Stun units are some of the most essential characters inZenless Zone Zero, who can create large damage windows for the DPS units to deal damage. Lighter is a 5-star Fire Stun unit who launched alongside the second phase of version 1.3. He is a very powerful unit that can not only Stun enemies but also reduce their Ice and Fire resistances.

Lighter can be a bit hard to build; he needs Crit stats, which are always difficult to farm. If you are interested in pulling for Lighter, here’s a detailed guide on how to build him optimally and reach his peak potential.

Lighter signature W-Engine Blazing Laurel in Zenless Zone Zero.

Best Builds For Lighter

Lighter is quitestat-dependent if you are looking to use him for end-game content. This means you’ll needa good W-Engineand spend quite some timefarming Drive Discsto ensure he can perform optimally.

1

Red Moccus Bangboo from Zenless Zone Zero.

Blazing Laurel

This is the best W-Engine for Lighter, and it synergizes perfectly

with his kit. Apart from providing a lot of Impact to Lighter, it also

Lighter Skill Display screen in Zenless Zone Zero.

applies a debuff called Wilt on any enemy hit by Ligther’s Basic ATK.

Any ally who hits an enemy with this debuff will have theirCrit DMG

enhanced for Fire DMG and Ice DMG by 1.5% for 20 times.

2

Ice Jade Teapot

This is Qingyi’s signature W-Engine, but it works quite well on Lighter.

Itincreases his Impact by 0.7% up to 30 times. Additionally, when the

number of stacks is 15 or higher, all allies receive a 20% ATK boost.

While it doesn’t provide any elemental boosts, it does increase the raw

3

The Restrained

This W-Engine provides a6% increase in DMG and Daze whenever

Lighter hits an enemy with Basic ATK. This effect can stack up to 5 times.

This W-Engine increases Lighter’s personal DMG quite a bit and helps Stun

4

Steam Oven

This is an A-rank W-Engine thatincreases Impact DMG by 2% up to 8 times.

This W-Engine is decent if you lack some of the powerful S-rank options.

Synergy with Lighter

Shockstar Disco

This is the best set for Lighter as it provides Impact

and also inflicts 20% more Daze when attacking

an enemy with Basic ATK, Dash Attacks, and Dodge

Counter.

Inferno Metal (2-pc)

This Drive Disc set provides 10% Fire DMG and can be

Crit Rate or Crit DMG

5

6

Impact

Crit Rate > Crit DMG > ATK

While Lighter functions best with Crit stats, you canalso stack up ATK and Anomaly stats. The Anomaly build is easier but deals comparable damage to the Crit build, and it works with units like Burnice.

Best Bangboo For Lighter

While Drive Discs and W-Engine are important,you need the right Bangboo to complete your Lighter build. These synergize extremely well with the unit:

This A-rank Bangboo works extremely well with Lighter, as its

Active Skill caninflict 18% more Daze on enemieswhenever

there is one Stun character in the team. In this case, Lighter can

easily trigger this passive.

Red Moccus

One of Lighter’s best teams is with Burnice, who both belong

36% whenever two Sons of Calydon members are together

in one team.

Sharkboo

A good choice for Ice teams. With two Ice characters, itincreases Anomaly

build up by 100%.

Lighter Skill Overview And Priority

Lighter is a powerful unit, but you need to play him properly to trigger the effects of his Core Skill.

Overview

ensure Lighter’s Impact is over 170 to gain the 75 percent damage buff from Elation.

Skill Priority

In terms of skill priority, this is how you should be leveling up Lighter:

The rest of the skills can be leveled up, but they aren’t that big of a priority.