Death Battle: Ganondorf vs Dracula prelude

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Baneslayer: They say bad things come and go, but evil never dies. Few embody that idiom better than Link's fated enemy Ganondorf.

Black Mage: And count Dracula the lord of the Castlevania. The power of both these has fluctuated over their appearances, so we're just going to assume their both at their best.

Momoyo: He's Black Mage Evilwizardington and I'm Momoyo.

Baneslayer: And I'm Baneslayer, and it's our job to analyze their weapons armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!



GANONDORF...
First Appearance: "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" (1998, as Ganondorf), "The Legend of Zelda" (1987, as Ganon)
Height: 7'6" officially, 9'2 at his tallest
Weight: at least 200lbs
Aliases: The King of Evil, Gerudo King of Thieves, Prince of Darkness, Lord of Darkness, Dark Lord, Demon King
Theme:


FEATS...
Became King of the Gerudo by right
Invaded the Sacred Realm to take control of the Triforce
-Only claimed the Triforce of Power
Manipulated Vaati, Zant, and times Link
Terrorized Hyrule in multiple timelines
Survived multiple fatal wounds
Easily defeated Toon Link with his bare hands
Defeated Midna while she had the Fused Shadows
Would have taken the Triforce of Power from Cia if Lana hadn't intervened (and possibly Volga's intervention if the player uses him that level)
Coerced an army of monsters in Gerudo Desert in serving him, and did no possess the Triforce of Power
Defeated Lana while she had the Triforce of Power
Defeated Link and Zelda and took their pieces of the Triforce

Baneslayer: Long before the kingdom of Hyrule, the first hero to bare the name Link fought and defeated the world's oldest evil, the Demon King Demise, and seal his soul within the Master Sword to be gradually destroyed over the passing centuries to prevent his return.

Black Mage: Demise might have been polite, but he was still a sore loser and his swore his hatred would give life to a reincarnation that torment those with the blood of his mortal enemies the goddess Hylia and the spirit of the hero, it just took hundreds of years for that incarnation to come into being.

Momoyo: When it did, it was born into the Gerudo, a race women thieves who only have one man born ever hundred years, who by right becomes their king.

Black Mage: That man was Ganondorf, and as great it is to rule over a bunch of hot ladies, the man had bigger plans. Also the Gerudo's land consisted of a rocky valley and a big patch of sand, that's barely worth ruling and has nothing of value to destroy.

Baneslayer: Ganondorf set his sight on taking the Triforce in Hyrule, initially feigning loyalty to the king of Hyrule while he tried to find the three Spiritual Stones needed to open the Door of Time that barred his way to the Triforce.

Black Mage: He apparently did his research since he knew where to look for them. Since the holders refused to hand them over, he turned a bunch of monsters lose to force them hand them over or die, except with the Zoras, that he seemed to just to do for kicks.

Momoyo: Kicks? He used a parasite to that caused the Zoras' local deity to start eating them!

Baneslayer: Whatever his initial motive was, by then he was trying to gain power for sake of being able to oppress others, that kind of cruelty is to expected. Regardless, he failed to get his hands on the stones, and when he eventually showed his true colors and attacked Hyrule Castle, he failed to take the Ocarina of Time.

Black Mage: But then a little kid named Link showed up and found it as Zelda tossed it away. Ganondorf didn't seem to notice, but he still figured that Link had the means to opening the door and let him go ahead and do it, and appeared to break the fourth wall and let the player know that they just handed the power rule the world.

Baneslayer: Not quite. Ganondorf did touch the Triforce, but he valued power above all else, so the Triforce of Power was the only part that stayed with him. The other two went to Link and Zelda, the latter having gone into hiding and wouldn't risk revealing herself.

Momoyo: As Zelda would only reveal herself when she felt Link was ready to face Ganondorf, he, waited.

Black Mage: For seven years? He's far more patient than I'll ever be. Well even the piece of the Triforce he had still made him a god among mortals so he could do whatever he wanted and turned even more monsters loose.

Baneslayer: He barely even cared if his actions benefited him anymore, the only act with reason behind it reviving the dragon Volvogia to kill the Gorons as a warning to anybody who dared to stand in his way, and apparently planned to let it destroy the rest of Hyrule, and froze the domain of the Zoras in ice forcing Link to go through a horrid mini-dungeon.

Momoyo: Letting Link run around allowed him to set all the wrongs Ganondorf wrought and saved the Sages allowing him access into his castle, but at this point Zelda, disguised as the illusive ninja Sheik, revealed herself and he kidnapped her to lure Link in anyways.

Black Mage: Right idea, but his timing could have been better since Zelda gave Link the Light Arrows that helped him defeat him. Or did he?

Momoyo: Yes he did.

Black Mage: Or did he?

Momoyo: What are you talking about?

Baneslayer: The outcome of Link's fight with Ganondorf were known split into different timelines. In the future Link left, Ganondorf still possessed the Triforce of power after his defeat, making him impossible to kill, and could only be sealed off in the Sacred Realm, which due to his influence from touching the Triforce became the Dark World. He returned and the gods flooded Hyrule to stop him. After this Link went back into the past and tried to prevent this future, which led to a new timeline where he thwarted Ganondorf's invasion, but the Triforce of Power still went to him as he was executed by the sages, forcing them to send him to the Twilight Realm.

Black Mage: But Nintendo felt like screwing with everyone's heads on purpose, as opposed to by accident, and said there was a new timeline where Ganondorf killed Link.

Baneslayer: Which only postponed his defeat, not prevent it, as the Sages still managed seal him away. His victory was even more fleeting than any of Link's.

Momoyo: Any?

Black Mage: The curse that brought Ganondorf into being is eternal, it's more or less moot if can be removed since nobody is aware of it. The Triforce of Power left him in the Child Link timeline, and the curse still reincarnated him. In the Hero Defeated timeline, he's lost it twice and still been reincarnated.

Baneslayer: Only in the Adult Link's timeline has a defeat of Ganondorf's stuck, but this only happened after Hyrule was flooded and spending centuries at sea. Having had centuries to spend reflecting on his actions on his actions, he actually seemed to regret them. He even let go of the grudge he had against Link and Zelda.

PHYSICALITY
Nigh Immortal thanks to the Triforce of Power
-Can only be harmed with weapons of light like the Blade of Evil’s bane
-Can’t die due to aging
-Link dividing up his soul into four pieces to prevent his return prior to Hyrule Warriors turned him into spirit that was nearly impossible to kill even when he didn't have the Triforce of Power, and was only destroyed after the combined Triforce being taken from him and used against him
Extremely Strong
-One quick jab in Smash Bros Melee can knock fighters back
-Uses barehands for some of his attacks in Hyrule Warriors (is tied with Darunia and Twili Midna for highest base attack strength in a game where Link's gauntlets (even the lowest level version) can flip the earth)
-Wields giant swords as thought they were cardboard
-Fists can create shockwaves or large craters in solid rock
-Blocked the Ball and Chain
-Can easily send massive Moblins and heavily armored Darknuts flying into the air like feathers, without attacks even touching them
Very Durable
-Hard to send flying
-Can tank, and even shrug off, hits from the Master Sword and Light Arrows, any other weapon Link has used
-Survived his own castle collapsing on him
Agility
-Can as fast or faster than Link
-Jumps over twenty feet in the air, while carrying his Great Swords
-Can jump mid-air
-Deflected and dodged arrows

Momoyo: With or without the Triforce, Ganondorf is superhuman. He survived for hundreds of years while its power was sealed by the Master Sword in the Adult timeline, can jump over two stories in the air, jump in mid-air, survived hits from the Master Sword and Light Arrows. While he's much bigger than Link, he can often move as fast he can.

Black Mage: In some other other timeline where Link tried to keep him from coming back he split his soul into four pieces, which made Ganondorf into a spirit that could survive defeats from Link even without the Triforce, and only died when the combined power of it was used against him. All that crazy shit Link we've mentioned Link could do in Hyrule Warriors? At best that could send him to lick and his wounds came back for later.

Baneslayer: In this state his formidable power was enhanced even further. His strength was so great he could create shockwaves just by swinging his great swords, and send incredibly heavy enemies like Moblins and Darknuts flying as though they were weightless without his attacks directly hitting them.

Momoyo: Any time he's usable he's strength is among the highest of anybody playable. In both Super Smash Bros and Hyrule Warriors, he is among the hardest hitting characters in the game, and he doesn't even use weapons in the former.

Baneslayer: In the latter he stands on of the few who uses who has attacks without a weapon, in a game where Link has a weapon that moves the planet.

MOVESET...
Warlock Punch

-Charges fist with dark magic, then throws a powerful forward-jab for massive damage
-Similar to the Falcon Punch, but does more damage


-Warlock Blade: Thrusts with his sword, has longer range and better speed, but lacks the power

-Warlock Thrust: A faster, but weaker version of Warlock Punch that creates an explosion giving greater horizantal and vertical range

Wizard Foot

-Rushing forward-kick with foot ablaze with dark magic
-When used in midair, will dive down at an angle

-Wizard Dropkick: Jumps before performing a kick if used on the ground

-Wizard's Assault: Faster than Wizard Foot, goes through opponent, and will go straight down if used in midair
Flame Choke

-Rushes forward to grab opponent by neck and blast them point-blank with magic

-If used in midair will drop to the ground and slam the opponent

-Flame Wave: Upon grabbing, sends opponent into the air with two hits

-Flame Chain: Upon grabbing, unleashes multiple attacks rather than one
Dark Dive

-Jumps upward to latch onto enemy, electrocute them, then spring off with an explosion
-Makes for decent recovery move.

-Dark Vault: Goes twice as high as Dark Dive, but can only grab when starting the move

-Dark Fists: Cannot grab opponents, but strikes with his fists instead. Deals more damage

Black Mage: Because Ganondorf was added at the last minute in Smash Bros, he was just given copies of Captain Falcon's moves, even if he could kick that guy's ass into next weak.

Momoyo: That's oversimplifying, Ganondorf's special attacks are similar, but his regular attacks rely more on brute strength while Falcon's have a lot more finesse to them.

Baneslayer: Regardless, his style suits him as he applies his raw magic enhanced strength in the best ways that make his own body a deadlier weapon than any sword he's ever used, till a couple of them mentioned below.

MAGICAL ABILITIES...
Specializes in the dark arts
-Even without the Triforce of Power, his magic was feared by the spirits who defended Hyrule
Has put entire cities in chaotic states
Summoned storms
Brainwashing
Limited flight
Reviving the dead
Amplification of physical abilities (see "Moveset" further up)
Electric spheres, and channeling electricity through his sword
Calling down lightning
Black Hole Attack
-Gathers energy in a black vortex, then fires multiple blasts of lightning (most damaging attack in OoT), or throwing giant spheres of dark magic
Limited reality warping
-Created monsters out of nothing
-Created a floating castle over a giant lava pit
-Turned the landscape of Hyrule Field into this

-Gave Zant the power to bring the Twilight Realm and Hyrule to their knees
-Summoning manifestations of monster form Ganon to attack enemies in the form of aspirit around him (similar to a stand or Persona) or enveloping his arm in darkness turning it into a massive claw with punch than any of his weapons

Baneslayer: Even without the Triforce, Ganondorf possess formidable magic that has made facing him without the Master Sword is suicidal, even for Link. Even the spirits and deities that try to defend against evil have been powerless against him.

Black Mage: With it he went from creating monsters and storms to creating a castle, reshaping the very land to his liking, man has great taste by the way, mind controlling and possessing people and turned a nobody named Zant into a tyrant who turned most of the Twili into monsters and ravaged Hyrule unopposed.

Momoyo: Using magic in battle, his main form of attack is manipulating electricity, but he has a stronger attack where he gathers energy into barrage of heat seeking beams, and likes to fly up Link can't reach him.

Baneslayer: His other main form of attack with it is enhancing his strength. We've already mentioned most of what he can with that, but he has one other ability to completely encase a limb in darkness that turns into in his a claw similar to his beast form Ganon, which deals more damage than any weapon he's ever used, or summon a larger, less focused version.

Black Mage: Then why does he even bother with weapons?

Baneslayer: Better question is why do you use knives more than magic.

Black Mage: Hey not everything is about me!


SWORDS...

Broadsword
-Almost as tall as Ganondorf himself
-Semicircular tip indicates a broad thrusting area
-Never has seen proper use, canonically

Longsword
-Dual-Wielded
-Lighter, but quicker in comparison

Sage Sword
-Taken from the Sages who attempted his execution
-Double-edged
-Likely to have magical properties.



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Swords of Demise
-Strongest variant of Ganondorf's Great Swords, large weapons of dark magic
-During attacks Ganondorf can charge energy during attacks to unleash in his Strong Attack
-Darkness element increases damage to a single enemy the longer they are hit with consecutive attacks
-Damage among highest in Hyrule Warriors
-Possess up to eight skill slots
*Ideal set for a fight when maxed, without the need to regain health: Strong Attack/Strength II-VI: Increase damage of combo finishers and strong attacks
-Legendary increases attack stat by 300, but can't raise it above 450
-Hasty Attacks, increases speed of all attacks and combo finishers

Baneslayer: Ganondorf has used a few different swords, but none of them compare with the dark magic forged Great Swords. Having a darkness element causes their attacks to build up damage when consecutive attacks hit an enemy. Situational in a game that typically has at least a dozen around at time, but probably the best one to bring here.

Black Mage: Yeah we've been building these up a lot, but where did they come in first place?

Momoyo: Where did most of the weapons in Hyrule Warriors come from? Some things we'll never know, like why his attack damage is effected by swords when in most of his combo finishers don't even use them.

Baneslayer: Don't ask questions in a Warriors game, they'll never be answered. These swords are among the most powerful weapons in the game, the strongest version being the Swords of Demise, which can also possess up to 8 slots for weapon skills.

Momoyo: We aren't going to list them all, just the ones we'll have him bring here. Strong attack and Strength series II-VI, these boost the damage the of his strong attack and combo finishers, and Legendary, which give a massive boost to the attack stat.

Black Mage: Most threatening is the deceptively deadly in spite of its name, Hasty Attacks. It speeds up the animation of all his attacks, which for Ganondorf who has a bunch of moves that normally need to be planned to avoid leaving him open due to their long animations, makes him nearly unstoppable. It gives the same attack speed as in the Focus Spirit mode without needing to collect magic but doesn't stack with its speed increase.

Baneslayer: This is especially dangerous for his Strong Attack. A unique feature of the Great Swords is that during the end of a combo finisher Ganondorf can delay the attack fill his charge meter and then unleash it in his Strong Attack. With Hasty Attacks he can fill the meter the in one combo. The last skill of note is Legendary, which boosts the attack stat of a weapon by 300.

Black Mage: Holy shit, as if he didn't hard enough already.

Baneslayer: But sadly can't exceed an attack stat of 450.

Black Mage: What? That's a ripoff!

Baneslayer: I know, especially after you have to kill 25,000 enemies for a skill that doesn't give the power its makes it out to, AND had to unlock every single weapon. It's more for enhancing lower powered weapons. On paper it can help upgrade a rank 2 weapon to the power of rank 3 if a player prefers it aesthetically, but rank 2 weapons have fewer weapons slots than rank 3's so it fails there, and I actually like some of the rank 2 weapons looks over the rank 3's. It does however let any rank 3 weapon reach maximum damage so if it makes crafting the ideal weapon easier.

GANON...
Typically a final transformation
Strength and size increase dramatically
All of them resemble a pig in some way


First Incarnation (Ocarina of Time)
-Transformation brought about by intense anger
-Stands anywhere between ten and twelve feet tall
-Wields two massive swords
-Can destroy stone pillars with a single swipe
-Master Sword has no effect except on the tail
-Tail is the weak spot

Black Mage: When all else fails or gets REALLY pissed, Ganondorf can turn into the beast Ganon, the scariest pig in the universe!

Momoyo: First one used is, probably the least effective. It's slower than Ganondorf is normally and its attacks are limited to a pair of huge swords.

Baneslayer: It is however physically much stronger than his human form. Judging by the look on him before the transformation, he mostly seemed to be acting on instinct and anger, and left an odd weakspot on his tail. While this form almost killed Link at first, once he found its weakpoint he beat it easily.




Beast Ganon (Twilight Princess)
-One of the biggest incarnations of Ganon
-Can charge through Hyrule Castle's walls without slowing down
-Can teleport and briefly open portals
-Can only be harmed by hitting the scar on its abdomen left by the wound from Ganondorf's attempted execution
-Can change back forth between it and his human form at will

Black Mage: If these two were the in same timeline, one would think this form was made in response to the slow speed of the above one.

Momoyo: The Dark Beast Ganon form is much larger than the first form, but also much faster. It doesn't have any weapons, but it doesn't need them since it ram through rock by running into it and its hide to tough even for the Master Sword. The only weakness is a scar left by the Sages when they tried to execute him because growing bigger made the scar bigger and easier to hit.

Baneslayer: While this form only roars like a great cat as opposed to speaking, Ganondorf hasn't completely lost his mind in it like the above on as he can shift back to his human form.




Warlock Ganon/Angry Blue Pig
-Starred in the most Zelda games
-Survived the Black Tower collapsing on him without a scratch despite a flawed resurrection
-At full power, is unaffected by standard attacks from the Master Sword unless its upgraded to the Golden Sword
-Wields the Trident of Power, which he can throw like a boomerang while creating fire around it, shoots lightning and energy spheres
-Breaths fire
-Can teleport and turn invisible

Baneslayer: While this form doesn't look as dangerous as the above to, it should be taken with greater concern as Ganondorf assumed it under normal circumstances as opposed to going berserk. It has the raw strength of the first two while not sacrificing any intelligence.

Black Mage: And not giving up his ability to think means this Ganon also brings magic, and this ancient weapon called the Trident of Power. We have no idea where this thing came from but if he's using it and not creating a weapon of his own it must have a lot of power.

Momoyo: This one also displayed greater power overall than the other two, collapsing the gigantic Black Tower onto himself and it failed to even scratch him, and he wasn't even at his full strength due to a flawed resurrection. At full strength, he only goes down to light enhanced arrows aided by the Master Sword.



Hyrule Warriors Ganon
-Combination of beast and warlock forms, transformation is brought by Ganondorf using the power of the combined Triforce. While he mostly roars, he still speaks indicating he is not a mindless beast
-Wields the Trident of Power, but hasn't used magic with it
-Immune to direct attacks unless stunned with the Light Arrows, but only if they strike his face
-Depending on difficulty settings can take repeated stabs to the face with the Master Sword before falling
-Powerful enough to hurt giant bosses without exposing weapoints and hurt by ramming them
-Despite his size can spin like a top and jump hundreds of feat in the air
-Magic attacks:
-Creating arcs of red lightning bolts
-Right gauntlet can launch large giant fireballs similar to King Dodongo that travel very fast and can fire in rapid succession
-Two horns one shoulders can spit up a barrage of seeds that do massive damage if not blocked, similar to Manhandla
-Left arm has an eye that creates giant orbs of darkness that create large explosions, similar to Ghonma
-Can float and breath fire like Argorok
-Can use dark magic to enhance punches like in his human form and create giant spheres of darkness

Black Mage: When Hyrule Warriors made Ganondorf stronger than ever, it gave him a new form of Ganon that made the above ones look like the the three little pigs.

Baneslayer: Fueled by the power of the combined Triforce, this Ganon's strength is unearthly and rip through giant bosses with his bare claws. Despite his size he leap hundreds of feet and spin like a top using his arms like giant clubs.

Black Mage: Think of him as demonic animal version of the Hulk, he's the strongest and fastest enemy the hero is likely to ever see.

Momoyo: He can further enhance his strength through magic, but even with that and his other moves, his strongest attack is still using the Trident of Power, but we've only seen him used as a boomerang and an actual spear. Unlike the other versions he doesn't need it to return to him to throw it again, it just keeps appearing.

Black Mage: Don't ask how that works, it's hardly the craziest thing in that game

Baneslayer: Hurting him is also chore, as he needs to be stunned with the Light Arrows, but even that and several stabs to the forehead with the Master Sword, he only fell for good when he lost the Triforce and it was turned on him.

Weakness
-Arrogance
-Combo finishers can leave him open (Hasty Attacks makes this a non-issue)
-Weapons of light, i.e Master Sword, Light/Silver Arrows
-Plot, can lose despite possessing the entire Triforce, and on Adventure Mode maps can lose to the crime against nature known as Tingle

Momoyo: Plot is a weakness?

Black Mage: Can you explain how he can lose with the completed Triforce and yet beat Link without it? Or lose to the crime against nature that is Tingle.

Baneslayer: Tingle is not a crime against nature, even if he belongs in prison.

Black Mage: Aside from that weapons made to kill evil, Ganondorf's main weakness is his arrogance. He might be good at making everybody play into his hands and actually listens to advice from an adviser, but he still frequently underestimates his enemies, most glaring when he's blown chances to kill Link because he's too convinced he's already won.

Baneslayer: Nonetheless, Ganondorf fulfills his purpose of tormenting Link and Zelda. He has time again proven to the greatest threat to Hyrule and the rest of the world, has actually managed to defeat Link and take his piece of the Triforce, and when he lost his piece of the Triforce in Hyrule Warriors, he still forced an army of monsters to obey and took the piece back before taking the rest of it.

("This resistance was pitiful. Oh well. Not every battle can be one worth retelling.")


Dracula
First Appereance: "Castlevania" (1986)
Height: Varies (monster forms aside his human form is anywhere from being head taller than his enemy to several feet taller)
Weight: Varies

Feats:
Manipulated Leon and the powerful vampire Walter during his rise
Possessed the vampire hunter Maxim who sought to destroy him
Lured the werewolf Cornell into fighting him with the plan of taking his man-wolf powers, and suceeded
Disguise as a child fooled Carrie and Reinhardt, and was only thwarted by a third vampire hunter Charlie
Nearly overwhelmed the powerful magician Shaona, who only stopped him by using a glyph forged from his own power
Surpassed the Grim Reaper, a divine entity in power

Baneslayer: Unlike typical depiction of iconic vampire, the Count Dracula in Castlevania has no connection to the historical figure Vlad III and in in-universe predates him by over three hundred years.

Momoyo: Dracula started life as a knight named Mathias Cronqvist. His country of origin is unknown, only that he took part in the crusader with his best friend Leon Belmont.

Black Mage: And then his wife died and he turned his back on God from her death, vowing he'd live forever.

Baneslayer: His plan consisted of getting Leon into a fight with an extremely powerful vampire named Walter by convincing him to kidnap Leon's wife Sara.

Black Mage: For a supposed genius strategist this plan was pretty stupid, luring his friend into a fight with vampire who gets his kicks by luring in powerful warriors, magicians, alchemists, whatever, and either killing them or showing them how utterly futile it is to fight him that they give up trying.

Momoyo: Things were different with Leon thanks to an alchemist named Rinadlo, who wanted Walter dead out of revenge for turning his daughter into a vampire, and Sara being cursed with vampirism by Walter. Rinaldo had a method to enhance an alchemy enhanced to make it strong enough to kill Walter, but it required sacrificing a vampire. Fearing becoming a monster, Sara sacrificed her life to enhance the weapon so Leon could end Walter's evil.

Baneslayer: Thus the Vampire Killer whip was born and Leon defeated Walter. Mathias with the help of his ally Death took Walter's soul with the Crimson Stone and with it his power.

Black Mage: How the hell did that happen?

Baneslayer: Crimson Stone. For whatever reason Death, despite being a divine entity, swears his undying loyalty to whoever possess that stone.

Black Mage: Well anyways Mathias offered Leon the chance to live forever with him, but he turned it down because of some shit about been betrayed.

Momoyo: Would you if you were in his position? Mathias forced Leon to watch his lover die.

Black Mage: Hell no! I'd sacrifice anybody for a quick path to power and immortality! ("Smacked by Momoyo") OW!

Baneslayer: Leon handed Death the first of MANY defeats and vowed his clan would hunt all forces of darkness, while Mathias left and in time grew far more powerful than Walter, and even Death, ever was and eventually took on the name Dracula.

Momoyo: At some point he found love again with a woman named Lisa and they had a son named Adrian Fahrenheit Țepeș.

Black Mage: And Lisa got accused of witchcraft and executed for practicing medicine while not a part of the church. Dracula of course decided to take his revenge out on the entirety of humanity. Adrian, whom by this point changed his name to Alucard, decided for some reason he didn't want to kill humans for no reason and turned on Dracula and helped Trevor, the first of MANY Belmonts who would be a thorn in his side defeat him.

Baneslayer: "For some reason?" Alucard was actually around to hear Lisa's last words to Dracula telling him that the lot humans is already brutal even without the forces of darkness tormenting them. However even when Dracula learned that centuries later and had some regret for his actions he still didn't give up his evil ways.

Black Mage: Well by that point for every human who opposed Dracula, he could always find a few evil ones who wanted him back. He has said that humans ask for his return, and he's not BSing us, plenty of them have wanted him back for reasons ranging from personal gain to nonsensical stuff like thinking all he's doing is bringing out humanity's true nature despite having state more than once he aims to wipe them from the face of the Earth.

Momoyo: The cycle of Dracula being defeating and resurrecting continued for hundreds of years until in 1999 when he was defeated for good and his castle sealed inside of the solar eclipse.

Black Mage: Well not quite since since he still reincarnated as Soma Cruz, but he decided he didn't want vast dark powers and eternal life, even if was the cost of getting murdered over and over, so he rejected becoming a revived Dracula and destroyed the source of his power. Despite some attempts by some cult with loony reasoning, Soma stayed Soma and Dracula never returned. Since Soma is a technically a separate character from Dracula, we won't be listing his powers since Dracula never used them even if he's capable of doing so.

Baneslayer: We will however be listing every other power Dracula has used.

Powers:
Immortal
Super Strength
Invulnerable
Summoning Castlevania
Eternal Night
Shapeshifting
Power of Dominance
Draining Blood
Levitation
Dark Magic
-Teleporting
-Summoning demons
-Necromancy
-Being inmate objects to life
-Hellfire
-Dark Inferno
-Dark Metamorphosis
-Soul Steal
-Summoning fire pillars
-Summoning lightning
-Creating fire
-Creating explosions
-Magic bats
-Creating spike from the ground
-Waves of rubble
-Pillars of energy
-Energy bolts
-Demonic Megiddo

Black Mage: That's a lot of attacks, but a man has to stay original.

Momoyo: Not really, almost everytime Dracula shows up he employs teleportation and a spell called Hellfire where he creates a spread of three or more fireballs. Aside from that his most common move is Dark Inferno where sends out an orb that looks like a meteor.

Black Mage: Yeah fire attacks a bit of thing for him, as he often bring out attacks that involve creating pillars of fire, just plain fire, and explosions.

Baneslayer: His last commonly seen attacks are calling in bats.

Black Mage: Seriously, bats? Must be some kind of magic bat.

Baneslayer: And calling down lightning.

Black Mage: Despite being a vampire, Dracula is rarely seen doing the whole sucking blood thing since his attacks are always geared at keeping the vampire hunters with their rare anti-vampire weapons out of his face. But he can do it and heal himself with Dark Metamorposis, or just steal life from them with Soul Steal. He is strong enough to beat an unarmed person with his bare hands, but again, favors magic. The only time he's used his fists was against Shaona, who specialized in magic and didn't have a weapon to hit in the face with.

Momoyo: Any other attack he's used is pretty self explanatory, though its worth noting how his teleports look varies. Sometimes he just vanishes, other times he turns into a swarm of bats, or disappears in pillar of light, once using multiple lights to fake an enemy out.

Baneslayer: His strongest spell is his least used, Demonic Meddigo.

Black Mage: A big exploding fireball, big deal.

Baneslayer: Actually it is a big deal, as he can use a stronger version that creates an explosion so vast it's impossible for any enemy he's fast to dodge it.

Black Mage: And he doesn't use this more often because?

Baneslayer: The only time he used was against Shaona, whose magic didn't appear to much effect on him. Anybody else, the spell took time to set up where he would be a sitting duck.

Black Mage: Oh yeah, it's not brought up since everybody BUT Shaona has had weapons that can hurt him, but like with Walter, it does take very specialized vampire killing weapons to hurt him.

Momoyo: And Hector and Alucard have been able to fight fire with fire and beat him using dark powers.

Black Mage: But that's the only two confirmed to have not needed any specialized vampire killing weapons against him.

Baneslayer: Wherever Dracula goes, he always has an army with him. When he appears his power creates armies of the undead, inanimate objects brought to life, and has called demons to aid him.

Momoyo: His dwelling Castlevania is no ordinary castle, when he returns, it usually returns with him, or is a sign he's coming back.

Black Mage: And when he's defeated it collapses, hence why it keeps changing layout and sometimes even size. The castle also houses the source of its power in a special area only Dracula himself can enter.

Momoyo: Dracula rules with the Power of Dominance, monsters under him he rules the very souls of. Many animals are attracted to him and turn into monsters near him-

Black Mage: So that's where all the bats he uses for attacks come from.

Momoyo: and he can effect the minds of humans, driving them insane or taking control of them. If daylight has any effect on him is unknown since he has the Ebony Stone he took from Walter that makes it night whenever he's around, and only goes away when he's beaten.

Baneslayer: But probably his most well known trait in battle is turning into a bigger more monstrous form. Be prepared because we are listing all of them.

Black Mage: You're joking right?

Baneslayer: I never joke about my work.

Momoyo: Keep in mind he at most he's used three at a time.

Dracula Morphs


Demonic Manbat
-Jumps
-Shoots fireballs
-Swipes with claws
-Energy projectiles

Momoyo: Aren't we skipping the Cookie Monster Demon?

Black Mage: Cookie Monster? Does this-


Black Mage: look like anything Cookie Monster?

Momoyo: It's a demon and the Angry Video Game Nerd called it the Cookie Monster.

Black Mage: Well the Angry Video Game Nerd isn't always right.

Baneslayer: It doesn't matter, the thing jumps in the air and breathes fireballs. While airborne it will also throw down energy projectiles that leave behind shockwaves, and can use its claws.

Black Mage: And for the record the manbat creature is basically a graphically enhanced version of the original monster form, so yeah we are skipping that one.

Baneslayer: The developers were strangely fond of that form despite how easy to kill it was and updated it a second time into this



Baneslayer: For rest of its appearances. During those its added electrical wave. It had two other moves added later, homing red purple souls, and a massive beam from its mouth.


Portrait
-Spits waves of bats

Black Mage: A painting? That's the dumbest transformation ever.

Momoyo: For once we agree.

Baneslayer:This isn't a real transformation, he just possess a giant portrait he had in his keep. The thing is harder to hurt than it looks with it's only weakpoint being the crystal on its forehead, and the painting is as tall as a house.


Giant Head:
-Spits up swarms of bats

Black Mage: What the hell? This giant head is exactly the same as the painting.

Baneslayer: Actually it's less of a threat. The player character in Haunted Castle is a lot slower and less nimble than in other games and this thing spits up fewer bats, it's only a threat due to the nature of the game.


Giant Bat
-Flies
-Spits up bats

Black Mage: Figures he would turn into bat sometime, but what is with this guy and using bats as weapons?



Medusa head thing
-Floats
-Spits blood

Black Mage: What is that supposed to be?

Baneslayer: A collection of tortured souls that houses Dracula's.

Momoyo: And it attacks dropping blood from its mouths, gross.


Giant winged Statue thing
-Fires lasers from its forehead and hands

Black Mage: Why is this thing kneeling?

Baneslayer: It was too big to fit in the throne standing up. Whether or not it can move is a mystery.

Momoyo: But it's not as helpless as it looks since it fires lasers from its forehead and hands. And for some reason its presence randomly creates platforms from the floor. Also its one of the few forms without the touch of death.


Reaper/Wizard
-Flies FAST
-Creates mirror images that turn into fire pillars
-Launches fireballs that change direction in flight

Baneslayer: Unlike his other transformations, this one is actually smaller than his human like form, which works to its benefit as its more geared to avoiding getting hit with its incredible speed while it launches its attacks.


-Jumps
-While pink, spits exploding projectiles, while red, breaths fire, while grey, spits bones

Baneslayer: I can't think of a name to call this demon without descending into crude sexual jokes.

Black Mage: Yeah depending on the color, this thing launches a different attack from its, crotch mouth. And like the manbat forms it jumps around trying to trap an enemy with its size.


Platform Satan
-Flies
-Launches fireballs from his hands
-Creates wave of electricity

Momoyo: This thing's attacks look exactly like one of the manbat depictions.

Baneslayer: That's because it's a placeholder for it being fought in SNES port of Rondo of Blood, but it's worth nothing that it does use projectiles more often and its electric wave comes out much faster. As opposed to jumping it moves through flight.

Black Mage: But the reason for the name is that it's fought on pillars floating over a fucking bottomless pit! One hit is typically instant death from it. If there is a platform hell, he's the devil.

Baneslayer: That entire boss fight is made much harder thanks to those things going from a pushover in the original game to a nightmare unless the player knows the secret.

Black Mage: What is the secret anyways?

Baneslayer: Stand on the right platform and he won't be able to hit you in his first form. Sadly that isn't the case with the second.



True Dracula
-Flies
-Claws
-Fires giant energy spheres
-Demon heads bite
-Demon heads can form a triangle that shoots laser triangles
-Summons and kills demons to heal itself
-Summoning fire pillars
-Dropping fireballs that spread out when they hit the ground
-Charging and firing laser that cover a wide area
-Casting a version of Demonic Megiddo that creates numerous fire pillars

Black Mage: What the fuck is that?

Momoyo: This thing, that is created from Dracula's cape, has been called True Dracula. It uses a mix of magic attacks and using its body as a weapon. Not a lot else to say other than its projectiles are huge and judging the speed it can move into the background it's faster than it looks.


????
-Head teleports and breathes 8-way fireballs

Black Mage: I got nothing, this one is even weirder than the last one.

Momoyo: And it's weirder than it looks, that head teleports to different parts of the, what is that?

Baneslayer: A collection of souls. Once the head reappears it shoots an eight fireballs that spread out. It's actually quite the nuisance since the head can appear where the player can't hit it.



Drago
-Breaths fire in streams and fireballs
-Claws
-Creates shockwaves
-Charges energy and releases a slow moving orb that creates a mushroom cloud when it explodes
-Creates flaming skeletal dragons

Black Mage: Well with what his name translates into figures he turn into a dragon at some point. So obvious attacks, it breathes fire and uses those claws.

Momoyo: Less obvious, it creates shockwaves in the sand and can charge energy to launch an orb that explodes like a nuke in one of the most damaging attacks he's ever done.

Baneslayer: This morph has strong attacks, but has a giant weakness in that it doesn't move, but to keep an enemy from getting too far away it can create skeletal dragons made of fire to attack them if they do.



Dracula Ultimate
-Flies
-Summons pillars of lightning
-Sheer size is a weapon
-Creates a vacuum
-Fires lasers
-Heat seeking version of Dark Inferno
-Launches giant ice shards
-Summons tortured souls

Baneslayer: This legless giant has a variety of moves, some heat seeking and some just straight up projectiles, but many of them have a weakness in that they're destructible.

Black Mage: It's body doesn't take much damage, it's hurt by that skin looks like it opens up, opening up-

Momoyo: That's disgusting.

Black Mage: I know, and revealing a face to hit. Why does he do that? Nobody knows.



-Flies
-Summons storms of meteors
-Shoots laser that create fire when they impact the ground
-Fanged worms spit up poisonous clouds
-Transforms into a cloud of bats surrounding an eye

Momoyo: This thing is similar to Dracula Ultimate, it takes damage only when it opens up that eye on its chest. Unlike the above form it actually thinks to just ram the vampire hunter while the eye is closed, and it's surprisingly fast, and switches to being vulnerable while its eye is surrounded by a cloud of bats.

Black Mage: What's the point of a monster form having transformation that makes it weaker?



Dracula Wraith
-Eye lasers
-Claw limb

Black Mage: I know I said it already but, what the fuck?

Baneslayer: This was a transformation of Dracula when he wasn't fully resurrected, probably also explains why it has two attacks.



-Swipes with claws and punches leave behind harmful blood red mist
-Fires heat seeking energy projectiles
-Fires a giant laser
-Creates a wave of energy

Baneslayer: Yes this is another form resembling Dracula Ultimate, along with the boss arena, but it separates its from the others by having much greater speed, not just short bursts, so it's fast enough for physical blows to be effective.



True Dracula
-Flies
-Strong that punching the ground causes debris to fly everywhere
-Creates giant superfast sycthes
-Rains fire down from his wings
-Turns wings giant to crush the player

Black Mage: How many more "True Draculas" are there?

Baneslayer: Just one after this, and really it shouldn't be called that since the transformation came from Death offering up his power to his master.

Momoyo: This one is physically stronger than the typical morph, its punches send rock out over three feet. Since Death gave his power to Dracula, it has also has Death's trademark scythe throwing attack.

Black Mage: But it's deadliest move is turning its wings giant to impale and crush, which is stopped by hitting the correct weak fingernail. If not down fast enough, the wings are the size of walls.


True Dracula
-Flies
-Summons a rain of harmful blood
-Creates fire pillars
-Fires swarms of bats
-Turns into a wolf and charges
-Creates red homing orbs
-Creates homing blood orb
-Slashes with wings
-Turns into a bat swarm

Momoyo: Does this even count as a transformation? He just grew wings.

Baneslayer: He summons power he doesn't usually use, even if this form is really just him reverting back to him humanoid form before powering up, it packs new attacks not seen elsewhere, most notably summoning a rain of blood in a mockery of Ritcher Belmont's Hydro Storm. This is apparently harmful to him because it makes sure it doesn't hit him.

Black Mage: Well I guess they had to think of something to add to a challenge with how much a pushover his transformation in the original Rondo of Blood was.



Giant Demonic Head
-Creates a ton of glyphs that fire lightning, or explode
-Creates glyphs on itself the shoot fireballs, drop rolling orbs, release bubbles, or homing electrical orbs
-Mouth breaths a stream of energy

Momoyo and Black Mage: ...

Baneslayer: Yeah I thought the series past forms like this, but nope, we have a giant head that looks like it was ripped off an even bigger statue that attacks by creating magic glyphs, sometimes more than one type at once. It's first weakpoint is the jaw, then the eyes when the jaw breaks off.

Weakness:
Arrogance
Very powerful alchemy forged weapons or magic

Black Mage: For all his power and his variety of minions, Dracula keeps losing because there's a family of vampire hunters who keep around most of the stuff that can hurt him.

Baneslayer: Aside from that his main weakness is his arrogance. While he's displayed cunning on a few occasions, repeated defeats haven't taught him to not overestimate himself.

Black Mage: He displays shock when losing how many times?

Baneslayer: Some of his arrogance isn't unfounded, with the exception of Alucard, Dracula has outlived every enemy he's ever made. He has low opinion of humans, and as Black Mage has pointed, humans have often justified his views by trying to bring about his return. While he's been angered by his defeats, he gets over them since in the long term they make little difference. Hence why the Belmonts sought to find a way stop him for good.

Momoyo: When given time to roam he always causes damage, enough so that the general public was aware of his existence after his death and even thirty years later he hasn't been forgotten.

Black Mage: In short, don't underestimate him, some hunters have, and it turns them into his pawns.

("Ha! Mankind. A cesspit of hatred and lies. Fight for them, then, and die for their sins!")