Vampire Survivors Tier List

Not sure who to form a party out of? Our Vampire Survivors tier list is here to help you. In this guide, we rank all of the characters from S tier to D tier, allowing you to waste no time in guessing which characters to use. What’s more, we’ll keep it updated alongside new character additions and balance patches. So, we recommend that you bookmark this page and check back often.

Vampire Survivors is an indie roguelite that challenges you to simply survive for a set time period across a number of different stages. You’ll unlock new weapons, characters, and environments as you progress, which helps vary up the experience.

You can learn more about it on the official Steam page. We’ve also put together a Vampire Survivors characters list and Vampire Survivors evolution guide.

Vampire Survivors Tier List

Last updated on April 6.

Now, we’ll go through our actual tier list, including an explanation of the tiers and some FAQs.

Tiers Explained

Before we move onto the tier list though, we thought we’d quickly explain what our tiers mean:

• S Tier: These are the best characters currently available in the game, and you should definitely aim to unlock and use them.
• A Tier: These characters might require mastery, or a specific build to get the most out of.
• B Tier: Characters in this tier are heavily build-dependent.
• C Tier: These characters have niche uses, but are otherwise worth avoiding.
• D Tier: We don’t recommend using these characters under any circumstance.

S Tier

The best characters in the game.

• Avatar Infernas
• Big Trouser
• Cosmo
• Gains Boros
• Gyorunton
• Leda
• Pugnala
• Queen Sigma
• Red Death
• Smith IV

A Tier

Great characters in their own right that might require a bit of mastery.

• Ambrojoe
• Boon Marrabbio
• Concetta
• Krochi
• Scorej-Oni

B Tier

These characters need a specific build to get the most out of.

• Arca
• Christine
• Minnah
• Mortaccio
• O’Sole
• Peppino
• Poppea
• Porta
• Zi’Assunta

C Tier

These can fulfil niche roles, but are ultimately better off avoiding.

• Antonio
• Cavallo
• Divano
• Dommario
• Gennaro
• Imelda
• Pasqualina
• Ramba

D Tier

Skip these characters completely.

• Clerici
• Exdash
• Gallo
• Giovanna
• Lama
• MissingN
• Poe
• Random
• Toastie

Vampire Survivors Tier List FAQ

Now we’ll answer a bunch of questions you may have about Vampire Survivors or tier lists in general.

What Is A Tier List?

A tier list is a list of characters that you can unlock in a game – particularly a gacha game – ordered from best to worst. We rank from S tier to D tier, with S being best and D being worst.

The purpose of a tier list is to help you, the player, determine who the best characters to unlock are, so you can save time and money. Once you know who the best characters are, you can form a party out of them and ignore the others.

How Did We Pick Our Vampire Survivors Tier List?

We used a combination of the following factors when deciding on our Vampire Survivors tier list:

• Personal experience
• Community feedback
• General consensus from other tier lists

However, it’s worth noting that tier lists are subjective by nature. This is based on our experience with the game, but yours may vary. So, we recommend that you take this with a pinch of salt and play Vampire Survivors for yourself.

How Often Do We Update Our Vampire Survivors Tier List?

We update this tier list regularly to ensure that it always follows the latest meta. Typically, you can expect an update around the following happenings:

• A new character releases
• Balance changes

There may be a small delay between the above two events as we’ll return to the game to check out the new character for ourselves, or to see how the balance patches have affected things.

Glen Fox

Head of Editorial

Glen has over a decade's worth of experience in gaming journalism, writing for Pocket Gamer, Pocket Tactics, Nintendo Life, and Gfinity. When he's not badgering everyone about the dangers of passive text, you can probably find him playing Wild Rift.