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ZZZ Evelyn build, materials, and teams

Here’s everything you need to know about ZZZ’s Evelyn including her best teams, what materials you need, and the best w-engine for her.

ZZZ Evelyn's splash art over a dark grey background

Zenless Zone Zero’s Evelyn, bodyguard and manager to singer Astra Yao, takes her job very seriously. She looks and moves a lot like Honkai Star Rail’s Kafka but with a fiery twist. She uses the fire element and fills an attack role, so you know she can dish out some damage in your teams.

Don’t forget to grab the new Zenless Zone Zero codes so you have more pulls for Evelyn, or see who’s coming up on the Zenless Zone Zero banners in the next Zenless Zone Zero update.

Here’s everything in our ZZZ Evelyn build:

What is the best ZZZ Evelyn build?

Zenless Zone Zero’s Evelyn is an S-rank attack character who uses the fire element to deal damage. This build is based on her pre-release trial.

Rank S
Attribute Fire
Specialty Attack
Best W-engine Heartstring Nocturne
Best drive discs 4pc Woodpecker Electro and 2pc Inferno Metal
Main stats Disc 4: crit rate/damage
Disc 5: fire damage bonus
Disc 6: attack
Sub-stats Crit rate, crit damage, attack
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What are Evelyn’s best drive discs?

These drive disc recommendations are based on her pre-release trial and may change on her release date.

Woodpecker Electro Two pieces: Increases crit rate 8%
Four pieces: Landing a critical hit on an enemy using basic attack, dodge counter, or Evelyn’s EX special attack increases her attack by 9% for six seconds
Inferno Metal Two pieces: Increases fire damage 10%
Four pieces: When hitting a burning enemy, Evelyn’s crit rate increases by 28% for eight seconds
Hormone Punk Two pieces: Increases attack 10%
Four pieces: When entering combat or switching in, Evelyn’s attack increases by 25% for ten seconds. This can trigger once every 20 seconds
Branch and Blade Song Two pieces: Increases crit damage 16%

Stat recommendations

Evelyn doesn’t need HP stats unless you’re going for her fourth mindscape, which gives her a shield based on her max HP. If you are aiming for this, you’re best off choosing discs with HP sub-stats.

Main stats:

  • Disc 4: crit rate
  • Disc 5: fire damage bonus
  • Disc 6: attack/energy regen

Sub-stats:

  • Crit rate
  • Crit damage
  • Attack
  • Energy recharge

What are the best ZZZ Evelyn team comps?


Evelyn

Astra Yao

Lighter

Snap

Evelyn

Caesar

Lucy

Red Moccus

Evelyn
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Koleda
Ben Bigger icon
Ben

Safety

Evelyn

Nicole

Anby
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Amillion

ZZZ Evelyn's introduction information showing her specialty and element

What are ZZZ Evelyn’s skills?

Attacks

Basic attack Razor Wire
Evelyn launches up to five attacks, dealing physical and fire damage. When the fifth attack hits an enemy, Evelyn binds the target and enters Binding Seal.
Garrote – First Form
When Burning Embers is 50% or higher, holding basic or special attack consumes 50% of Burning Embers to perform a slash attack, which deals fire damage. During this, Evelyn’s anti-interrupt level increases, and her damage taken reduces by 40%. After using this skill, she gains one Burning Tether point.
Garrote – Second Form
When Burning Embers is 50% or higher, after using the First Form, if you continue to hold basic or special attack, Evelyn consumes 50% of her Burning Embers to perform a follow-up attack. This deals fire damage using her Garrote. Her anti-interrupt level increases, and the damage she takes reduces by 40%. She gains one Burning Tether point after using this skill
Passive Bind
When Evelyn deals damage to enemies, she accumulates Burning Embers. When she consumes them to activate her Garrote or consumes decibels to unleash her ultimate, she gains one Burning Tether point. When she has three points, her next Garrote attack consumes all available points to use a version of her chain attack
EX special attack Locked Position
Before entering Binding Seal, press EX or special attack to activate this skill. Evelyn uses her Garrote to pull enemies toward her and charge forward with a kick, dealing fire damage. When this attack hits an enemy, she binds the target with a Binding Seal.
Binding Sunder – First Form
After entering Binding Seal, press or hold Evelyn’s special attack to activate the first form. She fires surrounding enemies and detonates an explosion, dealing fire damage. Binding Seal ends after detonation.
Evelyn dodges when activating this skill, and gains 25% more Burning Embers if she triggers a perfect dodge. You can cancel the detonation and trigger her third basic attack instead.
Binding Sunder – Final Form
After entering Binding Seal when Evelyn has enough energy, press or hold EX special attack to activate the Final Form. Evelyn fires nearby enemies and detonates an explosion, dealing huge fire damage. The Binding Seal ends after detonation. Evelyn dodges enemy attacks upon activating the skill, and if she triggers a perfect dodge, she gains an additional 25% Burning Embers
Ultimate Lunalux Garrote – Timbre
Evelyn slashes in front with multiple Lunalux Garrotes and detonates an explosion to deal huge fire damage in an AoE. She enters the Dance of Awakened Fire state which lasts for the remainder of the battle. While in this state, when she consumes Burning Tether points, she retains one point instead of using them all. When this attack hits an enemy, she binds the primary target and enters Binding Seal. She gains one Burning Tether point and becomes invulnerable when using this.
Lunalux Garrote – Shadow
When in the Dance of Awakened Fire state, using Evelyn’s ultimate sees her slash in front with multiple Garrotes, and detonates an explosion. This deals massive fire damage around her. Evelyn uses her Garrote to bind an enemy and enters the Binding Seal state. She’s invulnerable while using this, and gains one Burning Tether point

Dodges

Dodge Arc Step
Evelyn quickly dodges and is invulnerable while using this skill
Dash attack Piercing Ambush
Evelyn kicks the enemy dealing physical damage
Dodge counter Strangling Reversal
Evelyn uses her Garrote during a perfect dodge to slash at enemies, dealing fire damage. When hitting an enemy, she binds the primary target and enters Binding Seal. She becomes invulnerable during this skill

Combo attacks

Quick assist Fierce Blade
Using this assist sees Evelyn use her Garrote to slash at enemies, dealing fire damage. She binds the primary target and enters the Binding Seal state. Evelyn is invulnerable using this skill
Defensive assist Silent Protection
Evelyn parries the enemy attack, dealing massive daze. She becomes invulnerable while using this skill
Assist follow-up Course Disruption
After a defensive assist, Evelyn slashes at enemies with her Garrote and triggers an explosion. This deals fire damage. When this hits an enemy, she binds the primary target and enters the Binding Seal state
Chain attack Lunalux – Snare
When a chain attack triggers, Evelyn slashes with her Garrote and detonates an explosion. This deals massive fire damage in an AoE. When the attack hits an enemy, Evelyn uses her Garrote to bind the primary target and enters Binding Seal state. She becomes invulnerable while using this skill.

Passive attacks

Core passive Entangle
When entering Binding Seal, Evelyn’s crit rate increases by 23%. After leaving Binding Seal, she retains the buff for ten seconds. If you switch to another character while in Binding Seal, Evelyn automatically follows up with special attack: Binding Sunder – First Form
Additional ability Ambush Point
When a teammate is a stun or support character, Evelyn’s chain attack and ultimate damage increase by 30%. When Evelyn’s crit rate is 80% or more, the damage multiplier of her chain attack and ultimate increases to 125%

What are Evelyn’s mindscape cinemas?

01 When Evelyn enters battle, she gains 1.5k decibels. Enemies affected by Binding Seal become bound. When attacking bound enemies, Evelyn ignores 12% of their defense. When she uses Binding Sunder – First Form or Final Form, the bound effect spreads to all enemies she hits and lasts for ten seconds
02 Evelyn’s attack increases by 15%. When she uses Garrote – First Form or Second Form, she gains her consumed Burning Embers back. This can trigger once every 25 seconds. When she consumes Burning Tether points to trigger her chain attack, the interrupt level increases
03 Evelyn’s basic attack, dodge, assist, special attack, and chain attack levels increase by two
04 When using a chain attack or ultimate, Evelyn gains a shield equal to 10% of her maximum HP. While this shield exists, Evelyn’s crit damage increases by 40%
05 Evelyn’s basic attack, dodge, assist, special attack, and chain attack levels increase by two
06 When using a chain attack or ultimate, Evelyn gains Shadowstring Edge for 20 seconds. During this, when hitting enemies with basic, dash, special, or EX special attacks, she releases an extra Garrote in a follow-up attack. This deals fire damage equal to 375% of Evelyn’s attack stat. This counts as chain attack damage and can trigger 16 times

ZZZ Evelyn during her ultimate move, removing her jacket

What are ZZZ Evelyn’s promotion materials?

10➔20 24k denny
Four basic attack certification seals
20➔30 56k denny
12 advanced attack certification seals
30➔40 120k denny
20 advanced attack certification seals
40➔50 200k denny
Ten pioneer’s certification seals
50➔60 400k denny
20 pioneer’s certification seals

Here’s where to get Evelyn’s promotion materials:

  • Attack certification seals – obtain from the agent promotion combat simulation challenges

What are Evelyn’s core skill enhancement materials?

A 5k denny
B 12k denny
Two higher dimensional data – steel malice
C 28k denny
Four higher dimensional data – steel malice
D 60k denny
Nine higher dimensional data – steel malice
Two scarlet engine
E 100k denny
15 higher dimensional data – steel malice
Three scarlet engine
F 200k denny
30 higher dimensional data – steel malice
Four scarlet engine

Here’s where to obtain all of Evelyn’s core skill enhancement materials:

  • Higher dimensional data – steel malice – obtain from the Expert Challenge: Hans – Energized
  • Scarlet engine – obtain from the Notorious Hunt: Corrupted Overlord – Pompey weekly boss

What are Evelyn’s skill enhancement materials?

02 2k denny
Two basic fire chips
03 3k denny
Three basic fire chips
04 6k denny
Two advanced fire chips
05 9k denny
Three advanced fire chips
06 12k denny
Four advanced fire chips
07 18k denny
Six advanced fire chips
08 45k denny
Five specialized fire chips
09 67.5k denny
Eight specialized fire chips
10 90k denny
Ten specialized fire chips
11 112.5k denny
12 specialized fire chips
12 135k denny
15 specialized fire chips
One hamster cage pass

Here’s where to get all of the enhancement materials for Evelyn’s skills:

  • Fire chips – obtain from the agent skills combat simulation challenges
  • Hamster cage pass – obtain from events or the New Eridu City Fund battle pass

Now that you’ve got your Evelyn built, why not check out our guides for ZZZ Astra Yao, ZZZ Pulchra, and a potential teammate for her – ZZZ Lighter.