Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Cards: Difference between revisions

Somewhat useful, but not really since most enemies aren't particularly affected by elemental attacks. It is generally more effective to use the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Venus/Salamander|Venus and Salamander]] cards to raise your base strength by 25% instead.

*'''Best Location''': In a hidden room underneath the rooftops (accessible from the room below it), is a HP Plus and Heat Shade. You'll need the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Relics|Tackle]] to get to her though. If you aren't having any luck in this room, the Machine Tower is infested with Heat Shades.

*'''Best Location''': In the Chapel, literally everywhere. The easiest area is right at the beginning since you'll be close to a save room if you need to heal.

Another elemental damage card, but gives you a long range projectile to throw at the enemy. Useful for enemies that are too far away to hit or bosses that you need to avoid at all costs, but the high MP cost of most of the weapons makes it something only for special situations.

Objects are chucked at enemies in a similar fashion as the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Weapons#Axe|axe]], and then explode on impact. The exceptions are the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Apollo/Golem|Golem]], [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Apollo/Cockatrice|Cockatrice]], and [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Apollo/Unicorn|Unicorn]] combos, which at more like [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Uranus|Uranus]] summon monsters.

These are special effects that don't really fall into a category. Some affect stats, others how your [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Weapons|sub-weapon]] works. The most useful ones are [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Pluto/Mandragora|Pluto and Mandragora]] (+20% experience from all monsters, keep this one active when you aren't using anything else and switch to it when a boss is about to die), [[Pluto/Unicorn|Pluto and Unicorn]] (complete invincibility, though you cannot attack - good for when you need to flee to a save room to heal), and [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Pluto/Black Dog|Pluto and Black Dog]] (turns you into a skeleton).

*'''Etymology''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_%28legendary_creature%29 Salamanders] are a type of amphibian that was often given fantastical, fire-based powers in medieval literature, and has come to have an association with fire and heat.

Generally, this card lets you freeze enemies like the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Enemies#Brain Float|Brain Floats]], which is necessary to get certain items early in the game. Aside from that ice weapons are generally useless as most Serpent combinations results in significant strength penalties.

*'''Etymology''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandragora (demon) Mandragoras] are a type of demon familiar given to humans by the Devil.

Similar to [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Serpent|Serpent]] combos, most Cockatrice combos results in the enemies being petrified. The big difference is that the combos generally give strength boosts as opposed to penalties. Still, most of the combinations are fairly useless as few enemies are weak against Earth. [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Pluto/Cockatrice|Pluto and Cockatrice]] gives boosts your stats based on play time, but unless you are going ''very'' slowly through the game, it won't help much more than other defense boosting combos.

*'''Best Location''': In the northeast corner of the large room that leads to the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Enemies#Iron Golem|Iron Golem]] is a hidden room with a MP Plus. Thunder Demons are exceptionally powerful, so you should have the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Jupiter/Mandragora|Jupiter and Mandragora]] cards first.