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This is a guide for the best teams and loadout for Maribell in Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN). Learn which combatants are best to pair with Maribell, as well as recommended cards, partners, and equipment.

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Summary			Best Team			Best Cards			Best Partner
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Party List
Maribell	Magna	Mika
Access to single-target and AoE damage High survivability High AP cost cards Requires specific card epiphanies

Maribell relies heavily on gaining shields and counterattacks to use it to protect the party and deal counterattack damage or spend it on specific cards to deal high single-target damage.

Magna can provide more shields and help with the lack of AoE damage plus debuffing enemies with vulnerability to help Maribell deal more damage while Mika provides AP generation to the party as both has expensive cards they use.

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11-19-2025	・Added Maribell build overview ・Revised Maribell build page layout

Maribell Best Team

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Memory Fragment				Equipment				Playstyle

Sub-DPS	Support
Magna	Mika

Maribell's best team is Magna and Mika. She can focus on either stacking shields or counterattacks for her cards to deal more damage. That is where Magna comes in who also excels with shields and counterattacks while Mika provides healing, AP and more shield.

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Alternative Team Members

Character	Explanation
Mei Lin	Can replace Magna as the Sub-DPS. Her goal is to buff Maribell to deal more damage as both of them are Passion attribute.
Amir	Can replace Magna or Mika as the Sub-DPS or Support. If Support, Amir's role is to provide buffs such as Resolve or debuffs like Vulnerable while providing shields. If Sub-DPS, she wants to stack Materialize and provide
Selena	Can replace Magna as the Sub-DPS if you don't have Mei Lin. She can apply Passion weakness but that is the extent of help she can bring for Maribell.

Maribell Best Cards

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Memory Fragment				Equipment				Playstyle

Shelter Strike Maribell

Counterattack Maribell

Shelter Strike Maribell

Card	Epiphany Effect
Resolute Blitz	AP Cost: 1 Tags: Pulverize ・150% Defensed-based Damage ・+30% Damage of the shield held
Wolves' Dome	AP Cost: 0 ・2 Counterattack, 2 Resolve for 1 turn
Oh... I see	AP Cost: 1 ・At the end of the turn, Fixed Damage equal to 50% of shield owned to enemy with the lowest HP
Shelter Strike	AP Cost: 1 Tags: Pulverize ・Fixed Damage equal to Shield owned

The goal of this build is to accumulate as much shield as possible. Pick epiphanies for Maribell that lets her gain more shield for the eventual use of Shelter Strike once the setup is done. Not only are you protecting your team, you are also dealing more damage.

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Essential Team Cards and Epiphanies

Card	Epiphany Effect
Source of Water	AP Cost: 0 Tags: Retain ・Heal 150% ・1 AP ・+50% Healing amount of the next card
Blessing of Waves	AP Cost: 1 Tags: Retain ・Heal 150% ・+30% Healing equal to number of AP ・Shield equal to Healing amount exceeding max
Tactical Analysis	AP Cost: 0 ・2 Wave ・For 1 turn, +100% own Healing
Whirlpool	AP Cost: 2 ・200% Damage to all enemies ・+20% Healing of the next card for each target hit

Magna's card and epiphany choice is simple, pick any card that boosts shield gain. Mika on the other hand wants to buff her healing amount for the shield gain of Blessing of Waves.

Counterattack Maribell

Card	Epiphany Effect
Resolute Blitz	AP Cost: 1 ・100% Defense-based Damage 100% ・2 Counterattack
Maribell Shelter MK.II	AP Cost: 2: Tags: Pulverize ・150% Defense-based Damage ・+50% Damage for each of the character's Counterattack
Wolves' Dome	AP Cost: 1 ・2 Counterattack at the start of the turn, 2 Counterattack
Oh... I see	AP Cost: 1 Tags: Unique ・At the start of the turn, 25% Fixed Shield equal to number of the own Counterattack

Despite the name, Maribell wants to collect as much counterattack stacks as possible without activating it. A lot of her epiphanies revolve around dealing more damage the more counterattack she has stored.

Essential Team Cards and Epiphanies

Card	Epiphany Effect
Ice Fragment	AP Cost: 0 Tags: Initiation ・2 Crystallization ・At the start of the turn, 1 Counterattack
Ice Wall	AP Cost: 2 ・100% Shield ・2 Counterattack ・For 2 turn, Counterattack applies to all enemies
Frost Charge	AP Cost: 1 ・2 Vulnerable to all enemies ・2 Counterattack
Storm of Bitter Cold	AP Cost: 2 Tags: Lead ・When gaining Shield via an ability, 1 Counterattack
Flame Dragon's Jewel	AP Cost: 1 Tags: Initiation, Unique ・+20% Attack Card Damage ・When using an Attack Card, 1 Tenacity Damage to the target
Rising Dragon Spire	AP Cost: 2: ・200% Damage ・+1 hit to Passion card next used
Unity of Attack and Defense	AP Cost: 2: ・Draw your Basic Card 2 ・Select up to 2 cards in hand to Exhaust ・2 Morale 2, Resolve 2 for 1 turn per card
Spirit of the Aromata	AP Cost: 1 Tags: Retain ・When using a card, +30% Damage for 1 turn

Mei Lin's card is perfect for this build because a lot of her epiphanies can buff other Passion attribute allies instead of only herself. This makes Maribell's cards deal more damage and hit one more using Mei Lin's cards.

If you only have Magna, the epiphanies you need for her are cards that gains counterattack constantly. Storm of Bitter Cold provides counterattack after gaining shield which both Magna and Maribell has in most of their cards.

Maribell Best Partner

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Memory Fragment				Equipment				Playstyle

Shelter Strike Maribell

Counterattack Maribell

Eishlen For Shelter Strike Maribell

Partner	Details
Eishlen	Passive Effect: Innos's Guardian - The assigned combatant's Health and shield gain are increased by 8% When the assigned combatant gains Counterattack, +15% Defense-based Damage. Ego Skill: Arcane Wave - 100% Shield. At the end of the turn, retain 50% of Shield

Eishlen provides more shields and has a shield retain effect that transfers 50% of your shield next turn. This eliminates the problem of wasting unused shield.

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Erica For Counterattack Maribell

Partner	Details
Erica	Passive Effect: Crackdown Beam Bombardment - The assigned combatant's Counterattack damage increases by 15%. When the assigned combatant uses a Skill or Upgrade Card, there is a 50% chance to gain Counterattack. Ego Skill: No Speeding! - 200% Defense-based Damage to all enemies. 1 Counterattack. If an enemy's Anticipated Action attack, 1 Counterattack

Erica provides increases counterattack damage and provide more stacks of it. This is mostly used if the hand you are given didn't provide much counterattack stacks.

Alternative Budget Partner

Partner	Explanation
Rachel	Rachel is a 4-star Vanguard partner that buffs shield gain and has a chance to gain a stack of counterattack. She also provides more shield and card draw.
Raidel	Raidel is the only 3-star Vanguard partner that provides more shield gain and a stack of counterattack.

Maribell Best Memory Fragments

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Maribell's cards scales off Defense and she is Passion attribute, the 4-set Spark of Passion provides 15% passion damage boost after using an upgrade card and the 2-set Tetra's Authority gives a 12% defense which is perfect for her.

For the main and sub stats, aim for Defense, Critical Chance %, Passion Damage % and Attack in that order of priority.

Maribell Best Equipment

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Weapon	Armor	Accessory
Nature's Hostility	Contaminated Helmet	Torch That Should Not Be Extinguished

Maribell becomes more powerful the more shields, counterattacks and defense she has. Aim for equipments that boost those stats such as Torch That Should Not Be Extinguised and Contaminated Helmet. These gears can be found only in City of Mist.

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Maribell Build Tips and Playstyle

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Gather Shields Then Use Shelter Strike

Accumulate Counterattack To Buff Card Damage

Gather Shields Then Use Shelter Strike

Use cards and buffs that increase shield gain before playing Shelter Strike. Mika's Blessing of Waves gives a high amount of shield while Magna's Crystallization provides start of turn shielding. You can also slot in Amir for Resolve buffs that increase shield gain.

Accumulate Counterattack To Buff Card Damage

Chaos Zero Nightmare - Maribell Potential 3-1
To complete her counterattack build, she needs Potential 3-1 unlocked so that her basic cards also provides a stack of counterattack. Collect as many counterattacks as possible then use Maribell Shelter MK.II once counterattack is high enough to deal huge damage. Oh... I see will provide protection for the party as it gives shield based on counterattack stacks.

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Maannn... look at her tatas omg

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