Norma Hollowell is a member of the External Strategy Department inZenless Zone Zero, known for her bangboo-themed design and funny antics in the story. Despite her small appearance, she packs quite a punch. Her fiery rockets can blow any enemy to dust. Not only that, being one of the first Season 3 characters to make an appearance in the storyline, she's highly anticipated. In this blog, we'll explore Norma’s playstyle, strengths, and optimal builds, along with tips on W-Engines, Drive Discs, and team synergy to help you maximize her effectiveness.
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Norma Agent Overview
Norma Information
| Agent Information | ||
| Rarity | S-Rank | |
| Attribute | Fire | |
| Specialty | Stun | |
| Faction | External Strategy Department | |
| Combat Role | Support | |
Norma Overview
Norma is a S-Rank Fire Stun Agent who has the ability to activate Chain Attacks for another squadmate outside of stun. She has a unique resource called Preheated Chamber, which passively refills and can be gained through many skills as well. Her kit is really straightforward, her held Basic Attack triggers a Quick Assist for the previous character. With sufficient Preheated Chamber, the next Quick Assist triggered this way will consume it and gets converted into a Chain Attack. When Norma switches off-field, her hat will remain on the battlefield and automatically attacks enemies, accumilating Preheated Chamber for itself, and when Norma switches back on-field, the resource'll be transferred to her. Her EX Special summons 2 Turrets to help you out in battle. When their target isn't stunned, they'll repeatedly fire bullets. But when their target is stunned, or when Preheated Chamber is consumed, they'll fire missiles instead, dealing heavy DMG and Daze.
Norma Skill Priority
Below are the best skill priorities for Norma:
| Skill | Priority |
| ★★★★★ (Top) | |
| ★★★ (High) | |
| ★★★★ (Top) | |
| ★★★★ (Top) | |
| ★ (Low) | |
| ★★★ (High) |
Norma's Core Skill is where she gets the most value from, with each upgrading making her signifcantly stronger, making it the most prioritised skill. Her Chain Attack and Special Attack come next, as they're the main contributors to her Daze output. Basic Attack and Assist follow right after, they're really strong, just not on the same level as the skills higher in the priority list. Lastly, her Dodge skill is placed at the bottom; it is really situational and is usually only used a few times in combat due to Norma being more of an off-field stunner, so its level shouldn't matter.
Norma Best W-Engines
Requiring an astounding 100% Crit Rate to maximise her Core Skill's buffs, Norma wants as much Crit Rate as possible. Among the vast choices of Stun W-Engines, her Signature W-Engine, Chief Sidekick, is her strongest pick. We recommend you secure this W-Engine in order to get the most out of Norma.
| Best choice | |
Chief Sidekick (S-Rank) |
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| Alternatives | |
Yesterday Calls (S-Rank) |
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Spectral Gaze (S-Rank) |
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Hellfire Gears (S-Rank) |
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Steam Oven (A-Rank) |
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Precious Fossilized Core (A-Rank) |
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Norma Best Drive Disk Sets
Norma is best suited for Drive Disk Sets that can provide buffs to her teamates, and her stat already focuses heavily on Crit Rate, so King of the Summit will be the best 4-Piece option for her. Moving on to her 2-Piece Set, you can choose from Woodpecker Electro, Shockstar Disco and Swing Jazz depending on whether you've reached the Crit Rate requirement or not.
| Best Choice | |
King of the Summit |
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| 2-Piece Choice | |
Woodpecker Electro |
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Shockstar Disco |
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Swing Jazz |
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Norma Best Drive Disk Stats
Here are the best Drive Disc main stats and sub-stats for Norma:
1. Drive Disc Main Stats
| Main Stats | Drive Disk Slot |
| Crit Rate | Slot 4 |
| Fire DMG%/ATK% | Slot 5 |
| Impact/Energy Regen | Slot 6 |
2. Drive Disc Sub Stats
| Sub Stats | Priority |
| Crit Rate | ★★★ (High) |
| Crit DMG | ★★★ (High) |
| ATK% | ★★ (Medium) |
| Pen | ★ (Low) |
| Flat ATK | ★ (Low) |
Norma Best Teams
Norma works amazingly well with both Attack teams and Rupture teams, making her highly versatile. She does have an edge over Attack teams when she's in a Rupture team, however, as she can gain additional ATK based on her Sheer Force, up to an amazing 1200, making her attacks even more devastating. So we recommend you prioritise putting her in Rupture teams.
1. Norma Premium Rupture Teams
It is quite funny to see how similar these teams are, with the only change being the choice for the main DPS. Lucia is, without a doubt, the best Support any Rupture character could ask for. By following the DPS+Norma+Lucia structure, you can create any premium Rupture team with her in it.
| DPS | Support | |
Yixuan (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Lucia (S-Rank) |
Banyue (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Lucia (S-Rank) |
Yidhari (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Lucia (S-Rank) |
Starlight - Billy (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Lucia (S-Rank) |
2. Norma Evelyn Team
Evelyn benefits from Norma's extra Chain Attacks the most, as her source of DMG comes mainly from them, combine that with Astra's 2 additional Chain Attacks per Ultimate, and you've got an incredibly powerful team.
| DPS | Support | |
Evelyn (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Astra Yao (S-Rank) |
3. Norma Free To Play Teams
Norma unfortunately doesn't work with Pan Yinhu as both of their Quick Assist swaps to the previous character, and that ruins their main gimmicks. That means for her free Rupture team, Manato has very few options for a complete squad, we've decided to choose Pulchra as the third member because she's arguably the best free Rupture Support excluding Pan. For her free Attack teams, however, she's got quite a lot of options. Soldier 11, Pyrois, Nekomata and Billy all work surprisingly well with Norma.
| DPS | Support | |
Manato (A-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Pulchra (A-Rank) |
Soldier 11 (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Nicole (A-Rank) |
Pyrois (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Nicole (A-Rank)
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Nekomata (S-Rank) | Norma (S-Rank) | Nicole (A-Rank)
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Norma (S-Rank) | Nicole (A-Rank)
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Velina Mindscape Cinema
| M1: Visionary Extremism |
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| M2: Axiom of Universal Unity |
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| M3: Natural-Born Villain Paradox |
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| M4: Bangboo Superiority Theory |
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| M5: En-Nah Big Bang |
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| M6: The Primary Cause of Genius |
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Conclusion
Overall, Norma is an extremely versatile and powerful Stun Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. Contrary to many's belief of generalist characters being average, she's actually the best-in-slot for many teams. We hope this Norma guide can provide you with a better understanding of her strengths and help you maximize her potential.
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