How to Beat Zara

MementoMori's Zara is one of the witches players will frequently encounter across the game. Read on to learn how to make use of the game's witches and mechanics to defeat them in battle.

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How to Beat Zara

How to Beat Zara Overview

Zara
PvE Rank	PvP Rank

Base Rarity	Soul	Type	Role
R	Emerald	Warrior	Attacker

You can always encounter Zara in the Tower of Infinity and the Main Quest. She has high-damage output and also inflicts [Fainted] to the enemy she encounters.

Zara Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
• High Physical Damage (Single-Target) • Crowd Control • Survivability	• Limited Range • Reliance on Chance • Defensive Focus at Low HP

Zara Skill Analysis

All-Out Assault

Frontline Charge

All-Out Assault deals significant damage at 480% - 520% ATK and a strong chance to disable as it has a high chance to inflict [Fainted] at 50%-70% which can take an enemy out of commission for a turn.

Frontline Charge on the other hand, is a multi-target skill which hits up to 3 enemies and can potentially slow enemies with 50% chance to decrease SPD by 10-20%. However, these two skills have a conditional effect where both debuffs are not guaranteed to effect.

Defensive Position

Defensive Position is a situational skill that can be very helpful for keeping Zara alive in tough battles. However, it's conditional nature means that it won't always be active, and it can be deactivated if her HP recovers.

Witches to Beat Zara

Zara Hard Counters

Cordie

Cordie is a hard hitter with a high damage output. She also has a passive skill that has [Unhindered] that turns into a [Debuff Immunity] so even if Zara hits her head-on with her physical damage and her [Fainted] debuff, Cordie can just hit back without any repercussions.

Primavera

Primavera is similar to Zara wherein she also attacks the enemy in front of her. She also has a passive skill that gives her a high chance to resist debuffs, which is helpful if Zara inflicts [Fainted] on her.

Fenny

Fenny has Jamming Scattershot. This skill disrupts Zara's entire game plan by throwing a wrench into her buffing and debuffing strategies with a high chance to reduce her debuff application and grant Buff Immunity for several turns. Not only that, Fenny packs a punch with Magic Permeator, focusing significant physical damage on Zara, especially at higher skill levels. Fenny's got a trick up her sleeve with Chief Officer Fenny, granting her invisibility under certain conditions to dodge attacks and recover.

Zara General Counters

Ophelia	Lunalynn	Amour
Amleth	Soltina	Dian
Priscilla	Fortina	Matilda

Zara Sample Counter Teams

Debuff and Control Team

Buffer	Buffer	Attacker	Buffer	Debuffer
Primavera	Merlyn	Cordie	Amour	Soltina

Merlyn can dispel Zara's buffs, while Cordie, Amour, and Soltina can deal heavy damage to take her down quickly. Soltina's crowd control skills like Sleep and Fainted can further neutralize Zara. Primavera's buffs can give your team the edge in offense and speed, while Merlyn's heals can keep them in the fight. However, Zara's own high damage output and potential speed can be dangerous. Focus on removing her buffs, prioritize high damage attacks, and use crowd control strategically.

Support-Focused Team

Buffer	Attacker	Buffer	Healer	Debuffer
Olivia	Sabrina	Fenrir	Fortina	Lunalynn

Sabrina delivers consistent physical damage with critical hits boosted by Olivia. Lunalynn disrupts Zara with debuffs like Silence and Poison, while Fortina provides strong heals and defense buffs for the team. Everyone benefits from Olivia's defense buff and Lunalynn's magic defense buff. Fenrir's dispels can help remove debuffs from your team.

Witches Not To Use Against Zara

Mimi

Her bonus attacks depend on defeating enemies, which isn't guaranteed. Feline Waltz's damage buff relies on having buffs from other characters, which might not happen consistently. Dreaming Alley Cat requires Mimi to avoid damage for turns, which is difficult against strong opponents. Dancing Paw-tners depends on the enemy team composition.

Freesia

While her skills offer more well-rounded support with stronger healing and team-wide damage reduction, she still struggles to directly counter Zara's core strategy of buffing herself and debuffing your team. Her reliance on random targeting and lack of tools to directly hinder Zara make her a weak solo counter.

Tips for Beating Zara

Use Characters with Unhindered or Debuff Immunity

Zara can hit characters with her physical damage and Fainted debuff skill. To counter that, use characters with Unhindered or Debuff Immunity like Cordie, Sabrina or Fortina.

Overpower Zara

Zara may have great physical damage which hits good, but there are other characters that offer a higher damage than her like Florence and Cordie.

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