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A low investment guide to surviving Zerocell

Introduction

This guide aims to provide a viable path for people without super endgame gears to participate in Zerocell under certain party compositions

What is not possible

This guide will not enable you to solo-farm Zerocell

What is possible

This guide will enable you play as lurer, survive and contribute to Happy Hour parties

This guide will enable you farm Zerocell as 2/3 people parties - by performing the role of lurer + devo

Disclaimer:

Personally I have not played much of IG or Meister other than as Zerocell lurer.

If you are looking for more information about the class itself (skills, levelling etc.), suggest first looking at some of the other amazing guides in User Guides

For more information on the Map, Monsters in Zerocell (such as access quest etc..), please take a look at Chapter 1

How it works

The aim is to reach as high % medium resist as possible - as all the monsters in Zerocell are medium size.

With a high enough % medium resist, you will be nearly unkillable allowing you to Lure effectively.

This is currently possible using 2 classes - Imperial Guard and Meister. Personally, I feel Imperial Guard is more effectively since you can keep other DPS alive via Devo (but Meister could be made to work as well)

Here is the build for both classes (this build aims to minimize cost. Optimizations on this build is definitely possible)

Gear Build

Imperial Guard - 96% Medium Resist
Equip Slot	Equipment	Cards	Notes
Upper Headgear	+0-10 Divine Guard Hat [1] (5900)	Melted Poring Card (300174)	5% all size resist
Mid Headgear	Victory Wing Ears [1] (400002) or Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) with HP enchants	Melted Poring Card (300174)	Increase HP
Low Headgear	Ace of Clovers in Mouth (Defense) (420269) or Young Leaf of World Tree (Vitality) (420021) with HP enchants	None	Increase HP
Armor	+11 King Schmidt's Suit [1] (15388) with Vit enchants	Anger Ice Titan Card (27112)	10% medium resist from armor 20% medium resist from card combo
Weapon	Illusion Gelerdria [2] (530015) with +MaxHP enchants	White Knight Card (4608) Demon's Essence VIT 3 (4919)	5% medium resist from card combo Increase HP
Shield	Glacier Guard [1] (460040) {{#item:312094}	Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609)	5% all size resist from shield enchant 25% medium resist from card
Garment	+9 Glacier Manteau [1] (450266) Glacier Flower Meow Power (Above All) (312072)	Noxious Card (4334) or Infinite Chimera Card (4646) or Deviling Card (4174)	10% all size resist from enchant
Shoes	+0-10[B] Yorscalp Boots [1] (470303) Forest Magic Orb (HP) (313090)	Green Ferus Card (4381)	1 sec FCT reduction (Optional, but recommended) Increase HP
Accessory 1	Safety Pendant R [1] (32248) or any accessory that gives HP	Broken Beta Guards Card (300076)	Increase HP
Accessory 2	Safety Epaulet R [1] (32250) or any accessory that gives HP	Anger Snowier Card (27111)	Set with Anger Ice Titan Card (27112)
Shadow Armor	+9 Perfect Size Shadow Armor (24426)	None	7% all size resist
Shadow weapon	+9 Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386)	None	3% all size resist
Shadow shield	+9 Infinity Shadow Shield (24733)	None	3% all size resist
Shadow accessory	+9 Infinity Shadow Pendant (24151)	None	3% all size resist

Meister - 96% Medium Resist (Same as above except)
Equip Slot	Equipment	Cards	Notes
Upper Headgear	+11 Illusion Goibne's Helm [1] (19366) with 2x Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) or any headgear with Adamantine Lv5 (29105)	Melted Poring Card (300174)	We lose 5% all size here compared to IG Build
Armor	+9 Upgrade Part - Plate [1] (15344)	Anger Ice Titan Card (27112)	We gain 5% all size here compared to IG Build

Consumables

Trans Candy Red (11592)
Guyak Pudding (12710)
True Mysterious Life Potion (22816)
True Medium Life Potion (22818)
True One Potion (50036)
Giant HP Increase Potion (Large) (50106)
Concentrated Golden Syrup Potion (1100005)
Yggdrasil Berry (607)
Full Chemical Protection

TIP: Try using 1 hour version of the consumable where available, so that it aligns with the 1 hour Map entry buff (and you don't have to remember to re-buff mid way)

Play Style

As Imperial Guard here are the key priorities / things to keep in mind

As lurer, make sure run in front / ahead of party members to get aggro of the monsters. With 96% resist you are nearly immortal.
If you are playing duo party - make sure the DPS is always Devo-ed Dispell removes Devo. So when facing mobs, I typically just turbo spam devo on the DPS
If you are playing larger parties - be careful how many people you have devo-ed This build doesn't have as much of a max HP as other Devo focussed builds. You might not be able to have more than 2 party members in your Devo
Rebound Shield significantly reduces the incoming damage. Make sure to keep it up when available (since it can get dispell-ed).

Additionally, since devo depends on the reductions of the person being devo-ed, suggest other party members reach atleast 40-45% reduction (using Alice Card etc.)

Keep other buffs up such as Vanguard Force, Shield Spell, Prestige, Inspiration, Guardian Shield

P.S. I have not played lurer with Meister, but I'd imagine most of the above remains the same; minus the devo; with other class specific buffs