Character Stats

Seed (ZZZ) Build

S Rank

Level: 1

Core Bonus Included

ATK

DEF

Impact

CRIT Rate

19.4%

CRIT DMG

PEN Ratio

Anomaly Proficiency

Energy Regen

1.2

Anomaly Mastery

Last updated: August 15, 2026 1:48 AM
Updated Seed’s full build.

Seed (ZZZ) is one of the Electric characters with role. Seed (ZZZ) is one of the S Rank characters in Zenless Zone Zero.

Seed Build (ZZZ) is included in this guide, you can jump to Seed Build (ZZZ) Here.

In combat, after performing the fourth stage of her basic attack, Seed can summon a robot to execute an elbow strike. However, we don’t need to rely solely on the fourth basic attack to trigger this elbow strike—there are five faster ways to execute it:

After Seed uses Quick Assist
After Seed performs a Dodge Counter
After Seed executes an Assist Follow-up

When Seed uses her Ex-Special, she fires missiles forward. If she holds down the Ex-Special button, she can consume up to 60 energy to automatically summon the robot for an elbow strike.

Below Seed’s avatar, there is an energy gauge called Steel Charge, with a maximum capacity of 150 points. When Steel Charge reaches 120 points, the gauge turns yellow. Once yellow, we can skip the first four basic attacks and directly summon the robot for the elbow strike.

Now, here’s the key point: when Seed has 120 Steel Charge, she can follow up the robot’s elbow strike by spamming the attack button to consume 120 Steel Charge and unleash a powerful missile barrage followed by a plunging attack. This combo is Seed’s primary source of damage in combat.

Thus, Seed’s combat strategy becomes clear: we need to accumulate Steel Charge through various methods, and once she has 120 points, use the elbow strike followed by the plunging attack to deal damage.

In practice, there are three ways for her to gain Steel Charge:

Dealing damage: Any of Seed’s attacks that hit enemies will generate Steel Charge.
Using Ultimate: Seed instantly gains 60 Steel Charge when she activates her Ultimate.
Energy consumption: Whenever the Vanguard (while being controlled) or Seed herself consumes energy, for every 1 energy consumed, Seed gains 0.5 Steel Charge.

Before introducing the third method, let’s first explain her core passive: Seed identifies the Attack-type teammate with the highest initial ATK as the Vanguard. When the Vanguard uses their Ex-Special, Seed gains an ATK and Crit DMG boost for 40 seconds. Similarly, when Seed uses her Ex-Special, the Vanguard gains the same buffs for 40 seconds. When both buffs are active simultaneously, Seed and the Vanguard enter the Bisiege state, increasing their damage dealt by 25%.

Although Seed is an Attack-type character, she provides support-like utility. However, these buffs only remain active while the character is on-field. If the character is switched off-field, the buffs will expire after 3 seconds.

Now, the third way to recover Steel Charge: whenever the Vanguard (while being controlled) or Seed herself consumes energy, for every 1 energy consumed, Seed gains 0.5 Steel Charge. This means even if Seed is off-field, using the Vanguard’s Ex-Special will still generate Steel Charge for her.

These are the three ways to recover Steel Charge. Additionally, Seed has an extra ability: if there are other Attack characters in the party, while Seed is on-field dealing damage, she can restore 2 energy to the Vanguard (can trigger once per second). This means not only can the Vanguard help Seed recover Steel Charge, but Seed can also help the Vanguard recover energy.

Finally, Seed’s elbow strike, plunging attack, and Ultimate deal 30% increased damage and ignore 25% of the enemy’s Lightning RES. This covers all of her skill mechanics.

Chrysanthemum Wheel Dance

Seed (ZZZ) Basic Attack

Press to activate:
Perform up to 4 attacks forward, dealing Physical DMG for the first two hits and Electric DMG for the third and fourth hits.
When attacked between the retreat of the 3rd hit to before the 4th hit, triggers an automatic dodge.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Falling Petals – Slaughter

Seed (ZZZ) Basic Attack

After the 4th hit of a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter, Quick Assist, or Assist Follow-Up, hold or press to activate:
Summon the mech to perform a charged punch attack, dealing massive Electric DMG.
When Steel Charge reaches 120, gain one chance to quickly activate Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter by holding . This effect expires when Steel Charge is less than 120 or after using the method above to activate Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter once.
Does not accumulate Steel Charge on hit.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Falling Petals – Downfall

Seed (ZZZ) Basic Attack

Seed has Steel Charge, which she can accumulate by hitting enemies with her skills.
Steel Charge has a maximum value of 150, and an initial value of 60. Upon reaching 120 Steel Charge and triggering Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter or Ultimate: Clockwork Garden – Bloom!, press or hold to consume 60 Steel Charge and unleash Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Downfall First Form, then automatically consume 60 Steel Charge to follow up with Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Downfall Second Form.
Pilots the mech to fire sweeping shots and perform a jumping smash, dealing massive Electric DMG.
Does not accumulate Steel Charge on hit.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Running on Petals

Seed (ZZZ) Dodge

Press to activate:
A quick dash dodge.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

Magnetic Wheel Dance

Seed (ZZZ) Dash Attack

Press during a dodge to activate:
Throw steel wheels forward, dealing Physical DMG.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Blossom Burst

Seed (ZZZ) Dodge Counter

Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate:
Unleash a barrage of lasers at enemies in front, dealing Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Withered in Frost

Seed (ZZZ) Special Attack

Press to activate:
Throw a steel wheel that traces a curved path, dealing Electric DMG.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Raining Iron Petals

Seed (ZZZ) Ex Special Attack

With enough Energy, press to activate:
Enter flight mode, where Seed can move in four directions, and unleash a continuous barrage of missiles, dealing massive Electric DMG.
Hold to extend the barrage duration while continuously consuming Energy.
During flight, release to trigger EX Special Attack: Raining Iron Petals – Away.
Upon consuming 60 Energy points in one flight, automatically trigger Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Tempest of Frosty Petals

Seed (ZZZ) Chain Attack

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate:
Summons her mech for protection, then launches cannon shots and a barrage of missiles, dealing massive Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Clockwork Garden – Bloom!

Seed (ZZZ) Ultimate

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate:
Seed will pilot the mech personally, raining down missiles and a meteor shower of rockets, then performing a jumping smash, dealing massive Electric DMG.
After using this skill, accumulate 60 Steel Charge.
Does not accumulate Steel Charge on hit.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Flower Chain Protocol

Seed (ZZZ) Core Passive

The Attack teammate with the highest ATK is considered as “Seed’s” [Vanguard].
When [Vanguard] releases [EX Special Attack], “Seed” gains [Onslaught] status, increasing “Seed’s” ATK by 225 / 350 / 475 / 600 / 725 / 1000 and CRIT DMG by 17.5% / 20% / 22.5% / 25% / 27.5% / 30%. When “Seed” releases [EX Special Attack], [Vanguard] gains [Direct Strike] status, increasing [Vanguard]’s ATK by 225 / 350 / 475 / 600 / 725 / 1000 and CRIT DMG by 17.5% / 20% / 22.5% / 25% / 27.5% / 30%.

When [Direct Strike] and [Onslaught] are both active, “Seed” and [Vanguard] gain [Besiege] status, increasing all DMG dealt by 17.5% / 20% / 22.5% / 25% / 27.5% / 30%.

[Onslaught], [Direct Strike], and [Besiege] take effect when the Character is currently active, and remain effective when switched to inactive until the Character exits or the effect expires after 3 seconds. Upon entering a stage, “Seed” immediately gains [Onslaught] and [Besiege] status, while [Vanguard] immediately gains [Direct Strike] and [Besiege] status.

[Direct Strike] and [Onslaught] status last for 40 seconds, and the duration can be refreshed when gained again. When [Vanguard] as the active Character or “Seed” consumes Energy, for every 1 point of Energy consumed, “Seed” recovers 0.5 points of [Steel Charge].

Surprise Strike

Seed (ZZZ) Additional Ability

When another Attack Character is in your squad:
When Seed deals DMG as the active character, restore 2 Energy to the Vanguard. This effect can trigger once every 1s.
Seed’s Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter, Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Downfall, and Ultimate: Clockwork Garden – Bloom! deal 30% increased DMG and ignore 25% of enemy Electric RES.

Barrage of Raining Flowers

Seed (ZZZ) Quick Assist

When the active character is launched, press to activate:
Unleash a barrage of lasers at enemies in front, dealing Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Sprouting Barrier

Seed (ZZZ) Defensive Assist

When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press to activate:
Parries the enemy’s attack, dealing massive Daze.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Crimson Core Burst

Seed (ZZZ) Assist Follow-Up

Press after a Defensive Assist to activate:
Unleash continuous floating turret attacks at enemies ahead, dealing Electric DMG.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Moveset

DMG Multiplier

Lv:

Seed (ZZZ)’s Mindscapes Comparison

The percentage indicates the performance of Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape in Damage boost.

M1
Significantly increases the frequency of Steel Charge attacks, allowing Seed to execute one Ultimate and three Steel Charge attacks within a single Daze burst window. Using the team composition of Astral and Harumasa in the simulation, M1 improves Seed’s burst damage during Daze by 21.6%.

M2
Seed and Attack-type teammates ignore 20% of enemy DEF. The Ex-Special can continuously consume energy up to 120 points. For every 5 energy consumed, the damage of the subsequent heavy punch increases by 5%. The total damage improvement from M2 is 12.5%.

M3/M5
Damage increases by 9.0% (M3) and 8.34% (M5) respectively.

M4
Ultimate damage increased by 20%, resulting in a total damage improvement of 2.35%.

M6
Crit DMG increased by 50%. When executing Steel Charge attack, an additional instance of damage equal to 495% of ATK is dealt (can trigger once every 3 seconds). The total damage improvement from M6 is 21%.

“Hibernation Period”

Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape 1

When Seed’s Steel Charge reaches 100, Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Downfall can be triggered, and the total Steel Charge consumed is reduced to 100. Gain an additional 40/20 Steel Charge when entering the battlefield/using Ultimate. Increases Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Downfall CRIT DMG by 30%.

“Light Absorption Technique”

Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape 2

When Besiege is active for an Agent, that Agent’s DMG ignores 20% of DEF. When activating EX Special Attack: Raining Iron Petals, after consuming a total of 60 Energy, Seed can continue consuming Energy to extend the duration of the skill until the button is released or a total of 120 Energy is consumed. For every 5 Energy consumed by EX Special Attack: Raining Iron Petals, the following Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter’s DMG increases by 5%.

“A Story of Sprouting”

Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape 3

Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

“Fragrant Tune”

Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape 4

When Seed’s Besiege status buff is active, her Decibel Generation Rate increases by 10%, and Ultimate DMG increases by 20%.

“Time to Bloom”

Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape 5

Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

“Theory of the Heart”

Seed (ZZZ) Mindscape 6

Seed’s CRIT DMG increases by 50%.
When using Basic Attack: Falling Petals – Slaughter, fires 3 additional laser beams, each dealing 165% of ATK as DMG. This effect can trigger once every 3s.

Seed (ZZZ) Best W-Engine

The percentage indicates the performance of the W-engine in Damage boost.

Cordis Germina

100%

Heartstring Nocturne

88.51%

Myriad Eclipse

87.23%

Severed Innocence

85.69%

Marcato Desire

77.62%
(Anomaly)

Cannon Rotor

77.04%

Regarding W-engines:
Undoubtedly, the Signature W-engine deals the highest damage. The following Signature W-engines perform relatively close to each other, all achieving at least 85% of Seed’s Signature W-engine’s performance:

Evelyn’s Signature W-engine: “Heartstring Nocturne”
Great Andy’s Signature W-engine: “Severed Innocence”
Hugo’s Signature W-engine: “Myriad Eclipse”

For players without S-rank W-engines, the A-rank W-engine “Fierce Eagle’s Aspiration” is the best alternative.

Seed (ZZZ) Best Drive Discs

General DPS Build I

100%

Dawn’s Bloom

4 pcs

Branch & Blade Song

2 pcs

General DPS Build II

105%*

Woodpecker Electro

4 pcs

Branch & Blade Song

2 pcs

Seed (ZZZ) Drive Discs‘ Main Stats & Sub Stats

Crit Rate/Crit DMG

PEN Ratio

ATK%

Main Stats

Crit Rate=Crit Dmg>ATK%>PEN>ATK

Sub Stats

The 4-piece Dawn’s Boom set is the preferred choice. Although the 4-piece Woodpecker Electro set theoretically offers higher damage when maintaining two stacks, it is difficult to consistently keep two stacks active in actual combat. Additionally, the ultimate uptime in practice is significantly lower in real combat.

For the 2-piece set, the Crit DMG set provides slightly higher damage, but it outperforms the ATK% and Electro DMG sets by less than 2%. Prioritize using a 2-piece set with better substats.

Main Stats:

Slot 4: Prioritize Crit Rate. Only consider Crit DMG if Crit Rate already meets requirements.
Slot 5: PEN% is optimal.
Slot 6: ATK%

Substats:

Prioritize (in order):

Crit Rate / Crit DMG
ATK%
PEN%
Flat ATK

Seed (ZZZ) Best Teams

Astra Yao Build (ZZZ)

Support

Harumasa Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Seed Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Robin

Bangboo

Trigger Build (ZZZ)

Support

Harumasa Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Seed Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Robin

Bangboo

Nicole Build

Support

Harumasa Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Seed Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Robin

Bangboo

Yuzuha Build (ZZZ)

Support

Harumasa Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Seed Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Robin

Bangboo

Rina Build

Support

Harumasa Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Seed Build (ZZZ)

Attack

Robin

Bangboo

Seed’s team must consist of two Attack-type characters and one support.

Currently, there are no perfectly ideal Attack-type teammates for Seed. Selection should be based on the environment. Prioritize choosing Attack-type characters with fast Ex-Special animation that can be used off-field, such as Great Anby or Harumasa.

For physical environments, Nekomata can be chosen. Zhu Yuan and Ellen can also be paired with Seed when targeting corresponding enemy weaknesses.

For the support role, Astral is currently the optimal choice, performing slightly better than the second-best option, Trigger, under the same configuration. If neither Astral nor Trigger is available, players can temporarily use Nicole, Yazuha, M1 Rina, or M6 Lucy as substitutes.

All Games

Seed (ZZZ) Build

Seed (ZZZ)’s Mindscapes Comparison

Seed (ZZZ) Best W-Engine

Seed (ZZZ) Best Drive Discs

Seed (ZZZ) Drive Discs‘ Main Stats & Sub Stats

Main Stats:

Substats:

Seed (ZZZ) Best Teams