Snowbreak Containment Zone Beginner's Guide

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Snowbreak Containment Zone Beginner's Guide

Snowbreak Containment Zone Beginner's Guide

Character Build Guide

By Flux Kairos

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Snowbreak Containment Zone Beginner's Guide Character Builds, Tier List & Team Building Guide By Flux Kairos⁠

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Tier List & Team Building By Flux Kairos⁠

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Starter's Guides & Misc By Flux Kairos⁠

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News & Updates [Experimental] By Flux Kairos⁠

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Disclaimer

This guide is meant to be for reference only.

It is not a bible or a definitive guide, since some of the new mechanics of the game have yet to be unravelled and a lot of testing is required to find the optimal builds & teams. The translation of a lot of mechanics is also not accurate, so we won’t know how things actually work till we test them out. Please use this as a way to try out new teams and playstyles rather than a manual for how the game should be played.

This game is somewhat skill based, so some builds might work better for your playstyle than others. There will also be times where it might be worth tweaking your builds for specific endgame stages, so please keep that in mind.

Team building is very dependent on your roster and the recommendations listed in this guide are only suggestions for experimentation as opposed to optimal team recommendations from extensive testing. Team recommendations might also be outdated, so just use them as reference for ideas.

Navigator, Mizuho and Usha are available in Underground Purge shop.

4* weapons can be bought from shop for 300k silverbucks. The featured 4* weapon refreshes daily, so make sure to always keep 300k available if you really need the weapon. Compatible 3* weapons, max modified to Tier 5 with dupes, will often be more effective than an incompatible 4* weapon. Strawberry Shortcake and Prismatic Igniter are high value 4* weapons which are worth purchasing from the shop if needed.

Certain weapons might not be available after the event, they were introduced in, has ended.

Some weapons are only available from boxes, so choose carefully when you get a 4* weapon box.

The substats column shows the optimal logistic substats for that specific build, it’s not a priority list.

For theotropic clusters, 1 is top left and 2 is top right. All the clusters have numbers when you click on them to upgrade.

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Character Builds

Acacia - Kaguya

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Tier: SSS+

She has one of the best AOE clears in the game with her standard skill which does a lot of frost damage and, with the 2nd cluster unlocked, can freeze multiple enemies at the same time. Her ultimate and support skill can pull enemies which makes her incredible for utility, especially with stages with tanky mobs or multiple elite enemies. She is a good general support with her 5* weapon, Pine Aurora, as it buffs the damage taken by the target by 15% when you use her support skill. Unlocking her neuronics is the highest priority, since that’s where most of her strength lies. With the introduction of Amarna Squad, she is now a universal support that can fit in any team and a must pull if you want to rank high in Neural Simulation.

Manifestations

M2 is the only big change for the support build, her resistance shred makes her invaluable for team building especially if combined with Pine Aurora’s 15% damage buff. Aside from that, her manifestations do not have a big impact so they’re not a high priority. You can prioritize farming shards of other characters instead.

Builds

Debuff Support

Spam support skill to make the enemy take more damage.

Weapons:

1) T2 5* Pine Aurora (M2) 2) T5 4* Prismatic Igniter 3) 5* Pine Aurora 4) 4* Prismatic Igniter 5) 4* Aye, Aye, Captain! 6) T5 3* Muddy Snow

Logistics:

Amarna

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) S-Energy Recovery Bonus: 14.1% or Alignment Index: 106 3) Frost DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

4,3,5,6,1,2

Frost Damage Skill DPS

Spam her standard skill to do lots of frost dmg.

Weapons:

1) 5* Pine Aurora 2) 4* Rotten Orange (have to hit weakspots consistently to be better than max muddy snow) 3) T5 3* Muddy Snow

Logistics:

Thebes

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) S-Energy Recovery Bonus: 14.1% 3) Frost DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

1,2,5,6,4,3

Frost Support

Buff your main Frost DPS like Lyfe Wild Hunt by reducing the resistance of the target.

Weapons:

1) T2 5* Pine Aurora (M2) 2) T5 4* Prismatic Igniter 3) 5* Pine Aurora 4) 4* Prismatic Igniter 5) 4* Aye, Aye, Captain! 6) T5 3* Muddy Snow

Logistics:

Twilight

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) S-Energy Recovery Bonus: 14.1% 3) Frost DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

4,3,5,6,1,2

Chenxing - Ethereal Cloud

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Tier: SSS

Ethereal Cloud is mainly good at AOE DPS for mobbing and for bosses with multiple parts, but suffers when bosses don’t have any parts. Her support skill is decent for paralyzing enemies and recovering some U-energy, but not as good as Wednesday’s paralyze duration. Her ultimate is good for resetting duration of slips, but doesn’t deal enough damage to make a build around it. Most of her damage comes from increasing ballistic damage since that’s what the slip detonation damage is scaled off of.

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Manifestations

M3 is a good stopping point if you want to farm her shards, but she does her job well without any manifestations.

Builds

Electrical ADS Ballistic Damage DPS

Max out ADS ballistic damage for max slip detonation damage.

Weapons:

1) 5* Anti-Evil Ward 2) 4* Wild Leer 3) T5 3* Ender

Logistics:

Amano-Iwato

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Mingyi

(If you don’t want to ADS and are using Fenny - Starshine as support)

Optimal Substats:

1) CRIT DMG Amplifier: 10.6% 2) ATK: 10% 3) Electrical DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

1,2,5,6,4,3

Electrical Support

Buff your main Electrical DPS by reducing the resistance of the target.

Weapons:

1) 4* Strawberry Shortcake

2) 4* Duckling

3) 4* Odd Alley Cat

4) T5 3* Ender

Logistics:

Twilight

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) S-Energy Recovery Bonus: 14.1% 3) Electrical DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

4,3,1,2,5,6

Cherno - Enigma

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Tier: SSS+

Enigma is a top tier DPS with very high burst damage from her detonation skill, decent AOE mobbing capabilities with void orbs and a strong support skill. She has a pretty fun rotation with building her Enmity stacks and detonating them. With her signature 5* weapon, she dishes out a lot of damage and she has a lot of flexibility for support choices as well. She’s a great pick overall for all players.

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Manifestations

M2.

Builds

Chaos Skill Damage DPS

Detonate Enmity stacks optimally for big numbers.

Shoot enemies, create void orbs with standard skill or ultimate to build Enmity stacks. Hold standard skill down to detonate stacks.

Weapons:

1) 5* Uninvited Adieu (Highly recommended) 2) T5 4* Halo of Hope 3) T5 3* Tension Headache (You can use 5* 100 Battle Veteran instead of Halo, but I recommend Halo more because the rotation will be smoother)

Logistics:

Dziadzy

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% (Priority) 2) Alignment Index: 106 3) Chaos DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

1,2,5,6,3,4 (Unlock all)

Slow Support

Use support skill for time slow for buffs on main DPS.

Weapons:

1) T5 4* Frigatebird 2) 5* Alloy Truth 3) T5 3* Tension Headache

Logistics:

Navigator (Amarna is also a good alternative if you’re supporting a ballistic DPS)

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) S-Energy Recovery Bonus: 14.1% 3) Chaos DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

3,4,5,6,1,2 (Unlock all)

Eatchel - The Cub

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Tier: SS

The best healer in a game where healing doesn’t matter. However, she does give a really good buff with her signature weapon at M1, which makes her useful, but not even close to as good as Kaguya or Shadow Ka. She’s alright.

Manifestations

M1 at least.

Builds

Healer & Buffer

Use ultimate to buff the attack of your main DPS.

Weapons:

1) 5* Blitzing Fangs (at M1)

2)T5 4* Lapis Lazuli

3) 4* Rock Python

4) T5 3* Knock Knock

Logistics:

Lux

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) Alignment Index: 106 3) Heal Bonus: 10.6%

Neuronics

5,6,4,3,1,2

ATK Buffer & Part Breaker

Build for buffing main ballistic DPS by spamming support skill

Weapons:

1) 5* Blitzing Fangs (at M1)

2)T5 4* Lapis Lazuli

3) 4* Rock Python

4) T5 3* Knock Knock

Logistics:

Amarna

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10%

2) Skill Haste: 19.3

3) Kinetic DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

4,3,5,6,1,2

Enya - Exuvia

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Tier: SSS

Great niche support character for skill based DPS characters. Niche and slightly better than Tess, but not as versatile as Kaguya. Seasun is really based for giving such a good character for free along with a decent set of logistics.

Manifestations

M2 is a good stopping point, but M3 is recommended with an electric weapon.

Builds

Electrical Skill Damage Buff Support

Support skill good. Use properly.

Weapons:

1) 5* Abyssal Light 2) T5 4* Tribute of Rose (M3) 3) T5 4* Prismatic Igniter 4) T5 3* Skywall

Logistics:

Areca

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Twilight

(For Electrical DPS like Ethereal Cloud )

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) Alignment Index: 106 3) Electrical DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

3,4,5,6,2,1 (Unlock all)

Fenny - Coronet

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Tier: SSS

Coronet is the best shotgun character in the game with lots of utility and an incredibly good support skill. Pretty much everything about her kit is really useful. She can stagger and paralyze multiple enemies with her skills, she can buff the whole team’s rate of fire and she does a lot of damage with the increase rate of fire & damage buffs from her standard skill.

Manifestations

She gets better with every manifestation in a pretty big way. I recommend farming her shards. M3 is good, but M1 is a decent stopping point as well if you want to farm another character’s shards.

Builds

ADS Electric DPS

Aim down sights to maximize shotgun DPS on weakspots.

Weapons:

1) 5* Sunny Payback 2) 4* Discordance 3) T5 3* Malbec

Logistics:

Amano-Iwato

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) CRIT DMG Amplifier: 10.6% 3) Electrical DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

1,5,2,6,3,4

Hip fire Electric DPS

Spam standard skill and use hip fire shotguns shots with the increased rate of fire. Crit rate from Deiwos alignment means she might do almost as much DPS as the ADS build at high investment.

Weapons:

1) 5* Sunny Payback 2) 4* Discordance 3) T5 3* Malbec

Logistics:

Mingyi

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) CRIT DMG Amplifier: 10.6% 3) Electrical DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

1,5,2,6,3,4

Rate of Fire Support

Use standard skill to buff rate of fire

Weapons:

1) 4* Lapis Lazuli

Logistics:

Amarna

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) Skill Haste: 19.3 3) Electrical DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

3,4,1,5,2,6

Fenny - Starshine

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Tier: SSS+

Not only is Starshine an incredible Ballistic DPS Support, but she also removes the need for reloading. I cannot stress enough how big of a change not having to reload is for the meta of Snowbreak in V2.0. Ballistic DPS like Coronet and Ethereal Cloud have made a massive comeback, and this is opening all new builds to test for other operatives as well. She’s definitely a top tier support and you would want to unlock her support neural skills ASAP along with pulling for her Signature weapon if you can. After testing her potential DPS builds, it is clear that she is meant to be a support character, especially with her special ammo not working with some abilities like Little Sunshine’s Support Skill aptitude. I do have to stress that if you care about meta and neural ranking, then there is no scenario where you would use her as a DPS over Support for speed runs. She takes 5-6 times longer to kill the same boss that Lyfe IS kills in seconds with Starshine as support. If you want to just play her as a DPS because you like her, then you would want to use her with Shadow Ka with Alloy Truth and Tess, also preferably with Eccentric Joker. You won’t be ranking in the top 0.1% though. If you really like Fenny as a character, not this specific version of her, then I recommend playing Coronet as main DPS instead, who’s competing with the top tier DPS in the meta currently.

Standard Skill simplified:

Dodge sideways - Increase Kinetic dmg

Dodge backwards - S-energy regen on hit

Dodge forward - Shots turn AOE, fire rate decrease

Manifestations

M1 is must. M2 is recommended. Farm it ASAP. Her next big increase is at M5, but that’s more of a goal for whales competing for Neural Leaderboard.

Builds

Ballistic DMG Buff & Ammo Support

Congrats! You don’t have to reload anymore! 😯

Just use her support skill when you are at low ammo instead and you’ll get a bunch of buffs on top of it.

Weapons:

1) 5* Heart Hunter (Recommended) 2) T5 4* Pixel Era 3) T5 4* Strawberry Shortcake 4) T5 3* Discipline

Logistics:

Reverie

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) Alignment Index: 106 3) Kinetic DMG: 8.5% (Free logistics are good enough, unless you want to speedrun Neural)

Neuronics:

4,3,6,5,2,1 (Unlock all ASAP for alignment index)

Kinetic DMG Ballistic DPS

Use Tess to regen U-energy, then use your Ultimate Skill when it will do the most damage. Dodge left or right while using Standard Skill for Stargem Clip - Ruby and ADS to shoot at weakpoints of the target.

Weapons:

1) 5* Heart Hunter 2) T5 4* Ashen Fortress (Battle Pass Box Weapon) 3) T5 4* Pixel Era 4) T5 3* Discipline

Logistics:

Amano-Iwato

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Dharma

(If you don’t want to ADS, but you might have to get in close range at times)

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) CRIT DMG Amplifier: 10.6% 3) Kinetic DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

2,1,6,5,4,3

Fritia - Hush

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Tier: SS (A without Tess)

She’s just a decent fire damage DPS character who relies a lot on her ultimate. With Tess, you can really unlock her full potential, otherwise she’s meh.

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Manifestations

Hush really needs her manifestations for the ultimate laser DPS build. Without M3, it would be hard to justify ever using her ultimate in difficult stages. M4 is a good stopping point for farming her shards, which is when her ultimate starts paying off for all the trouble it takes to safely use it.

Builds

ULTIMATE LASER DPS

Spam the laser as much as possible. Not necessarily a practical DPS build, but it could become viable with buffs to her kit in the future.

Weapons:

1) 5* Lava Bones 2) T5 3* Warhammer

Logistics:

Thebes

Note: Only with optimal Tess

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Fenya

Optimal Substats:

1) ATK: 10% 2) Alignment Index: 106 or U-Energy Recovery: 14.1% 3) Thermal DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

6,5,2,1,3,4

Thermal Support

Very good as support for fire team. Stun & Iron body are very good utility effects.

Weapons:

1) 4* Strawberry Shortcake 2) T5 3* Warhammer

Logistics:

Twilight

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) S-Energy Recovery Bonus: 14.1% 3) Thermal DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

3,4,2,1,6,5

Haru - Absconditus

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Tier: SS+

Good multi-target DPS. Useful for Co-op and Jotun Tunnel. She’s only okay for bossing though. I recommend T5 Wild Wasp Stinger because it’s good enough to shred mobs. There’s no content where you would need the extra DPS from 5* weapons to kill mobs.

Manifestations

Builds

Kinetic Standard Skill Mobbing DPS

Spam skills to kill mobs.

Weapons:

1) Psyche-16

2) Star Ocean

(Note: Use this for Fiend bosses)

3) T5 Wild Wasp Stinger

4) T1 Yojimbo

5) T1 Wild Wasp Stinger

6) T5 3* Hammer Hit

Logistics:

Thebes

Optimal Substats:

1) Skill Haste: 19.3 2) ATK: 10% 3) Kinetic DMG: 8.5%

Neuronics:

2,1,6,5,4,3

Kinetic Support

Lower kinetic resistance of the target using her support skill.

Weapons:

Logistics:

Optimal Substats:

Neuronics:

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