Castlevania

NES/Famicom

6tk 18 Apr 2018 18:33

Thanks for the challenge.

beherite 13 May 2022 12:21

To hard for me :(

OceanManow 25 Aug 2022 01:30

For anyone having a hard time on this cheevo, you can jump his triple shot if you are 2 blocks of distance from him, wait until he swing his cape and jump exactly in that moment and hit his head, raise and repeat till the second phase, stun him with holy water then hit his head.

benjaminmcp0 14 Dec 2022 14:27

Just got it!

GrayCloudSpectator 18 Jan 2023 21:51

Took me two hours, but very rewarding when you have figured it out. I made a short tutorial:

https://youtu.be/N2bO1hxvqRM

The most important advice:
1st phase: Dracula has an RNG advantage here, therefore pause buffer to give you time to react.
2nd phase: Use holy water to move past Dracula, if you are cornered.

Dopeypoke 15 May 2023 00:43

Highly recommend GrayCloudSpectator's video, made this pretty easy

DEATHDragon 13 Jul 2023 19:26

Quite an easy boss. On phase 1, try to stay within 3 tiles away of Dracula, then when he opens his cape, wait a moment then jump towards him and whip his head. You will also avoid his flames. Pause buffer to avoid Dracula to teleport on top of you.
On phase 2, STAY CLOSE TO DRACULA. He will NOT shoot his fireballs if you are close to him. Also, remember to use Holy Water, as that will disable Dracula's hitbox for a moment, allowing you to walk past him. DON'T JUMP or you will get hit by his head.

Bryan1150 26 Dec 2023 02:41

wanted to do subweapon only but ended up getting this because I overwhipped the 2nd phase XD

Enagonius 12 Oct 2024 17:41

Gladly, the last checkpoint is right before the final boss, so you won't need to retry a whole stage in order to face Dracula like you need to when you die to other bosses (three whole stages when you lose all your lives and need to hit continue, which are infinite). So don't worry about that. Naturally, when you die you will lose all your hearts and any sub-weapon you might be holding, but the anti-chamber before Dracula's throne room has plenty of candles for you to break so you can get hearts (although you will need to use them wisely); as for the sub-weapon, in the far-left side of the boss room there's a Holy Water (which is is the strongest sub-weapon in the game anyway), but if you have died here you will have to save your hearts for Dracula's second form because of limited hearts (if you are here while being able to not die in the stages prior to this boss fight, then you'll have some more leniency in the use of your sub-weapon).

In his first form, Dracula will keep teleporting around the room while launching fireballs at you; he's prone to teleport right where you are standing, so it's a good habit to keep wandering around the room nonstop – go back and forth even when Dracula is nowhere to be seen because when he appears it will save you response time; since you are already in motion, you will avoid being hurt by his body hitbox. Wait for Dracula to reappear in the room and he will open his cape before shooting fireballs at you. Jump over the fireballs and whip him in the head (the only place that will deal damage to him). Be alert to the fact that if you jump too early, he will shoot upwards, aiming at you in mid-air, so only jump after you see the fireballs being hurled out of his cape. Repeat it until he dies... At least his humanoid form.

Then he will transform into a large bat-like demon creature, which will hop around the arena and shoot down fireballs. The cheesiest way of defeating him here is by tossing Holy Water at him and then jumping

AndruHC 25 Oct 2024 03:59

A little trick that can help you: In Dracula's first phase, use the pause button several times so you can predict where he is going to teleport to. I hope it helps you. c;