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| + | The {{Nihongo|'''Demonic Megiddo'''|デモニックメキド|Demonikku Mekido}} is [[Dracula]]'s most destructive special move featuring in some games. It's his ultimate spell that deals massive damage, destroying almost every living thing without damaging his own room and uses an impressive amount of chaotic magic as an explosion. [[Walter Bernhard]] was the first enemy who used a similar spell, but less powerful and more frequent, probably because he was not a [[Dark Lord]]. In Dracula's case, this attack is a finishing move and for the main characters, hard to survive if not for strong healing items or avoiding it. |
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| − | The {{Nihongo|'''Demonic Megiddo'''|デモニックメキド|Demonikku Mekido}} is one of [[Dracula]]'s most powerful spells and makes common appearances in the ''[[Castlevania (series)|Castlevania]]'' series. It is a giant explosion, varying in color. |
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==Game specific information== |
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Revision as of 03:47, 12 February 2020
The Demonic Megiddo (デモニックメキド Demonikku Mekido?) is Dracula's most destructive special move featuring in some games. It's his ultimate spell that deals massive damage, destroying almost every living thing without damaging his own room and uses an impressive amount of chaotic magic as an explosion. Walter Bernhard was the first enemy who used a similar spell, but less powerful and more frequent, probably because he was not a Dark Lord. In Dracula's case, this attack is a finishing move and for the main characters, hard to survive if not for strong healing items or avoiding it.
Game specific information
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Walter Bernhard is the first character in the series known to be able to perform this powerful attack. When he transforms into a demon, he releases a massive fireball that encompasses most of the throne room. In Japanese versions, it is listed as the Demonic Megiddo. Unlike Dracula, Walter can perform the attack more than once during the fight. It is worth noting, however, that Walter's Demonic Megiddo is much less powerful and thus consumes less energy.
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- "Magic that creates a massive explosion, purging everything in the vicinity with holy flames."
- — Description
The Demonic Disaster attack that can be performed by an Embryo Rod evolution of the Mage-Type Innocent Devil is called the Demonic Megiddo in Japanese. It functions the same way as the classic attack of Dracula and costs 35 Hearts in order to be cast.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Though this is an unusual form of performing the attack, Dracula nonetheless is capable of performing the Demonic Megiddo, via turning Death into a scythe and slamming him on the ground, creating a powerful explosion. Most of the time, especially in Hard mode, it will kill the player character, as it causes very fast hits of heavy damage, though it can be survived if the player has enough healing items.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Dracula will do this move in his battle with Shanoa. If the player manages to inflict 9,999 damage to Dracula, a short cutscene will play and he prepares to unleash the Megiddo. If the player does not use Dominus in the amount of time, Dracula uses the Megiddo, which is unstoppable and causes instant death. If the player uses Dominus though, Dracula dies. Strangely, there is a spot in the room where the Demonic Megiddo cannot touch, the top corners, but Volaticus must be used and Dracula will continue the attack for an unlimited amount of time. If a cheating device is used, making it impossible to die, Dracula still cannot be killed with Dominus after using the Demonic Megiddo, likely because the scripting only allows Dominus to affect Dracula's charging state.
Also, it must be mentioned the fact that using some cheating features, as the "unlimited HP" or "max HP" in a Nintendo DS flashcard and exposing Shanoa to the Demonic Megiddo, would only ensure her survival for 14 seconds, because the spell inflicts 9,000 HP damage, reducing her HP to 999, but the nature of the cheat allows her to instantly recover, except in a specific point in time (14 seconds) in which the number of hits will surpass the speed of regeneration, thus dealing the 9,000 damage twice before the cheat is able to regenerate Shanoa's health back to original, killing her. This is an interesting point, because some could say the power of the Demonic Megiddo can defeat even immortality cheats.
Castlevania Judgment
In Dracula's Super Finishing Move, he floats in the air and shoots a huge fireball at the opponent. The fireball then explodes, inflicting massive damage.
Akumajō Dracula: The Arcade
Dracula's Demonic Megiddo is identical to Judgment's version, but it is never exactly called "Demonic Megiddo". After his first two forms are defeated, he will fly into the air and constantly cast dark fireballs until killed. Unlike in previous games, it is not a one hit kill, but it will reduce at least one third of the player's life bar when it makes contact.
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Dracula will now perform the Demonic Megiddo in his demon form. The attack is very rarely used, but it almost completely covers the boss room, deals 160~180 damage in Normal Mode, and has a short delay. In Hard Mode, not only does the attack become capable of instantly killing even very defensively equipped hunters, but the very edges of the boss room are also covered in fire pillars that dissipate just before the actual attack fires off, leaving a narrow window of opportunity to avoid being damaged in some way. The Demonic Megiddo is Fire-based, though, so in the event that avoidance is an impossibility, it's not a bad idea to have an equipment setup that grants a high resistance to that element. Doing so can reduce the damage dealt by the attack to near dismissable levels (30~40 damage), even in a game with six players. Dracula glows with an aqua-colored aura before casting the attack.
The Demonic Megiddo is also a Dual Crush that both relatives of Dracula can perform with each other: Soma and Alucard. This is a smaller version than that performed by Dracula.
Item Data
| Item Data: Demonic Megiddo | ||||||||
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Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
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| Magic that creates a massive explosion, purging everything in the vicinity with holy flames. | Attrib: Light Consume: 35 Hearts |
First Obtained: Enemy defeats |
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| Attrib: Fire, Darkness Consume: 60 MP |
Find: (innate) |
Effect: A dark explosion. | ||||||
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Similar appearances
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Darkness Bomb[1] - Death also uses an ability similar to Demonic Megiddo. Death will throw a fireball that lasts for a short duration and does heavy damage.
- Pillar of Flame[2] - Dracula also performs a similar attack in his first form, creating a tornado of flames that spins around him, dealing heavy damage to Hector. A similar attack was also utilized in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, although in that case, Dracula seemed to utilize a scepter to conduct the attack, as well as in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
References
- ↑ Japanese guide, page 124 - 暗黒ボム Ankoku Bomu (lit. Darkness Bomb in Japanese)
- ↑ Japanese guide, page 125 - 火柱 Hibashira - (lit. Pillar of Flame in Japanese)