VampireSurvivors/WeaponReviews - MetroWind’s Game Notes

Guns

Blade Crossbow: Bad. Basically a worse version of cross
Diver mines: Base weapon is very bad. Evolution seems to lack damage.
Laser: Pretty good. Works exactly as you would imagine. Evolution is pretty good with bouncing lasers. The damage not very high, but it seems to tick really fast, and it kills bosses really fast.

Alchemy whip: Actually very good. Leave a trail of fire. Evolution is just some fire balls on top. Not much extra. Very strong damage.
Platinum Whip: It's ok. Can be used as a main weapon, but probably need a source of healing or armor. Usable after roughly level 4. The evolution is trash. Basically the base weapon + weak song of mana...
Vibhuti Whip Not good as a main weapon. Pretty weak in the beginning, but becomes somewhat usable around level 4. The base weapon needs healing/armor even at max level. Evolution is ok. Doesn't seem to scale with area.
Sonic whip Pretty good. Requires some skill to use well in the beginning. Evolution is kinda bad. Very directional.
Dragon water whip Pretty strong in the beginning. Evolution has limited range but not bad. The rain can hold off early enemies, but not later waves.
Wind whip: Good melee AOE. Full coverage. Evolution is not very different from original but still good.
Jet black whip: Ok initially, gets pretty good as level up. Evolution is not very different from original, and only works on the top half of the screen. Good damage.
Vanitas Whip: Very similar to the jet black whip, but the evolution is even worse with smaller AOE...

Globus: Acts similar to rune tracer. Extremely weak at the beginning. Ok at max level. Evolution is trash.
The wolf heads: Pretty strong. If you get one of them, you'll be offered the other two in level ups. Evolution is very directional, but very strong.

Refectio: It's meh. A bit slow. Small AOE. Damage is ok. Evolution is pretty good. Just a better version of the original in every way, with a long cooldown full screen high damage AOE.
Keremet Bubbles: It's an interesting weapon. Not great in the beginning, but usable after a few levels and some CDR. Evolution is good.
Hex: It's an ok main weapon, but a pretty good side weapon. Small and weird AoE. Evolution is good AoE. Both the original and the evolution are very high damage.

Trident: pretty meh, only attack horizontally, and only to the facing direction. Evolved damaged is pretty good.
Mace: basically a better King Bible. Good. Evolution is very good with high damage crits.
Star Flail: It's an ok side weapon, not a great main weapon. You'll have a hard time in the beginning. Need full CD to work. Evolution is ok, not great. Need limit break.
Silver Revolver: It's ok. Usable after level 5. Doesn't work with Heart of Fire??. Evolution is still very directional, but good damage, and very fancy. But in practice pretty bad...
Tyrfing: Kinda good. Evolution is very high damage when crit (?). But it only attach one side.
Sonic dash: Not good. It's a very small high-damage bubble. The Evolution is the same weapon with bigger damage. That's it. However this could be a useful support item.
Dominus Anger: Bad. Very hard to use.
Dominus Hatred: Actually good, especially when leveled up.
Power of Sire: The evolution of the Dominus weapons. Extremely good with full screen AOE.
Alucard Spear: Pretty good. Will attack non-stop after a few levels and some cool down reduction. The base weapon actually covers the whole body. Evolution has good AOE. Both original and evolution have high damage.
Confodere: Long cool down, low damage, and low damage. The final evolution is ok.

Fleuret: Unbelievably trash in the first form. Sorta kinda ok as the 1st evolution. 2nd evolution is good.
Splasher: Unbelievably trash. Evolution is also trash...
Punch: It's ok early on. Good after a few levels and some CDR. Both evolutions are good. The final evolution has some big AOE potential.
Kick: Ok early on. Good after a few levels and some CDR. It's a very short weapon. Not as good as Punch. Evolution is not very different.
Eagle gun: Bad. It seems to be a single target weapon... Evolution is just a slightly better version.
Super missile: It's a bad main weapon even leveled up and with CDR. An ok side weapon, but not great. Evolution is pretty meh...
Twin dragon: Very bad early on. But good at max level and some CDR. Damage is pretty good. Evolution is actually good.
Spirit Rings: It's not a bad weapon, but very hard to use, and doesn't have good AoE. The evolution is pretty trash though. The evolution adds a good AoE, but with a very long cool down.
Sanguin Star: It's similar to victory sword, but harder to use, and bad. Even evolved there is little AoE.