Banyue (ZZZ) Build

Banyue has two Basic Attack modules, which are tapping Basic Attack key four times consecutively and tapping Special Attack key four times consecutively.

Banyue has a total of six Ex Special Skills: Earth Shaker, Mountain Tremor, Enhanced Mountain Tremor, One’s Path, Lion’s Roar, and Enhanced Lion’s Roar. Earth Shaker, Mountain Tremor, One’s Path, and Lion’s Roar all consume 20 Energy to cast, but Earth Shaker has the highest Damage multiplier and Daze multiplier. The Damage and Daze multipliers for Mountain Tremor, One’s Path, and Lion’s Roar are rather average. However, Enhanced Mountain Tremor and Enhanced Lion’s Roar consume 40 Energy, and their Damage and Daze multipliers are roughly double those of the weakened versions.

Alright, so how should these six Ex Special Skills be executed? I will explain them one by one. First, let’s talk about Earth Shaker. For average players, there are two ways to execute Earth Shaker. One: after using the Basic Attack module of tapping Basic Attack key four times and reaching the third or fourth hit, tap Special Attack key once to trigger Earth Shaker. Two: after Banyue performs a Defensive Assist, Dodge Counter, or Quick Assist, holding Special Attack key can also trigger Earth Shaker. Next, let’s talk about Enhanced Mountain Tremor. After Banyue triggers Earth Shaker, quickly tapping Special Attack key > Special Attack key > Basic Attack key will trigger Enhanced Mountain Tremor.

As for One’s Path, the execution method is to use the Basic Attack module of tapping Special Attack key four times, and after reaching the third or fourth hit, tap Basic Attack key once to trigger One’s Path. Also, after a Defensive Assist, Dodge Counter, or Quick Assist, holding Basic Attack key can also trigger One’s Path. Finally, by the same logic, Enhanced Lion’s Roar can be triggered by quickly tapping Basic Attack key > Basic Attack key > Special Attack key after using One’s Path.

The Earth Shaker + Mountain Tremor combo generally has higher Damage and Daze multipliers than the One’s Path followed by Lion’s Roar combo. Since both consume 60 Energy total, it is recommended to strictly use Earth Shaker + Mountain Tremor in practical combat.

Alright, having covered the Ex Special Skills, next I will show you Banyue’s dodges. Banyue has a total of three dodge modes. The first is Normal Dodge, the second is Block Dodge. When Banyue is attacking, his dodge is replaced by Block Dodge, and if the “Gold Body” dodge is successful, you can trigger a Defensive Assist. Finally, there is another dodge method: Taunt Dodge. If you are playing on mobile, you need to rotate your joystick in a full circle and then tap Dodge to execute it. If playing on PC, you need to tap the A, S, and D keys respectively, then hit Dodge. After a Taunt Dodge, the following combo will come out faster.

Alright, next let’s talk about the bar below the avatar. This bar is called the Wrathful Fires bar, and it can accumulate up to 150 points of Wrathful Fires. There are four ways to accumulate Wrathful Fires. One: gaining 0.5 points of Wrathful Fires for every 1 Energy consumed. Two: performing a dodge—whether it’s a Normal Dodge, Gold Body Dodge, or Taunt Dodge—adds 4 points of Wrathful Fires. Three: performing a block, like a parry Defensive Assist, also adds 4 points of Wrathful Fires. Four: there is a perfect timing for the Gold Body Dodge, similar to Caesar’s perfect block. If you trigger this Perfect Dodge, you can gain 6 points of Wrathful Fires. These are the four ways to obtain Wrathful Fires.

When his Wrathful Fires reach 120 points, holding Basic Attack key will consume 120 points of Wrathful Fires to enter the Visage of Wrath state. The Visage of Wrath state has two effects. One: while in the Visage of Wrath state, every time Banyue activates an Ex Special Skill, his Fire Attribute Damage increases by 5% for 8 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. Two: after Banyue enters the Visage of Wrath state, he gains 4 units of “Mountain Might.” When possessing Mountain Might, Banyue can perform Ex Special Skills without consuming Energy; each Ex Special Skill consumes one unit of Mountain Might and restores 10 Energy to Banyue. Also, in this state, we don’t need to perform difficult inputs; just by holding Special Attack key, Banyue will sequentially perform Earth Shaker, Mountain Tremor, One’s Path, and Lion’s Roar. After performing the four Ex Special Skills, he will finally crush the enemy between two giant rocks, dealing massive Fire Elemental Damage and exiting the Visage of Wrath state.

Additionally, after entering the Visage of Wrath state, he is granted a Special Basic Attack. When Banyue is in the Visage of Wrath state, if we continuously unleash two Ex Special Skills and then follow up by holding Basic Attack key, we can trigger a Special Basic Attack. However, I personally do not recommend beginners use this Special Basic Attack, because at M0 (Mindscape 0), Banyue’s Special Basic Attack has no special effects; it just lets you deal an extra hit of damage. Plus, if you want to perform this Special Basic Attack, you have to manually operate the controls even though you are in the Visage of Wrath state.

At this point, all of Banyue’s skill mechanics have been clearly explained. As for his operational technique and strategy in actual combat, it’s actually very simple. First, use Earth Shaker + Mountain Tremor to accumulate Wrathful Fires. Once accumulated to 120 points, hold Basic Attack key to enter Visage of Wrath mode, then hold Special Attack key to unleash Earth Shaker + Mountain Tremor, One’s Path, and Lion’s Roar. Finally, end with the two rocks crushing the enemy. Also, flexibly use Normal Dodge and Block Dodge to accumulate Wrathful Fires for yourself.