Ukinami Yuzuha is a new S-rank support in Zenless Zone Zero and a representative of the mysterious Nightmare Hut faction. According to tier lists, she is one of the best support characters for abnormal packs, she is easy to build and can significantly increase your team’s damage even without a large investment.
About the character
Yuzuha is a cheerful and fearless girl who is accompanied by her faithful companion, a tanuki named Kama. Her friends know her as a master of good-natured pranks, and her wit and cheerful disposition always lift everyone’s spirits.
Source: CQ.ru screenshot / Yuzuha trailer
How to get Yuzuha
Yuzuha is available in the “Tales from the Cabin” banner version 2.1. It will last until the end of the patch: from July 16 to August 6, 2025. So save up polychromes and be patient – there is still time to get Yuzuha. And if you missed the patch – no problem, there will definitely be a rerun.
Source: CQ.ru / Yuzuha’s banner
Pumping materials
Character Rise
Improving skills and abilities
Skills
Basic attacks
Makings
Yuzuha’s Main Passive: Miraculous Confusion
At the very beginning of the battle, Yuzuha has 3 Sweetness points, and she can accumulate 6 points in total. When she hits an enemy with a special attack or ultimate, she gives her allies a boost proportional to her attack power. The maximum you can get is 1200 attack and 15% damage bonus. For maximum bonuses to allied damage, Yuzuha needs to have at least 3000 attack power.
Source: CQ.ru / Presentation of the hero in the game
Extra ability: The more the merrier
For this passive to work, you need to have an Anomaly character or an ally from the same faction as Yuzuha in your squad. When her Anomaly Control exceeds 100 units, for each subsequent unit she will pour 0.2% of the Anomaly accumulation speed, Anomaly damage and Chaos into the team. The maximum buff you can achieve is 20%, but this is only possible with Yuzuha’s signature weapon.
Source: CQ.ru / Presentation of the hero in the game
Priority of pumping
We upgrade skills in the following sequence:
Traits > Basic Attack > Special Attack > Ultimate > Assist > Evasion
First of all, we pump up the inclinations – the main buff falls on them. Then we give preference to the basic attack and special attack, they help to gain charges for the passive, the special attack also causes the effect “Blessing of the Tanuki”, which buffs the attack power of the entire team.
Source: CQ.ru screenshot / Yuzuha trailer
The Ultimate applies the “Trick or Treat” effect and additionally restores energy to the heroes. Upgrade Assist and Evasion as needed.
Playing as Yuzuha: Rotation
The basic gameplay scheme for Yuzuha looks like this:
- We start the game by pressing a special attack with accumulated energy. Yuzuha imposes the status “Tricky Tricky” with periodic damage to the enemy and gives an attack buff to allies.
- We switch to the main carry and deal damage, coloring the periodic damage from Yuzuha’s skill into the active character’s attribute.
- While the Sweetness stacks are still available, refresh the skill and switch to your main damage dealer.
- When the points run out, restore the stacks by holding down a basic attack or parrying an enemy strike. Use a skill or ultimate and repeat the rotation again.
Mental picture
Source: CQ.ru / Screenshot from the game
Yuzuha doesn’t rely heavily on Eidos, but they do boost both her damage and the buffs from her passives significantly. M1 and M2 are worth considering as a worthwhile investment.
Amplifier options
Drive disk
Unfortunately, the game has a poor selection of disc sets for supports. There was no signature set for Yuzuha, so we use the standard combination of 4 parts of “Astral Voice” + 2 parts of “Ballad of Phaeton”.
Ballad increases anomaly control by 8%, and Voice increases Yuzuha’s required attack power by 10%, while increasing allies’ damage by 8% when performing quick assists with squad members.
Source: CQ.ru / Drive discs for Yuzuhu
The second possible variant of the set is “Swing Jazz” . This set can also be used in combination with “Astral Voice” and “Ballad of Phaeton” .
Source: CQ.ru / Drive discs for Yuzuhu
2 pieces of Swing Jazz increase energy recovery by 20%. 4 pieces increase the damage of the entire pack by 15% after activating a chain of attacks or an ultimate. You can collect 4 pieces of this set + 2 pieces of Astral Voice / Ballad. However, the Astral Voice set shows itself to be more stable, plus it is easier to implement.
Recommended specifications
In terms of stat balance, Yuzuha is not difficult to collect. Priority is attack power, in the sixth slot we choose anomaly control. The optimal values for the character will be as follows:
- Attack power: not less than 3000 units;
- Health: from 9000 units;
- Anomaly control: from 200 units;
- Knowledge of anomaly: we get 190+ units in sub. stats.
Teams
Yuzuha is a versatile character and can fit into almost any team, as she provides the attack power and damage bonus everyone needs. However, Yuzuha shows herself best in teams that play from anomalies, for such teams she is a key support. Let’s look at some of the packs:
It is best to put Yuzuha in a pack with two anomalists of different attributes: in this case, we get the activation of Chaos. At the same time, our prankster will accelerate damage and increase the speed of accumulation of anomalies. As a result, we get a charged pack with interesting gameplay.
Banbu
When choosing a Banbu, we start from the composition of the team, attributes and specialties of the squad members. The following are good candidates for a robot assistant in Yuzuha’s team:
Mrs. Esme
Banbu will fit into the team with Alice, announced in this patch . This Banbu is aimed at supporting the squad. Lady Esme is able to heal and restore energy to the active hero.
Source: CQ.ru / Banbu Mistress Esme
Struggle
This Banbu will fit perfectly into a team with Bernice and Piper. The little helper is good at dealing fire damage in an area.
Source: CQ.ru / Banbu Wrestling
Robin
Plays well in teams with Vivian. In battle, it shoots a random combination of cards and, depending on the suit, deals physical or ethereal damage.
Source: CQ.ru / Banbu Robin
Yuzuha is a versatile support character and a must-have hero in anomaly squads. Her unique abilities and playstyle make her a great choice for both new and experienced players. If you are lucky enough to get Yuzuha in the current banner, be sure to level her up and test her in battle!