Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)NekomataBuild and Guide

Introduction

Best guide and build for Nekomata from ZZZ (Zenless Zone Zero). Nekomata is an
rank character with the Physical attribute who belongs to the
Attack Specialty and who is part of the
Cunning Hares faction.

"The best mackerel is always the one you haven't eaten yet~" — Nekomiya Mana. Spirited and mischievous, she likes to play tricks on others. Your wallet is her wallet. (Really... It's hers now.) Athletic and daring, no Hollow is too dangerous for her. "Cats love fish" is actually an incorrect stereotype. But Nekomata does love fish... She's seen a lot of cat-astrophy and "curiosity killed the cat" moments, and seen many a secret that can't be told.

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Update tracker

Last review/pros & cons update

Patch 2.3

Last build/calcs update

Patch 1.5

Last teams/synergies update

Patch 1.6

Last profile update*

October 14th, 2025

*Profile update means smaller edits to disk drives, stats or other things that don't require new calculations.

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Profile

Review

Build

SD/DA Analytics

Teams & Synergy

Calculations

Core skills

Core Passive Stealthy Paws

Lv. 1

When Nekomata's Dodge Counter or Quick Assist hits an enemy, her DMG increases by 30% for 6s.

CRIT Rate: 0

BASE ATK: 0

Additional Ability Catwalk

When another character in your squad shares the same Attribute or Faction:

After any character inflicts Assault, increases the DMG of Nekomata's next EX Special Attack by 35%, stacking up to 2 times.

Skills

Basic

Dodge

Assist

Special

Chain

Basic Attack: Kitty Slash

Press to activate. Unleashes up to 5 slashes, dealing Physical DMG. On the last hit, there is a 33.3% chance to repeat this hit 3 times.

Lv. 1

1st-Hit DMG Multiplier

55.20%

1st-Hit Daze Multiplier

18.00%

2nd-Hit DMG Multiplier

62.60%

2nd-Hit Daze Multiplier

37.10%

3rd-Hit DMG Multiplier

72.70%

3rd-Hit Daze Multiplier

46.70%

4th-Hit DMG Multiplier

170.20%

4th-Hit Daze Multiplier

103.70%

5th-Hit DMG Multiplier

123.60%

5th-Hit Daze Multiplier

58.90%

Basic Attack: Crimson Blade

Hold down during the first 3 hits of Nekomata's Basic Attack to activate. Slashes enemies in front and passes through them, dealing Physical DMG. Upon activation, there is a 33.3% chance to repeat this attack 3 times.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

71.80%

Daze Multiplier

58.90%

Dodge: Can't Touch Me-ow~

Press to dodge. A rapid dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Dash Attack: Over Here!

Press during a dodge to activate. Slashes enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

35.10%

Daze Multiplier

17.60%

Dodge Counter: Phantom Claws

Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate. Slashes enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

227.90%

Daze Multiplier

199.50%

Special Attack: Surprise Attack

Press to activate. Unleashes a downward strike, dealing Physical DMG. Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

47.30%

Daze Multiplier

47.30%

EX Special Attack: Super Surprise Attack!

With enough energy, press to activate. Unleashes a powerful falling slash that deals massive Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

539.70%

Daze Multiplier

455.40%

Energy Cost

Chain Attack: Claw Swipe

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate. Unleashes a powerful slash at enemies ahead in a large area, dealing massive Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

536.20%

Daze Multiplier

159.20%

Ultimate: Claw Smash

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate. Unleashes powerful slashes at enemies ahead in a large area, dealing massive Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

1571.10%

Daze Multiplier

118.10%

Quick Assist: Cat's Paw

When the on-field character is launched, press to activate. Slashes enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

94.50%

Daze Multiplier

94.50%

Defensive Assist: Desperate Defense

When the character on field is about to be attacked, press to activate: Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

Light Defensive Daze Multiplier

259.00%

Heavy Defensive Daze Multiplier

327.30%

Chain Defensive Daze Multiplier

159.30%

Assist Follow-Up: Shadow Strike

Press after a Defensive Assist to activate. Charge and slash enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

Lv. 1

DMG Multiplier

300.40%

Daze Multiplier

258.10%

Mindscapes

Bird Hunter

Mindscape 1

When Nekomata hits an enemy from behind, she ignores 16% of the target's Physical RES. If the enemy is Stunned, all Nekomata's attacks are considered back attacks.

Cat & Mouse

Mindscape 2

When there's only one enemy on the field and Nekomata is in combat, her Energy Generation Rate is increased by 25%.

Curious Left Tail

Mindscape 3

Basic Attack, Assist, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

Sharpen Claws

Mindscape 4

When Nekomata uses her EX Special Attack, her CRIT Rate increases by 7% for 15s, stacking up to 2 times, with each stack's duration being calculated separately.

Lucky Right Tail

Mindscape 5

Basic Attack, Assist, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

Predator Lineage

Mindscape 6

When Nekomata launches a Chain Attack or uses her Ultimate, her CRIT DMG increases by 18%, stacking up to 3 times, and expiring when she's no longer in-combat. This effect gains maximum stacks immediately on defeating an enemy.

Stats (Level 60)

Nekomata Stats at level 60 (including Core passive bonuses).

7560

DEF

587

ATK

910

CRIT Rate

19.4%

CRIT DMG

50%

PEN Ratio

Impact

Anomaly Mastery

Anomaly Proficiency

Energy Regen

1.2

Voice Actors

ENG

JPN

Hara Sayuri (原紗友里)

Huā líng (花铃)

Gallery

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Ratings

This tier list assesses Agents (characters) based on their combat potential in Zenless Zone Zero’s most demanding contents - Deadly Assault (DA) and Shiyu Defense (SD). Please keep in mind Zenless Zone Zero is a skill-based game and each character has a different playstyle, difficulty level and even special tricks and combos. Zenless Zone Zero is also a team based game and it's only by combining both these factors to the highest level a character can reach optimal performance.

DPS

Endgame Modes

Pros & Cons

Pros

Low-cost EX Special, great to funnel Steel Charge for Seed teams;
Easily affordable from a Skill level and W-Engine perspective.

Cons

Quite literally the lowest damage potential of any DPS in the entire game, honestly best built on Supportive sets in Seed teams;
Kit entirely revolves around dealing damage, too, so utility is almost nonexistent aside from Seed being her saving grace;
Literally outclassed in any team that exists. For all intents and purposes (unless you really like Nekomata), from a meta perspective, she is a bad decision.

Review

Nekomata is an S-rank Physical Attack Agent who specializes in executing low-damage but very swift attacks as her primary means of dealing damage to enemies. As a damage dealer, she provides no supportive capabilities in her own kit, but with the recent addition of agents like Seed she has become better than ever, even if she mainly takes on the role of a support in Seed Teams. Let’s delve into the specifics of her kit:

Key Mechanics

Nekomata is one of the simplest characters in the game with very few intricacies. However, one of them is contained within her Core Passive effect, which allows her to gain a significant, but short-term damage boost after executing a Dodge Counter or Quick Assist. To be exact, the buff goes as high as 60% general DMG Bonus for 6s.

As a result, due to the short duration of this buff, Nekomata likes playing in teams that offer speedy access to Quick Assists during stun (this means Astra/Nicole) and she also enjoys staying actively on-field, dodging enemy attacks. It is key to maximize Nekomata’s damage output to ensure uptime on this buff on all of her highest damage abilities (being her Ultimate, EX Special and even her Chain Attack if possible). Nonetheless, the uptime on this buff is very short so it can be difficult to play around over the course of lengthier combos — but with agents who can provide near-instant access to Quick Assists like Astra Yao and Nicole, it isn’t impossible.

Via her Additional Ability, Nekomata could gain an extra 35% DMG boost to the next EX Special that follows an Assault Anomaly trigger, stackable up to 2 times. Unfortunately however, none of her teams apply enough anomaly for this to ever work out, which makes her additional ability pretty useless. Hence, in her best teams, this Additional Ability effect can and should be safely skipped out on without much issue.

EX Special

Nekomata’s EX Special is a low 40 Energy cost. This is one of the lowest cost EX Specials in the game and it deals only an okay amount of damage as a drawback to its low cost. In addition, the animation is rather slow compared to the rest of her kit, but Nekomata can be switched out of this animation on cast in order to mitigate this effect.

Basic Attack

Nekomata’s Basic Attack has 2 different mechanics: Her 5-part Basic Attack has a special mechanic on the 5th hit that allows it to repeat up to 3 times with a 1 in 3 chance. This same mechanic also exists on her Crimson Blade attack triggered by holding Basic Attack during any of the first 3 hits. It essentially acts as a weaker version of her Basic Attack 5 which means it’s not worth executing over her regular Basic Attack string.

Additionally, these potential extra hits may not always be desirable depending on your W-Engine choice. Nekomata’s Steel Cushion W-Engine, one of her top choices, provides extra damage when dealing damage to enemies from behind. These extra hits will have you bounce back and forth between the enemy’s front and back which can prove problematic if trying to capitalize on this W-Engine’s effect.

Unused/Redundant parts of her kit

All of Nekomata’s Dodge and Assist-related moves work as you’d expect them to so we won’t go in detail over them. However, don’t forget about maximizing on her Core Passive’s DMG buff via her Dodge Counter and Quick Assist.

Meta Position & Conclusion

In the current meta, Nekomata is in a rather difficult spot. Her damage has always been on the low end since her release, and stronger and stronger characters releasing over time did not help her stand out much. That is, until Seed came around.

With Seed’s release, Nekomata’s low-cost EX Special came to light once again, since Seed’s Steel Charge mechanic which allows her to unleash a lot of her damage can be replenished by expending Energy as the active Agent. Nekomata does this pretty well, and since her damage has become significantly overshadowed by every DPS Agent since Nekomata’s initial release, she tends to run supportive Disk Drives and W-Engine builds, but her potential to funnel Steel Charge to Seed is rather appreciated and a good F2P alternative to her teams. This is Nekomata’s only current meta position, but she is still overshadowed in this team by other, better premium options or Corin.

We can conclude Nekomata is rather replaceable in the meta, yet does hold some niche use cases for Proxies who want to make use of her.

Best W-Engines

The W-Engines are listed in order of priority. Sometimes the percentages appearing near them won't reflect their performance as pure damage or Stun output isn't the only thing we're looking at - the utility of the W-Engine might be more important than the calculations imply.

100%

Increases Physical DMG by 20/25/30/35/40%. The equipper's DMG increases by 25/31.5/38/44/50% when attacking the enemy from behind.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 684

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 24%

Nekomata's Signature W-Engine - a strong option for Physical Attack Agents and also a usable option for others but with the requirement for both being that the player must actively aim to attack from behind targets wherever possible in order to get good performance compared to alternatives.

Usage: 78.38%

Shiyu Defense: 148s

Deadly Assault: 20535

96.22%

CRIT DMG increases by 50/57.5/65/72.5/80%. When the equipper enters the battlefield, or activates a Chain Attack or Ultimate, they gain 1 stack of Heartstring. Each stack of Heartstring allows the equipper's Chain Attack and Ultimate to ignore 12.5/14.5/16.5/18.5/20% of the target's Fire RES, stacking up to 2 times and lasting 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 713

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 24%

A great stat stick for most characters. Grants a tremendous amount of unconditional CRIT RATE and CRIT DMG.

92.90%

CRIT Rate increases by 10/11.5/13/14.5/16%. Dash Attack Electric DMG increases by 40/46/52/58/64%. When any squad member applies an Attribute Anomaly or Stuns an enemy, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by an additional 10/11.5/13/14.5/16% for 15s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 713

Crit Damage (Lv 60): 48%

A solid all around generic option thanks to its close to permanent uptime of 20% CRIT RATE and always active 45% CRIT DMG, alongside its high base ATK.

91.83%

Upon hitting an enemy with a Basic Attack, Dash Attack, or Dodge Counter, the equipper's ATK increases by 3.5/4.4/5.2/6/7% for 8s, stacking up to 8 times. This effect can trigger once every 0.5s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 684

Attack (Lv 60): 30%

Soldier 11's Signature W-Engine and a good choice for any character with a focus on using a lot of Basic Attacks or even just a few long lasting ones. The catch is each buff stack has its own duration and only 1 buff can be gained every 0.5 seconds, making maintaining max stacks of this buff require constant Basic Attacks.

Usage: 1.84%

Shiyu Defense: 123s

Deadly Assault: 19326

89.58%

When an EX Special Attack or Chain Attack hits an enemy, the equipper's ATK increases by 6/6.9/7.8/8.7/9.6% for 8s. While the target is under an Attribute Anomaly, this effect is increased by an additional 6/6.9/7.8/8.7/9.6%.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 594

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 20%

Reasonable option for CRIT scaling agents playing in teams capable of applying Anomaly semi-consistently to trigger and maintain its secondary bonus effect a decent amount of the time.

Usage: 1.71%

Shiyu Defense: 600s

Deadly Assault: 20084

88.51%

ATK increases by 6/6.9/7.8/8.7/9.6%, and DMG dealt by EX Special Attacks increases by 15/17.2/19.5/21.8/24%.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 594

Attack (Lv 60): 25%

A weaker alternative to Starlight Engine that offers ATK% and increases the damage of EX Special attacks. Only use if you lack better W-Engines.

87.51%

Launching a Dodge Counter or Quick Assist increases the equipper's ATK by 12/13.8/15.6/17.4/19.2% for 12s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 594

Attack (Lv 60): 25%

A solid all-around Free To Play accessible option for all Attack Agents. Grants 25% unconditional Standard Attack and a further 19.2% (At S5) Combat Attack buff after performing a Dodge Counter or Quick Assist lasting 12 seconds. This buff is reasonably easy for all Attack Agents to achieve in both their standard and burst rotations, assuming a Support character is present on the team.

Usage: 4.16%

Shiyu Defense: 122s

Deadly Assault: 16008

87.24%

Increases ATK by 7.5/8.6/9.7/10.8/12%. Attacks that land a CRIT on an enemy will inflict an additional 200% of ATK as DMG. This effect can only be triggered once every 8/7.5/7/6.5/6s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 594

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 20%

The battle pass W-engine - an expensive engine to acquire which while incredibly consistent is often weaker than other W-Engines. The main issue with the on Crit trigger ability is that the damage is Physical and cannot CRIT meaning for non-physical characters you'll be losing all elemental DMG% boosts on this damage and for all characters not CRITing is a big downside making the damage from this unimpactful.

Usage: 0.19%

Shiyu Defense: 207s

Deadly Assault: 0

Best Disk Drives Sets

100%

(2)

Physical DMG +10%.

(4)

Whenever a squad member inflicts Assault on an enemy, the equipper deals 35% increased damage to the target for 12s.

Competitive option for direct and Anomaly-based Physical damage dealers granting 10% permanent Physical DMG% from the 2-PC and 35% increased DMG against enemies inflicted by Assault by any party member for 12 seconds. DMG% bonus against enemies will be up the majority of most fights against boss-type enemies thanks to its long duration and ability to trigger from any team member allowing a Physical based Bangboo/teammate to assist with uptime via their own Assaults.

Best combined with your choice of 2-PC Set:

Woodpecker Electro (Recommended)
Hormone Punk
Puffer Electro

94.60%

(2)

CRIT Rate +8%.

(4)

Triggering a critical hit with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack increases the equippers ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.

Great option for all direct damage dealers that make use of some form of Basic ATK and EX frequently. The set grants 8% permanent CRIT RATE% from the 2-PC and a 9% increased combat ATK% buff for 6 seconds when triggering a CRIT with each a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack from the 4P. Each buff belongs to an attack type so you'll need to CRIT with each type every 6 seconds to maintain 3 stacks. You can expect 2 stacks of this set most of the time one from basics and one from either EX's during a burst window or Dodge Counters during downtime granting 18% combat ATK% that multiplies all ATK stats like FLAT ATK and ATK% ((Base ATK * (1 + ATK%)) + Flat ATK) * (1 + Combat ATK%).

Despite all this, the set has ramp-up time and can quickly fall off without access to energy for EX's making it most suitable for characters with cheap EX's, frequent Dodge Counters or concentrated burst damage windows.

Best combined with your choice of 2-PC Set:

Puffer Electro (Recommended)
Hormone Punk
Fanged Metal

99.57%

(2)

PEN Ratio +8%.

(4)

Ultimate DMG increases by 20%. Launching an Ultimate increases the equippers ATK by 15% for 12s.

A top option for burst damage characters aiming to deal most of their damage in a short window following their Ultimate. The set grants 8% permanent PEN Ratio% from the 2-PC, 15% increased combat ATK% for 12 seconds after using an Ultimate and 20% increased Ultimate DMG from the 4P. When evaluating this set we assume you'll gain and save your damaging Ultimate for the enemy Stun window and use it before executing the rest of your combo. If you're unable to gain your Ultimate every stun window, this sets value will drop compared to its listing.

Best combined with your choice of 2-PC Set:

Woodpecker Electro (Recommended)
Hormone Punk
Fanged Metal

Best Disk Drives Stats

Disk 4

CRIT Rate%

CRIT DMG%

Disk 5

ATK%

Physical DMG%

Disk 6

ATK%

Substats: CRIT RATE = CRIT DMG > ATK% > PEN = ATK

Best Endgame Stats (Level 60)

ATK: 2500-3100+
HP: 9500+
DEF: 800+
CRIT RATE: 70% - 80%+
CRIT DMG: 140% - 160%+

Skill priority

Special Attack

Chain Attack

Basic Attack

Dodge

Assist

Video guides

Synergy

Below we list only the most important synergies for Nekomata. The character can work with others if you know what to do and how to use them. For more alternatives, refer to the Teams section.

Trigger
Pulchra - Trigger and Pulchra both fill very similar niches: they provide off-field Daze via Aftershocks and have buffs and debuffs to their name - Pulchra debuffs with a DMG% mark at M6, Trigger debuffs targets with an increased Stun DMG multiplier. No matter what, they allow Nekomata to shine by allowing her to take a lot of the field time which she particularly appreciates — just make sure to pair Trigger with Nicole so you activate Nekomata's Additional Ability.
Astra Yao
Nicole - These 2 generalist Support units are capable of servicing as the Support to any team in the game. Astra Yao provides Quick Assists, extra Chain Attacks, healing, super low field time, ATK, DMG and CRIT DMG buffs which makes her the overall best choice in almost all cases. Nicole provides the sought-after DEF Shred and CRIT Rate at M6 which makes her competitive. They can work with any team in the game to great effect, Nicole being particularly appreciated as she shares a faction with Nekomata, meaning they activate each other's Additional Abilities.

Teams (Shiyu Defense)

This section lists most popular teams featuring Nekomata in the current phase of Shiyu Defense.

Rank 137

App. rate: 0.15%

Avg. time: 1m 50s

Rank 149

App. rate: 0.13%

Avg. time: 1m 54s

Rank 212

App. rate: 0.06%

Avg. time: 2m 6s

Rank 271

App. rate: 0.04%

Avg. time: 2m 23s

Rank 271

App. rate: 0.04%

Avg. time: 2m 24s

Rank 236

App. rate: 0.05%

Avg. time: 2m 48s

Rank 461

App. rate: 0.01%

Avg. time: 2m 48s

Rank 310

App. rate: 0.03%

Avg. time: 2m 52s

Rank 310

App. rate: 0.03%

Avg. time: 2m 56s

Rank 712

App. rate: 0%

Avg. time: 10m

Teams (Deadly Assault)

This section lists most popular teams featuring Nekomata in the current phase of Deadly Assault.

Rank 145

App. rate: 0.22%

Avg. score: 24954

Rank 513

App. rate: 0.02%

Avg. score: 24502

Rank 378

App. rate: 0.04%

Avg. score: 22508

Rank 296

App. rate: 0.06%

Avg. score: 22489

Rank 269

App. rate: 0.07%

Avg. score: 21809

Rank 198

App. rate: 0.13%

Avg. score: 21615

Rank 179

App. rate: 0.15%

Avg. score: 21268

Rank 120

App. rate: 0.3%

Avg. score: 20714

Rank 513

App. rate: 0.02%

Avg. score: 20611

Rank 321

App. rate: 0.05%

Avg. score: 20608

Damage output

Don't use the damage output calculations as an indication on who is worth pulling or investing as those are just simulations and in day-to-day gameplay there's a lot variables and also the skill of the player is important. As usual, don't compare the numbers between characters.

Important!

Nekomata's Mindscape 2 doesn't have a direct impact on her damage output making its value difficult to portray in the calculations below - that doesn't mean they aren't useful though the bonus energy can result in 1, 2 or even 3 extra EX's over the course of a fight.
Nekomata's Mindscape 1 is reliant on her attacking enemies while behind and grants her the ability to always be treated as behind while attacking Stunned enemies. As the enemy is stunned for the majority of the burst rotation this bonus is almost always active. Additionally as Nekomata is using her signature W-Engine in these calculations she also gains higher benefit from the engine thanks to the permanent behind status. For all these reasons while the enemy is not Stunned and actively attempts to face you during the standard rotation this Mindscape loses a lot of it's potential unless in the hands of an incredibly skilled player.
After unlocking Nekomata's Mindscape 4 it's recommended you perform 2 EX Special's before her Ultimate in the burst rotation. Also, during Nekomata's standard rotation you may or may not have duration of this buff - if you have it active you can expect the damage increase listed on the chart, if you don't you will lose a portion or all the damage gains for this Mindscape during the standard rotation.
In these calculations we assume Nekomata's Mindscape 6 is active for the full rotation listed as it has no set duration after it is active and can be swiftly gained in combat through a number of different ways. If you're slow to ramp up this buff you can expect lower performance than listed.

Nekomata in 1 Target scenario - Burst

Rotation time: 13.1s for Burst

Nekomata (M6)

1 931 766 DMG (147 463 DPS)175.44%

Nekomata (M5)

1 618 860 DMG (123 577 DPS)147.02%

Nekomata (M4)

1 494 041 DMG (114 049 DPS)135.68%

Nekomata (M3)

1 391 358 DMG (106 211 DPS)126.36%

Nekomata (M2)

1 275 473 DMG (97 364 DPS)115.83%

Nekomata (M1)

1 275 473 DMG (97 364 DPS)115.83%

Nekomata (M0)

1 101 116 DMG (84 055 DPS)100%

Details about the calculations

Here are the rotations used in the calculations.

During Nekomata's Burst rotation her Core Ability does not remain active for its full duration as she only gains it once at the start via a Quick Assist. Reapplying the Core Passive is challenging - solo boss enemies while stunned will not attack you so you cannot Dodge Counter and triggering another Quick Assist takes up valuable Stun duration. For this reason it's imperative you fit in all your most potent attacks immediately after performing a quick assist as listed below.

Burst rotation (During Stun)
Chain Attack: Claw Swipe
Quick Assist: Cat's Paw
EX Special Attack: Super Suprise Attack!
Ultimate: Claw Smash
EX Special Attack: Super Suprise Attack!
EX Special Attack: Super Suprise Attack!
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P1
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P2
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P3
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P4
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P5 (Optionally repeat if activates)

Standard rotation (Downtime)
Dodge Counter: Phantom Claws (Use at least every 6 seconds)
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P1
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P2
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P3
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P4
Basic Attack: Kitty Slash P5 (Optionally repeat if activates)

And here are the W-Engines and Disk Drives used in the calculations.

Increases Physical DMG by 20/25/30/35/40%. The equipper's DMG increases by 25/31.5/38/44/50% when attacking the enemy from behind.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 684

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 24%

(2)

Physical DMG +10%.

(4)

Whenever a squad member inflicts Assault on an enemy, the equipper deals 35% increased damage to the target for 12s.

(2)

CRIT Rate +8%.

(4)

Triggering a critical hit with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack increases the equippers ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.

Disk 4

CRIT DMG%

Disk 5

ATK%

Disk 6

ATK%

Substats: ATK (18%), CRIT Rate (33.6%), CRIT DMG (67.2%)

Shiyu Defense / Deadly Assault

This section contains information about Nekomata performance in the latest Shiyu Defense and Deadly Assault cycles (2.2.2). The page will be automatically updated every patch once enough data is gathered.

The data has been last updated on 10/09/2025,
23134 players shared their 2.2.2 Shiyu Defense clear data with us (21170 of the sample are self-reported players that filled our form, 1964 are from random UIDs that we scanned).
23685 players shared their 2.2.2 Deadly Assault clear data with us (20341 of the sample are self-reported players that filled our form, 2238 are from random UIDs that we scanned).

If you want to share your clear information with us, you simply need to fill the form below and provide us with your UID and make your Hoyo profile public - we will automatically parse the Shiyu Defense clear information from your profile after that!

Shiyu Defense Stats Form

Usage rate (SD)

Characters are ranked with appearance rate, which is how often a character was used in Shiyu Defense by the players who we have scanned, regardless of whether they own the character or not. Ownership rate currently cannot be obtained.

71.15%

69.17%

46.59%

44.88%

32.52%

30.74%

28.42%

28.01%

26%

25.86%

23.99%

21.38%

20.81%

17.63%

16.5%

15.94%

9.79%

9.62%

8.8%

6.89%

4.64%

4.47%

4.45%

4.39%

4.38%

4.27%

3.48%

3.29%

3.04%

1.77%

1.28%

1.12%

0.87%

0.84%

0.6%

0.54%

0.43%

0.33%

0.3%

0.18%

Usage rate (DA)

Characters are ranked with appearance rate, which is how often a character was used in Deadly Assault by the players who we have scanned, regardless of whether they own the character or not. Ownership rate currently cannot be obtained.

86.01%

83.56%

75.99%

49.11%

42.26%

41.56%

41.26%

34.16%

33.91%

33.82%

30.42%

26.01%

25.36%

24.76%

24.17%

22.21%

21.88%

16.57%

14.01%

13.62%

13.37%

11.74%

10.57%

9.25%

7.7%

7.3%

7.06%

6.45%

4.61%

4.35%

2.59%

2.03%

1.66%

0.93%

0.87%

0.83%

0.8%

0.52%

0.34%

0.34%

Common partners (SD)

This section lists the characters that were most commonly paired with Nekomata in the current phase of Shiyu Defense.

116s

41.9%

132s

31.28%

117s

30.73%

149s

29.05%

168s

22.35%

164s

15.08%

170s

7.26%

154s

6.15%

Common partners (DA)

This section lists the characters that were most commonly paired with Nekomata in the current phase of Deadly Assault.

21408

44.99%

19927

37.06%

20563

35.9%

22726

31.24%

19904

10.02%

20718

9.32%

14827

6.29%

18046

6.06%

Mindscapes

Mindscapes data comes from players who used Nekomata in the current SD cycle (179) or in the current DA cycle (429).

10.19%

161 s.

Mindscape 0

20.64%

154 s.

When Nekomata hits an enemy from behind, she ignores 16% of the target's Physical RES. If the enemy is Stunned, all Nekomata's attacks are considered back attacks.

23.28%

136 s.

When there's only one enemy on the field and Nekomata is in combat, her Energy Generation Rate is increased by 25%.

21.77%

141 s.

Basic Attack, Assist, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

12.11%

125 s.

When Nekomata uses her EX Special Attack, her CRIT Rate increases by 7% for 15s, stacking up to 2 times, with each stack's duration being calculated separately.

7.35%

155 s.

Basic Attack, Assist, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2

4.67%

124 s.

W-Engines

W-Engines usage data comes from players who used Nekomata in the current SD cycle (179) or in the current DA cycle (429).

78.38%

148 s.

Increases Physical DMG by 20/25/30/35/40%. The equipper's DMG increases by 25/31.5/38/44/50% when attacking the enemy from behind.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 684

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 24%

6.88%

104 s.

While off-field, Energy Regen increases by 0.45/0.52/0.58/0.65/0.72 per second. When an EX Special Attack hits an enemy, the equipper's Physical DMG increases by 3/3.5/4/4.4/4.8%, stacking up to 15 times and lasting 1s. Retriggering refreshes duration.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 624

Attack (Lv 60): 25%

4.16%

122 s.

Launching a Dodge Counter or Quick Assist increases the equipper's ATK by 12/13.8/15.6/17.4/19.2% for 12s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 594

Attack (Lv 60): 25%

1.84%

123 s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 684

Attack (Lv 60): 30%

1.71%

600 s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 594

Crit Rate (Lv 60): 20%

0.97%

129 s.

When launching an EX Special Attack or Chain Attack, Electric DMG from Basic Attacks and Dash Attacks increases by 50/57.5/65/72.5/80% for 10s. This effect can trigger once every 15s.

Base ATK (Lv 60): 624

Energy Regen (Lv 60): 50%

Disk Drives

Disk Drives usage data comes from players who used Nekomata in the current SD cycle (179) or in the current DA cycle (429).

20.45%

143 s.

(2)

CRIT Rate +8%.

(4)

Triggering a critical hit with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack increases the equippers ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.

(2)

CRIT DMG +16%.

(4)

When Anomaly Mastery exceeds or equals 115 points, the equipper's CRIT damage increases by 30%. When any squad member applies Freeze or triggers the Shatter effect on an enemy, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by 12%, lasting 15s.

19.7%

150 s.

(2)

Physical DMG +10%.

(4)

Whenever a squad member inflicts Assault on an enemy, the equipper deals 35% increased damage to the target for 12s.

(2)

CRIT Rate +8%.

(4)

Triggering a critical hit with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack increases the equippers ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.

13.22%

144 s.

(2)

CRIT Rate +8%.

(4)

Triggering a critical hit with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack increases the equippers ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.

(2)

Physical DMG +10%.

(4)

Whenever a squad member inflicts Assault on an enemy, the equipper deals 35% increased damage to the target for 12s.

5.23%

138 s.

(2)

Physical DMG +10%.

(4)

Whenever a squad member inflicts Assault on an enemy, the equipper deals 35% increased damage to the target for 12s.

(2)

CRIT DMG +16%.

(4)

3.67%

96 s.

(2)

ATK +10%.

(4)

Whenever any squad member enters the field using a Quick Assist, all squad members gain 1 stack of Astral, up to a maximum of 3 stacks, and lasting 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. Each stack of Astral increases the DMG dealt by the character entering the field using a Quick Assist by 8%. Only one of this effect can be active at a time in the same squad.

(2)

Energy Regen +20%.

(4)

Launching a Chain Attack or Ultimate increases all squad members' DMG by 15% for 12s. Passive effects of the same name do not stack.

3.02%

186 s.

(2)

CRIT Rate +8%.

(4)

Triggering a critical hit with a Basic Attack, Dodge Counter or EX Special Attack increases the equippers ATK by 9% for 6s. The buff duration for different skills are calculated separately.