Corin Wickes Guide and Best Builds for Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)
Introduction - Corin Wickes
Corin Wickes is an A-Rank Physical Attack Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. She specializes in dealing Slash damage against enemies, with an emphasis on extended attacks with her chainsaw. Corin Wickes belongs to the Victoria Housekeeping Co. Faction alongside Alexandrina Sebastiane, Ellen Joe, and Von Lycaon. She reaches her highest damage potential against stunned enemies and when teamed up with another Physical or Victoria Housekeeping Co. character.
Domestic work or not, leave everything to her! (Oh, uhh? B-but I'm not
that good!)
She's obedient, diligent and responsible, and not afraid of a little hard
work! (One moment please! That's really not me!)
She'll never let her companions suffer, and always takes responsibility!
(Please listen to me! Such exaggeration will make customers misunderstand!)
You'll find no better maid than Corin! (Oooh, please, please don't send this
report out! This isn't the real me!)
How to Pull Corin
Corin Wickes can be pulled at a regular rate from all Channels, excluding the Bangboo Channel. You will also be receiving one free copy of Corin as part of the ZZZ Pre-Registration rewards.
Corin Wickes Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Free unit simply for playing the game.- Good Burst Damage against stunned enemies, especially Physical weak ones.
- All her faction partners are already available, making it easy for her to trigger her Additional Ability passive.
Weaknesses
Has to channel her attacks to deal optimal damage, making her vulnerable to being interrupted.- Even on release, she shares her role with 3 other Physical DPS.
- Requires Enemies to be stunned for full damage potential, leading to lackluster damage outside of burst windows.
Skills, Mindscapes, and Promotions
Skills, Mindscapes, and Promotions
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Basic Attack: Wipeout | Press to start attacking. Unleashes up to 5 slashes, dealing Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button during the 3rd and 5th hits to extend the chainsaw slash attack. |
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Dodge: Shoo! | Press to activate: A rapid dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Dash Attack: Oopsy-Daisy! | Press during a Dodge to activate: Slashes enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw attack's duration. |
| Dodge Counter: Nope! | Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate: Slashes enemies in front before detonating her chainsaw, dealing Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Quick Assist: Emergency Measures | When the on-field character is launched, press to activate. Slashes enemies in front before detonating her chainsaw, dealing Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Defensive Assist: P—Please allow me! | When the character on field is about to be attacked, press 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: Quick Sweep | Press after a Defensive Assist to activate: Unleash a series of slashes against enemies in front followed by an explosive chainsaw, dealing Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Special Attack: Clean Sweep | Press to activate: Unleashes a series of slashes upon enemies in front, before detonating the chainsaw, dealing Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill, and DMG taken is reduced by 40%. |
| EX Special Attack: Skirt Alert | With enough Energy, press to activate: Unleashes a series of powerful slashes upon enemies in front, before detonating the chainsaw, dealing massive Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw slash attack at the cost of Energy if the attack connects. Character is invulnerable during the spinning slash. Anti-Interrupt level is increased during the extended slash, and DMG taken is reduced by 40%. |
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Chain Attack: Sorry... | When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate: Unleashes a powerful slash at enemies in a small area, dealing massive Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Ultimate: Very, Very Sorry! | When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press Ultimate Attack to activate: Unleashes a powerful slash at enemies in a small area, dealing massive Physical DMG. Repeatedly press or hold the button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| Core Passive: Hyperfocus | After holding or tapping repeatedly, when Corin Wickes unleashes a continuous extended slash with her Chainsaw, the skill's DMG increases by 18.7% (Lv.1). |
| Additional Ability: Cleanup Assistance | When another character in your squad shares the same Attribute or Faction: Corin deals 22.5% more DMG to Stunned enemies. |
Corin's Best Mindscapes
None of the mindscapes for Corin stand out as being particularly important, with the strongest Mindscapes being her M3, Amateur Maid, and M5, Special Ops Maid. These increase the level of all her skills, actively improving her damage output within a single rotational cycle.
| # | Mindscape | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M1 | Open Trauma | When Corin's Chain Attack or Ultimate hits an enemy, her DMG against the target increases by 12% for 15s. |
| M2 | Atomic Smash | When Corin's EX Special Attack, Chain Attack or Ultimate hits an enemy, the target's Physical RES is reduced by 0.5%, stacking up to 20 times and lasting 5s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately. |
| M3 | Amateur Maid | Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2 |
| M4 | Battlefield Retainer | When Corin uses a Reactive Assist, Defensive Assist, or Chain Attack, she recovers 7.2 Energy. This effect can trigger once every 16s. |
| M5 | Special Ops Maid | Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2. |
| M6 | Accumulated Release | When Corin's extended slash hits an enemy, she obtains a stack of Charge (max 40 stacks). During a Dodge Counter, Special Attack, EX Special Attack, Reactive Assist, or Assist Follow-Up, when her chainsaw detonation hits an enemy, consumes all stacks of Charge. Each stack consumed causes the attack to deal an additional 3% of ATK as DMG. |
Corin Wickes's Promotion Passives
| Skill | Description |
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| Core Skill Enhancement A |
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| Core Skill Enhancement B |
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| Core Skill Enhancement C |
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| Core Skill Enhancement D |
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| Core Skill Enhancement E |
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| Core Skill Enhancement F |
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How to Play Corin
Corin Wickes is primarily played as a damage dealer and extending her chainsaw slash attacks by holding the Basic Attack which allows it to deal increased damage.
This will require you to leverage the downtime between enemy attacks to get as much uptime as possible, by dodging their attacks and attacking while the enemy recovers from their attack animation. By keeping an eye on the Daze bar of the enemy, you can predict when the target will Stun, allowing you to initiate an attack, stun the enemy before they can attack you back, and then extend your attack for massive damage.
Thankfully, even if you do get hit, some of Corin's skills increase her resistance to having her attacks interrupted, while also taking less damage, making her playstyle more forgiving and less punishing when not played perfectly.
Corin Builds
| BiS W-Engine | Steel Cushion |
| Alternative W-Engines |
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| Best Drive Discs | 4 Piece:
2 Piece:
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| Main Stats |
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| Substat Priority |
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| Skill Priority |
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Corin's best W-Engine is Nekomata's signature weapon, Steel Cushion. It provides a lot of extra CRIT Rate, which is hard to come by on A-Rank weapons. Still, Corin's own signature Housekeeper is only performing 10-15% behind the S-Rank option, and the additional Energy Regen is very helpful to help her not rely on Basic Attacks too much, which are difficult to chain to the end of their combo.
For her Drive Discs, you have 2 options, with Fanged Metal and Puffer Electro working very well for her. Any combination of those sets to get their respective 4-piece and 2-piece bonuses is worth playing, and it will typically come down to the substats.
You will want to mostly play her as a burst-character during Stuns to deal full damage with her Ultimate and Special Attack, so max those first. While her Basic Attack deals good damage, it only does so when you can fully channel the entire set of combos, and that is all but impossible against most tougher enemies due to their frequent attacks.
Bangboo Information
Corin's best Bangboo is 
Butler. The Butler is great because
Corin is a very Energy hungry character, and Butler provides a lot of extra Energy
to let her use her EX Special Attack more often.
Other alternatives include 
Booressure and 
Bagboo
as A-Rank options.
Corin Team Comps and Synergies
| DPS | Stun | Support | Bangboo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corin Wickes | Von Lycaon | Soukaku | |
| Corin Wickes | Qingyi | Alexandrina Sebastiane |
Special mention: Caesar King. Caesar's shield greatly increases your Anti-Interrupt level, allowing Corin to fully channel her attacks while the shield is active. As such, she makes a perfect partner in any Corin team, whether you pair her with a stunner or a Support.
In order to optimize Corin's damage, she will need enemies to be stunned or disabled so she can fully leverage her long charge-attack animations. Von Lycaon is by far the strongest Stun Agent the game currently offers, while also enabling Cleanup Assistance.
Soukaku helps boost Corin's ATK by triggering her Blade Banner effect. This buff applies to Soukaku, but can be passed along to another character through Chain Attacks or Quick Assists. Make sure that your Chain Attack ends on Corin and has Soukaku going before her.
Changelog
- 17 Oct. 2024: Updated with Caesar King info.
- 13 Aug. 2024: Updated W-Engine and Team Comp info for Qingyi release.
- 08 Jul. 2024: Added Bangboo Information, swapped Drive Disc 6 recommendation.
- 07 Jul. 2024: Added Strengths+Weaknesses.
- 05 Jul. 2024: Added W-Engine and Team Comp recommendations.
- 15 Jun. 2024: Page added.
This guide has been written and reviewed by Seliathan. With over 20 years of competitive gaming experience and an immense enjoyment of Honkai: Star Rails story and gameplay, he has now set his sights on another MiHoYo title in Zenless Zone Zero.
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