Jane Doe in ZZZ: Best Build Guide

In Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ), Jane Doe is a 5-star character belonging to the Anomaly type and using the Physical attribute. In a team, she can act as the main damage dealer, dealing gigantic damage by accumulating anomaly on enemies. In this guide you will learn about her best build, amplifiers and drive disks, as well as recommended squads with her

Jane Doe's main features

How to get Jane Doe

In the second phase of version 1.1 (September 4), this special operative of the FSB criminal investigation department appeared in the banner, which increased the probability of her drop. In the future, this character can only be obtained using Signal Search. Unfortunately, HoYoverse has never held events in which the reward would be a 5-star fighter, so you definitely won’t be able to get the rat for free.

Jane Doe's Key Stats

Jane Doe's Abilities and Their Upgrade Priority

You can read about the heroine's abilities in the game itself, so we decided to add it under the spoiler so as not to increase the size of the article. We also recommend that you study our combat system guide to better understand it.

Basic attacks

Blade Dance

To launch, press the basic attack button (LMB). Jane performs up to 6 strikes in front of herself, dealing physical damage.

Frenzy of Excitement

When Jane performs a Perfect Dodge, Defensive Assist, or a move that deals damage to an enemy, she accumulates the “Excitement Surge” effect. When the “Excitement Surge” effect reaches its maximum, the agent enters the “Excitement Frenzy” state. In the “Excitement Frenzy” state, Jane accumulates Physical Attribute Anomaly 25% faster. In addition, if Jane's Anomaly Knowledge is higher than 120, each additional point of Anomaly Knowledge increases Jane's Attack Power by 2. The total attack power increase in this way cannot exceed 600.

If Jane performs a move that deals damage to an enemy while in the Gaming Frenzy state, it will consume the Gaming Rush effect. Performing a Perfect Dodge or a Defensive Assist will restore the Gaming Rush effect. When the Gaming Rush effect is consumed to zero, Jane exits the Gaming Frenzy state.

Salchow

When Jane enters the “Frenzy of Excitement” state, she gains the ability to perform the basic attack “Salchow” once. To perform this attack, hold the basic attack button (LMB) if Jane has at least one such attack in reserve. Jane performs a series of quick attacks in front of her, followed by a finishing move, dealing physical damage. During the attack chain, hold the normal attack button to extend the attack, and release it to perform the finishing move early. While performing the attack chain, the Interrupt Defense level is increased and Jane takes 40% less damage. Jane is invulnerable during the finishing move. If Jane damages an enemy with the basic attack Salchow while in the state of Excitement Madness, it will restore the effect of Excitement Surge.

Evasion

Evasion: Mirage

Press the dodge button (RMB or L Shift) to quickly slip past an enemy and dodge. While using this skill, the agent is invulnerable. Jane has one additional dodge. Before entering the “Gambling Frenzy” state, Jane can switch between the two dodges. After entering the “Gambling Frenzy” state, Jane can slip between enemies in front of her when dodging.

Dash Attack: Rib Leap

To activate, press the Basic Attack button (LMB) while dodging. Performing this move after the first dodge causes the agent to slash upward in front of them, dealing physical damage. Performing this move after the second dodge causes the agent to slash in front of them, dealing physical damage.

Dash Attack: Phantom Slash

To activate, press the Basic Attack button (LMB) while dodging while in Gaming Frenzy. Jane performs three quick slashes in front of her, dealing physical damage.

Post-Dodge Counter: Misty Haze

To activate, press the Basic Attack button (LMB) after performing a Perfect Dodge. Performing this move after the first dodge causes Jane to slash at enemies in front of her, then slash downwards, dealing physical damage. Performing this move after the second dodge causes the agent to jump and slash at enemies in front of her in a series of three consecutive attacks, dealing physical damage. The character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Counter after Dodge: Dance in the Fog Haze

To activate, press the Basic Attack button (LMB) after performing a Perfect Dodge while in Gaming Frenzy. Jane performs a series of rapid slashes at enemies in front of her, dealing physical damage. While using this skill, the character is invulnerable.

Help

Quick Aid: Black Thorn

To activate, press the assist button (Space) while the active character is knocked up. Jane performs a series of slashes at enemies in front of her, then slashes downwards, dealing physical damage. The character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Quick Aid: Lutz

To activate, press the Assist button (Space) when the active character is knocked up while in the “Gambling Frenzy” state. Jane performs a series of rapid slashes on enemies in front of her, dealing physical damage. The character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Evasion Assist: Last Line of Defense

To activate, press the Assist button (Space) when the character is about to be attacked. Jane parries enemy attacks, accumulating a lot of stun points on them. While using this skill, the character is invulnerable.

Additional Attack Assist: Wind Gust

To activate, press the Basic Attack button (LMB) after performing a Defense Assist. Jane jumps up, delivers a quick slash to the enemy, and then performs another horizontal slash, knocking down enemies in a large area in front of her and dealing physical damage. The character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Special Attacks

Air Slash

Press the Special Attack (E) button to activate. Jane jumps up, performs a series of kicks in the air in front of her, and then performs a horizontal sweeping kick, dealing physical damage. While using this skill, her Interrupt Defense is increased.

Air Sweep – Tail Smash

To activate, press the Special Attack button (E) when Jane has enough energy. The agent jumps up, performs a series of kicks in front of him, and then a sweeping horizontal kick, dealing massive physical damage. The character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Attack Chains

Attack Chain: Flowers of Evil

To activate, select an agent while a chain attack is in progress. Jane dashes between enemies in a large area in front of her, slashing and dealing massive physical damage. When activated, Jane enters the Thrill Frenzy state and the Thrill Rush buff is maxed out. While using this skill, the character is invulnerable.

Ultimate Ability: Final Act

To activate, press the Ultimate (Q) button at maximum decibel level. The agent dashes between enemies in a large area in front of him, performing slashes and then a finishing blow, dealing massive physical damage. When activated, Jane enters the “Frenzy of Excitement” state, and the level of the “Excitement Rush” effect increases to maximum. The character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Inclinations

Main Passive: The Essence of Things

When Jane's attack damages an enemy, the enemy enters the Rat Bite state for 10 seconds. If anyone in the squad hits an enemy in the Rat Bite state with Charge and applies the Cowardice effect, the Cowardice effect is extended by 5 seconds, and the damage from Charge can become critical with a base critical hit chance of 20-40%% and a critical damage value of 50%. Each point of Jane's Anomaly Knowledge further increases the critical hit chance of this effect by 0.1-0.16%.

Additional Ability: Pressure Point

Activates if there are other agents in the squad with the Anomaly specialty or from the same faction. Jane accumulates Physical Attribute Anomaly 20% faster. If an enemy is already in an Attribute Anomaly state, Jane accumulates that enemy's Physical Attribute Anomaly another {15% faster.

As for leveling up the heroine's talents, then the priority should be the inclinations and evasions, as they are the main source of her damage. Next in importance are basic and special attacks (thereby increasing her overall DPS).

Once you have maximized the specified abilities, you can move on to pumping up chains of blows (ult), increasing Jane's overall damage. Pump up Assist last, as it provides noticeably less benefit than other skills.

Mental picture of Jane Doe

To open it, you need to save Agent Profiles, which are given out when duplicates of the heroine fall out, which, of course, is random. Considering the small chance of getting 5-star characters, you will need to spend a lot of time and money to unlock all the mental girls. However, even without them, Jane can easily play the role of main DD.

The table below lists all the mentals, their descriptions and benefits for the heroine.

If you still decide to try your luck, you can stop at M1 and M2, thanks to which you can significantly increase Jane Doe's overall damage. If you have a choice between a starting mental attack and a signature weapon, we advise you to take the second option, since the signature will bring more benefits.

How to play as Jane Doe

Basic Combinations

Her gameplay is built around accumulating the “Tide of Excitement” scale (it is located in the upper left corner of the screen) and entering the “Madness of Excitement” state (the bar turns red), which increases the heroine's damage and accelerates the accumulation of anomaly in enemies. You can collect the scale by the following actions:

• Any techniques that deal damage are not the most effective method, since the accumulation is relatively slow, and the damage from Jane will be relatively small.
• A chain of attacks and superpowers immediately fill the scale to the maximum, allowing you to instantly go into an enhanced state. But before this, you first need to stun the enemy or accumulate decibels, so this method can be considered situational.
• Dodges are a good option, as each successful dodge fills the bar by about 15-20%. If you add counters here, you can completely fill the bar in 4 dodges.
• Defensive Assist is the best option, as it instantly fills the bar to 69%. All you need to do is dodge 1-2 times to enter the enhanced mode. So we recommend starting the fight with an ally (like Seth), and then using Assist to switch to Jane and activate Excitement Madness almost instantly. The gif below shows an example of this tactic.

In Excitement Madness, don't start mindlessly hitting all the enemies left and right, otherwise you will quickly use up the corresponding bar. The thing is, you can extend its effect. The main method for this is the Salchow technique., which you can only perform once per “Madness of Excitement” (without M1). It restores about 30% of the bar.

Note that when using “Salchow”, the heroine takes 40% less damage, and during the finishing blow, she becomes completely invulnerable. So if you see that the enemy is about to perform an attack, simply release the attack button to avoid taking damage. You can find out that you can perform “Salchow” by the red flashing button located to the right of the “Tide of Excitement” bar.

The second way to restore the scale involves using perfect dodge – it restores about 20% of the bar, and subsequent counterattacks spend relatively few points. Let us add that immediately after the counterattack, when switching to normal attacks, you will immediately perform the 5th and 6th hits of the chain, during which the heroine is also invulnerable.

So, after entering “Frenzy of Excitement”, we recommend that you always use “Salchow” and mainly use dodges followed by counterattacks and two normal attacks to extend the duration of the enhanced mode as much as possible. You can also activate enhanced special attacks when they are ready. In general, the rotation will look like this:

1. Build up Excitement Rush with Dodges or Defense Assist to quickly enter Excitement Frenzy.
2. Start using Perfect Dodges followed by Counterattacks and 2 Normal Attacks to deal maximum damage to enemies and maintain Enhanced Mode. When ready, use Enhanced Special Attacks.
3. When the Excitement Rush gauge drops below half, use Salchow to deal additional damage and extend Excitement Frenzy again.
4. Let's remember that the ult can instantly enter the “Madness of Excitement” or completely restore its scale, so use the super ability either when the bar approaches 0 or if it is blue.

Advanced Combos

The information above should be enough to deal massive damage to your enemies as Jane. However, if you want to maximize her potential, you can try learning some advanced techniques. For example, after dodging, you can simultaneously press the attack and assist buttons to perform two attacks at once, dealing massive damage to your opponent.

If you have a support player on your team that can buff Jane, like Seth, try to use Quick Aid in the “Frenzy of Excitement” mode. For example, the cat-boy will be able to give the rat an Unwavering Shield, which will increase her knowledge of the anomaly. However, such a move will not increase the “Frenzy of Excitement” scale, which is why you will have to monitor it even more carefully.

As for the enhanced special attack, it is excellent for calling “Chaos”. For example, you can call “Shock” with Grace's attacks, and then perform an enhanced E to trigger “Chaos” and deal a huge amount of damage.

However, you should be careful when using this technique when the enemy's Anomaly bar is fully accumulated (the circle next to his health bar). The fact is that in this case, the enhanced special attack will not provide an additional anomaly, and it will simply go nowhere.

Advantages and disadvantages of Jane Doe

With the help of her unique abilities, the rat can inflict significant physical damage to both single targets and large groups of enemies. Her advantages also include:

• A very mobile character, even without the “Madness of Excitement” state activated, since she can make as many as 3 dashes instead of 2.
• Able to extremely quickly and consistently accumulate physical Anomaly, leading to very frequent triggers of “Onslaught”.
• Can cause Charge to critically hit an enemy, an additional multiplier that no other Anomaly hero has at the time of Jane's release.
• Deals massive damage both on and off the field (during attack chains and defensive assists), making her a valuable damage dealer throughout the entire battle.
• A skilled player can extend her “Frenzy of Excitement” almost indefinitely through dodges and other abilities, keeping her in a boosted state at all times.
• She can easily play the role of a hypercarry or combine with other Anomaly damage dealers in Chaos squads, which significantly increases her flexibility when building teams and makes her a very promising heroine for the future.
• She has wide sweeping attacks, so she can deal damage to several opponents at once and control the crowd.
• Increasing Knowledge of the Anomaly also increases Attack Power in the “Madness of Excitement” state, which greatly simplifies her build, since you can pay attention to fewer characteristics.
• She is able to perfectly fulfill her main role without opening the Mental Picture, which will certainly appeal to F2P players.

However, Jane cannot be called an ideal character, since she also has her drawbacks:

• Her gameplay with the need to constantly build up the “Excitement Surge” meter can seem a bit tedious, especially if she can't hold “Excitement Madness” for long.
• The heroine's effectiveness drops significantly when fighting enemies that do not have an Anomaly meter. Fortunately, there are few such opponents in the game.
• Significantly loses strength if she cannot obtain enough Anomaly Knowledge to increase her attack power and other stats.
• Sometimes it can lose a lot of damage due to the anomaly scale recharge (remember that its enhanced special attack does not lead to the accumulation of the next bar).

The best build for Jane Doe

The best amplifiers

The table below presents the most interesting options.

Best Drive Discs

As for the main characteristics of the drive disks, your choice should look like this:

• IV sector: knowledge of the anomaly.
• V sector: physical damage bonus (priority) or penetration chance%.
• VI sector: anomaly control (priority) or attack power%.
• Substats: knowledge of the anomaly > attack power% > penetration chance.

As for recommended values ​​of Jane's parameters, they should look something like this:

• Attack: 2400-2900 units
• Health: 9000+
• Defense: 800+
• Anomaly Knowledge: 360-420 units (at 420 units you will be able to get an additional 600 units of attack power)
• Anomaly Control: 150-195 units

Best Commands for Jane Doe

F2P Command

Unfortunately, Jane doesn't have any synergy with any of the free characters, so she won't be able to activate her extra ability with them, but Nicole will allow you to reduce enemy defense, and Enby will effectively stun them and cause chain attacks for a quick activation of “Frenzy of Excitement”. You can use this option for now, but it is advisable to move on to the next squad as soon as possible.

Newbie Team

Noticeably better than the previous squad, as it allows Jane to use her additional ability. She also gets a noticeable buff from Seth and can increase Piper's Charge. Both of her companions are epic, which makes them easier to obtain and level up.

Charge Command

In both cases, Seth is a great support, helping to activate Jane's additional ability, increase her Knowledge of Anomaly, and reduce the resistance to the accumulation of Anomaly in enemies.

If we consider Nekomata, she will be a great ally for Jane, making it easier for her to impose Charge on enemies by increasing the effectiveness of enhanced special attacks.

As for Rina, she can give Jane a significant bonus to the chance of penetration, thereby increasing her damage from Onslaught. However, without M1, the duration of the maid's buff is rather short. In the absence of Rina, you can try taking Lucy instead, who can give a 600 attack buff to Jane.

Chaos Command

As we noted above, Jane goes well with Grace, as the latter can help in summoning Chaos on enemies. It is enough to first cast Shock on them, and then switch to the rat and bring their physical anomaly to the limit (often one enhanced special attack is enough for this).

Any of the listed characters will do as a support. We have already indicated their advantages for Jane above. We will add that in the future, other squads will appear in this section when the developers add new Anomaly characters to the game.

Jane Doe Leveling Up

The table below shows the materials needed to level up the heroine, her skills, and her attributes, as well as their total amount.

This concludes the guide to the best build for Jane Doe in ZZZ. We hope that this information will help you choose the best amplifiers, drive discs and commands for the heroine.