Chaos Zero Nightmare Best Team Building Guide

With the official release of Chaos Zero Nightmare, building the right team is crucial to maximize both damage output and survivability. Every character has unique strengths, but certain combinations create powerful synergies that allow you to tackle challenges more efficiently. This guide covers the best teams for major characters, their mechanics and recommended setups to help you dominate from day one.

 

Mei Lin Team Builds

Mei Lin focuses on combos. She can apply Weakness and gain Embers for higher damage later. She has an Ember expender called Ascending Flame Dragon. This expands Embers to deal massive damage through Epiphany. She can also cycle back her own cards using a specific card to recall the first basic attacks. These basic attacks can Epiphany into zero-cost cards. This allows nearly infinite combos if you manage your cards carefully, considering drawn cards versus the graveyard.

Recommended Teams for Mei Lin

Mei Lin 5-Star	Rei 4-Star	Nia 4-Star

Rei buffs characters that use 1- or 0-cost cards, synergizing with Mei Lin's zero-cost attacks from Epiphany. Nia provides morale and can autoplay cards, sometimes playing your strongest cards for free.

Mei Lin 5-Star	Veronica 5-Star / Selena 4-Star	Nia 4-Star

Veronica is a strong sub-DPS helper, planting Ballistas that can be powered up via card reloads, providing background damage. Meanwhile, Selena focuses on Tenacity and Mark, enhancing attacks on marked enemies. At the same time, Nia doubles down on joint attacks, giving free card casts and morale.

Mei Lin 5-Star	Magna 5-Star	Nia 4-Star

Mei Lin provides shields, reducing stress and enabling survival under heavy damage. Her Epiphany on Ice Wall grants crystallization each turn, providing recurring fixed shields (approx. 20% per turn, stacks up to 10).

Magna also has counters, including AoE counters that can apply Vulnerability, increasing team damage.

Nia enhances the team with morale and free card casts.

This team is effective for safe, sustainable gameplay even if synergy isn't perfect on paper.

Tips:

Orlea can replace Nia or be added alongside her. Orlea benefits from retaining cards to evolve creatures and increase damage. Be careful of the 10-card hand limit, as retaining too many cards can clog the hand, potentially blocking Mei Lin's key cards.

 

Kayron Team Builds

Kayron focuses on the Void card mechanic. Void is a special card that normally does nothing and is exhausted, removing it from the deck. Kayron's skills count how many Void cards are in hand or have been discarded, triggering additional effects such as damage or other mechanics. He constantly wants to remove and exhaust cards, and every card that is exhausted or removed from the game increases his power.

Recommended Teams for Kayron

Kayron 5-Star	Rei 4-Star	Mika 4-Star

Rei buffs 1-cost or 0-cost attacks, synergizing with Kayron if you make Void a 1-cost or 0-cost card.

Mika provides healing and AP, with her kit able to stack up to three layers to grant +1 AP, allowing Kayron to cast a lot of cards consistently.

Kayron 5-Star	Tressa 4-Star	Mika 4-Star

Tressa excels at exhausting cards, generating Shadow Daggers that also apply Agony, a damage-over-time effect. This allows Kayron to gain power from exhausted cards while simultaneously applying Agony stacks to enemies.

Mika provides additional AP support to sustain this heavy card-casting strategy, maximizing Kayron's Void and exhaustion synergy for higher damage output.

Tips:

Kayron benefits from any cards that can be exhausted, not just his own. Teams that generate extra discard or exhaustion effects can further accelerate his power. Focus on maintaining AP and card cycling to fully utilize his Void-based mechanics.

 

Hugo Team Builds

Hugo relies on the Hunt stack mechanic. Every card he plays generates Hunt stacks.

Each time he has a Hunt stack and someone else attacks, Hugo will follow up. Each follow-up consumes one Hunt stack. Epiphany effects and certain cards can double Hunt generation. This allows Hugo to follow up constantly. However, if there are too many Hunt stacks without enough attacks to trigger them, he might sit idle. Therefore, team synergy is important to maximize his potential.

Recommended Teams for Hugo

Hugo 5-Star	Tressa 4-Star	Nia 4-Star

Tressa generates extra cards like Shadow Daggers, providing plenty of attacks to trigger Hugo's Hunt follow-ups. Nia increases morale, grants extra joint attacks, provides minor healing, and can autoplay cards, reducing the need for Hugo to spend his own costly cards to generate Hunt. This team flows smoothly and is highly reliable.

Hugo 5-Star	Mei Lin 5-Star	Nia 4-Star

Mei Lin's combo and card recall abilities can sync with Hugo's Hunt mechanic. With proper Epiphany usage, Mei Lin can execute attacks and recall them almost immediately, allowing Hugo to gain a moderate amount of Hunt while still focusing on damage. Frequent zero-cost attacks from Mei Lin can trigger Hugo follow-ups efficiently, creating a fast-paced, high-damage cycle.

Hugo 5-Star	Mika 4-Star	Nia 4-Star

This is a flexible team concept. Nia provides morale, joint attacks, and card autoplay, while the third slot can be filled with any DPS of choice or Mika for AP/healing support. This setup allows experimentation with different combinations to optimize Hunt triggers and team damage output.

Tips:

Hugo benefits from characters that generate mulTipsle attacks to trigger Hunt stacks. Teams that can manage frequent card plays and follow-ups maximize his potential. The flexible team allows adaptation based on available DPS or support options.

 

Luke Team Builds

Luke relies heavily on bullets, but he is relatively weak early on due to low base crit rate. Some of his cards generate a set number of attacks, and if they crit, they produce additional bullets. Without sufficient crit rate, these cards generate zero bullets, so team support is crucial. Luke also has bullet-checker cards that deal massive damage depending on how many bullets are spent in a turn. His talents include a +10% crit rate node around level 40–50, but this requires rare materials and isn't immediately reliable. Providing additional crit rate or bullet generation from teammates is essential for maximizing his potential.

Recommended Teams for Luke

Luke 5-Star	Lucas 4-Star	Mika 4-Star

Lucas helps Luke generate more bullets and apply additional effects like Slow (increasing enemy action count), Fragile, Vulnerability, and Weakness. Mika provides extra AP to support the constant casting of bullet cards. This team allows Luke to chain his bullets effectively and maximize damage through bullet-checker cards.

Luke 5-Star	Renoa 4-Star	AP Support (e.g., Mika) 4-Star

Renoa synergizes with Luke by generating and managing Durge Bullets, which can become extra attacks at the end of the turn. Luke gains power and value from these additional bullets. AP support is mandatory since most bullets cost one AP, ensuring Luke can maintain a high frequency of attacks.

Tips:

Orlea can theoretically support Luke with crit rate from her final talent, but it is unreliable early game and offers limited benefit until max level. Early on, focus on teammates that can help generate bullets or provide AP to keep Luke's damage consistent. Hand management is important to avoid clogging your card slots.

 

 

Renoa Team Builds

Renoa revolves around the Durge Bullet mechanic. Durge Bullets can either be used for damage or ignored in hand, depending on the chosen strategy. The choice of support characters changes based on how you use Durge Bullets.

Recommended Teams for Renoa

Renoa 4-Star	Rei 4-Star	Mika 4-Star

If you plan to actively use Durge Bullets for damage, Rei is valuable for buffing 1-cost or 0-cost cards depending on Epiphany, while Mika provides necessary AP to sustain frequent card casts.

Renoa 4-Star	Nia 4-Star	Flexible Support (e.g., Cassius) 4-Star

If you prefer to ignore Durge Bullets in hand, Nia becomes more useful by buffing extra attacks, granting morale, and automatically casting cards. This team allows Renoa to focus on other attacks while maintaining efficiency and utility.

Cassius can shuffle the deck, replace cards, or, with his ultimate Joker, fetch specific cards from the deck or graveyard. This can help Renoa access her ultimate or key cards like Black Lotus, greatly enhancing damage potential and timing-dependent combos.

Tips:

Cassius is highly flexible, helping Renoa find key cards for maximum effect. Timing and card management are critical to optimize Renoa's performance.

 

Rin Team Builds

Ren is a solitary 1v1 DPS who relies on maintaining Dark Stance, granted by a few cards and expanded with her third talent (level 30, achievable in 1–2 days). While in Dark Stance, her heavy-hitting cards gain secondary effects, such as increased damage, reduced cost, or extra attacks. Her ultimate checks how many skills are in hand, which is central to her team-building strategy.

Recommended Teams for Rin

Rin 4-Star	Nia / Cassius 4-Star	Orlea 5-Star

Orlea helps retain cards in hand, which strengthens Rin's ultimate by ensuring at least five skills are available. She can also provide extra damage, shield, or healing depending on the creature used. Nia boosts morale, joint attacks, and card efficiency. Cassius can replace Nia or Orlea for card refresh and fetching specific cards using Joker, helping Rin access her ultimate or other key cards more reliably.

Rin 4-Star	Nia 4-Star	Tank (Magna or Maribell) 5-Star / 4-Star

Instead of Orlea, a tank like Magna or Maribell can be used. Tanks' skill cards contribute to Rin's ultimate, and Epiphany can convert pre-attack or upgrade cards into skill cards to maximize hand value. Magna provides AoE counters, Vulnerability, shielding, and crystallization effects from Ice Wall, while Maribell's ultimate scales with shield and deals massive damage. This team provides both utility and survivability, reducing stress and preventing breakdowns while still supporting Rin's ultimate potential.

Tips:

Rin benefits most from maintaining Dark Stance and keeping sufficient skills in hand for her ultimate. Orlea or Cassius help maximize ultimate value, while tanks can provide extra skills, counters, and shielding to improve survivability and team utility. Proper card management and Epiphany usage are key for optimal performance.

 

Khalipe Team Builds

Khalipe is a very strong and easy-to-use character. Despite looking complicated on paper, she provides free damage, free shield, and consistent AoE output. Rerolling for her is recommended due to her ease of play and high effectiveness.

Her third talent should be rushed to unlock the bonus that turns her second basic attack into AoE instead of single-target, significantly improving damage spread. Khalipe has many heavy-hitting cards, but they cost a lot. Her kit synergizes with the Celestial tag: when another card with 2 or more cost is played, Celestial cards are triggered automatically.

Her Vulture card also has Celestial, and casting it grants Silver Veil. Once three Silver Veils are accumulated, Vulture Launch upgrades to a stronger version, dealing even more damage automatically. This allows Khalipe to generate high damage while playing other high-cost cards.

Recommended Teams for Khalipe

Khalipe 5-Star	Mika 4-Star	Magna / Maribell 5-Star / 4-Star

Magna provides shields, counters, and AoE or single-target abilities to trigger Celestial effects while enhancing survivability. Mariel offers shields, counters, and heavy-damage skills, complementing Khalipe's AoE output and sustaining team survivability. Mika provides additional AP to help cast her high-cost cards consistently. This team flows smoothly and allows efficient execution of her heavy-hitting skills.

Khalipe 5-Star	Mika 4-Star	Amir 4-Star

Amir also has Celestial cards, enabling all of Khalipe's high-cost or Celestial cards to be automatically triggered. This setup allows mulTipsle cards to hit enemies for free while maintaining strong AP efficiency. Mika again supports with AP for high-cost skills, ensuring smooth and powerful team performance.

Tips:

Khalipe's ultimate scales with the number of Vultures in hand. With Epiphany choices to increase retrieve, Vultures return to her hand like a boomerang, enhancing sustained damage and flow. Proper timing of Celestial cards and managing retrieve mechanics maximizes her output.

 

Conclusion

Team-building in Chaos Zero Nightmare revolves around synergy, card management, and epiphany optimization. DPS characters like Mei Lin, Hugo, Luke, and Khalipe perform best when paired with supports that provide AP, morale, or card manipulation. Experiment with different combinations to find what fits your playstyle, and always consider the hand limit and card cycling for maximum efficiency.

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