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Zhu Yuan is an S Rank rank character with the Ether attribute who belongs to the Attack Attack Specialty and who is part of the N.E.P.S. faction. Leader of Public Security's Criminal Investigation team, Zhu Yuan, standing by. You can come to me if you need any help.

Zhu Yuan is a Ranged/Melee hybrid S-Rank Ether Combat Agent specializing in delivering massive Ether Burst damage to stunned enemies with her unique ammunition system. With her high mobility, Zhu Yuan integrates multiple Dash attacks into her optimal damage combos, allowing her to reposition mid-attack and implement Invulnerability frames while dealing optimal damage.

Zhu Yuan’s kit revolves around her Shotgun Shell gauge, which can hold up to 9 Enhanced Shells. These shells empower her Basic and Dash Attacks. She switches between two modes of attack: Assault Mode and Suppressive Mode.

• Assault Mode: This mode includes most of her Default Attack sequences. It deals low damage but focuses on generating Enhanced Shotgun Shells.

• Suppressive Mode: This mode features high-damage Charged Attacks. It can be accessed by holding down the basic attack, causing Zhu Yuan to perform a backflip before entering Suppressive Mode. In this mode, while holding, Zhu Yuan continuously consumes 1-3 Enhanced Shotgun Shells to deal massive damage with her attacks.

Zhu Yuan has some of the most varied combos available in the game, with each offering unique benefits in different situations. Learning and mastering them all is quite a challenge. Fortunately, it’s possible to focus on the most commonly used, highest-damage combos, which this guide will cover. Zhu Yuan has access to two completely different basic attack combos, one for each Suppressive and Assault mode.

Zhu Yuan’s Assault Mode Basic Attacks consist of a six-part attack combo (despite the game only listing five of the six parts). Here is the breakdown of the combo:

• Assault Mode Basic P1: Physical Melee Kick
• Assault Mode Basic P2: Ether Ranged Shotgun Blast
• Assault Mode Basic P3: Physical Melee Multi-Kick
• Assault Mode Basic P4: Ether Ranged Shotgun Jump Blast (Generates 1 Shell)
• Assault Mode Basic P5: Ether Ranged Shotgun Dash Blast (Generates 1 Shell)
• Assault Mode Basic P6: Ether Ranged Shotgun Slide.

Zhu Yuan Strengths and Weaknesses:

1. Strengths

• Zhu Yuan is the new highest Burst DPS during Stun windows.
• She has a strong F2P-friendly support in Nicole.
• Zhu Yuan possesses exceptional mobility options that not only do not lower her damage but actually increase it, allowing her to reposition on the battlefield constantly and effectively.
• Due to baked-in dash attacks in most of her attack sequences, Zhu Yuan gains small moments of invulnerability mid-combo, providing her with an edge in combat survivability.
• At the time of her release, Zhu Yuan is the only Ether DPS, giving her a unique niche in the game.
• Good cleave-based hitboxes on almost all attacks for a character that is mostly ranged DPS.

2. Weaknesses:

• Zhu Yuan is a combo-based character who can take a bit of practice to pick up and play perfectly, presenting a learning curve for new players.
• At present, Zhu Yuan lacks synergistic teammate options outside of 4-star characters, though more from her faction are expected soon.
• Zhu Yuan's damage output is significantly weaker when enhanced shells are not available.

• The W-Engines are listed in order of priority. Sometimes the percentages appearing near them won't reflect their performance as pure damage or Stun output isn't the only thing we're looking at - the utility of the W-Engine might be more important than the calculations imply.
• Despite having an incredibly complex kit with many possibilities, Zhu Yuan is very easy to play when you know which combos to execute. She is almost entirely focused on Burst Damage, which should be delivered while the enemy is Stunned to take advantage of her Core Passive and the Stun damage multiplier. Our goal is to build and unload as many Shell Enhanced Suppressive Mode Basic Attacks as possible within the Stun window.

Despite having an incredibly complex kit with many possibilities, Zhu Yuan is very easy to play when you know which combos to execute. She is almost entirely focused on Burst Damage, which should be delivered while the enemy is Stunned to take advantage of her Core Passive and the Stun damage multiplier. Our goal is to build and unload as many Shell Enhanced Suppressive Mode Basic Attacks as possible within the Stun window.

There are many sequences of Suppressive Mode Basics, EXs, and her Ultimate you can execute while the enemy is Stunned, but here is the combo we found to be most optimal, dealing the most damage in the least time. Before executing this combo, we recommend holding at least 2 Shells minimum (M0) in reserve to achieve maximum burst:

• Start (2 Shells)
• Chain Attack (5 Shells)
• Quick Assist: After Nicole (6 Shells)
• EX Special Attack (Remove if not enough energy) (9 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P1 (8 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P2 (7 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P3 (4 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Side Dash Attack (3 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P3 (0 Shells)
• EX Special Attack (3 Shells)
• Ultimate (6 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P1 (5 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P2 (4 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Basic Attack P3 (1 Shells)
• Suppressive Mode Side Dash Attack (0 Shells)

As you can see, assuming you start with 2 Shells with Zhu Yuan’s Energy gauge full, and her Ultimate available, you can unload a total of 15 Shells into a Stunned enemy incredibly quickly. In case you don’t have Zhu Yuan’s Ultimate or one of the EX’s available, you can offset this by either building up additional Shells before starting combo (5 instead of 2 to replace 1 EX or Ultimate) before the Stun window or cutting short her burst rotation. Also, when using certain W-Engines, Disc Drives, or Team Compositions, swapping the first EX in above rotation with the Ultimate can lead to increased damage for little downside (this is true if playing Zhu Yuan with Nicole and you don’t intend to quick swap Nicole in to refresh her debuffs).

Outside of Zhu Yuan’s Stun burst rotations her damage is underwhelming unless you choose to expend EX’s and Shells (Only recommended against Non-Boss enemies). For this reason against any tough enemies your goal should be to recharge Energy, Shells and Decibels and get back to bursting as fast as possible. There are two options to choose from when aiming to achieve this.

You can keep Zhu Yuan on field and focus on performing Assault Mode combos (Listed Below) that yield the most Shells, the Defensive Assist of your Stun character and Zhu Yuan’s Dodge Counters where they make sense.

Standard combo:

• Assault Mode Basic P1
• Side Dash Attack
• Assault Mode Basic P3
• Assault Mode Basic P4
• Assault Mode Basic P5
• Side Dash Attack
• Assault Mode Basic P3