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Velina full body splash art — Zenless Zone Zero Wind Anomaly agent
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Velina Skills, Mindscapes & Materials

S-Rank
Wind
Anomaly

The best Velina build in Zenless Zone Zero (Version 3.3) is Joyau Dore with Wuthering Salon 4-piece and Moonlight Lullaby 2-piece, Anomaly Proficiency / PEN Ratio% > Wind DMG% > ATK% / Energy Regen main stats. Prydwen's Oct 2026 tier list ranks Velina T0.

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Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • The only way to reliably access Wind Anomaly as of her release, a huge upscale to many older Anomaly agents
  • Notably high Daze on her skills, allowing much faster stuns and 3-stun routes previously not possible for double Anomaly teams
  • Anomaly Buildup RES reduction and her signature W-Engine let her work as a pseudo-Support
  • Very low field-time requirement — swap in briefly for EX Specials while Cyclones build Daze and Anomaly off-field

Weaknesses

  • Doesn't offer much beyond being a Wind Anomaly applier, with only limited synergies via her Ablooms
  • Awkward gearing and team-building priorities, as Vortex doesn't scale with her stats while Ablooms and Windswept DMG do
  • Locking out Disorders makes her very anti-synergistic with much of the Anomaly cast (Yanagi, Alice, Miyabi)
  • Eye of the Storm is fully swap-locked, and her Dodges, Dash Attack and Quick Assist are weak and best avoided

Prydwen T0 (Anomaly DPS) — Oct 2026

Skills

Basic Attack

1 skill
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Basic Attack

Basic Attack: Dancing Fans

Press the Basic Attack button to activate. Launches up to five attacks against enemies ahead, dealing Wind DMG. During the 5th attack, Velina's Anti-Interrupt Level increases and DMG taken is reduced by 40%.

  • Wind
  • Anti-Interrupt
  • DMG Reduction

Dodge

3 skills
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Dodge

Dodge: Windward Sweep

Press the Dodge button to activate. A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Invulnerable
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Dash Attack

Dash Attack: Gale Step

Press the Basic Attack button during a dodge to activate. Delivers a quick attack forward, dealing Wind DMG.

  • Wind
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Dodge Counter

Dodge Counter: Cloudrend

Press the Basic Attack button during a Perfect Dodge to activate. Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing Wind DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Wind
  • Invulnerable

Assist

3 skills
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Quick Assist

Quick Assist: Emergency Protocol

When the active character is launched, press the Switch button to activate. Unleashes consecutive attacks against the target, dealing Wind DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Wind
  • Invulnerable
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Defensive Assist

Defensive Assist: Judicious Intervention

When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press the Switch button to activate. Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Daze
  • Parry
  • Invulnerable
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Assist Follow-Up

Assist Follow-Up: Negotiation Techniques

Press the Basic Attack button after a Defensive Assist to activate. Unleashes a series of attacks, dealing Wind DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Wind
  • Anomaly Buildup
  • Invulnerable

Special Attack

4 skills
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Special Attack

Special Attack: Wind Shear - Purging Surge

Press the Special Attack button to activate. Unleashes a sweeping gust forward, dealing Wind DMG.

  • Wind
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EX Special Attack

EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Purifying Rise

With enough Energy, press the Special Attack button to activate. Dodges backward, then unleashes a massive wind blast to attack enemies, dealing Wind DMG. During the backward dodge, a dodge effect is active; successfully dodging an enemy attack triggers Vital View. After using this skill, press Basic Attack to chain into the 5th hit of the Basic Attack. Grants 45 Windbloom. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. Energy Cost: 45.

  • Wind
  • Windbloom
  • Vital View
  • Invulnerable
  • Energy Cost: 45
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EX Special AttackEX Special Attack Follow-Up

EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Triple Deathblow

With enough Energy and after using EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Purifying Rise, press or hold the Special Attack button to activate. Continuously swings the fan, dealing Wind DMG. After using this skill, press Basic Attack to chain into the 5th hit of the Basic Attack. Grants 45 Windbloom. Character is invulnerable while using this skill. Energy Cost: 45.

  • Wind
  • Windbloom
  • Invulnerable
  • Energy Cost: 45
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EX Special AttackEnhanced EX Special Attack

EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Eye of the Storm

With 90 or more Windbloom, hold the Special Attack or Basic Attack button to activate. Velina channels a whirlwind and summons a Sweeping Cyclone to continuously attack enemies, then triggers the previous character's Quick Assist. The Sweeping Cyclone lasts for 5s and deals Wind DMG to nearby enemies once every 0.5s. Consumes 90 Windbloom. This skill is swap-locked and must be cast in full.

  • Wind
  • Sweeping Cyclone
  • Windbloom
  • Quick Assist
  • Daze
  • Anomaly Buildup

Chain Attack & Ultimate

2 skills
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Chain Attack

Chain Attack: Thousandfold Spiral

When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate. Transforms into a hurricane to unleash multiple attacks against enemies, followed by a Finishing Move, dealing massive Wind DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Wind
  • Invulnerable
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Ultimate

Ultimate: Heed the Tempest

When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press the Ultimate button to activate. Unleashes multiple attacks against enemies ahead, dealing massive Wind DMG. After using this skill, the previous character's Quick Assist is triggered. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.

  • Wind
  • Quick Assist
  • Anomaly Buildup
  • Invulnerable

Core Passive

2 skills
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Core Passive

Core Passive: Breeze in Bloom

When Velina's initial Energy Regen exceeds 1.2, every additional 0.01 increases DMG dealt by 0.21% (up to 35%) and increases Anomaly Mastery by 0.5 (up to 84). When Velina enters the battlefield she gains 45 Windbloom (once every 180s in Investigation Zone mode). Using EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Purifying Rise or EX Special Attack: Wind Shear - Triple Deathblow grants 45 Windbloom, up to a maximum of 135 Windbloom. When Velina triggers Vortex, she gains 1 point of Windbite and summons a Condensed Cyclone, dealing Wind DMG (once every 3s). When Velina has 2 points of Windbite, the next time she triggers Vortex, 2 points of Windbite are consumed to increase that Vortex's DMG Multiplier by 90%, and a Sweeping Cyclone is summoned instead of a Condensed Cyclone (which does not grant Windbite). When a Sweeping Cyclone hits an enemy suffering Contamination for the first time, it triggers Chromatic Tint, converting it into a Sweeping Cyclone of the corresponding attribute that deals that attribute's DMG. When Sweeping Cyclone hits an enemy, the enemy's Wind Anomaly Buildup RES is reduced by 7% for 35s (repeated triggers reset the duration); a Chromatic Tint Sweeping Cyclone also reduces the corresponding attribute's Anomaly Buildup RES by 7% for 35s. When an enemy affected by Sweeping Cyclone is defeated, the Cyclone's duration is extended by 5s (once per Cyclone; only one Sweeping Cyclone can exist at a time). Condensed Cyclone and Sweeping Cyclone explode when they dissipate; if the explosion hits an enemy suffering a Wind Anomaly, it triggers one instance of Abloom DMG, resolving an additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG at a fixed 85% and 135% multiplier of Wind Anomaly DMG respectively.

  • Energy Regen
  • DMG Bonus
  • Anomaly Mastery
  • Windbloom
  • Windbite
  • Condensed Cyclone
  • Sweeping Cyclone
  • Vortex
  • Chromatic Tint
  • Anomaly Buildup RES Shred
  • Abloom
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Additional Ability

Additional Ability: Mystery Hunt

When another character in your squad is an Anomaly character or shares the same attribute: Velina's Windswept and Vortex DMG increases by 10%. When the heavy attack from an Ultimate hits an enemy suffering a Wind Attribute Anomaly, it triggers an instance of Abloom DMG against the target, resolving one additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG fixed at 680% of Wind Attribute Anomaly DMG. For Core Passive: Breeze in Bloom, the Attribute Anomaly Buildup RES reduction from Sweeping Cyclone is further increased by 7%, while the Daze it inflicts increases by 30% and the Attribute Anomaly Buildup it accumulates increases by 15%.

  • Windswept
  • Vortex
  • Abloom
  • Anomaly Buildup RES Shred
  • Daze
  • Anomaly Buildup

Mindscape Cinema

Velina Mindscape Cinema artwork
  1. C1

    Orderly Elegance

    Priority

    Sweeping Cyclone from the Additional Ability deals an additional 20% Daze. When Velina triggers Vortex, she ignores 20% of the target's All-Attribute RES. When squad members deal Windswept DMG, 20% of the target's Wind RES is ignored.

  2. C2

    Saturation Project

    Priority

    When Velina triggers Windswept, she can also gain 1 point of Windbite (once every 5s). After Sweeping Cyclone triggers the Chromatic Tint effect, it can accumulate the corresponding attribute's Anomaly Buildup; the buildup accumulated by this attack is excluded from Anomaly DMG calculations. The DMG increase to Velina's Windswept and Vortex from the Additional Ability is further increased by 15%.

  3. C3

    Conquest by Etiquette

    Skill levels

    Basic Attack, Assist, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2.

  4. C4

    Tea Party Tribunal

    When Velina uses an EX Special Attack, her ATK increases by 15% for 40s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

  5. C5

    Death Witch

    Skill levels

    Basic Attack, Assist, Dodge, Special Attack, and Chain Attack Lv. +2.

  6. C6

    Chief Angel

    When Velina consumes 2 points of Windbite to increase the DMG Multiplier of Vortex, she gains 1 point of Windbite (once every 6s). When Velina hits an enemy suffering a Wind Attribute Anomaly, the Wind Attribute Anomaly Buildup she inflicts increases by 20%. When Velina inflicts Windswept on an enemy already affected by Windswept, the new Windswept's DMG increases based on the remaining duration of the previous one: each remaining second increases the DMG by 2.5%, up to a maximum of 40%.

Skill Upgrade Priority

01Core SkillCore SkillPriority
02Special AttackSpecial Attack
03Chain AttackChain Attack
04AssistAssist
05Basic AttackBasic Attack
06DodgeDodge

Advancement Materials

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