THIS is how you use Viviana - Arknights 9-18 CM LeithanienKnights 3 Ops

If you don't have your own res shred, store bought is fine!

Viviana's kit absolutely has drawbacks. But the thing is, if you accommodate for those, she can still do great things. For example: I picked this stage because it's the worst possible use case for Viviana. Most of the enemies have 70 RES (or more!), the CM condition means that those enemies have up to 30k HP, and the guards and shadowblades approach together so she loses even more ASPD on top of what her S3 takes anyway. Plus, the mobs come too quickly for her to deal with, especially during her skill's downtime. And yet this clear relies on her as much as either of the other operators I took.

Eyja covers all of Vivi's weaknesses. She debuffs enemy RES for her and she clears out mobs that come too quickly for her (with some help from Bassline's blocking), letting Viviana save her skill for the bigger threats. But that doesn't mean she's not without her own limitations. As strong as Eyja is, and as good as her S2 is, it's simply not a burst skill, and I need to burst down the guards and shadowblades. Bassline cannot block them for long before they wipe him out, and with the CM inflated HP pool and excessive RES, she's not even close to dealing with them on her own. But that's why Eyja and Vivi are THE dynamic duo of this niche. Because Viviana can burst down those elites. With Eyja reducing their res, even though they still have 52.5 RES, even though she has to get through the ASPD debuff, even though she has to take care of other mobs that get blocked by her in the process, even though they still have huge HP pools, she does it. Plus, she's durable enough that she actually takes pressure off of Bassline in the process, helping him make it through the whole map. (Also it's worth noting that at the end, I don't drop the pillar because she's struggling, but rather because Bassline is. Blocking those three enemies is a huge task, and not one he can do indefinitely. I need the stun from the tower to give him time to get his heal charges back up).

And the thing about Vivi is: pretty much all the operators that work best with her are ones that are worth taking into any stage anyway, and whose contributions aren't limited by supporting her. And almost none of them can burst down big threats on their own either, allowing Vivi to still offer a crucial contribution. Saria, Eyja, Hoshi, Ifrit... All of these are great options, and all of them benefit greatly from Viviana's help.

Anyway, I hope this can show people that Viviana isn't a bad operator. Yes, she has limitations, and her banner is surrounded by units that don't. But even here, in the worst possible setting for her, it only took three ops to clear the whole stage. So believe me, you can make her work, and with a bit of creativity, she can excel most anywhere.

#arknights