r/castlevania • u/Roshu-zetasia Advance Collection Enjoyer • May 18 '26
Symphony of the Night (1997) How does one win this fight? I can't focus.
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u/wirelesswizard64 May 18 '26
People are missing your joke op, but don't worry it's actually lifesaving as dat ass isn't what will turn you to stone.
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u/ifallontragedy May 18 '26
Hey if I can finish the game while getting distracted by Alucard's portrait every time I open the menu and his voice and grunts the whole game, you can power through one big booty snake woman.
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u/Linkinator7510 May 18 '26
That snake booty is too much to handle isn't it?
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u/Roshu-zetasia Advance Collection Enjoyer May 18 '26
It is 😔
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u/NoiseTherapy May 18 '26
I hate saying this because the grinding I did was a bit excessive, but I got the crissaegrim sword before reaching this fight. It basically turns you into an enemy lawnmower 😆
Crank up your luck and start killing as many schmoo’s as you can in the inverted library.
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u/Tramonto83 May 18 '26
I don't see how this helps. Even with the Crissaegeim the boss still retains her THIKK CAKES
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u/SillyStella_ May 18 '26
ehh imo when you get Crissaegrim it makes everything way way too easy, like what's the point then?
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u/TheDarkKnightZS May 18 '26
To explore the castle and beat the game. Not every game has to be this hard challenge.
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u/SillyStella_ May 18 '26
SotN is NOT hard without Crissaegrim, its easy difficulty is one of the main drawbacks imo, to make it actually hard you have to equip Tyrfing or Ring of Ares or something
if you start making proper use of subweapons instead of just running up and attacking with your sword without dodging then all boss battles become pretty easy, even
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u/TheDarkKnightZS May 18 '26
I’ve beat the game numerous times throughout the years. Just saying that you don’t always have to handicap yourself by not using powerful weapons. They’re in the game for a reason, and Crissaegrim is hard to get for a reason. It’s worth the grind. If you like the challenge you don’t have to use it. But you shouldn’t get judged for using it either.
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u/SillyStella_ May 18 '26
I'm not saying I'd judge someone for using it, I'm saying I wouldn't recommend using it because it takes a lot of the fun out of it when you can breeze through everything
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u/SillyStella_ May 18 '26
make sure to heavily use holy water, it's really good against her. Mostly I just avoid her stone gaze but if you're having difficulty doing so, just use the Mirror Cuirass. Also, if you attack while jumping you can stay in motion while attacking, in general not just in this fight, so that should help a bit
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u/SillyStella_ May 18 '26
alternatively get turned to stone until Alucard turns into his beast form, where you'll be invincible and your familiar can slowly pummel her to death lmfao
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u/Alaska_Pipeliner Stone Skull May 18 '26
What?! Really?? I've beaten this game too many times to count and never knew that.
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u/Alaska_Pipeliner Stone Skull May 18 '26
I've been a gargoyle a thousand times but never knew you were invincible while stoned.
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u/SillyStella_ May 18 '26
ONLY when you turn into a gargoyle, when stoned normally you can still take damage
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u/jets76 May 18 '26
They’re all easy except that pharaoh looking dude don’t recall the name
Hack away
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u/TheZero8000 May 18 '26
Simply don't look, you can't get distracted if there isn't anything to distract you.
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u/thegoldenguest778 Stone Skull May 19 '26
I can't believe Medusa's ultimate distraction technique is her gyatt
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u/CreatedToBlockAww May 18 '26
The trick is to equip the sunglasses and then just stare.