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Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN)
Hugo Best Team and Build
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This is a guide for the best teams and loadout for Hugo in Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN). Learn which combatants are best to pair with Hugo, as well as recommended cards, partners, and equipment.
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Best Hugo Build
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Build Overview
| Character | Partner | Equipment |
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 Dagger That Tricked The Shadow Dagger That Tricked The Shadow +12% Critical Damage  Fairy King's Crown Fairy King's Crown +6% Critical Chance  Sphere of Randomness Sphere of Randomness +10% max HP At the start of battle, +1 AP, Draw 1 |
| Refinement: ・At the start of the turn, 60% Fixed Damage to a random enemy for each Exhaust card of allies in hand |
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| Memory Fragments and Stat Priorities | ||
 Black Wing Set Black Wing Set +12% Attack  Cursed Corpse Set Cursed Corpse Set Increases damage dealt to targets inflicted with Agony by 10%.  Executioner's Tool Set Executioner's Tool Set +25% Critical Damage |
1. Order Damage % 2. Extra Damage % 3. Crit Chance % 4. Crit Damage % 5. Attack |
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 Hunting Instincts 3
AP Cost: 1 Type: Tags: Initiation Upgrade ・When another combatant uses an Upgrade or Skill Card, 1 Commence the Hunt ・If Commence the Hunt is triggered, 50% chance of a random ally performing a Coordinated Attack on the target Hunting Instincts 3
AP Cost: 1 Type: Tags: Initiation Upgrade ・When another combatant uses an Upgrade or Skill Card, 1 Commence the Hunt ・If Commence the Hunt is triggered, 50% chance of a random ally performing a Coordinated Attack on the target Hunting Instincts 3
AP Cost: 1 Type: Tags: Initiation Upgrade ・When another combatant uses an Upgrade or Skill Card, 1 Commence the Hunt ・If Commence the Hunt is triggered, 50% chance of a random ally performing a Coordinated Attack on the target Hunting Instincts 3
AP Cost: 1 Type: Tags: Initiation Upgrade ・When another combatant uses an Upgrade or Skill Card, 1 Commence the Hunt ・If Commence the Hunt is triggered, 50% chance of a random ally performing a Coordinated Attack on the target 
 Dingo Howling 3
AP Cost: 1 Type: Upgrade ・Upon gaining Commence the Hunt, Draw 1 Attack Card(s)(1 per turn)  Fixer's Approach 0
AP Cost: 1 Type: Tags: Unique Upgrade ・+40 Extra Attack of Commence the Hunt Damage |
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| Note: Hugo's performance will significantly improve if Hunting Instincts has a 1 Morale and 1 Resolve Divine Epiphany | ||
Hugo's best build focuses on maintaining his Commence the Hunt stacks by playing multiple copies of Hunting Instincts and providing card draw with his Quick Fix and Dingo Howling. His job for his teammates is to always have 5 stacks max all the time to provide more follow-up damage for each attack.
He is best suited with the 2/2/2 set consisting of Black Wing, Cursed Corpse and Executioner's Tool to further boost his overall extra damage with his Commence the Hunt stacks especially when the target has Agony on them.
His favored chaos zone is Swamp of Judgment and Burning Life to get his best equipment such as Dagger That Tricked The Shadow for 12% more critical damage for him. Fairy King's Crown to get a 6% critical chance buff and Sphere of Randomness for an additional 1 AP and card draw on battle start so you can play all Hunting Instincts on turn 1. Do note that the last equipment can only be obtained from Senectus.
| Date | Changes |
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| 02-11-2026 | ・Updated build overview ・Changed best team to Luke and Rei ・Changed best cards ・Changed best equipment to Swamp of Judgment and Burning Life ・Changed playstyle and build tips |
| 12-12-2025 | ・Updated build overview ・Changed best cards epiphany for Quick Fix and Dingo Howling ・Changed best memory fragment to Black Wing, Cursed Corpse and Executioner's Tool ・Changed best equipment to Laboratory 0 equipments ・Added Orlea as an alternative support |
| 11-21-2025 | ・Added neutral cards to Hugo's best cards ・Changed Hugo's best equipment |
| 11-18-2025 | ・Added build overview ・Revised entire Hugo build page layout |
Hugo Best Team
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| Memory Fragment |
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Playstyle |
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| Main DPS | Support |
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 Luke
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 Rei
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After the Season 2 Balance shake-up, Hugo is back to his best team consisting of Luke and Rei. Luke can dish out a lot of attack through created bullet cards that he can make constantly and for Hugo to follow-up everytime he attacks. Rei can buffs those cards while providing the party with healing, card draw and morale buffs.
Alternative Team Members
| Character | Explanation |
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 Mei Lin
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Can replace Luke as the Main DPS, since her kit contains cards that can summon her basic Strike cards, allowing Hugo to stack Commence the Hunt through the Skill card, and deal Extra Attack damage after using the Mei Lin's attack cards. |
 Sereniel
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Can replace Luke as the Main DPS. She can also attack multiple times in one turn thanks to her Homing Lasers which can activate Hugo's follow-up attacks frequently. |
 Cassius
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Can replace Rei as a Support. After the Season 2 Balance, he can still provide support such as draw, morale buffs and healing to Luke with his quest cards but to a lesser extent compared to Rei because of how he is limited to how many he can complete quests down to only 3. |
 Nia
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Can replace Rei as the Support. She can provide card draw, healing, extra attacks and discard synergy to enable Dimensional Cube however she will be a bit difficult to use during Season 2 because of the exclusion of Forbidden Cards in new content. |
 Selena
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Can replace Rei as another Sub-DPS, as this team formation revolves around Hugo and Selena following up Tressa's attacks with Marks, Coordinated Attacks and Extra Attacks at the cost of survivability. |
Hugo Best Cards
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| Card | Explanation |
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Hunting Instincts
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Tags: Initiation
Upgrade
・When another combatant uses an Upgrade or Skill Card, 1 Commence the Hunt ・If Commence the Hunt is triggered, 50% chance of a random ally performing a Coordinated Attack on the target |
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Quick Fix
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Tags: Haste
 Attack
・100% x 2 Damage ・If in Commence the Hunt, Draw 2 |
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Dingo Howling
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Upgrade
・Upon gaining Commence the Hunt, Draw 1 Attack Card(s)(1 per turn) |
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Fixer's Approach
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Tags: Unique
Upgrade
・+40 Extra Attack of Commence the Hunt Damage |
The most important cards for Hugo are Hunting Instincts, Quick Fix, Dingo Howling, and Fixer's Approach, as these are the key cards for commence the hunt stacks, card draw and extra attack damage buffs.
After the Season 2 Balance, you now have multiple epiphanies that are viable to him with the epiphany that also does coordinated attack after activating Commence the Hunt being the best. It allows Hugo to maintain his Commence the Hunt stack moreso if he has multiple copies of it. Each copy will also increase the damage of his coordinated attack additively up to 200%.
For Quick Fix and Dingo Howling, you need the epiphany that lets him draw cards to help the team cycle through the deck and draw out Tressa's attack cards if needed. Fixer's Approach is also a vital card in Hugo's kit and should always be played as soon as possible before activating his Commence the Hunt stacks.
Essential Team Cards and Epiphanies
| Card | Explanation |
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 Rapid Fire (Luke)
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Attack
・30% x 3 Damage ・Create Handgun Bullet equal to number of Critical Hits ・+50% Critical Chance |
 Seize the Opportunity
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Tags: Lead
Upgrade
・+30% Handgun Bullet Card Damage |
 Dance of the Demon
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Attack
・75% Damage ・+1 hit equal to the number of Bullet cards used this turn |
 Resonating Darkness
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Tags: Unique
Upgrade
・+40% Damage of cards with cost 1 or below |
 Snack Time
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AP Cost: 0
Type:
Tags: Exhaust
 Skill
・Select 1 card(s) from hand to Exhaust ・Heal 200% ・Draw 1 Note: Aim for Morale 1 standard epiphany instead of one of her 5 epiphany options. |
 Dark Condensation
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AP Cost: 1
Type:
Skill
・Choose 1 Attack Card(s) in hand, +150% Damage for 1 turn |
 Ebony Lumen
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AP Cost: 3
Type:
Tags: Exhaust
Skill
・Incinerate: Draw 3, then create 1 Broken Ebony Lumen |
 Spore Harvester
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AP Cost: 0
Type:
Tags: Retain, Exhaust
Skill
・Incinerate: Create 2 Contaminated Spore ・ Retain: Create 1 Contaminated Spore |
For Luke, nothing has changed for him and he will still do his thing of creating bullet cards through Rapid Fire then buffing it with Seize the Opportunity to fuel his Dance of the Demon and deal massive single-target damage.
As for Rei, she will help Luke deal more damage with her additive buffs from Resonating Darkness and Dark Condensation while providing card draw through Snack Time and Ebony Lumen and helping Hugo maintain his Commence the Hunt stacks through constant Spore generation.
Hugo Best Partner
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| Partner | Details |
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 Tina
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Passive Effect: Target Confirmed Initiating Support - The assigned Combatant’s Attack is increased by 15% Order Attribute's Attack Damage increase by 15%. +25% Extra Attack damage from Targeting Attack Cards. Ego Skill: Communication Support - Draw 1 Increase the combatant's Extra Attack damage by 30% for 1 turn |
After the Season 2 Balance, Tina solidifies her position as the best partner for Hugo which gives him a much higher attack boost compared to other Ranger partners at base manifest ego level while still providing extra attack damage buff and a handy draw 1 for her skill.
Alternative Budget Partners
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 Rosaria
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Rosaria’s passive increases Hugo’s Extra Attack damage by 10% and grants a 25% chance to gain one stack of Morale when using an Upgrade or Skill card that can help Luke deal more damage. |
Hugo Best Memory Fragment
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Cursed Corpse Set Cursed Corpse Set Increases damage dealt to targets inflicted with Agony by 10%. |
Black Wing Set Black Wing Set +12% Attack |
Executioner's Tool Set Executioner's Tool Set +25% Critical Damage |
Hugo's best memory fragment is Black Wing for further attack stat increase, Cursed Corpse Set for increased damage against enemies with Agony and Executioner's Tool for more critical damage. Do note that all of these memory fragments applies to his Commence the Hunt attacks as well, where as Bullet of Order will only apply to Order attack cards which will not affect Hugo's Commence the Hunt.
Stat Priority
| Main Stats | Recommended Substats |
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Ideal: Critical Chance % Desire: Order Damage % Imagination: Attack % |
・Extra Damage % ・Critical Chance % ・Critical Damage % ・Attack |
For both main stats and substats, aim for Order Damage, Extra Damage, Critical Chance, Critical Damage and Attack. Order damage is a direct multiplier, and you'll want to prioritize Extra Damage to further increase his Commence the Hunt damage while still maintaining the proper critical chance and critical damage increase too.
Hugo Best Equipment
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| Weapon | Armor | Accessory |
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Dagger That Tricked The Shadow Dagger That Tricked The Shadow +12% Critical Damage |
Fairy King's Crown Fairy King's Crown +6% Critical Chance |
Sphere of Randomness Sphere of Randomness +10% max HP At the start of battle, +1 AP, Draw 1 |
| Refinement: ・At the start of the turn, 60% Fixed Damage to a random enemy for each Exhaust card of allies in hand ・At the start of the turn, if an Exhaust card is in Draw Pile, have a 30% chance to Draw 1 Exhaust card(s). ・At the start of battle, Draw 1 Exhaust card(s) of this unit |
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In Season 2, Hugo's best equipment can only be found in Swamp of Judgment or Burning Life which consists of Dagger That Tricked The Shadow for a 12% critical damage to all his attacks. Fairy King's Crown to get a 6% critical chance buff. Sphere of Randomness for an additional 1 AP and card draw at battle start so that you can play all 4 Hunting Instincts on turn 1 but this equipment can only be dropped by Senectus.
As for his refinements, most of the damage centric refinements will not apply on Hugo's Commence the Hunt that is why his best ones are those that has effects that he can activate such as fixed damage based on how many exhaust cards are in your hand at turn start or more draws.
You Can Also Use Tentacles of Chaos Instead
 Tentacles of Chaos Tentacles of Chaos +8% ally Attack Upon enemy Defeat, -2 Stress to the Combatant with the highest Stress |
Another drop from Senectus which is Tentacles of Chaos, capable of giving more attack boost for the party including Hugo. You can replace this weapon if you ever get it.
Alternative Budget Equipment
| Weapon | Armor | Accessory |
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 Second Method Second Method Extra Attack damage +35% |
 Titan Combat Suit Titan Combat Suit When taking Damage, Recover 2% HP (1 per turn) |
 Amorphous Cube Amorphous Cube +25% Damage |
If you aren't able to get the best, you can settle for these equipment that can be found in any chaos zones inside shops. Second Method to boost the extra attack damage by 35% additively. Titan Combat Suit for a heal after getting hit once every turn and Amorphous Cube gives a permanent +25% damage to all his attacks including extra attacks.
Hugo Build Tips and Playstyle
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Commence the Hunt Bullet Combo
The primary combo for Hugo is to play as many Hunting Instincts as he can then rely on his teammates to attack using their cards so that he will follow-up while providing card draw for the party and deal massive damage. Here are the steps to do his combo:
- Play all of Hugo, Rei and Luke's upgrade cards as early as possible before trying to setup a combo.
- Make sure that you have Resonating Darkness, Dance of the Demon and a few Contaminated Spore in hand before starting the combo.
- (Optional) If you have the AP for it, use Predator's Blade to get more morale buffs.
- Use Rapid Fires or Stealth Reloads to create and play a lot of bullet cards and let Hugo follow-up with that.
- Make sure to always keep watch of Hugo's Commence the Hunt stacks. Use any Contaminated Spores to refresh it.
- (Optional) Use Dark Condensation to buff Dance of the Demon's damage if you have the AP for it.
- With at least 1 AP, use Dance of the Demon to deal a high-amount of single target damage especially if you've stacked a lot of damage buffs from Rei.
Copies of Hunting Instinct Stacks
With the addition of the Initiation tag on most of Hugo's Hunting Instincts, he can choose from any of his epiphanies depending on the situation. The added effects from other epiphanies will also stack aside from gaining more Commence the Hunt stacks such as more coordinated attack damage.
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