Zhao (ZZZ) Build

In actual combat, Zhao increases her Crit Rate based on her own initial Max HP. Every 1,000 points of initial Max HP increases her Crit Rate by 1.4%. generally, a geared-up Zhao will naturally have about 37.8% Crit Rate in combat, but her damage is relatively low. Therefore, “Little Zhao’s” output capability doesn’t bring much change to the team’s overall damage output.

The bar below her character icon is called Frostbite Points. The limit for Frostbite Points is 100. We can obtain Frostbite Points in the following 5 ways:

1. Entering the battlefield instantly grants Zhao 100 Frostbite Points. This triggers once every 180 seconds in Investigation Zone mode.
2. Casting her Ex-Special Skill grants 20 Frostbite Points.
3. Unleashing her Ultimate grants 20 Frostbite Points.
4. Unleashing a Chain Attack grants 5 Frostbite Points.
5. When any active character in the team hits an enemy, it adds 6 Frostbite Points to Zhao. This can be triggered at most once every 3 seconds via this method.

These are all the ways to accumulate Frostbite Points.

When her Frostbite Points reach the maximum of 100, she can consume all 100 points to activate Ether Veil: Wellspring. This can be done by activating her Ex-Special Skill, performing an Assist Follow-Up, unleashing a Chain Attack, or unleashing her Ultimate; all four methods can activate Ether Veil: Wellspring, which is easy to understand.
The final method: When Zhao is off-field and has already accumulated 100 Frostbite Points, switching her from off-field to on-field will cause her to automatically consume the 100 Frostbite Points, activate Ether Veil: Wellspring, and perform an Entry Skill. This Entry Skill can also trigger the next character’s Quick Assist.

So, what does Zhao’s Ether Veil: Wellspring do? It has three effects:

1. When inside Ether Veil: Wellspring, the whole team’s HP increases by 5% for 40 seconds.
2. When inside Ether Veil: Wellspring, the whole team’s Attack increases by 1,000 points for 50 seconds.
3. When inside Ether Veil: Wellspring, damage dealt by the whole team increases by 40%. She needs to reach 27,000 initial Max HP to get the full 40% bonus. If she doesn’t reach this HP value, she won’t get the full damage bonus.

According to actual testing, if you don’t pull for her signature weapon, it is a bit difficult to stack Zhao’s HP to 27,000. But don’t worry. Even if you don’t stack it to 27,000, you can basically still get a damage bonus of over 30%, so the difference isn’t too drastic.
Finally, Zhao can also act as the team’s healer. When she casts her Special Skill (whether it is the normal Special Skill or Ex-Special Skill), she consumes 5% of her current HP to provide a healing effect for the whole team. This can heal the team at most once every 30 seconds. Casting the skill once can heal the whole team for over 2,500 points. Since it triggers every 30 seconds, personally.

Her combat strategy is also very simple. It is essentially accumulating Frostbite Points through various methods. Once Frostbite Points are full, you can activate Ether Veil: Wellspring via Ex-Special Skills, Ultimates, etc. Alternatively, you can directly switch her on-field to activate Ether Veil: Wellspring, and after activating it, you can switch her back off-field. Just enjoy the various damage bonuses from Ether Veil: Wellspring. Then, when your team’s HP is low, switch Zhao back out to use her Special Skill to heal the whole team.