{
  "name": "Anime Vanguards Familiar Dataset",
  "url": "https://animevanguardsguide.com/data/familiars.json",
  "lastmod": "2026-06-29",
  "rowCount": 12,
  "rows": [
    {
      "name": "The Doctor",
      "rarity": "Secret",
      "route": "HAPPY Factory Raid",
      "routeType": "raid",
      "roles": [
        "damage",
        "range",
        "utility",
        "cost",
        "shield"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "raid",
        "rift",
        "boss",
        "support"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "none"
      ],
      "normal": "DMG +10-20% and RNG +10-20%; corruption can push those stat ranges to 15-30%.",
      "special": "The applied corruption changes the extra effect: Nullify, Rupture, price reduction, or bonus shield hits.",
      "obtainment": "HAPPY Factory Raid Act 1 has a low drop chance; Act 2 is listed as a much higher chance in the public wiki data.",
      "bestFor": "Permanent carry or utility unit where the corruption roll actually solves a mode problem.",
      "avoid": "Weak if the corruption result does not match the equipped unit or if the unit is temporary.",
      "corruption": "high",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chili",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Frozen Volcano Dungeon Shop",
      "routeType": "dungeon",
      "roles": [
        "crit",
        "damage",
        "element"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "dungeon",
        "boss",
        "infinite"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Unbound",
        "Spark",
        "Blast"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Unbound, Spark, or Blast damage +2-5%; crit damage support rolls from 0-40%.",
      "special": "Corruption can extend the crit-damage support range to roughly 0-60%.",
      "obtainment": "Frozen Volcano Dungeon Shop.",
      "bestFor": "Crit-friendly carries, Unbound routes, or teams where crit damage is already part of the plan.",
      "avoid": "Low value on units that do not crit often or do not use the matching element damage.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Birb",
      "rarity": "Secret",
      "route": "Ruined City Raid",
      "routeType": "raid",
      "roles": [
        "damage",
        "range",
        "crit",
        "variance"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "raid",
        "infinite",
        "boss"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Water",
        "Spark",
        "Blast"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Water, Spark, or Blast damage +2-5%; damage, crit damage, range, and crit chance can swing positive or negative.",
      "special": "Corruption III rolls each stat separately, so one good stat does not guarantee a perfect familiar.",
      "obtainment": "Ruined City Raid; public wiki rows list Act 1 and Act 2 drop chances.",
      "bestFor": "Players willing to evaluate the exact roll instead of trusting the familiar name alone.",
      "avoid": "Risky for low-resource accounts because a bad roll can be worse than a simpler familiar.",
      "corruption": "high",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Black Spirit",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Ruined City Raid Shop",
      "routeType": "raid",
      "roles": [
        "meter",
        "utility",
        "damage"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "raid",
        "rift",
        "support"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Blast",
        "Spark",
        "Nature"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Blast, Spark, or Nature damage +2-5%; meter generation bonus can roll from 0.1-100%.",
      "special": "Corruption can raise the meter-generation ceiling to about 150%.",
      "obtainment": "Ruined City Raid Shop.",
      "bestFor": "Units whose route depends on meter uptime, active effects, or ability cadence.",
      "avoid": "Do not chase it for raw DPS if the equipped unit does not care about meter.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Belu",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Dungeon Shop",
      "routeType": "dungeon",
      "roles": [
        "summon",
        "damage",
        "burst"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "dungeon",
        "story",
        "boss"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Curse",
        "Fire",
        "Unknown"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Curse, Fire, or Unknown damage +2-5%; can consume low-HP summons to buff that attack by 5-20%.",
      "special": "Corruption can raise the summon-consuming damage route to about 30%.",
      "obtainment": "Dungeon Shop.",
      "bestFor": "Summon teams or units that can reliably supply expendable summons.",
      "avoid": "Poor fit if the team has no summon economy or cannot afford the consumed summons.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Gon",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Rift Shop",
      "routeType": "rift",
      "roles": [
        "reduction",
        "damage",
        "utility"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "rift",
        "boss",
        "portal"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Cosmic",
        "Spark",
        "Nature"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Cosmic, Spark, or Nature damage +2-5%; attacks can ignore 10-50% damage reduction.",
      "special": "Corruption can extend the damage-reduction ignore range to about 75%.",
      "obtainment": "Rift Shop.",
      "bestFor": "Routes where enemy damage reduction is the real bottleneck.",
      "avoid": "Less useful on maps where raw DPS, range, or cost is the actual issue.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pachiru",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Rift Shop",
      "routeType": "rift",
      "roles": [
        "stun",
        "damage",
        "ramp"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "rift",
        "portal",
        "boss"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Cosmic",
        "Fire",
        "Unbound"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Cosmic, Fire, or Unbound damage +2-5%; stunned-unit damage can ramp +1-10% up to +30%.",
      "special": "Corruption can raise the ramp ceiling to about 45%.",
      "obtainment": "Rift Shop.",
      "bestFor": "Modes or units where stun windows happen often enough to activate the ramp.",
      "avoid": "Dead pick if the unit rarely gets stunned or the fight ends before the ramp matters.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Foo",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Rift Shop",
      "routeType": "rift",
      "roles": [
        "ally",
        "support",
        "damage"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "rift",
        "support",
        "raid"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Curse",
        "Holy",
        "Passion"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Curse, Holy, or Passion damage +2-5%; ally-effect applications can buff ally damage by 2-10%.",
      "special": "Corruption can extend the ally damage buff to about 15%.",
      "obtainment": "Rift Shop.",
      "bestFor": "Support units that consistently apply effects to allies.",
      "avoid": "Low value on pure solo carries that never trigger ally effects.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bobodi",
      "rarity": "Mythic",
      "route": "Land of The Gods Legend Stage",
      "routeType": "legend",
      "roles": [
        "on-kill",
        "utility",
        "damage"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "legend",
        "infinite",
        "story"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Cosmic",
        "Blast",
        "Holy"
      ],
      "normal": "Random Cosmic, Blast, or Holy damage +2-5%; kills can count as 0-2 kills for on-kill effects.",
      "special": "Corruption can raise the on-kill count value to about 3.",
      "obtainment": "Land of The Gods Legend Stage Act 3 is listed with a low drop chance.",
      "bestFor": "Units or routes where on-kill effects are central to the clear.",
      "avoid": "Does not solve boss-only or meter-based routes where kills are not the trigger.",
      "corruption": "medium",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Strange Cat",
      "rarity": "Exclusive",
      "route": "Wooden Chest / legacy event context",
      "routeType": "legacy",
      "roles": [
        "damage",
        "range",
        "element",
        "variance"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "support",
        "infinite",
        "trading"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Fire",
        "Blast",
        "Holy",
        "Water",
        "Spark",
        "Passion",
        "Nature",
        "Curse",
        "Unbound",
        "Cosmic",
        "Unknown"
      ],
      "normal": "Can roll broad element damage +2-5%, damage +0-7%, and range +0-3.5%.",
      "special": "The public wiki notes special corruption behavior, so current screenshot confirmation matters before serious planning.",
      "obtainment": "Wooden Chest from older Spring event / legacy shop context.",
      "bestFor": "Collection, legacy value, or broad element coverage when the exact roll is good.",
      "avoid": "Do not plan around it as current content unless the account already owns it.",
      "corruption": "high",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "1,000,000,000 Visits",
      "rarity": "Exclusive",
      "route": "Mailbox legacy reward",
      "routeType": "legacy",
      "roles": [
        "damage",
        "range",
        "tempo",
        "element"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "story",
        "infinite",
        "trading"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "Fire",
        "Spark",
        "Water",
        "Blast",
        "Nature",
        "Holy",
        "Curse",
        "Unbound",
        "Cosmic",
        "Passion",
        "Unknown"
      ],
      "normal": "Damage +10%, SPA -5%, range +10%, plus broad random element damage +2-5%.",
      "special": "Corruption can improve the damage, SPA, and range package, but availability is legacy-limited.",
      "obtainment": "Mailbox reward during the one-billion-visits window.",
      "bestFor": "Accounts that already own it and need a broad all-round familiar.",
      "avoid": "Not a current farming target for new players.",
      "corruption": "low",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuruzuu",
      "rarity": "Exclusive",
      "route": "Anniversary Shop / unobtainable",
      "routeType": "legacy",
      "roles": [
        "farm",
        "economy",
        "damage"
      ],
      "modes": [
        "story",
        "support",
        "trading"
      ],
      "elements": [
        "random"
      ],
      "normal": "Random element damage +5-10%; farm money generation can roll +2-10%.",
      "special": "Corruption can raise the farm-money route to about 15%.",
      "obtainment": "Anniversary Shop legacy context; public wiki marks it unobtainable.",
      "bestFor": "Farm economy routes where money generation is the bottleneck.",
      "avoid": "Do not compare it as a current farming target or a pure boss DPS familiar.",
      "corruption": "low",
      "source": "Anime Vanguards Wiki familiars"
    }
  ]
}