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Zenless Zone Zero reveals Lighter for update 1.3

An actual Son of Calydon

Marco Wutz

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Putting the ‘Son’ into the Sons of Calydon in ZZZ 1.3 will be Lighter, who has been confirmed to join the roster of playable characters. He is a Stun Agent dealing Fire DMG and will increase the number of available characters in the Sons of Calydon faction up to five – making the gang the most numerous group in the game thus far.

Lucy and Piper were already available at launch, while Caesar and Burnice are joining in ZZZ 1.2.

Lighter, who wears leather biker gear with lots of spikes and sunglasses, seems to be a brawler at heart, describing himself as “the undefeated champion” of the Outer Ring. 

Contrasting that tough and cool exterior, he seems to have a critical weakness in combat – he doesn’t like seeing blood, according to a quote attributed to him: “You may not have the skill to defeat me, but could you not bleed so much? I know, fainting at the sight of blood isn't very impressive for 'The Champion.' Or is this your way of bringing us both down?”

Aside from Lighter, Yanagi from Section 6 has been confirmed for version 1.3 so far. Like Yanagi will fill a similar role as Grace, Lighter appears to be encroaching on the territory of Koleda – we’ll see how well the Belobog characters from the standard banner stand the test of time against the newcomers when update 1.3 comes out. 

Currently, Zenless Zone Zero version 1.3 is set to be released on November 6, 2024.

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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

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