Hey hey! I’m virtual YouTuber Roro. In this video, we’ll be introducing the S-rank Anomaly agent of the Wind attribute making her debut in Zenless Zone Zero version 3.0—ValerinaThe Complete Guide to CultivatingVerina is also in the gameFirst Wind AgentShe brought a whole set of brand new “weathering, erosion, or decay / turbulence」、「imbueThe Anomaly mechanism completely changed the traditional Anomaly team’s playstyle of having to carefully manage two or three Anomaly bars and rotations; paired with Vernina, who’s an incredibly easy-to-use off-field sub-DPS, the overall Anomaly team damage became even more brain-dead to execute. Vernina’s debut at the launch of 3.0, followed closely by the 3.1 anniversary celebration, makes her a pivotal character that bridges the past and future, elevating a whole roster of older Anomaly agents, and she’s also the designated teammate for future 虛狩-tier agents.So, if you want to understand Vellina’s overall gameplay, Lulu will also later guide you through breaking down Vellina’sRole Positioning, Skill Mechanics, Visual Effects, Audio Engine and Driversstyling suggestions,Team building strategyandExtraction direction。
[Zenless Zone Zero] Vellina🎀 Complete Build Guide ▸ Anomaly Team’s “New Mom”! First Wind Attribute Agent in 3.0! Vacuo Remiel’s T0 Sub-DPS Pick! Crisis Boss “Kitaburo” Practical Breakdown! S-Rank/Engine/Disc/Team Comp Recommendations! ▹Rulolo◃
00:00 chapter
00:59 Role Positioning and Brief Review
01:12 Wind Attribute Mechanism: Weathering and Turbulence
02:55 Normal Attack: Fan Dance
03:10 Enhance Special Skill (Phases 1–2)
03:52 Mechanism Energy: Elegance
04:03 Mechanism Energy: Wind Erosion
05:02 Bonus Skill: Tea Party Etiquette
05:27 Enhanced Special Skill (Level 3)
05:57 Core Passive: Glamour Overflowing the Sleeves
06:12 Spinning Waltz
06:27 Finishing Move: Listen to the Howling
06:40 Practical techniques
07:10 Skill upgrade order
07:30 The Impact of Film
09:06 Visual Effects Recommendations
09:25 Audio Recommendations
10:14 Driver Recommendation
10:32 Main/Sub Attribute Selection
10:51 Graduation Panel Reference
11:01 Team composition strategy
13:13 Pu/Wei/You Practical Application
16:40 Does Velina smoke?
17:49 Video + Audio Extraction Order
18:31 END
Role Positioning and Brief Review
Verina isS-rankWind attributeAnomalous Agentbelongs toRoskelley Act / Bureau of External Affairs PlanningIt is classified as wind attributeAbnormal General Purpose Sub-CIt could also be called all-purposeAbnormal Squad PluginSimilar to Vivian, though as the 3.0 launch character, Verina’s…More assistive capabilities and more wheelchair-related techniques。
Wind Attribute Mechanics: Weathering and Turbulence
Here, let’s also explain the wind attribute anomaly mechanics for Rope Crafters who are new to version 3.0, as this is a key new attribute that you’ll definitely need to understand in future updates. In actual combat, when we fill up the enemy’s wind attribute anomaly buildup bar and trigger the wind attribute anomaly, the enemy will enterWeathering」 state.
This weathering is very special, it will last a full30 secondsUnlike most other abnormalities that only last 10 seconds, during these 30 seconds of Weathering, if other new abnormalities are triggered, Weathering won’t be overwritten by other elemental abnormalities, so it doesn’t trigger the traditional Disorder effect, but instead replaces it to become the new [status].Turbulence」。
So Turbulence is basically a complete upgrade to Disorder – not only does it have higher multipliers and easier-to-maximize damage scaling, but it also doesn’t decay over time during these 30 seconds. So unlike before when you had to play Disorder teams while watching enemy attacks, monitoring the energy in the top-left corner, and constantly keeping an eye on anomaly buildup to quickly swap and overwrite, with the Anomaly attribute, you just need to manage the other Anomaly agent’s buildup and make sure you don’t hit the cooldown, which greatly reduces the operational pressure. Just note that like Disorder, Turbulence also has…3 secondsyou can just use its built-in cooldown timeAnd in the weathered state, the enemy is affected byDirect damage is increased by 10%This is a separate multiplier that only affects direct damage, so it won’t apply to reaction damage. This is also because it works through “infusion” for elemental application—both the infused element and the anemo element benefit from it. For example, when Prometia’s cryo and anemo elements undergo “infusion,” both the cryo and anemo damage can receive a 10% damage bonus. This mechanic also seems like preparation for future anemo direct damage characters.Additionally, Turbulence inherits the special attribute states of whoever applied the abnormality. For example, Jane’s Power Strike can crit, Alice2’s Power Strike damage boost, and Ariel’s 3-second Corrosion extension—these can all be inherited by Turbulence. Among themStrong strikeandcrushed iceThe status will be displayed separately. However, for damage that needs to be calculated separately, such as continuous abnormal damage from lightning, fire, or ether, it will all be recorded in the turbulence and calculated together for damage. And Vera, as an anomaly agent, the core logic of her damage output relies on her own wind attribute anomaly, combined with other anomaly agents’ attributes todyeing, and produces an abnormal reaction—a chaotic upgraded version—turbulencethen, by summoning large and small cyclones, continuously calculating status damage with different multipliers in the background while simultaneously providing buffs and debuffs.
Skill Mechanism Analysis
Normal Attack: Fan Dance
First, let’s quickly take a look at Velina’s normal attack, which consists of 5 hits. Velina attacks by swinging her fan. What needs special attention is the 5th hit—Velina throws her fan and then lunges forward. This attack’s full duration…Improved interruption resistanceand also40% damage reductionMainly used to combo after enhanced E to execute a follow-up attack.
Enhance Special Skill (Phases 1-2)
When energy reaches 45 points, Verina can use her enhanced special skill, which has three phases. The first phase steps back before lunging forward to unleash a wind projectile. The attack range is quite far.This enhanced E can also be used with dodging, and it can trigger again if the dodge succeeds.limit horizon。After that, continue tapping the normal attack and it will chain directly.5th normal attackThen Verina will strike again with a pursuit attack,This technique can also be combined with axis coordination, and it has a really nice feel, but it’s rarely used in actual gameplay.If you still have enough 45 energy points, you can keep pressing E and Verina will perform the enhanced special technique’s second stage, which involves continuously swinging the fan and ends with a pose of sitting on it.However, when the energy reaches 90 points, they usually just do it directlyLong EVerina can immediately execute two enhanced special attacks, which then automatically link into a third enhanced special attack. The accumulated wind anomaly buildup is also several times that of short E plus normal attacks, making long E more rewarding and much easier to execute.
Mechanism Energy: Elegance
Next, let’s look at Velina’s mechanism energy, called “Elegant and brilliant“, the upper limit is”135 points。
When she enters the field, she immediately gains 45 points; every subsequent activation of enhanced E also grants 45 points, which is a perfect 1:1 conversion with the energy consumed by the enhanced special skill.
Mechanism Energy: Wind Erosion
And on the right side of the Fenghua strip, there are also 2 dots, calledWind erosionEach time the team triggers turbulence, Verina will gainLevel 1 wind erosion, while summoning a relatively small “Micro-scale cyclonewhich is this oneLittle Tornado。
And when the wind erosion accumulates completely2 o’clockAfterwards, the next time turbulence is triggered, it will consume 2 points at once and change to summoning one.large tornado, called/named “Extratropical cyclonelasting 5 seconds and subsequently dealing wind attribute damage to nearby enemies every 0.5 seconds, with the damage multiplier of this vortex also directly increased by 150% And if this wide-area cyclone initially hits an enemy afflicted with the infection, it will additionally trigger a…coloringthe effect, which is to apply the corresponding attribute damage to Velina’s large tornado.
You can also see here another instance of the “abnormal release” damage numbers.Whether it’s a small tornado or a big tornado, hitting an enemy affected by wind anomaly will trigger an additional wind damage instance, dealing a fixed 145% or 255% wind attribute anomaly damage multiplier. So Venti’s off-field damage output is essentially cycling between small cyclones and big cyclones. Therefore, in actual combat, we want to keep this 30-second wind debuff up as consistently as possible.Additionally, when Wide-area Cyclone hits enemies, it can reduce the enemy’sWind Ailment Buildup Resistance 7%When the dyed wide-area cyclone hits an enemy, it also reduces that enemy’s resistance to the corresponding status abnormality buildup.7%Lasts 35 seconds
Extra Skill: Tea Party Etiquette
Combined with additional abilities, the attribute resistance reduction effect of Wide-area Cyclone is further enhancedIncrease by another 7%、Imbalance value increased by 30%、Abnormal accumulation increased by 15%Especially this 30% imbalance value is very important – it’s the key to Vellina helping an anomaly team deal 3 imbalances in one round of crisis.
And Velina’s extra ability “Tea Party Etiquette” has a trigger condition requiring other members in the party.AbnormalorWind Attribute Agent, after triggering, she causedDamage from weathering and turbulence increased by 10%When a charged heavy attack from the ultimate skill hits an enemy afflicted with anemo, it triggers one additional hit.680%Elemental damage multiplier
Enhanced Special Skill (Stage 3)
And whenever the splendor accumulates to90 points, can be done throughLong EorLong press normal attack, then you can release onceeye of the stormsummons a large, wide-area cyclone. You can also admire Verina’s long legs.According to what was mentioned earlier, as long as you have 90 energy points, the consumed energy converts 1:1 to Fenghua. After casting two enhanced E abilities, it converts exactly to 90 Fenghua, so you can directlyJust how long is this E going to beVelina will then automatically execute the three stages of enhanced special skills in sequence, simultaneously triggeringThe previous characterquick supportSimply put,Strengthen EThis is the main way to accumulate “Fenghua” and summon a big tornado, and Velina’s energy cycle in actual combat is sufficient enough that this Fenghua skill basically won’t have any activation issues.
Core Passive: Windflower Elegance
Velina’s core mechanic mainly revolves around Small Cyclone and Big Cyclone. Therefore, regarding the core passive part, let me supplement Velina’s energy conversion mechanic. Whenever Velina’s out-of-combat initial energy regeneration stat exceeds 1.2, every additional 0.01 will increase the damage she deals, up to a maximum of…35%Abnormal Control can also increase by up to84 points。
Combo Skill: Spinning Waltz
Other skills like the combo skill “Spinning Waltz,” where Valerina transforms into a hurricane to deal multiple hits to enemies, followed by a finishing blow that deals massive wind damage, and she’s completely invincible the entire time. It’s not a particularly important skill, and most of the time it’s reserved for other anomaly main DPS to perform double combos, so you can just appreciate it for the visuals.
Finisher: Listen to the Howl
The ultimate is slightly more important, as Verina will launch multi-hit attacks forward, and after activation it will also triggerthe previous characterAs quick support. Combined with the previously mentioned additional ability, when the Elemental Burst heavy attack hits a wind-irradiated enemy, it will trigger an additional elemental burst with a fixed 680% multiplier, and the damage is also quite significant.
Practical Techniques
Now let’s go over Velina’s practical combat techniques, which are actually very simple. Since she’s a pure backline wheelchair sub-C, there are really only 3 moves you’ll use in actual combat:Deflect (Block Support), E EnhancementalsoUltimate。So the key points of the entire output process are just 3 steps: when energy is sufficientLong press enhanced E to apply Weathering → switch to anomaly main DPS and fill the anomaly bar, continuously triggering Turbulence → large and small cyclones automatically calculate damage in the background。Also, since Velina has so much energy in actual combat, the 30-second erosion effect is basically permanent, so you don’t need to worry about it dropping.As for the terms we just discussed—like 風華, 風蝕, 賦彩, 浸染, 異放—these all naturally come up in the actual workflow.
Skill upgrade order
Velyna’s skill allocation is very straightforward because she mainly eatsImbalanced efficiencywithmechanism cycleand doesn’t provide very intuitive direct damage returns. Prioritize upgrading the core skill first and maxing it out, as it mainly affects the damage multiplier of Turbulence and the Large and Small Vortex, strengthening Vernina’s off-field damage capability. After that, also upgrade theAssist, Special, FinisherMax out everything. If you have enough hamster cage resources, upgrade everything to level 12. The main priority is keeping Velina’s rupture stat up. Normal attacks and dodge can be upgraded last—if resources are tight, you can skip them.
The Influence of Film
Shadow Art 1
Velina’s Shadow Art 1 can be said to beQuality change levelthe images can cause wide-area cyclones to produceThe imbalance value is further increased by an additional 20%Basically, you can steadily achieve 3 debuffs in a dangerous situation without relying on retries, and when turbulence is triggeredIgnore 20% all-attribute damage resistancewhen weathering occursIgnore 20% Wind attribute damage resistance。Turbulence is also Vernina’s primary damage output, and her damage is already quite good at Phase 0, making Phase 1 a significant damage boost for her. However, among the other Anomaly agents compatible with Turbulence, the Turbulence multiplier varies for each Anomaly attribute. Some characters benefit more from Turbulence while others benefit less, plus there are Anomaly characters focused on Disorder damage. As a result, the performance of different agents paired with Phase 1 Vernina will fluctuate. Finally, Erosion damage accounts for a relatively small portion of Vernina’s total damage, so the main appeal really comes from the earlier effects.
Shadow Play 2
Shadow Picture 2 is also a Shadow Picture with mechanical changes, earning it the title of “the best of the 2-Pictures”. Its effect adds extra [something] when Erosion is triggered.Gain 1 Wind Erosioneffectively increasing the tornado’s release frequency; and further boosting the weathering and turbulence damage15%It’s also an independent multiplier category and can link with Image Painting 1. In a 3-minute dangerous round, it roughly adds 6 turbulence instances and over 10 tornado damages, making it an equally powerful Image Painting.
Shadow Picture 4
Effect 4 is a standard transition effect, triggered when Velina activates Enhanced E on herself.Attack Power +15%Lasts 40 seconds.
Film 6
The final Constellation 6 effect is even more impressive, and it can also interact with Constellation 1 and Constellation 2, making the combined effect quite powerful. When Verina consumes 2 Wind Erosion to release Great Tornado, which boosts the Tornado multiplier, she will regain 1 Wind Erosion (6 second cooldown), essentially only costing 1 Wind Erosion to cast Great Tornado, significantly increasing the frequency of the next Great Tornado. Additionally, when Verina hits enemies afflicted with Wind attribute anomaly, the Wind attribute anomaly buildup dealt is increased.20%When applying Weathering to an enemy already affected by Weathering, the current Weathering damage will be increased by 2.5% per second of remaining duration from the previous Weathering effect, up to a maximum of40%This also essentially gives the wind attribute anomaly, which originally couldn’t trigger Disorder, an additional damage mechanism similar to Disorder damage, while also unlocking a main DPS playstyle for Velina.
Effect Recommendations
In terms of screen recommendations, Verina’s screen performance is really outstanding. At 0 constellation paired with suitable teammates, she’s already quite usable, roughly similar to Nangong Yu at 0 constellation in terms of feel, but if you also add subsequent…Shadow Painting 1andImage 2The two most impactful tiers are version 3.0, or even better when paired with a future Virtual Hunt-tier T0 support/sub-DPS. Inversion 1 mainly causes a break transformation, while Inversion 2 increases vortex frequency and significantly boosts personal damage.
Soundcore Recommendations
S-rank
Vellina’s top Audio Stave choice is naturally her signature Audio Stave「Linlang Liuxin」Max-level advanced attributes provided60% Energy Auto-RecoveryDuring combatAbnormal Mastery 70When activating Enhanced E, you gain a BUFF that increases your turbulence and weathering damage. It can stack up to 2 times for a maximum of 14%, and when stacked to 2 layers, it will also grantAll team members: +60 Ailment MasteryThe strongest advantage of 專屬音擎 isMore energy, can letUnbalanced processes flow more smoothlyIn the future, some team compositions might even completely drain this excess energy regeneration.While Velina’s core passive with energy auto-regeneration can provide a pretty decent energy recovery mechanism, without her signature weapon, Velina doesn’t really need to desperately chase weapons with high-tier energy recovery stats. Instead, stacking more mastery and attack for her won’t create too big a gap compared to having her signature weapon. After all, increasing her own damage values is equivalent to increasing Anomaly damage for her Anomaly build. Without her signature weapon, the S-rank alternative choice would be Grace’s signature weapon.Embedded compilerhas nearly 90% of the exclusive weapon’s stats
Grade A
For A-grade, you can consider Level 5「Electrifying Lip Gloss」or「Twin Weeping Stars」，The stats are similarly nearly 90% of a dedicated weapon’s performance; or directly using this period’s new version event weapon “Thudding Echo」。
Driver Recommendation
4-piece set
The choice for the 4-piece set is the brand new Anemo-exclusive set from version 3.0.Howling Salon“, and it’s also Velina’s graduation outfit, so you can’t go wrong just picking it.”
2-piece set
For 2-piece sets, it is recommended to bring themEnergy Recovery Setsuch as “Swing Jazzclosing quotation mark or opening quotation markOde to Moon Knight. The reason is that her core passive has an energy conversion mechanism. If you want to focus more on self damage amplification, such as a 6-constellation main DPS build, the 2-piece set can also be replaced with “Phaethon’s Song」、「Chaos Jazz” or “Free Blues」。
Main/Sub Stat Selection
For the main attribute, the choice for position 4Exceptionally proficientPriority pick for position 5PenetrateSecondly,Wind damageonly at the endAttackThis depends on whether you have other defense-reduction characters on your team. If you don’t, prioritize penetration.Position 6then it’s undoubtedly the choiceEnergy Auto-RecoveryPaired with the Energy Recharge 2-piece set and the signature weapon, it perfectly hits the energy conversion value of the core passive.The priority order of adverb entries isExceptional Mastery > Attack Power。
Graduation Panel Reference
Reference build stats for a setup with Energy Recharge on the 6th artifact piece, the 2-piece Energy Recharge set, and the signature weapon – the Energy Recharge would be approximately2.88This perfectly maximizes the energy damage conversion from your core skill. The rest is just stacking more Elemental Mastery, followed by Attack.
Team composition
Team composition strategy
Verina’s standard formation is ‘Verina + Anomaly Main Carry + Anomaly SupportThe developers had also previously released a preview of team compositions on their fan page.
The clear first pick for support is without a doubtpomelo leavesAlso currently the T0 specialist support for the anomaly team, offering the most significant boost, and is Vernina’s best partner. If you don’t have it, a lower-tier option will work.Yaogayin, Nicole, Nangong Yu。
Main carry positionThe first choice isPrometheusShe’s also the best core team in the current meta. Her mechanics only fall short compared to Vivian, but Velina’s stats outpace Vivian’s, and her rotation is incredibly easy—you don’t need to watch for Feather and Ether accumulation anymore, just mindlessly hit burst whenever you see the Erosion status. Promethia + Velina + Yuzuha is the best lineup in this patch; keep in mind that S0 Velina struggles to trigger 3 Resonances, but after S1 the grindiness drops significantly. A S0+1 or S1+0 setup can easily hit 60k+ points or even full score.The next one was betterAiruiYou could also call this team the new era’s “Ai You Wei” team. Even though Ai Rui isn’t paired with Nan Gong Yu, this team’s imbalance buildup efficiency is still pretty solid, so there’s no need to rely on Ether Curtain for support items. With enough gold, killing crisis BOSSes is even easier than with Prometheus. The downside is that a large portion of this team’s damage depends on Velina’s wind attribute abnormality, so there are certain build requirements for Velina—if you can’t reliably trigger 3 imbalances with 1 painting, your score will take a major hit.The third oneSimpleAlso quite a fitting choice, mainly because of Jian’s Power Strike mechanic, which allows Turbulence to crit. With 2 copies, the damage output becomes much smoother. The team’s damage heavily relies on Jian’s own Power Strike and Velina’s Turbulence, but even for a veteran anomaly DPS like Jian, pairing her with Velina against the new Crisis BOSS, she can easily hit 50,000-60,000 points or more.BerniceIt also has great synergy—paired with Velina, it can trigger Anomalies at a high frequency, and since it’s an off-field character, it can also extend the duration of Anomaly effects, effectively boosting Turbulence damage, making it perform exceptionally well. However, if you’re planning to invest in Sigils, it’s recommended to prioritize Velina first.There’s also one person who’s quite unexpected.Nangong YuAlthough the Nangong Yu + Velina + Yuye combination prevents Velina from triggering her extra ability, relying on Nangong Yu’s own excellent mechanics—mainly quickly stacking 2 bars of Ether Anomaly after Imbalance, then Velina continues to build up 2 stacks of Wind Erosion before entering the next round—it actually performs surprisingly well in actual combat.Other relatively less compatible exceptions in C will also be covered, starting with:Tsukishiro YanagiThe main issue is that her polarity disorder needs to be built on a high-level anomaly base, but the wind attribute anomaly can’t reach a high base. Plus, many of Liu’s mechanics are tied to disorder through the resonance core, and turbulence doesn’t work with it either, so it’s mechanically incompatible.
Next up is the first Void HunterHoshimi MiyabiIts own mechanism also relies relatively on chaos, but since turbulence doesn’t count as chaos, it can’t help Ya descend back to Shuang…2 strokes or moreThis enables a self-sustaining mechanism, but its low damage output makes it a poor fit for Verina.AliceIt’s also similar to the case of Hoshimiya—her sword technique recovery also requires disruption. However, if turbulent flow is used instead, Alice’s sword technique recovery efficiency drops significantly, and it would only improve somewhat if paired with a high shadow-art mechanism to compensate.VivianWhile there isn’t any mechanical incompatibility, the base stats are insufficient and the utilization rates of the feathers and guard feathers are low, so the overall performance when paired with Velina isn’t particularly great.
Does Verina smoke or not?
To summarize, should you pull for Velina?At 0 constellations, Vellina isn’t particularly strong on her own. When used as the third member of an anomaly team, she doesn’t have a significant advantage over Nangong Yu without the right conditions. However, Vellina’s value gains from further investment are very high. For example, once you get her exclusive weapon or pull for her 1st constellation, she directly transforms. Her 2nd constellation is the best among all agents at that constellation level. Every upgrade provides a noticeably clear benefit.The brand new wind attribute system introduced in the new version 3.0 has significantly lowered the operational threshold of DOT teams, lifting up a number of older DOT characters as well, and in response to the current dire situation, Vera can also be considered a key member of the DOT team.Universal Countermeasure CornerCan raise the score ceiling for anomaly teams in crisis and high difficulty modes.Especially you are cultivatingPromethea、Ai Ruior2 strokes or more, simplifiedVerina is almost a direct upgrade, and Pryoya + Verina + Anby form the strongest anomaly team in the current version. So if you’re building any of the agents mentioned above, it’s highly recommended to pull for 1+0 or 1+1. If you still have…Grace, BerniceVerlina can also painlessly connect to it.Moreover, the official has already clearly indicated in the preview image that Velina can be paired with the upcoming Xu Shou.RemielAdditionally, Remiel is very likely to debut in the 3.1 anniversary version as a first-generation Phantom Hunter, and the new version’s main carry mechanics will definitely fit perfectly with Vernina’s system. So Vernina is not just useful now, but also for…Pre-emptively secure positions for the anniversary version strategythe roleConversely, if you don’t have a suitable anomaly main DPS or simply aren’t interested in Remiel, you can skip it. But for those who follow Luoluo regularly, the easiest character to pull blindly in Zenless Zone Zero is the Void Hunter! Unless you have no intention of playing stages like Shiyu Defense or high-difficulty content.
Video + Audio Extraction Order
Finally, here’s the suggestion on the pull order for light cones and instruments. Based on Vernina’s performance, Luoluo would recommend1+0Start pulling—if you’re not doing dangerous missions, and if you don’t have Nan Gong Yu, you could also pull for a 0+0 as a universal plug-in for the anomaly team, and1+1This is a very stable build that can reliably trigger Crisis 3 Imbalance. One extra Imbalance alone can easily add 6,000 to 7,000 points to your Crisis score.2+1The plan is to invest in Verina as the Disorder team leader for the entire 3.0 era, and to pair her with Remiel in a top-tier team composition, so you can consistently score over 60,000 in Crisis Assault without relying on retries. If you get 2+1 copies now, you probably won’t need to pull again when she reruns. The final 6 copies depend on whether you want Verina to reach main DPS-level damage and playstyle.Overall, to have a more complete experience, the best tier would be1+1~2+1; if only scoring 20000 points, currently0+0You can also go with a suitable backup route, but ultimately if you’re a true fan of the Section Chief, just go straight for it.6+1～6+5。
That’s all for the character building guide for Virina in Zenless Zone Zero. Thanks for watching till the end, I’m virtual YouTuber LuluLuo, and I’ll see you next time!
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