Burnice ZZZ – Guide, Skills, Builds, Teams & More

Burnice ZZZ Overview

Welcome to our Zenless Zone Zero Burnice guide. We’ll cover everything you need to know about her skills, builds, teams, and more.

Burnice		Sons of Calydon
S Rank	Fire		Anomaly

Hoyoverse’s recent Version 1.2 Special Program has given us insight into Burnice’s kit. While we don’t have the full details, this insight gives us a lot to work with for building teams and seeing how she fits into the meta.

Overall, Burnice provides offensive utility in the form of off-field damage. This type of role is quite rare so far in ZZZ. Some Agents like Rina and Lucy have a little bit of off-field damage, but Burnice looks to exceed in this role.

As an Anomaly Agent, Burnice also will apply Burn very well, making her a great pairing for other Anomaly Agents.

ZZZ Burnice Release Date

Burnice’s banner will be on the second half of Version 1.2, which will run from October 9th, 2024 to October 30th, 2024.

She will be featured alongside Lucy and Nicole.

ZZZ Burnice Skills

While we don’t have the full details of Burnice’s kit yet, we were able to get some details. Here’s a quick breakdown of her kit.

Core Passive: Nitro-Fuel Cocktail

Like many Agents, Burnice will gain a special resource bar. This bar then lets her enter the “Nitro-Fuel Cocktail” state. This state allows Burnice to “Scorch” enemies she hits with certain moves (likely EX Special).

From here, whenever squadmates attack Scorched enemies, this will trigger Afterburn, which deals an extra instance of Fire DMG.

This Core Passive is the most important part of Burnice’s kit. With this, Burnice can deal solid damage and apply Anomaly while staying largely off-field, giving more field-time for your other Agents.

Burnice ZZZ Mindscape Cinema

Check back later for more information on Burnice’s Mindscape Cinema. We’ll be sure to update as soon as we learn the official details.

Burnice ZZZ Build Guide Overview

While we don’t have the specifics of Burnice’s kit, it’s very likely that you can build her similarly to other Anomaly characters like Grace, Piper, or Jane.

As usual, Burnice’s Signature W-Engine will likely be her best in slot, but free options like Weeping Gemini and Rainforest Gourmet are solid options as well.

Lastly, Version 1.2 is releasing new Drive Disc sets, and one of them synergizes perfectly with Burnice’s kit.

W-Engine

1. Flamemaker Shaker (Signature)
2. Weeping Gemini/Rainforest Gourmet

Drive Disc

• Chaos Jazz (4)
  Freedom Blues (2) / Swing Jazz (2) / Inferno Metal (2)

Drive Disc Stats

Main Stats

• 4: Anomaly Proficiency
• 5: Fire DMG%
• 6: Anomaly Mastery

Substats

1. Anomaly Proficiency
2. ATK%
3. ATK/PEN
4. Crit Rate/Crit DMG

ZZZ Burnice Best W-Engines

Flamemaker Shaker

Weeping Gemini R5

Whenever a squad member inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, the equipper gains a buff that increases Anomaly Proficiency by 46, stacking up to 4 times. This effect expires when the target recovers from Stun or is defeated. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Rainforest Gourmet R5

For every 10 Energy consumed, the equipper gains a buff that increases ATK by 4% for 10s, stacking up to 10 times. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

As usual, Flamemaker Shaker will be a new signature W-Engine for Burnice. Since we don’t know the details of the Engine yet, we don’t know is how big of an upgrade her signature will be over F2P options like Weeping Gemini and Rainforest Gourmet.

Weeping and Rainforest are craftable with weekly boss drops and can be upgraded to max (R5).

Both provide very powerful passive effects, with Weeping Gemini slightly favored for Disorder teams, while Rainforest Gourmet will be good on Mono Fire teams.

ZZZ Burnice Drive Disc

Chaos Jazz

• 2-Pc: Anomaly Proficiency +30
• 4-Pc: Fire DMG and Electric DMG are increased by 15%. When off-field, the damage caused by EX Special Attacks and Assist Attacks is increased by 20%. When the character switches back onto the field, this buff continues for 5s. The lasting effect can be triggered once every 7.5s.

Chaos Jazz is a new set releasing in Version 1.2, and the effect fits perfectly with Burnice’s kit. The 2-pc gives 30 AP just like Freedom Blues, and the 4-pc grants a lot of bonus DMG stats.

Firstly, the 15% Fire DMG is unconditional and a solid source of damage. The set also buffs EX Special Attack and Assist Attack damage by 20% while off field. Since Burnice will be doing damage off-field, this buff is perfect.

Even when you switch onto Burnice, the buff will linger for 5 seconds, giving you enough time to use her skills and rotate back out.

Assuming these two sources of damage are additive, they provide a nice 35% damage buff. It won’t be a “true” 35% damage buff, since your Burnice will likely already have other sources of increased DMG, but it’s still a sizable damage increase.

ZZZ Burnice Drive Disc Stats

When it comes to Main Stats and Substats, these are largely the same as any other Anomaly character. Anomaly Mastery and Proficiency are important Main Stats, and the matching Fire DMG is your best piece for Partition V.

For Substats, Proficiency, ATK%, ATK, and PEN are all stats that increase Anomaly damage. Crit isn’t important for Anomaly characters, but it’s still an offensive stat compared to HP/DEF.

Main Stats

• 4: Anomaly Proficiency
• 5: Fire DMG%
• 6: Anomaly Mastery

Substats

1. Anomaly Proficiency
2. ATK%
3. ATK/PEN
4. Crit Rate/Crit DMG

Burnice Skill Priority

Almost every Agent looks to level up their Core Skill first. This increases their base stats and upgrades their Core Passive. Once we learn more about Burnice’s kit, we can give a proper Skill Priority recommendation.

ZZZ Burnice Teams

As with any unreleased character, this team section will be largely speculative. Since we already have a good idea of good Anomaly teams, we can look at some potential teams for Burnice.

Burnice Jane Team

[ZZZ Jane Guide] [ZZZ Caesar Guide]

Without a doubt, this looks to be Burnice’s strongest team. Jane is already a powerhouse on-field DPS, and Caesar is strong Defense Agent that provides unmatched buffs currently.

While this team will no doubt be very powerful, it does use 3 limited Agents. This is a very hefty investment of your pulls, but there are replacements you can run as well.

You can replace Caesar with Seth or Lucy, and the team will still be very strong. Unfortunately, there’s quite a noticeable drop off if you replace Jane with Piper. The same is true if you replace Burnice with Grace.

Ultimately, we already see Jane teams perform extremely well with just Seth. While Burnice is a strong upgrade for the team, the current game doesn’t demand this level of performance/investment.

If you want to invest more into Jane teams, Burnice will be a great pickup. As content becomes harder, the duo may be able to truly shine.

Burnice Sons of Calydon F2P Team

[ZZZ Piper Guide] [ZZZ Lucy Guide]

If you’ve only just started playing ZZZ and missed out on Jane, this type of team can also work well. The main drawback is that Piper is very reliant on her Energy/EX Special to trigger Assault/deal damage.

As such, her on-field time doesn’t compete with Jane who uses a variety of attacks to deal damage. Even still, with constant Burns and Assaults, this team can definitely beat content if invested into.

Just like the team above, you can replace Lucy with Seth as well. The shield will be nice to put on Piper to tank hits while she spins, and the Anomaly Proficiency buff is a solid damage increase.

Mono Fire Team

[ZZZ Soldier 11 Guide]

Lastly, we have a Mono Fire team that uses Soldier 11 as the main on-field DPS. With Burnice, you’ll easily have Burn uptime on enemies, allowing your Soldier 11 to benefit from the Inferno Metal Drive Disc set.

There is a slight anti-synergy with these two however. Since Soldier 11 will also deal Fire DMG, she’ll lower the Burn damage by contributing to the Anomaly Buildup on enemies. This isn’t a huge issue, but it’s something to note. You end up trading your high Burn damage for better Anomaly uptime.

For the final slot, we simply have Lucy as a solid buffer for both Agents.

This team can be a strong option if you don’t have Koleda to pair with Soldier 11. Even with Koleda, you could run her over Lucy, but you’re missing out on a Support for the team.

In Conclusion

This wraps up our initial guide on ZZZ Burnice. As an Anomaly Agent, Burnice already has synergy with other Agents in Zenless Zone Zero.

Disorder is a strong mechanic, but Grace and Piper don’t reach the same ceilings as other Attack Agents like Ellen or Zhu Yuan.

As such, Jane is quite important for a strong team. However, if Burnice’s damage is strong by herself, she can be used simply as a secondary DPS rather than just for Anomaly teams.

Thanks for Reading! For more resources, check out our other Zenless Zone Zero Guides such as our ZZZ Tier List or ZZZ Best Teams.