Vampire

## Skills

 Bat Swarm
 Alien Swirl

 Immortal

The  **Vampire** is a playable character. He wears a black cloak with a venetian red cape and has abnormal skin color, a common characteristic of some vampires. He also has black hair that matches his outfit.

Additionally, he does not bob his head like other characters. Instead, his clothes and hair sway as if they are being pushed by a wind.

Once unlocked, he can also be encountered during a run as an NPC. Upon interaction, he will open a portal to the next floor.

* If the player reaches 3-6 by this, the Magic Stone will be green.

## Unlock & upgrade

The Vampire can be unlocked at the cost of $1.00 or equal value in other currencies.

Each upgrade changes the stats slightly.

1. +1 HP - cost: 500 gems
2. +1 Armor - cost: 1,000 gems
3. +20 Energy - cost: 1,500 gems
4. -2s Skill Cooldown - cost: 2,000 gems
5. Skill Upgrade - cost: 2,500 gems
6. "Chance to gain life after killing an enemy" buff - cost: 5,000 gems
7. Enhance Starting Weapon - cost: 8,000 gems

## Statistics

His overall stats are worse than other characters, except that of his armor being average.

## Alternate Skins

The Vampire currently has 16 alternate skins, which include:

* 6 gem skins
* 7 paid skins
* 1 fragment skin
* 2 season coin skins

## Bat Swarm

### Basic:

*Release a swarm of bats that attack enemies and steal their health. If your health is full, your energy and armor may be restored.*

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Attacking an enemy with at least 2 bats can drain its defense. You gain 1 defense at most. Each enemy loses 1 defense at most.**

### Cooldown:

8 (6) seconds.

Basics
*Release a swarm of bats that attack enemies and steal their health. If your health is full, your energy and armor may be restored.*
* Vampire will release 6 bats around him.
	+ If there are enemies nearby, the bats will search enemies and attack.
	+ Each bat will deal 5 damage in a single hit and then return to the Vampire.
* For every 3 bats returned after dealing damage, he will restore 1 health and for every 2 bats returned after dealing damage, he will restore 5 energy.
	+ These count out-of-room attacks (which cannot deal actual damage) that still restore health and energy.
	+ If his health is below half when a bat is going to heal him, the effect will be doubled.
	+ Using the skill without enemy will not trigger cooldown, but will still trigger Statues effects.
* The skill will also release some smaller bats, which are for cosmetic purposes only.
* The cooldown is 8 (6) seconds, and will start after all bats have returned.
	+ If some of the bats did not hit enemies, the cooldown will be shorter for every unused bat.
* Bat Swarm can be enhanced by the following Buff(s):
	+ - releases 4 more bats.

Skill Upgrade
*The number of bats increases.*
* Increase number of bats from 6 to 10.

Mentor Upgrade
*Attacking an enemy with at least 2 bats can drain its defense. You gain 1 defense at most. Each enemy loses 1 defense at most.*

## Alien Swirl

### Basic:

*Creates a black hole to pull in nearby enemies and bullets from all units, while stealing the life of enemies.*

### Mentor Upgrade:

**Increased the damage and range of the black hole.**

### Cooldown:

11 (9) seconds.

How to unlock
Pay $1.99 to unlock this skill.
Basics
*Creates a black hole to pull in nearby enemies and bullets from all units, while stealing the life of enemies.*
* Launches an orb that creates a black hole, similar to that of the Black Hole Missile. This black hole will suck enemies and any attacks in, dealing 2 damage per 0.8 seconds and lasting for 2 seconds.
	+ The orb will turn into a black hole after traveling 6 tiles or encountering an obstacle.
	+ For every two hits by the black hole, the Vampire will recover 1 Health and 5 Energy.
	+ The black hole can suck in almost any kinds of attacks (including shockwaves and spikes) with the exception of melee and laser attacks.
		- Projectiles will only disappear when their velocity drops to zero.
		- Affected by the Reflect Buff, such that bullets that have reached the center of the black hole will be reflected. This is good for damaging enemies trapped inside the black hole.
* This skill has a 11 (9) seconds cooldown.

Skill Upgrade
*The black hole exists longer.*
* The black hole now lasts for 3.5 seconds.

Mentor Upgrade
*Increased the damage and range of the black hole.*
* Increases the size of black hole, and increase damage from 2 to 4.

## Immortal

### Basic:

*Enter an immortal state, converting all damage taken into health and energy. If your health is full, extra health points will raise the limit of your max health (up to +10) for a short duration.*

### Skill Upgrade:

**Release a radial blast to reflect damage and destroy bullets.**

### Cooldown:

13 (11) seconds.

How to unlock
Use 10,000 gems to unlock this skill.
Basics
*Enter an immortal state, converting all damage taken into health and energy. If your health is full, extra health points will raise the limit of your max health (up to +10) for a short duration.*
* For 3.5 seconds, the Vampire does not take any damage. He will restore 5 times the damage taken, and may restore health equal to the damage taken.
* Health gained by this skill will be added to temporal max health after fully healing. Up to 10 extra health can be gained.
* When the skill ends, the max health will return to normal. Any extra will be lost at 1 point for every 10 seconds.
* This skill has a 13 (11) seconds cooldown.

Skill Upgrade
*Release a radial blast to reflect damage and destroy bullets.*
* At the end of skill, release a circle attack. This deals damage equal to total damage absorbed during the skill, up to 30 damage.

Mentor Upgrade
*Skill lasts longer.*
* Extends duration by 1 second, for a total of 4.5.

## Quotes

### Interaction in the Living Room

* *"I don't drink juice."*
* *"Taking a nap..."*
* *"I find eternal peace in my coffin."*

 As Boneta:
* *Yea, the horse-breeder just can't wipe me out."*
* *"The Golden Cicada must not fall into the hands of others."*
* *"After saving him, I can... Hehehe..."*
* *"That horse-breeder Sun Wukong will never be a rival of mine this time."*
* *"That monster from Rosemary Island stole my food. Darn it!"*
* *"I want to live forever..."*

 As Boneta:
* *You think you can apprehend me easily? I'm nothing like those stupid thugs."*
* *"My brain is my most powerful weapon."*
* *"I can easily throw the entire universe into chaos without even having to pull the strings myself."*
* *"Impressive, isn't it? My plans are always precise and efficient."*
* *"Behold! How elegant the chaos is...!"*

When he drinks Orange Juice — a unique reaction not used by other characters:
* *"So sweet!"*

When interacted in the Living Room during Chinese New Year update, prior to v2.5.0:
* *"I like dumplings."*

### During a run as an NPC

* *"Open the path to the next level."*
* *"I'm not going to tell you how I did it."*

## Trivia

* Before Update 1.3.0, the Vampire had 0 base critical chance.
* The Vampire can be seen in the old Soul Knight banner holding the Green Onions.
* About his Bat Swarm skill in the past:
	+ Before Update 1.4.4, the bats dealt 3 damage each.
	+ Before Update 1.6.0, the skill would always have a full cool down, and the health and energy restoration was weaker.
* Alien Swirl was added in Update 2.2.0.
* In Update 3.0.0, Vampire's default, Duke Silver and Firebrand Taowu skins received a retexture.
	+ This is the same update that added Immortal.
* Before Update 3.3.0, the  condition couldn't stop Immortal from giving temporary max HP.
* The Vampire, Engineer, and Inter-dimension Traveller are the only characters with default skin not to bob their heads rhythmically.
* The skin "Duke Silver" is a reference to Duke Mirage from Castlevania.
* The *"I don't drink juice"* quote is because the Chinese word for "juice" is "果汁", and the right part of "汁" resembles a cross, which are in fact deadly to fictional vampires.
	+ Ironically, Vampire is the only character that says something after drinking a drink.
* Vampire in this game is different from those in legends, such as:
	+ He has a reflection which can be seen in ice in the Cave biome.
	+ He has no problem with anything related to light.
		- Additionally, he also has no issues having a member of the Church (Priestess) in the same area as him, & is unharmed when she uses her skills-which would normally be deadly to his fictional kin due to their divine aspect.
* The  condition is possibly a reference to his *"Taking a nap..."* quote.
* The Old Breed skin is similar to Shu Kurenai from Beyblade Burst.