Chaos Zero Nightmare: Angel Rerun Pull Guide and Annika Build

Pull for Angel on her rerun in Chaos Zero Nightmare if your account lacks a premier damage dealer or if you already have Annika invested and need a dedicated burst carry. Angel performs reliably at base breakthrough without duplicate copies, making her accessible for free-to-play rosters. However, if your roster already features fully optimized hyper-carries such as Rossweisse or Sereniel, skip this banner and save your summon currency.

If you pull Angel, pair her directly with Annika, trim both decks aggressively during exploration runs, and focus Angel’s gear on critical strike stats.

When to Pull or Skip the Angel Banner

Deciding to pull Angel depends on your current roster needs and existing carry investments:

• Pull for Angel if you need a primary attacker who can handle both high-health single targets and multi-enemy waves, or if you have Annika ready to act as an action point (AP) engine and draw enabler.
• Skip the banner if you already run heavily invested carry units like Rossweisse or Sereniel. Angel is not an entirely self-sufficient, plug-and-play damage dealer; she requires tailored card removal and dedicated support setups to reach competitive output.

Annika and Angel Combat Synergy

Annika acts as a deck compressor and resource engine for Angel. In combat, Annika must act first in the turn order to apply debuffs like Vulnerable or defense reduction, generate AP, and draw cards. Angel then uses that replenished AP and curated hand to cycle multi-hit attacks and trigger damage multipliers.

To keep this loop running smoothly, build Annika with high Speed and Effect Hit Rate so she consistently debuffs enemies before Angel attacks. Angel does not need defensive stats; invest purely into Attack, Critical Rate, and Critical Damage so each drawn burst skill converts into lethal damage.

Card Pruning and Epiphany Priorities

To ensure Angel draws her strongest damage cards every turn cycle, aggressively delete low-value cards at rest sites. Aim to trim Angel’s total deck size down to 4–6 cards.

During your exploration runs, apply these upgrade rules:

1. Add Exhaust tags via Epiphanies: Prioritize Epiphany upgrades that add the Exhaust tag to situational utility skills. This removes them from your deck for the rest of the battle after one use, keeping your draw pile focused on burst attacks.
2. Prioritize draw effects on Annika: Select draw-on-play Epiphany choices for Annika to maintain full hand sizes against adverse stage modifiers.
3. Delete basic skills early: Remove unaugmented strikes and generic shields at the earliest opportunities to stabilize your draw consistency.

Equipment, Memory Fragments, and Team Composition

Finish building the Angel and Annika engine by balancing team-wide AP management and role distribution across your gear and remaining squad slots.

Memory Fragments and Partner Pairings

• Angel: Equip Memory Fragments that boost damage against debuffed targets or scale attack power as you play consecutive offensive cards. Pair her with an offensive Partner that scales with multi-hit attacks or critical strikes to gain flat attack bonuses and secondary burst procs.
• Annika: Equip support Memory Fragments that expand the squad's initial AP pool or provide shields when allies play cards. Pair her with a utility Partner that grants turn-one AP or immediate barriers to stabilize incoming damage while Angel sets up.

Team Slot Options

Fill the third team slot based on encounter difficulty:

• Passive Defensive Support: For high-difficulty rift stages and heavy-hitting bosses, bring a guardian or healer whose abilities trigger automatically when allies take damage. This protects the team without consuming AP or hand space needed by Angel.
• AP Battery Support: For speed-clearing encounters where survivability is not threatened, run a secondary AP battery to support multiple burst rotations within a single turn.