
Vivian Guide and Best Builds for Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ)
Introduction - Vivian
Vivian is an Ether Anomaly Agent in Zenless Zone Zero. She belongs to the Mockingbird Faction alongside Hugo Vlad.
"Do not close the window, for the birds will bring love and carry away death."
"Robbers? Thieves? Call us whatever you want, for we do not bother with the opinions of worthless trash."
"My parasol shall only be shared with Lord Phaethon."
"I truly wish Lord Phaethon's gaze would linger only on me."
Vivian Character Demo - "Love Like a Bouquet"
Banner Availability and How to Pull Vivian
Vivian is currently unreleased but will be available on the Exclusive Channel in Version 1.7.
Vivian Build Guide Infographic
Vivian Strengths and Weaknesses
Easy to play while dealing large amounts of off-field damage.
Feather stacks can be gained from most aspects of Vivian's kit.
Great F2P weapon options with Weeping being her second best W-Engine/
Energy Generation can feel restrictive at times.
Guard Feathers are consumed even if the enemy has no active Anomaly and will not trigger Abloom.
Astra provides a huge amount of Quality of Life to Vivian and gameplay can feel rough without her.
Vivian's Skills, Mindscape, and Promotions
Vivian's Skills, Mindscapes, and Promotions
Skill | Description |
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Basic Attack: Feathered Strike | Press to activate: Unleashes up to 4 attacks in front, dealing Physical DMG and Ether DMG. After triggering the fourth attack, enter the Noblewoman state. With Flight Feathers available, holding during the fourth attack will activate the Fluttering Frock state. |
Basic Attack: Noblewoman - Waltz | Press while in the Noblewoman state to activate: Dash forward with an attack that deals Ether DMG and restores 1 Flight Feather upon hitting an enemy. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. If a Perfect Dodge is triggered during the dash, gain 1 additional Flight Feather. If Flight Feathers are available after the skill, enter the Fluttering Frock state, which can be canceled by holding when the skill is used. |
Basic Attack: Fluttering Frock - Suspension |
Press while in the Fluttering Frock state to activate: Attack an area ahead, dealing Ether DMG. After activation, this skill consumes all Flight Feathers, and each one consumed grants 1 Guard Feather. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. When switching characters during the Fluttering Frock state, Vivian will automatically perform Basic Attack: Fluttering Frock - Suspension. While in the Fluttering Frock state, press to exit the state. |
Basic Attack: Featherbloom |
After any character in the squad hits a target with an EX Special Attack, Vivian will consume 1 Guard Feather to launch Basic Attack: Featherbloom against the target, dealing Ether DMG, triggering at most once per use of a skill. This effect can trigger even while Vivian is off-field. A maximum of 5 Guard Feathers can be stored. |
Skill | Description |
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Dodge: Lightstream | Press to activate: A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
Dash Attack: Silver Thorned Melody | Press during a dodge to activate: Launches a forward thrust at enemies in front, dealing Physical DMG. |
Dodge Counter: Wingblade Reverb | Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate: Launches an attack on enemies ahead, dealing Physical DMG and Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. After activating the skill, enter the Noblewoman state. When there are Flight Feathers available, hold during skill activation to enter the Fluttering Frock state. |
Dodge: Dainty Steps |
When in the Noblewoman state and about to be attacked, an automatic dodge will trigger, during which the character will be Invulnerable, but a Perfect Dodge will not be triggered. This can trigger once each time the Noblewoman state is entered. |
Skill | Description |
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Quick Assist: Frostwing Guard |
When the active character is launched, press to activate: Character is invulnerable while using this skill. Launches an attack on enemies ahead, dealing Physical DMG and Ether DMG. After the skill activates, enter the Noblewoman state. With Flight Feathers available, hold during skill activation to enter the Fluttering Frock state. |
Defensive Assist: Silver Umbrella Formation |
When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press to activate: Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. |
Assist Follow-Up: Featherblade Execution |
Press after a Defensive Assist to activate: Launch an attack at enemies ahead, dealing Ether DMG and gaining 2 Flight Feathers. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. After the skill activates enter the Fluttering Frock state, which can be canceled by holding during the skill. |
Skill | Description |
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Special Attack: Song of Silver Wings |
Press to activate: Quickly attack forward, dealing Physical DMG and Ether DMG. Anti-Interrupt level is increased while using this skill. |
EX Special Attack: Violet Requiem |
With enough Energy, press to activate: Unleash a powerful forward attack that deals massive Ether DMG and grants 3 Flight Feathers. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. Enter the Fluttering Frock state after using the skill. Hold during the skill to enter the Noblewoman state. |
Skill | Description |
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Chain Attack: Chorus of Celestial Wings |
When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate: Launch a powerful attack on a large area of enemies ahead, dealing massive Ether DMG and gaining 2 Flight Feathers. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. After the skill activates, enter the Fluttering Frock state, which can be canceled by holding during the skill. |
Ultimate: Soaring Bird's Song |
When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate: Launch a powerful attack on a large area of enemies ahead, dealing massive Ether DMG and gaining 5 Flight Feathers. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. After the skill activates, enter the Fluttering Frock state, which can be canceled by holding during the skill. |
Skill | Description |
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Core Passive: Nitro-Fuel Cocktail |
When Basic Attack: Featherbloom hits a target that is suffering from an Ether, Electric, Fire, Physical or Ice Anomaly, it will trigger Abloom, dealing additional Attribute Anomaly DMG. The additional DMG is (at level 7) 6.15%/3.2%/8%/0.75%/1.08% per 10 points of Anomaly Proficiency of the original Anomaly DMG. When Basic Attack: Fluttering Frock - Suspension or Basic Attack: Featherbloom hits a target suffering any Attribute Anomaly, it will inflict Vivian's Prophecy, causing the target to take Ether DMG equal to 55% of Vivian's ATK every 0.55s. This DMG can trigger additional DMG from Attribute Anomalies. Vivian's Prophecy ends when the target is no longer suffering an Attribute Anomaly. When entering the battlefield, Vivian gains 2 Flight Feathers. |
Additional Ability: Prophetic Tears |
When another character in your squad is an Anomaly character or shares the same attribute: Whenever another squad member applies an Attribute Anomaly to an enemy, Vivian will consume 1 Guard Feather to launch Basic Attack: Featherbloom on the target. This can trigger once every 0.5s. Corruption DMG dealt by all squad members and the Corruption status' Disorder DMG increases by 12%. |
Vivian's best mindscapes can depend on which teams you plan to build Vivan for. That being said, M2 and M4 are quite powerful with M2 being slightly better in Jane teams while M4 tends to be better in non-Jane teams but will still be a noteable upgrade. Vivian's M6, "Vivian", is incredibly powerful and what you would expect from her final mindscape.
As a general rule for early mindscape investment: M1 > Signature > M2. With Vivian's signature weapon being similar in power to her M2, but requiring less pulls.
M3 and M5 are very worthless and not worth pulling for. Try not to stop at those mindscapes if it can be helped.
# | Mindscape | Description |
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M1 | "Walking Into the Orchard in Spring" | When a total of 4 Guard Feathers are consumed, gain 1 Flight Feather. All Attribute Anomaly DMG and Disorder DMG received by targets under Vivian's Prophecy increases by 16%. |
M2 | "Stormy Night, Stormy Night" | Vivian's Ether Anomaly Buildup Rate increases by 25%. The benefits of Abloom from Anomaly Proficiency are raised to 130% of the original value, and 15% of the target's RES is ignored. |
M3 | "Another and the Same" | Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2. |
M4 | "The Wind Between the Reeds" | Basic Attack: Fluttering Frock - Suspension and Basic Attack: Featherbloom will always CRIT on hit, and they will also increase Vivian's ATK by 12% for 12s. Repeated triggers reset the duration. When entering the battlefield, Vivian immediately gains 5 Guard Feathers. |
M5 | "Sonnet" | Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2. |
M6 | "Vivian" |
Vivian's Ether DMG increases by 40%. When hitting targets with Basic Attack: Noblewoman - Waltz, triggering a Perfect Dodge during Basic Attack: Noblewoman - Waltz's dash, or using EX Special Attack: Violet Requiem, gain 1 additional Flight Feather. Launching Basic Attack: Fluttering Frock - Suspension consumes all Guard Feathers, the downward attack's area of effect increases, and upon hit, triggers a special instance of Abloom. Each additional Guard Feather consumed will increase the proportion of additional Anomaly DMG dealt by that instance of Abloom, consuming a maximum of 5 Guard Feathers to increase the DMG up to a maximum of 5 times the original. |
When Building Vivian, her Core Skill Promotion upgrades are the most important thing to level.
Skill | Description |
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Core Skill Enhancement A |
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Core Skill Enhancement B |
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Core Skill Enhancement C |
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Core Skill Enhancement D |
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Core Skill Enhancement E |
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Core Skill Enhancement F |
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Vivian Anomaly Sub DPS Build
Vivian is best built as a SubDPS for Anomaly-based teams, providing damage while off-field.
BiS W-Engine | Flight of Fancy |
Alternative W-Engines |
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Best Drive Discs | 4 Piece:
2 Piece:
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Main Stats |
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Substat Priority |
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Skill Priority |
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Vivian's build has 2 main options for W-Engines, either her signature Flight of Fancy or Weeping Gemini which is both a F2P option as well as her second best build option. For players who are unaware, Timeweaver's passive effect was fixed with the release of 1.7 and now actually only increases Buildup rate with Electric agents.
Build Vivian with Phaethon's Melody as your 4-Piece Discs however you have a few 2-Piece options. Freedom Blues & Chaos Jazz increase Anomaly Proficiency and are generally the best build options for Vivian. That being said, you can build Vivian with an ATK 2-Piece instead using either Hormone Punk or Astral Voice. Both sets of 2-Piece build options are very competitive and it can come down to both teams as well as substat rolls.
Vivian should be built with both Anomaly Proficiency and ATK %, ideally ensuring you have a mix of both on your substat rolls. Ether DMG and Anomaly Mastery are generally better than ATK % as main stat build options.
Vivian's Core Skill is by far the most important skill to build first, however after that everything aside from Dodge can be considered relatively similar in importance.
Vivian Bangboo Information
Robin is a good Bangboo to use with Vivian due to only needing 1 Mockingbird
Agent to trigger it's effects as well as Robin providing additional Ether Anomaly.
Snap is also often another great Bangboo option
due to accumulating Ether build-up too. You would not be able to trigger
Superstar Moment due to not having 2 Stars Of Lyra agents however
it only provides a small amount of healing.
Other good Bangboo to use in Vivian's teams are Bangboo that are suited towards your Main DPS.
Vivian Team Comps and Synergy
Vivian's best team compositions require another Anomaly agent to fully take advantage of Abloom damage while either an Anomaly or Ether Agent is required to trigger Additional Ability: Prophetic Tears.
Vivian's Best Team Compositions
DPS | Off-Field | Support | Bangboo |
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Hoshimi Miyabi | Vivian | Astra Yao | Snap |
Jane Doe | Vivian | Astra Yao | Robin |
Tsukishiro Yanagi | Vivian | Astra Yao | Snap |
Vivian's best teams use either Hoshimi Miyabi, Jane Doe or Tsukishiro Yanagi as their Main DPS. While Astra Yao is currently the best supportive Agent for any of these characters, Nicole Demara, Lucy or Alexandrina Sebastiane can be great alternative options if you do not have Astra or if Astra is being used in another team.
Other Vivian Teams
DPS | Off-Field | Support | Bangboo |
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Grace Howard | Vivian | Snap | |
Piper Wheel | Vivian | Red Moccus |
While not necessarily the best teams, Vivian is a great buff to both Piper Wheel as well as Grace Howard and provides a significant power-up to their teams.
Changelog
- 19 Apr. 2025: Full Build added.
- 08 Mar. 2025: Guide added.

This guide has been written by Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu). A long-time player for various Hoyoverse games such as Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail.
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