Alright, let’s talk about Zenless Zone Zero, or ZZZ as everyone calls it. I’ve been putting some hours into it, you know, just trying things out, seeing how stuff works. One thing that took me a bit to pin down was how the assists actually get triggered. You see your teammates jump in for those cool attacks, but sometimes it feels random, right?
So, I decided to pay closer attention. I spent a good chunk of time just messing around in combat, specifically watching for when those switch prompts appeared. At first, I was just button mashing during fights, hoping something would happen. Didn’t really work consistently.
Then I started focusing on dodging. You know how you get that perfect dodge timing? Where time slows down a bit? I noticed that sometimes, right after pulling off one of those slick dodges against a big hit, a yellow circle thingy would pop up around the character switch button. If I tapped the switch button right then, BAM! The character I switched to would fly in with a special attack. It wasn’t just a normal switch; it was a counter-attack triggered by the dodge. That was the first big piece I figured out. You gotta nail that dodge timing, though.
But that wasn’t the only way. I kept seeing assists happen during regular fights, even when I wasn’t dodging like a madman. I noticed it happened a lot when I was beating up on an enemy and that stagger bar, the one that makes them dizzy or stunned, filled up. Once an enemy gets fully staggered, they kinda slump over, right? Well, around that time, another icon, usually white or maybe blueish, appears for switching. Hitting the switch button then makes your next character jump in for a big combo starter, usually leading to everyone else piling on. This felt different from the dodge one; it was more about breaking the enemy’s stance.
So, basically, from what I’ve seen messing around in the game, there are these two main ways I’ve been consistently triggering assists:
One is the perfect dodge counter. Nail the timing on a dodge, see the yellow circle, hit switch, and your buddy comes in swinging.
The other is when you break an enemy’s stagger bar. Get them dazed, see the different switch prompt (not yellow), hit switch, and you start a chain attack.
That’s pretty much what I found through just playing and watching. It stopped feeling random once I started looking for those specific moments – the perfect dodge and the enemy stagger. Maybe there are other nuances, but these two are the big ones I’ve been using reliably. Just gotta keep practicing that timing!
