A COMPLETE Guide to Soldier 11! Best Build, Combos, Teams - ZZZ

Summary

In this guide, Guoben introduces Soldier 11, an S-rank Fire Attack character, focusing on her kit, gameplay mechanics, and combos. He explains how to maximize her damage potential through timing basic attacks and utilizing her EX Special for enhanced attacks. The video also covers optimal builds with disk drives and w-engines, and suggests team compositions that synergize with her abilities. Guoben concludes with tips on using her Mindscapes to further boost her performance.

Takeaways

• 🔥 Soldier 11 is an S Rank Fire Attack type character, specializing as a Main DPS with a focus on CRIT Rate.
• 🎯 Her Basic Attacks can transform from physical to fire attacks by timing them correctly, significantly increasing damage output.
• 🕒 The timing for her empowered Basic Attacks is crucial and can be aided by audio cues and practice in Free VR training mode.
• 💥 Soldier 11's EX Special is a powerful AOE attack that enhances her Basic and Dash Attacks for a limited time, allowing for a damage burst.
• 🔄 Backwards swapping is a technique used to animation cancel and chain high-damage combos, especially after using her EX Special.
• 🔄 Chain Attacks and Ultimates provide Soldier 11 with Fire Suppression stacks, allowing her to bypass timing requirements temporarily.
• 🌟 Soldier 11's Core Passive and Additional Ability increase her damage, especially against stunned enemies, and provide a Fire DMG buff.
• 🛡 Mindscapes enhance her performance, offering energy recovery, damage reduction, and increased damage against enemies with reduced Fire RES.
• 📿 The recommended gear for Soldier 11 includes a 4 Piece Inferno Metal set for CRIT Rate and a 2 Piece Woodpecker Electro set for additional effects.
• 🗡 For W-engines, Soldier 11 benefits from universal A Rank options like Starlight Engine, with her signature weapon being a strong but not strictly necessary choice.
• 🤝 Team composition should focus on maximizing her Fire DMG potential, with support from Fire Support or Stun units like Lucy, Koleda, or Ben.

Q & A

What is the role of Soldier 11 in the game?

Soldier 11 is an S Rank Fire Attack type character, serving as the Main DPS with a focus on dealing high damage through her abilities and kit.

What makes Soldier 11's Basic Attacks unique?

Soldier 11's Basic Attacks have two modes: Warmup Sparks, which is a weak physical attack, and Fire Suppression, which is a powerful fiery attack that is significantly buffed by her kit and Fire DMG% buffs.

How can a player maximize the damage output of Soldier 11's Basic Attacks?

Players can maximize damage by timing their Basic Attacks correctly to transform them into the empowered Fire Suppression mode, which deals much more damage than the regular attacks.

What is the significance of Soldier 11's EX Special ability?

Soldier 11's EX Special is a powerful AOE attack that deals significant damage and daze. After using it, her Basic Attacks and Dash Attacks are transformed into their enhanced versions for a limited time or a set number of procs.

How does Soldier 11's chain attack differ from her regular attacks?

Soldier 11's chain attack is a high damaging attack that also grants her 8 Fire Suppression stacks, allowing her to use empowered Basic Attacks without having to time them.

What is the recommended combo for maximizing Fire Suppression hits without timing?

The recommended combo is EX Special followed by Basic 1234, then another Basic 1234, followed by the Ultimate, and then two more Basic 1234s.

What are the benefits of Soldier 11's Core Passive and Additional Ability?

Her Core Passive increases the damage of attacks during Fire Suppression by up to 70% at max level, while her Additional Ability grants her 10% Fire DMG and an additional 22.5% Fire DMG against Stunned enemies.

What is the recommended Mindscape setup for Soldier 11?

Soldier 11 benefits from Mindscapes that provide energy recovery, damage reduction, and increased damage during Fire Suppression attacks, as well as the final Mindscape that grants her Charge stacks to ignore Fire RES or increase damage.

What is the best armor set for Soldier 11 according to the script?

The recommended armor set is a 4 Piece Inferno Metal set for the high CRIT rate and a 2 Piece Woodpecker Electro set.

What are the main stats to focus on for Soldier 11's disk drives?

The main stats to focus on are CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG for Disk 4, Fire DMG% for Disk 5, and ATK% for Disk 6.

What are some team compositions that synergize well with Soldier 11?

Soldier 11 works well in a mono fire team with a Fire Support or Stun unit like Lucy, Koleda, or Ben. There's also a Disorder Anomaly team with Lucy, Soldier 11, and Piper being discussed.

Outlines

00:00

🔥 Introduction to Soldier 11's Gameplay and Mechanics

The first paragraph introduces Soldier 11, an S Rank Fire Attack type character, who serves as the main DPS for her faction. The guide covers her kit, gameplay tips, and mechanics, emphasizing her unique basic attack mode that can be transformed into a powerful fire attack with proper timing. The character's abilities, including her EX Special, chain attack, and ultimate, are explained, along with strategies for maximizing damage output. The importance of timing basic attacks for optimal damage and the use of audio cues for rhythm are highlighted. Additionally, the paragraph touches on Soldier 11's potential in team compositions and her role in the Zenless Zone Zero meta.

05:01

🌟 In-Depth Analysis of Soldier 11's Abilities and Builds

The second paragraph delves into Soldier 11's abilities, including her core passive and additional ability that enhance her fire damage, especially against stunned enemies. It discusses the importance of timing her basic attacks to maximize damage and the benefits of her EX Special, Chain Attacks, and Ultimates in providing Fire Suppression stacks. The paragraph also covers the best mindscapes for Soldier 11, offering insights into how they can be utilized for optimal performance. Furthermore, it provides a detailed build recommendation, including the choice of sets and main stats, and discusses the suitability of different W-engines for her. Finally, it suggests team compositions that can complement Soldier 11's abilities and enhance her damage potential.

Keywords

💡Soldier 11

Soldier 11 is an S Rank Fire Attack type character in the video game discussed in the script. She is the only character of her faction, which sets her apart as unique. The video focuses on how to play and build her effectively, making her a central figure in the gameplay strategy. Her abilities and mechanics are explored in detail, including her basic attacks, EX Special, and ultimate abilities.

💡Main DPS

Main DPS stands for 'Main Damage Per Second' and refers to a character's role in a team as the primary source of damage. In the context of the video, Soldier 11 is identified as a Main DPS, meaning she is expected to deal significant damage to enemies, especially given her high ATK and CRIT Rate stats.

💡CRIT Rate

CRIT Rate is a character's chance to land a critical hit, which typically deals more damage than a regular attack. Soldier 11's core stat is CRIT Rate, which scales with her level, making it a crucial aspect of her build and gameplay. The script mentions that timing her basic attacks correctly can maximize her CRIT Rate potential.

💡Basic Attacks

Basic Attacks are standard attacks performed by a character without using any special abilities. The script describes two modes of Soldier 11's Basic Attacks: Warmup Sparks and Fire Suppression. The video emphasizes the importance of timing these attacks to transform them into more powerful versions, which is a key mechanic in her gameplay.

💡EX Special

EX Special refers to an enhanced special ability that a character can use, typically with a more significant impact than regular attacks. Soldier 11's EX Special is a powerful fiery slash that deals AOE damage and daze, and it also enhances her basic attacks for a limited time, allowing for a burst of damage.

💡Combo

A combo in gaming refers to a sequence of attacks that are executed in quick succession to deal continuous damage to an enemy. The script outlines several combos for Soldier 11, including using her EX Special followed by a series of basic attacks to maximize damage output.

💡Mindscapes

Mindscapes are special abilities or passives that enhance a character's performance in various ways. The script discusses Soldier 11's Mindscapes, which provide benefits such as energy recovery, damage reduction, and increased damage against enemies with certain conditions, like being stunned.

💡Inferno Metal Set

The Inferno Metal Set is a type of equipment in the game that provides specific stat bonuses. For Soldier 11, equipping a 4 Piece Inferno Metal set is recommended due to its 28% CRIT Rate bonus, which synergizes well with her high innate CRIT Rate and the gameplay style.

💡W-engines

W-engines are a type of equipment in the game that can further enhance a character's abilities. The script mentions that Soldier 11's signature W-engine is synergistic with her playstyle, but other universal A Rank W-engines like Starlight Engine can also be effective.

💡Stun

Stun is a status effect in games that temporarily incapacitates an enemy, preventing them from taking actions. The script discusses the use of Stun units like Koleda or Ben to group and incapacitate enemies, making them vulnerable to Soldier 11's powerful attacks.

💡Quick Assist

Quick Assist is a feature in the game that allows a player to switch to a different character quickly, often used for strategic purposes. The script mentions the use of Quick Assist to chain damage effectively, especially when combined with Soldier 11's abilities and the team's composition.

Highlights

Soldier 11 is an S Rank Fire Attack type character with a focus on CRIT Rate scaling.

Her Basic Attacks can transform from physical to fire attacks with proper timing.

The 4th attack in her basic combo deals significantly more damage.

Timing basic attacks correctly is crucial for maximizing damage output.

Soldier 11's EX Special enhances her basic attacks for a limited time after use.

Chain attacks and ultimates provide 8 stacks of Fire Suppression for uninterrupted basic attacks.

Soldier 11's Core Passive increases damage of fire suppression attacks by up to 70%.

Additional Ability grants Fire DMG and a bonus against Stunned enemies.

Mindscapes provide various benefits including energy recovery and damage reduction.

Equip Soldier 11 with Inferno Metal and Woodpecker Electro sets for optimal stats.

CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG Disk 4 is recommended for main stats.

Substats should focus on CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, and ATK%.

Starlight Engine is a recommended W-engine for Soldier 11.

Soldier 11 can be effectively paired with Fire Support or Stun units in teams.

Mono fire team composition is recommended for optimal synergy.

Disorder Anomaly team is an alternative with potential but requires further testing.

Transcripts

Hey, Guoben here with a guide on Soldier 11. The  only person of her faction right now, how lonely,  

but you can make her feel better by playing and  building her right. So today we’ll go through her  

kit, gameplay tips and mechanics, cool combos, and  her best builds with disk drives and w-engines. We  

will also discuss some teams. Like and sub and  share if you enjoy this video, and let’s begin.

Soldier 11 is an S Rank Fire Attack  type character, meaning she is a Main  

DPS. She has a decently high ATK  and her core stat is CRIT Rate,  

so she will scale with it as you level her up, for  a base of 19.4% at Level 60. Now onto abilities.

Soldier 11’s Basic Attacks have two modes.  You have the mash your basic attack button  

and do no damage mode, or the level 99 mafia  boss fire basic attack mode. Basically when  

timing your basic attacks correctly,  you’ll transform your basic attacks  

from Warmup Sparks to Fire Suppression.  This goes from a weak physical attack,  

to a fiery basic attack that is heavily buffed  by her kit and Fire DMG% buffs. A rotation  

of Fire Suppression looks to do at least 3.5x  the damage of a Warmup Sparks combo. Also note  

that the 4th basic in the string does way more  damage than the rest and will be a heavy attack.

So your goal when playing her is to  time her basics correctly giving her  

an insane on field presence. She doesn’t  need an EX or Charged attack to be able  

to spam powerful on field attacks,  just patience and muscle memory.

The way you time her basic attacks is kinda  hard to explain. Basically you want to basic  

attack near the end of the animation from your  previous attack. So you basic 1, and basic 2 near  

the end of the animation. Continue doing that  for each basic and they’ll all be empowered. 

There are also audio cues for each one, a woosh,  a slash, and a whip crackle type audio sound. You  

can use these to get into the rhythm, and  turning up the SFX Volume meter may help. 

The very first basic won’t be empowered  unless you use an attack before it.

So our first combo is basic 1  2 3 4 all with perfect timing.

If that didn’t help you, I recommend going  into Free VR training mode and turning off  

the enemy’s movements and just going  to a corner and practicing the timing.

Her EX Special is a big fiery slash doing lots of  damage and daze in an AOE pattern. After using it,  

your basic attacks and Dash Attacks are  transformed into their enhanced version for 15s  

or 8 procs. So basically after using her EX, you  won’t need to time her basic attacks to get the  

empowered versions for 8 basics, or 2 full basic  strings. So here, you can just mash the button.

Her EX Special has a long animation time,  and you can animation cancel this with  

a swap. Therefore we can do another combo. EX  Special into backwards swap into your support,  

into EX Special on them, into quick  assist on Soldier 11. This chains a  

lot of damage in a quick amount of time.  The reason we backwards swap is because  

our support is on the slot to our left in  an optimal team order. Backwards swapping  

can be achieved via the C key on mouse and  keyboard, and you can rebind this at will.

Her chain attack is your regular high damaging  chain attack, but she will also gain the 8  

Fire Suppression stacks here so she can  spam basics without having to time them.

And finally her ultimate is a smaller aoe  attack but again lets her trigger another  

8 Fire Suppression attacks. So if you want to  maximize Fire Suppression hits without having  

to time your attacks, you can do the following  combo. EX Special Basic 1234 Basic 1234 Ultimate  

and then two more Basic 1234s. You won’t have  time to do all of this on a stunned boss though.

On a stunned boss you have a limited time to  act. You’ll want to stun the enemy, chain attack,  

end on a support or a fast animation unit,  and then quick assist or swap to Soldier. 

Then you’ll hopefully have kept enough energy  to EX Special into Ultimate into 2 Empowered  

Basic attack strings. If you are running her  signature you may want to pop in a quick 4  

Enhanced Basics just before the Ultimate in order  to maximize the brimstone’s combat ATK% buff.

Versus trash mobs you’ll have to time your  empowered basic attack combos, and then you  

can hit 'em with the razzle dazzle quick assist  combos if you need to chase them across the map. 

I also recommend grouping enemies together  if you can, I like using Ben for this,  

and this lets me hit them all with the smaller  aoe attacks and my full combo in general.

Finally her Core Passive and Additional Ability.  When triggering fire suppression during her basics  

or dash attacks, you increase that attack’s DMG  by up to 70% at max level. What this means is  

those puny physical attacks are even weaker in  comparison. You’ll really want to get the timing  

down right, and if you can’t, maybe Soldier isn’t  for you. Though her EX Special, Chain Attacks,  

and Ultimates do give her 8 Fire Suppression  stacks each, so you can always abuse them.

Her additional ability will  grant her 10% Fire DMG,  

buffing all fire type attacks she deals.  Then she gains an additional 22.5% Fire  

DMG versus Stunned enemies. This makes  sure she is great on field at all times,  

but even stronger during that burst period  when the enemy is sitting down crying.

So Soldier 11 is a very potent DPS that can make  use of her most powerful attacks when she likes.  

With tons of weak enemies you can always chain  attack and gain free Fire Suppression stacks  

to keep on going ham. My only problem is all  she does is damage, and so she is susceptible  

to power creep when we get a future limited  fire DPS. But for now she is our only fire  

DPS and is uncontested in this role, allowing  for a solid start to Zenless Zone Zero’s meta.

Onto the mindscapes. Her first one is nice for  

quality of life. If she has under 40 energy,  her energy is recovered to 80. So ideally you  

EX Special, swap out to another unit with the  animation cancel, and then swap back in and  

activate this ASAP in order to abuse the  maximum energy it can provide. This works  

for our quick assist support combo. So now you  can EX Special, Backwards Swap animation cancel,  

EX Special on your Support, and then EX  Special again on Soldier. Whether you  

swap after that is dependent on your energy.  You can also save this EX Special if needed.

Her M2 is just a really nice DMG%  buff to basics, dash attacks,  

and dodge counters when she triggers her  fire suppression. Not much else to say.

Her M4 is another quality of life one, giving her  damage reduction and an anti interrupt increase  

during her Fire Suppression attacks. I don’t have  M4 Soldier 11 so I can’t test this, but I imagine  

this greatly reduces the impact of weaker enemies  on canceling her combo with staggers. She will  

also now gain invulnerability during the 4th basic  hit, meaning a free i-frame and avoiding damage.

Her final Mindscape gives her 8 Stacks  of Charge from her EX, Chain, or Ult,  

basically like how she gains 8 Fire  Suppression stacks. These will be  

consumed during Fire Suppression  in order to ignore 25% Fire RES,  

or a 1.25x DMG increase to these attacks.  Very strong final Mindscape to have.

Now let’s move onto builds. You will be equipping  her with a 4 Piece Inferno Metal set and a 2 Piece  

Woodpecker Electro set. You do have the option  of going 4 Woodpecker, but Inferno’s 28% CRIT  

rate is just unmatched in power. You’ll have  to keep consistent burn uptime but that’s  

fine in her current best teams. And I do not  recommend Puffer Electro at all for Soldier 11.

For main stats hit her with the  old CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG Disk 4,  

Fire DMG% in Disk 5, and ATK% in  Disk 6. Considering the high CRIT  

Rate of Inferno Metal and her high innate  CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG is usually advised. 

For substats we will be chasing  CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG and ATK%.

For W-engines Soldier 11 isn’t as bad as Ellen  was. Her signature is of course synergistic with  

her basic attack spamming playstyle, but since  it is only an ATK% and Combat ATK% stat stick,  

well then something like Starlight Engine  can come quite close. And so really you  

won’t miss out on much with any universal A  Rank W-engine. The only ones that fall off  

going from a burst to standard DPS rotation are  Nekomata’s Steel Cushion and Street Superstar,  

as we can only really abuse their passives  in our burst rotation. I definitely recommend  

picking up Starlight Engine as it’s a very  nice, free, and universal A Rank w-engine.

And shall we finish with teams? You’ll definitely want her Additional  

Ability, so bring a Fire Support or Stun  unit. These can be Lucy for Support,  

or Koleda or Ben for Stun. This in  fact brings us the mono fire team  

of Lucy Soldier 11 and Ben. It’s very free  to play friendly. Of course you can bring  

in Koleda if you have her. You also have  the possibility of running Ben AND Koleda,  

but you lose out on a large ATK buff from  Lucy as well as the Quick Assist benefits.

There is also a Disorder Anomaly team going around  with Lucy Soldier 11 Piper. My only problem is  

Disorder consumes the previous Anomaly. So if  you proc Burn before Assault, you will consume  

Burn and bye bye 28% CRIT Rate. Disorder is a  huge amount of quick damage though so it could  

make up for it, but you take a longer amount  of time to Stun due to lacking your usual Stun  

unit. It is fun and cool, but we aren’t in the  endgame yet so we can’t see what is truly best.

Anyways I hope this video on Soldier 11 helped,  

and like and sub if it did. Also let me  know what you run with her and if you’re  

a basic attack timing god. Thanks  for watching, and have a guoba day.