Get ready, Agent! The highly anticipated Zenless Zone Zero 2.0 beta is here, and with it comes a game-changing anniversary headliner: Yu Xuan! This brand-new character introduces the Annihilation Rupture type, poised to unleash massive damage and potentially redefine the meta. What’s even more exciting is that the Rupture type is breathing new life into older characters with updated abilities, paving the way for fresh and powerful team compositions.

Let’s dive deep into Yu Xuan’s kit and explore what makes her a force to be reckoned with:

Core Skill: The Foundation of Fury and Power

Yu Xuan’s core passive immediately sets her apart. She gains additional Shear based on her maximum HP, with each extra point of HP increasing her Shear. This confirms the initial predictions – Yu Xuan is an HP-scaling damage dealer, perfectly aligning with the Rupture type’s described ability for self-sustain and high damage output.

Here’s a breakdown of her core skill mechanics:

• Instant Fury: Yu Xuan enters battle with full Fury and gains an additional 5 Fury upon triggering a Perfect Dodge.
• Fury Management: She can use moves that consume Fury even when below the required threshold.
• Depletion State: When Fury reaches zero, Yu Xuan enters a 10-second Depletion state, preventing Fury recovery. During this time, she can only recover Fury through specific abilities or her enhanced basic attack. After Depletion ends, she recovers 40 Fury.
• Dual Ultimates: Once her Talisman value is sufficient, Yu Xuan can unleash a powerful additional ultimate. This makes her the first character with two distinct ultimate animations!
• Shear-Based Damage: Damage from Yu Xuan’s enhanced basic attacks, “Wing Explosion,” special attack, and both ultimates is Shear damage, ignoring enemy defense and scaling directly with her Shear stat.
• Damage Amplification: These Shear-based moves deal an additional 60% damage.
• Ultimate Synergy: After using the “Thousand Talisman Attack” (her second ultimate), Yu Xuan gains an ultimate charge point, allowing her to immediately use her enhanced basic attack again.

This core skill paints a picture of a character with intricate Fury management, high survivability through HP scaling, and devastating Shear-based attacks that bypass enemy defenses.

Additional Ability: Team Synergy and Burst Potential

Yu Xuan’s additional ability is unique, triggering based on the team composition:

• It activates when there is a Stun character or both Support and Defense characters in the team. (Note: This was hotfixed from an initial “Attack character” requirement.)
• Ultimate Buff: After activating her ultimate, Yu Xuan gains a 40% Crit Damage increase for 15 seconds.
• Continuous Fury Recovery: When teammates release their ultimates, Yu Xuan continuously recovers Fury points every 10 seconds.
• Extreme Assist Impact: When Yu Xuan is switched out via Extreme Assist, she automatically triggers a lightning strike dealing 225% of her Shear and recovers an additional 10 Fury points.
• Post-Ultimate Fury: After a teammate uses their ultimate, Yu Xuan recovers Fury points per second for 10 seconds.

This ability emphasizes Yu Xuan’s potential as a team player, rewarding strategic team compositions and providing significant burst damage and Fury sustain.

Special Attacks: Versatility and Control

Yu Xuan boasts a diverse set of special attacks:

• Normal Special Attack: A quick retreat followed by a forward attack dealing Eater damage.
• EX Special Attack: Wing Flap: Consuming sufficient Fury, holding activates a charge, releasing a powerful Eater damage uppercut. Charging to the flash point adds extra Talisman attacks upon activation. This attack grants temporary invulnerability, increases interruption grade (equal to heavy defensive assist), recovers some Fury, and can be used as an assist follow-up.
• EX Special Attack: Gather Tai Chi Ball: Consuming sufficient Fury, this charges while guiding energy convergence, releasing a massive Eater damage energy ball. It can trigger Perfect Dodge during activation, leading to Extreme Vision.
• EX Special Attack: Detonate Tai Chi Ball: After releasing the “Gather Tai Chi Ball” EX, consuming sufficient Fury allows for a quick detonation of the energy ball, dealing massive damage.

Her special attacks offer a mix of mobility, crowd control, and high burst damage, further enhancing her versatility in combat.

Basic Attacks: Foundation for Enhanced Power

Yu Xuan’s basic attack sequence consists of five standard attacks dealing damage. However, it’s the enhanced versions that truly shine:

• Grand Tai Chi Formation: Activated after a Dodge Patrol, this deploys a formation dealing damage and automatically releasing the fifth attack of her standard basic attack upon completion.
• Enhanced Grand Tai Chi Formation: With an ultimate charge and after a Dodge Patrol, Yu Xuan enters a state to deploy an enhanced formation dealing Eater damage and automatically releasing the “Wing Explosion” basic attack upon completion. Opening this formation drains 10 Fury per second for 3 seconds.
• Wing Explosion: Automatically activates when the “Grand Tai Chi Formation” reaches maximum duration, unleashing an explosive attack dealing massive Eater damage.

Her basic attack system provides a strong foundation for consistent damage and integrates seamlessly with her Dodge Patrol mechanic and ultimate charges.

Ultimates: Healing and Devastation

Yu Xuan possesses two distinct ultimates:

• Ultimate (Normal): Upon reaching maximum Decibel level, Yu Xuan performs continuous wing attacks followed by guiding thousands of talismans, dealing massive Eater damage. Notably, this ultimate evenly distributes HP among all team characters, providing valuable team-wide healing. It boasts a multiplier of 3460% damage.
• Ultimate (Thousand Talisman Attack): When both Talisman and Decibel values are sufficient, this ultimate takes priority. Yu Xuan consistently performs wing attacks followed by guiding thousands of talismans, dealing massive Eater damage. This ultimate focuses purely on damage, with a multiplier of 2883% damage.

The dual ultimate system offers strategic choices, allowing Yu Xuan to either provide crucial healing or unleash devastating burst damage depending on the situation.

Mindscapes: Further Enhancing Her Potential

Yu Xuan’s Mindscapes offer significant enhancements to her abilities:

• Mindscape 1: Immediately gains 120 Talisman value upon entering the battlefield. Using the “Thousand Talisman Attack” removes the Depletion state. Additionally, the Crit Damage of the “Thousand Talisman Attack” is increased by 20%.
• Mindscape 2: The final hit of her basic attack or a Dodge Counter triggers an extra lightning attack dealing 60% of her Shear. Landing this attack applies a Penetration effect (stacking up to 6 layers for 30 seconds). Each layer of Penetration increases Shear damage by 3.5% when her ultimate hits.
• Mindscape 4: Damage from her EX special attacks is also considered as ultimate damage.
• Mindscape 6: When heavy hits from either ultimate connect, Yu Xuan enters an enhanced state for 5 seconds. During this state, her EX special attacks consume no Fury.

These Mindscapes further amplify Yu Xuan’s damage potential, Fury management, and overall effectiveness, making her an even more formidable force.

Final Thoughts: A Potential Meta-Shaker

Yu Xuan’s kit is packed with exciting mechanics, from her unique HP-scaling and Shear-based damage to her dual ultimates and team-synergizing abilities. The fact that her attacks ignore enemy defense and receive significant damage boosts suggests she will be a top-tier damage dealer. Her ability to heal the team with her first ultimate adds another layer of utility, making her a potentially invaluable asset in various team compositions.

While these are early beta details and subject to change, Yu Xuan is shaping up to be an incredible anniversary character who could very well redefine the Zenless Zone Zero meta and bring older characters back into the spotlight. Agents, prepare yourselves – the Rupture revolution is about to begin! Stay tuned for further updates as the beta progresses!