Astra Yao in ZZZ (Zenless Zone Zero): Squad and Build Guide

Astra Guide in Zenless Zone Zero is designed to fully realize the buffer potential of the legendary class representative. In the team, Yao occupies the position and rarely enters the arena, because her key skills work outside the field. After entering the unique state of "Perfect Candescence", the singer imposes positive effects on allies that increase their damage, attack power, and critical damage characteristics.

When building, special attention is paid to the attack power swing, which affects the size of the buff for squad . Based on the fact that "Perfect Candence" requires energy expenditure for an enhanced special skill, the girl prefers to develop the parameter through ives of equipment elements. When selecting equipment, sets with third-party buffs for the team come first.

Astra Yao is a flirtatious and dreamy girl with outstanding vocal skills and a striking appearance. Signs and posters with portraits of the singer can be found all over New Erid, and tickets to her concerts are sold out in a split second. The heroine is convinced that every generation needs its own star that brings hope, so she adheres to a light and melodic style in her music. As a playable character, she has an ethereal attribute and specializes in ing allies through singing.

Rating	S+ position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
when added to the game	January 22, 2025 (patch 1.5)
How to get a character	Event banner "Dedicated channel"
Specialty [class]
Attribute [element]	Ether
Impact type	Crushing
Role in the squad	, secondary DPS character
Fraction	Constellation Lyra
Growth	176 см
Voice actresses	Chinese Voice Actress - Xiao N Japanese Voice Actress - Endo Aya

How to Get Astra in Zenless Zone Zero

Astra Yao can be knocked out in the Myriad Melodies event banner in the first phase of update 1.5. In parallel with the girl, there is a temporary Signal Search with her signature amplifier Stylish Thing. Banner dates: from January 22 to February 12, 2025.

To stay up to date with Astra's rerun in ZZZ and the release of other limited characters, follow the article with banner schedule.

Features

Leveling up Astra is necessary to increase her basic characteristics: attack power, health and defense. The table below shows the values ​​at each stage of the legendary heroine's ascension:

Level of	Health	ATK	DEF
1	692	103	48
10	2012	193	139
20	3426	290	238
30	4841	411	337
40	6255	508	436
50	7669	630	535
60	8609	715	600

As the inclinations develop, the basic value of attack power and Yao's key characteristic increases - energy recoveryUnlocking ive skill levels will increase this parameter. from 1,2% to 1,56%.

Astra Yao's Basic Skills

As a combat unit, Astra Yao is a flexible and undemanding with a variety of buffs. In combat, the singer is most often in a state of "Perfect Candence", spreading increases to critical damage, total damage dealt, and attack power to allies. While squad are actively fighting enemies, the heroine is present in the arena and deals additional damage and calls for quick help by singing.

The gameplay for the girl is simple, because she is "inactive" for most of the battle. In the singing state, Astra's abilities are realized due to the actions of her allies: using certain skills allows you to launch a quick help and perform a "Tremolo" attack with energy expenditure. It is due to the peculiarity of using skills "from the pocket" that the singer provides two other allies with all the time on the field and is an ideal . Next, we will take a closer look at how Astra's skills work in order to create an optimal rotation for different squads.

The order of leveling skills

EX Skill = Prowess > Super Ability >> Basic Attack = Assist = Evasion

As a hero, Astra needs to prioritize skills that provide buffs to allies:

• the amount of the buff to critical damage and total damage dealt increases through enhanced special skill, and the attack power boost for allies is contained in inclinations;
• superpower, although it does not contain any team buffs, restores health and deals massive damage.

Astra's skills such as basic attack, assistance and evasion can be pumped up at will - they deal minor damage, are rarely used and do not affect the spread buffs.

How to play Astra: Rotation

In ZZZ, Astra acts as a "pocket" , being in a state "Perfect Candence". You can switch to the stance using a skill, chain of attacks, or ult, after which a quick assist is immediately launched to change to the next fighter. With enough energy, Yao calls a quick assist once every three seconds if the active character deals damage to an enemy, or once per second when hit. heavy reception — this type usually includes the last attack in a chain of basic attacks, a skill and an enhanced skill, a dash attack, and so on.

Thus, Astra Yao's gameplay is based on maintaining a strengthened special attack with sufficient energy. More nuances arise when thinking through the team rotation, taking into the singer's skills and her energy reserve. The frequency of character changes will depend on the playstyle of the main damage dealer: in the Abnormal build, heroes change often, while the Attack characters prefer to enter the field after stunning enemies with an agent of Intimidation. Each change consumes 25 units of the singer's energy, which is displayed under the character's portrait as sparkling stars - with a maximum energy reserve of 120 units, quick help can only be launched 4 times.

Taking all factors into , the overall rotation for Astra and her squad looks like this:

1. Immediately after the battle begins, use the skill to enter Perfect Candence and buff all allies for 20 seconds.
2. Perform a full rotation for the character that entered the field: stun an enemy as an Agent of Intimidation or use all the moves of an Anomaly character.
3. Swap to the next agent via quick assist when the first fighter completes his rotation. For example, when his energy runs out, internal buffs expire, or a chain of attacks starts, which begins the main-DD Assault offensive.
4.  Plan your character change speed in advance, don't get distracted by the quick help indicator, and keep an eye on the current number of "Chords" under the character's portrait.

While the singer is in Perfect Candence, she does not participate in defense and evasion assistance. Therefore, switching back to Astra in the middle of the rotation, for example, to use the super ability, can only be done manually, by moving away from enemies or using all her energy. Also, to exit the stance, you need to hold down the basic attack or dash button.

The best eidoses of Astra

The mental picture of Astra contains the following ive enhancements:

M1: Equal temperament	When Yao hits an enemy with an attack, she reduces their resistance to all attribute types by 6%, the effect stacks up to 3 times and lasts for 30 seconds. Repeated launches refresh the duration. When the singer enters the field, she immediately gains 1000 decibel points. After activating the super, all squad gain 1 charge of the "Song of Charm" effect for 60 seconds, which grants invulnerability for 1 second after receiving an enemy attack.
M2: The Greed of the Artist	The attack power increase effect described in the main ive skill "Andante Rhythm" is increased by an additional 19%, and the maximum limit is increased by 400. While Astra is in "Perfect Candence", when allies enter the field after a Quick Assist, Chain Attack, Evasion Assist, or Defense Assist, Astra will trigger one "Tremolo" and three "Tonal Clusters". Triggers once every 3 seconds.
M3: The scribbled musical staff	The level of basic attack, evasion, assistance, special attack, attack chain is +2.
M4: "I'm looking at the back of your head"	For 15 seconds after an attack chain or ultimate, Astra can call Quick Assist even if she has insufficient energy. When an attack hits an enemy, the Quick Assist launch interval is reduced by 1 second. While the singer is in Perfect Candence, if allies enter the field via Quick Assist, they receive an additional buff every 3 seconds depending on their specialty: Anomaly: The next quick help accumulates 50% more anomaly; Offense: The next heavy attack will deal additional damage equal to 300% of Astra's attack power; Intimidation: Your next Quick Aid generates 50% more Stun.
M5: Proxy and string	The level of basic attack, evasion, assistance, special attack, attack chain is +2.
M6: The whole world is us	While Perfect Candence is active, the damage multiplier of Tremolo and Tonal Cluster is increased by 200% of the original, and their crit chance is increased by 80%. When Precise is counted, Astra automatically performs a third charged basic attack, Capriccio, with an 80% increased crit chance. The effect occurs once every 10 seconds.

The best consts of Astra Yao are - first, second и fourth:

• M1 valuable due to the universal buff on resistance penetration by any type of attributes, which in battle conditions increases the DPS of the entire squad quite well. In addition, the ability to avoid one enemy attack appears and at the beginning of the battle to quickly accumulate the singer's ultimate.
• M2 increases the maximum buff volume and at the same time reduces the requirements for pumping up the attack power of Astra herself, allowing you to focus on other characteristics.
• M4 completes the circle of buffs with unique effects for representatives of different classes, and also gives the opportunity to call one quick help in conditions of low energy.

F2P players who are hoping to spin Astra with optimal constellations are advised to stop at first or second const.

Advantages and disadvantages of Astra

Having dealt with the basics of gameplay, description of skills and eidoses, we can draw the following conclusions about the "pros and cons" of Mrs. Yao:

Advantages	Disadvantages
Versatile and flexible with long-lasting buffs. The attack power boost lasts for 20 to 30 seconds and is refreshed with each Quick Aid, and the damage and crit bonuses last as long as she sings.	Forces use in combat exclusively two other agents. The style will not suit every character or player, and if you want to change back to the singer, there may be difficulties due to the built-in mechanics.
There is healing present, which is significant for endgame modes. This applies not only to the classic Shiyu Defense content, but also to the constantly updated and supplemented Endless Tower mode.	The frequency of using Quick Aid is seriously limited by the rate of energy accumulation and its reserve, so it is impossible to "spam" the skill. You need to think through the change of heroes and the general rotation in advance, taking into the duration of the attack power buff.
Quick help at any time and chain attack without stunning the enemy. Provides the squad with an effective field entry under buffs and with invulnerability. After the ult, the next two quick assists are guaranteed to be replaced with a "chain attack" type skill.
Strong starting skill set, does not need a sign or const. The singer feels great with legendary equipment from the standard banner or an epic weapon, and constellations are not strictly mandatory, although they provide good boosts.
Buffs apply to the entire team, not only on the active character.

Astra upgrade

Resources for Astra Yao correspond to her class and element and for full pumping to the maximum level will be required in the following quantities:

Best Astra Builds in Zenless Zone Zero

The famous singer plays a role in battle and is always present on the field in a state of invulnerability, while the rest of the squad actively fight under all her buffs. Buffs such as increased critical damage and total damage do not depend on the value of the heroine's personal characteristics - they are fixed and depend only on the skill level. But the amount of attack power increase through the "In the Rhythm of Andante" deposit scales from the attack power of Astra herself. Additionally, it is worth considering the singer's dependence on energy, which is spent when using quick help.

Thus, to extract maximum benefit from the ing mechanics, the Astra assembly is based on pumping up the following characteristics:

• Attack Power needed in huge quantities for full buff;
• energy recovery will allow you to quickly accumulate resources for launching quick help.

During the battle, the girl carries out ethereal attacks "from the pocket", so after pumping up the priority characteristics, it makes sense to invest in damage through the parameters Crete. damage and crit. chance or knowledge anomalies. But health and protection in drive disks should be avoided - the singer rarely fights as an active agent and will not benefit from increased survivability. In the following points, we will present a rating of the best amplifiers and drive disk sets, as well as the final values ​​​​of all parameters for completing complex combat content in order to figure out how to assemble Astra in ZZZ.

Best amplifier [weapon]

Signature amplifier Astra "Stylish little thing" is the best for her because it helps with the development of the key stat attack power, provides the team with additional buffs, and helps with the energy recovery for the built-in mechanic of changing agents. In its absence, the amplifiers of the class come first with energy restoration and team buffs.

Best Drive Discs [artifacts]

The best artifacts for Astra are drive discs with buffs for the squad, containing an increase in attack power or energy recovery rate.

Recommended characteristic values

The table below shows the main stats to look for in drive slots:

Position	Parameter
1	Health (permanent)
2	Attack Power (Permanent)
3	Protection (permanent)
4	ATK
5	ATK
6	Energy Recovery / Attack Power

The final value of each parameter that must be strived for for the full realization of the heroine in the position of a ing agent:

• Attack Power: 3400 and above - for full attack power buff through main ive skill, 2900 - if M2 is open;
• health: 10 units and higher;
• Crete. chance and damage: in a ratio of 1 to 2, where for every 100% critical damage there is at least a 50% chance (optional);
• knowledge of anomaly: from 200 points (optional).

Best Banbu

An excellent choice as a banbu for Astra would be Nutcracker — faction S-rank banbu with team boost and additional ether damage. Even in the absence of a second agent from the Lyra Constellation faction, the baby is able to provide for the main DD due to the damage bonus. As an alternative, it is worth considering robot hares aimed at ing teams with one element, for example, Evelyn With Inferno Metal Drive Discs, a banbu with fire-type damage would be more suitable.

Detachments for Astra in ZZZ

Astra in Zenles Zone Zero is a character whose skills work "out of pocket". After entering the state of "Perfect Candence", the girl remains on the field to inspire allies with singing and thereby launch quick help, spread buffs and inflict additional damage. The singer does all this while being an "inactive" agent in a state of invulnerability, so all the time in the arena is given to two other fighters.

To activate the additional ive skill, Astra must be teamed with agents with the specialization Anomaly or Attack, which are usually the core of the team. Accordingly, the singer is perfect for the role of a buffer in any group with a classic or abnormal main-dd without exception.

Best characters

The following fighters are suitable for the team with the singer:

Best Teams with Astra Yao

The table below shows the best units for Astra Yao, taking into her unique mechanics and the needs of the main DDs:

Is it worth knocking out Astra in ZZZ

Astra Yao is an extremely flexible character with a lot of useful mechanics, from various buffs to healing. The heroine gives the entire team an increase in attack power, critical damage and a bonus to damage throughout the battle, while almost never entering the field as an active character. In addition to everything, the singer allows squad to effectively replace each other through quick help, and after the ultimate, it gives the opportunity to perform two chains of attacks outside the "stun window".

Answering the question of whether it is worth knocking out Astra Yao, it should be separately noted that the legendary buffer not only fits well into existing builds, but is also a promising for future damage dealers of the Assault or Anomaly. In addition to everything, it is relatively easy for the heroine to pick up equipment, including to replace the signature weapon, and the constellations do not significantly change the gameplay and are not strictly mandatory.

Astra Trailers

Astra's music video "Dreams of Paradise":

Character Demonstration "Reed's Feast":

Astra Yao's "A Night Full of Stars" Teaser:

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