Anby Demara Guide and Best Builds for Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)

Anby Demara is an A-Rank Slash Electric Stun Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. She appears to have no history or past to speak of, but her fighting expertise says otherwise. A lover of movies and hamburgers, Anby belongs to the Cunning Hares faction, alongside Nicole Demara, Billy Kid, and Nekomata.

Please Note: This Anby Demara is different from the Agent Soldier 0 - Anby. The guide below is specifically for the A-Rank Electric Stun Agent Anby Demara.

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Anby Demara can be obtained from any Channel banner, excluding the Bangboo Channel. She is also given to players for free at the start of the game, after completing the Main Story: Prologue.

Strengths

• General Gameplay is easy to learn, and has various methods to daze.
• Easy to Build Best-in-Slot with many W-Engine and Drive Disc options.
• DMG and Daze Multipliers are Comparable with S-Rank Stun Agents.

Weaknesses

• Difficult to deal many EX Specials without extra Energy Regen.
• Requires significant on-field time to build Daze and Stun enemies.
• Best in Mono-Electric squads, but mediocre compared to other Stun options.

As a Stun Agent, Anby's primary goal is to accumulate enough Daze on enemies, causing them to become stunned for a period of time. She can do this effectively because her skills have a higher Daze buildup per attack than other Agent Types.

Anby's bread-and-butter combo is entirely based on her Core Passive: Fluctuating Voltage. To summarize, in order for Anby's combo to have an extra Daze buildup, she needs to be on-field and must execute any of the following after 3 Basic Attacks:

• Basic Attack: Thunderbolt (Hold Basic Attack)
• Special Attack: Fork Lightning
• EX Special Attack: Lightning Bolt

She can only perform an EX Special if she has at least 60 Energy or higher. Her Energy gauge can be tracked on-screen during combat. Without enough energy, she will only do a Special Attack instead. In gameplay, playing Anby may look something like any of the following:

1. Basic Attack (1st) > Basic Attack (2nd) > Basic Attack (3rd) > EX Special Attack > ...
2. Basic Attack (1st) > Basic Attack (2nd) > Basic Attack (3rd) > Basic Attack (Hold) > ...

And then subsequently repeat the gameplay combo until the enemies become stunned.

If players do not do the above combos correctly, they may find it difficult to stun and kill enemies as fast as possible. In addition, Anby will perform significantly better than other Stun Agents when fighting against enemies that are weak to Electric DMG.

Ideally, Anby prioritizes using her EX Special Attack: Lightning Bolt over Basic Attack: Thunderbolt or Special Attack: Fork Lightning to stun enemies. This is because Lightning Bolt has a higher DMG and Daze Multiplier than either her Special Attack or her Basic Attack.

With additional Mindscape Cinemas (M3: Well-Disciplined and M5: Street Experience respectively), Anby can hit a higher DMG and Daze Multiplier potential, up to a maximum skill level of Lv.15 at M5. Based on the M0 data above, which is sorted in Descending order of Multiplier Values, players can see the following:

• At Lv.12, the Highest DMG Multiplier is EX Special Attack, followed by Basic Attack (Hold)
• At Lv.12, the Highest Daze Multiplier is EX Special Attack, followed by Basic Attack (Hold)
• EX Special's DMG Multiplier is approximately 77% higher than the Basic Attack's DMG Multiplier
• EX Special's Daze Multiplier is approximately 237% higher than the Basic Attack's Daze Multiplier

As a result, if Anby does her Special Attack without any Energy, using Fork Lightning instead, she will effectively be doing less DMG and Daze overall compared to just doing a Basic Attack (Hold). Even if the player's Anby is not built yet, Anby's Lv.1 EX Special Attack will still outperform most Basic Attack upgrades (if not all).

So in an ideal scenario, for Anby to do her stun combo efficiently, players should only play Anby if she has enough energy for an EX Special. If she does not have enough energy, but the enemy is close to being stunned, players can opt to do another Basic Attack Combo and end with a Basic Attack (Hold). She should only be on-field if there are enemies that need to be stunned.

After stunning enemies, Anby should cause a Chain Attack to occur, which is when players should swap her out with an Agent who will deal higher damage (ie. an Attack or Anomaly Agent).

Of the Bangboos available, Anby's best options to use in her squads are either Plugboo or Electroboo. Anby can activate the Additional Abilities for both Bangboo, but Plugboo may be easier to use, as players will generally want Anby to be attacking enemies weak to Electric DMG. Electroboo is the A-Rank option if players do not have access to Plugboo yet.

If players are running a faction-based squad instead, they should consider using the Faction-specific Bangboo over one suggested for Anby. For example, if players are playing Anby with one other Cunning Hares Agent, they may consider using Amillion, but this Bangboo's Additional Ability will not directly increase Anby's DMG specifically.

With Sumoboo, its best Daze application may be difficult and unreliable to use, so it is only a suggestion if players cannot use the other Bangboo recommended.

For Anby's squad compositions, she is fairly flexible, as her overall kit is primarily improves her personal Stun and DMG output. The only thing is that the more players invest in Anby, the higher recommendations will be to pair Anby with mono-Electric squads.

In general, Anby will prefer attacking enemies that are Electric weak. If she is paired with enemies weak to other Attributes, players will find she will Daze enemies slower than a Stun Agent more suited for the situation. If players have Anby's M4: Conducting Charge, to maximize on its Energy effect, the rest of Anby's squad should be Electric Agents exclusively, or else no one benefits from her Mindscape Cinema.

As a result, of the squad examples above, players will likely see Anby perform the best with other Electric DPS Agents, such as Asaba Harumasa and Soldier 0 - Anby. However, keep in mind that Anby's most effective way to stun enemies is through her Basic Attack Combo and EX Special, which requires Anby to be on-field for combat. This will take away on-field time from the DPS Agents, and you may experience some rotational issues or lower overall DMG if Anby is on the field for too long.

Currently, the only Electric Support Agent available is Alexandrina Sebastiane, and players should ideally pair an Attack Agent squad with at least 1 Support Agent. However, most of the Support Agents in the game have kits that are universally beneficial, so players can consider just using a Support that is well-invested or easy to use, such as Astra Yao or Seth Lowell. For example, using Caesar King is good for any fights where you will benefit from the Shield she provides.