Shiyu Defense 14 Critical Node Guide for Version 1.1

Critical Node 4 is Shiyu Defense Stage 14 in Zenless Zone Zero. We've got the best teams, recommended characters, and rewards for Shiyu Defense 14 here.

Shiyu Defense 14 Information

Stage Details

Objectives
- More than 300s remaining - More than 180s remaining - Defeat all enemies
Recommended Attributes
First Half Ice Ether	Second Half Ether

Current Special Effect

Shiyu Defense 14 Best Teams

Shiyu Defense 14 First Half

Ellen DPS
Ellen	Lycaon	Soukaku	Sharkboo
Soldier 11 DPS
Soldier 11	Koleda	Lucy	Rocketboo
Nekomata DPS
Nekomata	Piper	Lucy	Rocketboo
F2P Team
Billy	Anby	Soukaku	Booressure

Enemies in the first half are weak to Ice and Ether. If you have both Ice and Ether teams, you can use your Ether team in the Second Half.

You can also use any kind of team here since the enemies here have no particular resistance to any attribute.

Shiyu Defense 14 Second Half

Zhu Yuan DPS
Zhu Yuan	Qingyi	Nicole	Resonaboo
Anton DPS
Anton	Grace	Rina	Plugboo
F2P Team
Corin	Ben	Nicole	Sumoboo

Enemies in the second half are weak to Ether. You can use any team here except Ice since the Elite enemies here are resistant to that element.

Shiyu Defense 14 Enemies

First Half Enemies

Wave 1 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Mandrake x1		None
Hoplitai x2		None
Wave 2 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Farbauti x1		None
Wave 3 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Mandrake x1		None
Alpeca x2		None
Wave 4 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Armored Hati x1		None

Second Half Enemies

Wave 1 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Ionized - Nassellaria x2		None
Ionized - Cyrtoidea x2		None
Wave 2 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Ionized - Dullahan x1		None
Wave 3 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Ionized - Farbauti x1
Ionized - Thanatos x1

How to Beat Shiyu Defense 14

Shiyu Defense 14 First Half

Attack the Mandrake First

For Waves 1 and 3, prioritize on taking out the Mandrakes first to remove the buffs it provides to the other enemies.

Use Defensive Assist on Armored Hati

The Armored Hati will have an increased resistance to Daze when its armor is up, so use Perfect Assists to remove its armor and stun it as soon as possible!

Shiyu Defense 14 Second Half

Attack the Nassellarias First

For Wave 1, attack the Nassellarias first so that the Cyrtoideas will go towards you. This makes it easier to attack all enemies at once.

If you have a character that can group up enemies like Nicole, you can use their gathering ability to group all four enemies, deal damage, and then switch to your DPS to easily beat the enemies and move to the next wave.

Dodge and Use Perfect Assist Against the Dullahan

You can easily use Perfect Dodge or Perfect Assist against the Ionized - Dullahan since its attack animations are slow.

How fast can you defeat the Ionized - Dullahan will depend on how much damage can your Attack Agent dish out when it is stunned.

Use Perfect Assist Against Thanatos

Ionized - Thanatos will constantly teleport around the battlefield and will attack you from tricky angles.

But, the easiest way to beat Ionized - Thanatos is to stun it as soon as possible. Use Perfect Assists, specifically Defensive Assists, and then Assist Follow-ups against it to quickly fill up its Daze gauge.

Shiyu Defense 14 Rewards

Rank	Rewards
	Polychrome x30 Denny x20,000
	Polychrome x30 Denny x15,000 W-Engine Chip x1
	Polychrome x30 Denny x10,000 Noise Reduction Master Copy x5

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