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Zenless Zone Zero: Best Sigrid Build, W-Engines, and Teams

The W-Engine, Drive Disc sets, main stats, and teammates that push Sigrid's on-field Ice damage to its ceiling.

The W-Engine, Drive Disc sets, main stats, and teammates that push Sigrid’s on-field Ice damage to its ceiling.

Sigrid is an S-Rank Ice Attack agent who fights as an on-field main DPS, leaning on her Basic Attack chain and enhanced spear attacks to burst enemies down during Stun windows. Because her kit hands her a large chunk of Crit Rate for free, her whole build points toward Crit DMG, penetration, and attack rather than more Crit Rate.

Quick answer: Equip Knight’s Extolment, run 4-piece Dawn’s Bloom with a 2-piece Puffer Electro, and set your Drive Disc main stats to Crit DMG (Disc 4), PEN Ratio (Disc 5), and ATK (Disc 6). Skip Crit Rate as a main stat and only chase it in substats until you hit 100%.

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Why Sigrid ignores Crit Rate on her main stats

Sigrid gains over 85% Crit Rate just from leveling up her Core Skill. That single fact reshapes every gear choice she makes. Piling on more Crit Rate through her W-Engine or her Disc 4 main stat wastes stat budget once she passes 100%, so you push Crit DMG instead to convert that guaranteed critical rate into raw damage.

She also does not need many outside attack buffs, since ATK is already oversaturated on her kit and in her preferred teams. That is why penetration and Crit DMG scale better for her than yet another attack source.


Best W-Engines for Sigrid

Knight’s Extolment is her signature and best-in-slot W-Engine. It provides 713 base ATK and 48% Crit DMG, and its passive grants Battle Edge stacks when her Basic Attack or EX Special Attack heavy hits land. Each stack adds Crit DMG, and at two stacks she gains Bonechill, letting her damage ignore 20% of the target’s Ice RES. The pairing of high Crit DMG and Ice RES shred is exactly what she wants.

W-EngineWhy it works
Knight’s Extolment (S)Best overall. Large Crit DMG plus an Ice RES-ignore effect that fits her lack of Crit Rate needs.
The Brimstone (S)Strong because most of her damage is Basic Attack, so its stacks build fast. Falls behind Knight’s Extolment at M1 or when the team is stacked with ATK buffs.
Severed Innocence (S)Feeds her Crit Value with a big Crit DMG payload, up to 98% at W1.
Starlight Engine (A)Easiest A-Rank option with a heavy ATK boost and a light condition, though it shares The Brimstone’s ATK oversaturation issue.
Gilded Blossom (A)Budget attack option for players without an S-Rank engine.

Crit Rate-focused engines such as Myriad Eclipse, Deep Sea Visitor, Cordis Germina, Steel Cushion, Sol Exuvia, and Cannon Rotor underperform on her precisely because she already caps Crit Rate. They work as temporary placeholders, but they are not her ceiling.

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Drive Disc sets and stat priority

Her core damage comes from Basic Attacks, so a Basic Attack set anchors the build. Mix a four-piece of Dawn’s Bloom, Puffer Electro, or Hormone Punk with a two-piece of Puffer Electro, ATK +10%, Ice DMG +10%, or Branch & Blade Song.

CombinationBest for
4pc Dawn’s Bloom + 2pc Puffer ElectroBest general option
4pc Puffer Electro + 2pc Ice DMG +10%Best when paired with Dialyn
4pc Hormone Punk + 2pc Puffer ElectroSolid alternative
4pc Dawn’s Bloom + 2pc ATK +10%Flexible fallback

For main stats, put Crit DMG on Disc 4, PEN Ratio on Disc 5, and ATK on Disc 6. PEN Ratio beats both ATK and Ice DMG on the Disc 5 slot because attack is already oversaturated on her. Disc 6 settles on ATK due to the limited main-stat pool there.

Slot / SubstatPriority
Disc 4 mainCrit DMG
Disc 5 mainPEN Ratio
Disc 6 mainATK
SubstatsCrit Rate (only until 100%) → Crit DMG → ATK% → PEN+ → ATK+

Note: keep Crit Rate as a substat target only until you reach 100% total. After that, every further Crit Rate roll is wasted, so steer those rolls toward Crit DMG and attack instead.

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Best teams for Sigrid

Sigrid’s Additional Ability only fires when your squad includes at least one Stun or one Support agent, and it hands her a 40% damage bonus once active. The strongest structure is Sigrid plus a Stun plus a Support. Sigrid with two Stun agents also works if you lack a good Support, but Sigrid with two Supports is not viable because it leaves nobody to open Stun windows.

TeamRole split
Sigrid + Norma + SunnaDPS / Stun / Support
Sigrid + Dialyn + SunnaDPS / Stun / Support
Sigrid + Nangong Yu + SunnaDPS / Stun / Support

Norma and Dialyn are her top Stun partners. If you do not have them, Ju Fufu, Trigger, Lighter, and Qingyi all fill the Stun slot. On the Support side, Sunna is ideal, but Rina, Astra Yao, Soukaku, and Nicole are all workable substitutes.

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Mindscape Cinema priority

None of Sigrid’s Mindscapes are mandatory, but a few add real value. M1 and M2 are both strong upgrades, followed by M6 and then M4. M6 leans into Stun and Chain Attack synergy, which shines with a partner like Norma but matters less when Dialyn is your Stun agent.

MindscapeEffect summaryValue
M1Extra Converging Spear activation, bonus Ice DMG on the final hit, and +25% ATK.High
M2+24% PEN Ratio on her main attacks, longer Aerial Patrol Spear, +10% Decibel generation.High
M4Each Aerial Patrol Spear refresh adds 18% DMG for up to 40 seconds.Medium
M6Extra Ice DMG on Basic Attack final hits and unlimited Formation Breaker entries against Stunned enemies.High

Skill level-up order

Her Core Skill drives everything, including the free Crit Rate that defines her build, so it comes first. Basic Attack is her main damage source and follows right behind, then Chain Attack and Special Attack for her burst windows. Dodge and Assist can stay low since they contribute little raw damage.

  • Core Skill
  • Basic Attack
  • Chain Attack
  • Special Attack
  • Dodge
  • Assist
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Materials to fully build Sigrid

Pre-farming these ahead of time removes the usual bottleneck between pulling Sigrid and getting her combat-ready.

PurposeMaterials
Promotion (to Lv. 60)800k Dennies, 4 Basic + 32 Advanced Attack Certification Seals, 30 Pioneer’s Certification Seals
Skills (one skill maxed)500k Dennies, 5 Basic, 15 Advanced, 50 Specialized Freeze Chips, 1 Hamster Cage Pass
Core Skill405k Dennies, 60 Higher Dimensional Data: Corrupted Dreamsteel, 9 Crimson Miasma Spike

Corrupted Dreamsteel comes from a normal boss, while Crimson Miasma Spike is a weekly boss drop, so slot both into your weekly clears well before you plan to raise her Core Skill.

Put together, the build is unusually clean to execute. Lock Knight’s Extolment or a Crit DMG stand-in, run Dawn’s Bloom with a supporting two-piece, aim your main stats at Crit DMG, PEN Ratio, and ATK, and pair her with one Stun and one Support so her Additional Ability stays on. From there, her guaranteed Crit Rate does the rest of the work.