Manato is an A-rank Rupture agent in Zenless Zone Zero. This Manato Drive Disc build lists the sets, main stats and substats to aim for, and the Area Patrol stage that drops them, as of version 3.2.
- 4-piece
- Yunkui Tales
- 2-piece
- CRIT Rate +8%, CRIT DMG +16% or ATK +10%
- Disk 4
- CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
- Disk 5
- Fire DMG%
- Disk 6
- HP%
- Substats
- CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > HP%
- W-Engine
- Grill O'Wisp
- Farm at
- Words and Weapons
Best Drive Disc sets for Manato
Manato's 4-piece set is Yunkui Tales. No other 4-piece set is recommended, so there is no substitute worth farming.
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Yunkui Tales Best in slot
4-piece: When using EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, or Ultimate, CRIT Rate increases by 4%, stacking up to 3 times and lasting 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. When having 3 stacks of this effect, Sheer DMG increases by 10%
2-piece: HP +10%. Drops from Words and Weapons.
2-piece options
For the 2-piece slot the bonus matters, not the set's name. Several sets share the same 2-piece bonus, so Manato can take it from whichever one you have spare pieces of:
- CRIT Rate +8%: Woodpecker Electro
- CRIT DMG +16%: Branch & Blade Song
- ATK +10%: any of Hormone Punk or Astral Voice (they give the same bonus)
Manato main stats: Disk 4, 5 and 6
Disks 1 to 3 always roll HP, ATK and DEF as their main stat, so the choice is on 4, 5 and 6. A > means "better than"; = means the two are about as good.
| Slot | Main stat, best first |
|---|---|
| Disk 4 | CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG |
| Disk 5 | Fire DMG% > HP% |
| Disk 6 | HP% |
Manato substat priority
Roll for CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG first. A disc showing neither of those is rarely worth levelling for Manato, whatever else it has.
- CRIT Rate
- CRIT DMG
- HP%
- Flat HP
- ATK%
- Flat ATK
Where to farm Manato's Drive Discs
Yunkui Tales drops from the Words and Weapons Area Patrol stage. The other set it drops, King of the Summit, is not part of Manato's build.
| Area Patrol stage | Sets it drops |
|---|---|
| Words and Weapons | Yunkui Tales (best 4-piece) King of the Summit (not in this build) |
| Monster Duet | Branch & Blade Song (2-piece option) Astral Voice (2-piece option) |
| Fist and Gun | Hormone Punk (2-piece option) Fanged Metal (not in this build) |
| Tower and Cannon | Woodpecker Electro (2-piece option) Soul Rock (not in this build) |
Building more than one agent? The Area Patrol Recommender ranks every stage for your whole team at once, and the Drive Disc Stat Guide says which drops to keep while you farm.
Manato W-Engine and skill priority
Grill O'Wisp A-rank, HP sub-stat
Manato's Signature delivers solid HP and Fire DMG, plus CRIT Rate that rises as he loses HP, the exact mechanic his kit revolves around. An ideal match, especially at R5.
Skills to level first
- Chain Attack
- Assist
- Basic Attack
- Special Attack
- Dodge
Agents who also use Yunkui Tales
These agents compete with Manato for the same set, which is worth knowing before you hand a good piece to one of them.
Check the discs you already have
Hundreds of discs in the inventory and no idea which ones Manato could use? Drive Disc Triage reads an export of your account and sorts every disc into lock or discard, checking each one against this build and every other agent you own.
Open Drive Disc TriageQuestions
What is the best Drive Disc set for Manato?
Yunkui Tales 4-piece. For the 2-piece, any set with CRIT Rate +8%, CRIT DMG +16% or ATK +10% works.
What main stats should Manato use on Disk 4, 5 and 6?
Disk 4: CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG. Disk 5: Fire DMG% > HP%. Disk 6: HP%. Disks 1 to 3 have fixed main stats (HP, ATK and DEF), so only their substats matter.
What substats does Manato need?
In priority order: CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, HP%, Flat HP, ATK%, Flat ATK. The first two are what make a disc worth levelling for Manato; the rest are tiebreakers.
Where do I farm Manato's Drive Discs?
Yunkui Tales drops from the Words and Weapons Area Patrol stage, alongside King of the Summit. Each run at Lv.60 costs 60 Battery Charge and splits its S-rank discs between the two sets.
Build data for ZZZ 3.2, from the community ZZZ Agent Build Guide and zzz-build.com, cross-checked against the Prydwen-derived Drive Disc Salvaging Helper sheet. Area Patrol drops from the ZZZ Wiki. Updated .