Zenless Zone Zero 1.3 banners – Yanagi and Lighter debut

Every new Agent and W-Engine coming with the update
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The Zenless Zone Zero train keeps moving on and update 1.3 is its next stop. After some big lore reveals in version 1.2, it’s somewhat unclear where the story goes in this upcoming patch – that probably depends on when HoYoverse has the former president of Vision wake up and spill the beans about the conspiracy he was part of.

In any case, ZZZ 1.3 will have two brand-new characters in store for players: Yanagi, a member of Hollow Special Operations Section 6, and Lighter, a member of the Sons of Calydon. Both of them are familiar to us thanks to the story and now they can finally join our roster.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Zenless Zone Zero 1.3 character and W-Engine banners.

ZZZ 1.3 banners: Phase 1

Starting on November 6, 2024, with version 1.3’s release, you’ll be able to call upon the following characters:

  • Yanagi (S-Rank, Electric, Anomaly), Anby (A-Rank, Electric, Stun), Billy (A-Rank, Physical, Attack)
  • Timeweaver (S-Rank, Anomaly), Demara Battery Mark II (A-Rank, Stun), Starlight Engine Replica (A-Rank, Attack)
  • Baddieboo (A-Rank, Bangboo)

Yanagi

Zenless Zone Zero Yanagi artwork.
Zenless Zone Zero's Yanagi. / HoYoverse

Yanagi excels at applying Shock to enemies and multiplying the damage the Disorder effect – the effect that appears when you trigger two Attribute Anomalies on an enemy in short succession. This makes her especially powerful in teams with other Anomaly Agents. She has access to two different stances and movesets, each providing different bonuses to her.

Anby

Zenless Zone Zero Anby artwork.
Zenless Zone Zero's Anby Demara. / HoYoverse

Anby is a strong Stun Agent that deals Electric DMG. She’s pretty easy to learn and can be used with a large number of teams, making her an excellent character in many situations.

Billy

Zenless Zone Zero Billy Kid artwork.
Zenless Zone Zero's Billy Kid. / HoYoverse

Billy is definitely one of the weaker damage dealers in the game, but is one of the rare ranged characters you can use in combat.

ZZZ 1.3 banners: Phase 2

Phase 2 will begin on November 27, 2024, and run for three weeks from that point on. You’ll be able to get the following characters in this time period:

  • Lighter (S-Rank, Fire, Stun), Ben (A-Rank, Fire, Defense), Corin (A-Rank, Physical, Attack)
  • Blazing Laurel (S-Rank, Stun), Big Cylinder (A-Rank, Defense), Housekeeper (A-Rank, Support)

Lighter

Zenless Zone Zero Lighter artwork.
Zenless Zone Zero's Lighter. / HoYoverse

Lighter is a light-footed and mobile fighter, who drowns the enemy in a barrage of punches with high Daze application, enabling him to stun them reliably. Once he’s gathered enough Morale to enter a special state, he can additionally reduce the enemy’s Fire DMG RES and Ice DMG RES.

Ben

Zenless Zone Zero Ben Bigger artwork.
Zenless Zone Zero's Ben Bigger. / HoYoverse

Ben is a Defense Agent that has largely been overshadowed by Caesar and Seth in every way – his one unique advantage is that he can execute cool teamwork attacks with Koleda.

Corin

Zenless Zone Zero Corin artwork.
Zenless Zone Zero's Corin Wickes. / HoYoverse

Corin is a solid Attack Agent for free-to-play users. Much like Anton she can’t exactly keep up with S-Tier Attack Agents, but she feels a lot smoother to play then the Belobog character.

Check out the active ZZZ redeem codes to secure some Polychromes to fuel those pulls.


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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg