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Cordis Germina W-Engine Guide

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Zenless Zone Zero - Cordis Germina W-Engine Guide

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

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Cordis Germina Stats and Effects

Cordis Germina Effects and Overview

Cordis Germina W-Engine Details
ZZZ - Cordis Germina W-Engine Cordis Germina Cordis Germina S Rank
Tier Rank T0 T0 Type AttackAttack
Base ATK 48 Adv. Stat CRIT Rate 9.60%
Effects Sprouting Core
Increases CRIT Rate by 15%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 12.5%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 20% of enemy DEF.

Signature Weapon For Seed

Agent Information
Seed Seed Rarity
Attribute
Specialty
Faction
Core Stat CRIT DMG
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Cordis Germina is the signature weapon of Seed, one of the Agents you can play as in Zenless Zone Zero. This also means that Seed is the primary recommended Agent to use this W-Engine.

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Cordis Germina Best Characters

All Recommended Characters

Recommended Characters
Agent Attribute Specialty
Seed Seed ElectricElectric AttackAttack
Soldier 0 Anby Soldier 0 Anby ElectricElectric AttackAttack
Harumasa Harumasa ElectricElectric AttackAttack
Anton Anton ElectricElectric AttackAttack

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

Cordis Germina is a great option for any Electric Attack DPS provided that they rely heavily on their Basic Attacks and EX Special Attacks to get the most out of this W-Engine's passive effect. The passive CRIT Rate increase is also substantially useful.

It's only downside, however, is that it is optimized specifically for Electric Agents. While the CRIT Rate increase and other buffs may be useful for other Attack Agents, it would be best to equip this on Electric ones.

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How to Get Cordis Germina

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Cordis Germina was the featured S-Rank W-Engine in the Dissonant Sonata banner during the Phase 1 of Version 2.2. Seed's banner was also active during this period.

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Cordis Germina Base and Advanced Stats

Cordis Germina Stats Table

Lv. Base ATK Adv.Stat
(CRIT Rate)
Base 48 9.60%
10 166 12.50%
20 284 15.40%
30 402 18.20%
40 520 21.10%
50 638 24.00%
MAX 713 24.00%

Cordis Germina Update Levels and Effects

Cordis Germina W-Engine Update Levels and Effects

Lv. Cordis Germina W-Engine Effect
1★ Increases CRIT Rate by 15%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 12.5%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 20% of enemy DEF.
2★ Increases CRIT Rate by 17%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 14.5%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 23% of enemy DEF.
3★ Increases CRIT Rate by 19%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 16.5%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 26% of enemy DEF.
4★ Increases CRIT Rate by 21%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 18.5%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 29% of enemy DEF.
5★ Increases CRIT Rate by 23%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 20%, up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 32% of enemy DEF.

Cordis Germina Materials

Total Cordis Germina 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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