Chaos Zero Nightmare Partner Tier List (October 2025) – Best Partners & Meta Rankings

Rank

Partners

S

Solia, Janet, Eishlen, Serithea, Marianne, Marin, Asteria

A

Nyx, Zeta, Anteia, Bria, Scarlet, Kiara, Priscilla, Noel, Tina

B

Erica, Wilhelmina, Rosaria, Eloise, Rachel, Lillian, Arwen, Alyssa, Ritochka

C

Akad, Dasiy, Carroty, Yuri

D

Nakia, Zatera, Raidel, Douglas

Solia

A powerful damage boost that grants extra Attack damage to the equipped characters. Additionally, at the starting of combat, the characters' card damage is increased by 10%.

Ego Skill: Dealing Tenacity damage and mark target enemy. A simple but violent skill best for main DPS.

Asteria

A capable support for Combatants who play higher AP cards. When using 2 AP or above cards, the assigned characters deal extra damage.

Ego Skill: Increase assigned characters' Attack cards overall damage according to required AP to play all cards in hand. The power is destructive.

Janet

Ideal for Gun-wielding Combatants, especially Luke. Increase Crit rate of the equipped character's Attack cards. Every five bullets shot generates Handgun Bullet card that deals higher damage.

Ego Skill: An AoE damage skill to finish wounded enemies. In addition, enhance all Bullet Card damage.

Eishlen

Top choice for Tanky characters like Magna, because it increases HP and shield generation. More importantly, it boosts Counterattack damage when triggered.

Ego Skill: Gain an 100% shield. You can keep half percentage of shield at the end of turns.

Serithea

Best Partner for Crit team. Increase Crit rate of all allies. After dealing Crit damage, the Combatant add stacks of Crit damage buff (up to 5).

Ego Skill: It inflicts devastating Single-target damage and Vulnerable on enemies, making Crit strike kill enemies instantly

Marianne

A boon for characters who rely on Basic Damage cards. When equipped, the character can use their Starting Card to restrain enemies, and this also increases the Restraint Damage dealt.

Ego Skill: Marianne is an ultimate damage dealer who is very suitable for defeating boss.

Marin

If you want to deal supplementary damage, you need to pick Marin. The assigned Combatant deals extra damage for each Skill card. She also greatly boosts extra damage.

Ego Skill: Attack all enemies and draw one Skill card. Remember, Targeted Draw is always the most useful card.

Nyx

The equipped character's healing ability. The first draw in each turn will improve team's overall damage.。

Ego Skill: Discard three cards and draw four cards. We think this card is for Cassius and Mika. Mika is able to generate more AP, while Cassius helps allies gathering critical cards.

Zeta

The Passive perfectly synergizes with Khalipe (Chaos Zero Nightmare Khalipe Build Guide explains her powers). Zeta increases Instinct Weakness damage, improves Celestial cards, and boosts DEF-based damage.

Ego Skill: Dealing DEF-based damage and draw highest-cost card. So you can draw Vulture Ejection easily.

Anteia

She boosts the Combatant's Health and Damage, and enhances the damage of every generated card. This makes her an excellent fit for Luke and Renoa.

Ego Skill: The skill deals brutal damage to all enemies with attachment of Vulnerable.

Bria

The Passive is tailor-made for Kayron. Increase 10% damage when the assigned combatant generates 1 cards. While generating Status Ailment card for the first time, Kayron will gain Attack card damage buff by 25%

Ego Skill: Exhaust all Status Ailment and Curse cards from Discard Pile. It totally corresponds with Kayron's play style.

Scarlet

If use continuously the assigned combatant cards twice, stack up 15% attack card damage to 2 times. After using 2 or more cards, they gain Focus that increased Attack card damage by 20%. Remove all buffs when using one other's card. You can use Tressa to trigger effects quicker.

Ego Skill: More cards the assigned combatant play, Higher damage is increased. Deal 200% damage.

Kiara

The effect is very similar to Scarlet's. Discarding a card increases Attack Card Damage by 25%. In addition, she can boost the assigned combatant's attack card damage if there are 10 or more cards in the Graveyard.

Ego Skill: Deal 200% damage. Increase 20% damage for each card in Graveyard.

Priscilla

All DPS can take the advantage of Priscilla. The assigned combatant's health and damage are increased by 8%. Boost damage dealt by 25% to targets in Break state.

Ego Skill: Deal 250% damage to single target. Apply Weakness Attack to 1 the equipped character's random Attack cards in hand.

Noel

Increase the corresponding character's Retained cards overall stats by 15%. At the end of the turn, deal higher damage to all enemies if there are more retained cards in hand. Therefore, equip characters who pays attention to Retained card with Noel.

Ego Skill: Activate Retained card in hand.

Tina

A capable card for Hugo that increases the assigned combatant's Extra Attack damage up to 40% (With Order Attribute).

Ego Skill: Draw 1 card. Increase Extra Attack damage by 30% for 1 turn.

Erica

Erica is powerful, however, she depends on fortune. The assigned combatant' Counterattack damage increases by 15%. Upon using a Skill or Upgrade card, there is a 50% chance to trigger Counterattack. So, you need should equip for Combatants born with Counterattack.

Ego Skill: Deal 200% AoE DEF-based damage and acquire 1 Counterattack effect.

Rachel

Rachel is a direct or alternative for Zeta who also increases shield generation but provides the extra benefit of gaining Counterattack.

Ego Skill: Gain 100% Shield and Draw 1. The draw make Rachel better than others, because you can seize the opportunity to play more useful cards.

Daisy

Daisy focuses on boosting Morale, but the chance is only 20%. You need to use an ability when the assigned combatant Draws for the first time each turn.

Ego Skill: 180% Shield that is higher than most Partners. Gain 1 Morale for 1 turn.

Yuri

Yuri's passive is normal which only increases the equipped combatant's Attack.

Ego Skill: It is the reason why choose Yuri at early game. Drawing 2 cards creates infinite possibility in deck-based game.