Assist Guide - How to Do Perfect and Quick Assists

In Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ), there are different ways your party members can assist you in battle. Check out how to do Perfect Assists or how to parry, and Quick Assists here!

What Are Assists?

Swap and Attack with a Character

Assists are circumstances where you quickly swap with another character and have them follow up with their own attacks. There are different ways how you can trigger Assists, and each Assist has a unique way of dealing damage!

Different Types of Assists

Perfect Assist	Defensive Assist Quickly switch to a teammate and have them block the enemy's attack before following up with their own. Evasive Assist Evade the enemy's attack and quickly switch to a teammate who will follow up with an attack.
Quick Assist	Quickly switch to the character in the next position and automatically follow up with an attack.

Perfect Assist has two sub-types, Defensive and Evasive. After pulling off a Perfect Assist, press the Basic Attack button in order to use the Assist Follow-Up of the character switching in.

Quick Assist does not have any sub-types and switching to an Agent in the next position allows them to automatically do a follow-up attack. Do note that characters switching in will be invulnerable when doing a Quick Assist.

How to Parry Attacks

Defensive Assist, a sub-type of Perfect Assist, is actually the parrying mechanic in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). Also, you can parry bullets by dashing as shown above.

Basic Combat Guide and Tips

How to Do Perfect Assists

• Obtain Assist Points First
• Switch Before an Attack Hits
• Launch an Assist Follow-Up

Obtain Assist Points First

Before you can do a Perfect Assist, you must have at least one Assist Point available. Do not worry though since at the start of combat, you will always have a full stack of Assist Points.

To know how many Assist Points you have, count how many lit-up segments the Assist Button has. The button is usually found on the right side of the screen.

Use a Chain Attack or Ultimate

Chain Attack	Recover 1 Assist Point
Ultimate	Recover 3 Assist Points

When you run out of Assist Points, the easiest way to generate them is to use Chain Attacks. Performing a Chain Attack generates 1 Assist Point. Using a character's Ultimate can also generate 3 Assist Points.

Some Ultimates Generate More Assist Points

Certain Agents like Ben will generate more Assist Points when casting their Ultimate. For Ben, they additionally recover 3 Assist Points!

Switch Before an Attack Hits

How to Switch for a Perfect Assist
Switch Agent (right before an attack hits)	R1 (PS5) RB (Xbox) Spacebar (PC)

To perform a Perfect Assist, tap on the Switch button right before an enemy attack hits.

If done correctly, you will switch to your next character and they will either do a Defensive Assist or Evasive Assist.

Defensive and Evasive Assist Showcase

Defensive Assist	Next character performs a parry
Evasive Assist	Next character dodges the attack

As shown in the videos above, a Defensive Assist will perform a parry while an Evasive Assist dodges the attack of an enemy!

When to Tap the Switch Button

Enemies will emit a flashing yellow light before performing an attack. Use this as a visual cue to switch to a different Agent at the right time to perform a Perfect Assist.

Ally Will Perfect Dodge Without Assist Points

Attempting to perform a Perfect Assist without an Assist Point will have your next character perform a Perfect Dodge instead.

Launch an Assist Follow-Up

After triggering either a Defensive or an Evasive Assist, you can press the Basic Attack or Special Attack button to launch another attack called Assist Follow-Up.

How to Do Quick Assist

• Press the Switch Button
• Use Skills that Enable Quick Assists
• Get Knocked Back to Quick Assist
• Quick Assist Benefits

Press the Switch Button When Prompted to Quick Assist

During certain circumstances, the Switch icon will be replaced with the teammate on the next position's portrait. This indicates that a Quick Assist is possible. Once you see this occur, press the Switch button to initiate a Quick Assist.

Use Skills that Enable Quick Assists

Certain Agent Skills can enable Quick Assists after execution. Most of these Skills belong to Supports like Rina, but Agents of other Specialties may still allow for Quick Assists.

To know what these Skills are, you can view each Agent's Character Details.

List of All Agents

Get Knocked Back to Quick Assist

When an enemy's attack is strong enough to knock back the character on-field, the Quick Assist prompt will appear. Once the Quick Assist prompt appears, press the Switch button to trigger Quick Assist!

Quick Assist Strategy and Benefits

When executed properly, Quick Assists function similarly to Chain Attacks but without the bullet time QTE. Also, unlike Chain Attacks, a Quick Assist does not generate Assist Points.

Since the teammate on the next position will always be the one to step in, you can use this fact when formulating your team comp. This can optimize the Quick Assist to deal the most amount of damage!

Team Builder Tool

Can be Buffed by Support Skills

Support Agent Skills, apart from enabling Quick Assists, usually provide buffs to the entire party upon execution. Hence, the Quick Assist DMG can deal additional damage.

Keep this in mind for when you're deciding which Agent you want to have at the ready for Quick Assists!

List of All Support Characters

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