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

* All enemies have an elemental type. If you are having difficulty, equip the appropriate [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Cards#Neptune|Neptune combination]] and attacks will drain your MP instead of your HP.

* Use items sparingly as they are rare. It's better to backtrack to a save room instead of wasting all of your potions.

* [[#Lilith|Lilith]] will [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Secrets#Lilith|appear]] in the Underground Warehouse after you defeat [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Characters#Camilla|Camilla]] in the Underground Waterway. As soon as she does, go there and raise your levels significantly.

*'''Axe Armors''' are fairly common throughout the Audience Room. Simply move in close, duck, jump, or whip the axe, then attack the Armor.

*'''Dark Armors''' are a particularly nasty enemy, found in the Observation Tower. They throw fast moving waves of darkness straight ahead or at forty-five degree angles. They have better range than you, so you can't stay at a distance and attack. Jump the wave, whip a few times, move back, and repeat. Difficult, but worth fighting for the items they drop.

*'''Devil Armors''' are Battle Arena versions of the Dark Armors. They attack in exactly the same way, but are stronger. Equip luck boosting equipment before fighting them to increase the chances of you getting the Black Dog card, as you will have to go all the way through the Arena for a second chance.

*'''Earth Armors''' launch a wave of rocks along the ground, which can be double jumped over. If you are on a higher elevation than them, they won't be able to hit you with the wave. Just don't let them get too close to you.

*'''Ice Armors''' throw frozen spears at you, first a high one that can be ducked and then a low one that can be jumped. Avoid the spears, then move in to attack. Be aware that getting hit with a spear will [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Getting Started#Status|freeze]] you.

*'''Stone Armors''' throw three rocks, one at a high arc that goes the furthest, then a lower one that lands closer to it, then a third that doesn't travel far at all. If you're strong enough, run under the first rock and whip it to death before it can throw the third, otherwise attack from a distance. When the rocks hit the ground, they break, and the debris can damage you.

*'''Thunder Armors''' throw a ball of electricity that wanders around the room in a lazy pattern, homing in on you for a while. It's slow, but makes it difficult to get attack in on the Armor. You can get the armors that they drop elsewhere, so you might want to just avoid the Thunder Armors all together.

*'''White Armors''' are just like the Holy Armors, but exclusive to the Battle Arena. Like the Devil Armors, boost your luck as high as possible to increase your chances of getting the card.

You'll have enough time to get two whip strikes in before they die, so your timing has to be good. You also need to be strong enough to kill them in two hits, or you'll never defeat them. You can use [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS|card combos]] to boost strength, however since their drops rates are all incredibly low, it's better to use [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Venus/Mandragora|Venus/Mandragora]] and [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Equipment#Arms|Luck Rings]] to raise your luck instead. If you are too weak, just level up by fighting [[#Lilith|Lilith]]. [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Weapons#Stopwatch|Stopwatches]] can freeze the candles, but since you will have to kill each one numerous times to get the items, you will quickly run out of hearts.

*'''Mimic Candles''' can be found in the long hallway off the east side of the Chapel Tower (where you found the [[#Skeleton Medalist|Skeleton Medalists]]) after you defeat [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Death|Death]]. You'll need to use the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Weapons#Stopwatch|Stopwatch]] to keep it on screen long enough to kill.

*'''Scary Candles''' appears in [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Iron Golem|Iron Golem's]] room in the Machine Tower after you defeat the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Dragon Zombie|Twin Dragon Zombies]] (though you probably won't be strong enough to kill it for a while). You can use [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Diana/Griffin|Diana/Griffin]] to significantly boost your power, but you have to make sure you hit it with the bolt, not the whip.

*'''Trick Candles''' appears in [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Cerberus|Cerberus's]] room in the Catacombs (lower middle candle) after you defeat [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Camilla|Camilla]]. Kneel slightly past the candle (not directly under, or it might not jump in the direction you want), and use the spinning whip technique to break the candle. Immediately after you break it, stop spinning and start using normal whip strikes.

*'''Ice Demons''' unleash a blizzard of ice blocks that can freeze you. While hard to avoid the ice blocks can be destroyed with the whip. Or, you can just use [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Neptune/Serpent|Neptune/Serpent]] to make yourself immune to the Demon's attacks.

*'''Thunder Demons''' send three lighting bolts directly downward at a time. You can see where the bolts are going to come from before they drop, so move in between them. Then, jump and attack with the whip.

*'''Electric Skeletons''' are found mainly in the Outer Wall, and attack by throwing a bolt of electricity along the ground. The bolt is longer than your whip, so you'll have to jump over it. Whip while coming down to hit the  skeleton before it can fire again. There is a short delay as it has to charge the weapon first.

*'''Skeletons''' are found throughout the castle and are the same skeletons that have appeared since the first ''[[Castlevania]]''. The throw bones in a arc at you however, unlike most other games, they can aim fairly well.  Slide through them if they are on the same level as you, otherwise jump and whip from below.

*'''Skeleton Athletes''' are only found in the long hallway off the right side of the Audience Room (you'll need the kick boots to get in). Simply kick-slide your way across the room, killing them all in one go.

*'''Skeleton Bombers''' are the first enemies that you will encounter. They throw bombs in a single arch, which aren't particularly powerful (though you are at low levels when you have to fight them). Jump and whip as soon as it throws and you'll probably take out the bomb and skeleton in one hit.

*'''Skeleton Boomerangs''' like to hang out on ledges above you and knock you back with their boomerangs. Either hit them before they throw, or just the boomerangs and hit them on your way down. Just be careful of the boomerangs when they return, as destroying the skeleton does ''not'' destroy the boomerangs.

*'''Skeleton Spears''' throw spears at you, and can make jumping a nuisance. Jump over, duck under, or simply destroy their spears, then go after the skeleton.

This guy is an easter egg that is annoying to kill, but worth it for the humor of the item he rarely drops. He's in a hidden room off the left side of the pit that Dracula throws you down in the beginning of the game. While you can open the room by jumping down the pit, you only have one shot per jump and then you have a long walk back to the top. He doesn't appear until after you defeat [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Camilla|Camilla]] anyway, so just wait until you have the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Items#Relics|Roc Wing]]. From the bottom of the pit, jump up, and up, and up. About halfway up the room, start whipping the wall as you fall. Once you break it, jump back up and in. Grab the power up and then break the ceiling on the right side. Once you jump up, you'll see the Medalist run off. You can't catch him, even with the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Pluto/Griffin|Pluto/Griffin]] combo. You have to use the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Pluto/Griffin|Pluto/Salamander]] in order to use the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Weapons#Stopwatch|stopwatch]]'s [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Weapons#Item Crush|item crush]]. At a cost of 80 hearts, the Medalist still won't be stopped, but will move so slowly that you can kill him.

There is only one Fallen Angel in the game, and she appears outside the entrance to the Battle Arena. You won't be able to reach her until you get the Roc Wing after defeating [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Camilla|Camilla]] in the Underground Water way.

To get to her, transport to the fourth warp room, which is the closest you can get. If you haven't walked to the room yet, you won't be able to warp over there. In which case, head back to the Chapel Tower. In the large room in the northwest (right before the room with the bells), is a non-hidden exit in the middle of the left side. Go through the door and head left until you can drop down and you'll have reached the warp.

Anyway, from the warp room, head up and left to the Battle Arena entrance. Use the Roc Wing to get over the tower and drop down the other side. The Fallen Angel will probably notice you and chase you, if not walk right a little bit and do a single Roc Wing jump to get her attention. When she shows up, simply fry her with a [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Uranus/Thunderbird|Thunderbird summon]]. With any luck you'll take out the two Legions that are floating about as well.

She gives very good experience, but that's not why you fight her ([[#Lilith|Lilith]] becomes available at the same point in the game and gives 3x as much exp, so fight her for experience instead of the Fallen Angel). The reason to fight her is for the {{CotMitem|type=Cards|name=Saturn}}. It's a rare item, so equip two [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Equipment#Arms|Luck Rings]] (or Gambler's Rings, if you have them) when you fight her. You can equip the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Venus/Mandragora|Venus/Mandragora]] DSS combo to boost your luck by 25%, but that means being unable to summon, and the Fallen Angel is somewhat difficult to kill by whipping, especially since you have two Legions getting in your way and are pretty far from a save room. It's also much slower without summoning, so you'll actually get the card faster by using Thunderbird. She also drops {{CotMitem|type=Items|name=Heart Ex|display=Heart Exes}} and the Legions drop {{CotMitem|type=Items|name=Cure Curse|display=Cure Curses}}.

She appears in the Machine Tower after you defeat [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Death|Death]]. As with so many things in ''CotM'', you'd never find her if you didn't read a strategy guide or by sheer accident. She's in the hidden room off of the second large room of the tower. It's the large room with the C-bend in it and connects to the second save room on the left. At the very top of the left side is the breakable wall. Go through, drop down and go left to a {{CotMpowerup|type=heart|num=10}} if you haven't gotten it already.

Along with 8000 experience points, Lilim rarely drops the {{CotMitem|type=Equipment|name=Dark Armor}}, which gives you +500 defense. It's as powerful as the Shining Armor, which you can only get after beating the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Locations#Battle Arena|Battle Arena]], the only difference is the Dark Armor also gives you a -10 penalty to strength, intelligence, and luck (a trivial amount, all which can be countered with various [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Equipment#Arms|Rings]]). Lilim drops the Dark Armor very rarely, so wear two Luck Rings when you go to fight her.

Lilith is, without question, the best source of experience points in the game. Dropping 20,000 points per kill, she is second only to the Devil (Battle Arena version) in terms of experience dropped. While the Devil give 30,000 points, he is very hard to kill and you have to fight through the entire arena to get to him (and if you can do that, you don't need to raise your levels any more).

She appears in the Underground Warehouse (in the hidden room off the long tower where you can get a {{CotMpowerup|type=heart|num=?}}), but only after you defeat [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Camilla|Camilla]]. She's very strong (only Dracula and the Devil are more powerful), fast, and surrounded by an energy field that can hurt you. She's basically a supercharged [[#Fallen Angel|Fallen Angel]]. She also has very high defense and fairly high HP (660 points). Despite this, she's very easy to kill.

Just use the [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Uranus/Thunderbird|Thunderbird summon]] repeatedly. If you have reasonably high strength, you'll be able to kill her in two hits. As there is some randomness to the amount of damage done by the Thunderbird, make sure you have at least 600 MP going into the room so you can use it three times if necessary. Even at high levels you should continue to use the summon as she'll still be about to do about ~100HP in damage and is hard to hit.

As you're invincible while summoning, you don't need to worry about your defense (besides, even if you have the best armor she can still tear you to pieces quickly), so equip [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Getting Started#Stats & leveling|luck boosting]] equipment such as the Luck Ring and/or Gambler Armband. Eventually you'll get the {{CotMitem|type=Equipment|name=Sage Robe}} from Lilith, which (in addition to being the fifth strongest armor in the game) boosts your intelligence by a whopping 500 points. This means that your MP will recharge incredibly fast (about 10MP/second), making it that much easier to repeatedly kill her.

Despite the fact that you're invincible while summoning, you should keep an eye on your HP. There is enough time for her to hit you while you're pressing the button combination in order to summon. You should also save often in case something goes horribly wrong. The closest save point is the one above where you fought [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Death|Death]]. A few Succubii and other enemies stand between Lilith's room and the save point, so use [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/DSS#Jupiter/Mandragora|Jupiter/Mandragora]] to heal before making the trip. You do ''not'' want to kill Lilith 40 times only to be taken out by a Succubus.

After defeating [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Bosses#Death|Death]], the Nightmare will appear in the hidden room below the first area of the Outer Wall, where you got a {{CotMpowerup|type=heart|num=7}}. While not particularly strong, and she does drop the {{CotMitem|type=Equipment|name=Needle Armor}}, the best armor that you can get until [[#Lilim|Lilim]] appears in the Machine Tower.

Unlike the rest of her palette-swapped brethren, the Succubus is a common enemy. While there are a few places where she can be found, she is all over the Underground Warehouse. Instead of throwing energy orbs, she fires a three-way shot of bolts, as well as dives at you. Easier to dodge and hit than the other winged demons, you can jump and whip her, though in many cases it's just as easy to outrun her. She drops {{CotMitem|type=Equipment|name=Intelligence Ring|display=Intelligence Rings}} and the {{CotMitem|type=Cards|name=Manticore}}.