




A model soldier who follows orders and stays loyal to the mission... At least that's what Soldier 11 demands of herself. Weapons don't need emotions, and need only follow orders... At least that's what Soldier 11 tells herself. No matter how strong the enemy, just get fired up and face it head on... At least that's what Soldier 11 does. She's shed her weakness along with her name, leaving only resolve... At least that's what Soldier 11 thinks.
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Last review/pros & cons update
Patch 2.3
Last build/calcs update
Patch 2.1
Last teams/synergies update
Patch 2.2
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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Review
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Calculations
Profile
Core Passive Heatwave
When triggering Fire Suppression during a Basic Attack or Dash Attack, increase that attack's DMG by 35%.
CRIT Rate: 0
BASE ATK: 0
Additional Ability Fields of Fire
When another character in your squad shares the same Attribute or Faction:
Soldier 11 deals 10% more Fire DMG. When attacking Stunned enemies, this effect is further enhanced by an additional 22.5%.
Basic Attack: Warmup Sparks
Basic Attack: Fire Suppression
Dodge: Tempered Fire
Dash Attack: Blazing Fire
Dash Attack: Fire Suppression
Dodge Counter: Backdraft
Special Attack: Raging Fire
EX Special Attack: Fervent Fire
Chain Attack: Uplifting Flame
Ultimate: Bellowing Flame
Quick Assist: Covering Fire
Defensive Assist: Hold the Line
Assist Follow-Up: Reignition
Rapid Heat
Mindscape 1
Scorching Convergence
Mindscape 2
Elite Soldier
Mindscape 3
Indulgent Blaze
Mindscape 4
Perfect Soldier
Mindscape 5
Scorching Flow
Mindscape 6
Soldier 11 Stats at level 60 (including Core passive bonuses).
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Review
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.
Endgame Modes
Very accessible and viable W-Engine options;
Has several team options, including some of the most widespread Support and Stun-class Agents in the game;
Lots of self-buffs and very universal Disk Drives Set options with multiple viable sets & multiple viable stat options.
Has no outstanding features whatsoever, just raw active on-field damage — kit doesn't bring anything special to the table whatsoever;
While her enhanced Basic Attacks have some freebies via executing other specific attacks, they'll often require learning proper timing in order to execute them — unenhanced Basics do close to no damage;
Performance will vastly vary depending on available second slot teammates — significantly enjoys her best choice (Lighter) compared to alternatives.
Soldier 11 is an S-rank Fire Attack Agent whose main gameplay mechanic revolves around timed Enhanced Fire Basic Attacks to deal damage to enemies. She plays optimally as a standard on-fielder Attack Agent, but because her Fire Suppression requires her to time her Basic attacks, she is not necessarily easy to pick up and play at a decent level. As a result, understanding her kit is key to mastering her.
Soldier 11’s playstyle is built around her Enhanced Basic Attack mechanic called Fire Suppression. Her normal 4-string Basic Attacks don’t do much and are rather weak physical damage-dealing moves; however, under the right conditions or by using the correct timing, she casts significantly more powerful Fire Suppression Basic Attacks. She has 4 main ways of accessing them: the first 3 are that she gets a free 8 string of attacks after casting her EX Special, Ultimate and Chain Attack.
If none are available, instead the player will have to resort to the final method, being by pressing the Basic Attack button at the right time. It absolutely must be learnt in case none of the 3 abilities listed are available in order to give Soldier 11 timing-free attack strings. Because it is absolutely necessary to save her Ultimate and EX Specials for the Stun Window, it is absolutely mandatory to learn the timing of her Basic Attack. This is particularly important when playing her with off-field and inactive type Agents such as Ju Fufu where Soldier 11 will take the overwhelming majority of active on-field time.
Soldier 11’s Core Passive is rather simple, constantly boosting her Fire Suppression attack damage by up to 70%, and her Additional Ability also gives an extra 10% Fire DMG boost, further enhanced to a total of 32.5% while the enemy is Stunned. This further reinforces Soldier 11’s capability to capitalize on Stun windows.
Soldier 11’s EX Special has a large amount of invincibility frames which can be used to avoid enemy attacks freely, however using it outside of the Stun window is a massive damage loss and hence not recommended. It also deals a large amount of damage and as mentioned earlier, gives her the ability to cast 8 timing-free Fire Suppression attacks. However, its Energy cost is also tremendous at a cost of 80, which makes it a rare powerful ability to use in battle. Make sure to save your energy to use this ability during the enemy stun window, and make sure not to overcap on Energy while thinking of when to use it also.
All of Soldier 11’s Chain/Ultimate, Dodge and Assist-related moves behave in the manner you’d expect them to and as a result aren’t worth going into more detail over. As usual, keep in mind to make use of her Ultimate during Stun windows ideally to optimize damage, and as mentioned earlier her Chain Attack and Ultimate both provide 8 timing-free Fire Suppression attacks.
Lastly, it is worth keeping in mind that Soldier 11 has solid damage and Daze multipliers on her Assist Follow-Up and Dodge Counter, so making use of them when possible is highly encouraged.
Soldier 11 has received significant boosts in power since her initial release at the very beginning of the game. The arrival of new, stronger Supports such as Astra Yao have strongly benefitted the entire cast, including her; Ju Fufu and particularly Lighter make for some of the best Fire Stun Agents she can pair with (and in fact they take her potential to a whole new level); the arrival of new Support Disk Drive sets like Astral Voice, Moonlight Lullaby and King of the Summit have also allowed Soldier 11 to reach much higher damage heights than before.
In conclusion, while Soldier 11 has remained exactly the same in how she tends to play since her release (which makes her extremely simplistic and easy to pick up), she has only continued to get stronger over time, and while she is outclassed by limited S-rank Fire Agents in damage such as Evelyn being pretty directly comparable to her and stronger in her role, she remains a viable alternative choice for players who are in need of a fire attacker. However, she is heavily reliant on the likes of Lighter and Ju Fufu, and her performance might disappoint without any of her premium teammates. Please keep this in mind before giving her a chance, but note she can perform given the right conditions!
Build and teams
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.
106.15%
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.
100%
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.
97.81%
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.
93.41%
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%.
92.39%
Launching a Dodge Counter or Quick Assist increases the equipper's ATK by 12/13.8/15.6/17.4/19.2% for 12s.
88.56%
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.
87.68%
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%.
100%
Competitive option for direct Fire damage dealers granting 10% permanent Fire DMG% from the 2-PC and 28% increased CRIT RATE for 8 8 seconds upon hitting a Burning enemy from the 4-PC. The 4-PC bonus of this set is equivalent to almost 12 sub-stats of CRIT RATE making it absolutely absurd - it's also not hard to keep active either as Burn lasts 10 seconds and even if you hit it at the last second of Burn you'll still gain an 8 second buff. This set only outperforms Woodpecker Electro in the event you're able to keep the enemy burning for the majority of Soldier 11's damage windows
Best combined with your choice of 2-PC Set:
95.38%
Always a great option for CRIT-scaling Main DPS characters who will remain on the field for extended periods of time, this Disc Drive set provides extra CRIT Rate and lots of ATK% which can be triggered using very general conditions, making this set versatile and effective.
Best combined with your choice of 2-PC Set:
Substats: CRIT RATE = CRIT DMG > ATK% > PEN = ATK
Stats without Inferno Metal 4-PC Buff Active.
ATK: 2600-3000+
HP: 9500+
DEF: 800+
CRIT RATE: 60-80%
CRIT DMG: 130-160%+
Chain Attack
Basic Attack
Special Attack
Dodge
Assist
Teams & Synergy
Below we list only the most important synergies for Soldier 11. 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.
This section lists most popular teams featuring Soldier 11 in the current phase of Shiyu Defense.
This section lists most popular teams featuring Soldier 11 in the current phase of Deadly Assault.
Calculations
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!
Rotation time: 14.81s for Burst
Here are the rotations used in the calculations.
Burst rotation (During Stun)
Using a sequence of Basic Attacks before Soldier 11's Ultimate and EX is optimal when using her signature The Brimstone. When not using it however the rotation can be rearranged to move the ultimate and or EX earlier to work better with some of the alternative Disk Drive sets she can use.
- Chain Attack: Uplifting Flame
- Quick Assist: Covering Fire
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P1
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P2
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P3
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P4
- EX Special Attack: Fervent Fire
- Ultimate: Bellowing Flame
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P1
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P2
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P3
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P4
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P1
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P2
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P3
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P4
Standard rotation (Downtime)
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P1
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P2
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P3
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P4
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P1
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P2
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P3
- Basic Attack: Fire Suppression P4
And here are the W-Engines and Disk Drives used in the calculations.
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.
Substats: ATK (18%), CRIT Rate (33.6%), CRIT DMG (67.2%)
Shiyu Defense / Deadly Assault
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Shiyu Defense Stats FormCharacters 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.
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.
This section lists the characters that were most commonly paired with Soldier 11 in the current phase of Shiyu Defense.
This section lists the characters that were most commonly paired with Soldier 11 in the current phase of Deadly Assault.
Mindscapes data comes from players who used Soldier 11 in the current SD cycle (949) or in the current DA cycle (1994).
17.33%
161 s.Mindscape 0
22.11%
152 s.24.74%
148 s.16.83%
142 s.10.83%
142 s.4.2%
142 s.3.97%
133 s.W-Engines usage data comes from players who used Soldier 11 in the current SD cycle (949) or in the current DA cycle (1994).
65.39%
151 s.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.
14.01%
135 s.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.
5.22%
149 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.
4.71%
155 s.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%.
1.54%
153 s.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.
1.3%
154 s.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%.
Disk Drives usage data comes from players who used Soldier 11 in the current SD cycle (949) or in the current DA cycle (1994).
36.09%
156 s.14.78%
151 s.11.65%
140 s.6.22%
134 s.4.38%
141 s.3.31%
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