Vampire Survivors Tier List: Ranking all Vampires

The rock star of Steam, Vampire Survivors, is an amazing rogue-like game which has grown immensely popular ever since its launch. In this game, you must defend against massive amounts of enemy waves by choosing from an enormous roster of vampires. However, like in every game, not every character is equal. That is where we come in. Welcome to the best & most detailed Vampire Survivors Tier List. 

Our Tier List Picks are below:

S-Tier

These vampires are the strongest ones in the Vampire Survivors Tier List. Generally speaking, these vampires are very thought to unblock, but their passive abilities and skills are the strongest in the game. They are a huge asset to any team they are part of.

Queen Sigma

• Type: Standard Character
• Starting Weapon: Victory Sword
• Cost: Free
• How to Unlock: Unlocking the Queen is a bit of a hassle. You can do it by casting the Allatonce spell, or by completing all the entries in the Collection.

Skills and Description

You can access Candybox. instead of golden eggs from the Merchant’s shop when you play her  Also, you can specifically build her to your requirements as she starts off with a high number of Banish, Skip, and Reroll.

Megalo Menya Moonspell

• Type: DLC character
• Starting Weapon: N/A
• Cost: 50,000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock it by casting the Elamadonna spell from Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. Another way is to beat 100k enemies using Menya Moonspell in just a single run.

Skills and Description

Megalo Menya Moonspell is the upgraded version of Menya Moonspell. Megalo Menya Moonspell’s passive bonuses are also quite formidable.  It cannot be damaged, but it disappears into thin air after reaching the current time limit. 

Mask of the Red Death

• Type: Secret character
• Starting Weapon: Death Spiral
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: You can unlock him in Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane by casting the spell ablasphemousmockery. 

Skills and Description

Currently, Red Death has the highest Movement speed in the game, which makes him ideal for Relic locations and hidden bosses. He can also access Axe and Death Spiral in the same run. 

Big Trouser

• Type: Secret Character
• Starting Weapon: Candybox
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock him in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane by casting the spell earrivatolarrotino. 

Skills and Description

His passive bonus allows him to have Gold Fevers for longer by multiplying its duration cap by duration extension from Gold pickups by 3/2. He specializes in gold runs, and with Candybox he can start off with any base weapon he likes, 

Megalo Syuuto Moonspell

• Type:  DLC character
• Starting Weapon: Night Sword
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: You can use the Takeashower spell to unlock him in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. Another way to unlock him is to defeat 100k enemies using Syuuto.

Skills and Description

His passive bonuses are also strong, for example, he gains an extra percent Might at every level. He is also the upgraded version of Syuuto Moonspell. 

Cosmo Pavone

• Type: Secret character
• Starting Weapon: N/a
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: You can unlock him through the spell lhovistoio or by spending 666 gold coins after unlocking. 

Skills and Description

You can use having no weapon to your advantage by having more customization in the design-build. Cosmo Pavone works very well with Divine Bloodline (IX) as they increase your max health and utilize Cosmo Pavone’s boosted recovery at every single level. 

Gains Boros

• Type:  Secret character
• Starting Weapon: Heaven Sword
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Gains Boros by spending 666 gold coins after unlocking or by casting the spell highfive.

Skills and Description

 Just like Cosmo Pavone,  You can also level its Heaven Sword by a lot by using the Limit Break skill. He also gains a 2 percent growth at every level (No cap on the bonus). 

Avatar Infernas

• Type: Secret Character
• Starting Weapon:  Flames of Misspell
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: You can unlock this rare character by spending 666 gold coins after unlocking or in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbance by casting the spell kalvasflam.

Skills and Description

Avatar Infernas is extremely fast, and because of his 2 percent boost at every level, he gets difficult to control. He is one of the few characters that start off with extra Arcana XIX- Heart of fire. 

Smith IV

• Type: Secret character
• Starting Weapon:  Vandalier
• Cost: 7,777
• How to Unlock: You can unlock the beast by casting the maybeimastallion spell.

Skills and Description

He is very popular with the players because of his meme-reference nature and his powerful passive bonuses.  His passive allows him to increase his Luck by 1 percent, and boost his recovery by 0.01 percent at every turn. 

Leda

• Type: Hidden boss and a secret character
• Starting Weapon: Holy Wand
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: You can purchase Leda by spending 666 gold coins or by casting the spell in the Forbidden Scrolls of Mardone iwillneverletyouforgetaboutme. 

Skills and Description

He can also increase his might and armor by using his passive bonuses. Leda has the ability to possess the Holy Wand and the Magic Wand in the same run, but his Magic Wand cannot evolve by a Treasure Chest. 

Pugnala Provola

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Phiera Der Tuphello and Eight The Sparrow
• Cost: 1000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock him using the flymetothemoon spell or by opening her coffin in the Mad Forest.

Skills and Description

 She might not seem that scary because of her underwhelming passive bonuses, but her incremental boosts make her one hell of a character. She also starts off with a 20 percent boost in movement speed and a 1 percent increase in Might at every turn. 

A-Tier

The A-Tier Vampires are also very formidable, but just not at the S-Tier level. They have outstanding bonuses, and unlocking them can be a pain. Play them strategically, and you can easily wipe out a huge amount of enemies. They rank at number 2 in the Vampire Survivors Tier List. 

Menya Moonspell

• Type: DLC character
• Starting Weapon: Four Seasons
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock her by evolving the Silver Wind weapon or by casting the spell youngatheart

Skills and Description

Menya Moonspell wields great power as she enters a boosted state after defeating a set amount of opponents. When this boost is activated, every enemy on the screen gets wiped out by the effects of Rosary. The boost occurs at 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, 7000, 10000, and 150000. Also, during this state, she gains buffs like movement speed, might, cooldown, and Curse. 

Miang Moonspell

• Type:  DLC character 
• Starting Weapon: Silver Wind 
• Cost: 1000
• How to Unlock:  You can unlock her in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane by casting the shounenheroine spell, or by searching and opening her coffin in Mt.Moonspell.

Skills and Description

Miang’s passive bonuses have no cap, which makes her a formidable opponent. It also specializes in healing, as it can its recovery multiplies all healing sources and over-heals more in Max Health. 

Syuuto Moonspell

• Type: DLC character
• Starting Weapon: Summon Night
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: Like every other character, she has two ways of unlocking her. You can cast the itsnotaneclipse spell or by evolving the Four Season weapon.

Skills and Description

Syuuto’s starting weapon Summon Night can later be evolved into the much stronger Echo Night.  Her passive bonuses have no cap and include strong buffs like Max Health, Armor, and Might. 

McCoy-Oni

• Type: DLC character
• Starting Weapon: 108 bocce
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: You can acquire McCoy-Oni in the Forbidden Scrolls of Marbone by casting the spell ionicoionico, or by evolving the Mirage Robe weapon.

Skills and Description

McCoy-Oni’s passive does have a cap but, it also gives out mad buffs like Max Health, Armor, and Growth. It also increases the Area by an astounding 150 percent every second, but only temporarily at fixed intervals.

Gav’Et-Oni

• Type: DLC character 
• Starting Weapon: Mille Bolle Blu
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can cast the spell chevolano to unlock it, or you can defeat 6000 Kappas, and then purchase it

Skills and Description

Its passive bonuses might seem a bit underwhelming as it only gains a maximum 4% Amount if you max his level. But, his mighty weapon helps him clinch a spot in the A-Tier. Also, he has the highest persistent Amount in the game. 

Krochi Freetto 

• Type:  Standard character
• Starting Weapon:  Cross
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Krochi by casting the accidenti spell or purchasing him after killing 100k enemies across all runs.

Skills and Description

He is part of the selected group that is able to get an alternate appearance with the Mindbender. His passive bonuses are speed-centric, making him the second-fastest character in the game.

Concetta Caciotta

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Shadow Pinion
• Cost: 1000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Concetta by locating her coffin in the Gallo Tower, or by casting ifeellovevenus. 

Skills and Description

Her passive bonuses have no caps, which means weapons like Song of Mana and Garlic get extremely powerful in the later part of the game. Concetta also gains an extra percent of Area at every level. 

Boon Marrabbio

• Type: Secret character
• Starting Weapon: 
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Boon by casting fettinepanate or by following the trail after pillaging Pummarola and Skull O’Maniac from the Mad Forest.

Skills and Description

Its passive bonus features MoveSpeed and Max Health buffs. However, without any other bonuses, Boon shoots out projectiles backward. 

Sir Amberjoe

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: La Robba
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: After killing 6k Stage and Elite Stage Killers, you can purchase Sir Amberjoe for 500 gold coins, or by casting the spell languorino. 

Skills and Description

Sir Amberjoe has the honor of having the highest Amount in the game with their starting bonus because he can combine the Amount PowerUp. But since his bonuses are capped, he can gain max 10 projectiles to all applicable weapons.

Scorej-Oni

• Type: Secret character
• Starting Weapon: N/A
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock him by casting notsureitsthunder or by buying him for 5k gold coins.

Skills and Description

His starting bonus has Area and Max Health buffs, and he is also capable of gaining a Lightning Ring every 8 levels. This character is highly customizable because it does not have any starting weapon. 

B-Tier

B-tier characters have decent abilities but aren’t as good as A-tier characters. They may even have a few downsides, but by using them cleverly and knowing where they lack, you can gain the upper hand against huge waves. In the Vampire Survivors Tier list, they at least deserve a decent spot. 

Babi-Onna

• Type: DLC character 
• Starting Weapon: Mirage Robe
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Babi-Onna by evolving the Summon Knight weapon for a reasonable price or by casting the Vogue spell in the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. 

Skills and Description

Her passive bonus starts her off with +10 Reroll. One of her downsides is that, due to Babi-Onna’s special firing patterns, most weapons can’t synergize with her. Babi-Onna is also able to evade weapon cooldowns, and her weapons fire at fixed intervals whilst moving. 

Poppea Pecorina

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Song of Mana
• Cost: 1000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock her by locating her coffin in the Dairy Planet and then purchasing her for 1000 Gold coins. Alternatively, you can unlock her by casting the Feldschlacht spell.

Skills and Description

Poppea also gains a +1% Duration on every level, and there is no cap on this bonus. The limitless nature of this bonus allows her to effectively use weapons like King Bible or Santa Water at high levels. She also gains +1% Duration at every level. 

O’Sole Meeo

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Celestial Dusting
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: Unlocking O’Sole is tough as you have to kill 3000 Dragon Shrimps and then purchase it for 500 Gold coins. It can also be unlocked by casting the Reset spell in the Forbidden Scroll of Morbane. 

Skills and Description

O’Sole can gain +1 Amount every 20 levels; this passive bonus caps at level 60. The maximum it can gain this way is only +3. Once every turn, while using O’Sole you can heal it by typing “pet”.

Peppino

• Type: Secret character 
• Starting Weapon: Soul Eater 
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: It’s fairly easy to unlock, after which you can purchase it for 666 Gold coins. On the other hand, you can also unlock him by casting the Spell pinociampino.

Skills and Description

Peppino starts off with +20 Max Health, +2 Armour, and a whopping -100% MoveSpeed. But, it gains +10% Area on levels 2,3,5,8,13 and 21. It is advised that you start with extra MoveSpeed using PowerUps. This character is the perfect embodiment of Vampire Survivor Tier List- B Tier. 

Zi’Assunta Belpaese

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Vento Sacro 
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: o. You can unlock her after finding her coffin in the Cappella Magna and then purchasing her for 5000 Gold coins. Alternatively, you can also unlock her by casting the Paradigmshift

Skills and Description

ZI’Assunta has great passive bonuses, as she gains +0.5% Might, Projectile Speed, Duration, and Area at each level. Her passive bonuses outclass many characters’ like Antonio, Dommario, and Porta. But her abysmal stats causes her to reside in the B-Tier. 

Arca Ladonna 

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Fire Wand
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock this character after upgrading the Fire Wand to level 4 and then purchase him for a low cost of 500 Gold coins. Another way is to cast noneladonna.

Skills and Description

Araca starts off with 10% Might and gains -5% Cooldown every 10 levels until level 30. He can only gain a maximum of -15% this way. The explosion effect of the Fire Wand is extremely helpful at the beginning of a game, as it wipes out a massive number of enemies. 

Minnah Mannarah

• Type: Secret Character 
• Starting Weapon: Bloody Tear
• Cost: 666
• How to Unlock: he can be purchased for 666 Gold coins, and also by casting the Spell foldthechees“.

Skills and Description

Minnah’s passive bonuses grant her Max Health and recovery buffs. She even gains +10% Might every three levels until level 24. One thing to keep in mind is that her stats change every minute.

Christine Davain

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Pentagram
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock her by leveling Pentagram to level 7, after which you can acquire her for 500 Gold coins. She can also be unlocked by casting the Crystalmakeup spell.

Skills and Description

Her passive bonuses aren’t special as she has only good MoveSpeed buffs. Since Christine starts off with a high Cooldown reduction bonus, strong but slow rate of fire weapons do great in her hands. 

Mortaccio

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Bone
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Mortaccio by killing 3k skeletons or by entering by typing up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, escape and entering it in main. Another way is to cast spoopyseason. 

Skills and Description

He also has good Amount buffs, maxing out at +3. Upon reaching level 80, his weapon evolves into Anima of Mortaccio. Mortaccio also gets more projectiles every 20 levels (maxes out at 3 projectiles). 

C-Tier

C-tier characters are subpar and pretty easy to obtain. They are simply outclassed by high-tier characters and should be replaced as soon as a better character is obtained. They fall just above the worst characters in the Vampire Survivors Tier List. 

Dommario

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: King Bible 
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: he condition you must fulfill to unlock him is collecting over 5k Gold coins in a single run, or you can unlock him by casting the Bioparco spell.

Skills and Description

Dommario has permanent buffs that can be achieved at the cost of his speed. The origin of this character refers to Don Mattero, who was a priest who solved crimes. His speed is the slowest in the game after gaining buffs. 

Antonio Belpaese

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Whip
• Cost: Free
• How to Unlock:  You do not have to unlock him as you start the game off with him. 

Skills and Description

Anotonio’s passive bonuses are decent and give him extra Might every 10 levels until level 50. He might not be very powerful, but learning to master him lands you ahead of the competition. 

Bianca Ramba

• Type: Standard Character 
• Starting Weapon: Carrello
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: She can be unlocked by killing at least 3k Milk Elementals or by casting the Carramba spell. 

Skills and Description

Bianca’s buffs aren’t notable and only grant her +1 Amount every 20 levels up to level 60. The character also gains up to 3 more projectiles if you max it. 

Yatta Cavallo

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Cherry bomb
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Yatta by killing a total of 3k Lion Heads or by casting the Yattapanda spell. 

Skills and Description

Like Bianca, Yatta’s buffs are nothing special and only grant him +1 Amount every 20 levels, until level 60. He also receives up to 3 projectiles if you max him. 

Divano Thelma

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Laurel 
• Cost: 2000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock this character by obtaining the Crimson Shroud or through the Quandolodicelui Spell.

Skills and Description

Divano has a variety of buffs like Recovery and Luck. His armor also increases as you reach higher levels. He also starts off with one extra level and gains more armor as you level him up. 

Pasqualina Belpaese

• Type: Standard character
• Starting Weapon: Runetracer
• Cost: 100
• How to Unlock: This character is already unlocked by default and can be purchased for a small price. 

Skills and Description

For a C-tier character, Pasqualina has a niche buff that improves her Projectile Speed. The projectile speed gets 10 percent faster every 5 levels (maxes at 30 percent). 

Gennaro Belapaese

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Knife 
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: Like Pasqualina, he too is already unlocked and you can purchase him for 500 Gold coins

Skills and Description

Gennaro has poor buffs that only increase his Max Health and Amount. His projectiles for all weapons also increase permanently but only by 1 percent. 

Imelda Belpaese

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Magic Wand 
• Cost: 10
• How to Unlock: Like the previous two characters, she, too, is unlocked by default and will only cost you 10 Gold coins.

Skills and Description

Imelda’s passive bonus grants her extra Growth every 5 levels until level 15; the maximum Growth she can obtain this way is only 30%.

D-Tier

D-tier characters are by far the worst characters in the Vampire Survivors Tier List and you must find replacements for them as soon as possible. Their passive bonuses are underwhelming and will only cause you difficulty while playing.

Toastie

• Type: Secret character 
• Starting Weapon: Peachone 
• Cost: 777
• How to Unlock: he easiest way to unlock Toastie is by casting the Tramezzini spell after Exdash has been unlocked

Skills and Description

Toastie starts off with one of the poorest buffs like negative Health, Might, Area, and Duration. But these can be gained back at higher levels. In the beginning, any enemy that touches Toastie results in an instant death so it is advised to maneuver around enemies until more health is gained at higher levels.

Suor Clerici

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Santa Water
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock her by recovering at least 1000 HP over the course of all runs, after which she can be purchased for 500 Gold coins. You can also unlock her by casting the Faschiuma spell. Suor has a lot of Area at the beginning, 

Skills and Description

Suor belongs to the standard character pack and her starting weapon is Santa Wate+400%, but this depreciates at every level until the bonus is entirely gone in level 5.  It also has a permanent +0.5 HP/s and a +50 Max health. Suor also starts off with a temporary area bonus. 

Poe Ratcho 

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Garlic 
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: You can unlock Poe after you upgrade Garlic to level 7. Alternatively, you can unlock him by casting the Strongestcharacter spell. 

Skills and Description

Poe starts off with negative Health and increased Magnet buffs. Although, he does get a 25 percent more Pickup. 

Iguana Gallo Valletto

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Clock Lancet 
• Cost: 2000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock him by casting the Waitreaction spell or by obtaining the Infinite Corridor. After which, you can purchase him for 2000 Gold coins. 

Skills and Description

Gallo has a variety of buffs that increase his Duration, reduce his Cooldown, and so on. He starts off with an extra level and gains 10 percent growth every 5 levels. This maxes out at 50 percent. 

Exdash Exiviiq

• Type: Secret character 
• Starting Weapon: Ebony Wings 
• Cost: 777
• How to Unlock: You can unlock this character by quickly typing “x-x1viiq” in the main menu or as a spell.

Skills and Description

Exdash’s passive bonuses are pathetic as he has negative Health, Movespeed, Might, Area and so much more. The only real bonus it gets is a 100 percent increase in its luck. 

Giovanna Grana

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Gatti Amari 
• Cost: 1000
• How to Unlock: You can unlock her by finding and opening her coffin in the Inlaid Library, after which you may purchase her for 1000 Gold coins. She can also be unlocked by casting the Thetwoassassins spell. 

Skills and Description

Grana gains ProjectileSpeed at every level, this buff has no cap. Garana’s weapon, Gatti Amari, may not be a viable starting weapon as it requires some build-up to be effective. Thus, you may opt for some other weapon to survive early in the game. 

Lama Ladonna

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Axe
• Cost: 500
• How to Unlock: There are various ways in which you can unlock Lama, only two of which are discussed here. You can unlock her by surviving 20 minutes with at least 10% Curse, after which you can acquire her for 500 Gold coins. She can also be unlocked by casting the Superladonna spell. 

Skills and Description

Lama’s starting weapon is an Axe. Lama has impressive bonuses for a D-tier character, these bonuses increase her Max Health, Might, MoveSpeed, and Curse every 10 levels. Her main weakness is her Axe. 

missingN▯

• Type: Standard character 
• Starting Weapon: Axe or the Death Spiral
• Cost: 66,666
• How to Unlock: The easiest way to unlock this character is by casting the RIghtninetyseven spell. 

Skills and Description

missingN▯’s passive bonuses are randomized and the final stats for these are determined by the base stats and the PowerUp stats. However, it becomes invincible if its Max Health becomes negative. But it also has major drawbacks, like if his MoveSpeed is 0, it will not be able to move.

Random

• Type: Secret Character 
• Starting Weapon: Any base weapon
• Cost: 5000
• How to Unlock: To unlock Random you must look under already-owned coffins for a second time where he may pop up. After which you can purchase him for 5000 Gold coins. Alternatively, he can be unlocked by casting the Igottagettotheedgeofsoul spell

Skills and Description

Random’s buffs are based on one of his eight names that are selected at random. His oscillating states make him very interesting to play with, however, it is usually weak. 

Conclusion 

Our Vampire Survivors ranked all the characters in the game through very comprehensive criteria. It was based on their rarity, stats, and how hard it was to unlock them. Vampire Survivors gained popularity because of its perfect mix of idle and active gameplay, and with its cheap price, it is definitely a steal. We had fun drafting this tier list, and hope to see you next time!

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