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Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)

Steel Cushion W-Engine (Weapon) Guide

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Zenless Zone Zero - Steel Cushion W-Engine Guide

Steel Cushion is a W-Engine of S rarity in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). See the best characters for Steel Cushion, its stats and effects, how to get it, and its ascension materials in this guide!

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Steel Cushion Stats and Effects

Steel Cushion Effects and Overview

Steel Cushion W-Engine Details
ZZZ - Steel Cushion W-Engine Steel Cushion Steel Cushion S Rank
Tier Rank T1 T1 Type AttackAttack
Base ATK 46 Adv. Stat CRIT Rate 9.60%
Effects Metal Cat Claws
Increases Physical DMG by 20%. The equipper's DMG increases by 25% when attacking the enemy from behind.

Signature Weapon For Nekomata

Agent Information
Nekomata Nekomiya Mana
VA (EN):
Alice Himora
Rarity
Attribute
Specialty
Faction
Core Stat CRIT Rate
How to Get Gacha
Story Nekomata Agent Story

Steel Cushion is the signature weapon of Nekomata, one of the Agents you can play as in Zenless Zone Zero. This also means that Nekomata is the primary recommended Agent to use this W-Engine.

Nekomata Best Builds and Teams

Steel Cushion Best Characters

All Recommended Characters

Recommended Characters
Agent Attribute Specialty
Nekomata Nekomata PhysicalPhysical AttackAttack
Corin Corin PhysicalPhysical AttackAttack
Billy Billy PhysicalPhysical AttackAttack

The recommended agents for this W-Engine are arranged from most to least recommended.

Unlike most Attack W-Engines that can work with almost any Attack Agent, Steel Cushion works best with Physical Attack units. Being Nekomata's signature weapon, this W-Engine fits her best.

However, Billy and Corin can also take advantage of Steel Cushion. If you can manage to hit targets from behind, you can fully maximize its effects!

List of All Characters

How to Get Steel Cushion

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How to Get Steel Cushion From the Signal Search Banners

Steel Cushion is available in the Standard Banner, Exclusive W-Engine Banners, and Exclusive Character Banners as a standard rate S Rank W-Engine!

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You can get Steel Cushion from the Signal Shop using Residual Signal from extra copies you get from the banner Characters and W-Engines!

Steel Cushion Base and Advanced Stats

Steel Cushion Stats Table

Lv. Base ATK Adv.Stat
(CRIT Rate)
Base 46 9.60%
10 159 12.50%
20 272 15.40%
30 385 18.20%
40 498 21.10%
50 611 24.00%
MAX 684 24.00%

Steel Cushion Update Levels and Effects

Steel Cushion W-Engine Update Levels and Effects

Lv. Steel Cushion W-Engine Effect
1★ Increases Physical DMG by 20%. The equipper's DMG increases by 25% when attacking the enemy from behind.
2★ Increases Physical DMG by 25%. The equipper's DMG increases by 31.5% when attacking the enemy from behind.
3★ Increases Physical DMG by 30%. The equipper's DMG increases by 38% when attacking the enemy from behind.
4★ Increases Physical DMG by 35%. The equipper's DMG increases by 44% when attacking the enemy from behind.
5★ Increases Physical DMG by 40%. The equipper's DMG increases by 50% when attacking the enemy from behind.

Steel Cushion Modify Materials

Total Steel Cushion Modify Materials

Total W-Engine Materials
ZZZ - Attack Component Attack Component x4 ZZZ - Specialized Attack Component Specialized Attack Component x30 ZZZ - Reinforced Attack Component Reinforced Attack Component x32
ZZZ - Denny Denny x400000

Lv. W-Engine Modify Materials
10 ➔ 20
ZZZ - Denny Denny x12000
20 ➔ 30
ZZZ - Denny Denny x28000
30 ➔ 40
ZZZ - Denny Denny x60000
40 ➔ 50
ZZZ - Denny Denny x100000
50 ➔ 60
ZZZ - Denny Denny x200000

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Housekeeper ImageHousekeeper Starlight Engine Replica ImageStarlight Engine Replica Big Cylinder ImageBig Cylinder
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Tremor Trigram Vessel ImageTremor Trigram Vessel Puzzle Sphere ImagePuzzle Sphere Radiowave Journey ImageRadiowave Journey
Reel Projector ImageReel Projector Grill O’Wisp ImageGrill O’Wisp

B Rank W-Engines

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Reverb - Mark II ImageReverb - Mark II Reverb - Mark I ImageReverb - Mark I Magnetic Storm - Bravo ImageMagnetic Storm - Bravo
Vortex - Arrow ImageVortex - Arrow Vortex - Revolver ImageVortex - Revolver Cinder - Cobalt ImageCinder - Cobalt

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