Point of Ghost Lino? (Spoilers maybe?)

[Hatsodoom]

I'm not asking how to get a kill with them, already did that, but what is the point of the character? Is it some sort of co-op only character given they can't do damage?

[Moonbane]

I thought they were pretty much a joke character to go with some of the trolling items, party hat and popper. Not everything is supposed to be useful.

But they have a tangential use in maps where you have to survive for x minutes. With them doing no damage, theres no loot to choose between, so you can tab out or leave the pc.

[Hatsodoom]

I can see some use in co-op at the very least, especially if their weapon gets to max and can affect other players. The evolved scanner is INSANE.

[Gamerzilla]

Scanner is best Coop weapon hands down once evolved.

[Hatsodoom]

Seems like a lot of weapons from this DLC once evolved are pretty good, some maybe a little too much. Not only that the Imposter character's ability is a bit too strong. I'm not complaining mind you, this collab definitely seems Co-Op focused and I realized after playing Co-Op with a friend, each character is definitely weaker when doing multi.

[Metal Izanagi]

I think in Among Us when you're a ghost you can't really do much, so it's likely just a reference to that. Fits with the collab.

[Hatsodoom]

Not saying it doesn't, was just wondering how it adapted into VS.

[Hatsodoom]

Man some of these weapons are super OP. Evolved Science Rocks rips stuff to shreds and Just Vent insta-kills everything not immune and can hit around 3k to enemies that ARE.

[Gladesworn]

There are ways to still play with Ghost, even solo. At the church stage, I eventually got to Gorgeous Moon and Emergency Meeting, so enemies are still dying even if they're not damaged. Racked up like 70k kills by the end.

[Neonivek]

The Ghost and Guardian are both co-op characters through and through.

If you wanna do damage as ghost I suggest getting the tarot that deals damage as you heal.

[Selchar]

In single player, think of characters that can't be killed(Ghost Lino/Megalo Menya) as sort of sandbox characters. They can be use for 2 things.
1: Explore/familiarize yourselves with maps at your leisure without fear of death or screen hogging weapons flying everywhere. More important with DLC maps which are more intricate.
2: Weapon/Build tester, to see how weapons and weapon combinations could work without repeated death forcing you to start over.

For Ghost Lino in particular, it's not that they can't do damage, but rather it's harder to do so. It seems standard Might bonuses(Power Up/Spinach/Torrona) don't work, but Arcana effects do. Silent Old Sanctuary and Divine Bloodline both increase might for Lino, allowing normal weapons to work again. Divine Bloodline/Blood Astronomia/Sarabande of Healing/Game Killer can all do damage and kill mobs.

The potential to have fun is there, but they aren't for everyone.

[Meadow Daydream]

I played as Ghost Lino went into Cappella Magna, used the Mad Grove Arcana and grabbed the nearby Rosary. And quit the game to unlock Guardian.

The whole point of the character was to test the players knowledge of Vampire Survivors. It was to question the community as a group and to also problem solve a character that is immortal but also cannot attack enemies.

My personal theory is that Ghost Lino is just a Spectator character. It's like when you play an online game you die. And all you can do is either

A: Quit the game.
B: Spectate and see what happens.

Which is in a sense what Ghost Lino can only do out of the box.
There are ways to beef the character up to a playable state.
Allowing you to experiment with Arcana's, Passives, and weapon combinations.

Granted we do live in the internet era where we can just google, YT, Wiki things.
TBH I still use the Evolution chart on the wiki, knowing full well there is a chart in game.

But doing so on the Wiki allows the game to continue playing in the background enough to know what to aim for next.

[ANTLink19]

As soon as I read the description I thought:

"this the equivalent of handing your younger sibling an unplugged NES controller because they want to play a single player game with you".

[Lucasito1]

There is an achievement with this character with which you have to eliminate enemies, I have taken a rosary and I have eliminated the enemies on the screen, and with that I got exp and I have continued eliminating enemies, but when I left I did not get the achievement, what am I doing wrong?