Bangboos - Everything You Need To Know About Them

Bangboos are the mascots of Zenless Zone Zero and are special extra agents that players can bring into battle to help the team by providing the team with various stat boosts, buffs and even help damaging the enemies on the field when conditions are met.

How To Unlock The BangBoos System

While players are able to obtain specific Bangboos at the start of the game and play test some of the special Bangboos at the start of the game, players will only be able to start obtaining and use their own Bangboos after they have completed a specific commission quest after they have completed the 1st Main Story Chapter of The game.

 

After completing this commission and unlocking the shop, players will be able to upgrade and bring Bangboos with them into battle using their own Bangboos.

How To Obtain BangBoos

After players have completed the special Commision to unlock the Bangboo modifier shop, they will be able to obtain Bangboos through various means, including in-game events, special missions and more. However, in order to obtain the majority of Bangboos to play around with and upgrade in order to add to the team, players will need to roll for them on the special Bangboo Channel

The Bangboo Channel is a special permanently available Gacha banner where players will be able to obtain the different Bangboos in the game at A rank and above. Keep in mind that Boopons, the currency used on the Bangboo channel are only given out as events and commission rewards and can’t be bought in other ways, so players can only roll a set amount of time on the Bangboo Channel each update patch.

 

Players will be guaranteed to obtain a S Rank Bangboo after doing 80 pulls on the banner. Players can pick which of the S Rank Bangboos they will be able to obtain with a 100% rate up, making it easy for players to get the specific Bangboos that they are aiming for for certain teams. 

Bangboo Skills And Abilities

In combat and exploration, when choosing a team to enter the Hollow Zone, players will be able to choose a Bangboo to bring along aside from the 3 Agents on the team as a support mascot. Each different Bangboos have a different characteristic and buff that they can provide to the entire team when certain conditions are met.

Each Bangboos have 3 different abilities that can be activated in battle whenever a condition is fulfilled, allowing them to provide players with special buffs to the team or to help deal damage to the enemies alongside the Agents in battle:

 

- Active Skill: This ability can be activated in battle and is the Bangboo’s main skill which allows it to do damage to enemies and provide beneficial effects to the team.

 

- Additional Abilities: A special buff to the entire team when certain conditions are fulfilled when forming a team. The conditions are dependent on the specialties, factions and elements of the Agents currently in the team.

 

- Chain Attack Skill: An ability that is only activated during the battle whenever the Agent on the field initiates a Chain Attack, allowing the Bangboos to take the field and deal damage to the enemies, triggering another Chain Attack immediately afterward.

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Bangboo Recommendations & Tier List

With so many different Bangboos available in Zenless Zone Zero, it is important to distinguish what the different Bangboos’ abilities are and what they can contribute to specific teams in the game. Therefore, based on their abilities and additional abilities buffs, the Bangboos can be separated into different categories with different tiers assigned to show how powerful they are when assigned to the correct teams.

Elemental Team Centric Bangboos

For these Bangboos, they should be assigned to teams that have at least 2 Agents of the same Element, helping to activate the Bangboo’s Additional Abilities and help boost the specific Elemental team’s damage output.

 

S Tier Bangboos of this category:

 

These bangboos help boost the Elemental team’s Anomaly Buildup, making it easier for the teams to deal more Anomaly Attribute damage.

 

A Tier Bangboos of this category:

 

 

These bangboos also help boost the Elemental team’s Anomaly Buildup, making it easier for the teams to deal more Anomaly Attribute damage. However, their boost and effects are less than the S Tier Bangboo, so these Bangboos should be considered as budget options for the S Tier ones.

Faction Team Centric Bangboos

For these Bangboos, they should be assigned to teams that have at least 2 Agents of the same Faction, helping to activate the Bangboo’s Additional Abilities and help boost the specific Faction team’s damage output by providing them with additional damage according to the Faction’s main gimmicks.

 

S Tier Bangboos of this category:

 

 

These bangboos help massively boost the offensive capabilities of their respective Faction teams while also supplementing the Agents with beneficial buffs that each of the Faction team needed to become as strong as possible. 

Generic Use Bangboos

The Bangboos of this category are ranked based on how good their buffs and effects are since they can be used in all generic teams as long as their Additional Abilites’ conditions are met.

 

S Tier Bangboos of this category:

 

 

Boollseyes is ranked high thanks to its easy to fulfill Additional Ability and its boost to Physical Damage. Paperboo is ranked high thanks to its ability to provide a massive shield to the team, a very important defensive ability when a defense Agent is in the squad.

 

A Tier Bangboos of this category:

 

Exploreboo and Booressure are ranked as A Tier Bangboos of this category thanks to their supporting abilities while still being able to deal large amounts of damage to enemies. Bagboo is ranked as an A rank Bangboo simply thanks to its Physical Damage output.

 

B Tier Bangboos of this category:

 

 

Avocaboo, Sumoboo and Magnetiboo are all considered B Tier Bangboos in this category due to their pure niche supporting abilities that can only be useful in certain situations and them having no real offensive abilities.