Grand Cross

Trevor's Grand Cross in Pachislot Akumajo Dracula

Grand Cross (also called Grand Cruz, Holy Cross, or Cross Crash) is an attack involving very large crosses that can be used by the Belmont family and relatives. There are three versions of this attack. In the first version, seen only in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, a giant crucifix appears suspended behind Richter, then multiple crucifixes rise up from the bottom, covering the whole screen and hitting anything in their path. In the second version, a pillar of light surrounds the caster. Several crosses then spiral up this column, dealing massive damage. Finally, in the third version, a large cross of energy appears suspended behind the caster, causing damage to anything that touches it. Though the forms look different, the effective range of the last two versions is similar, which is anything nearby or above.

Pillar of Crosses Form

Holy Cross in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

Trevor's Grand Cross in Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II

The "pillar" version was first used as Richter Belmont's Item Crash with the Cross sub-weapon in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It was also the normal action for Alucard in that game when he used the Cross sub-weapon and consumed many hearts. The move returned as the Nathan Graves's Cross item crush in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon when activating the Pluto Card + Salamander Card combo. It was also used by Juste Belmont in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance when he used the Cross with the Bolt Book. It could be performed by Leon Belmont by crossing the Cross with the Yellow Orb. It was used as Trevor Belmont's Special version sub-weapon (similar item crush) for the Cross in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. It was a Dual Crush available to Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin upon completing the Master the Holy Power quest in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. It was then the Dual Crush that is used in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair whenever two Belmont-like characters (Jonathan, Julius, Richter) dual crushed together.

Suspended Cross Form

Blood Cross variation from Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

The "suspended" version was first shown to be used by Julius Belmont as one of his sub-weapon options, in addition to his normal cross weapon, in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. It returned as a sub-weapon for Julius in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, though it was watered down a bit, as Julius was no longer invincible when he used the attack, and it lost the vacuum property it had in Aria. He used this weapon to destroy a powerful barrier in Soma's story mode that protected the gates to the Abyss. Through a certain in-game glitch/cheat, Soma can equip Julius' version of Grand Cross as a Bullet Soul (along with other Julius Mode characters' sub-weapons, along with Alucard's & Julius' main weapons, the Alucard Sword and the Vampire Killer Whip). Unlike Julius, Soma can move around while it is active (this is due to it being glitch soul/weapon) and doesn't raise up in the air like Julius.

Richter Belmont gained use of this version of the Grand Cross in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

Blood Cross

A bloody version of this cross, called the Blood Cross, appeared as a dual crush in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair whenever one of the Belmont-like characters dual crushed with Alucard or Soma Cruz.

Item Data

Item Data: Grand Cross
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Cross [alt] - Symphony of the Night   Sub-Weapon - Alucard, Richter, Maria (Saturn only)				[edit]
	The ultimate sub-weapon, the cross damages all enemies on the screen. (...)	Attrib: Holy/Hit Consume: 100 Hearts (Alucard), 1 (Richter/Maria)	ATT +40 (cross), ATT +5 (light), (with Staurolite: ATT +80 (cross), ATT +10 (light)) (Alucard); ATT +40 (Richter/Maria)	Find: Containers (requires Cube of Zoe for Alucard)	Effect: Thrown forward and returns (Richter/Maria); always Crashes (Alucard) Special: Item Crash (Grand Cross, Richter only; Cost: 20 Hearts; ATT +60 (crosses), ATT +40 (beam of light), Attrib: Holy/Hit)
	Cross Crash - Encore of the Night   Spell - Richter				[edit]
	All blocks on the user's board are destroyed. The opponent takes 1 damage for each block destroyed.	Consume: 50 MP
	Holy Cross (Grand Cross) - Harmony of Despair   Dual Crush - Jonathan or Julius or Richter with each other				[edit]
		Attrib: Holy Consume: 60 MP		Find: (innate)	Effect: Several large crosses encircles both players and spiral upwards.
	Blood Cross (jpn) - Harmony of Despair   Dual Crush - Soma or Alucard + Jonathan or Julius or Richter				[edit]
		Attrib: Slash Consume: 60 MP		Find: (innate)	Effect: A dark cross will rise and damage enemies multiple times. Each successful hit will also heal the users for 1 HP.