Best Character in Vampire Survivors

Pugnala Provola

Quite a likeable character among players, especially newbies.

At first sight, her initial stats (1% Might per level, 20% Movement) aren’t that profound, however, when scaled, her uncapped Might increase combined with evolved bombastically named guns akimbo form a deadly combination.

Pugnala is exceptionally prone to lots of Arcana cards. The most useful three are: Gemini, Awake and Beginning, the latter two greatly improving firepower of Pugnala’s epic unified laser arsenal called Phieraggi. As a character, she is flexible enough to be used in offensive as well as defensive play style.

The fully boosted Phieraggi attacks look like a disco ball flashing strobe lights at a rave party, decimating enemies like there’s no tomorrow, making Pugnala a decent choice for no movement challenges.

Avatar Infernas

To establish the top contender no. 2, we have decided to pick a total opposite of Pugnala.

The only thing Avatar Infernas, a secret character (explaining in detail how to obtain him would require another lengthy paragraph) and the stats master (60 Max Health, 50% Might, 50% Luck, 100% Magnet, 1 Revival, 10 Reroll), has in common with Pugnala is his additional gains he gets at every level (but, contrary to Pugnala, he doesn’t gain Might only, but also Curse, Movespeed and Cooldown).

His starting weapon is Flames of Misspell, which turns into Ashes of Musspell (with Torrona’s box maxed out), a really badass smoke charm, which base damage increases by 1 every 5000 enemies killed. At higher levels, Avatar tends to become extremely difficult to control, turning into a literal Flash.

Mask of the Red Death

There’s a lot of fuss to get him, but he’s worth it.

You have to kill him to unlock him, and in order to do so, you have to survive for the full 30 minutes and then attack him with the Infinite Corridor which is an evolved Clock Lancet plus Silver Ring and Gold Ring both maxed out.

As a respectable Grim Reaper, he’s quite a stat stud (155 Max Health, 100% MoveSpeed, 20% Might), so there are players who aren’t impressed by his OP’d feel. Thus, the honorable mention only. He has a great starting weapon, though, called Death Spiral, which is powerful enough to clear the vast area of stage with a single attack.

Slash Arcana card allows Red Death to pull off critical hits which inflict 4x more damage. Unfortunately, Death Spiral has a slow cooldown, so you’d better grab those Empty Tomes galore. All in all, choose Red Death if you want to reach far points in stages, or if you’re the type who likes dodging.

Queen Sigma

The unquestionably biggest badass out there.

The number of her initial buffs outshines all other characters. She simply cannot NOT be included in the honorable mentions list. On levels 1, 2, 3, 77, and 108, she may choose Arcana cards, 2 more than regular characters.

To get her, you need to complete the whole collection log. Her absurdly overpowered build is great for gold farming, We won’t delve into her that much to save your fun from spoiling. Besides, with all that OP, she’s quite boring to talk about. It’s best to play her.

Porta

She’s a real treat for maniacs of passivity and game-breaking experimenters.

Her starting weapon is Lightning Ring (a Thunder Loop when you evolve it with the Duplicator). The lightnings it causes to strike earth work as an area weapon, so Candelabradors expand it quite well. Interestingly, you can make Porta literally untouchable and indestructible, however certain conditions should be met first.

In order to make her totally invulnerable, pick up one of the stages e.g. Mt. Moonspel in the inverse mode, then go to the merchant and buy Arcana Silent Old Sanctuary, then level up once, pick Laurel for shielding, then buy a Game Killer card. It stuns your XP-ing permanently, but stops Porta’s progressively decreasing cooldown at a whopping -97%.

Then all you need to do is level up your laurels from the chests, and there you are. Even 31 Reapers won’t harm her! True story! We saw it on YouTube.

Poe Ratcho

An old coot with frail health and garlic breath as his primary weapon.

What can go wrong? Actually, nothing! His initial stats (-30% Max Health, 25% Magnet) make him a perfect candidate for a “no movement” challenge and a neat opposite to Queen “OP” Sigma.

He’s a go-to character for those with a predilection for building characters from scratch. To unlock him, just level garlic up to 7. Smelly Poe enjoys a few Arcanas, which boost his bad breath: Tragic Princess reduces the cooldown when Poe is hobbling around, Divine Bloodline enhances flat damage of Garlic based on Armor, and Blood Astronomia triggers Garlic to create multiple damage zones.

Poe has also one more invaluable and, by the way, incalculable factor to consider–fun. It’s absolutely hilarious to watch an old guy stand still and slay hordes using only his garlicky halitosis!