Generation 5 hero guide

Vivian Guide: Conquest, Arena, Counters and Best Position

A data-backed Vivian guide covering Conquest value, preliminary Arena performance, best position, skills, teammates, counters, and evidence limits.

Intermediate HeroesConquestArenaCounters Updated July 16, 2026

Vivian quick verdict

Vivian profiles as a backline hunter with a current Conquest tier of S and a preliminary Arena tier of S. The best recorded or projected position is Back left.

EvidenceModerate
Highest trusted winStage 506
Best positionBack left
Conquest tierS
Arena projectionS
RoleBackline Hunter
Evidence status

Moderate Conquest evidence, including a trusted win through stage 506.

How Vivian works

Vivian is a 5-generation mythic Archer built primarily as a backline hunter. The kit centers on enemy Attack Speed reduction, backline targeting, area damage, and hero-focused damage.

Conquest skill 1

Vivian fires a coin bullet at the enemy back row (heroes first), dealing Attack * 252% Area of Effect damage and reducing the targets’ Attack Speed by 50% for 2 seconds.

Conquest skill 2

Luck can turn the tide. Vivian fires at an enemy (heroes first), dealing Attack * 140% damage with a 50% chance of dealing double damage.

Conquest skill 3

Vivian unleashes a devastating hail of massive coin bullets, dealing Attack * 49% damage per second to enemies within range for 3s.

Gameplay-observed tags

backline targetingarea damageenemy Attack Speed reductionrandom effectdamage over timebackline tendencyhero-focused damagemulti-hit pressure

Vivian in Conquest

The hero remains present in successful late-stage testing through stage 506, showing relevance well beyond a narrow release window.

The current composite ranking weighs stage ceiling, trustworthy lower-power performance, role utility, position versatility, raw stats, and generation ceiling. Vivian is not ranked from raw win rate alone because heroes enter the dataset at different stages and are tested with different frequency.

The pattern is supported strongly enough to guide formation choices, while exact powers and private rows remain hidden.

Vivian in Arena

Preliminary Arena projection

The Arena rating is preliminary. It combines Conquest evidence, raw stats, generation age, targeting value, and utility such as enemy Attack Speed reduction, backline targeting, area damage, and hero-focused damage. A very small amount of direct Arena evidence exists, but it is not large enough to publish as a firm result.

In Arena, Vivian should be judged by whether the formation can use enemy Attack Speed reduction, backline targeting, area damage, and hero-focused damage before the hero is removed or controlled. Newer-generation raw stats matter more in direct PvP, but specialized older heroes can remain useful three or four generations later when their development and utility still justify the slot.

Best position for Vivian

The strongest trusted position in the current dataset is Back left. Trusted wins also appear from Back middle.

  • Trusted winning positions: Back left and Back middle.

The starting target map still applies: front left and back left pressure enemy front left, while front right, back middle, and back right pressure enemy front right. Retargeting then follows the closest valid target.

Vivian strengths and limitations

Main strengths

  • Enemy attack speed reduction.
  • Backline targeting.
  • Area damage.
  • Hero-focused damage.
  • Damage over time.
  • Multi-hit pressure.

Main limitations

  • Random effects create more battle-to-battle variance.
  • The hero needs protection and can lose value if removed before the first important cast.

Who Vivian counters—and who counters Vivian

Strong or useful into

Amadeus — Direct counter Moderate evidence. Vivian has an observed advantage into Amadeus. Most often observed with Vivian in back left, initially pressuring the enemy front left.
Howard — Direct counter Moderate evidence. Vivian has an observed advantage into Howard. Most often observed with Vivian in back middle, initially pressuring the enemy front right.
Helga — Conditional counter Limited evidence. Vivian has an observed advantage into Helga. Most often observed with Vivian in back left, initially pressuring the enemy front left.

Threats to watch

Howard — Conditional counter Moderate evidence. Howard has an observed advantage into Vivian. Most often observed with Howard in front right, initially pressuring the enemy front right.
backline targeting — Utility weakness Projected evidence. When relying on backline targeting, watch for team mitigation, team healing, and frontline bait option.
area damage — Utility weakness Projected evidence. When relying on area damage, watch for team mitigation, team Defense buff, and team healing.

Named matchup conclusions remain position-dependent. A direct counter should be placed in the lane or slot that creates the observed interaction.

Best teammates for Vivian

AlcarObserved partner in trusted Conquest wins.
ThrudObserved partner in trusted Conquest wins.
TritonObserved partner in trusted Conquest wins.
YangObserved partner in trusted Conquest wins.

Observed partners show formations that have worked in the raw Conquest data; projected partners are role-complement suggestions and still need direct testing.

Vivian data facts

EvidenceModerate
Highest trusted winStage 506
Best positionBack left
Conquest tierS
Arena projectionS
RoleBackline Hunter
  • Trusted winning positions: Back left and Back middle.
  • The hero remains present in successful late-stage testing through stage 506, showing relevance well beyond a narrow release window.
  • Exact row counts, private powers, ratios, and full recorded lineups are intentionally not published.
  • Evidence labels are refreshed when the guide library is rebuilt from the raw Conquest tab.

Conquest conclusions use the current raw Conquest Lab dataset. Arena conclusions are preliminary projections unless a section explicitly says otherwise. Exact private rows, lineups, powers, and ratios are not published.