Best Lycaon Zenless Zone Zero build: W-Engine, Drive Disc, team comp & more
While Lycaon is a formidable asset inZenless Zone Zero, learning his best W-Engine, Drive Disc, and team comp will allow you to make the most out of him.
Following its release on July 4, the first Zenless Zone Zero limitedbannerwill headline the S-rank Ice unitEllenuntil July 23. The featured A-rank characters alongside Ellen are Anton Ivanov and Soukaku.
In addition to Ellen, Lycaon is another powerful S-rank agent who can stun enemies and decrease their Ice RES.
If you’re hoping to add Lycaon to your team, we have a complete overview of his best W-Engines, Drive Discs, and more below.
Best Lycaon build in Zenless Zone Zero
While this is a summary of Lycaon’s build if you are interested in learning more about the individual components of the setup, the following sections have the necessary in-depth guidelines.
Best W-Engines for Lycaon
The Restrained
The best W-Engine for Lycaon is the S-rankThe Restrained. The W-Engine is specific to characters with the Stun Specialty, increasing their Impact percentage. When an enemy is hit by an attack, DMG and Daze from Basic Attacks increase by 6% for eight seconds, stacking up to five times.
Six Shooter
An A-rank alternative W-Engine for Lycaon isSix Shooter. Like The Restrained, this raises Lycaon’s Impact percentage to benefit Stun characters.
With this W-Engine, Lycaon gains 1 Charge stack every 3s, stacking up to 6 times. When launching an EX Special Attack, consumes all Charge stacks and each stack consumed increases the skill’s Daze inflicted by 4%
Best Drive Discs for Lycaon
The best Drive Disc for Lycaon in Zenless Zone Zero isShockstar Disco.The set bonus for this Drive Disc is as follows:
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In addition to Shockstar Disco, you can useSwing Jazzfor the final two spots. The set bonus for this Drive Disc is as follows:
With this Drive Disc combination, Lycaon can make use of the Daze effect and recover energy more quickly to dish out EX Special Attacks more often.
Lycaon Promotion and skill-enhancement materials
You will need to gather Basic Stun Certification Seal, Advanced Stun Certification Seal, and Buster Certification Seal for Lycaon. Here is the exact number of required materials:
Skill Enhancement materials
Lycaon in Zenless Zone Zero needs Basic Freeze Chip, Advanced Freeze Chip, Specialized Freeze Chip, Hamster Cage Pass, Finale Dance Shoes, and Higher Dimensional Data: Ethereal Pursuit. The exact number of required materials is below:
Best Lycaon team comp
Lycaon functions best when used in team comp featuringEllenandSoukaku. In this team, Lycaon is the sub-DPS, with Ellen as the main DPS and Soukaku as the support.
The benefit of this team comp is that it reduces the ICE Res of the enemies while also stunning them. Thereby, it creates opportunities for Ellen to function without getting interrupted by enemy attacks.
As your Bangboo, you can choose Butler to recover energy thanks to Victora Housekeeping Co. characters.
Lycaon abilities
Basic Attack
Special Attack
Chain Attack
Core Skill
Core Skill Enhancements
Mindscape Cinema for Lycaon
Lycaon pros and cons
While Lycaon is quite powerful, he has one dis-advantage that cannot be ignored.
Trailer for Lycaon
On July 09, 2025, HoYoverse posted Lycaon’s character demo on its official YouTube channel. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it below:
If you want to play Zenless Zone Zero, check out our guide onsystem requirements. For more on the game, read our guides for Zenless Zerocodesandcontroller support.
