Are you wondering which hero to play next? Fear not; we have the answer! Here’s our Vampire Survivors character tier list. Ranking the best and worst characters to play in the game.

Vampire Survivors Character Tier List

NOTE: This was written before the DLC characters were added. It should still be relevant for new players, but not endgame.

Tier 1 Characters

Tier 1 characters are the best of the best. They will either have fantastic starting weapons that carry them through the early game, great passives that increase their stats and offensive capabilities, or both!

Yatta Cavallo

Cavallo is indisputably the best character. He starts with the unique Cherry Bomb, a weapon similar to Mortaccio’s Bone, that ricochets against enemies before exploding for massive damage. His passive increases projectile amount, which synergizes well with every weapon.

Dommario

Dommario starts with the King Bible, one of the best offensive options in the game, and a passive that boosts his Projectile Speed and Duration but lowers his movement speed. If you can overcome the speed penalty, he is a very strong character.

Imelda Belpaese

Imelda’s Magic Wand shoots out a missile towards the closest enemy and always finds its target. Her passive increases experience gained until level 15, allowing her to get upgrades sooner than other characters.

Arca Ladonna

Arca Ladonna starts with the fantastic Fire Wand. While the projectiles are somewhat slow and can be a bot unreliable due to its randomness, they do deal hefty damage.

Mortaccio

Mortaccio’s increased projectile number passive is invaluable. He starts with a unique “Bone” weapon which ricochets against enemies dealing damage to several targets at once.

Sir Ambrojoe

Another great jack-of-all-trades option with a great starting weapon and powerful passive.

Pugnala Provola

Pugnala comes with two great early game weapons which can later be upgraded into Phieraggi, an even better late game option. Her passive grants her a bonus to her movement speed and damage, making her scale well all game.

Tier 2 Characters

Tier 2 characters may have good weapons but terrible passives, or great passives with a bad starting option. Overall, they can work, but there are better options out there.

Zi’Assunta Belpaese

Zi’Assunta’s passive buffs are great, but her starting weapon, Vento Sacro, is one of the worst in the game, making her early game very weak.

Lama Ladonna

Ladonna has some great stat increases, but one of his passives is Curse, which makes the enemies harder and faster as the game goes along. Good pick-up for a challenge!

Gennaro Belpaese

Gennaro is by no means a poor choice. Both his starting weapon and passive are good, but he simply pales in comparison to other, A tier, characters.

Porta Ladonna

The Lightning Ring that Porta comes with deals unreliable damage and doesn’t scale well into late game.

Poe Ratcho

Poe starts with Garlic, a fantastic option in the early game that doesn’t scale super well into late game.

Krochi Freetto

Krochi starts with one free revive and increased movement speed, and both are quite useful. His starting weapon, The Cross, is pretty mediocre.

Poppea Pecorina

Song of Mana is a very powerful late game weapon due to its infinite scaling.

Bianca Ramba

Giovanna starts with increased movement and projectile speed, which are both useful buffs. Her weapon is highly random, making the character a bit unreliable.

O’Sole Meeo

Meeo’s weapon is pretty lackluster, and it doesn’t have an available evolution option, so it doesn’t scale very well into late game.

Tier 3 Characters

Tier 3 characters generally come with some big disadvantages such as a weak passive or a worthless starting weapon. They are playable, but it will be much more difficult to succeed.

Antonio Belpaese

Antonio’s passive grants more damage, which is great for any loadout, but his starting weapon, The Whip, is terrible.

Pasqualina Belpaese

Pasqualina’s Runetracer is a strong, but unreliable and slow weapon. Her passive makes it more effective but doesn’t benefit other weapons as much.

Suor Clerici

Clerici has only defensive stat buffs – increased health and health regen. Ideally, you will not be getting hit, so these passives aren’t very useful.

Christine Davain

Christine starts with a free level, granting her an item as soon as the game starts. To compensate, she has -35% damage, which is a very harsh penalty. Further, her Pentagram will destroy experience gems and chests in addition to enemies.

Concetta Caciotta

Like Lama Ladonna, Caciotta starts with Curse, which is always risky. Additionally, Caciotta’s weak starting weapon, The Shadow Pinion makes the character a poor choice.

Iguana Gallo Valletto

Iguana has some great buffs – increased duration of weapon effects, lower cooldown, and free rerolls. Unfortunately, he also has -50% Greed to balance it out, meaning he gains fewer coins than other characters. Additionally, his weapon deals no damage and is only situationally useful.

Divano Thelma

Like Iguana, Divano is doomed by the -50% Greed passive and a terrible starting weapon.

Vampire Survivors Character Tier List (Simplified)

Here’s the compact version of our Vampire Survivors character tier list.

Tier 1 Characters

Yatta Cavallo
Dommario
Imelda Belpaese
Arca Ladonna
Mortaccio
Sir Ambrojoe
Pugnala Provola

Tier 2 Characters

Zi’Assunta Belpaese
Lama Ladonna
Gennaro Belpaese
Porta Ladonna
Poe Ratcho
Krochi Freetto
Poppea Pecorina
Bianca Ramba
O’Sole Meeo

Tier 3 Characters

Antonio Belpaese
Pasqualina Belpaese
Suor Clerici
Christine Davain
Concetta Caciotta
Iguana Gallo Valletto
Divano Thelma

And that was our current Vampire Survivors character tier list ranking guide. Are you looking for more content on the game? Check out our Vampire Survivors Beginner’s Guide: 5 Tips to Get Started guide.

Vampire Survivors is available to play on Steam.