Kayron Build: Best Team Comps & Core Cards

Kayron is a 5-star Psionic from Chaos Zero Nightmare. He uses the Void attribute and belongs to the Wanderer faction. He works as a damage dealer who generates Futility cards to fuel his powerful scaling attacks.

Kayron Overview in Chaos Zero Nightmare

		Overview
		Type	Psionic
		Attribute	Void
		Faction	Wanderer
		Rarity	★★★★★
		Voice Actor (KR)	Voice Actor (JP)
			Shin-ichiro Miki
Gender	Race	Gift	Birthdate
Male	Human	Void	December 31st

Character Stats

How to Get Kayron

• Kayron is available through banners in Chaos Zero Nightmare.

Best Team Compositions for Kayron

Recommended Team

Role	Character
Main DPS	Kayron
Support	Mika
Sub-DPS	Rei

Kayron needs significant AP support because his cards are expensive. Mika provides AP generation and healing to keep the team running. Rei serves as sub-DPS while buffing Kayron's Void cards.

Alternative Team Members

Character	Explanation
Cassius	Can replace Rei
Khalipe	Works well with Kayron since his 2+ cost cards trigger her Celestial effects.
Nia	Provides card search and draw to access Kayron's generators and payoffs.
Any Shielder	Adding defensive support like Magna or Maribell works as well

Best Kayron Build and Cards

Core Character Cards

Card Name	AP Cost	Type	Effect	Tags
Echo of Futility	0	Attack	30% Damage, Create 2 Futility, +30% Damage per Futility created this battle	-
Brand of Annihilation	7	Attack	500% Damage to all enemies Decrease cost by number of Exhausted Futility	-
Black Hole	2	Attack	360% Damage +60% Damage per Exhausted Futility	-
Oath of Vanity	0	Upgrade	Upon creating Futility, changes to an Attack card with 80% Damage and Healing effect, cost 1	Draw Draw Pile Initiation
Echoes of True Abyss	2	Attack	240% Damage, Create 3 Futility, +40% Damage per Futility created	-

Essential Team Cards

Card Name	AP Cost	Type	Effect
Source of Water (Mika)	1	Skill	Heal 150%, +2 AP, on Recover cost -1 for 1 turn
Blessing of Waves (Mika)	1	Skill	Heal 150%, +30% Healing per AP, Shield equal to overflow healing
Tactical Analysis (Mika)	0	Skill	1 Wave, +50% Healing for 1 turn
Deluge (Mika)	1	Upgrade	1 Wave, at start of turn: gain 1 Wave
Strike of Darkness (Rei)	0	Skill	Activate all Basic cards in hand
Resonating Darkness (Rei)	1	Upgrade	+40% Void card Damage
Snack Time (Rei)	0	Skill	Exhaust 2 cards in hand, Draw 1 Void card
Dark Condensation (Rei)	1	Skill	Select 1 Attack card, +100% Damage until used
Predator's Blade (Rei)	1	Attack	250% Damage, 2 Morale for 1 turn

Best Partner

Recommended Partner Choice

Aspect	Details
Partner Name	Bria
Passive Effect	When assigned combatant generates a card, attack card damage +10% for 1 turn (stacks 3x). When assigned combatant generates status ailment card first time, +25% attack card damage for 1 turn.
Ego Skill	Exhaust all Status Ailment and Curse cards from Discard Pile, +10% attack card damage per card exhausted for 1 turn

Bria is Kayron's signature partner designed specifically for his kit. Her passive grants damage buffs whenever Kayron generates cards, and the first Futility each battle provides a massive +25% boost. Her Ego Skill is the game-changer - it exhausts all Futility from the discard pile and grants damage buffs based on the count. This lets you generate tons of Futility early, then use Bria's skill to exhaust them all at once for huge damage bonuses without spending AP on individual Futility cards.

Alternative Partners

Partner	Passive Effect	Ego Skill
Eloise	The combatant's attack card damage increases by 10%. When the combatant first Exhausts a card or first gains a Status Ailment card, their attack card damage increases by 12% for 1 turn.	When card Exhausted, 1 Weaken to random enemy
Zatera	The assigned combatant's Attack is increased by 8%. When injured , at the end of battle, recover 4% Health.	Gain 200% Shield.
Anteia	Assigned combatant's attack card damage +8%. When combatant generates card, attack card damage +8% for 1 turn.	180% Damage, Apply 1 Vulnerable.

Best Memory Fragments for Kayron

Set Combination

The Offering of the Void set increases Void card damage and triggers whenever you exhaust a card, which Kayron does constantly. The 4-piece provides +20% damage on Void cards after exhausting, and Futility counts as Void. Executioner's Tool gives +25% Critical Damage.

For main stats, prioritize Critical Chance or Critical Damage on your Ideal slot, Void Damage% on your Desire slot, and Attack% on your Imagination slot. Your substats should focus on Critical Chance%, Critical Damage%, Attack, and Attack%.

Best Equipment for Kayron in CZN

Kayron Cards in Chaos Zero Nightmare

Basic Starting Cards

Card Name	AP Cost	Type	Effect	Tags
Elimination	1	Attack	100% Damage	-
Sphere	1	Skill	Heal 100%	Heal

Unique Cards

Card Name	AP Cost	Type	Effect	Tags
Echoes of True Abyss	2	Attack	240% Damage, Create 3 Futility, +40% Damage per Futility	-

Cards with Epiphanies

Card Name	Epiphany 1	Epiphany 2	Epiphany 3	Epiphany 4	Epiphany 5
Echo of Futility	360% Damage, Create 3 Futility	240% Damage, Create 2 Futility, +20% Damage per Exhausted Futility	240% Damage, Create 2 Futility with Ephemeral	50% Damage, +150% per X AP, Create X+1 Futility (X cost)	30% Damage, Create 2 Futility, +30% Damage per Futility created this battle (0 cost)
Brand of Annihilation	450% Damage to all, on Exhaust: Cost -1 for 1 turn (3 cost)	300% x2 Damage to random enemy, on Exhaust: Cost -1 for 1 turn (3 cost)	500% Damage to all, Cost reduced by Exhausted Futility count (7 cost)	200% Damage to all, +40% per card Exhausted this turn (1 cost)	300% Damage to all, if any card Exhausted: 3 Agony to all (2 cost)
Black Hole	360% Damage, Activate 2 Futility from hand (2 cost)	360% Damage, +60% per Exhausted Futility (2 cost)	60% Damage to random enemy, +1 hit per Exhausted Futility (max 5) (2 cost)	300% Damage, +1 hit per 5 Exhausted Futility (max 2) (2 cost)	When Futility Exhausted: 100% Fixed Damage to random enemy (1 cost, Upgrade)
Oath of Vanity	When creating Futility: change to Attack with 120% Damage and Healing, Cost 1	When creating Futility: change to Attack with 80% Damage and Healing, Cost 1 (0 cost, Initiation)	When Futility created: change to Attack with 180% Damage, Cost 1	Exhaust all Futility/Status/Curse in hand, Draw per amount (0 cost, Skill, Retain)	When 3 Futility Exhausted: 2 Agony to all (0 cost, Upgrade)

Generated Cards

Card Name	AP Cost	Type	Effect	Tags
Futility	1	Status	No effect	Exhaust
Futility (Attack)	1	Attack	80% Damage, Heal 80%	Exhaust, Heal

Ego Skill

Aspect	Details
Skill Name	Rift of Nothingness
Effect	200% Damage to all enemies, Exhaust all Futility in hand, +80% Damage per Futility
EP Cost	5

Rift of Nothingness deals AoE damage and exhausts all Futility in your hand, dealing +80% damage per card exhausted.

Potential Upgrades

The most important potential is 3-1, which makes Kayron's basic cards generate Futility automatically. This jump-starts his engine significantly. The 5-1 and 7 potentials provide strong damage boosts once you reach the Attack thresholds, which is achievable with good gear and Memory Fragments.

Manifest Ego

The most impactful Manifest Ego stages are E1, E2, and E3. E1 makes Echoes of True Abyss generate 5 Futility instead of 3, dramatically increasing generation. E2 provides free 100% AoE damage every 2 Futility used, adding significant extra damage. E3 lets your Ego Skill exhaust Futility from discard, synergizing perfectly with Bria's partner skill. E4 and E6 add further damage scaling and debuff application.

How to Play Kayron in Chaos Zero Nightmare

Kayron's entire strategy centers around Futility cards and understanding how they function. At base, Futility is a 1 AP Status Ailment card that does nothing when played except exhaust itself. This makes them dead draws that clog your hand and waste AP. However, Kayron's power comes from two things: upgrading Futility into useful cards through Oath of Vanity, and exhausting large numbers of them to empower his other cards.

The first priority in any Kayron run is finding Oath of Vanity and getting the right Epiphany. Oath of Vanity transforms Futility from useless status cards into Attack cards that deal damage and heal. The best Epiphany makes Oath of Vanity cost 0 AP with the Initiation tag, guaranteeing you can activate it at battle start. This single upgrade makes Kayron functional - without it, you're stuck with cards that waste resources.

Once you have Oath of Vanity active, Futility becomes useful but still costs 1 AP each. Your gameplan is generating many Futility cards, then exhausting them efficiently. Kayron has several generator cards: Echo of Futility creates 2 Futility, Echoes of True Abyss creates 3 (5 with E1), and your basic Elimination card creates 1 after unlocking the 3-1 potential. Generate as many as possible early.

Black Hole is Kayron's primary scaling card and has multiple build paths. The most common Epiphany for scaling builds is Epiphany 2, which deals 360% damage +60% per Exhausted Futility this battle. The alternative is Epiphany 5, which turns Black Hole into an Upgrade that triggers automatically - every time you exhaust a Futility, it deals 100% fixed damage to a random enemy. This creates satisfying multi-hit combos but lacks the single-target burst of the scaling version.

Brand of Annihilation serves as your AoE option and also has multiple viable Epiphanies. Epiphany 3 changes it to a 7 AP card dealing 500% AoE damage, but its cost decreases by 1 for every Futility you've exhausted this battle. Once you've exhausted 7+ Futility, this becomes a free 500% AoE nuke. Epiphany 1 keeps it at 3 AP with 450% damage, reducing cost by 1 each time you exhaust any card during the turn. Both versions work - the 7-cost version scales better in long fights, while the 3-cost version activates faster.

Echo of Futility has two standout Epiphanies for different playstyles. Epiphany 5 makes it cost 0 AP, deal 30% damage, create 2 Futility, and gain +30% permanent damage for every Futility created this battle. This scales infinitely but slowly - you need 10-15 Futility generated to match other options' base damage. However, at 0 cost, you can spam it freely. Epiphany 4 makes it X-cost, dealing 50% +150% per X AP spent, creating X+1 Futility.

Kayron's weakness is his slow start. In short fights, you don't have time to generate and exhaust enough Futility for Black Hole to outperform simpler DPS. His cards cost too much AP for quick burst. However, in extended fights - Kayron becomes unstoppable.

The core of playing Kayron well is resource management. Track how many Futility you've exhausted total (for Black Hole), manage hand space to avoid losing Futility generation, time Bria's Ego Skill for maximum impact, and sequence your buffs correctly. Rei's buffs before damage cards, Oath of Vanity before generating Futility, exhaust everything before Black Hole. Get these sequences right and Kayron becomes one of the most satisfying characters in the game, turning small status ailment cards into overwhelming destructive power.