best W-Engines and Drive Discs

Prophesize your foes’ downfall with the best Zenless Zone Zero Vivian build and redefine your curse into a blessing. Vivian is an Anomaly Agent dealing Ether DMG and provides this service from off the field a lot of the time, enabling you to slot her into many compositions.

Vivian essentially has two modes of fighting while she’s on the field: the Noblewoman state and the Fluttering Frock state. She activates the Noblewoman state via her Basic Attack combo and recovers Flight Feathers while attacking in this state. Flight Feathers are consumed to enter the Fluttering Frock state, being transformed into Guard Feathers. Vivian will enter this state either following an attack combo in the Noblewoman state or by holding Basic Attack during her fourth attack when not in any state.

Swapping Agents while she’s in the Fluttering Frock state allows Vivian to perform attacks and she can consume Guard Feathers to launch off-field attacks when her team mates execute EX Special Attacks. Vivian can have five Guard Feathers at a time.

Aside from generating Flight Feathers from her Noblewoman state, Vivian can restore them by making an Assist Follow-Up, an EX Special Attack, Chain Attack, or Ultimate.

Vivian’s Core Passive allows her off-field attacks to trigger Abloom on enemies suffering from an Anomaly, its damage being based on the Anomaly Proficiency of the original Anomaly DMG, i.e. the Agent inflicting that Anomaly. Additionally, Vivian’s off-field attacks as well as the ones made during swaps inflict Vivian’s Prophecy on foes suffering from an Attribute Anomaly, dealing Ether DMG based on her ATK to them over time in addition to their original damage.

Teaming Vivian up with at least one other Anomaly or Ether Agent allows Vivian to execute her off-field attack when characters apply an Attribute Anomaly on enemies in addition to supporting their EX Special Attacks. Furthermore, the team’s Corruption DMG is increased.

Vivian’s Mindscape Cinema, which can be leveled up by pulling duplicates of her, has the following effects:

Vivian fancies additional Anomaly Proficiency and ATK to maximize her damage output — and Flight of Fancy, her signature W-Engine, greatly helps with that. It serves a generous portion of Anomaly Proficiency and increases the wielder’s Anomaly Buildup Rate. Whenever the wearer deals Ether DMG, their Anomaly Proficiency is further increased, this effect stacking up to six times.

Best W-Engines for Vivian in ZZZ:

Continuing the above theme, we’re looking to maximize Vivian’s Anomaly DMG by increasing her Anomaly Proficiency and Anomaly Mastery across the board. ATK, CRIT, and PEN are the best stats to fill the rest of the slots, squeezing further damage out of her.

Best Drive Disc sets for Vivian in ZZZ:

Best Drive Disc stats for Vivian in ZZZ:

Vivian is a superb Sub DPS unit to put on any team, though she shines brightest as part of an Anomaly-focused line-up.

Vivian is a perfect addition to a Section 6 team with Miyabi or Yanagi as the Main DPS, giving them fire support from off-field and triggering lots of Disorders on enemies. Soukaku is an able Support, especially on a Miyabi team, though Astra Yao is another excellent option. You could even forgo a Support unit entirely and put someone like Burnice on the team for real Anomaly havoc.

After obtaining Vivian, you’ll want to level her up as quickly as possible to make use of her talents in combat. Here are the materials required to upgrade her to Level 60:

You can obtain Certification Seals from the VR Combat Simulation. Advanced materials may be crafted using lower-level materials as well. Dennies can be earned in the VR Combat Simulation as well as through operating the Random Play video store.

Leveling Vivian up is only half the game, though — you’ll want to upgrade all of her skills as well to get the most out of her performance in battle. Here are the materials required to max out her Basic Attack, Dodge, Assist, Special Attack, and Chain Attack — we’re giving you the total you need, so just divide everything by five to get the materials needed for a single skill:

Chips can be farmed in the VR Combat Simulation with Advanced and Specialized Chips also being available through crafting. Hamster Cage Passes are a rare material that can be grabbed from time-limited events as well as the New Eridu City Fund.

Finally, you can upgrade her Core Skill six times to make Vivian stronger, for which you need the following materials:

Higher Dimensional Data: Thunderous Dragon will be available from the Expert Challenge: Thracian, while Sycophant’s Refinement must be acquired through Notorious Hunt: Sacrifice – Bringer.