What do familiars do in Anime Vanguards?

Familiars are companion-style upgrades that can provide substantial unit buffs, with corruption and reroll systems changing their final value.

Can every familiar be judged by name alone?

No. Familiar rolls, corruption, equipped unit, element, and mode context can matter more than the familiar name.

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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

Fast familiar rule

Decide whether the equipped unit needs damage, range, crit, meter, cost, or utility.
Check familiar route and availability before planning around it.
Reroll unused familiars before finalizing them when the system allows it.
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.

Sources checked

Roblox Anime Vanguards pageOfficial game page with current stats, creator details, and media.
Official Anime Vanguards changelogUpdate 13.0, Godly Ascension, published May 31, 2026.
Anime Vanguards DiscordOfficial community invite and server profile.
Pro Game Guides tier listJune 4, 2026 Update 13 tier-list cross-check.
PCGamesN codesJune 2026 codes cross-check.
VanguardsCalc unit indexPublic unit index used for base damage, SPA, range, and DPS comparison fields.
Anime Vanguards Wiki traitsPublic wiki reference for trait names, odds, pity notes, and high-level trait effects.
Anime Vanguards Wiki elementsPublic wiki reference for element names and mechanic summaries.
Anime Vanguards Wiki familiarsPublic wiki reference for familiar mechanics, corruption, rerolls, and selected familiar examples.
Anime Vanguards Wiki memoriaPublic wiki reference for Memoria terminology and update-specific tracking.
Anime Vanguards Wiki evolutionsPublic wiki reference for evolution station, evolved-unit mechanics, and evolution quest terminology.
Anime Vanguards Wiki stat chipsPublic wiki reference entry for stat-chip terminology and stat reroll planning.
Anime Vanguards Wiki ascensionsPublic wiki reference entry for ascension terminology and duplicate-unit investment context.
Anime Vanguards Wiki crafting and itemsPublic wiki reference entry for crafting terminology, item routing, and material planning.
Anime Vanguards Wiki itemsPublic wiki reference entry for Gems, Gold, Trait Rerolls, Stat Chips, Super Stat Chips, and evolution-item terminology.
Anime Vanguards Wiki shopsPublic wiki reference entry for Gold Merchant, boss event shops, event shops, raid shops, dungeon shops, Rift shop, PVP shop, World Destroyer shop, and legacy shops.
Anime Vanguards Wiki Trait RerollsPublic wiki reference entry for Trait Rerolls, trait NPC routing, and common obtainment routes.
Anime Vanguards Wiki GemsPublic wiki reference entry for Gems as summon and feature currency with gameplay obtainment routes.
Anime Vanguards Wiki portalsPublic wiki reference entry for portal terminology and route planning.
Anime Vanguards Wiki raidsPublic wiki reference entry for raid terminology, raid shops, and route planning.
Anime Vanguards Wiki dungeonsPublic wiki reference entry for dungeon terminology, shops, and mode planning.
Anime Vanguards Wiki legend stagesPublic wiki reference entry for legend-stage terminology and progression context.