With the release of Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.4 Update Patch and a shortened banner schedule, 4 different character rate up banners will be available during the update patch alongside their signature W-Engines, including the release of 2 brand new S Rank Agents – Dalyn and Banyue. In this guide, we will go over which banners players should roll on during Zenless Zone Zero Version Update Patch 2.4 for the most benefits in the long term.
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Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.4 First Phase Rate Up Banners – Which Banner To Roll On
The first phase banners of Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.4 update will begin on November 26th, 2025 and will last until December 17th, 2025, lasting for a total of 21 days. The 2 S Rank Agents that will have their rated up banners during this phase are the brand new S Rank Physical Stun Agent Dialyn and the returning S Rank Ice Attack Agent Hugo, alongside their respective signature W-Engines.
Dialyn
Dialyn is a brand new S Rank of the Stun class, specializing in dealing Physical damage to enemies and raising their Stun gauge. Despite being a Stun character, it is important to note that Dialyn’s skill kit functions more like a support character than a Stun character, with her skill kit allowing other teammates to use their Ultimate without consuming their Decibel gauge if they are the character next on the Chain Attack.
Dialyn’s kit revolves around dealing as much damage to enemies as possible to both raise their Stun gauge and raise her special Positive Feedback gauge. Once her Positive Feedback gauge is filled to a point, she can activate the special Get Lost status. Upon getting Get Lost, when you initiate a Chain Attack with other Agents in the team by stunning the enemy, the ally whose chain attack is activated after Dialyn will automatically activate their Ultimate without having to consume any Decibel. This coupled with Dialyn’s ability to lengthen the stun duration of enemies and boost the damage dealt by allies when she is in the same team as an attack or rupture Agent makes her one of the best universal stunner in the game.
Pull Rating: 9/10. A Very Valuable Agent To Have
With how universally powerful Dialyn’s skill kit and her unique ability to allow other agents to activate their Ultimate with no cost, getting Dialyn will help upgrade a lot of different team comps that want to take advantage of the enemies’ Stun window to deal damage. The only downside with running Dialyn is the game’s Miasma Mechanic which completely removes the enemies’ stun gauge. However, with how Dialyn can support both Attack and Rupture characters, the Miasma effect won’t pose too much of a threat when she is in the team comp.
Hugo
Hugo is a S Rank Attacker Agent specializing in dealing Ice damage to groups of enemies and loves to take advantage of Stunned enemies due to this special effect Totalized. Unlike other Attack Agents that want to deal as much attacks and damage as possible to the enemies once the enemies are inflicted with stun, Hugo’s Totalize effect simply converts the enemies’ Stun gauge into 1 single instance of Damage, completely nuking the enemies’ HP bar at extremely low cost.
Hugo’s gameplay is extremely easy to use: bring 2 Stunners in a team and inflict as much Daze as possible to the enemies to put them into their Stunned state. Once done, simply switch to Hugo to use his EX Special Attack or his Ultimate to deal Ice damage to the enemies and inflict the Totalize effect, dealing a massive instance of damage based on the Stun duration of the enemy and completely resets the enemies’ stun gauge. The longer the enemies’ stun duration, the more damage Hugo’s Totalize will do.
This playstyle allows Hugo to be a very strong unit that doesn’t take much field time as long as you bring Stunners in the team. However, there are 2 main issues with Hugo’s playstyle: the first is that since all of his damage relies on a single instance of Totalize damage to nuke the enemies, if it doesn’t crit, he will lose a lot of damage. The second is that, with the Miasma status, it is important for players to get the enemy out of the Miasma to be able to make use of the enemies’ Stun gauge, otherwise, Hugo won’t be able to trigger his Totalize effect.
Pull Rating: 8/10. A Powerful Ice DPS Character
Aside from Miyabi and despite his 2 flaws, Hugo’s damage output and playstyle is extremely powerful, making him the 2nd best Ice DPS character in the game. Therefore, if you have a lot of Stunner characters like Dialyn, Lighter, Lycaon, etc. , you can consider rolling for Hugo for his powerful damage output.
Dialyn Signature W-Engine Yesterday Calls
Effect: While off-field, the equipper’s Energy Regen increases. When the equipper deals Physical DMG with an EX Special Attack, the Daze dealt by the equipper’s attacks increases, stacking up to 3 times. At 3 stacks, the whole squad gains additional CRIT DMG for a period of time. Only one instance of this effect can exist in the same squad.
Pull Rating: 10/10 For Dialyn, 5/10 for others.
The signature W-Engine of Dialyn offers her a lot of powerful stats as well as boost her Daze and provide her with an additional buff effect for the entire party, making it extremely valuable to have on Dialyn.
For others, the unfortunate requirement of having to deal Physical Damage with an EX Special Attack in the W-Engine’s passive make it so that no other Stunners in the game can use the W-Engine’s passive aside from Dialyn, relegating this W-Engine as only a stat stick for others.
Hugo Signature W-Engine Myriad Eclipse
Effect: Increases CRIT DMG by 45%. When using an EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, or Ultimate to deal Ice DMG, the equipper gains the Absolute Zero Death Sentence effect for 3s. While Absolute Zero Death Sentence is active, the character ignores 25% of the enemy’s DEF when landing a hit.
Pull Rating: 10/10 For Hugo, 8/10 for others.
An absolutely amazing W-Engine that allows Hugo to gain massive amounts of Critical Damage while also allowing him to ignore a portion of the enemies’ defense when attacking, completely skyrocketing his damage output.
For others, this W-Engine can serve as a really good stat stick and a very good future investment that can be used on any Ice Attack Agents now and in the future due to how universally good the ignore defense effect of the W-Engine is.
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Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.4 Second Phase Rate Up Banners – Which Banner To Roll On
The 2nd phase rate up banners for Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.4 Update will start right after the first phase on the 17th of December and last until the 29th of December, 2025, lasting for a total of 12 days. The 2 characters on rate up will be the brand new S Rank Fire Rupture Agent Banyue and the returning S Rank Ice Attack Agent Ellen, alongside their signature W-Engines.
Banyue
Banyue is a brand new S Rank Agent of the Rupture Class, with the ability to deal Fire damage to enemies and accumulate Wrathful Fires while attacking by consuming his own HP stat.
Banyue’ skill kit is very simple, yet it makes him one of the game’s Agents that requires the highest skill ceiling from the players. Banyue’s main gimmick relies on him consuming his own HP to accumulate a set amount of Wrathful Fires. While having Wrathful Fires, Banyue’s basic attacks and Special Attacks are enhanced, and using his Special Attack during his Basic Attack chains will allow you to trigger special combo moves.
Banyue’s main gameplay is just constantly attacking the enemies while triggering as much combo effect as possible while he consumes Wrathful Fires to enhance his own damage output.
Pull Rating: 7/10. A Good Fire DPS Character
Banyue is a very strong Fire DPS character, with his damage output being one of the highest in the game on paper. That being said, his gameplay requires a lot of skill and investment in order to make him deal as high damage as possible. Therefore, if you are lacking a good Fire DPS option and are confident that you can play him well, then getting Banyue is a good idea.
Ellen
Ellen is a S Rank Ice Attack Agent that specializes in dealing Ice Elemental Damage to enemies with her Dodge Attacks. She is also one of the game’s oldest characters and one of the characters in the game that got a buff to her kit.
Ellen’s gameplay is relatively simple: Dodge the enemies’ attacks then counterattack with a dodge attack to accumulate her special Stacks. When Ellen has her Special Stacks, she can infuse all of her attacks with Ice Elemental Damage. To play her effectively, players will need to time her dodge and manage her stacks effectively to allow her to deal Ice Elemental damage with her attacks for as long as possible.
Pull Rating: 7/10. A Good Ice DPS Character
Ellen is a decent Ice Attack unit that serves as the Ice team’s main Damage carry character when she is on field. However, when competing with other Ice Main DPS options like Miyabi and Hugo, Ellen falls short in terms of overall damage output despite having been buffed to make her kit easier to use. If players don’t have a good Ice DPS character, you can consider rolling for her, otherwise, she is less worth to pull for than Hugo or Miyabi.
Banyue’s Signature W-Engine Wrathful Vajra
Effect: CRIT Rate increases by 20%. When the equipper launches an EX Special Attack or Assist Follow-Up, their Fire Sheer DMG increases by 9%, stacking up to 2 times and lasting 20s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.
Pull Rating: 10/10 for Banyue. 5/10 for others.
Banyue’s signature W-Engine which helps to boost his critical damage output while maximizing his damage output by boosting his Fire Sheer Damage.
For others, only Manato can make use of this W-Engine well aside from Banyue. For other Rupture characters, this W-Engine only serves as a stat-stick.
Ellen’s Signature W-Engine Deep Sea Visitor
Effect: Increases Ice DMG by 25%. Upon hitting an enemy with a Basic Attack, the equipper’s CRIT Rate increases by 10% for 8s. When dealing Ice DMG with a Dash Attack, the equipper’s CRIT Rate increases by an additional 10% for 15s. The duration of each effect is calculated separately.
Pull Rating: 9/10 for Ellen. 7/10 for others.
A strong W-Engine for Ellen that supplements her critical stats massively, allowing players to invest more into Ellen’s Critical Damage since the W-Engine provides so much Critical Rate.
For others, this W-Engine is a similar case to Hugo’s W-Engine where it can be a very strong universal W-Engine for Ice Attack Agents in general. For other agents of other elements, its effects are essentially useless and can only serve as a stat stick.
Conclusion
And with that, we have gone over what we think are the best banners players should focus on during Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.4 Update Patch. Don’t miss out the chance to obtain these amazing characters and their W-Engines by topping up in advance in Zenless Zone Zero with the help of Enjoygm today!
