SD is full of Ether all over the place, which honestly seems to be an even bigger indicator.
https://youtu.be/d2qp2scgc_4?si=7k54z8xFv75JQ9ya
https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD
Xiahou_Shake
06/06/2025
12:34 PM
#43
Yixuan is fancy pants Ether just like Miyabi is fancy pants Ice

I'm expecting all of the Void Hunters (and "Void Hunter level") agents to follow a similar pattern at least until we've hit all elements
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
swordz9
06/06/2025
12:34 PM
#44
Maybe S class Billy will be a Void Hunter for Physical types. He used to be insanely strong
Xiahou_Shake
06/06/2025
12:37 PM
#45
swordz9 posted...
Maybe S class Billy will be a Void Hunter for Physical types. He used to be insanely strong
Can't even describe how happy this would make me if it turned out to be true

Oh yeah probably also worth pointing out that "Auric Ink" is the fancy pants Ether type that Yixuan has. She's ALSO a Rupture agent but that's a legit new class that's not meant to be exclusive to her and we'll be seeing more agents in that type later on.
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
Xiahou_Shake
06/06/2025
02:22 PM
#46
I'm a bit torn on whether to take The Restrained or Weeping Cradle for my anniversary W-Engine. They're the only two that I don't have, and as of the selector I now have every standard agent. Lycaon seems to work well enough even in the Hugo team with Hellfire Gears so I'm thinking Weeping Cradle might be the pick, even if I'm not currently really using Rina for anything?
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
swordz9
06/06/2025
02:25 PM
#47
Sounds like how Im torn on M1 Grace vs M1 Neko or Hellfire vs Steel Cushion. I mean realistically I havent even built Neko yet and Im not sure if Restrained or Hellfire is much of a difference on Lycaon or anyone else Id throw one of them on like Caesar
HeroDelTiempo17
06/06/2025
05:26 PM
#48
Xiahou_Shake posted...
I'm a bit torn on whether to take The Restrained or Weeping Cradle for my anniversary W-Engine. They're the only two that I don't have, and as of the selector I now have every standard agent. Lycaon seems to work well enough even in the Hugo team with Hellfire Gears so I'm thinking Weeping Cradle might be the pick, even if I'm not currently really using Rina for anything?

Weeping Cradle is good on Nicole. The Restrained actually works for Lycaon on Hugo's team since he is mostly the one on-field, and if Lighter doesn't have sig then Hellfire is good for him (this was my pick).

I'm also blanking on the Agent pic because I have at least one of everyone. It's between Rina and Lycaon M1 I think. I don't currently use Rina but M1 makes her more appealing. I do use Lycaon.

Or wildcard option: Grace M2, one closer to C6!!!
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Arti
06/07/2025
01:38 AM
#49
Doing the story and seeing quite a bunch of incorrect pronouns used for Belle, as well as Ju Fufu calling her Wise in a cutscene by accident. Never saw this many mistakes between the two protagonists, but it's kind of annoying.
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paperwarior
06/07/2025
03:07 AM
#50
Xiahou_Shake posted...
Yixuan is fancy pants Ether just like Miyabi is fancy pants Ice

I'm expecting all of the Void Hunters (and "Void Hunter level") agents to follow a similar pattern at least until we've hit all elements
I didn't know that! They should've made it purple for clarity.
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