Ellen Best Build and Team Comp

Best build and team for Ellen (Ellen Joe) in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). See the best W-Engine/weapon, Driver Disc, upgrade priority, promotion & enhancement materials!

Table of Contents

Tier and Basic Info
Strategy/Combo
Best Build (W-Engine/Disc Drive)
Best Team Comp
Skill Upgrade Priorities and Effect
Mindscape Cinema - Effect & Priorities
Promotion/Skill Enhancement Materials

Agent	Signatured Weapon
Ellen	Deep Sea Visitor

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Ellen - Tier and Basic Info

Ellen - Basic Information

Attribute/Specialty Type/Faction	Ice Attack Slash Victoria Housekeeping Co.
Role
Signatured W-Engine	Deep Sea Visitor Skin Effect
How to Get	Mellow Waveride (Limited Banner)

Status

HP	7673(13/23)
Atk	863(1/23)
Def	606(12/23)

Tier and Rating

Rating		Features
		- Attack character that has high damage output and powerful combos - Great maneuverability with dashing and warp - Also great against weaker enemies with AoE attack and pulling enemies together

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Ellen's Strength

High DMG Attacker with Fast Movement

Ellen has one of the highest damage outputs and is a very agile Attacker. She can dash quickly at any moment and can easily deal with any kind of enemy, big or small.

Anti-Interrupt/Invulnerable State Allows Continuous Attacks

Ellen can avoid taking damage with her Anti-Interrupt/Invulnerable effect that activate for many of her attacks, so it's easy to perform a combo without worrying about being attacked. She is easy to use for beginners and also becomes very powerful if you enhance her level and stats.

Ellen's Weakness

Double EX Special Attack Requires lots of Energy

Ellen's EX Special Attack and Basic Attack combo is powerful if you perform both moves, but this consumes 80 energy. Even with MAX Energy, it can't be used twice in a row. Although it is powerful it can rarely be used repeatedly.

Ellen - Strategy and Combo

Fight while Maintaining "Flash Freeze Charge" with Dash Attack

Ellen Joe's main focus is to charge the "Flash Freeze Charge" with a Dash Charge Attack, and consume the charge to perform a powerful Basic Attack by holding down the button on the third hit. Dash to move around and use the Charge attack and always maintain 3 or more stacks of “Flash Freeze Charge”.

The Second Hit of EX Special Attack

Ellen's EX Special Attack can be used twice in a row to perform a wide range attack, but the firepower itself is higher if you use the EX Special Attack 1st hit then connect to Basic Attack 3rd hit. Use both depending on the situation, such as whether there are weak enemies or not.

Tips!	When using EX Special Attack then connecting to the Basic Attack, "Flash Freeze Charge" will be charged by 1 stack, so you will be able to deal Ice DMG.

Ellen - Best Build (W-Engine/Disc Drive)

Recommended Drive Disc

Ice CRIT Build

Drive Disc	Set Effect
Polar Metal x4	2-Pieces: Increases Ice DMG by 10% 4-Pieces: Increases the DM of Basic Attack and Dash Attack by 20%. When any squad member inflicts Freeze or Shatter, this effect increases by an additional 20% for 12s.
Woodpecker Electro x2	2-Pieces: Increases CRIT Rate by 8%
Recommended Base Stat
[4]	Crit DMG / CRIT Rate
[5]	Ice DMG / PEN Ratio
[6]	ATK / Energy Regen
Recommended Random Stats
Crit DMG / CRIT Rate / ATK (%) / PEN

Recommended W-engine

W-engine	Recommendation
Deep Sea Visitor	Recommend: - Ellen's signature W-engine - Ice DMG constantly increased - Greatly increases CRIT Rate and easy to activate
Cannon Rotor	Recommend: - Combine with Advanced Stats to greatly increase CRIT Rate - Additional Damage upon Crit hit - Obtain in New Eridu City Fund
Starlight Engine	Recommend: - W-Engine that greatly increases ATK - Effect should activate frequently since you will be using assist attacks
Street Superstar	Recommend: - Number of Chain Attacks performed increase Ultimate Damage - High burst damage is impressive - Other than the Ultimate, damage output is low
[Lunar] Noviluna	Recommend: - Comes with CRIT Rate and Energy Regen Buff - The low basic ATK stat is a disadvantage, replace when you can

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Ellen - Best Team Comp

Freeze & Disorder Team

Attack	Stun	Support
Ellen	Lycaon	Rina

Double Attribute Ellen Team

Combine Ellen, who is a powerful Ice Attribute Attacker, with Electric Attributes. You can activate all Additional Abilities and it's easy to apply Disorder Anomaly. You can use Nekomata or Corin if you don't have Ellen.

Use Ellen after Enemy is Stunned

You will be using the basic strategy, Stun the enemy with a Stun Character, Switch to a Support Character and use Quick Assist, then use the Attack Character to deal damage. You want to deal high burst damage when the enemy is stunned so it's better if you have enough Flash Freeze Charge with Ellen.

Tips	Ellen can fight alone against weaker enemies.

Low Cost Gacha Soukaku Team

Attack	Stun	Support
Ellen	Anby	Soukaku

Great Match with Soukaku

Soukaku is the same Attribute with Ellen and can activate the Additional Ability. Also, Soukaku has a powerful Ice Attribute buff. Anby won't be able to use her Additional Ability but she can increase DMG for Ellen by gathering enemies and using Ice buffs and debuffs.

Anby is Replaceable

You won't be able to use the Additional Ability for the 3rd character, so you can use any non-Ice Stun, Anomaly or Defense character. Grace can apply Anomaly effects and Ben can endure enemy attacks.

Recommended Characters

Character	Recommendation
Rina	Recommend: - Additional Ability activates when another character in your squad shares the same Faction - Greatly increase damage with CRIT and PEN buffs - Many choices for the 3rd character that can use additional ability
Soukaku	Recommend: - Additional Ability activates when another character in your squad shares the same Attribute - Great for Soukaku's Ice Support abilities - 3rd character tends to be Ice Attribute or have no additional ability
Lycaon	Recommend: - Additional Ability activates when another character in your squad shares the same Faction/Attribute - SImple high damage output team

Recommended Bangboo

Bangboo	Recommendation/Ranking
Butler	Recommend: - Activate Additional Ability with 2 Victoria Housekeeping Co. Faction - Greatly recovers energy for allies! - Easy to use regardless of the situation
Sharkboo	Recommend: - Activate Additional Ability with 2 Ice Attributes - Assists in adding Ice Attribute Anomaly
Penguinboo	Recommend: - Activate Additional Ability with 2 Ice Attributes - Assists in adding Ice Attribute Anomaly - Low rare version of Sharkboo
Booressure	Recommend: - Activate Additional Ability with 1 Support - Helps restore energy - Chain Attack cannot be used

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Ellen - Skill Upgrade Priorities and Effect

Skill Upgrade Priorities

Skill	Recommendation
Basic Attack
Dodge
Assist
Special Attack
Chain Attack
Core Skill

Skill Effect

Basic Attack: Saw Teeth Trimming

Press to activate: Unleashes up to 3 attacks, dealing Physical DMG. Press repeatedly or hold during the 3rd attack to extend the attack duration.

Basic Attack: Flash Freeze Trimming

While Flash Freeze is active, press to activate: Launch up to 3 attacks at enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG. Each attack consumes 1 point of Flash Freeze Charge. Press repeatedly and hold during the 3rd attack to extend the attack duration.

Best Mindscape Cinema for Ellen

Effect and Recommended Mindscape Cinema

C1	Glacial Omen Upon hitting an enemy with Swift Scissors during Dash Attack: Arctic Ambush, the obtained Flash Freeze Charges are increased to 3. Upon hitting an enemy with Charged Scissor Strike during Dash Attack: Arctic Ambush, the obtained Flash Freeze Charges are increased to 6. For each Flash Freeze Charge consumed, Ellen's CRIT Rate is increased by 2% for 15s, stacking up to 6 times. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.
C2	Arctic Ocean Predator The 3rd hit of Basic Attack: Flash Freeze Trimming can be directly followed up with EX Special Attack: Sharknami. When using an EX Special Attack, each Flash Freeze Charge increases the current attack's CRIT DMG by 20%, up to a maximum of 60%.
C3	Overtime-Intolerant Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
C4	Endless Hoarfrost Whenever a squad member Freezes or Stuns an enemy, Ellen gains 6 Flash Freeze Charges and the Quick Charge effect. She also recovers 4 Energy. The Energy recovery effect can trigger once per 10s.
C5	Adequate Sleep Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
C6	The Feast Begins When Ellen uses an EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, or gains Quick Charge, her PEN Ratio increases by 20% for 6s. She also gains 1 stack of The Feast Begins, up to a maximum of 3 stacks. With 3 stacks of The Feast Begins, using a Charged Scissor Strike during Dash Attack: Arctic Ambush consumes all stacks, increasing the DMG of the current attack by 250%.

Recommend C1 and C2

We recommend getting C1 which helps recover Flash Freeze Charge and C2 which increases damage output. C1 will make it a lot easier to manage your Flash Freeze Charge, but the basic strategy will be the same so having only C0 won't be too much of a problem.

Get Signature W-Engine First

Ellen's Signature W-Engine Deep Sea Visitor greatly increases CRIT Rate. It is a great match with Ellen since she can also buff CRIT damage, so we recommend getting the signature weapon first.

Ellen - Promotion/Skill Enhancement Materials

All Required Materials

Pioneer's Certification Seal×30	Advanced Offense Certification Seal×32	Basic Offense Certification Seal×4
Hamster Cage Pass×1	Specialized Freeze Chip×50	Advanced Freeze Chip×15
Basic Freeze Chip×5	Ferocious Grip×9	HDD: Murderous Obituary×60

Required Denny

Denny ×1205000

Materials for Promotion

Lv.20	Basic Offense Certification Seal ×4 Denny ×24000
Lv.30	Advanced Offense Certification Seal ×12 Denny ×56000
Lv.40	Advanced Offense Certification Seal ×20 Denny ×120000
Lv.50	Pioneer's Certification Seal ×10 Denny ×200000
Lv.60	Pioneer's Certification Seal ×20 Denny ×400000

Materials for Skill Enhancement (Each Lvl)

Lv.2	Basic Freeze Chip×2
Lv.3	Basic Freeze Chip×3
Lv.4	Advanced Freeze Chip×2
Lv.5	Advanced Freeze Chip×3
Lv.6	Advanced Freeze Chip×4
Lv.7	Advanced Freeze Chip×6
Lv.8	Specialized Freeze Chip×5
Lv.9	Specialized Freeze Chip×8
Lv.10	Specialized Freeze Chip×10
Lv.11	Specialized Freeze Chip×12
Lv.12	Specialized Freeze Chip×15 Hamster Cage Pass×1

Materials for Core Skill Enhancement

	Denny ×5000
	HDD: Murderous Obituary×2 Denny ×12000
	HDD: Murderous Obituary×4 Denny ×28000
	Ferocious Grip×2 HDD: Murderous Obituary×9 Denny ×60000
	Ferocious Grip×3 HDD: Murderous Obituary×15 Denny ×100000
	Ferocious Grip×4 HDD: Murderous Obituary×30 Denny ×200000

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