Gemini (I)

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Listed weapons come with a counterpart.

### Affects

**Gemini (I)** is one of the Arcanas in *Vampire Survivors*. It is unlocked by reaching level 50 with Pugnala.

When this Arcana is active, certain weapons are now accompanied by functionally identical counterparts and level up at the same time. The counterparts able to be given are listed below:

* **Cygnus**, counterpart of Peachone
* **Zhar Ptytsia**, counterpart of Ebony Wings
* **Red Muscle**, counterpart of Phiera Der Tuphello
* **Twice Upon a Time**, counterpart of Eight The Sparrow
* **Flock Destroyer**, counterpart of Gatti Amari
* **Silver Sliver**, counterpart of Shadow Servant
* **Party Pooper**, counterpart of Party Popper
* **Silver Tongue**, counterpart of Sharp Tongue

The above counterparts do not take up weapon slots or show in the weapons list in the upper-left corner, cannot be evolved or united, and remain as independent weapons if their counterparts unite. If the Arcana is picked up with Phieraggi and Vicious Hunger, the counterparts of their constituents are given at max level; with Vandalier, both are given at the level of it and level up with Vandalier.

Nduja Fritta Tanto fires another stream of flame from the back side of the character.

When Peachone, Ebony Wings, Vandalier, Phieraggi, Gatti Amari, and Vicious Hunger are Limit Broken, their counterparts also get the same bonuses but not Phiera Der Tuphello, Eight The Sparrow, Shadow Servant, Ophion, and Party Popper.

Red Muscle benefits from Heart of Fire (XIX) and Twice Upon a Time from Jail of Crystal (XIV), and they both benefit from Iron Blue Will (VII).

Cygnus and Zhar Ptytsia do not benefit from Twilight Requiem (II); however, Cygnus benefits from Jail of Crystal (XIV) and Zhar Ptytsia from Heart of Fire (XIX).

## Tips

* If you have Gatti Amari, both guns and birds, you can get to 11 actual weapons total. With the use of Cosmo, you can get to 13 weapons total.
* Since the twins can't be evolved, even the total average DPS of all four of them summed is not very high (about equivalent to one weak evolved weapon), making this Arcana an arguable choice. They especially pale compared with Phieraggi, which makes taking this Arcana even more doubtful.
	+ That said, if you also have Heart of Fire (XIX), the explosion damage for every projectile landed would substantially increase the damage utility for Red Muscle, especially as the damage scales with the damage of your highest damage weapon.
	+ It is also much stronger if you have no intention of evolving Gatti Amari, which is extremely strong for an unevolved weapon, especially on characters with high Amount and a Duplicator, or high Area. With both Gatti Amari and Flock Destroyer active at once, the whole screen basically becomes covered in cat fights, shredding enemies with contemptuous ease and eclipsing many evolved weapons.

## Trivia

* The name of this Arcana is a reference to the song "Aquarius" but using a different zodiac sign, which is the theme song to Sunken City of Poltergeists of *Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse*.
* The picture of this Arcana is a reference to the Rubin's vase.
* Zhar Ptytsia is a reference to the Firebird in Slavic folklore.
* Cygnus is the name of the genus of swans and might be a reference to the constellation of the same name.
* Red Muscle, counterpart of Phiera Der Tuphello, is a reference to Ilona Staller's song "Muscolo Rosso".

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* Evolution
* Union
* Gift
* Counterpart
* Special