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Zenless Zone Zero: Analysis of the Anomaly Agent's Evolution Process
The Anomaly Agents of Zenless Zone Zero have undergone various changes since their release. Initially, Piper and Grace Howard were the mainstays, but later, new agents such as Jane Doe, Bernice, Sukihito Yanagi, Hoshi Miyabi, and Alice Timefield were added, bringing significant changes to the Anomaly team composition and strategy. This analysis details each agent's characteristics, how to utilize them, and their impact on the meta.
1. 🎮 Zenless Zone Zero One Year After Release: Changes in Anomaly Agents
- ✅ The combat system and expertise have evolved over the year since Zenless Zone Zero's release.
- ✅ Rupture has been gaining attention recently, but changes in other classes are also important.
- ✅ Anomaly Agents are characterized by their use of special status ailments.
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1. 🎮 Zenless Zone Zero One Year After Release: Changes in Anomaly Agents
- ✅ The combat system and expertise have evolved over the year since Zenless Zone Zero's release.
- ✅ Rupture has been gaining attention recently, but changes in other classes are also important.
- ✅ Anomaly Agents are characterized by their use of special status ailments.
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2. 🎮 Core Mechanics of Anomaly Agents: Status Ailments and Disorder
- ✅ Anomaly Agents utilize status ailments instead of critical damage.
- ✅ They mainly work in pairs, applying two different status ailments in a short time to trigger Disorder.
- ✅ The Disorder mechanism is the core of the Anomaly play style.
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3. 🎮 Initial Anomaly Agents and Added Support Characters
- ✅ Initially, only two Anomaly Agents existed: Piper Wheel and Grace Howard.
- ✅ More agents have been added since then to complement Anomaly expertise.
- ✅ Out of 22 exclusive channels, 6 are Anomaly-related, and 1 is specialized in Anomaly support.
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4. 🎮 Piper Wheel: Key to Early Speedruns and Endgame Content Clears
- ✅ Piper showed very stable performance at the beginning of the release and was frequently used for speedruns and endgame clears.
- ✅ At the time, Simulated Critical Mode was the only one, and it was even more powerful before HP inflation.
- ✅ She was mainly used with Lucy and Nicole or other DPS, and Lucy was essential for activating Piper's additional abilities.
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5. 🎮 Grace Howard: Various Combination Attempts Despite Disappointing Performance
- ✅ Despite being an S-rank, Grace showed relatively weak performance.
- ✅ Combinations were attempted to extend the Shock status ailment with Rina or to utilize defense reduction with Nicole.
- ✅ There was also a strategy to increase Bro's damage by using her with Anton.
- ✅ Piper continues to maintain good performance even as time passes.
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6. 🎮 Jane Doe: Introduction of Physical Anomaly and Critical Strike
- ✅ Jane Doe is a physical Anomaly Agent who had a significant impact on the game.
- ✅ Appearing in the latter half of version 1.1, she led the attacker-focused meta along with Ellen, Juen, and Qing.
- ✅ She was the first Anomaly Agent to introduce Critical Strike, breaking the existing Anomaly damage formula.
- ✅ She can deal even more powerful damage by increasing the critical damage multiplier through Mindscape 2.
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7. 🎮 Piper vs. Jane Doe: Comparison of M6 Piper and M0 Jane
- ✅ It was difficult to compare M6 Piper and M0 Jane when Jane Doe was released.
- ✅ Piper did not appear as a pickup A-rank until version 1.2, and players also lacked proficiency.
- ✅ As time passed, it became possible to compare M6 Piper and M0 Jane, and the results were favorable to Piper.
- ✅ However, Jane Doe shows overwhelming performance compared to Piper when she becomes M2.
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8. 🎮 Bernice: Appearance of Off-Field Fire Anomaly and Disorder Team
- ✅ Fire Anomaly Agent Bernice was added in version 1.2.
- ✅ Bernice has the ability to activate the Burn status ailment from off-field.
- ✅ This opened up the possibility of a Disorder team, allowing the Burn status ailment to be triggered consecutively along with physical Anomaly.
- ✅ This combination was very effective as many enemies had weaknesses to both physical and fire damage.
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9. 🎮 Sukihito Yanagi: Electric Enhancement and Possibility of Mono-Shock Team
- ✅ Electric Anomaly Agent Sukihito Yanagi was added in version 1.3.
- ✅ Yanagi can trigger Disorder on his own using a special polarity Disorder mechanism.
- ✅ This increased the possibility of a Mono-Shock team, and combinations were also possible to extend the Shock status ailment with Rina.
- ✅ However, at the time, there were many enemies with conflicting weaknesses to electric and fire, so Yanagi was mainly used as a solo hyper carry.
08:07 - 08:15
10. 🎮 Hoshi Miyabi: New Attempt to Break Existing Anomaly Rules
- ✅ Hoshi Miyabi is an agent who shows a new attempt to break the existing Anomaly rules.
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11. 🎮 Hoshi Miyabi: Introduction of Frost Attribute and Utilization of Critical Stats
- ✅ Hoshi Miyabi introduced her own unique attribute, Frost.
- ✅ Frost is similar to ice but has its own meter, and it set a precedent for new attribute changes for the Void Hunter agents that appeared later.
- ✅ Also, Miyabi is the only Anomaly Agent who focuses on critical stats instead of Anomaly proficiency.
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12. 🎮 Hoshi Miyabi: Rule Breaking and Powerful Performance
- ✅ Miyabi's core skill, the Frostburn Break state, is technically not an attribute Anomaly, so critical hits are possible.
- ✅ Her Freeze has a huge Disorder multiplier, so it can function like a normal Anomaly.
- ✅ Miyabi broke all the existing rules and showed very powerful performance.
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13. 🎮 Stagnation of Anomaly Evolution Up to Version 1.7
- ✅ Anomaly has hardly evolved for 3 patches since Miyabi's release.
- ✅ Attackers, stun dealers, and excellent critical support characters have been added, but it was not enough to advance the system.
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14. 🎮 Vivien: Ether Attribute Anomaly and Diversity of Team Combinations
- ✅ The first Ether attribute Anomaly, Vivien, appeared in version 1.7.
- ✅ Vivien has a unique mechanism, off-field pressure, and a passion for Fate.
- ✅ She revitalized existing teams by providing massive bonus Anomaly damage through the Ablume mechanism.
- ✅ Vivien can achieve very satisfactory results when used with agents who have burst Anomalies, such as Piper or Jane.
- ✅ She even showed better performance than Bernice against enemies with fire attribute weaknesses.
- ✅ Vivien gets along well with other Anomaly Agents and enables various team combinations.
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15. 🎮 Alice Timefield: The Best Anomaly Agent
- ✅ Alice Timefield is the best Anomaly Agent.
- ✅ She was released with Yuzaha in the 2.1 version beach episode.
- ✅ Yuzaha has a simple design that enhances Anomaly buildup and provides damage and Disorder multipliers.
- ✅ Alice is similar to Miyabi, but she can interact more with other Anomalies thanks to her special Polarized Assault.
- ✅ Alice can inflict bonus Assaults regardless of meter accumulation through her 3-stage charged basic attack.
- ✅ Her attacks can cause other attribute Anomalies and Disorder, and she can bypass the 3-second internal cooldown to trigger double Disorder consecutively.
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16. 🎮 Alice Timefield: Community Support and Achieving M6
- ✅ Achieved Alice M6 with the support of the community.
- ✅ Passion for Alice was conveyed to the community, and she received M6 funding.
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17. 🎮 Future Anomaly Update Prospects
- ✅ New Anomaly updates are expected between versions 2.5 and 2.6.
- ✅ Angels of Delusion is coming soon, and it will be interesting to see what changes the new agents will bring to Anomaly.
- ✅ We plan to re-analyze Anomaly after all the new agents have been released.