Last updated: 02/July/2026

Best guide and build for Chizuru from Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN). Chizuru is a 5✦ character from the Psionic class and Void attribute, who belongs to the Peltion faction.
Last review update
Season 2
Last build update
Season 2
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15/Mar/2026
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To learn more about Chizuru check the sections below. Use the tabs to quickly switch to the kind of information you're looking for.
Profile

Moonslash
Attack

Spiritflame’s Ward
Skill
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Karmic Flames
Attack
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Tsukuyomi
Skill
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Bound At Dusk
Upgrade
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Oni Hunt
Attack
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Shadow of the Moon
Attack
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Shadow of the Moon+
Attack
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Moonslash (Gen)
Attack

Moonlight of High Tide
Ego Skill
Epiphany cards are special evolutions for the cards you can obtain while playing the roguelike mode. Only some cards in the character's deck can get Epiphany effects. Since there's quite a lot of them, we don't display them by default - press the button below to show them.
Epiphany Bonus
Potential 1
Basic Card Upgrade
Potential 2
Common Card Upgrade
Potential 3
Basic Card Proficiency
Potential 3-1
Unique Card Upgrade
Potential 4
Critical Chance Proficiency
Potential 5
Basic Card Proficiency
Potential 5-1
Divine Epiphany Adaptation
Potential 5-2
Critical Damage Proficiency
Potential 6
Unique Stat Upgrade
Potential 7
Sleeping Memory
Manifest Ego 1
Awakening Memory
Manifest Ego 2
Vivid Memory
Manifest Ego 3
Inner Memory
Manifest Ego 4
Complete Memory
Manifest Ego 5
Liberated Memory
Manifest Ego 6
Review
Chizuru is a Damage Dealer focused on dealing single-target damage while supporting the team with some AP efficiency and a small amount of healing at the same time. Her kit introduces several unique mechanics to the game and you’re forced to play around them to unleash her full potential - this makes her a bit more complicated to play compared to some other Damage Dealers. If you want to learn about them in detail, check the Key Mechanics section below the review, but here’s the gist of how to play Chizuru: place a debuff on the enemy, attack the enemy either often or with cards that deal a lot of hits (or both) to generate her unique resources and once you manage to convert the base Shadow of the Moon card into its + version thanks to the resource, use the card for a big attack.
Still, you also have to keep in mind that one of Chizuru’s Upgrade card buffs prevents her (and her team) from gaining AP from any source other than Ravaging an enemy. You can opt not to use the card, but you will miss out on some of Chizuru’s damage and one of the most interesting mechanics Chizuru offers that is tied to it - cost reduction of random cards in hand at the start of every turn (1 card at base, but there’s an Epi that increases that to 2 cards). It’s really great in Chaos, turning Chizuru into a ‘reverse Mika’, but in Save modes, it brings less benefits as you have access to better-optimized decks.
Now that you know how Chizuru works, let’s move to the teams you can play her in. And there are two ways you can do it - either by pairing her with another DPS that attacks often without using too much AP, so they can generate a lot of Will-O’-Wisp for her (like Luke or Tressa), which will create a dual DPS team or by pairing her with two supports and leaving the Wisps generation to Chizuru herself. Both are viable in both modes, but dual DPS teams are more reliable in Chaos, while main DPS offer more options in ‘Save’ content.
Another issue Chizuru has is that she’s not really an improvement to existing characters in their teams. Both Luke and Tressa, the teammates she wants to be paired with, work better in their own teams and only reach their full potential there, rather than when played with Chizuru.
Overall, Chizuru continues the trend of introducing characters that aren’t direct powercreep to the release cast and instead she allows for new types of playstyles. She’s not stronger than the current juggernauts when it comes to raw DPS, but instead offers some utility on top of decent single-target damage.
Combines solid ST damage output with team utility.
One of the few characters offering AP efficiency to the team.
Has some healing in her kit, making survival a little smoother.
Has multiple viable builds, allowing her to adapt to the Epis you receive in Chaos runs.
Can be played as main DPS or sub DPS.
No AoE capabilities.
Damage Potential is limited by sufficient Wisp generation; without it, her best card loses significant power.
Can suffer from restrictive team building due to the Inhibit mechanic and Wisp generation requirements.
No extreme scaling attacks, skills, or upgrades limited her top-end Save Data Potential compared to other characters.
The ratings below are based on the Season Save Data, Chaos Manifestation, and Great Rift modes. Each of the modes values different mechanics, so some characters may shine in one of them, while being underwhelming in the other.
Will-O’-Wisp: Will-O’-Wisp is Chizuru’s unique mechanic and resource, which allows her to generate or enhance her Signature Card, Shadow of the Moon. Will-O’-Wisp is a unique resource trackable under the team health gauge and is stackable up to 5 times. Chizuru can gain them in a variety of ways, but upon reaching 5, all are consumed to generate a Shadow of the Moon card, or if one is already in hand, increase its Bind (power) level by 1.
Note: Exceeding 5 Will-O’-Wisp in a single action doesn’t waste them; they instead overflow, counting toward the next activation.
Cursed Shackles: Cursed Shackles is a special debuff applied by Chizuru’s Karmic Flames card and is one of her primary ways of generating Will-O-Wisp. When hitting an enemy afflicted by Cursed Shackles with an Attack Card from either Chizuru or Allies, it will generate Will-O’-Wisp equal to the hit count, e.g., a 3-hit count Attack Card generates 3 Wisps. Cursed Shackles can only be present on one enemy at a time and applying the debuff on a different one while already active will simply move it.
Note: Cards with Bind (Shadow of the Moon) cannot generate Will-O’-Wisp by hitting Cursed Shackles.
Inhibit: Inhibit is a buff designed exclusively for Chizuru’s kit to act as both a damage increase and a restriction. The only card that grants this buff currency is Chizuru’s Bound at Dusk Upgrade card. After gaining Inhibit Chizuru’s Shadow of the Moon cards gain +1 hit count for the rest of the battle, but as a penalty, she and her team can no longer be influenced by AP gain or loss effects, except for what is given through cards and continuous effects of this unit, at the start of the turn or on Ravage.
Chizuru’s Signature Potentials are a mixed bag, with some being all-around strong, while others are only strong in specific game modes.
3-1: Converts Chizuru’s Basic Attacks from attacks that deal 100% of her attack in a single hit to attacks that deal 60% of her attack twice (2 hits). This is a significant upgrade as not only is the damage higher, but the higher hit count generates more Will-O’-Wisps thanks to Cursed Shackles. A must-have for Chaos, but as basics are usually removed in Save, it's less impactful there.
5-1: Increase the base damage of Chizuru’s Basic Attack, Moonslash, by +5% Base damage and another 5% if her Attack is greater than 500. The gain for Chizuru’s basics from this Potential is significant, thanks to their multi-hit nature, making this a high-priority target to fully activate when using Chizuru in Chaos. Holds less value in Save Data game modes for the same reason as 3-1.
7: Increase the base damage of both Shadow of the Moon Baseline and + by 5% Base Damage, with an additional increase of 1% per 40 attack she has over 600, up to an additional +10% at 1000. A must-have Potential that significantly improves the output of Chizuru in both Save and Chaos game modes, as Shadow of the Moon makes up a huge chunk of her damage.
Base
Ego 1
Ego 2
Ego 3
Ego 4
Ego 5
Ego 6

Moonlight of High Tide
Ego Skill

Moonslash
Attack

Spiritflame’s Ward
Skill
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Karmic Flames
Attack
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Tsukuyomi
Skill
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Bound At Dusk
Upgrade
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Oni Hunt
Attack
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Shadow of the Moon
Attack
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Shadow of the Moon+
Attack
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At 3 Bind, Shadow of the Moon becomes significantly enhanced, now dealing 70% of ATK, hitting 2 times (3 with Inhibit), recovering 5% of the team's HP on use, and gaining 20% (additive) damage per bind. Most Chizuru decks and strategies aim to raise Shadow of the Moon to the + version before using it, something which isn't too hard thanks to both versions having retain. Doing this makes the damage far more AP efficient and allows Chizuru to stack up buffs on the card from Oni Hunt and Tsukuyomi, both of which are more potent when it has a higher hit count and base damage.
Best Epiphanies
Note
We have given a star rating for each Epiphany, showing how strong and useful it is - with 1 being the lowest rating and 5 the highest.

Karmic Flames I
Attack
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Karmic Flames II
Attack
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Karmic Flames III
Attack
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Karmic Flames IV
Skill
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Karmic Flames V
Skill
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Epiphanies:
Divine Epiphanies:
Which Divine Epiphany to go for will depend on what your team needs and which Epiphany you chose, but here are the main ones to look out for if you have spare Save Data: Draw 1 (Karmic IV), Cost Reduction.

Tsukuyomi I
Skill
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Tsukuyomi II
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Tsukuyomi III
Skill

Tsukuyomi IV
Skill
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Tsukuyomi V
Upgrade
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Epiphanies:
Divine Epiphanies:
Which Divine Epiphany to go for will depend on what your team needs and which Epiphany you chose, but here are the main ones to look out for if you have spare Save Data: Draw 1 (Tsukuyomi III), Morale/Resolve (Tsukuyomi V), 1 AP (Tsukuyomi III) – if you have enough Draw.

Bound At Dusk I
Upgrade
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Bound At Dusk II
Upgrade
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Bound At Dusk III
Upgrade
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Bound At Dusk IV
Upgrade
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Bound At Dusk V
Upgrade
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Epiphanies:
Divine Epiphanies:
Which Divine Epiphany to go for will depend on what your team needs and which Epiphany you chose, but here are the main ones to look out for if you have spare Save Data: Morale/Resolve.

Oni Hunt I
Attack
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Oni Hunt II
Attack
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Oni Hunt III
Attack
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Oni Hunt IV
Skill
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Oni Hunt V
Upgrade
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Epiphanies:
Divine Epiphanies:
Which Divine Epiphany to go for will depend on what your team needs and which Epiphany you chose, but here are the main ones to look out for if you have spare Save Data: Draw 1, -1 Cost Reduction, Morale/Resolve (Oni Hunt V).
Gear
The Memory Fragments & Equipment suggestions below are based on calculations we did. If you want to check the damage formula and how scaling the damage works in CZN, check this guide.
The safest of all set combination for Chizuru to use in Chaos and Save data based game modes but which can lose out to more specialised sets under the right circumstances. Check out Chizuru's other two gear options to know which scenarios they beat out 2/2/2 for. However for some builds like Moonslash which deal a significant portion of their damage via Basics 2/2/2 can even be best in slot.
For more damage use 2P Cursed Corpse (if you can keep Agony on targets at all times). Alternatively for stronger Chaos starts or if you're playing Moonslash try 2P Seth's Scarab, or if you want more survivability use 2P Healer's Journey. If none of that appeals, you can use any 2 strong sub/main stat pieces instead of a final 2P set bonus as well.
Loses out by a small amount to 2/2/2 and other specialist options in Save Data game modes where Chizuru is playing in teams which offer high amounts of card damage boosts like Morale. Can be compeitive and often the best choice in Chaos based game modes though where card damage is much less consistent and scarce.
A specialist set which can pull ahead of 2/2/2 and 4P Orb of Inhibition in Chizuru builds that deal the majority of their damage through 1 cost cards which is most commonly going to be Shadow of the Moon+
In a lot of cases, flat sub-stats are better than percentage ones when it comes to HP, ATK and DEF. The reason behind this is that in CZN the characters stats are pretty low and you get more value from flat bonus rather than percentage one based on calcs.
CRIT Rate% = CRIT DMG% > ATK > ATK%
When playing builds that focus on Chizuru's Bind cards to deal the majority of the damage, try to ensure she has at least 601+ ATK in the character screen to activate the first stage of her Potential 7, but if possible, aiming for even higher ATK amounts is ideal to push Potential 7's bonus even further. For Chizuru's Moon Slash build, the ATK breakpoint is only 501 to activate Potential 5-1's boost to Moon Slash damage, which is quite easy to achieve.
Our best Partner recommendation try to balance both the raw damage boost they provide based on our calculations with the additional utility provided by the skill - combined with how it interacts with the character's kit. We have rated each Partner based on how much additional damage and the utility they provide. Read the comments under each Partner to better understand our reasoning.
No calculations in Chaos Zero Nightmare are completely accurate for all scenarios, including the ones below. What team, decks, epiphanies, gear, equipment, and enemies you're facing all impact them. Because of this, take the results as guidelines and combine them with the explanations to make your decisions. Calculations use endgame save data set-ups, including 5 turns of combat using the whole deck with all Ego skills unless otherwise stated.
In the Zero System, it's incredibly easy to access all items acquirable via the shop thanks to the two free refreshes you get each shop node - that's why the recommendations below are limited to them only. ATTENTION! Area-specific items can sometimes be more powerful than shop items, but are far less consistent to get or require running a specific world or giving up certain event options. Use the shop list as a starting point for building up your deck saves.


























Deck & Teams
Check the best builds for Chizuru below.
Moonslasher
Shadow of the Moon+ Hit-Stacker
Bound Support

Karmic Flames V
Skill
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Tsukuyomi V
Upgrade
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Oni Hunt IV
Skill
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Oni Hunt IV
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Oni Hunt IV
Skill
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Gear Bag
Skill
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Base performance of the character.