Vampire Survivors Character Teir List PT-1

 I have been playing a lot of Vampire Survivors lately and thought to open this blog with some posts about this game. In this post I will rank EVERY Vampire Survivors character I have finished a run with (which means I am not counting my Co-op partner's character or runs that I quit.)  This list only contains a few characters so I will make a new one soon. (This list is not in any particular order.)

Here are the ranks:

• F: The worst of the worst. These characters are almost unusable.
• D: Bad characters who are not very good at all.
• C: Mediocre characters who pale in comparison to others.
• B: Good characters who are really good early on.
• A: Great characters who work well late.
• S: Amazing characters who can destroy runs and work anytime anywhere.
• ?: Characters whose usefulness depend on the situation or randomized stats.

Ghost Lino. (DLC) Rank: ?

Lino's rank really depends on when you use him. For example: He deals NO damage, so he stinks if your goal is to survive and unlock the next stage or hyper mode. But if your goal is to unlock a character via survival time like Lama Laddona or Gyorunton then he is an Instant cheat code. He is guaranteed to clear the run unless you quit. Other than using him to cheat unlocks he is a pretty sucky character and if not for his unlockable cheating methods he would get an F rank.

Antonio Belpase. Rank: C

Antonio is without a doubt the worst starting character in the game. I have used him a grand total of 1 time. I used him for my first run and died at 11:00 at the skeleton swarm In Mad Forest. Never used him again. Antonio lacks any real special traits to make him stronger. His Might bonus also is much too slow to make any difference. Lama and Pugnala have better might bonuses as does Zi'Assunta. Antonio also has only 1 bonus other than his starting hp: +1 armor. He is useless.
I recommend getting Gennaro as soon as you can so you can stop using this mediocre character.

Gennaro Belpase. Rank: B

The first character I cleared a run with. Gennaro is a good starter with his projectile bonus. Gennaro works quite well early on, but he is not as good late. Out of all the starters Gennaro is most likely the best one. His knife is one of the better starting weapons. I would recommend using Gennaro until you get a character like Pugnala. Compared to late characters how good Gennaro is how good the player is using him. If you use him incorrectly (Charging straight into enemies) you are better off using someone like Poe.

The Mask of the Red Death. Rank: S

Arguably the most OP secret character in the game, Red Death is an absolute BEAST. His stats are insane. For example, I used him in Moonglow to unlock Big Trouser and by the end of the run I had over 400 HP. he starts with 255 and can go up to 300 with adequate power-ups. His Might bonus is no pushover either. He starts with a full +20% Might bonus that with power-ups can go to 45%. and then for good measure he spawns with a full +100% move speed boost. His starting weapon: Death Spiral is one of the best and most damaging starters in the game. Arcana XVI Slash makes him even more powerful as it boosts Spiral's damage output even more. Overall, Red is a powerhouse.

Pugnala Provola. Rank: S

One of the best coffin characters, Pugnala is also the only character who starts with 2 weapons. Her starting combo is quite good. The double guns can tear up enemies at the start of a run and can become one of the best starters just by getting Arcana I Gemini and the Amount Power-up. this increases the number of bullets significantly. Pugnala does not start with a lot of bonuses. apart from a +20% move speed her only bonus is a +1% might each level. HOWEVER: this ability has no cap meaning she can infinitely gain might. Pugnala is one of the best characters in the game due to the double weapons at the start and increasing might. I recommend getting the Mad Forest coffin as soon as possible.

Exdash Exiviiq. Rank: D

Exdash is a bad character. He has +100% luck and that's about it. He has one of the worst starting weapons in the entire game in Ebony Wings. Basically, ALL of his stats are bad except Luck and Curse. He spawns with 77 hp without any power-ups therefore making him worse than Poe in the term of stats. He also has a -50% move speed disadvantage making him EVEN WORSE. Apart from being good in the Luck game, Exdash has little use for players who are not good at using weaker characters. However, if you pick the right items and Arcanas he could potentially work well. However, this is extremely unlikely.

Poe Ratcho. Rank: C

Poe is one of the better early characters. To unlock him you must get Garlic to level 7, and this really isn't hard. Poe starts with a +25% pickup area bonus which sounds good until you realize he has -30 max HP. Poe can rip through early crowds of enemies and is practically immune to Mad Forest Bats and small skulls in Gallo Tower. But as you get further into your run you realize that when you get hit you lose way more HP. Unless you have Hollow Heart or the Max HP power-up then Poe's low Max HP can screw you fast. Pummarola could potentially save you, but the effect is too slow to make a real difference.

Impostor Rina. (DLC) Rank: A

Rina is overpowered even as base Impostor. She isn't an S only due to the fact that there is an upgraded version of her. Impostor Rina begins with overpowered stat boosts: +20% Might +20 Max HP +20% Move Speed. But that's not why she is good. Every 500 enemy kills or so she goes into a rampage mode where her might is boosted significantly. Not only that but her speed is also significantly boosted, and she turns invulnerable. Rina is an absolute psycho in this form. The Sharp Tongue is a great starting weapon as well. Overall, Rina is most likely the easiest character to unlock from Emergency Meeting. 

Dommario. Rank: B

Dommario is an odd character. his starting weapon is probably better than Poe's. But like Poe he has a major disadvantage. He starts with a -40% Move Speed disadvantage. Sometimes this isn't a huge problem like early on. But in levels where you actually have to go somewhere or enemies that can get through your King Bible THEN you've got a problem. For example: I was playing the Among Us stage (DLC) and needed to get to a button to stop a sabotage. (If you played the DLC you know what I'm talking about.) And since he's SO SLOW I got absolutely DESTROYED by it. There are times to use this guy and times not to.

She-Moon Eeta. Rank: A

She-Moon is the Whiteout character. She is unlockable by finding 20 Orologiorns, Playing Whiteout and surviving 20 minutes. Afterwards you can use her. She is really good. She starts with a +2 Armor and a +20% Move Speed bonus. Glass Fandango is a phenomenal starting weapon and when paired with her +20% Move Speed can SHRED foes. Not that I've ever needed it, but she also activates a 10 second time freeze when her HP reaches a critical level. She-Moon is built around Speed and Time Freezing. Meaning that Wings (These evo Glass Fandango too!) and Orologiorns are key. Obtain these and you are going deep.  

Boon Marrabbio. Rank: A

Marrabbio is an oddity. He requires WAY more strategizing than ANY of these other guys. His bonuses will tell you why. +20 Max HP, +30% Move Speed, +20% Might. Sounds good so far, right? That is until you notice he has -110% Projectile speed, -80% Greed and +10% Curse. Not super helpful. He starts with Thousand Edges which is usually really fast except with him it makes a sort of Knife trail. This is good early on but without Bracer it can take a toll late. Unless you can use this to your advantage like this 1: Making a Knife cloud that you move with and protects you. 2: Leading enemies into your trail and decimating them. Or 3: Firing Knife clouds at enemies to clear a path. Either way he is both good and an awkward character. 

Engineer Gino. (DLC) Rank: A

Gino is a good character. He begins with the Lucky Swipe (Which turns into one of my favorite evolutions: Crossed Wires) And a +20% Move Speed. But his best trait is that at levels 2, 12 and 22 he gains an extra passive weapon. This is SUPER useful in evolving weapons.  He also starts with +20 Reroll, Skip and Banish. He is a semi-technical character because of this. His starting weapon works okay but it's evo why you get it. Crossed Wires is one of the best crowd thinning weapons there is. His upgrades come really handy late. Overall, Gino is worth it. 

Guardian Angel Pina. Rank: A

When it comes to starting weapons... I mean come on man. Pina is the queen of slow starts. Pina's best aspect though is in the support category. She begins with +1 revival and has a chance to gain another one any time someone revives. (Including you!) In Co-op she also grants armor and recovery bonuses to all nearby survivors. Her stat bonuses are as follows: +20% Move Speed, +1 Armor and +0.1 Recovery. Like Dino she is a semi-Co-op character who can help in multiplayer. Don't get me wrong though. She's still good in single player. (I use Pina to get She-Moon! That revival comes in handy!)

Crewmate Dino. Rank: B

Dino is a lot like the other Among Us guys. He starts with +20% Move Speed and Report. (Good late game weapon to have.) But otherwise, he has no starting bonuses. His thing is that anytime someone's weapon reaches max level he gets a moderate stat boost. Like 0.4 Revival moderate. Or like +32% Might or + 180 Max Health. It's pretty random. His usefulness kind of depends on this. For example: You need more health desperately. But you did not pick Hollow Heart. However, you just evolved Fire Wand. But instead of the HP bonus you needed you got a trashy +0.4 amount bonus. You died immediately. Dino is also better in Co-op due to the fact that he can get his bonuses faster.

There you go. That is every Vampire Survivors character I have ever finished a run with ranked. Exdash narrowly avoided F rank today and that's the only rank that was not used. I will release a follow up when I unlock some more characters. Are there any of these that you disagree with? See Ya!

Vampire Survivors: Secret Character Unlocking.

 Ah... Vampire Survivors. It's pretty big right now. And it has a lot of secrets to uncover. In this post I will cover the best and easiest way to unlock these characters. (I still don't have all of them so I will update this later.) NOTE: All characters require ether the Yellow Sign relic or the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbaine relic unless noted.

1: The Mask of the Red Death

Most likely the most famous secret character, Red is unlocked after killing the final enemy in each stage: The Reaper. The Reaper appears at each levels time limit. To eliminate him there are a couple different methods. He is also unlockable by using the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbaine relic and casting the spell: ablasphemousmockery. (Thats what I did.) To kill the reaper the only method I know well is to use fellow Reaper character: MissingN[] (More on him later) who can spawn immortal. NOTE: There is also a method using Toastie at level 200. More on that: HERE. The MissingN[] method goes like this: the Reaper spawns with extra hp depending on your level. so, it is advised to NOT get xp gems. Basically, go AFK for 30 minutes or play and avoid gems so the Reaper will have less hp. When he shows up you can grab as many gems as you wish and snag weapons from level ups. You also want to snag chests after you max out items to get evos. this should kill the Reaper.  I will tell you how he handles in an upcoming post. (Same with some others) you do NOT need the scrolls or sign, but some methods are ether only possible or insanely easier with them.

2: MissingN[]

This guy is weird. All of his stats are completely randomized. For example, his stats could be HP: -1(Immortal) Might: 293% Curse: 193% Move Speed: -300% Area: 1% and cooldown + 200%. There are 2 methods to unlock him. the first is to fall off the edge of the world in green acers. NOT MAD FOREST.  to do this you must head southwest for a little while and strange winged enemies should appear. kill 128 of them. This character is a direct reference to the glitch Pokémon Missingno from the gen 1 Pokémon titles. MissingN[] is also unlockable by casting the spell: rightninetyseven.(I did this) I still have not played a run as him as of this writing due to his CRAZY high price.

3: Big Trouser

Also known as the merchant, Trouser's unlock method requires you to leave moonglow with all 16 pickups maxed out. You can do this via stage clear or quitting the level. You do NOT need the scrolls or sign to get him. The best way to do this is to start with a secret character who starts with a weapon evo and can move fast. I used the Reaper. You will want to set your max weapons to 1 (This makes sure that the only items you get in the level up menu are the ones you picked up.) and use the Reaper as he is insanely fast and deals plenty of damage. chests are also useful as they can help you level up the items quicker. Trouser starts with Candybox and +1% greed each level. Candybox allows you to select any weapon that you have unlocked. (No evos though.) This works well if you want to level up a specific item. Trouser is also a gold farmer.

4: Gains Boros

Boros is unlocked by finding flowers in Bone Zone. They are really easy to find if you have the Yellow Sign, but he is still unlockable without it. You can also cast the spell: highfive. To find him you need to go to where the Silver Ring item is. (Yellow sign makes it appear) And then head up. after a little while you should see a green circle with flowers in it. head to the center of this and let them heal you. after a couple seconds the character unlock chime plays and he should be in the menu. He starts with a +2 growth bonus that increases every level. (This makes him a good choice for unlocking Trousers and other characters that require weapon level-ups) 

5: Toastie

One of the weirder characters in the game Toastie begins with a literal 1 max health. Toastie, however at level 100 he gains 9998 HP and at level 200 he gains 65520 Armor. He is a very uneven character, and his starting weapon is NOT great. His unlock process is odd: Step 1: unlock his brother Exdash. (More about this ↓) Step 2: Kill a non-red Reaper. This means the Pink Trickster, The Green Stalker or the Blue Drowner. Stalker appears in Dairy Plant and Drowner shows up in Gallo Tower. (Trickster spawns in an Inverse area and Boss Rash.) The Yellow Maddener from Cappella Magna does NOT count. Upon killing your target Toastie should show up screaming "PANINI!" from the bottom right corner of the screen. As soon as you see him press Down arrow plus Enter for the PC players. for WASD players S does not work it must be the Down arrow. I have absolutely NO idea how to do this with console (My platform of choice) so instead for players on Xbox and the like you can cast the spell: tramezzini using the scrolls. still Exdash must be unlocked for this to work. You have to cast a spell to unlock Exdash in order to get access to Toastie at all.

6: Exdash Exiviiq

Most likely the easiest secret character to unlock, Exdash is the first of the Ghost brothers. Unlocking him is super easy. just use the Scrolls to cast x-x1viiq and you have him. The scrolls literally tell you exactly how to get him. He is much like Toastie in terms of combat except his max HP can go into the 90 to 100 range with power ups. the rest of his stats except luck have a -10% disadvantage without powerups. He spawns with a 100% luck bonus and a sucky starter weapon as Ebony Wings is not the place to be when you're as slow as he is.

7: Smith IV

Smith is the 3rd of the Ghost brothers and starts with the bird union Vandalier. His unlock method is odd too. It's some awkward sequence of typing "spam" into the menu. here's how it works: NOTE: this only works on PC and if you have both Exdash and Toastie. Console players will have to cast the spell: maybeiamastallion. Step 1: type spam into the main menu. this will start a hidden 30 second timer. next type spam into the character select. then do the same for stage select. then start a run and enter humbug. when you leave, he should be available. Smith is also an awkward character because of his max 7 hp and -50% move speed.

8: Random

Random. The name says it all. In fact, his name will change every time you enter the menu. He starts with a random weapon that you have unlocked and a random name that gives you random stat boosts. He is a strange character. His unlock process is simple. in each level find the coffins. (This is not required but it makes it easier.)

Next use the map to find any coffin again. head to the coffin and open it again. the enemies that guarded it originally will be back. upon opening it a question mark should leap out of it and the coffin unlock noise should play. he should appear in the character select. Sign and Scrolls are NOT needed.

9: Boon Marrabbio

Another odd character, Boon is the Mad Forest character. He starts with Thousand Edge except it is insanely slow. it makes a sort of knife trail, and all other weapons are affected by his -110% projectile speed. He also starts with -80% greed and 10% Curse as well. Looking for gold? do NOT use this guy. His unlock method is semi-simple Step 1: go to Mad Forest. I recommend using Impostor Rina. (DLC) her Rampage boosts help speed this up. The Reaper may also work well. Step 2: grab Curse (Skull) and Pummarola (Red Heart.) After this you should see a trail of pies. follow these and you should see a black Wizard. Kill him. after you kill him, Boon should be unlocked. You can also just cast: fettinepanate.

10: Minnah Mannarah

Once again, ANOTHER odd character. Every minute Minnah's: Might, Projectile speed, Area, Duration, and Cooldown change. The unlock method for Minnah is to "Steal cheese from the Dairy Plant." To do this you must enable Arcanas and have the Arcana: Mad Groove. or check your map for a floor chicken and go towards it. This "Chicken" may be the Cursed Cheese. Mad Groove brings it right to you. (If you don't have this arcana, you can cast laforza to get it.) upon picking it up seven werewolf bosses will spawn and attack you. kill them and you should have Minnah. You can also just cast: foldinthecheese. 

11: Gyorunton

Gyorunton is the Boss Rash character. to unlock him you must survive it with only one weapon. there are 2 ways to make this possible by being AFK. 1: MissingN[]. If MissingN[] has negative HP in the menu then he is immortal, and you can just leave him there until the 15:00 time limit. next there is the DLC character Ghost Lino. (My method.) You can leave him there and it works easily. If you don't have these characters, I would recommend activating Hurry Mode and setting your max weapons to 1 in the menu. I have yet to play as Gyo, but he apparently gains +1% Curse every level and can find evos in any treasure chest. Plus 2 revives. You can also just cast: secondevolution.

And that's all the Vampire Survivors Secret Character Data I have now. I will update this post soon with more unlock information on the other few secret characters. I will also rank some of these characters in an upcoming post: Vampire Survivors Character Ranks. See you!

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