Lycaon, a stylish wolf with cold as ice kicks and is a member of Victoria Housekeeping, is an agent that relies on moderately fast attacks that deal heavy daze and ice damage to stun his opponents. With a Zenless Zone Zero top up, you can ensure that you have the resources to enhance Lycaon’s abilities and make him an even more formidable force on the battlefield. Lycaon is able to charge his basic attack whenever he chooses, leading to increased daze damage. This, alone with his core passives and ultimate ability, make him the best single target daze agent in the game at the moment.
Best W-Engines for Zenless Zone Zero Lycaon
 S-The Restrained | 1st Best Impact:Ice DMG is increased by 25% in combat.When a Basic Attack deals Ice DMG, the skill deals an additional 15% damage and Daze. |
 A-Precious Fossilized Core | 2nd BestImpact:Attacks against enemies with above or equal to 70% HP inflict 15% more Daze. |
 B-[Vortex] Revolver | 3rd BestImpact:Basic attacks inflict 9% more Daze. |
Best Disc Drives + Stats for Zenless Zone Zero Lycaon
 Shockstar Disco*4 Polar Metal*2 | 1st BestShockstar Disco2-pcs: Increases Impact by 6%.4-pcs: Basic Attacks, Dash Attacks, Dodge Counter, Special Attacks, and EX Special Attacks inflict 15% more Daze upon the main target.Polar Metal2-pcs: Increases Ice DMG by 10%. |
 Vagabond Folk*4Polar Metal*2 | 2nd BestVagabond Folk*42-pcs: Increases HP by 10%.4-pcs: Upon launching an EX Special Attack or Assist Attack, the attack deals 15% more Daze.Polar Metal2-pcs: Increases Ice DMG by 10%. |
Main stats:
IV. CRIT Rate% or CRIT DMG
V. ATK% or PEN Ratio%
VI. Impact%
Lycaon’s Skill Priority
Basic > Dodge > Special > QTE
- As a main DPS agent, Ellen will be on the field for the bulk of the expeditions, therefore you want to prioritize raising her basic attack. Not to mention, her Basic Attack: Flash Freeze Trimming (hold basic attack during the 3rd attack) has very high damage multipliers, higher than her specials! Prioritizing to raise her basic attack with a timely ZZZ top up will ensure that Lycaon remains a dominant force in any expedition.
- Ellen’s Dodge is her unique mechanic that enables her to enter “Roaming State’, and every attack based off her dodge, which there are 4, are boosted by levelling up the Dodge skill.
- While the damage multipliers are fine, you get the most damage out of Sharknami, which is only available at 80 energy, therefore this is not a main priority as you’ll be spending most of your time roaming and basic attacking.
- If you take advantage of her roaming state and appropriate basic attacks, you will dish out much more damage than her ultimate could ever do, leaving this at bottom priority, but it’s still a good finishing move for a big burst of damage.
Best Bangboo for Zenless Zone Zero Lycaon
S- Sharkboo
Key Trait:
Increases damage of all Ice Agents by 25%.
As Lycaon is an Ice agent and he pairs best with other ice agents (see team comp), this gives the entire team a straightforward damage buff, which will help you in all your endeavors. A Zenless Zone Zero recharge can help you acquire it to boost the entire ice team’s damage output.
S – Butler
Key Trait:
Increases CRIT Rate of all Agents by 14%, and the CRIT Rate of Victoria Housekeeping Co. Agents by an extra 14%
As Lycaon is a member of Victoria Housekeeping Co, Butler gives him an additional 28% crit rate. This is extremely helpful, but with Ellen Joe or any other Victoria Housekeeping main DPS in in the squad, this gives them an invaluable 28% crit rate, allowing them to roll for other stats than crit rate.
Optimal Team of Lycaon
 Lycaon |  Ellen |  Soukaku |
This team consisting of Ellen Joe, Soukaku, and Lycaon gives you perfect ice synergy between all involved by checking off all the requirements in their Core Skill Additional Ability. A strategic ZZZ recharge can ensure that each member of this optimal team is fully powered and ready to take on any challenge. For Ellen, when there are at least 2 ice agents, Ellen’s Ice DMG is increased by 7.5%, and if the enemies are stunned, that damage is increased by a further 12.5%, for a total of 20%. On top of that, when there are at least 2 slash agents in the squad, when Ellen’s EX Special hits an enemy, she gains 1 point of Flash Freeze, saving time from needing to attack while in Roaming State. Equip all 3 with Anomaly Rate% on their VI-disc drive for constant freeze CC.
Summary
Lycaon is a formidable agent in Zenless Zone Zero, renowned for his swift and powerful attacks that specialize in dazing and dealing ice damage to enemies. This guide delves into the optimal W-Engines, Disc Drives, and stats to enhance Lycaon’s performance, along with strategic skill prioritization. It also highlights the best Bangboos to complement his abilities and suggests an ideal team composition featuring Lycaon, Ellen, and Soukaku for maximum synergy and effectiveness in gameplay.