Anime Vanguards

Anime Vanguards Familiars Guide

Familiars are unit companions with stats, passives, reroll paths, and corruption decisions. A good familiar is the one that fits the equipped unit and mode.

Last checked 2026-06-08Update 13
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Fast familiar rule

  1. Decide whether the equipped unit needs damage, range, crit, meter, cost, or utility.
  2. Check familiar route and availability before planning around it.
  3. Reroll unused familiars before finalizing them when the system allows it.
  4. Do not corrupt casually; public wiki notes that corruption decisions can be one-way for the familiar status.
Secret · HAPPY Factory Raid

The Doctor

Corruption-dependent utility with damage and range stat ranges.

Caution
Check corruption result before treating it as a permanent best-in-slot familiar.
Mythic · Frozen Volcano Dungeon Shop

Chili

Element damage route with crit-damage support.

Caution
Best when the equipped unit can actually trigger crit value.
Secret · Ruined City Raid

Birb

Randomized stat swing familiar with broad damage, crit, and range implications.

Caution
Variance can make screenshots and current rolls more important than the name alone.
Mythic · Ruined City Raid Shop

Black Spirit

Meter generation route for units that care about meter uptime.

Caution
Weak if the unit does not benefit from meter mechanics.
Mythic · Dungeon Shop

Belu

Summon-consuming damage route for on-field summon setups.

Caution
Needs a team that can support the summon interaction.
Mythic · Rift Shop

Gon

Damage-reduction ignore route.

Caution
Stronger when enemies actually have meaningful damage reduction.
Mythic · Rift Shop

Pachiru

Stun-triggered damage scaling route.

Caution
Mode and enemy behavior decide whether it ever ramps.
Mythic · Rift Shop

Foo

Ally-effect support route for buffing damage.

Caution
Needs a unit that applies ally effects consistently.
Mythic · Land of The Gods Legend Stage

Bobodi

On-kill count support for kill-triggered effects.

Caution
Does not solve maps where the unit cannot secure kills.
Exclusive · Wooden Chest / legacy event context

Strange Cat

Broad element damage plus damage and range upside.

Caution
Event availability and corruption rules should be checked before planning around it.

What to verify with screenshots later

When users can submit screenshots, the highest-value data will be familiar roll ranges, corruption result, equipped unit, mode, and whether the familiar changed a real clear. Until then, this page stays text-first.

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