Vampire Killer

Vampire Killer
Internal name	VampireKiller
Type	Melee Weapon
Scaling
Combo rate	One 3-hit combo every 1.85 seconds
Base price	2000
Damage
Base DPS	141 (378)
Base combo damage	225 (604)
Base first hit	55 (143)
Base second hit	75 (195)
Base third hit	95 (266)
Blueprint
Location	Drops from Dracula (1st kill)
Drop chance	100%
Unlock cost	50

The Vampire Killer is a sword-type melee weapon added in the Return to Castlevania DLC. It fires off far-reaching melee attacks that bypass shields, inflict critical hits to burning enemies and generates flames on the spot upon getting a kill.

Details

• Special Effects:
  • This weapon's attacks ignore the shields of enemies like Shieldbearers and Thornies.
  • Inflicts critical damage to burning enemies.
    • Enemies killed leave a pool of flames at their feet.
      • flames deal 30 DPS of fire damage for 4 seconds.
• Breach Bonus: -0.3 / 0.3 / 0.6
  • Base Breach Damage: 38.5 100) / 97.5 254) / 152 426)
  • Base Breach DPS: 156 (421)
• Combo Duration: 1.85 seconds
  • First Hit: 0.65 (0.3 + 0.1 + 0.25)
  • Second Hit: 0.5 (0.4 + 0.1 + 0)
  • Third Hit: 0.7 (0.6 + 0.1 + 0)
• Tags: InstantBlueprint, Fire
• Legendary Version:
  • Forced Affix: root on Hit
    • "Root the enemy for 1.2 sec"

Synergies

• As this weapon spreads fire anything that creates oil is a great choice.
  • Items like Oil Grenade to spread Oil, create Blue Fire and deal damage as well.
  • Affixes like Oil, Oil on Use, Oil Deploy, Dive Attack Oil, Oil on Kill, Oil ( Infantry Grenade)
  • Affixes that deal make weapons and skills deal extra damage on burning enemies like Fire Damage, Blue Fire Damage.
• Due to critical condition, works exeptionally well with anything that creates fire
  • Works well with the Fire Grenade, Flamethrower Turret, Firebrands or the Holy Water
  • Benefits from fire-related minor Affixes like Fire Shield, Dive Attack Fire, Fire on Use/Stop/Destroy, Death Fire
  • There are also few Major Affixes, that works well with Vampire Killer like Fire Bullet, Oil and Fire on Use, Fire Feet/Dodge
  • Can also benefit from synergy with legendary Vorpan and Panchaku due to their fire-related affix (Fire on hit)

Notes

• First and second hit of the whip are fast, while the third one is slow.
• Weapon has an unusal long range both vertically and horizonatly and can be used in biomes with flying enemies for good result.
• It's the Leather Whip version of the Vampire Killer from the Castlevania series.
  • The Morning Star versions of this weapon are the Morning Star and the Valmont's Whip when the Simon Outfit, Trevor Outfit or Richter Outfit is equipped.

History

3.3: Introduced.

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