Lighter Guide and Best Builds for Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)

Press or Hold to activate: Perform up to five forward strikes, dealing Physical DMG and Fire DMG.

During the 3rd hit of the Basic Attack, drag the joystick, and repeatedly press or hold to unleash a series of melee follow-up attacks. Release the stick/joystick to follow up with the 4th hit of the .

While performing the startup light punch in the 5th hit of the Basic Attack, drag the joystick and repeatedly press or hold to keeping alternating between the light punch and 4th hit of the Basic Attack. Release the joystick to follow up with the subsequent jab combo.

Continue repeatedly pressing or holding to extend the duration of the jab combo.

When you stop pressing or holding , or when the combo reaches its maximum duration, launches a Finishing Move forward.

Lighter is invulnerable during the Finishing Move.

During the 5th hit of the Basic Attack, Lighter takes 40% less DMG.

When in the Morale Burst state, Anti-Interrupt Level is increased during the 5th hit of his Basic Attack, and the DMG reduction effect is increased to 80%.

Press to activate: A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Press while the character is attacking to activate: Perform a quick shuffle dodge in the direction of the Joystick. This skill will not interrupt the combo count for Basic Attacks. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Press during a Dodge to activate: Rapidly strikes enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG.

Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate: Strike enemies in front, dealing Fire DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

After using the skill, press or hold to immediately follow up with the 5th hit of the Basic Attack.

When the on-field character is launched, press to activate: Strike enemies in front, dealing Fire DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

After using the skill, press or hold immediately to follow up with the 5th hit of the Basic Attack.

When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press to activate:

Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Press after a Defensive Assist to activate: Strike enemies in front, dealing Fire DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

After using the skill, press or hold to immediately follow up with the 5th hit of the Basic Attack.

Press to activate:

Strikes enemies in front with an uppercut, dealing Fire DMG.

Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill.

Press during a shuffle dodge to activate: Strike forward with a series of punches, dealing Fire DMG. This skill will not interrupt the combo count for Basic Attacks. Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill.

With enough Energy, press to activate:

Leaps in the air with a powerful uppercut, stricking enemies in front and dealing massive Fire DMG.

Press again during this skill to spend additional Energy to perform a powerful follow-up attack, dealing massive Fire DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

After using this skill, press or hold to follow up with the 4th hit of the Basic Attack.

With enough Energy, press during the shuffle dodge to activate: Strike forward with a powerful punch combo, dealing massive Fire DMG. This skill will not interrupt the combo count for Basic Attacks. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. After using this skill, press or hold to immediately follow up with the 5th hit of the Basic Attack.

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to Activate: Unleashes a powerful strike at enemies in front in a small area, dealing massive Fire DMG. The character is invulnerable during this skill.

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate: Unleashes a powerful strike in a large area around, dealing massive Fire DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lighter automatically gains Morale over time, at a rate of 2.9 points per second.

For each point of Energy consumed by any squad member, Lighter recovers an additional 0.26 Morale, up to a maximum of 100.

When Morale reaches 80, the next time Lighter switches into battle he immediately launches a Quick Assist.

Once Morale is 80 or higher, executing the 5th hit of his puts Lighter in the Morale Burst state, enhancing the power of the startup light punch, jab combo, and the Finishing Move of the 5th hit of his Basic Attack.

When a skill hits an enemy with its power increased, it will continuously consume Morale. With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 1%, up to a maximum increase of 10%, and lasting 6s.

In the Morale Burst state, Lighter will no longer automatically gain Morale over time. If his Morale is exhausted during a startup light punch or jab combo, he will automatically follow up with a more powerful Finishing Move.

In the Morale Burst state, when startup light punches or jab combos hit enemies, the target's Ice RES and Fire RES are reduced by 15%, lasting 30s.

In the Morale Burst state, when the Finishing Move hits an enemy, it applies the Collapse effect on the target, extending its Stunned duration by 3s. The Collapse effect can trigger only once on the same target before they recover from Stun.

When the Finishing Move of the 5th hit of his Basic Attack hits an enemy, when he switches off field, or when his Morale runs out, Lighter will leave the Morale Burst state, keeping any unspent Morale.

When another character in your squad is an Attack character or shares the same Faction:

While under the Morale Burst state, when the 5th hit of Lighter's Basic Attack hits an enemy, all squad members gain a stack of Elation, stacking up to 20 times and lasting 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

For each stack of Elation, an Agent's Ice DMG and Fire DMG increase by 1.25%.

When obtaining Elation, if Lighter's Impact exceeds 170, every additional 10 points of Impact will increase the buff effect provided by each stack of Elation by an extra 0.25%.

When any Squad member launches a Chain Attack, it will refresh the duration of all squad members' Elation.

Elation can increase the Ice DMG and Fire DMG of Agents by a maximum of 75%.

Lighter's Morale recovery efficiency is increased to 200% of its original value.

When Lighter lands a heavy strike on enemies during a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter, Special Attack, Ex Special Attack, Quick Assist, Assist Follow-Up, Chian Attack, or Ultimate, it will trigger the Blazing Impact effect, dealing 250% of ATK as Fire DMG.

This effect can trigger once every 8s on each enemy.

If Lighter's Impact exceeds 170 points, each additional point will further increase the multiplier of Blazing Impact by 5%, up to a maximum increase of 500%.

The more powerful Finishing Move that follows when Lighter's Morale is completely exhausted during a light punch or jab combo will trigger an additional activation of Blazing Impact when hitting an enemy, ignoring the effect's cooldown.

• Base Impact increases by 6
• Core Passive: Accelerant Skill Lv.+1
• With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 1.17%, up to a maximum increase of 11.7%.

• Base ATK increases by 25
• Core Passive: Accelerant Skill Lv.+1
• With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 1.33%, up to a maximum increase of 13.3%.

• Base Impact increases by 6
• Core Passive: Accelerant Skill Lv.+1
• With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 1.5%, up to a maximum increase of 15%.

• Base ATK increases by 25
• Core Passive: Accelerant Skill Lv.+1
• With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 1.67%, up to a maximum increase of 16.7%.

• Base Impact increases by 6
• Core Passive: Accelerant Skill Lv.+1
• With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 1.83%, up to a maximum increase of 18.3%.

• Base ATK increases by 25
• Core Passive: Accelerant Skill Lv.+1
• With every 10 points of Morale consumed, Lighter's Impact increases by 2%, up to a maximum increase of 20%.