Zaou-Gongen/Builds

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Role Summary

Name	Best Archetype(s)		PVE	PVP		Democalypse
	PVE	PVP		Offense	Defense	Prelim	Boss
Zaou-Gongen			5	1	1	4	5
Pros	Kongo Zaou is a powerful passive that grants Phys Pierce to all your demons under Rebellion. Hell Gongen is a team archetype based specifically around this ability. Panel 3 grants team-wide Rebellion whenever he crits. This is very powerful for Physical-based Hero Masakado T1 teams, as it cranks up their damage to insane levels and guarantees virtually infinite crits. Red gives him a cheap AOE attack in Herculean Strike. While not common, he can work as a Fire Mage as he has passable Magic and Fire Amp in Purple. Great set of Panels that provide additional damage, accuracy and team-wide Rebellion. Panel 4 grants himself Charge and Rebellion when any party member scores a kill (once per turn), synergizing with Yoshitsune's panel 4 that has a similar effect. This could allow him to forego Auto-Rebellion in PvE, if the first kill happens quickly. It also makes God's Hand far more affordable at 5 MP, improving performance against single-targets.
Cons	Weak to Elec. Middling AGI affects his Accuracy and Speed. Missing can be disastrous for a Masakado A team, as they aim to win on the very first turn.
Notes	Auto-Rebellion is a very powerful transfer skill for him, as it will guarantee he can start the crit loop. Note that this will not work on Democalypse boss, though. Fire Slash or Rending Fire are considerations for a Purple build, as they are physical Fire attacks that also have +30% crit chance, in exchange for a slight drop in power compared to Maragidyne. However, they're event-locked skill genomes and may be hard to obtain. Also note that ZG does not have Fire Pierce, and Kongo-Zaou's pierce effect only works on attacks with the Phys element. Due to elemental Democalpyse bosses having 100% crit resist, Fire Slash is not going to crit without tons of crit support. Plus, if ZG can't crit, then he can't start his infinite Rebellion casts. Transferring Auto-Rebellion does not solve this problem, as it will not activate on the boss wave. Prelim does not have crit resist, so using Rending Fire and/or Auto-Rebellion there for crits shouldn't be a problem.

PvE Builds

Archetype(s)

• Red: Cheap Phys AOE in Herculean Strike.
• Purple: Fire Amp for Fire Democalypse builds.

Skill Transfers

You'll want Zaou to crit on his first hit in order to activate P3 to cast party-wide Rebellion. Accuracy boosters to patchup his lowish AGI. Phys Damage boosters to hit hard in Hell Gongen teams.

Crit Boosters:

• Auto-Rebellion: Best option as it is a guaranteed crit on the first hit, but only available via Yellow Tokisada and Yellow Marici as Gacha.
• Wicked Strike: Crit damage + crit rate modifier.
• Epitome of Carnage: Boosts both crit rate and Phys damage.
• Savage Glee: More accessible than Auto-Rebellion, and grants the highest crit rate increase.
• Bloody Glee: Early game/budget option

Accuracy Boosters:

• Great Aim: Highest accuracy booster.
• Epitome of Aggression: Boosts accuracy + has ailment resistance.
• Good Aim: Early game/budget option.

Damage Boosters:

• Phys Amp: Highest Phys damage modifier.
• Wicked Strike: Crit damage + crit rate modifier.
• Epitome of Carnage: Boosts Phys damage + Crit rate.
• Phys Boost: Early game/budget option.

If using a Purple build, transfer Fire Slash or Rending Fire if available. Damage boosters in this case should be for Fire instead of Phys.

Brands

• Stat priorities: Phys ATK%, Phys AC%, Critical%,.

• War: Boosts his damage. Especially important in Hell Gongen teams to dish out as much damage as possible. Allows his Herculean Strike to kill/weaken the adds during a boss fight, then boss killers like Yoshitsune, Ose Hallel, P3 Mara, etc. can focus solely on the boss.
• Aim: Boosts his shaky accuracy to ensure no Press Turns are wasted. Plus, if he misses then he cannot crit to activate P3.
• Lead: Allows him to attack ASAP in the team to start his P3 crit loop so his teammates can take advantage of the Rebellion + Phys Pierce.

Mitama

1. AGI (20): To boost his accuracy and team speed.
2. STR (20): Boosts his Phys ATK and therefore, his Phys damage output.
3. LUK (10): Increases his chances of landing crits and his chances of landing hits.

Build(s)

P3 Zaou Infinite Crit
	Transferred Skills		Notes: Auto-Rebellion gurantees a crit on the first attack to activate P3 to start generating party-wide rebellion. Use Carbon Black for more crit damage + Rakunda (when rebellion is casted) + Sukunda & Sukukaja (when landing a crit).
	Great Aim	Auto-Rebellion
	Infused Mitama
	St 20 Ag 20 Lu 10
Brands
War + Lead with Phys ATK%.
Target Stats
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No Auto-Rebellion? No problem!
	Transferred Skills		Notes: Wicked Strike + Savage Glee gives him the highest crit modifier possible to land crits to activate P3. Pair with demons like Kartikeya and Asura Lord to boost his crit rate even more. EOC or Bloody Glee can be used as a budget option as well.
	Wicked Strike	Savage Glee
	Infused Mitama
	St 20 Ag 20 Lu 10
Brands
War + Lead with Phys ATK%.
Target Stats
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