Vandalier

Union of Peachone and Ebony Wings.

* Base
* Max

**Vandalier** is a weapon in *Vampire Survivors*. It is the union of Peachone and Ebony Wings. It is the starting weapon of Smith IV.

Both Peachone and Ebony Wings must be level 8 before Vandalier is available.

## Effects

Vandalier is a bird that flies around the player and bombards two circling zones with projectiles. Two zones revolve around the player, one moves clockwise, and the other counterclockwise. The bird moves behind the player at a slower speed, but the bombarding circle will always stay in a position relative to the player. Its Base Damage and combined Amount of projectiles is slightly less, and it reverts the Cooldown bonus that Peachone and Ebony Wings got, but it increases Projectile Speed and Pool Limit.

By default, Vandalier fires 4 sets of 20 projectiles. Each set fires all of its projectiles at about the same spot, set by the position of the visible zone at the instant that set starts, alternating between each zone. A set firing is on a different timer to the zone being active, so the first set can start firing up to a second after the zone lights up. This means that the number of sets per activation can vary by 1.

Duration increases the time bombards are active, with 1 second roughly equal to 1 set by default. Area increases the Area-of-Effect of the projectiles, but not the size of the bombarding circle itself. Projectile Speed increases how fast the circle moves. Amount increases how many projectiles are fired per set. Cooldown bonuses reduce the time between each activation, the time between each set of projectiles, and the time between each projectile within a set. The movement speed of Vandalier can be increased with the Movement Speed stat, but it has virtually no effect to its capability.

### Arcanas

Selecting Gemini (I) Arcana creates two counterparts of its constituents - Cygnus and Zhar Ptytsia - that are functionally the same as Peachone and Ebony Wings at max level and they do benefit from Limit Breaking. They start at level 1 when playing as Smith IV and level up as Vandalier does.

## Levels

Vandalier has 8 levels. At max level, Vandalier has +80% Area and -0.75 seconds to Cooldown.

 Level 2
 Level 3
 Level 5
 Level 7

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Each Cooldown reduction level up actually reduces Cooldown by 0.25 seconds, the values in descriptions are rounded up to one decimal place

### Limit Break

With Limit Break, Vandalier can be further leveled up.

 Area +2.5%
 Speed +5%
 Duration +100ms
 Amount +1

1. ↑ Base Damage +0.5

## Combos

*See Combos for a list of all item interactions.*

### Arcanas

1. ↑ Does not have any tangible benefits for bird, however, it increases the bird's movement speed
2. ↑ Affected by Area and Duration
3. ↑ Affected by Might, Area, Duration, and Speed
4. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to Might, Area, Duration, and Speed
5. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to Speed
6. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to flat damage
7. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to Amount
8. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to Duration
9. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to Area
10. ↑ Indirectly affected by bonuses to Might and Cooldown

## Tips

* Vandalier benefits the most from Cooldown and Duration bonuses increasing the active duration and attack more often when so.
* The projectiles originate from the bird itself. The bird will move behind the player, but will be slower than the player. While the bombarding circle will always stay in a position relative to the player, the bird can be left all the way off screen if you keep moving.
* Once it reaches level 5, Vandalier's Cooldown will be lower than maxed Peachone or Ebony Wings, making it virtually have no downsides compare to its two base weapons combined.
* Once Vandalier is acquired, the character opens up an additional "base weapon" slot in their inventory (as Ebony Wings and Peachone are combined into one item), allowing more room in the build in the late game.
* Vandalier has an interesting interaction with the Chaos in the Dark Night Arcana, where every 10 seconds the circular zone slows down, stops, changes direction, then accelerates rapidly, and every 10 seconds starting :05 its speed doubles and halves alternately, in total causing its speed to increase every 20 seconds.

## Trivia

* Vandalier is the only evolved weapon that can be leveled up without Limit Break. It uses a golden background when it is available as an level up option.
* Movement Speed used to increase the bombarding circles' speed, like Projectile Speed, however, this was not intended and was fixed eventually.
* This weapon is inspired by the hidden Vandalier class of the PSX-era Konami TRPG *Vandal Hearts*, and the sub-weapon version of Suzaku from the *Castlevania* series. The bird's color is similar to class' color palette, while the attack pattern is similar to the Vandalier class' strongest attack, Plasma Wave.

* Normal
* Evolution
* Union
* Gift
* Counterpart
* Special