Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Ceremonial Room: Difference between revisions

The final area of the game takes you right back to where you started. It is located in the center of the castle, at the top of the long shaft that you were thrown down at the very start of the game. On the right side of that room is a locked door that can only be opened with the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Relics|last key]] from the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Locations#Observation Tower|Observation Tower]].

It helps to have a good supply of restorative items, which you can get by killing certain [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Enemy data#Item drops|enemies]]. Potions will probably not make a significant difference at this point, however a good supply of [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Potions|meats, potion his, and potion exes]] will keep you alive. [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/VampireKiller|VampireKillers]], [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Shooter|Shooters]], and [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Thief|Thieves]] will want a good supply of [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Mind Restores|mind restores]] as well, as it means less time spent waiting for your MP to restore automatically. [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Magician|Magicians]] will probably have such a large amount of MP and high intelligence that they won't need to manually restore MP. It is imperative that [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Fighter|Fighters]] have a couple of [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Hearts|heart]] boosters, as they will have to rely on sub-weapons, instead of [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Cards#Uranus|summons]], to finish off Dracula.

Despite offering only half as much defense as the Shinning or Dark armors, the Sage Robe (which you get from [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Enemies#Lilith|Lilith]]) is the best choice. Dracula - especially his [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Demon form|second form]] - is incredibly strong and can quickly trash even a high level Fighter who is wearing the Shinning Armor. As such, it's best to use the Sage Robe for the massive 500 point intelligence boost, which will raise your MP recovery rate by 5MP/second. Since this doesn't apply to the Fighter, who can't use magic at all, wear either the armor with the highest defense boost, or the Soldier Fatigues, which will boost your strength by 50 points.

Ideally, the Double Grips are the best [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Equipment#Arms|arm gear]] to wear as they boost all stats by 75, however it can get tiresome fighting Dark Armors for one. Other options include the Defense Armbad (+100 def, -25 str), Hard Ring (+50 def, -10 str), Strength Armband (+100 str, -25 def), or Strength Ring (+50 str, -10 def). Don't worry about the effect that arm gear has on your intelligence as it will probably not affect your MP recovery rate by even 1MP/second. Luck is irrelevant as Dracula does not drop any items, however you should get a Luck Ring or two, or a Gambler Armband to wear when collecting items to prepare for the final fight.

Once you enter the Ceremonial Room, jump into the little ditch and break the floor. Drop down into the secret room and grab the last {{CotMpowerup|type=hp|num=43}}. Climb back up and go and save if you want, other wise continue up another level and you'll see the boss door. Go through and have a short conversation with Dracula. He'll mock [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Characters#Hugh Baldwin|Hugh]]'s weak mind and Nathan for his concern for [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Characters#Morris Baldwin|Morris]]. Nathan interrupts the gloating and the fight begins.

{{CotMboss|Dracula (first form)|1100|805|850|150000|Dark| -- }}

{{CotMboss|Dracula (second form)|3000|1000|1000| -- |Dark| -- }}

Now, he's a large purple and red demon that is ''much'' stronger. At first he'll unless one of three attacks: poison bubbles, meteorite strike, or a laser sweep. His only weakpoint is the eye in his chest, and that can only be hit when it opens. If he's going to use the laser, get up and back to avoid it, but for the other attacks, play defensively until he's done attacking. VampireKillers, Fighters, and Shooters should then jump and fling boomerangs at the eye while Magicians and Thieves should summon [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Uranus/Thunderbird|Thunderbird]].

Halfway through the fight he'll start charging at you. This is a ''very'' powerful attack that can take hundreds of HP away from even a high level character. Use the Roc Wing to stay airborne until he finishes charging. After a few charges, he'll transform into a swarm of bats with the eye at the center and float around. Fighters should jump and hit the eye with the boomerang, while everyone else should summon [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Uranus/Thunderbird|Thunderbird]]. Magicians can just wait for their magic to recharge while Thieves should have a massive stockpile of [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Mind Restores|mind restores]]. VampireKillers and Shooters should use restores, but more conservatively than Thieves.