Foreword

Koleda (AKA Sweet Pea) is one of the 6 standard banner S-Rank agents in ZZZ, and as of the time of this writing the only one of the Fire and Stun type. This guide is meant to be used as a reference for those that are looking to further their knowledge on Koleda and how her unique strengths can be used in order to improve a Proxies' account and team. This guide will go over some of Koleda's best team comps, W-Engines, Drive Disks, and lastly gameplay tips.

Overview

As mentioned earlier, Koleda is an S-Rank Stun agent of the fire element. She can be rolled via Signal Search in either the Exclusive Channel(Limited banner), or the Stable Channel(Standard Banner). Alternatively, she can also be claimed via additional recruitment after a Proxy has accumulated a total of 300 signal searches in the Stable Channel (One-time only). As a stun-type agent, Koleda specializes in building up Daze on opponents in order to stun them, allowing the team to perform devasting chain attacks as well as increasing the amount of damage enemies take. Koleda does this mainly through the use of her basic attacks, EX-Specials, as well as her Core Passive which grants a bonus to the amount of Daze she inflicts. On top of all that, if Koleda is in a team alongside either another fire agent or an agent from Belobog, she also imparts a debuff on the enemy when using her EX-Special that can increase the damage from chain attacks up to 70%. These features currently make Koleda the most general purpose Stun agent in the game.

Teams

Koleda's best team. Every part of her kit is used and maximized in this team.

A slightly easier to acquire premium team, as Ben is free.

Anton shock DPS team.

Koleda fits in fine if missing Lycaon.

The most F2P possible.

Being an S-Rank Stun agent, Koleda can actually fit on a number of different teams. The universal nature of both her core passive and her additional ability allow her to both stun enemies incredibly well, as well as bring additional utility in the form of chain attack damage increases. Even on teams where she is not able to activate her additional ability, Koleda will always contribute to the team through the large amount of daze she inflicts as well as her ability to safely switch via switching during the 4th hit of her basic attack. Although Koleda does gain a small benefit to her damage when played alongside Ben, the bonus is incredibly small and does very little aside from looking totally badass so don't assume that Koleda has to play with Ben in order to maximize her kit. Think of it more as a small bonus for playing it, rather than a fundamental part of her kit.

Koleda's stat priority also does change a bit depending on the type of team she is in. No matter which team Koleda ends up on, she will always want to prioritize Impact as her primary stat. As a stunner, Koleda's main role in a team will always be to inflict as much daze as possible in the shortest amount of time. Energy Regen is also an important stat for Koleda for that same reason, as the largest source of her Daze comes from her EX-Special, and so having more Energy Regen will also contribute a lot to Koleda's ability to repeatedly stun. As for secondary stats, Koleda should focus any crit stats she can get, to maximize the damage she deals when on the field, as well as when she chain attacks.

W-Engines

• This one is a bit obvious but Koleda's best W-Engine is her signature one. It gives everything that a stun character could want in the form of increased energy regen, great base attack, an unconditional 18% impact increase, as well as boosting impact even further after using an EX special attack. It's definitely an amazing W-Engine, but also definitely not worth purchasing from the Signal shop. Consider it as a fantastic upgrade to Koleda if you happen to pull it either from the Stable Signal Search, or as an off banner pull from the W-Engine banner.

• The Steam Oven is both an F2P W-Engine that can be either be rolled in the Signal Search or crafted at the Gadget Store using W-Engine Chips gained from either recycling A-Rank W-Engines (NOT RECOMMENDED) or by steadily collecting them via the weekly Notorious Hunt boss battles. Not only does the Steam Oven give an unconditional 50% Energy Regen, but it also grants a variable impact bonus depending on the amount of energy Agent equipped to it currently has. The impact bonus it grants is a bit lower compared to the other F2P W-Engine, Precious Fossilized Core, however the increased energy regen more than makes up for that difference as EX-Specials are the core of Koleda's kit.

Drive Disks

They're really only 2 sets that make sense on Koleda and those are the 4-piece Shockstar Disco and the 2-piece Swing Jazz. Shockstar Disco 4-Piece maximizes Koleda's ability to stun enemies faster, and the 2-piece Swing Jazz set grants additional energy regen for more EX-Special attacks. As for stats, slots 1-3 are fixed so focus on getting Crit sub stats if possible, slot 4 should be either a Crit Rate or Crit Damage main stat, slot 5 should be a Fire damage % main stat, and lastly slot 6 should be Impact%. In the early-mid game, it's perfectly fine to use Drive Disks from random sets as long as they have the desired main stats, Drive Disk grinding should only really be done, after Agents, W-Engines, and skills have already been leveled.

In a team setup where Koleda will not be on the field very often (ie. being used as a defensive assist/occasional EX attacks), a 2/2/2 setup of Shockstar, Swing, and Inferno/Woodpecker will be more useful, as Koleda wont be on-field as often.

Gameplay Tips

Koleda has a few tricks that any proxy looking to maximize her should remember, here are a few.

• Koleda's special and EX-special have increased activation speed when followed directly after the 2nd and 4th hit of her Basic attack, however using it in this way will result in less damage and less daze build up compared to using it raw. If looking to inflict as much daze as fast as possible, using a raw ex-special is actually better for damage and daze.
• The 4th hit of Koleda's basic attack has an incredibly long animation, but it also has a massive amount of invulnerability. This can be abused by swapping to a different character as soon as her launch animation begins so that Koleda will finish her attack string while simultaneously, giving you time to perform different actions with your other party members, ie. using EX-specials with supports, dealing extra damage/generating energy for DPS, building extra daze by the nature of having 2 characters attacking at the same time, etc. Just be aware that without Ben, Koleda will lose her invul when she lands, this means that it is necessary to parry any follow up attack an enemy might throw if you want Koleda to finish her attack/not get hit on landing.
• Getting used to swapping characters in Koleda's basic attack also has the benefit of not automatically going straight into chain attacks if the string would stun an enemy. This is useful as it allows you to get a bit more damage on an enemy before a chain attack or even use an ultimate so as to gain the benefit from the stun damage bonus, without having to use up time. This is especially useful in later boss fights where the bosses will immediately recover from stun after chain attacks complete.
• Koleda's perfect dodge counter has an insane amount of invulnerability and deals a very respectable amount of daze and damage. For a comparison, Koleda's dodge counter deals 625.6% damage and 407% daze at skill level 10, while Lycaon (The only other S-rank Stun agent) deals 340% damage and 237.4% daze from his dodge counter (Numbers pulled from the Hoyowiki). In situations where Koleda is already on the field and a multi-swinging attack is inbound, rather than parrying, repeated perfect dodges into dodge counters can be preferable.

Conclusion

Koleda is a fantastic unit that can benefit every team with her amazing daze build up, flexibility through her universal buffs, and her ability to be useful as a swapping unit. Even with the existence of Anby as a free stun unit given at the start of the game, Koleda's ability to give additional debuffs to enemies, as well as her superior daze build up, make her a highly desirable unit from the early game all the way to the end game. Her ability to thrive without additional copies or an S-rank W-Engine make her an easy to build unit that can be slotted in with very minimal investment. Lastly, due to the necessity of 2 teams in the end game, Koleda's current value remains high do to the need of multiple stun characters.

For all of you that read till the end, thank you all for reading, and I hope you all managed to enjoy this guide.