Nekomata in ZZZ: Guide and Best Build

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Nekomata Guide in ZZZ: Best Build

• Nekomata Basic Stats
• Nekomiya Mana’s Strengths and Weaknesses
• Best build for Nekomata
• Best Troops and Banbu for Nekomata
• Best Equipment for Nekomata
• Best Amplifiers (Weapons)
• Best Drive Disks (Artifacts)
• Nekomiya Mana Upgrade
• Nekomata Skills
• Mental picture (constellations) of Nekomata
• Materials and resources for leveling up Nekomata
• How to play as Nekomata?
• How to get Nekomiya Mana?
• Who voices Nekomata?
• Nekomiya Mana Artwork

Nekomiya Mana’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Nekomata’s strengths and weaknesses are mostly dictated by her Attributes, which determine the rotation and combat style of the character.

Nekomata’s Strengths :

• Can deal powerful area damage and quickly deal with groups of weak enemies;
• Possesses high mobility and maneuverability due to the ability to pass through enemies;
• Increases damage up to +60% when using counterattacks and quick assists.

Nekomata’s Weaknesses :

• To maintain the damage buff, you need to use a counterattack every 6 seconds, or play from quick help;
• The fast-paced play style may not suit every player;
• To conveniently activate quick help, the squad must have an agent with the Support specialty, but at release the choice of characters with the physical attribute is very limited.

Best build for Nekomata

This build allows you to pump up Nekomata’s damage with the skills you use most in combat. The Signature Amplifier provides a bonus when attacking enemies from behind, and the included Drive Disc set accumulates boost levels when crits Basic Attack, Counterattack after Dodge, and Enhanced Special Attack.

Below we will discuss separately possible alternatives for each piece of equipment.

Best Troops and Banbu for Nekomata

Since Nekomata is an S-rank agent with the Offense specialty, she will be the main damage dealer in the party. To make full use of her additional ability, it is recommended to add at least one other agent with the same attribute or from the same faction to the team.

The first squad is based on Nekomanta’s affiliation with the “Sly Hares”. It is not the most successful in our selection, but it is free and available at the very beginning of the game.

Nekomata in this build is responsible for dealing damage and acts as the main DPS, Enbi is responsible for stunning enemies, and Nicole is responsible for reducing the defense of enemies, gathering them in one place and opening a window for Quick Help.

But with the physical mono-build on release, everything is not so simple, since three of the four available heroes of this attribute belong to the Offense specialty. With the appearance of new agents of the Physical attribute Support in future patches, you will be able to balance this team with them.

In the proposed squad, Piper will be responsible for accumulating attribute anomaly and activating Onslaught, Nekomata will act as a damage dealer, and Corin will be brought onto the battlefield after stunning the enemy to deal damage with an enhanced special attack.

A variation of the previous squad, where we give the third slot to a Support agent with a different attribute to receive buffs and easier activation of Quick Aid.

We recommend choosing a faction to keep all the squad bonuses, which limits our choice to two characters: Lucy and Nicole. However, Lucy’s attack power buff is preferable in our opinion.

Another variant of the Nekomata squad, which is implemented with two S-rank heroes. Lycaon or Qingyi in this case will be responsible for stunning enemies, Nekomata will help them by using Defense Assist and dealing damage if possible.

Corin, in turn, goes out to deal burst damage, using an enhanced special attack on stunned enemies and allowing you to keep all the team bonuses with Lycaon.

Best Equipment for Nekomata

In this section of the guide, we’ll look at the best gear for Nekomata and talk about the appropriate boosters and drive discs for the character. If you’re not quite familiar with the Zenless Zone Zero lexicon, the booster is the character’s weapon, and the drive discs can be called his artifacts.

Best Amplifiers (Weapons)

Steel Paw is a signature S-rank amplifier for Nekomata that perfectly matches her skills and fighting style. It not only increases the character’s physical damage, but also further increases the attack power of attacks from behind.

The other options are more versatile and can be used as an alternative. Of the A-rank boosters, we recommend choosing the Star Engine, whose buffs fit well with Nekomata’s main passive skill.

Amplifier	Characteristics	Effect
Steel Paw	Base Attack 46-684 Critical Hit Rate 9.6%-24%	Physical damage is increased by 20-40%. The damage dealt by an agent with this item is additionally increased by 25-50% when attacking an enemy from behind.
Sulfur	Base Attack 46-684 Attack Power 12%-30%	When a basic attack, dash attack, or counterattack after dodging hits an enemy, the agent with this item gains 3.5-7% attack power for 8 sec. Stacks up to 8 times, triggers once every 0.5 sec. The duration of each effect level is calculated separately.
Star Engine	Base Attack 40-594 Attack Power 10%-25%	When performing a counterattack after an evasion or quick assist, the agent with this item gains 12-19.2% increased attack power for 12 sec.
Artillery rotor	Base Attack 40-594 Critical Hit Chance 8%-20%	Attack power is increased by 7.5-12%. When dealing a critical hit to an enemy, additional damage is dealt equal to 200% of attack power. Cannot occur more than once every 6-8 sec.
Star of the streets	Base Attack 40-594 Attack Power 10%-25%	When a squad member initiates a chain attack, the agent with this item gains 1 charge. Can stack up to 3 times. Using the Super consumes all charges. Each charge effect increases the damage dealt by the skill by 15-24%.

Best Drive Disks (Artifacts)

We offer you three options for drive disk sets to choose from. The first, and the best in our opinion, is universal and aimed at increasing Nekomata’s damage when using a basic attack, counterattack after dodging, or an enhanced special attack.

The second one is worth using in physical teams that can frequently activate Rush, and the third one will allow Nekomata to deal good burst damage and increase the power of her ultimate, which will be useful in teams that play from stun.

Characteristics
Woodpecker-electro (4 pcs)	2pcs : Increases Critical Hit Rate by 8% 4pcs : Each time a Basic Attack, Counterattack after Dodging, or Empowered Special Attack deals Critical Damage, the agent with this item gains 1 level of buff. For each level of buff, the attack power of the agent with this item increases by 9% for 6 sec.
Fierce heavy metal (2 pcs)	2 pcs : physical damage increased by 10%
Set #2	Characteristics
Fierce heavy metal (4 pcs)	2pcs : Physical damage increased by 10% 4pcs : When a squad member performs Charge on an enemy, the agent with this item deals 35% more damage for 12 sec.
Woodpecker-electro (2 pcs)	2 pcs : Increases critical hit chance by 8%
Set #3	Characteristics
Fugu-electro (4 pcs)	2pcs : Increases the chance of penetration by 8% 4pcs : Super ability deals 20% more damage, when the super ability is launched, the attack power of the agent with this item increases by 15% for 12 sec.
Woodpecker-electro (2 pcs)	2 pcs : Increases critical hit chance by 8%

Nekomiya Mana Upgrade

When upgrading Nekomata’s skills, first pay attention to the Propensity, as it increases the damage buff. Then upgrade the Basic Attack, which is used by the character most often.

After that, the order may change slightly. If the squad has characters for quick activation of Onslaught (for example, Piper), the priority of Special Attack can be increased. It is better to supplement such a build with a set of 4 drive discs “Fierce Heavy Metal”.

If not, then pump Evasion or Chain of Attacks. In general, for characters of the Offense specialty, it makes sense to pump all available skills over time.

Mental picture (constellations) of Nekomata

Try to get at least one duplicate of Nekomata to awaken the first Eidos. This will allow her to ignore the 16% physical damage resistance when attacking from behind, significantly increasing her damage.

Eidoses 4 and 6 are also good, but not good enough to justify the investment in getting duplicates.

1. Bird Hunt
When Nekomata attacks from behind, she ignores 16% of the target’s physical damage resistance. If the enemy is stunned, all of Nekomata’s attacks are considered attacks from behind.

2: Cat and Mouse
When there is only one enemy left on the field for Nekomata to fight, her energy generation increases by 25%.

3. Curious Left Tail
Basic Attack, Evasion, Special Attack, Chain Attack Level +2.

4. Sharp Claws
When Nekomata uses her enhanced special attack, her critical hit rate is increased by 7% for 15 sec. The effect stacks up to 2 times, but each duration is counted separately.

5. Lucky Right Tail
Basic Attack, Evasion, Special Attack, Chain Attack Level +2.

6. Predator Genes
When Nekomata performs a chain attack or uses her ultimate, her crit damage is increased by 18%. The effect stacks up to 3 times and ends when she leaves the battle. If Nekomata defeats an enemy, the effect immediately stacks to the maximum.