/Ranger/Instinct

Hilde

★★★★★

Ironrain

Introduction

Hilde is a 5-star Instinct combatant in Chaos Zero Nightmare. Hilde's class is Ranger. Faction: Ironrain.

On the combined Chaos Zero Nightmare tier list Hilde is A tier, 5th of the 37 combatants ranked, from where 2 community tier lists put Hilde.

Other Instinct combatants in Chaos Zero Nightmare: Arabella, Cassius, Khalipe, Narja, Nia, Olga and 2 more.

What Hilde does

An Instinct Ranger who turns card draw into damage. Vortex Arrow draws 3 and hits all enemies for 120%, plus 60% for each Attack card drawn by an ability that turn (up to 8), while Quiver Reload seeds the Draw Pile with Homing Arrows that land extra attacks and draw another card.

The Grand version hits the highest-HP enemy for 500%.

Best build for Hilde

From 2 guides

Partner

2 options

1
Eunie
2 of 2
2
Rosaria
1 of 2

Equipment

Weapon

Tentacles of Chaos1 of 1
Criticism of Discord1 of 1
Dagger That Tricked the Shadow1 of 1

Armor

Fairy King's Crown2 of 2

Trinket

Amorphous Cube2 of 2

4-piece fragments

Battlefield Evolution(4)
2 of 2

2-piece fragments

3 options

1
Executioner's Tool(2)
2 of 2
2
Black Wing(2)
1 of 2

Show 1 more set option

3
Seth's Scarab(2)
1 of 2

Main stats

Substats: Instinct Damage >Critical Chance >Critical Damage >Extra Damage >ATK

Hilde's banners

All banners

29 July 2026 to 19 August 2026

Profile

Hilde is a female Human. Hilde's birthday is April 4th. Hilde is voiced by CV_ZHS_0058 in Chinese, Kanon Takao in Japanese, and Dahye Seo in Korean.

Stories

Background

A genius strategist known as the Battlefield Trickster

Leader of the Ironrain Fireteam Fox and a strategist known as the Battlefield Trickster. Her easygoing and optimistic personality makes her seem careless, but her ability to find and exploit the enemy's weakness with pinpoint accuracy is truly remarkable. She holds an exalted belief that nothing is more precious than human life.

Favorite Gun

IRHP-77

Stats

Attack1st of 39515
Defense34th of 39141
HP30th of 39317
Critical Chance3%
Critical Damage125%

At level 60 with every ascension, before Memory Fragments and partners. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Chaos Zero Nightmare roster, and the place is out of every combatant with that stat.

Skills

Plasma Rain
Unique card · Cost 1 · Attack
60% Damage and 2 Ionization to all enemies
Epiphany options
Epiphany 1
100% Damage and 2 Ionization to all enemies · Attunement 2 Ionization to a random enemy
Epiphany 2
3 Ionization to all enemies · Draw 1
Epiphany 3
100% Damage and 3 Ionization to all enemies · Defeat 3 Fracture to all enemies (max 1 time)
Epiphany 4
Cost 3: 180% Piercing Damage and 3 Ionization to all enemies
Epiphany 5
120% Damage to all enemies · Draw 1 Attack Card(s) of this unit · Streak Decrease Cost by 1
Draw & Release
Unique card · Cost 1 · Skill
Draw 2 Attack Card(s) of this unit +50% Damage Amount to those cards for 1 turn until activated
Epiphany options
Epiphany 1
Draw 2 Attack Card(s) of this unit · +80% Damage Amount to those cards for 1 turn until activated
Epiphany 2
Draw 2 · For the next 3 Extra Attack(s) of this unit, 1 Fracture to all enemies
Epiphany 3
Cost 0: Move all cards in hand to Draw Pile, then Draw for each moved
Epiphany 4
Draw 2 Lead card(s) · Decrease Cost of those cards by 1 for 1 turn until activated
Epiphany 5
Cost 2: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card of this unit by 30% for each card Drawn through an ability this turn (max 300%)
Big Game Ranger
Unique card · Cost 1 · Upgrade
On Hit, 2 Zero In
Epiphany options
Epiphany 1
On Hit, 3 Zero In
Epiphany 2
Cost 0: Draw 2 · On Hit, 2 Zero In
Epiphany 3
On Hit, 2 Zero In · When the Attunement effect is activated, 2 Zero In
Epiphany 4
When a harmful effect is applied through an ability, 5 Zero In
Epiphany 5
At the start of the turn, 30 Zero In · Unable to use Attack Cards of this unit
Vortex Arrow
Unique card · Cost 1 · Attack
Draw 3 120% Damage to all enemies +60% Damage Amount for each Attack Card Drawn through an ability this turn (max 8 cards)
Epiphany options
After limit break
Draw 4 · 180% Damage to all enemies · +90% Damage Amount for each Attack Card Drawn through an ability this turn (max 8 cards)
Matrix Overlay
Ego skill · Cost 4 · Skill
+15% Weakness Damage Amount taken to all enemies for 1 turn(s) Draw 3 Attack Card(s) of this unit Apply Weakness Attack to those cards for 1 turn
Homing Arrow
Created card · Cost 0 · Attack
120% Extra Attack to the enemy with the lowest HP Draw 1 Attunement Proc this card
Multishot
Starting card · Cost 1 · Attack · 2 copies
60% Damage to all enemies
Epiphany options
With potential
80% Damage to all enemies
Bowguard
Starting card · Cost 1 · Skill
100% Shield
Quiver Reload
Starting card · Cost 1 · Skill
Create 3 Homing Arrow in Draw Pile
Epiphany options
Epiphany 1
Create 4 Homing Arrow in Draw Pile, then Draw 1 of those cards
Epiphany 2
Create 3 Homing Arrow (Fracture) in Draw Pile
Epiphany 3
Create 1 Homing Arrow (Grand) in Draw Pile
Epiphany 4
Create 2 Homing Arrow in Draw Pile · When an enemy is defeated, create 2 Homing Arrow in Draw Pile (5 time(s) per turn)
Epiphany 5
At the start of the turn, create 3 Homing Arrow in Draw Pile · Homing Arrow cannot be a target of Turn Draw
Sleeping Memory
Limit break 1 · Mythic Card Upgrade
Change the following effects for Vortex Arrow: increase Draw by 1, +60% Damage Amount, and change the Damage Amount increase for each Attack Card Drawn through an ability this turn to +90%.
Awakening Memory
Limit break 2 · Battle Passive Upgrade
At the start of battle, +10% to Hilde's Critical Chance. At the start of the turn or when an enemy is defeated, gain 1 Double Tap. Double Tap: When Homing Arrow is activated, 300% Extra Attack to the enemy with the lowest Health, and decrease Double Tap by 1 (max 5 stacks)
Vivid Memory
Limit break 3 · Ego Skill Upgrade
Change the Weakness Damage Amount taken effect of Matrix Overlay from +15% to +25%.
Inner Memory
Limit break 4 · Battle Passive Upgrade
For each Hit an ally performs, gain 1 Find the Gap Find the Gap: Increase Damage Amount of Hilde's Extra Attacks by 5% (max 8 stacks)
Complete Memory
Limit break 5 · Stat Upgrade
Increase the level of [Basic Card Upgrade], [Signature Card Upgrade], and [Common Card Upgrade] in Potentials by 3.
Liberated Memory
Limit break 6 · Battle Passive Upgrade
When Find the Gap reaches 8 stacks, +15% additional Critical Chance to Instinct-Attribute allies. Increase the max stack of Zero In to 100, and at the start of the turn, gain 15 Zero In. For each stack of Zero In, +1% Critical Damage to Zero In (max +45%).
Despair
Stress collapse
Every time this character enters battle, their stress increases by 10.