How to Build a ZZZ Team: Roles, Synergy and Field Time

Choose how your team will deal damage, then give the other slots a reason to be there. Three individually appealing Agents do not automatically form a comfortable team.

Pick the main damage plan

A traditional attack team can build Stun, apply support and use a concentrated damage window. An anomaly-focused team may care more about attribute application and the timing of anomaly effects. Other specialties bring their own mechanics. Start with the actual kit, not an old list of supposedly mandatory roles.

For your first team, a rotation you understand is more useful than a complex composition you cannot execute. The Cunning Hares team offers a clear example.

Read the Additional Ability condition

Open each Agent’s skill page and inspect what activates the Additional Ability. Conditions differ. A shared faction, a matching attribute or a particular specialty may matter, depending on the character. Do not assume a rule that works for one Agent works for every Agent.

Check the squad screen after selecting the team. If a condition is not met, decide whether the team still does its intended job; do not assume matching two icons explains the whole composition.

Budget field time

Each Agent wants opportunities to perform its useful actions. A team can struggle when two characters both need long, uninterrupted sequences. Ask what the other two Agents accomplish while your main attacker is active.

Try writing the rotation in one sentence: Anby creates Stun, Nicole applies support, Billy attacks. If your sentence requires several unrelated loops, practice the transitions before spending upgrade materials.

Two concrete compositions

Composition	Damage plan	Additional Ability check
Anby / Nicole / Zhu Yuan	Build Stun, apply Nicole’s field, spend Zhu Yuan’s Enhanced Shotshells	Anby and Nicole share Cunning Hares; Nicole also shares Ether with Zhu Yuan; Zhu Yuan accepts a Support teammate
Piper / Burnice / Lucy	Combine Physical and Fire Anomaly while maintaining support	All three share Sons of Calydon, satisfying their faction conditions

The first keeps the starter team’s stun logic but uses an Ether attacker who can benefit from Nicole’s Ether support. Zhu Yuan’s kit and condition.

The second does not require a dedicated Stun Agent. Burnice contributes Fire application from her Afterburn mechanic while Piper gets time for Physical buildup; Lucy supplies her support action. Plan when to refresh those effects instead of forcing the Anby loop onto the team. Kit references: Piper, Burnice and Lucy, checked September 20, 2026.

These are teaching examples for players who own the Agents, not a ranking or a reason to pull an entire new roster. Before investing, confirm that the proposed damage type suits the encounter and that you can execute the required handoffs.

Account for the encounter

Check enemy resistance, stage modifiers and whether the objective rewards single-target pressure, groups or survival. The same team may need different positioning or timing against different opponents.

Avoid replacing an entire team after one failed attempt. First identify whether the failure came from a missing mechanic, insufficient upgrades, interrupted attacks or unsuitable damage coverage.

Make substitutions one slot at a time

Replace one Agent and repeat the same encounter. Track what changed: time to Stun, support uptime, damage during an opening or how often you take hits. This gives you a reason to keep or reverse the change.

Our starter-team progression guide helps choose the next slot to improve. The community combat introduction is useful background for a conventional stun rotation; current character skill descriptions remain the reference for specific synergy conditions.