Vivian

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**Vivian** ▶️ is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on November 15th, 2017.

## Lore

* Current Official Bio
* Unofficial Updated Bio
* Old Official Bio

This is Vivian's official bio currently found in her champion page in-game.

Rapidly rising through the ranks of the Magistrate, Vivian's clever, persistent scheming got her appointed to the Deepwerks facility, where she was the first to recognize the military potential of the research they were conducting.

In the swirling chaos of the war with the Resistance and the resurgence of the Abyss, she saw only the opportunity to advance her station in life. Equipped with some of the most advanced crystal-powered weaponry ever created, she fights not to prove herself or to follow orders, but to find and silence the lone witness of her true plans.

This is an unofficial version of Vivian's bio intended to more clearly present all currently known information regarding her. Sources can be found here.

Vivian's clever and persistent scheming allowed her to rapidly rise through the Magistrate's ranks, eventually being appointed to the Deepwerks facility, where she was one of the first individuals to see the military potential in the research they were conducting.

Secretly though, Vivian was aiming to rule the Magistrate. Though one individual would end up learning of her plot, leading to Vivian joining the fight when the Crystal War broke out, not out of loyalty or to prove anything, but to silence the one witness to her plans.

When Corvus was exiled from the Magistrate, Vivian continued to work with him out of personal ambition, even assisting him when Strix and Tyra began growing suspicious of what was going on behind the scenes.

Following the defeat of Yagorath, with Karne entrusting House Aico with leadership of the Magistrate, Vivian remained with the group.

This was Vivian's in-game bio prior to the The Damned Frontier update. It's no longer considered canon.

Rapidly rising through the ranks of the Magistrate, Vivian's clever, persistent scheming got her appointed to the Deepwerks facility, where she was the first to recognize the military potential of the research they were conducting. In the swirling chaos of the war with the Resistance, she sees only the opportunity to advance her station in life. Equipped with some of the most advanced crystal-powered weaponry ever created, she joined the battle not to prove herself or follow orders, but to silence the lone witness of her true plans.

## Summary

Vivian is a damage champion who can deal Sustained Damage with her Light Machine Gun up to medium range. She has the ability to protect her front upper body with her Deflector Shield. In addition she can throw out a deployable sensor that reveals enemies to her team in a large radius. By activating the ultimate she summons two Sentinel Drones that fire energy blasts while she shoot her Light Machine Gun and deals Burst Damage. Her weak point is her lack of Movement Abilities.

## Skills

Light Machine Gun

165 /0.14s

Description
A versatile light machine gun that deals 165 damage every 0.14s.

Details

Detailed DescriptionAn automatic machine gun that deals 165 damage every 0.14s. Your Movement Speed is reduced by 50% while firing. Has a maximum Ammo count of 70 and is fully effective up to 95 units.
* This ability deals Direct Damage.
* It can do headshots - dealing 248 damage.
* Has a reload time of 3.1s and can be animation canceled after 2.6s.
* Has damage falloff with a maximum reduction of 70%.
* Has accuracy bloom.
* Gains 1.2% ultimate charge per attack. Gains 1.8% on headshots.

Ability Video

Precision Sights

Description
Look down the barrel of your gun and gain increased accuracy.

Details

Detailed DescriptionLook down the barrel of your gun and increase your Accuracy. Reduce your Movement Speed by 50% while using Precision Sights. This Movement Speed reduction does not stack with firing your gun.
* Removes Light Machine Gun's accuracy bloom.

Ability Video

Cooldown 13

Deflector Shield

1200

Description
Project a shield in front of your gun to prevent up to 1200 damage.

Details

Detailed DescriptionProject a Shield in front of your gun. This Shield has 1200 Health and lasts 6s or until destroyed. Affected by Wrecker.
* Other skills can be used as well.
* Remains active while stunned.
* The Shield itself can be activated while firing.
* Can be canceled early by re-activating the skill.
* The Shield will not protect you completely from the front, as Vivian's lower body will still be exposed.
* You can look downwards to cover your feet, exposing your head. Switch looking down and up to mitigate most damage and make enemies guess where they should be shooting.

Ability Video

Cooldown 10

Sensor Drone

Description
Throw out drones that reveal your enemies to all allies.

Details

Detailed DescriptionThrow out up to 2 deployable Sensors that Reveal enemies within 45 units. These Sensors have 250 Health. Affected by Bulldozer.
* Is a Deployable and can be destroyed.
* Up to two can be deployed at a time.

Ability Video

Ultimate ▶️

Sentinels

2× 150 /1s

Description
Summon 2 drones that fire energy blasts where you are shooting every 1s, dealing 150 damage.

Details

Detailed DescriptionDeploy 2 Sentinel Drones that fire energy blasts where you shoot your Light Machine Gun. Each Sentinel fires every 1s, dealing 150 damage in a 12-unit-radius area, and has 1600 Health. These Sentinel Drones last until you are killed or they are destroyed.▶️ “Have you met my friends?” (Self/Enemy)

* This ability deals Area Damage.
* Is a Deployable and can be destroyed.
* Vivian can charge her ultimate while it is active, but cannot activate it if both Drones are alive.
* If one Drone is destroyed, activating ultimate will spawn two Drones and replace the one that remained.
* Damaged Drones have an additional visual effect on them.
* Does not take ultimate charge until pre-fire has been completed.
* Any ability that bounces off deployables will bounce off Vivian's drones.

Ability Video

## Talents

 9sSuspect EveryoneDefault Talent

The Health of Deflector Shield is increased by 500 and its Cooldown is reduced by half if it is destroyed by an enemy.

Booby TrapUnlocks at Mastery Level 2

Your Sensor Drones explode, dealing 600 damage and applying a Knockback to those hit when an enemy is within 20 units.

Details

* Drones have a 1s charge time.

Opportunity in ChaosUnlocks at Mastery Level 8

After firing continuously for 2s, gain 10% increased damage.

Details

* Does not affect Sentinel Drones.

## Cards

This is a list with all cards available to Vivian:

## Pre-Built Loadouts

All of the following cards are in Vivian's pre-built loadouts:

* Suspect Everyone
* Booby Trap
* Opportunity in Chaos

Suspect Everyone

Contingency

Increase Deflector Shield's Health by 250.
2

Lightweight Alloy

Bring up Precision Sights 15% faster.
1

Runic Ammunition

Gain 16% Lifesteal.
4

Scapegoat

While Deflector Shield is active 32% of damage dealt to you is instead dealt to the Shield.
4

Unfair Advantage

Increase the duration of Deflector Shield by 3.2s.
4

Booby Trap

Controlling Nature

Reduce the Cooldown of Sensor Drone by 0.4s for every enemy hit while Precision Sights is active.
5

Informants

Heal for 255 after an enemy that is Revealed by your Sensor Drone dies.
3

Nowhere to Hide

Sensor Drone's Reveal persists for 1.4s after an enemy leaves its Reveal range.
2

Numbed Heart

Increase your maximum Health by 100.
2

One Step Ahead

Increase your Movement Speed by 12%.
3

Opportunity in Chaos

Contingency

Increase Deflector Shield's Health by 125.
1

Hidden Reserves

Every weapon shot made while Precision Sights is active has an 8% chance to not consume Ammo.
1

Runic Ammunition

Gain 16% Lifesteal.
4

Unchecked Ambition

Hitting an enemy with a weapon shot has a 48% chance to not consume Ammo.
4

One Step Ahead

Increase your Movement Speed by 20%.
5

## Cosmetic Items

These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Vivian:

### Champion Skin Collections

* Default
* Manipulator
* Silvertongue
* Full Throttle
* Day Walker
* Contessa
* Omega
* Student of Magic
* Novice
* Sigma
* Retro
* Golden

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### Weapon Skins

* Lunar LMG

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### Emotes

* Default
* Delegate
* Unrefined

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### MVP Poses

* Default
* Watchmen
* Complacent
* Audacity

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## Trivia

* General
* Champion Skins

* Lore
* Cameos
* Concepts
* Other

**Lore**

* Vivian joined the Shadow Tribunal for personal ambition.
	+ Despite this, she still works for the Magistrate, in Deepwerks specifically.
	+ She was originally going to mock Corvus for being kicked out, but it was instead decided to have her join him due to seeing use in Corvus. Vivian probably doesn't like Corvus, while he probably doesn't trust her.
* Outfits reminiscent of Vivian's are worn as uniforms by some within the Magistrate, including male members and guards.
* Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall and comparing it to model sizes in-game and out of game, it was discovered that Vivian would be around 5'4 or 163cm tall.

**Cameos**

Vivian appears in the following content:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ *A Conflict Reignited* - Cinematic
	+ *Team Deathmatch Trailer*

* **Cards**
	+ *Grand Design* - Corvus Card
	+ *Magistrate's Might - Corvus Card*

* **Sprays**
	+ *Vivian Champion Spray*

Notable Characters that appear in Vivian's own content includes:

* **Cinematics and Trailers**
	+ Buck, Tyra, and Viktor - *Vivian's Teaser Trailer*\*

* **Cards**
	+ Barik, Buck, Torvald, Tyra, and Viktor - *Plans Within Plans*\*

**Concepts**

* At one point, a concept for a redesigned Vivian was explored, but ultimately never materialized in-game.
* There are a number of skin concepts for Vivian that ultimately went unused; these include the Axel, Dark Future, Essence Ranger, Gen 03, Operatic, Plunder, Raven Guard, and Rockabilly skins.

**Other**

* Prior to lip syncing becoming more common from Octavia's teaser trailer onward, Vivian was one of the only champions to ever speak with their mouth visibly moving. She shares this trait with Ash, Imani, Talus, and Tiberius.
	+ She's also the only champion to ever speak in this manner more than once.
* Tencent, the company behind the defunct Chinese version of Paladins, were largely responsible for Vivian's creation.
* Vivian's codename was "Churchill".
* The main crystal in Vivian's weapon will grow dimmer as ammo is used up.
* The crystal on the back of Vivian's weapon will glow red when an enemy is being detected by a Sensor Drone.
* During a brief section at Hi-Rez Expo 2018 when showing off all the champions released during 2017, Vivian's Silvertongue skin was mistakenly used instead of her default appearance.
* In older versions of Paladins, there used to be a number of additional recolors of default champions. For Vivian, these recolors included the Deceiver skin.

**Champion Skins**

* **Manipulator**
	+ A manipulator is one who controls or influences others in a clever or unscrupulous way.

* **Silvertongue**
	+ The term "Silver Tongue" implies one with a tendency to be eloquent and persuasive in speaking.
	+ This skin was a promotional reward for attending Hi-Rez Expo in 2018; it shares this trait with Expo 2018 Seris, Coldsnap Strix, and HRX 2018 Drogoz.

* **Full Throttle**
	+ This skin may be named after a 1995 video game of the same name.
	+ The line "I was born to be wild." (▶️) is a reference to the song Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf.

* **Day Walker / Contessa**
	+ Despite being a vampire, these skins are also apparently vampire hunters as well.
	+ The blood vial in this these skins' weapons drain as ammo is used up.
	+ The line "Missed my heart...!" (▶️) references one believed method of killing a vampire is to impale them through the heart.
	+ The line "Do I have something in my teeth? I'd check a mirror but... You know..." (▶️) references how vampires often lack reflections.
	+ These skins have a different hairstyle in their splash art than they do in-game.
	+ These skins originally had different splash arts.
		- Several additional splash art concepts were also made prior to this.
	+ Day Walker was one of the few skins present in-game as an NPC; it shares this trait with Abyssal Lord Drogoz, Knightmare Fernando, Death Speaker Ying, and Full Moon Viktor.
	+ The Day Walker skin is an Abyssal Echo. It shares this trait with Knightmare Fernando, Death Speaker Ying, and Full Moon Viktor.
	+ While difficult to see in-game, the Day Walker skin appears on a medallion Count Corvus wears on his hip, as can be seen here.
	+ The Day Walker skin appears in an avatar of the same name.
	+ The Day Walker skin also appears in the Wink spray.
	+ These skins shares their theme with Knightmare Fernando, Sanguine Fernando, Death Speaker Ying, Banshee Ying, and Full Moon Viktor.

* **Omega / Sigma**
	+ The kill taunt against Buck "To be fair, you have to have a really high IQ to get this." (▶️) is a reference to the Rick and Morty copypasta.
	+ The joke "To err is human, and to blame it on tech is even more so." (▶️) is a reference to a quote by Alexander Pope.
	+ The line "Get ready to hack the planet." (▶️) is a reference to a line from the movie Hackers.
	+ The Sigma skin is one of the only recolors of a non-default skin to not be released at the same time as the original skin.
	+ These skins shares their theme with Omega Sha Lin, Omega Terminus, Omega Dredge, Omega Zhin, Omega Koga, Omega Makoa, and Omega Imani.

* **Student of Magic / Novice**
	+ The Student of Magic skin appears in artwork for the Sparkling Stallion, implying the mount may have originally been planned to release earlier.
	+ While not visible in-game, Bazaar can be seen in the texture for these skins' books.
	+ These skins may be based on Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
	+ The line "No, no, no, no, you're saying it wrong! It's "Stagalla" not "Stagella"!" (▶️) may be a reference to a scene from the original Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
	+ The line "You know what I like more than material things? Knowledge. Actually, I'm a lot more proud of these new magic books I had to get installed to hold all the spells I've learned." (▶️) is a reference to the Here in My Garage meme.
	+ The line "It's not about the friends we've made along the way, it's about the knowledge. Knowledge, as you know, is power." (▶️) is a reference to the Friends we Made Along the Way meme.
	+ The line "Just like the simulations!" (▶️) is a reference to the Just Like the Simulations meme.
	+ The line "Wow, that's a lot of damage." (▶️) may be a reference to the That's a Lotta Damage! meme.
	+ The Student of Magic skin appears in the Knowledge-Seeker avatar.
	+ The Student of Magic skin also appears in the Min-max and Witch's Life sprays.
	+ These skins share their theme with Firebrand Tyra, Frostbrand Tyra, Honey King Bomb King, Polar Bear Bomb King, Underkeeper Zhin, and Forest Stalker Zhin.

* **Retro**
	+ This skin is reminiscent of the unused Rockabilly skin.

## Changelog

➤ 6.6
Paladins Release Version 6.6.5485.0
* Talent
	+ **Suspect Everyone**
		- Bonus Shield increased from 350 ➞ 500
* Ability
	+ **Deflector Shield**
		- Now remains active if Vivian is stunned

➤ June 29th, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.4.4675.4
* Abilities
	+ **Light Machine Gun**
		- Increased damage 160 ➞ 165
		- Increased effective range 90 ➞ 95

➤ March 23rd, 2022
Paladins Release Version 5.2.4520.0
* Abilities
	+ **Light Machine Gun**
		- Reduce the screenshake by 15%

➤ January 6th, 2021
Paladins Release Version 4.1.3942.2
* Abilities
	+ **Light machine Gun**
		- Damage per shot decreased 170 ➞ 160
* Cards
	+ **Unfair Advantage**
		- Reduced the duration increase 1|1 ➞ 0.8|0.8
	+ **Nowhere to Hide**
		- Reduced duration of Reveal 1|1 ➞ 0.7|0.7

➤ October 28th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.5.3881.0
* Abilities
	+ **Deflector Shield**
		- Reduced shield health 1400 ➞ 1200
	+ **Sentinels**
		- Reduced damage 200 ➞ 150
* Cards
	+ **Contingency**
		- Reduced Shield Health scaling {170|170} ➞ {125|125}
	+ **One Step Ahead**
		- Reduced Movement Speed {6|6}% ➞ {4|4}%
	+ **Scapegoat**
		- Reduced Deflector Shield damage interception {10|10}% ➞ {8|8}%

➤ August 1st, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.4.3767.13
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where the Golden skin did not display properly.

➤ July 29th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.4.3767.9
* Cards
	+ Runic Ammunition
		- Gain 5|5% Lifesteal.
		- Decreased Lifesteal 5|5% ➞ 4|4%

➤ April 29th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.3.3657.3
* Talents
	+ Opportunity in Chaos
		- Reduced damage bonus 20% ➞ 10%

➤ January 8th, 2020
Paladins Release Version 3.1.3487.7
* Talents
	+ **Suspect Everyone**
		- OLD: You and your deployables take 20% less damage from enemies Revealed by your Sensor Drone
		- NEW: Deflector Shield’s Health is increased by 350 and its Cooldown is halved if destroyed by an enemy
		- This effect can only occur once every 9s
* Cards
	+ **Contingency**
		- Decreased Shield benefit {200|200} ➞ {170|170}
	+ **Crack the Whip**
		- Increased Lifesteal {6|6}% ➞ {8|8}%
	+ **Informants**
		- OLD: Heal for {100|100} after getting a Killing Blow on an enemy Revealed by your Sensor Drone
		- NEW: Heal for {85|85} when an enemy champion that is being Revealed by your Sensor Drone dies
	+ **Controlling Nature**
		- Increased Cooldown reduction per hit {0.06|0.06}s ➞ {0.08|0.08}s

➤ September 11th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.10.3351.2
* Abilities
	+ **Sentinels**
		- Does not take ultimate charge until pre-fire has been completed.
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where allies of Full Throttle Vivian hear a male voice actor say "I missed you" in a seductive voice when she ulted. You're welcome.

➤ July 17th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.8.3275.5
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Joyless Eyes card now properly updates the VFX ring on deploy to match the increased area.

➤ January 16th, 2019
Paladins Release Version 2.1.3013.12
* Talents
	+ Sapper Rounds removed
	+ Opportunity in Chaos now unlocked at Champion Mastery Level 8

* Cards
	+ Runic Ammunition – NEW: Provides {5|5}% Lifesteal

* The Hunt **Bug Fixes**
	+ The knockback from exploding sensor drones with the Booby Trap talent no longer ignores CC immunity.

➤ October 23rd, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.7.2876
* Customization
	+ Silvertongue Vivian’s hair is now silver
* Talents
	+ Booby Trap
		- Updated Booby Trap’s description to display correct amount of damage dealt

➤ August 21st, 2018
Paladins Release Version 1.4.2790.1
* Abilities
	+ Sensor Drone
		- Increased Max Deployed count 1 ➞ 2
* Talents
	+ Booby Trap
		- Now applies a knockback
		- Increased arm time 0.1s ➞ 0.9s

➤ March 28th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.68.2559
* **Sensor Drone** (Ability)
	+ Now Reveals to entire team.
	+ Now Reveals Stealth.
	+ Reduced Radius 90 ➞️ 45.
	+ Adjusted VFX to be above head.
* **Joyless Eyes** (Card)
	+ - Now properly increases the effect radius to values on cards.
* **Light Machine Gun**
	+ Reduced recoil by 10%.
* **Cards**
	+ **Controlling Nature**
		- Successful shots in Precision Sights reduce the Cooldown of Sensor Drone by {0.04|.04}s ➞ {0.06|0.06} .
	+ **Crack the Whip**
		- Activating Sensor Drone grants {5|5}% Movement Speed for 4s.
		- NEW EFFECT: Gain {6|6}% Lifesteal against enemies revealed by Sensor Drone
	+ **One Step Ahead**
		- Gain {5|5}% ➞ {6|6}% Movement Speed.
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Joyless Eyes (Card)
		- Now properly increases the effect radius to values on cards.

➤ February 21st, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.66.2496
* Fixed an issue where Vivian’s drones would move in the wrong direction based on her aim.
* Fixed an issue where Vivian’s drones were infringing on screen space during 3rd person ADS.

➤ January 11th, 2018
Paladins Beta Version 0.65.2349.3
* **Bug Fixes**
	+ Fixed an issue where Vivian's Joyless Eyes range was not scaling properly.

➤ December 20th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2314
* **Light Machine Gun**
	+ Ammo count reduced from 80 to 70.

➤ December 18th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2312
* **Light Machine Gun**
	+ Damage reduced from 200 to 170.
* **Sentinels**
	+ Fixed a bug where Sentinel’s explosion radius was larger than it appeared.
* **Cards**
	+ **Runic Ammunition**
		- [Weapon] Heal for {2.5|2.5}% of damage dealt to shields.
		- Maximum rank healing from damage dealt to shields reduced from 40% to 25%.
	+ **Scapegoat**
		- [Deflector Shield] While Deflector Shield is active {5|5}% of damage dealt to you is instead dealt to the Shield.
		- Maximum rank deflection reduced from 60% to 50%.
* **Legendary Cards**
	+ **Booby Trap**
		- New.
		- [Sensor Drone] If an enemy is within 20ft of your Sensor Drone, it explodes dealing {425|25} damage.

➤ November 21st, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.63.2254.2
* **General**
	+ Health lowered from 2300 to 2200.
* **Deflector Shield**
	+ Health lowered from 1800 to 1400.
	+ Cooldown increased from 10s to 13s.
* **Sentinels**
	+ Decreased damage per Sentinel from 250 to 200.
* **Cards**
	+ **Scapegoat**
		- Lowered redirected damage percent from 15% to 10%.
	+ **Runic Ammunition**
		- Lowered health gain from shield damage from 10% to 5%.

➤ November 15th, 2017
Paladins Beta Version 0.63.2252.2
* Vivian was added to the game.

## Removed Content

* Vivian/Removed Content

1. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast Episode 1, YouTube
2. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast Episode 1, YouTube
3. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
4. ↑ Casey Edwards on Twitter
5. ↑ ThunderBrush on ArtStation
6. ↑ ThunderBrush on ArtStation
7. ↑ Vivian's Teaser Trailer, YouTube
8. ↑ Team Deathmatch Trailer, YouTube
9. ↑ File:Tencent Involvement.png
10. ↑ File:Champion Code Names.png
11. ↑ Dark Tides Update Show, YouTube
12. ↑ File:Day Walker Vivian Unused Splash Art.jpg
13. ↑ April Borchelt on ArtStation
14. ↑ Dark Tides Event Page, Paladins Website
15. ↑ File:StudentOfMagicBook.png
16. ↑ File:NoviceBook.png