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.
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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 |

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?
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 |
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.