Top 5 anomaly characters in Zenless Zone Zero 2.2

The current Zenless Zone Zero meta heavily favours team compositions that focus on Attribute Anomalies. These Anomaly characters excel at applying powerful status effects—like Shock, Burn, Freeze and Shatter—to weaken enemies and trigger high-damage reactions.

These characters dominate the battlefield with precisely timed debuffs and synergy-based skills. Today, LDShop will highlight the top five anomaly characters in the game right now, ideal for players aiming to build meta-relevant teams.

 

Top5：Jane Doe

Rarity: S-Rank | Attribute: Physical | Specialty: Anormaly

Jane is a highly mobile character who excels in agile dodging and delivering consistent heavy attacks. She builds Passion Stream by performing Perfect Dodges, triggering Defensive Assist, or dealing damage to enemies. Once the Passion Stream is fully accumulated, she enters the Passion state, granting a 25% increase to Physical Anomaly Buildup Rate. In this state, Jane can frequently land critical strikes and rapidly apply the Assault debuff to enemies.

When Jane’s Anomaly Proficiency exceeds 120, each additional point increases her ATK by 2 (max 600). Her Ultimate offers reliable crowd control, making her a flexible pick as either a main DPS or a powerful sub-DPS, especially in teams featuring Alice.

It’s important to note that Jane’s damage relies heavily on quickly filling the enemy’s Anomaly Gauge and maximizing heavy attacks—she has no direct active damage skill. Her performance can also vary depending on enemy behavior. Against aggressive foes, she easily triggers Perfect Dodges to maintain Passion Stream. However, she may struggle against less aggressive enemies or those without an Anomaly Meter, which can limit her effectiveness.

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Jane Doe Best Build

 

Top4：Yanagi

Rarity: S-Rank | Attribute: Electric | Specialty: Anormaly

Yanagi is a fast-paced, stance-switching Electric Anomaly DPS specializing in combo chains and applying her unique Disorder effect.

Her core strength is triggering Polarity Disorder via EX Special Attack or Ultimate, dealing massive burst damage. Hitting an Anomaly-affected enemy with EX Attack boosts the Disorder multiplier by 25%.

She excels against Disorder-vulnerable enemies like "Dead End Butcher" in Combat Chapter 2.

Triggering Electric DMG on the 3rd–5th Basic Attack activates Swift Ruten, speeding up attacks, switching stances, and enabling blocking.Yanagi works as main or sub-DPS, though not the top anomaly main. As sub-DPS, she requires quick swap-ins—no off-field support. Can use support Drive Discs but performs best as an on-field spearhead.

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Yanagi Best Build

 

Top3：Vivian

Rarity: S-Rank | Attribute: Ether | Specialty: Anormaly

Vivian is the top anomaly sub-DPS in the meta. Perfect for any anomaly team with strong off-field support.

As an Ether Anomaly unit, she boosts team anomaly damage and applies corrosion DMG. Her Anomaly Release mechanic adds extra damage based on enemy status.

Using EX Special Attack triggers Featherbloom (consumes 1 Guard Feather), dealing Ether DMG that always CRITs and boosts her ATK by 12%.

Manage her Feathers wisely:

• Use EX Skill, Combo, Ultimate to refill
• Support Assault also restores Feathers
• Swap in frequently with "Flight of Fancy"

Ideal for players who want high off-field anomaly damage and easy team synergy.

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Vivian Material Pre-Farm | Vivian Best Build

 

Top2：Alice

Rarity: S-Rank | Attribute: Physical | Specialty: Anormaly

Alice is a powerful physical main DPS who excels by fully charging the Anomaly Gauge to trigger Assault from her core passive.

Once any Physical Anomaly is triggered, Alice deals damage every 0.95 seconds—similar to a DoT effect—providing consistent high damage.

Her gameplay is dynamic and satisfying:

• Her 5th Basic Attack launches her into the air with “Rabbit Kicks the Hawk”, granting invincibility while airborne.
• The finisher of her 3-stage charged Basic Attack: Starshine Waltz triggers Polarized Assault, dealing 100% of the original Assault DMG.
• She can chain attacks with teammates' drives, and her EX Special Skill and Dodge Skill both trigger Perfect Dodge—making her highly evasive.

After Assault, she also applies a flinch-state DoT equal to 25% of the original Assault damage.

⚠️But, her best teams often require other limited S-Rank Agents, and she heavily relies on her signature W-Engine to maximize damage potential.

Want to Build up an excellent Alice, please check out:

Alice Material Pre-Farm | Alice Best Build

 

Top1：Miyabi

Rarity: S-Rank | Attribute: Frost | Specialty: Anormaly

Miyabi stands uncontested as the Top 1 burst DPS, delivering massive anomaly and critical damage with exceptional Frostburn buildup. Her 6 stacks of Fallen Frost unlock a powerful and seamless 3-stage charged slash that synergizes smoothly with teammate skills, making her both highly effective and easy to use—ideal even for mobile players.

While her Icefiire passive accelerates combat performance, reaching her full potential requires solid investment in Anomaly Buildup and CRIT Rate. She excels in teams such as Miyabi + Yanagi + Soukaku or Miyabi + Lycaon + Soukaku, offering tremendous damage potential especially with good combo timing.

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Miyabi Best Build

 

Conclusion

Of all the Anomaly characters are your specialists, wielding unique abilities that harness the power of Attribute Anomalies to burn, freeze, and shock your foes. Whether you're looking to shatter foes with ice or scorch them with fire, there's an Anomaly character suited to your playstyle.

If you have them, this meta is easy. However, in the next update, Seed and Orpheus are heavy-attack DPS, so the spotlight may shift to them. Stay tuned to LDShop for the latest Zenless Zone Zero updates!