Traits are special mutations that appear throughout Hollow progression and provide passive bonuses, stat boosts, or unique effects. These visual changes remain on your Hollow and become especially important once you reach Arrancar progression.
One important thing to remember is that Hollow Traits only become active while using Resurrección as an Arrancar. Simply having the trait does not grant its bonuses outside of your transformation.
How Many Traits Can You Have?
The number of traits available depends on your Hollow evolution stage:
| Stage | Maximum Traits |
|---|---|
| Base Hollow | 2 |
| Adjuchas | 3 |
| Vasto Lorde | 4 |
If you receive a trait you don’t want, you can refuse it and wait for a better option later.
VV Ultimatum Hollow Traits Tier List – Base Hollow Traits
Tentacles
Visual Change: Twin tentacles appear on your Hollow.
Passives:
- 16% chance to inflict poison damage with melee attacks
- -1% Weapon Damage
Best For:
- Attrition builds
- Extended fights
- Poison-focused pressure
Skinny
Visual Change: Your Hollow becomes noticeably thinner.
Passives:
- +7.5% Movement Speed
- -1.2% Melee Defense
Best For:
- Mobility-focused players
- Hit-and-run combat
- PvP chasing
Wings
Visual Change: Large wings appear on your back.
Passives:
- +3% Movement Speed
- +5% Shunpo Stamina
- +3% Shunpo Speed
Best For:
- Mobile fighters
- Aggressive repositioning
- PvP mobility
Deadly Claws
Visual Change: Basic attacks become sharp claw strikes.
Passives:
- +3% Hakuda Damage
- +0.1 Max AP
Best For:
- Hakuda builds
- Melee-focused combat
Iron Skin
Visual Change: Thick armor-like skin similar to Hierro.
Passives:
- +4% Melee Defense
- +35% Posture Regeneration
Best For:
- Tank builds
- Frontline fighting
- Defensive playstyles
Horns
Visual Change: Horns grow from your Hollow’s head.
Passives:
- Cero Width +35%
- Cero Length +10%
Best For:
- Cero-focused builds
- Easier projectile hits
- Area control
Exoskeleton
Visual Change: Reinforced skeletal structure.
Passives:
- +2% Melee Defense
- +5 Posture
- Resurrection health packs heal 15% more
- -2% Movement Speed
Best For:
- Survivability builds
- PvE grinding
- Defensive Arrancar
Innocuous Presence
Visual Change: Minimal visible change.
Passives:
- Name hidden
- Reiatsu signature hidden
- Resurrección duration +20 seconds
- +5% Movement Speed
Best For:
- PvP ambushes
- Stealth-oriented players
- Roaming and hunting
Back Scales
Visual Change: Insect-like scales along the spine.
Passives:
- Cero charges 12% faster
- Resurrección duration +45 seconds
- Cero damage -5%
Best For:
- Frequent Cero usage
- Long transformation uptime
Giant
Visual Change: Your Hollow becomes larger.
Passives:
- +5% Melee Defense
- +2% Kido Defense
- -5% Movement Speed
Best For:
- Tank builds
- Frontline combat
Energized
Visual Change: Energy bubbles appear beneath the skin.
Passives:
- +2% Kido Damage
- Weapon damage partially scales from Kido
Best For:
- Kido hybrids
- Ability-focused builds
Dense Muscles
Visual Change: Increased muscular appearance.
Passives:
- +1% Weapon Damage
- +1% Hakuda Damage
- Resurrección duration +45 seconds
Best For:
- Pure damage builds
- Weapon users
- Hakuda users
Tailbone
Visual Change: Long skeletal tail.
Passives:
- +20% Cero Damage
Best For:
- Cero builds
- Burst damage
- Ranged Arrancar setups
Best Hollow Traits Tier List
S Tier
- Tailbone
- Iron Skin
- Innocuous Presence
- Wings
These traits provide the strongest overall impact for PvP and endgame progression.
A Tier
- Dense Muscles
- Energized
- Horns
- Deadly Claws
Excellent offensive options depending on your build.
B Tier
- Exoskeleton
- Giant
- Tentacles
Useful but generally more specialized.
C Tier
- Back Scales
- Skinny
Still viable, but usually outperformed by stronger trait combinations.
Best Trait Combinations
Cero Build
- Tailbone
- Horns
- Back Scales
- Energized
Tank Build
- Iron Skin
- Giant
- Exoskeleton
- Dense Muscles
Mobility Build
- Wings
- Innocuous Presence
- Skinny
- Deadly Claws
PvP Meta Build
- Iron Skin
- Wings
- Tailbone
- Innocuous Presence
This combination offers survivability, mobility, transformation uptime, and strong offensive pressure, making it one of the strongest setups currently available.