The wanted Stellaron Hunter and the collaboration character for the Honkai Star Rail x Zenless Zone Zero Collaboration Event, Kafka makes her debut in Zenless Zone Zero 3.4 Update Patch. In this guide, we will go over how players can best build Kafka to maximize her damage output in Zenless Zone Zero!
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Kafka Skill Kit & Playstyle Analysis
General Introduction
Kafka is an S Rank Agent of the Electric Element and Anomaly Specialty. She specializes in triggering Disorder on the enemies in order to enable the team to deal powerful damage to the enemies.
Skill Analysis & Leveling Priority
| Basic Attack: Basic Attack Press to activate: Unleashes up to four attacks forward, dealing Electric DMG. When the final hit of the 4th attack strikes an enemy suffering from an Attribute Anomaly, triggers [Electric Arc] once, dealing DMG equal to 3% of the original [Disorder] effect, plus additional DMG equal to 340% of Kafka’s Anomaly Proficiency. [Electric Arc] bounces to nearby enemies up to 3 times, with each bounce dealing 50% less DMG than the previous one. Character is invulnerable while performing the 4th attack. Basic Attack: Hold With at least 80 Personal Resources, hold to consume 80 Personal Resources] and activate:Unleash an attack on enemies in front, dealing massive Electric DMG.When the skill’s final hit strikes an enemy suffering from Electric Attribute Anomaly, it does not trigger an Attribute Anomaly, but instead refreshes the duration of the target’s Electric Attribute Anomaly. When the skill’s final hit strikes an enemy suffering from an Attribute Anomaly, it triggers a special [Disorder] effect, [Polarity Disorder), dealing DMG equal to 90% of the original [Disorder] effect. [ Polarity Disorder] does not remove the target’s Attribute Anomaly. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Leveling Priority: Highest |
| Reason: A big portion of Kafka’s damage output comes from her hold Basic Attacks, so players should prioritize leveling this up to optimize her damage output. |
| Special Attack: Upward Slash Press to activate: Slashes enemies in front, dealing Electric DMG. Special Attack: Enter Domain With enough Energy, press to activate: Unleashes a forward slash, dealing Electric DMG;Enters [Kafka’s Domain] and activates Vital View. While in [Kafka’s Domain], [EX Special Attack: Slash] or [EX Special Attack: Shot] can be activated consecutively; While in [Kafka’s Domain ], press or wait for a period of time to exit [Kafka’s Domain]. If [Kafka’s Domain] is exited this way and no EX Special Attack was activated during this round, 20 Energy is consumed; Character is invulnerable while using this skill. EX Special Attack: Shot While in [Kafka’s Domain 1], press to activate: Consume Energy and fire shots at surrounding enemies, dealing Electric DMG. Each [Kafka’s Domain I allows up to 3 consecutive rounds of [EX Special Attack: Slash] or [EX Special Attack: Shot]. Hold to trigger the final round of [EX Special Attack: Shot] early. When this skill hits an enemy not affected by an Electric Attribute Anomaly, Anomaly Buildup Rate Increases by 50%. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Leveling Priority: High |
| Reason: A big portion of Kafka’s damage output comes from her EX Special Attack, so players should prioritize leveling this up to optimize her damage output. |
| Chain Attack: QTE When a [Chain Attack] is triggered, select the character to activate: Unleashes consecutive attacks forward, dealing massive Electric DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. Ultimate: Ultimate When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate: Unleash a rapid flurry of slashes, dealing massive Electric DMG; Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Leveling Priority: Low |
| Reason: The damage output of this is minimal, so players should only level this up if you have extra resources. |
| Core Passive: Kafka’s Anomaly Proficiency increases by 120. When using an EX Special Attack, she recovers 10 [Personal Resources].When an enemy under an Attribute Anomaly attacks, it triggers 1 [Electric Arc), dealing DMG equal to 3% of the original [Disorder] effect’s DMG, plus additional DMG equal to 500% of Kafka’s Anomaly Proficiency. [Electric Arc) bounces to nearby enemies up to 3 times, with each bounce dealing 50% less DMG than the previous one. Can trigger on each enemy once every 10s. Upon triggering, Kafka recovers 3 [Personal Resources). This effect can trigger once every 10s. All DMG dealt by Kafka’s [Electric Arc] is considered [Disorder] DMG. Disorder DMG dealt by the whole squad is increased by 35%. Additional Ability: Additional Ability Triggers when another character in your squad is an [Assist] Character or [Anomaly] Character: When Kafka applies [Shock] to an enemy, its duration is extended by 3s. Upon entering combat or when other squad members apply an Attribute Anomaly to an enemy, if Kafka’s initial Energy Regen exceeds 120%, every 12% of Energy Regen above that threshold increases her Anomaly Mastery by 7, up to a maximum increase of 140, lasting 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. |
| Unlock Priority: Highest |
| Reason: Kafka’s main gimmick that players should level up as high as possible to max out her Disorder and Attribute Anomaly damage output. |
Playstyle Guide & Rotation
Kafka serves essentially as a Disorder trigger and enabler character, capable of inflicting enemies with her unique debuff and triggering it automatically upon using her Hold Basic Attack to deal bouncing electric damage to enemies, resetting Electric Disorder on them and triggering Disorder effects.
Kafka’s main strong point lies in her ability to trigger her special domain effect upon having enough Special Energy. When in her Domain, Kafka can constantly uses her EX Special Attacks to deal damage to enemies and quickly raise their Electric Anomaly Gauge, triggering the Electric Anomaly effects on the enemies and inflict a special debuff onto them that deal bouncing Disorder damage to multiple enemies when Disorder is triggered, this effect also help to accumulate her personal resources.
Upon being able to inflict Electric Anomaly effect onto the enemies, Kafka can then use her Hold Basic Attack when she has enough resources to reset the duration of electric anomaly on the enemy and forcefully trigger the Disorder effect, dealing powerful damage to enemies.
Kafka Best In Slot W-Engines
As an Anomaly Agent who specializes in enabling Disorder and quickly triggering Attribute Anomaly effects on the enemies, Kafka wants W-Engines that can best grants her additional Anomaly Proficiency and damage boosting effects.
Kafka Best W-Engines Choices
Some of Kafka’s Best W-Engine Choices are:
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| Kafka Signature W-Engine | Timeweaver | Tusks of Fury |
| Limited 5* W-Engine | Limited 5* W-Engine | Limited 5* W-Engine |
| Main Stat: 713 Attack | |
| Sub Stat: To Be Updated | |
| Kafka Signature W-Engine | W-Engine Rating: Best W-Engine |
| Effect: To Be Updated | |
| Explanation: Kafka’s signature W-Engine and her best in slot W-Engine. | |
| Main Stat: 713 Attack |
| Sub Stat: 30% Attack | |
| Timeweaver | W-Engine Rating: Best Alternative |
| Effect: The equipper’s Electric Anomaly Buildup Rate increases by 30%. When Special Attacks or EX Special Attacks hit enemies suffering an Attribute Anomaly, the equipper’s Anomaly Proficiency increases by 75 for 15s.When the equipper’s Anomaly Proficiency is greater than or equal to 375, Disorder DMG inflicted by the equipper increases by 25%. | |
| Explanation: Kafka’s best alternative W-Engine that grants her additional Electric Anomaly Build Up Rate and allows her to boost the Disorder damage she deals to enemies. | |
| Main Stat: 594 Attack |
| Sub Stat: 75 Anomaly Proficiency | |
| Electro-Lip Gloss | W-Engine Rating: Good Alternative |
| Effect: When there are enemies inflicted with Attribute Anomaly on the field, the equipper’s ATK increases by 10% and they deal an additional 15% more DMG to the target. | |
| Explanation: Kafka’s best 4* W-Engine Alternative that grants her additional Anomaly Proficiency and increases her damage output. | |
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Kafka Best Drive Discs Builds & Stats
Kafka Best Drive Discs Set
The best drive disc sets for Kafka are the Freedom Blues 4pcs set, which grants her additional Anomaly Proficiency and allows her to reduce the enemies’ Anomaly Resistances and the 2 pcs Chaos Jazz, which grants her additional Anomaly Proficiency.
 | Freedom Blues |
| 2-pc: Anomaly Proficiency +30 | |
| 4-pc: When an EX Special Attack hits an enemy, reduce the target’s Anomaly Buildup RES to the equipper’s Attribute by 20% for 8s. This effect does not stack with others of the same attribute. | |
 | Chaos Jazz |
| 2-pc: Anomaly Proficiency +30 | |
| 4-pc: Fire DMG and Electric DMG increases by 15%. While off-field, EX Special Attack and Assist Attack DMG increases by 20%. When switching on-field, this buff continues for 5s, and this continuation effect can trigger once every 7.5s. | |
Kafka Best Main Stats & Sub Stats
As an Anomaly character, Kafka wants as many Anomaly stats as possible to optimize her damage output.
Her preferred stats are as followed:
| Drive Disc | Main Stats |
| #4 | Anomaly Proficiency |
| #5 | Electric Damage% |
| #6 | Anomaly Mastery |
| Priority | Sub Stats |
| 1st | Anomaly Proficiency |
| 2nd | Anomaly Mastery |
| 3rd | Attack |
Important Stat Threshold:
– Players should aim to have Kafka at as high Anomaly Mastery and Anomaly Proficiency as possible to optimize her Anomaly Damage and allow her to trigger Attribute Anomaly as frequently as possible.
Kafka Best Teams
As a Disorder enabling Anomaly Specialty character, Kafka goes well in teams that relies on Disorder effects triggering in order to deal as much damage as possible to enemies.
Miyabi Triple Anomaly Team
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| Miyabi | Kafka | Vivian |
| Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS |
| Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
Main DPS: Miyabi’s is this team’s main DPS character, capable of gaining amazing benefits whenever Disorder is triggered on the enemies, allowing her to deal powerful damage to the enemies. Other Disorder reliant Anomaly Main DPS characters can also fill this spot like Aria or Promeia.
Sub DPS: Kafka serves as the team’s Disorder Enabler and Sub DPS character, capable of constantly triggering Disorder on the enemies to deal damage to them and allow other Anomaly characters to trigger their additional effects.
Sub DPS: Vivian is the team’s last member, capable of providing off-field Attribute Anomaly effects and help trigger Abloom whenever Disorder is triggered, helping the entire team to deal more damage to enemies overall.
Conclusion
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