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ZZZ 3.1 Shiyu Defense Fifth Frontier Teams (August 2026)
Updated on 2026-08-12: Version 3.1 Critical Node teams for Remielle / Pyrois / Cissia S+ clears. Full Fifth Frontier S+ pays about 780 Polychromes this cycle.
S+ bar: S-rank every room + 100,000 total score. A verified F2P-style clear landed 110,175 (top ~31%) with the three leads below.
Room | Featured lead | Score (example) | Recommended elements | Boss resist | Room buff focus |
|---|
Stage 1 | Remielle | 41,881 (S) | Wind / Physical | Fire | Triple Anomaly DMG + starting Decibels |
Stage 2 | Cissia or Pyrois | 31,270 (S) | Fire / Electric | Physical | Ultimate & Chain ATK DMG; stun windows |
Stage 3 | Pyrois or Cissia / Seed | 37,024 (S) | Electric / Physical | Ether | Electric & Ice DMG; Attacker Crit DMG after EX |
Proven F2P-style S+ squads (this rotation)
Stage | Agents | Bangboo note | Why it works |
|---|
1 | Remielle / Piper / Soukaku | Match Wind or Physical | Remielle banks Lumiflux, triggers Refringe, then Luminize while Piper assaults and Soukaku feeds Ice/ATK support |
2 | Cissia / Jane Doe / Seth | Electric or dual-Anomaly Bangboo | Cissia shreds Electric DEF and lifts Crit DMG; Jane + Seth keep pressure under Fire/Electric recommendations |
3 | Pyrois / Soldier 11 / Ellen Joe | Ether or Ice Bangboo | Free Ether Attacker Pyrois clears through Ether resist with swap Ultimates and Chain windows |
Premium / meta swaps if you own them
Stage | Core | Flex seats | Skip |
|---|
1 | Remielle + Velina + (Promeia / Aria / Miyabi / Jane / Alice) | Yuzuha, Nangong Yu | Burnice (Fire resist on Avarus) |
2 | Pyrois + Norma + (Sunna / Astra Yao / Nicole) | Evelyn, Banyue, Dialyn | Ye Shunguang / own Starlight Billy (Physical resist on Billy boss) |
3 | Seed + Cissia + Trigger | Ye Shunguang, Starlight Billy, SS Anby | Pure Ether hypercarries (boss Ether resist) |
Stage-by-stage enemy plan
Stage 1: Remielle Anomaly room
Buff: 2/3 Anomaly Agents give +10%/+60% Anomaly DMG and +500/+1,500 starting Decibels. Bring three Anomaly seats when your roster allows.
Waves: Roscaelifer Bangboo trash, City Guardboo elite, then Metamorphosed Avarus (Corruptive Barrier).
Avarus curls and rams three times. Parry the roll to interrupt. Hold burst while it rolls; those frames eat damage.
Weak to Wind. Remielle + Velina lines strip the barrier before it snowballs. Disc and W-Engine targets sit on the Remielle Best Build & Teams page.
Stage 2: Chain / stun room (Billy problem)
Buff: +40% Ultimate and Chain ATK DMG. Chain hits raise Stun DMG Multiplier by 20% and slow Daze recovery for 15s.
Boss: Doppelganger Starlight Billy (Pulchra earlier). Bike iframes eat field time. Knock him off with parries, or stun him and dump Chain ATKs.
Weak to Fire and Electric. Norma + Pyrois reads the buff directly. Cissia Electric lines clear if Norma sits on another room.
Physical resists here. Park Ye Shunguang and your Billy for Stage 3.
Stage 3: Electric / Physical closer
Buff: +30% Electric and Ice DMG. After an Attacker EX Special, +30% Crit DMG for 20s.
Boss: Sacrifice: Heretic Jester. Red-yellow cloud marks the ambush wind-up (invulnerable). Parry the third knife after the Miasmic Field to dump about 75% of the shield.
Weak to Electric and Physical. Seed / Cissia / Trigger is the default clear. Ye Shunguang or Starlight Billy also fit.
Ether resists. Save Yixuan for another mode unless your Ether build already clears 25k here.
How to clear Fifth Frontier S+ in 3.1
Step 1: Build three full squads before you open Node 5. Fifth Frontier is three rooms, not one hypercarry tour.
Step 2: Assign Remielle to the Anomaly / Wind room. Put your stunner (Norma or Trigger) on the Billy room. Park Seed / Cissia or a Physical hypercarry on the Jester room.
Step 3: Level Attack and Stun Agents to 50+, Supports to 40+, W-Engines to Agent level, and push Drive Disc slots 2/4/5/6. Cinema 0 Remielle and free Pyrois clear once Discs are finished.
Step 4: Play the room buff. Stage 1 = Anomaly uptime and parries. Stage 2 = stun into Chain ATK. Stage 3 = EX Special Crit DMG windows plus knife parries.
Step 5: Chase room scores past 25,000 each when the run allows. Total 100,000 with all S rooms locks S+. For pull math after the clear, use the ZZZ Pull Calculator.
How to get more Polychrome for Remielle and Shiyu upgrades
Clear Critical Node on both bi-weekly resets. Shiyu is one of the fattest repeatable Polychrome sinks.
Finish 3.1 story, anniversary mail, and limited events before they expire.
Redeem live codes early; keep a codes page in your cluster and refresh it.
Farm Hollow Zero and daily Inter-Knot for Encrypted Master Tapes.
Claim the 3.1 Free Agent Selector with your Anomaly or Stun gap in mind (Jane pairs with Remielle plans).
Need Monochrome before the next banner half closes? Top up Zenless Zone Zero on BitTopup with UID only. No password.
FAQ
What are the best teams for ZZZ 3.1 Shiyu Defense Node 5?
Stage 1: Remielle + Velina + a third Anomaly (Promeia, Aria, Miyabi, Jane, or Alice). Stage 2: Pyrois + Norma + Sunna / Astra Yao / Nicole. Stage 3: Seed + Cissia + Trigger. Low-spend accounts still S+ with Remielle / Piper / Soukaku, Cissia / Jane / Seth, and Pyrois / Soldier 11 / Ellen.
Can F2P clear Shiyu Defense Fifth Frontier S+ in 3.1?
Yes. Free Pyrois plus Cinema 0 Remielle clear when Discs, W-Engines, and skill levels are done. You need three built teams and solid parries on Avarus, Billy, and the Jester knife.
How many Polychromes does Shiyu Defense give in 3.1?
A full Critical Node clear this cycle sits near 780 Polychromes. Resets twice a month, so missing a cycle burns banner currency. Pair clears with the farming notes in our ZZZ Polychrome Farming Guide.
Should I put Remielle, Pyrois, and Cissia on the same team?
No. Fifth Frontier asks for three rooms. Remielle owns the Anomaly room. Pyrois or an Electric stun line owns Billy. Cissia with Seed (or a Physical carry) closes the Jester. Spreading the three leads across rooms is the point.
Is Remielle required for Stage 1?
No, but she is the shill pick. Any triple-Anomaly core with Velina works. Remielle’s Lumiflux, Refringe, and Luminize loop matches the Stage 1 buff and Wind weakness. Pull priority notes live on the Remielle build guide.
Conclusion
ZZZ 3.1 Shiyu Defense Fifth Frontier is a three-room roster check: Remielle for Anomaly, Pyrois or Norma lines for Billy, Cissia / Seed for the Electric closer. Hit S on every room, push past 100,000 total, and bank the Polychrome before reset. Bookmark this page for the next Critical Node update, and top up Monochrome on BitTopup when a banner deadline sits between you and the next S+.
