Would I Skip Caesar King in Zenless Zone Zero? (Unfiltered Honest Thoughts)

For all her pros and cons, at the end of the day, resources are limited. Whats the consideration for Caesar King and is she great enough value?

Timestamps:
00:00 Caesar Honest Review
00:13 The bad
01:43 The good
04:00 The ugly
05:35 How fast she gets going
07:00 EODGamer's closing words

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[crisiscoreffv]

She's a godsend against all these annoying bosses like Thanatos and the stupid robot that shoots million lasers

[leelafond]

Ceaser is an amazing pivot character for F2P players. It will be years before a F2P player will have the bench depth to replace her. Ave, true to Ceaser!

[KibaAzure]

Caesar's value as a comfort pick just feels too enormous to ignore. Sure, down the line she may not provide the biggest damage boost, but those shields will make doing any harder content such as the obsidian missions far more forgiving than they otherwise would be.

[jandabrowski]

Caesar stands out as one of the best units because of her versatility—making her a strong general support for any team. Once you invest in her(Get her to lvl 60 etc), she becomes a unit that can slot into any lineup without needing her signature equipment, although it might be worth pulling for her signature gear and potentially her M1 on her rerun.

While there might be supports that may provide a higher value in specific areas in the future, the question becomes: is it worth pulling another unit for just a 10-20% damage increase on a specialized team if you already have Caesar? Unless future support units offer a significant 30-50% boost over her, it’s hard to justify benching Caesar due to her overall utility.

For example, IWinToLoseGaming's comparison showcases this well:

Run 1: Zhu Yuan, Qingyi, Nicole (Shiyu D8-1) – Clear time: 62s
Run 2: Zhu Yuan, Caesar, Nicole (Shiyu D8-1) – Clear time: 57s
The 5-second difference doesn’t necessarily mean Caesar is better than Qingyi (as factors like player skill come into play), but it shows how much utility Caesar offers, making her a hard-to-beat option even when there are teams that are built for synergy.

Qingyi is another example of very generalize unit that increases damage when enemies are stunned, but Caesar’s general flexibility is what makes her stand out.

Here are more comparisons:

Run 1: Ellen Joe, Lycaon, Soukaku (Shiyu D8-1) – Clear time: 78s
Run 2: Ellen Joe, Caesar, Soukaku (Shiyu D8-1) – Clear time: 74s
Run 3: Ellen Joe, Lycaon, Caesar (Shiyu D8-1) – Clear time: 69s
While Caesar improved the times in these runs, the changes aren’t massive. But what Caesar brings to the table is a smoother play experience, reducing stress by offering utility, like shielding vulnerable characters like Ellen during her BA3.

Even in teams with well-established synergy, Caesar performs similarly or better, showing that she’s a great fit for any composition. It’s unlikely that another unit will surpass her unless they can provide better shields, buffs, and debuffs for every type of team—whether it’s Ice, Ether, Anomaly, Physical, etc.

TL;DR: Caesar saves you from needing to invest in multiple limited supports, each with niche roles, ultimately saving you resources in the long run while providing top-tier utility for any team. This in turn lets you focus your resources on DPs/ anomaly characters.

[walnutlover]

For those who are Corin's main, she performs better(finished SD faster) with Caesar+Lucy compared to her usual team with Rina+Qingyi. I think the main reason is less dodging, I can brawl against the brawlers' duo no problem.

[asyrafshuk]

For u those who claim to be a dodge master can skip. For me it's a send from heaven, have shield+buffer and can slot in many teams 🤩

[ahistorie]

While Caesar's has good pull value I think she actually has a niche. Unless they decide to make the super armor/anti-interrupt part of her kit available to all future defense units it's likely that this will be the unique part of her kit. Her buffs are very generic so it's hard to think a limited support won't be able to surpass her in value there. Also shielding in this game actually incentivizes not taking damage even more so (since a portion of the buffs is only active when the shield is).
Building out from those assumptions her likely niche will be to support units with long animations where getting interrupted will be a huge damage loss. This leads me to think of a possible S-Rank Corrin/Anton where they have a channelling type skill will be where she might be BIS. Alternatively it might be someone like S11 where her last hit deals a large proportion of her damage but has a long combo before getting there. These kinds of playstyles don't appeal to everyone though so might be something to consider with Caesar's future role/value.

[cacherow]

She is insane for F2P and will be there as a comfortable staple for any teams.

[theRaika]

I'm cope-ing that Zzz will give us a 4* W-engine for defense characters that works on her in the future, Even if it is an event lock weapon.

[hamsterspeed]

If you have a invested S11 (mine is m1 with signature w), you have to pull Caesar. The shield is so important for channeling dps like Colin, or dps like S11 where the last combo hit is critical. Not to mention the ability to CC, it really save a lot of time running around to group small mobs in certain game modes.

[unservant]

Isn’t there some recommendation that people invest in supports in HSR? Similar thinking no?

[will]

A skip for me until I can't clear content with my current setups. I do like her design and all, but I just think Burnice will provide more value for me as I have no fire coverage.

[mendics]

lets be real, who doesnt want comfort. As for people saying it'll make the game easier, no way hoyo made an entire class and do nothing about it. Defense will play more roles in the future, whether its to buff them or to nerf them.

[liiliable]

Im pulling for caesar & super happy i won my 50 50 & just got her today! Mainly because i cant dodge easily everytime i fight those freaking twin ballerinas. So the shield she provides definitely one of my main reason pulling her. Right now my team for her is Jane, Caesar, Lucy & the new bangboo

[Yungmangos]

She is fun to play from her demo, however i really want burnice and lighter to run mono fire with lucy so I will sadly have to wait for her future rerun

[thegopnikdankknight]

About the W engine concern, I do personally believe that people have what I like to call "HSR syndrome" when it comes to looking at ZZZ. By that I mean that we got used in HSR to think "No compatible path = no use of lightcone" because in said game there is no main stat on the lightcone. There is just the passive which is locked behind the path. The entire lightcone is the passive (plus the atk hp etc that are pretty negligible when it comes to builds it's mostly a given.)

To any fellow f2p/lowspenders like me, if you came from HSR abandon this mindset. Use a mindset similar to Genshin's. It's nice to have the passive proc but, often times, a stat stick is all you need to clear content. Currently Im using The Restrained with my King, and I don't regret it at all!

Luv you EOD! Thanks for another video! :D

[OtakuKeisatsu]

I see your point. I raise you a counter point: what account will do better in the long term: one that invests most of its early pulls towards securing 5 premium damage options across all attributes then looks to pick up caesar on a rerun, or one that gets Caesar now, even if this means compromising their ability to pick up those premium damage units?

[SerenicaKristel]

I would absolutely pull for Caesar when she gets her rerun. I just have other priority at the moment. :(

[Budget_]

Used my guaranteed for Caesar and I’m skipping her w engine because I want to have a chance to get Burnice and her w engine (and I wanna try to build a team around Burnice and Caesar). Wish me luck that I win my 50/50 on Burnice’s banner! 🍀

[SirMitsuruji]

I only have zhuan yuan as S attacker. I do have qyinqi but i use her with anton and rina. For zhuan yuan i use nicole and anby. I also have koleda and nekomata but not build. Should i pull her or wait for another S attacker?nor build nekomata?! I'm so confused