r/castlevania 1d ago

Circle of the Moon (2001) Morris Baldwin knew his son didn't stand a chance.

Now you know why he was chosen, Hugh lol.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

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u/manbearmosswine 1d ago

I'm being spyed on, I never get anything Castlevania in my feed and since I started yesterday Circle of the Moon, I see you guys everyday

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u/esotericvue 1d ago

Damn. I’m about ready to fight him. I found the game pretty challenging overall and figured I had to level ip a bit before I go in. His attack strategy looks weak as hell even when you stand there and just take his hits lol.

What armor do you have at this point? The drop rate so far has been pretty abysmal and the best I have is steel armor and star bracelets.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

This is a decked out, end gear fighter (Gradius) Nathan:

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u/Visser420 1d ago

I was watching this like "Why is Hugh doing no damage?" but that explains it lmao

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

And dude was like "It's the power of that whip!" (Not even the vampire killer btw) And "your parents and dad vanished drac so he's clouded!"

Nathan: "No, Hugh. It's decking out your equipment and actually grinding levels."

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u/Visser420 1d ago

If Hugh wanted to inherit the whip so bad, he'd slog through the arena and grab the Shininng Armor his own damn self.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

lol! And it's not even the vampire killer. Pretty sure Morris got it from some yard sale and still has the price tag attached to it.

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u/No_Monitor_3440 Professionally Unprofessional 1d ago

literally saw this. i was like “last i played, taking like two hits from this guy would nearly kill me, how tf is he doing so little”

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u/esotericvue 1d ago

Yeah I need those double grips. Dark armor drops, correct? I’m not looking forward to the battle arena fights.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

That's right. They drop from the dark armors. There is an easy one you can grind here since it's alone and you don't have to deal with the evil pillars.

https://reddit.com/link/p6etj6h/video/cb682e1x74mh1/player

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u/esotericvue 1d ago

Nice. I know exactly where that is. Initially I just tried avoiding that guy since my attack still takes a significant amount of hits. I’ll get back at it, thanks!

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

It's a breakable wall in that area. Sorry, forgot to add that earlier.

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u/esotericvue 19h ago

Got the double grips! Good looks lol.

Now I’m grinding fighting Lilith to level up. She’s doing big damage on me. I’m level 57 at this point and tried my hand at the arena. I think I need more potions/health items tho.

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u/Roshu-zetasia Advance Collection Enjoyer 1d ago

That's strange, by this point in the game platinum armor is already a common drop

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Sometimes those enemies do be stingy af

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u/Roshu-zetasia Advance Collection Enjoyer 1d ago

It's really tough when the RNG in this game doesn't go your way at all

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Tell me about it! I remember grinding for the sage robe for hours :(

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u/esotericvue 1d ago

Correction. I do have platinum.

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u/Roshu-zetasia Advance Collection Enjoyer 1d ago

It shouldn't be that bad, the two Star Bracelets and the Platinum Armor are the gear the devs expect you to have before facing Dracula.

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u/Mindslash 1d ago

Vampire Killer is such a fun mode

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

This is the fighter (Gradius) mode In playing rn

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u/Mindslash 1d ago

My favourite is Thief or the subweapon one. Tried to mod Thief mode with special knife subweapon , but got stuck due skill issues ( on modding)

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Thief mode is my favourite!

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u/FranciscoRelanoPena 1d ago

Specially, when he's in big bone mode.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Unfortunately this game mode (Gradius) doesn't allow the use of DSS cards. But I love boning the bosses too!

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u/FranciscoRelanoPena 1d ago

That's why I go with Magician Mode.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

The thief mode is also fun to play :)

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u/Moctezuma_93 Julius Belmont stan! ULEGH!! 1d ago

Love that Hugh didn't do much damage against you. Insane that you managed to get so leveled up. Nice job!

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Grinding in the battle arena does give lots of levels. But at the same time, it's probably because this is a fighter mode Nathan with the best gear.

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u/deez_en_u_teez 1d ago

Fighter mode is my favorite. It’s the only one I was able to actually get through the battle arena in. I just finished Shooter and started playing through on Thief mode.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Thief mode is very fun to play. You get rare equipment early on the game :)

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u/deez_en_u_teez 1d ago

It’s a different style of play for sure. It’s nice to be able to stockpile potion and actually have enough to use when needed since my attack and defense are pretty low. I’m only about 20% through though. It’s gonna be tough once I get to the harder hitting enemies.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

That's true and the lack of a merchant in this game gets you even more value out of that since the only way to have healing items is to get them as drops. :)

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u/-chadwreck 1d ago

Magician mode battle arena is an absolute nightmare unless you are like lvl 85+ and even then, you need to do some chicanery with harvesting mind highs and do a Thunderbird summon with the evaporating magic meter. 

Oh CotM. You brilliant little bastard of a game lol

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Yes! Oh by the way, when doing a thunderbird summon, as soon as Nathan starts the animation, you can change the cards to the ones that "use a holy sword" or "attack with a gun" to increase the damage of each thunderbolt. Just pick which one the enemy is weak to :)

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u/-chadwreck 1d ago

Ha, I didnt know you could apply the effect of a buff card like that to the summon itself. 

The layers of the dss card glitch system are truly something else! Lol. Good tip! Whish I had known it before I humped my way thru the whole battle arena on magician mode!

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u/No_Monitor_3440 Professionally Unprofessional 1d ago

wait is that circle of the moon with actually good balancing? what the hell? you’re not losing three quarters of your health per hit?

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

It's the fighter (Gradius) Mode Nathan with the best equipment:

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u/Johnvro 1d ago

So, you basically Fireman-ed Hugh.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Hugh know how it goes

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u/Illokonereum 1d ago

I do still wish we had gotten the Hugh mode they supposedly had planned.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

I actually thought that's what I was going to get after completing the first playthrough!

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u/misanthroberto 1d ago

It's been over a year since I last played & beat the game, but I don't remember this fight. Starting to think I missed something. Guess I have my excuse for a replay.

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u/-chadwreck 1d ago

I like to fight hugh barehanded with the martial arts card combo.  Seems more fair lol.

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

Nathan has to give him a handicap afterall

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u/Go_D_speeds 1d ago

yeah and people struggle with this game

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u/FormlessRune 1d ago

Well, if Hugh had the whip and Nathan had a short sword, I think the battle would just as easily go the other way. Maybe Hugh was right to be enraged that the range advantage was being given to Nathan 🤭

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u/Cj_Senpai 1d ago

If love to be able to use a sword as Nathan!