If you’re a fan of shy, nervous characters, you’re sure to love Zenless Zone Zero’s Corin. She’s a young maid with a lot to prove but with her massive scythe, she definitely knows how to defend herself against Hollows. Here’s our guide to everything you need to know about her.
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Here’s everything you need to know about Zenless Zone Zero’s Corin:
What’s the best Corin build?
Corin is an A-rank attack character who deals physical slashing damage with her scythe-slash-multitool. Despite her intense anxiety, she can still pack a punch in battle.
Corin’s best W-Engine is Steel Cushion, and her best drive disc combination is a four-piece set of Woodpecker Electro with a two-piece set of Fanged Metal. Focus on increasing her crit rate, crit damage, and attack ratio for the best results.
| Best W-Engine | Steel Cushion |
| Best drive disc | Four-piece Woodpecker Electro and two-piece Fanged Metal |
| Main stats | Crit rate = crit damage > attack ratio > anomaly mastery |
| Sub-stats | Crit rate = crit damage > attack ratio > anomaly proficiency > attack > pen |
You can also increase Corin’s damage by having another physical agent in your squad or teaming up with another member of Victoria Housekeeping. We recommend picking Zenless Zone Zero’s Lycaon as his stun abilities synergize with Corin’s additional ability, giving her an easy damage buff.
What are Corin’s best W-Engines?
Steel Cushion is Corin’s best W-Engine thanks to its huge physical damage buffs. This is Zenless Zone Zero Nekomata‘s signature S-Rank engine and it’s a great fit for any physical attack agent.
While it’s slightly less powerful, Housekeeper is Corin’s signature A-Rank W-Engine, so it’s tailored to her kit, increasing her physical damage and recharging energy. If you don’t have either of these, any attack specialty W-Engine works, such as Starlight Engine or Cannon Rotor.
| W-Engine | Effect |
| Steel Cushion | Increases physical damage. Corin’s damage additionally increases by a set percentage when attacking the enemy from behind |
| Housekeeper | While off-field, Corin’s energy regeneration increases. When an EX special attack hits an enemy, Corin’s physical damage increases, stacking up to 15 times and lasting one second. Repeated triggers reset the duration |
| Starlight Engine | Launching a dodge counter or quick assist increases Corin’s attack for 12 seconds |
| Cannon Rotor | Increases Corin’s attack. Attacks that land a critical hit on an enemy inflict an additional 200% of Corin’s attack as damage. This can trigger once every eight seconds |
What are the best drive discs for Corin?
As a general rule, we recommend giving Corin a four-piece set of Woodpecker Electro paired with two pieces of Fanged Metal. This increases her crit rate and physical damage while also buffing her attack each time she lands a crit.
If you’re struggling with pen or you’re running a team that inflicts assault, try using a four-piece set of Fanged Metal with a two-piece set of Puffer Electro.
| Drive discs | Effect |
| Woodpecker Electro | Two equipped: Increases crit rate by 8% Four equipped: Triggering a critical hit with a basic attack, dodge counter, or EX special attack increases Corin’s attack by 9% for six seconds. The buff duration for different skills is calculated separately |
| Fanged Metal | Two equipped: Increases physical damage by 10% Four equipped: Whenever a squad member inflicts assault on an enemy, Corin deals 35% additional damage to the target for 12 seconds |
| Puffer Electro | Two equipped: Increases pen ratio by 8% Four equipped: not applicable |
Corin stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Crit rate
- Crit damage
- Attack ratio
- Anomaly mastery
Sub-stats:
What is the best Corin team comp?
Corin is plenty strong on her own, but she also belongs to Victoria Housekeeping, a faction that’s full of other strong agents. If you pair her with other members of the faction like Lycaon, Rina, or Ellen, you can trigger her bonus effect. In this case, it’s best to use the Butler Bangboo.
If you have him, Lycaon is a must-pick for Corin teams as he can stun enemies to trigger her additional damage buff. However, as a strong physical attacker, she’s able to slot into a bunch of free-to-play teams as well.
Here are some examples of good Corin team comps:
 Corin |
 Lycaon |
 Rina |
 Butler |
| Corin |
 Billy |
 Anby |
 Booressure |
What are Corin’s skills?
Here’s a full list of Corin’s active and passive skills that she uses in battle.
Corin’s attacks:
| Skill | Effect |
| Basic attack – Wipeout | Unleashes up to five slashes, dealing physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the basic attack button during the third or fifth hits to extend the chainsaw slash attack |
| Special attack – Clean Sweep | Press the special attack button to attack enemies with a series of slashes and a chainsaw detonation, dealing physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Anti-interrupt level increases when using this skill, and Corin takes 40% less damage |
| EX special attack – Skirt Alert | When Corin has enough energy, press the special attack button to attack enemies with a series of slashes and a chainsaw detonation, dealing physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack, costing energy if the attack connects. Corin is invulnerable during the spinning slash, her anti-interrupt level increases during the extended slash, and she takes 40% less damage |
Corin’s dodges:
| Skill | Effect |
| Dodge – Shoo! | Press the dodge button to avoid an enemy attack and make Corin invulnerable |
| Dash attack – Oopsy-Daisy! | When dodging, press the attack button to slash enemies in front, dealing physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the attack button to extend the chainsaw attack’s duration |
| Dodge counter – Nope! | Press the attack button during a perfect dodge to slash enemies in front and deal physical damage, before detonating Corin’s chainsaw. Repeatedly press or hold the attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Corin is invulnerable while using this skill |
Corin’s combo attacks:
| Skill | Effect |
| Quick assist – Emergency Measures | When an enemy launches the active character, press the swap character button to slash enemies and deal physical damage, before detonating Corin’s chainsaw. Repeatedly press or hold the attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Corin is invulnerable while using this skill |
| Defensive assist – P-Please allow me! | Press the swap character button to activate this skill when the active character is about to be attacked. Corin parries the enemy’s attack, dealing massive amounts of daze. This skill excels at parrying enemy attacks and reduces the consumption of assist points when Corin is under intense attacks. She’s also invulnerable when using this skill |
| Assist follow-up – Quick Sweep | Press the basic attack button after using P-Please allow me! to unleash a series of slashes against enemies followed by an explosive chainsaw attack, dealing physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack. Corin is invulnerable while using this skill |
| Chain attack – Sorry… | When you trigger a chain attack, switch to Corin to become invulnerable and unleash a powerful slash at enemies in a small area that deals massive amounts of physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the chain attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack |
| Ultimate – Very, Very Sorry! | When the decibel rating is at maximum, press the ultimate button to become invulnerable and unleash a powerful slash at enemies in a small area that deals massive amounts of physical damage. Repeatedly press or hold the chain attack button to extend the chainsaw slash attack |
Corin’s passives:
| Skill | Effect |
| Core passive – Hyperfocus | After holding or tapping the basic attack button repeatedly, Corin unleashes a continuous extended slash with her chainsaw, increasing her attack’s damage |
| Additional ability – Cleanup Assistance | When another character in your squad shares the same attribute (physical) or faction (Victoria Housekeeping): Corin deals 35% more damage to stunned enemies |
What are Corin’s promotion materials?
As you level Corin up, you’ll need to promote her at various points to increase her level cap, similar to ascension in Genshin Impact. You’ll need offense certification seals to do this, which you can get from combat simulation – agent promotion combat challenges, plus a stack of denny.
Here are all of Corin’s promotion materials:
| Level | Denny and materials |
| 10 | 24k denny and four basic offense certification seals |
| 20 | 56k denny and 12 advanced offense certification seals |
| 30 | 120k denny and 20 advanced offense certification seals |
| 40 | 200k denny and ten pioneer’s certification seals |
| 50 | 400k denny and 20 pioneer’s certification seals |
What are Corin’s mindscape cinemas?
Much like Genshin Impact’s constellations or Honkai Star Rail’s eidolons, Zenless Zone Zero characters have mindscape cinemas that you can unlock by pulling multiple copies of them.
Here are all of Corin’s mindscape cinemas:
| Mindscape cinema | Effect |
| Open Trauma | When Corin’s chain attack or ultimate hits an enemy, her damage against the target increases by 12% for 15 seconds |
| Atomic Smash | When Corin’s EX special attack, chain attack, or ultimate hits an enemy, the target’s physical resistance is reduced by 0.5%, stacking up to 20 times and lasting five seconds. The duration of each stack is calculated separately |
| Amateur Maid | Corin’s basic attack, dodge, assist, special attack, and chain attack each gain two levels |
| Battlefield Retainer | When Corin uses a quick assist, defensive assist, or chain attack, she recovers 7.2 energy. This effect can only trigger once every 16 seconds |
| Special Ops Maid | Corin’s basic attack, dodge, assist, special attack, and chain attack each gain two levels |
| Accumulated Release | When Corin’s extended slash hits an enemy, she obtains a stack of charge (max 40 stacks). During a dodge counter, special attack, EX special attack, quick assist, or assist follow-up, when her chainsaw detonation hits an enemy, Corin consumes all stacks of charge. Each consumed stack causes the attack to deal an additional 3% of her attack as damage |
What are Corin’s core skill enhancement materials?
To enhance Corin’s core skills you need to pick up materials from the expert challenge and notorious hunt game modes and a boatload of denny.
Here are all of Corin’s core skill enhancement materials:
| Required level | Denny and materials |
| 15 | 5k denny |
| 25 | 12k denny and two higher dimensional data: crimson awe |
| 35 | 28k denny and four higher dimensional data: crimson awe |
| 45 | 60k denny, nine higher dimensional data: crimson awe, and two finale dance shoes |
| 55 | 100k denny, 15 higher dimensional data: crimson awe, and three finale dance shoes |
| 60 | 200k denny, 30 higher dimensional data: crimson awe, and four finale dance shoes |
What are Corin’s skill enhancement materials?
Once you reach each level cap, you can power up Corin’s skills using physical chips and a whole load of denny. You can get the chips from the combat simulation – agent promotion combat challenge or craft them using lower-level materials. Hamster cage passes come from the New Eridu City Fund or from event rewards, similar to Genshin Impact’s crowns of insight.
Here are all of Corin’s skill enhancement materials:
| Required level | Denny and materials |
| 2 | 2k denny and two basic physical chips |
| 3 | 3k denny and three basic physical chips |
| 4 | 6k denny and two advanced physical chips |
| 5 | 9k denny and three advanced physical chips |
| 6 | 12k denny and four advanced physical chips |
| 7 | 18k denny and six advanced physical chips |
| 8 | 45k denny and five specialized physical chips |
| 9 | 67.5k denny and eight specialized physical chips |
| 10 | 90k denny and ten specialized physical chips |
| 11 | 112.5k denny and 12 specialized physical chips |
| 12 | 135k denny, 15 specialized physical chips, and one hamster cage pass |
That’s a wrap on our Zenless Zone Zero Corin build. We’ll regularly update this guide as the meta changes. In the meantime, make sure you check out our other Hoyoverse guides, such as builds for Genshin Impact’s Venti, Genshin Impact’s Furina, Honkai Star Rail’s Black Swan, and Honkai Star Rail’s Guinaifen.