Character Overview
Giovanna Grana is Vampire Crawlers' summon specialist, starting with Gatti Amari. Her passive grants all summoned entities a flat 25% damage bonus. With multiple summon cards in the deck and 10+ entities attacking simultaneously, that 25% applies to every hit from every summoner, creating an enormous aggregate damage advantage. She is the best Crawler for summon-focused builds and earns a solid A-tier rating.
Unique Passive
All damage dealt by summoned entities—pets, familiars, summons—receives a 25% bonus. The bonus applies individually to each entity, so deploying 10+ summons multiplies the effective bonus tenfold across the board. Stacking multiple summon cards compounds the passive's overall output linearly.
Strengths
- 25% summon damage bonus applies universally to all active entities, delivering exceptional aggregate firepower
- Gatti Amari provides a reliable summon base from the first floor, enabling early passive activation
- Multiple summon cards compound damage in a near-multiplicative fashion
- Summons auto-attack while Giovanna moves, maintaining offense throughout evasive play
- Cards that enlarge summons synergize with the passive, amplifying both hit area and damage
Weaknesses
- Summon-heavy decks have fewer direct attack cards, making Combo density dependent on summon volume
- Summons act autonomously; movement-tracking enemies can force summons into dead air
- Hand composition without summon cards temporarily reduces passive benefit
Recommended Build
Summon Rush
Core the deck on Gatti Amari and 3+ additional summon cards. Pair with summon-enhancement cards to enlarge summons. Use Chain Link to incorporate summon card plays into an active Combo for compounded bonus damage. After mid-game with 10+ entities active, Giovanna's aggregate damage dwarfs most other builds.
Recommended Arcanas
- Chain Link: Bonus damage during Combo stacks with the 25% passive, creating explosive per-card damage.
- Mana Syphon: Recovers Mana during summon card chains, ensuring the summon rush never stalls.
- Your Shield My Liege: Converts Armor into bonus summon strength in tanky hybrid configurations.
Recommended Relics
- Stardust Anvil: Raises summon weapons' base attack values, increasing the absolute value of the 25% bonus.
- Combo Stack: Extends bonus damage into all entity hits when summon cards are played within a Combo.
- Gem Hammer: Reduces evolution costs for summon weapons, allowing upgraded summons to appear sooner.
Synergies
Gatti Amari is the core summon weapon. Cards that enlarge summons amplify both the reach and the damage bonus. Chain Link and Mana Syphon together keep the summon chain unbroken through Mana recovery and Combo continuity. Stardust Anvil raises the base damage ceiling that the 25% bonus is applied to, ensuring late-game scaling.
Tier Rating: A Tier
Giovanna's passive makes her the highest-ceiling Crawler for summon builds. Dependency on summon card draw and auto-attack limitations keep her at A-tier rather than S, but she dominates her niche completely.