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Nangong Yu is an Ether Stun Agent from the Angels of Delusion in Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). See Nangong Yu's best build, teams, skill priority, best W-Engines, best Drive Discs, how to play, and materials here!
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| Nangong Yu Character Details | |||
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| Rarity | Attribute | ||
| Specialty | Faction | ||
| Ability Trigger | 1. Anomaly Agents 2. Angels of Delusion Agents |
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| Stat | Base @ Lv. 60 |
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| HP | TBD |
| ATK | TBD |
| DEF | TBD |
| Impact | TBD |
| Anomaly Mastery | TBD |
| Anomaly Proficiency | TBD |
| Overall | DPS | Stun | Support |
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• Unique stun capability that enhances both Attribute Anomaly and Disorder damage. • Easy to use, only requires managing the Downbeats gauge. • Great Anomaly application for a Stun unit. |
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| Weaknesses | |||
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• She needs her signature W-Engine, Neon Fantasies, to boost her Anomaly Mastery stat. • Only used effectively by Anomaly teams. |
| Best W-Engine | |
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| Alt. W-Engines |
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| Drive Disc Build |
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| Disc Main Stats | 6: Anomaly Mastery |
| 5: Ether DMG or PEN Ratio or ATK | |
| 4: Anomaly Proficiency | |
| Disc Substats | Anomaly Proficiency, ATK%, ATK, PEN |
This build prioritizes Anomaly Mastery and Anomaly Proficiency to enhance Nangong Yu's Core Skill buffs. The best choice for her Drive Disc is the Phaethon's Melody set, as it maximizes her Anomaly stats and Ether DMG. Furthermore, her Impact also increases once she exceeds the Anomaly Mastery threshold.
| Nangong Yu F2P Team | Bangboo | ||
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Nangong Yu
Stun |
Piper
Anomaly |
Nicole
Support |
Booressure
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Nangong Yu's free-to-play team consists of the featured A-Rank agents from her banner, Axiom of Captivation.
Piper acts as the main DPS, dealing Anomaly DMG to enemies affected by Nangong Yu's daze, while Nicole can decrease enemies' DEF and group them.
| Nangong Yu AoD Team | Bangboo | ||
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Nangong Yu
Stun |
Aria
Anomaly |
Sunna
Support |
Biggest Fan
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Nangong Yu's premium team includes other members of the Angels of Delusion. This team is the best as they complement each other's abilities and effectively utilize their core skills.
| Nangong Yu Anomaly Team | Bangboo | ||
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Nangong Yu
Stun |
Miyabi
Anomaly |
Yuzuha
Support |
Baddieboo
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Nangong Yu can also work amazingly with other Anomaly teams, assisting with Disorder DMG while stunning enemies.
An effective Anomaly team for her would include a strong DPS like Miyabi, along with a support that fits an Anomaly team like Yuzuha.
These W-Engines are rated based on their performance at Update Level 0.
| W-Engine | Effect | |
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Disco Demon The equipper's Anomaly Proficiency increases by 90. When the equipper's EX Special Attack or Basic Attack deals Ether DMG, all squad members' DMG dealt increases by 15% for 40s, stacking up to 2 times. This effect can trigger once per use of a skill and repeated triggers reset the duration. With 2 stacks, the equipper's Anomaly Proficiency increases by an additional 60. Only one instance of this effect can exist in the same squad |
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Passionate Construction While off-field, the equipper's Energy Regen increases by 0.6/s. When using an EX Special Attack, the equipper's Impact is increased 10% for 10s, stacking up to 2 times. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. |
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Thick Broth For every 10 Energy accumulated, the equipper's Impact increases by 2%, stacking up to 8 times. After Energy is consumed, this bonus remains for 8 more seconds. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. |
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Binding Chains When an attack hits an enemy, DMG and Daze from Basic Attacks increase by 6% for 8s, stacking up to 5 times. This effect can trigger at most once during each skill. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. |

If you can't reach the sufficient Anomaly Mastery stats for Nangong Yu, she can alternatively use the Anomaly W-Engines that have Anomaly Mastery as the main stat.
Do note that Nangong Yu cannot use an Anomaly W-Engine's effect due to her status as a Stun Agent.
| Drive Disc | Rating and Merits |
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★★★ - Best Set! Although Nangong Yu is a Stun agent, her best-in-slot Drive Disc is the Phaethon's Melody set for the Anomaly stats and Ether DMG buffs it provides. You can use Freedom Blues as the two-piece set for the Anomaly Proficiency stat. |
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★★☆ - 2nd Best Nangong Yu can also use the Freedom Blues set. This is a better choice for Disorder teams since the Anomaly Buildup RES allows you to easily inflict Attribute Anomalies. |
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(4-pc) (2-pc) |
★☆☆ - 3rd Best A 2-piece set of Shockstar Disco is another option to increase impact. |
| Skill | Priority | Explanation |
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| ★★★★★ | It's important to prioritize upgrading Nangong Yu's Core Skill first, as it enhances her Anomaly Proficiency. | |
| ★★★★★ | Focus on upgrading the Basic Attack, which allows you to effectively utilize her charged attack after gaining Downbeats. | |
| ★★★☆☆ | You can leave Nangong Yu's Dodge for last because it primarily deals Ether damage and causes Daze, which may not be as impactful. | |
| ★★★☆☆ | You can also save upgrading Nangong Yu's Assist last, as it complements the Daze effect provided by her Defensive Assist. | |
| ★★★★★ | Another priority is to upgrade Nangong Yu's Special Attack, as it is an essential part of her kit for delivering morning star attacks that cause Polarity Disorder. | |
| ★★★★☆ | Upgrading Nangong Yu's Chain Attack is also a high priority due to the massive Disorder and Abloom damage it provides, along with the Ultimate Daze effect. |
| Skill Effects |
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Core Passive - Prodigious Idol
Nangong Yu's Anomaly Proficiency increases by 60. When Nangong Yu's initial Anomaly Mastery exceeds 110, each point of initial Anomaly Mastery above that increases her Impact by 1. When an enemy is Stunned, each time any character triggers an Abloom attack, a Disorder attack, or inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on the enemy, the enemy gains 1 stacks of Vibrato. A single enemy can have up to 4 stacks of Vibrato. If Vibrato reaches the maximum stacks and is afflicted with an Anomaly, or if the enemy has Vibrato and recovers from being Stunned, all Vibrato stacks will be cleared. When Vibrato is cleared, if the enemy is suffering an Ether, Electric, Fire, Physical, or Ice Anomaly, Nangong Yu triggers an Abloom attack on the target, dealing an additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG equal to 720%/360%/900%/63%/90% of the original Attribute Anomaly DMG. Each stack of Vibrato on the enemy increases this Abloom DMG ratio by an additional 25%. During the same Stun period, once Vibrato has been cleared, the enemy cannot gain Vibrato again. When Nangong Yu's Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact or EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love hits an enemy, her Anomaly Buildup Rate increases by 17%, and her Daze dealt increases by 11%, and all squad members' DMG dealt increases by 13% for 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. While in combat, Nangong Yu restores 3.8 Downbeats/s. When any squad member inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, Nangong Yu restores an additional 12 Downbeats. This effect can trigger once every 6s. Nangong Yu can hold up to 100 Downbeats, and starts with 30 Downbeats upon entering the battlefield. |
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Additional Ability - Angel Captain
When another character in your squad is an Anomaly character or shares the same Faction: Any squad member's attack against a Stunned enemy has 30% increased Anomaly Buildup Rate. Chain Attacks against a Stunned enemy have an additional 30% increased Anomaly Buildup Rate. When any squad member Stuns an enemy, gain 2 stacks of Dance Prowess, up to a maximum of 2 stacks, lasting 15s. With Dance Prowess, when a heavy attack from Nangong Yu's EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love, Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, or Quick Assist: Emergency Save hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, 1 stack of Dance Prowess is consumed to trigger the special Disorder effect Polarity Disorder against all enemies who meet the conditions. This deals DMG equal to 25% of the original Disorder DMG, and triggers the previous squad member's Quick Assist. Polarity Disorder does not clear the target's Attribute Anomaly. If the skill fails to trigger Polarity Disorder, Dance Prowess will not be consumed. When Nangong Yu has Dance Prowess, the next time she switches to the field, she will immediately perform the first charged hit of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, which will always trigger precise charging. When any squad member Stuns an enemy, Nangong Yu's next EX Special Attack will not consume Energy. This effect lasts 15s and can trigger once every 15s. When Nangong Yu and Aria are in the same squad, if Aria's Basic Attack: Perfect Pitch heavy attack hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, and Nangong Yu fully participates in the attack, 1 stack of Dance Prowess will also be consumed to trigger Polarity Disorder on the enemy. When the third hit of Nangong Yu's Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact or Ultimate: Meteor Shower hits an enemy, the enemy suffers Misstep. Under this effect, Stun DMG Multiplier increases by 30% and when an enemy becomes Stunned, their Stun duration increases by 3s. Before recovering from Stun, Misstep can only trigger once on the same target. The increased Stun duration cannot stack with similar effects. When an enemy with Misstep recovers from Stun, the Misstep effect ends. |
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Basic Attack - Shooting Star Step
Press Basic Attack to activate: Perform up to three attacks forward, dealing Ether DMG. |
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Basic Attack - Adorable Explosive Impact
Hold Basic Attack to launch a charged attack, dealing Ether DMG. Release the button at the right moment to trigger precise charging, increasing the Daze dealt by the skill by 20%. Nangong Yu can perform up to three hits. The second and third hits each must consume 50 Downbeats. After using a Chain Attack, Ultimate, or EX Special Attack, if enough Downbeats are available, hold Basic Attack to skip the first hit and directly perform the second and third hits, which always trigger precise charging. When Nangong Yu is the active character, Chain Attacks, Ultimates, and EX Special Attacks do not interrupt the combo count of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact. While charging the first hit, Anti-Interrupt Level increases and DMG taken decreases by 60%. While charging the second and third hits, the character is Invulnerable. During the dash phase of the first hit, enemy attacks can be Blocked. On a successful Block, the attack is treated as a precise charging attack. Character is invulnerable during all attacks. |
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Dodge - Natural Dancer
Press Dodge to activate: A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Dash Attack - Spinning Meteor
Press Basic Attack during a dodge to activate: Deliver a quick attack forward, dealing Ether DMG. |
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Dodge Counter - Asteroid Waltz
Press Basic Attack during a Perfect Dodge to activate: Launch a series of attacks on the target, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Quick Assist - Emergency Save
When the active character is launched, press Assist to activate: Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Defensive Assist - Perfected Choreography
When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press Assist to activate: Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze. This skill excels at parrying enemy attacks and reduces the consumption of Assist Points when the character is under intense attacks. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Assist Follow-Up Improvised Performance
Press Basic Attack after a Defensive Assist to activate: Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing massive Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Special Attack - The Weight of Love
Press EX Special Attack to activate: Delivers a morning star attack, dealing Ether DMG. |
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EX Special Attack - The Unbearable Weight of Love
With enough Energy, press EX Special Attack to activate: Delivers a morning star attack, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Chain Attack - Comet Gravity
When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate: Launch a series of attacks forward, dealing massive Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
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Ultimate - Meteor Shower
When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press Ultimate to activate: Launch multiple attacks forward, dealing massive Ether DMG. Upon activating this skill, Nangong Yu activates Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise. While Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise is active, all squad members gain an additional 50 ATK for 30s. If Nangong Yu activates Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise again, the current Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise will first deactivate. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |

Nangong Yu's main feature is gaining Downbeats, which accumulates over time. Downbeats also get generated whenever any squad member inflicts an Anomaly or Disorder on enemies.

With enough Downbeats, Nangong Yu can unleash up to 3 Charged Attacks which, when they hit enemies, increase their stun duration, as well as Nangong Yu's own Anomaly Buildup Rate and Daze!

Nangong Yu can immediately chain into her 2nd Charged Attack right after her EX Special Attack, and unleashing her EX Special Attack will not reset her Charged Attack combo count.

Unleashing Nangong Yu's Ultimate will deal massive Daze to enemies, and activate Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise, which increases the ATK of all squad members!

When any squad member stuns an enemy, inflicts Disorder, or inflicts an Attribute Anomaly, that enemy gets inflicted with Vibrato stacks.
After reaching a certain number of Vibrato stacks, Abloom will be triggered, causing significant additional DMG!

Forming a team for Nangong Yu with Anomaly agents can activate her additional ability, which increases the Anomaly Buildup Rate of all squad members against Stunned enemies!

When any other squad member apart from Nangong Yu herself stuns an enemy, it will enable her EX Special Attack to cause Polarity Disorder for a certain duration.
Inflicting Polarity Disorder on enemies will not reset their Anomaly Buildup gauge.
Attribute Anomalies and Disorder
| Nangong Yu Combo |
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| Accumulate Downbeats (Inflict Anomaly) → Charge Basic Attack (Consumes Downbeats) → Chain Attack |
Nangong Yu requires Downbeats to perform her charged attack, which inflicts significant Daze damage that stuns enemies.
When her Downbeats gauge is full, holding the Basic Attack button unleashes her charged attack, allowing her to perform a Chain Attack with her squad to burst off the enemy with Disorder and Abloom damage.
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For the full list of materials and calculations, check out the Nangong Yu Materials Guide!
| Why We Recommend It | |
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| M1 | ★★★★★ - Amazing! Nangong Yu's skills and Basic Attacks lower enemy All-Attribute RES, while her Downbeat restores to maximum, enabling easy charged attacks. |
| M2 | ★★★★★ - Amazing! Nangong Yu's Abloom damage from Vibrato stacks increases with her core skill, providing an additional multiplier for stun damage. |
| M4 | ★★★☆☆ - Good Nangong Yu gains increased Anomaly Proficiency, and her basic attacks enhance Anomaly Buildup. |
| M6 | ★★★★☆ - Great Nangong Yu's Daze inflicts increased damage and effectively triggers Abloom and Disorder damage to enemies. |
| Cinema Effect | |
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| M1 | Lazy Spotlight When EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love or Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact hits an enemy, the enemy's All-Attribute RES decreases by 18% for 40s. Repeated triggers refresh the duration. When entering the battlefield, Nangong Yu's Downbeat is restored to the maximum. In Investigation Zone Mode, this effect can trigger once every 180s. |
| M2 | Painless Tears Each stack of Vibrato's additional Abloom DMG ratio increase from Core Passive: Prodigious Idol increases by an additional 10%. The Stun DMG Multiplier provided by Additional Ability: Angel Captain increases by an additional 30%. When the active character's Chain Attack heavy attack hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Anomaly, it triggers Polarity Disorder, dealing DMG equal to 25% of the original Disorder DMG. Each enemy can only trigger this effect once during the same Stun period. |
| M3 | Chips on the Scales Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2 |
| M4 | Accomplice's Dance Step Anomaly Proficiency increases by 40. The Anomaly Buildup of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact when hitting an enemy increases by 35%. |
| M5 | Center Stage Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2 |
| M6 | An Angel's Delusion Nangong Yu's attacks deal 50% more Daze. When the enemy is not Stunned, each time any character triggers an Abloom attack, a Disorder attack, or inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on them, the enemy gains 1 stacks of Vibrato: Modified. When hit by the heavy attack of EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love or Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, they gain 1 stacks of Vibrato: Modified. When hit by the heavy attack of Ultimate: Meteor Shower, they gain 2 stacks of Vibrato: Modified. Vibrato: Modified can stack up to 4 times. When the enemy becomes Stunned, all Vibrato: Modified stacks are cleared. When Vibrato: Modified is cleared, if the enemy is under an Ether, Electric, Fire, Physical, or Ice Anomaly, Nangong Yu triggers an Abloom attack on the target, dealing an additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG equal to 800%/400%/1,000%/70%/100% of the original Attribute Anomaly DMG. Each stack of Vibrato: Modified on the enemy increases this Abloom DMG ratio by an additional 25%. Vibrato: Modified cannot stack with Vibrato. |
| Nangong Yu Banner | |
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Axiom of Captivation |
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| Version | Latest Run Duration |
| 2.7 | March 24, 2026 - April 15, 2026 |
Nangong Yu is available to get from the Limited Banner Axiom of Captivation that runs in Version 2.7 of Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) from March 24, 2026 to April 15, 2026.
| English VA | TBD |
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| Japanese VA | TBD |
| Korean VA | TBD |
| Chinese VA | 杜晴晴 |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthday | September 29 |
| Height | 156cm |

Nangong Yu is the captain and lead dancer of the Angels of Delusion. She is full of confidence and often playfully teases Sunna. Nangong is attentive to her members, always checking in on them and encouraging them to do their best and pursue what makes them happy.
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