Zenless Zone Zero Soukaku Guide – Skills, Builds, Teams, & More

Zenless Zone Zero Soukaku Overview

Welcome to our Zenless Zone Zero character guide, where we cover everything you need to know about Soukaku.

Soukaku is an A-Rank Agent from the Section 6 Faction, with the Ice Attribute and Support Fighting Style. She can be obtained from any banner that grants agents as an A-rank.

Much of Soukaku’s playstyle revolves around her Vortex stacks, which in-turn can either buff her own damage output or apply massive buffs to her Ice team members. This leads to excellent combo setups with a full Ice team and makes Soukaku the perfect output Support for characters like Ellen.

Soukaku		Section 6
A Rank	Ice		Support

Soukaku Skills/Abilities in Zenless Zone Zero

Basic Attack

Basic Attack – Making Rice Cakes

Press Basic Attack to activate.
Unleashes up to 3 attacks, dealing Physical DMG.

Basic Attack – Making Rice Cakes (Frosted Banner)

When Frosted Banner is active, press Basic Attack to activate.
Unleashes up to 3 faster attacks in front, dealing Ice DMG.

Dodge

Dodge – Grab a Bite

Press Dodge to activate.
A rapid dodge.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Dash Attack – 50/50

Press Basic Attack during a Dodge to activate.
Slashes enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG.

Dash Attack – 50/50 (Frosted Banner)

When Frosted Banner is active, press Basic Attack during a Dodge to activate.
Slashes enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG.

Dodge Counter – Away From My Snacks

Press Basic Attack during a Perfect Dodge to activate.
Slashes enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Special Attack

Special Attack – Cooling Bento

Press Special Attack to activate.
Soukaku releases a wind current in front of her and unleashes her finishing move, dealing Ice DMG. Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill, and DMG taken is reduced by 40%.
Holding Special Attack while using this skill allows for a quick transition to Fly the Flag.

EX Special Attack – Fanning Mosquitoes

When Soukaku has enough Energy, press Special Attack to activate. Releases wind currents of extended range in front of her, dealing massive Ice DMG.
This skill can be used in rapid succession by pressing Special Attack repeatedly. Each use consumes a specified amount of Energy. When Soukaku’s Energy is depleted, or you stop pressing the button, she unleashes a powerful finishing move that deals massive Ice DMG.
Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill, and her DMG taken is reduced by 40%.
Holding Special Attack while using this skill allows for a quick transition to Fly the Flag.

Special Attack – Rally!

Hold Special Attack to activate.
Soukaku plunges her weapon into the ground, morphs it into a flag, and launched Fly the Flag, dealing Ice DMG.
Hitting an enemy with Fly the Flag triggers a Reactive Assist.
Pressing Basic Attack or Special Attack after Fly the Flag activates a Special Attack as she retracts the flag, dealing Ice DMG.
If Soukaku owns 3 stacks of Vortex on using Fly the Flag, she consumes all 3 stacks and enters the Frosted Banner state. In the Frosted Banner state, she can unleash an enhanced Basic Attack or an enhanced Dash Attack, dealing massive Ice DMG. This effect can last up to 45s or stack up to 6 times.
Soukaku’s weapon gains Vortexes in the following circumstances:
1 stack of Vortex when launching an EX Special Attack,
1 stack of Vortex when launched a Chain Attack,
3 stacks of Vortex when launching an Ultimate.
Soukaku can accumulate a maximum of 3 stacks of Vortex.

Chain Attack

Chain Attack – Pudding Slash

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate.
Soukaku quickly unleashes a series of strikes at enemies in front of her and follows up with Fly the Flag, dealing massive Ice DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Ultimate – Extra Large Pudding Slash

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press Chain Attack to activate.
Soukaku quickly unleashes a series of even more strikes at enemies in front of her and follows up with Fly the Flag, dealing massive Ice DMG. Upon activating this skill, Soukaku enters the Masked state and deals 25% increased Daze for 15s.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Core Skill

Core Passive – Blade Flurry

When Soukaku launches Fly the Flag, her ATK is increased by 6.25% of her base ATK for 12s. When consuming Vortex during Fly the Flag, the ATK increase is doubled. This buff given can be passed along to characters switching in via Chain Attacks or Assist Attacks triggered by Fly the Flag.

Additional Ability – Group Set Meal

When another character in your squad shares the same Attribute or Faction:
When Soukaku consumes Vortex to activate Fly the Flag, the Ice DMG of the squad is increased by 15%.

Reactive Assist – A Set for Two

When the on-field character is launched, Press Perfect Assist to activate.
Slashes enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Defensive Assist – Guarding Tactics

When the character on field is about to be attacked, press Perfect Assist to activate.
Parries the enemy’s attack, dealing massive Daze.
This skill excels at parrying enemy attacks and reduces the consumption of Assist Points when the character is under intense attacks.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Assist Follow-Up – Sweeping Strike

Press Special Attack after a Defensive Assist to activate.
Charges and strikes enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Soukaku Talents

A	Hypothermia: If an enemy is hit by Fly the Flag, the target’s Ice RES is reduced by 10% for 8s.
B	Experimental Charging Modue: Basic Attacks, Dash Attacks, Dodge Counters, and Reactive Assists have a 15% chance upon hit to gain one stack of Vortex, triggering up to once per second. When Vortex reaches max stacks, further stacks gained grant Soukaku 1.2 Energy instead.
C	Attendance Meal Allowance: Basic Attack, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
D	Uplifting Current: Core Passive: Blade Flurry provides an extra 10% CRIT Rate upon triggering.
E	Late-Night Snacks: Basic Attack, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
F	Northern Wind: While in the Frosted Banner state, the number of usable enhanced Basic Attacks and enhanced Dash Attacks is increased to 12, while attacks also deal 45% more DMG.

Zenless Zone Zero Soukaku Build Guide Overview

Soukaku Build
W-Engine		Drive Disc
Bashful Demon Slice of Time		Freedom Blues (4) Polar Metal (2)
Main Stat		Substats
(4) Anomaly Rate (5) HP% (6) Energy Regen		Anomaly Rate HP % DEF %

Soukaku essentially exists to ensure that you can setup properly for your main DPS to burst and capitalise on the damage increase she brings with her kit, and due to that, her build is heavily focused on Anomaly procs and surviability.

Soukaku Best W-Engines

Bashful Demon

ATK: 40/625 | ATK%: 10%/25% Increases Ice DMG by 15%. When launching an EX Special Attack, all squad members’ ATK increases by 2% for 12s, stacking up to 4 times. Retriggering refreshes duration. Passive effects of the same name do not stack.

Slice of Time

ATK: 46/595 | ATK%: 10%/25% Any squad members’ Dodge Counter, EX Special Attack, Assist Attack, or Chain Attack respectively generates (20/25/30/35)/(23/28.5/34.5/40)/(26/32/39/45)/(29/35.5/43.5/50)/(32/40/48/55) more Decibels and generates 0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0/1.1 Energy for the equipper. This effect can trigger once every 12s. The cooldown for each type of attack is independent of others. Passive effects of the same name do not stack.

Bashful Demon is the clear winner of the two recommendations, as it further enhances Soukaku’s role as a buffer, but Slice of Time can be a solid alternative until you manage to grab Bashful Demon.

Soukaku Best Drive Disc Builds

Freedom Blues	(2): Increases Attribute Mastery by 20. (4): Increase damage caused by Attribute Anomaly by 30%. When an EX Special Attack hits an enemy, reduce the target’s Attribute Anomaly Resistance to the corresponding attribute by 30% for 8s. This effect does not stack with others of the same attribute.
Polar Metal	(2): Increases Ice DMG by 10%. (4): Increase the DMG of Basic Attack and Dash Attack by 20%. When any squad member inflicts Freeze or Shatter, this effect increases by an additional 20% for 12s.

Once again, our choice for Soukaku looks to buff the burst window she creates, and the Freedom Blues 4-piece bonus reduces the enemy’s resistance, thereby allowing (in most cases) Ellen to deal even more damage with her burst. Polar Metal’s 2-piece is simply taken as an Attribute damage buff.

Soukaku Drive Disc Stats

The stat choices for Soukaku are very simple, as her only real role is to stay alive and ensure she’s always alive and ready to start the burst window following Lycaon’s setup.

Main Stats

• (4) Anomaly Rate
• (5) HP%
• (6) Energy Regen

Sub-stats

1. Anomaly Rate
2. HP %
3. DEF %

Soukaku Skill Priority

Once the game releases, we’ll update this section. In general, leveling up an Agent’s Core Passive is the most effective, as this levels up their Core Passive, Additional Ability, and Assist Moves.

Soukaku Teams for Zenless Zone Zero

The best team for Soukaku by far is the Attribute-combo of Ellen, Soukaku, and Lycaon – they all share the Ice Attribute, meaning they contribute to Ellen’s core requirements, while also fitting the playstyle of Soukaku perfectly.

With Lycaon acting as the CC-window starter, he allows Soukaku to enter the fight and finish the setup while also buffing Ellen’s swap-in, after which Ellen can unleash her substantial burst damage. Lycaon can be replaced by other CC-centric agents, but the Ice combo between the three agents works perfectly for Ellen, and will still be ideal.