InVampire Survivors,one of the more difficult characters to unlock in theTides of FoscariDLC is Genevieve. She is the hardest character to unlock, but also arguably the best character inTides of Foscari. Genevieve’s starting weapon is perhaps the worst starting weapon inVampire Survivors. However, this lowly weapon becomes one of the best when evolved.
The first step to unlocking this character is to purchase theTides of FoscariDLC forVampire Survivors. Without this, she is unobtainable. Below is a step-by-step guide to unlocking Genevieve; this is followed by a brief overview of the character, and a powerful build to use with her.
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Unlocking Genevieve
The actual act that unlocks Genevieve isdestroying the green Seal of the Banished in Abyss Foscariwith Eleanor. Before players can get to this point, they need to unlock the Abyss Foscari stage. This is done by using one of the other new characters, Keitha, to destroy the Seal of the Lake. Doing this requires that her starting weapon, Flash Arrow, be evolved into Millionaire. Keitha is unlocked by evolving Eskizzibur, Maruto’s starting weapon. Unlocking Maruto requires evolving Eleanor’s starting weapon(s).
Once the Abyss Foscari stage is unlocked, start it with Maruto and evolve his starting weapon as soon as possible. That weapon (and Maruto) are needed todestroy the red Seal of Abyss. After the Seal of the Abyss is shattered, start the stage again, this time withEleanor. Fully evolve Eleanor’s starting weapon(s) into Spellstrom and look for theSeal of the Banished,which is a blue crystal this time. Destroying this crystal makes Genevieve available for purchase in the character selection screen. Her initial price is5,000 gold,but this scales upward with other purchased characters.
Bonuses & Abilities
Genevieve starts with the following passive bonuses:
She starts with two other bonuses that elevate her a tier or two. One of thees is her ability calledWorld Eater.This ability is only used once per life, and kills every enemy onscreen. World Eater alsoturns enemies it defeats into healing hearts for Genevieve. Each Revive resets the use of the World Eater ability. With this ability, thethe Tiragisu passive itemand the Awake arcana are both great picks with Genevieve.
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Her other ability is that upon leveling up, sheactivates the Vacuum ability.This ability works acts exactly like the Vacuum pick-up item. Her boosts to Greed and Magnet make the Stone Mask and Attractorb passive items even better.
Genevieve’sstarting weaponisShadow Servant.This weapon summons small, worm-like shadows that wriggle around the screen, damaging enemies that make contact. At low level, this weapon is next to unless, but the evolved form (Ophion) is one of the best weapons inVampire Survivors. A fully leveled Skull O’Maniac passive item is needed to evolve Shadow Servant. This makes the Song of Mana a great weapon for Genevieve, as it also requires the Skull O’Maniac to evolve.
The accompanyingpassive itemsare:
Finally, Genevieve’s best build makes use ofthe followingarcana:
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