Critical Node 7 is Shiyu Defense Stage 17 in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). We've got the best teams, recommended characters, and rewards for Shiyu Defense 17 here.

Shiyu Defense 17 Information

Stage Details

Objectives
- More than 300s remaining - More than 180s remaining - Defeat all enemies
Recommended Attributes
First Half Fire Physical	Second Half Electric

Current Special Effect

Shiyu Defense 17 Best Teams

Shiyu Defense 17 First Half

Fire Team
Lighter	Astra	Evelyn	Snap
Disorder Team
Caesar	Burnice	Jane	Red Moccus
F2P Team
Billy	Ben	Nicole	Brawlerboo

Fire and Physical are the recommended Attributes of the Frontier 7's first half. Ice is taken out off the table, so it would be wise to save those characters for the second half.

Either a Fire Chain Team led by Evelyn and backed by Lighter and Astra, or a Disorder Team involving Burnice and Jane will do wonders for this half. Most of the Agents in these teams can also initiate Defensive Assists, which will come in handy.

Other Recommended Agents

Alternative Agents
Nekomata	Soldier 11	Koleda
Piper

Shiyu Defense 17 Second Half

Soldier 0 Anby Team
Pulchra	Rina	Soldier 0 Anby	Knightboo
Yanagi Mono-Electric Team
Yanagi	Seth	Rina	Plugboo
Harumasa Team
Qingyi	Rina	Harumasa	Plugboo
F2P Team
Corin	Anby	Soukaku	Booressure

Electric Teams, either Chain or Disorder, are your best bets in the second half. Enemies will be resistant to Fire so best avoid using characters of this Attribute to speed things up.

An Aftershock Chain Team with Soldier 0 Anby at the helm is a great choice, but a standard Chain Team with Qingyi and Harumasa is also viable. Going for an Anomaly Team led by Yanagi is also a wise choice.

Other Recommended Agents

Alternative Agents
Anton	Lycaon	Miyabi
Grace	Zhu Yuan

Shiyu Defense 17 Enemies

First Half Enemies

Wave 1 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Ambusher x3		None
Rustler x2		None
Wave 2 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Doppelganger Abyssal Enforcer x1

Second Half Enemies

Wave 1 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Patrol Jaeger x2		None
Scout Jaeger x2		None
Wave 2 Enemies	Weakness	Resistance
Friday x1

How to Beat Shiyu Defense 17

Shiyu Defense 17 First Half

Group Enemies Together

This applies to the first halves of both waves. As per usual, always target the ranged enemies first to lure the melee units to their position in order to take them out in one fell swoop.

Alternatively, you can use Agents whose attacks are powerful and can hit in a large AoE to take them all out in record time!

Use Defensive Assists

While the Abyssal Enforcer is dangerous as is, he has one flaw—he likes to use attacks that are perfectly dodgeable, or better yet, blockable. This is especially evident with this one string he does where he slows time.

When you see this start to happen, keep your eyes on the Enforcer and use a Defensive Assist when you see the golden cue. He will do this 3 times, and successfully blocking all of them will render him vulnerable and deal huge amounts of Daze!

How to Do Perfect Assists

Shiyu Defense 17 Second Half

Destroy Friday's Legs to Impair It

When facing Friday, go for it legs first to impair it and deal large amounts of Daze and DMG. This will significantly speed things up by activating Chain Attacks faster and chip at its health more quickly!

Shiyu Defense 17 Reward

Rank	Rewards
	Polychrome x30 Denny x20,000
	Polychrome x30 Denny x15,000
	Polychrome x30 Denny x10,000

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