
Hugo
SHugo Vlad
Best Hugo Build Guide
Written by Phạm Ngọc Bảo Châu ·
Playstyle Overview
Hugo is an Ice Attack DPS who bursts inside Stun windows. His kit centres on Totalize: when the Finishing Move of his EX Special Attack or Ultimate hits a Stunned enemy, its multiplier skyrockets based on the remaining Stun time, then the Stun ends immediately. Chain Attacks or Stunning an enemy grant him Dark Abyss Reverb, raising his CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG.
His rotation is compact: come in through a Chain Attack, then Totalize as early as possible. His Core Passive adds ATK when the team has 1–2 other Stun Agents, so he loves Double Stun teams and 4-piece Hormone Punk. He is easy to play, but relies on limited Stunners who both Daze and buff, and needs techniques like Double Chains.
Best W-Engines
S1ATK 713 · CRIT Rate 24%
False Personas ›
Increases CRIT DMG by 45%. When using an EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, or Ultimate to deal Ice DMG, the equipper gains the Absolute Zero Death Sentence effect for 3s. While Absolute Zero Death Sentence is active, the character ignores 25% of the enemy's DEF when landing a hit.
*Stats shown are at Base level.
S1ATK 713 · CRIT Rate 24%
Sprouting Core ›
Increases CRIT Rate by 15%. When the equipper deals DMG with a Basic Attack or EX Special Attack, they gain 1 stack of a buff. Each stack increases the equipper's Electric DMG by 12.5% up to 2 stacks. Each stack lasts 40s. The duration of each stack is calculated separately.
Can trigger once per use of a skill. At 2 stacks, the wearer's Basic Attack and Ultimate DMG ignore 20% of enemy DEF.
*Stats shown are at Base level.
S1ATK 713 · CRIT Rate 24%
String & Melody ›
CRIT DMG increases by 50%. 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% of the target's Fire RES, stacking up to 2 times and lasting 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.
*Stats shown are at Base level.
S1ATK 684 · CRIT Rate 24%
Metal Cat Claws ›
Increases Physical DMG by 20%. The equipper's DMG increases by 25% when attacking the enemy from behind.
*Stats shown are at Base level.
S5ATK 594 · CRIT Rate 20%
Get Everyone Fired Up ›
When an EX Special Attack or Chain Attack hits an enemy, the equipper's ATK increases by 6% for 8s. While the target is under an Attribute Anomaly, this effect is increased by an additional 6%.
S1ATK 713 · CRIT Rate 24%
Lord of Seas ›
Increases Ice DMG by 25%. Upon hitting an enemy with a Basic Attack, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by 10% for 8s. When dealing Ice DMG with a Dash Attack, the equipper's CRIT Rate increases by an additional 10% for 15s. The duration of each effect is calculated separately.
*Stats shown are at Base level.
Best Drive Discs
4-pc ›
ATK +10%
Upon entering combat or switching in, its user's ATK increases by 25% for 10s. This effect can trigger once every 20s.
2-pc ›
Ice DMG +10%
4-pc ›
ATK +10%
Upon entering combat or switching in, its user's ATK increases by 25% for 10s. This effect can trigger once every 20s.
2-pc ›
CRIT Rate +8%
4-pc ›
PEN Ratio +8%
Ultimate DMG increases by 20%. Launching an Ultimate increases the equipper's ATK by 15% for 12s.
2-pc ›
Ice DMG +10%
Best Main Stats
- Disc 4CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate
- Disc 5Ice DMG (ATK% or PEN Ratio as alternatives)
- Disc 6ATK%
Best Sub Stats
- 1CRIT Rate
- 2CRIT DMG
- 3ATK%
- 4Flat ATK
- 5PEN
Endgame Stats
- ATK
- 2600 – 3000+
- HP
- 10000+
- DEF
- 800+
- CRIT Rate
- 70 – 88%
- CRIT DMG
- 160 – 200%+
Hugo's damage is concentrated in a few Totalize hits, so CRIT is the top priority: aim for 70–88% CRIT Rate and 160–200% CRIT DMG. Disc 4 should be CRIT DMG, or CRIT Rate if you're short; Disc 5 is Ice DMG and Disc 6 is ATK%.
Skill Priority
Core Skill- ›
Special Attack - ›
Chain Attack - ›
Basic Attack - ›
Assist - ›
Dodge
Level his Core Skill first since it raises both his ATK bonus and the Totalize multiplier. Special Attack (Soul Hunter - Punishment) is what he uses most during Stun, followed by Chain Attack/Ultimate. Basic Attack and Assist come later; Dodge can be skipped since he only comes in once the enemy is Stunned.
Best Teams for Hugo
Most Used Teams Right Now
Double Stun Teams
Best Bangboo for Hugo
Robin is the main pick since Hugo is a Mockingbird member; Sharkboo or Penguinboo (need two Ice Agents) are the alternatives.
In the F2P team, use Bagboo (needs an Attack Agent); Booressure, Avocaboo and Knightboo also work.
Skills
Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet
Press Basic to activate:
Perform up to four attacks forward, dealing Physical DMG and Ice DMG.
The fourth attack is a shot. During this attack, hold Basic to charge and perform a charged shot.
Anti-Interrupt level is increased during the fourth attack, and received damage reduced by 40%.
Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Concerto
After the 4th hit of Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet, the shot of Dodge Counter: Phantasm - Slash, or the shot of Quick Assist: Elegy, press or hold Basic to activate:
Throw the scythe forward to perform a slash, followed by a shot, dealing Ice DMG.
During the shot, hold Basic to charge and perform a charged shot.
Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill, and received damage reduced by 40%.
Dodge: Phantasm
Press Dodge to activate:
A quick dash dodge.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Dash Attack: Phantasm - Shatter
Press Basic during a dodge to activate:
Launch a dashing attack at enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG.
Dodge Counter: Phantasm - Slash
Press Basic during a Perfect Dodge to activate:
Performs a series of attacks on enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG.
During the skill, hold Basic to launch a shot. During the shot, hold Basic to charge and perform a charged shot.
The shot is considered a Basic Attack, with its DMG treated as Basic Attack DMG.
After the skill is used, it can be directly followed up with the 4th hit of Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet.
During the skill's ranged phase, Anti-Interrupt Level is increased, and received damage is reduced by 40%. Invulnerable during the slashes and ranged retreat of the skill.
Quick Assist: Elegy
When the active character is launched, press Switch to activate:
Performs a series of attacks on enemies in front, dealing Ice DMG.
During the skill, hold Basic to launch a shot. During the shot, hold Basic to charge and perform a charged shot.
The shot is considered a Basic Attack, with its DMG treated as Basic Attack DMG.
After the skill is used, it can be directly followed up with the 4th hit of Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet.
During the skill's ranged phase, Anti-Interrupt Level is increased, and received damage is reduced by 40%. Invulnerable during the slashes and ranged retreat of the skill.
Defensive Assist: The End Has Not Come
When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press Switch to activate:
Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Assist Follow-Up: Ace Reversal
Press Basic after a Defensive Assist to activate:
Dash forward and perform two slashes, dealing Ice DMG.
After the skill is used, it can be directly followed up with the 4th hit of Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Special Attack: Soul Hunter - Judgment
Press Special to activate:
Spins the scythe and then unleashes a forward slash, dealing Ice DMG.
Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill.
EX Special Attack: Soul Hunter - Punishment
With enough Energy, press EX to activate:
Spins the scythe to attack and then executes a powerful Finishing Move, dealing massive Ice DMG.
This skill is not counted as a heavy attack.
After the skill is used, it can be directly followed up with the 4th hit of Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Chain Attack: Trick of Fate
When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate:
Dash forward to perform a slash across a large area, then launch a shot, dealing massive Ice DMG.
The shot activated by this skill is considered a charged shot.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Ultimate: Blaspheme
When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press Ultimate to activate:
Throws the scythe in a powerful spinning attack, then launches a Finishing Move, dealing massive Ice DMG.
This skill is not counted as a heavy attack.
After the skill is used, it can be directly followed up with the 4th hit of Basic Attack: Dark Abyss Quartet.
Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Core Passive: Terminating Verdict
When Chain Attack: Trick of Fate hits an enemy or Hugo's attacks Stun an enemy, Hugo gains the Dark Abyss Reverb state for 6s, and repeated triggers reset the duration. During this state, Hugo's CRIT Rate increases by 12% and CRIT DMG increases by 25%. When there are 1/2 Stun characters in your squad, Hugo's ATK increases by 25/75.
When the Finishing Move of EX Special Attack: Soul Hunter - Punishment or Ultimate: Blaspheme hits an enemy while they are Stunned, it triggers the Totalize effect, increasing the DMG Multiplier of the skill's Finishing Move by 500%. Additionally, the Totalize effect further increases the skill's DMG multiplier based on the remaining Stun time of the enemy when triggered: for each remaining second of Stun time from the portion that is less than or equal to 5s, the skill's DMG multiplier increases by 140%; for each remaining second of Stun time from the portion between 5 and 15s, the skill's DMG multiplier increases by 50%. The total increase can raise the skill's DMG multiplier by a maximum of 1,700%.
After Hugo triggers the Totalize effect, the enemy's Stunned state will immediately end. Based on the remaining Stun time at the moment Totalize is triggered, a certain amount of Daze will be accumulated. For every second of Stun time remaining, 5% Daze is accumulated, up to a maximum Daze equivalent to 25% of the enemy's maximum Daze.
When EX Special Attack: Soul Hunter - Punishment hits an enemy, if the enemy is not Stunned, the Daze accumulated by the skill increases by 20%.
*Stats shown are at Base level.
Additional Ability: Prelude to Finality
When another character in your squad is a Stun character or shares the same attribute:
Chain Attack: Trick of Fate's DMG increases by 15%, with a further increase of 35% against normal enemies. When Totalize is triggered, the DMG dealt by the skill increases by 40%. EX Special Attack: Soul Hunter - Punishment generates an additional Energy when triggering Totalize on normal enemies. The Energy generation effect can trigger once every 30s.
Mindscape Cinema
Which Mindscapes Are Worth It?
M2 stands out: paired with Dialyn, it may be the single biggest damage increase for any character in the game, and it makes 4-piece Puffer Electro clearly better. M6 is also very strong and M1 is great. M3 and M5 only add skill levels.
- M1Totalize during Dark Abyss Reverb gains an extra 12% CRIT Rate and 30% CRIT DMG, a direct boost to his most important hit.
- M2Ultimate Totalizes no longer end the Stun, and every Totalize ignores 15% DEF. This lets him fit both an Ultimate and an EX Special Attack Totalize into the same Stun.
- M4After a Charged Shot hits a target, Hugo ignores 12% of its Ice RES for 15s.
- M6All shots trigger Dark Abyss Reverb, Totalize deals 60% more DMG, and his EX Special Attack can Totalize even non-Stunned enemies (a fixed +1,000% multiplier).
M1Child of HatredRecommended
When triggering the Totalize effect in the Dark Abyss Reverb state, the skill's CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 12%, and CRIT DMG by 30%.
"So, do not deny your own desires, do not resist your own ambition. This is the talent you were born with, the best gift fate has ever given you!" "Admit it, deep within your heart lies a spark, yearning to ignite a raging inferno that will burn everything down—"
"And I, am that spark."
"Yeah, I know. I've always known."
M2The Child WithinRecommended
When Ultimate: Blaspheme triggers Totalize, it will not end the enemy's Stunned state. Additionally, when Totalize is triggered, the skill will ignore 15% of the enemy's DEF.
"Family is an everlasting, unavoidable curse placed upon a person."
"No matter how much you grow, no matter where you go, that curse will forever follow you like a shadow."
"When you fall to rock bottom or climb to your peak, it will appear, turning you back into that helpless, powerless child who can do nothing but hide in the closet and weep."
"Unless you truly see him, embrace him."
Some pain can only be healed when it is seen and accepted.
M3Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
They say that the flowers that bloom in the abyss are always soaked in malice, just like how a poisonous tree can't bear safe fruit.
But all fruit falls.
So, he broke himself into a rain of shattered pieces. The rain covered the earth, and each dewdrop reflected a fresh new dawn.
M4Dramatic TheoryRecommended
After a Charged Shot hits an enemy, Hugo's attacks against that target will ignore 12% of that target's Ice RES for 15s, repeated triggers reset the duration.
Justice, evil, madness, reason, charm, stubbornness. He's composed of countless faces.
"So, which is the real you?"
"That's not important. How about, instead, you tell me, Lycaon—"
"What kind of person do you see in me?"
M5Nirvana
Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2
The world doesn't need to be destroyed and rebuilt, and no one has the right to do such.
But a person can. So, he shattered himself and was reborn.
"If I must fall, let me fall. The person I am meant to become will surely catch me."
M6Crown of ThornsRecommended
All shooting attacks that hit enemies trigger the Dark Abyss Reverb state, lasting up to 6s, and repeated triggers reset the duration. Additionally, whenever any skill triggers the Totalize effect, that DMG is further increased by 60%. The Finishing Move of EX Special Attack: Soul Hunter - Punishment also triggers the Totalize effect when hitting an enemy that isn't Stunned, boosting the DMG multiplier of the Finishing Move by a fixed 1,000 %.
He walked willingly toward the endless abyss, letting the thorns on the ground tear at his wounds.
Where the blood spread, broken dignity and stubbornness began to sprout from the wounds.
He picked up the blood-soaked thorns to crown himself.
"There's only ever been one person who can kill me or save me... And that is me."
Base Stats
Stats at Lv.60
- HP
- 7940
- ATK
- 844
- DEF
- 616
- Impact
- 95
- CRIT Rate
- 5%
- CRIT DMG
- 50%
- Anomaly Proficiency
- 86
- Anomaly Mastery
- 90
- PEN Ratio
- 0%
- Energy Regen
- 1.2
Stats by level
Profile
- Faction
- Mockingbird
- Gender
- Male
- Height
- 185 cm
- Birthday
- Aug 20
- Release version
- 1.7
- Signature W-Engine
- Myriad Eclipse
- Voice actors (English)
- To Be Confirmed
- Voice actors (Chinese)
- 梁达伟 (Liang Dawei)
- Voice actors (Japanese)
- 福山潤 (Jun Fukuyama)
- Voice actors (Korean)
- 김혜성 (Kim Hye-seong)
"My dear friend, I'll be back, like an avalanche."
"This world isn't fair. That's precisely why we must take certain necessary measures..."
"Haha, I was just joking around. A gentleman as powerless as myself would naturally never do anything improper... wouldn't you agree?"
Story
Details
Hugo calls himself a collector and runs a fairly successful gallery, mingling with the "elite" of New Eridu. In truth, he's the leader of the phantom thieves syndicate, Mockingbird — and Lycaon's former partner. Despite his cruel (edgy and dramatic) words, deep down he has his own sense of fairness and justice. Records suggest that Hugo had a troubled childhood. As the illegitimate son of the Ravenlocks, a long-established TOPS family, he was rejected by his mother from an early age because of his heterochromatic eyes. His father bought him back like a cheap commodity, using him to provoke a cutthroat succession battle between his children. In that brutal struggle, the only one kind to Hugo — his sister, Serena — became the first to fall. The ones who orchestrated her death pinned the blame on Hugo, thinking it would destroy him. But to their shock, their father actually praised Hugo's actions, calling them the very traits a worthy heir should possess. After running away from his family, Hugo met Lycaon and Jack and learned to be a phantom thief. After Jack passed away, Hugo and Lycaon formed Mockingbird together. Later, during one of Mockingbird's missions, Hugo came face-to-face with his father. In a brief moment of hesitation, he chose not to take his revenge and kill him — an act of mercy that ended up costing the lives of many innocent people. His close friend Lycaon, due to a misunderstanding born from those circumstances, broke ties with him and ultimately left Mockingbird. After drifting on his own for a while, Hugo met Vivian, a girl who reminded him of his sister Serena. He took her under his wing and reformed the Mockingbird syndicate.
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Back during his time with the Ravenlock family, Hugo once ate a piece of cake that his older brother liked. In retaliation, the other children forced him to eat an entire table's worth of desserts. Ever since, the taste of anything sweet makes him want to throw up — likely due to PTSD. But due to his hypoglycemia, he needs sugar to keep his body functioning properly. Hugo forces himself to eat sweets over and over, pushing through the nausea to overcome the pain. Note: Neither Lycaon nor Vivian knows about this, and Hugo once asked you to keep it a secret from them.
Chi Tiết
Belle
Let's just say, the fact that Hugo hasn't gone off the deep end or become a sociopath is already quite the achievement.
Wise
Sometimes I wonder what Hugo would've been like if he'd had a normal upbringing... But then again, it's those very experiences that made him who he is.
Ghi Chú Hợp Tác
Belle
Nên nói sao nhỉ... Cảm giác đến giờ Hugo vẫn giữ được một tâm lý khỏe mạnh, không phát điên cũng không trở thành nhân cách chống đối xã hội, đã là rất giỏi rồi phải không?
Wise
Hơi tò mò, nếu như Hugo được lớn lên trong một gia đình bình thường, thì sẽ trở thành người như thế nào... Nhưng cũng chính vì trải qua những chuyện này, nên anh ấy mới trở thành chính mình.
Ấn Tượng về Hugo
-Anh ấy bò lên từ vực sâu, và nhìn thấy bản thân thực sự.
-Chưa bao giờ có thứ gọi là hạt giống tội ác.
-Bạn luôn có thể trở thành bất kỳ ai mà bạn muốn trở thành.
Official Videos
▶Agent Record | Hugo
▶Exclusive Channel "As Yesterday Dies"
▶Hugo EP - "My Curse, My Fate (Destin et malédiction)" | Zenless Zone Zero
▶Hugo Character Demo - "Leading Man of the Apocalypse" | Zenless Zone Zero
▶Cutscene - "He Returns from the Abyss" | Zenless Zone Zero
▶Version 1.7 Teaser - "Bury Your Tears With the Past" | Zenless Zone Zero
▶Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.7 "Bury Your Tears With the Past" Special Program
▶Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.7 "Bury Your Tears With the Past" Is Now Live!















