The Magic Vacuum is a vacuum cleaner that the demonic maid Persephone sometimes uses to clean the castle's floors. This device is constructed with what appears to be the neck and skull of a dragon-like creature protruding from the mouth of a big humanoid skull. It can be used by Soma Cruz when he steals Persephone's soul in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow and Harmony of Despair. When activated, it appears and "sucks" the life out of any enemy it encounters, transferring it to Soma.
Game specific information[]
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow[]
The Persephone is a Blue Soul obtained from a Persephone enemy. The Soul can either be found by eliminating them in the Inner Quarters or by Soul Trade (except in Advance Collection). By holding the R button (by default), Soma will activate a magic vacuum for 5 Magic Points per second. The range of the vacuum is short and requires close proximity to a target to connect. When the vacuum hits an enemy target, it will deliver damage equal to Soma's CON and also absorb 5 HP from the enemy with each hit connected. This can be seen as a more cheaper healing option than the Alura Une soul, though in terms of healing power, it is minor if Soma deals a high amount of damage to enemies, unless they possess powerful HP as well. The Magic Vacuum is useful against the Skeleton Knights because even if they guard attacks, the Magic Vacuum can still absorb HP without inflicting any damage, making these enemies reliable healing batteries.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow[]
Like in Aria of Sorrow, gaining dominance over Persephone's soul grants Soma the Magic Vacuum ability, which allows him to steal and absorb HP from enemies, although this time it can be leveled up three times (up to Level 9) by catching 9 Persephone's souls:
- Level one allows Soma to use her vacuum cleaner with teeth.
- Level two is an upgraded version with a powerful engine and four wheels.
- Level three summons Persephone herself wearing a blue maid's dress to personally clean the floor in front of her "master", which kills Unes and other low level enemies easier, while harder to damage enemies at normal height (like Abaddon's locust).
At full level, she can absorb 6 HP per hit with a cost of 5 MP per second while decently damaging enemies, which increases her usefulness. She seems to flinch when attempting to vacuum harder enemies (presumably because her vacuum gets easily stuck). She can also be summoned and dismissed very fast, which gives her the same capabilities as a Bullet Soul despite being a Guardian Soul, although she has extreme lack of range at Level 9.
Persephone is favored by many players due to her HP draining ability, allowing them to survive longer in harder fights for next to no MP when summoned strategically. Another interesting ability is that she can suck in some enemy attacks, such as Ukoback's flames, Frozen Shade's ice and icicles attacks, Skeleton's bones, Killer Clown's cards, Catoblepas and Gorgon's breaths, Gaibon's breath and fireball attacks, Golem's rock breath, Iron Golem's flame breath, all of Malphas's crows and feathers, Alura Une's rose darts, and even Death's scythes.
Item Data[]
| Item Data: Magic Vacuum | ||||||||
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| Image | Name - Game Type - Users Description |
Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
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| Absorb enemies' HP with a magical item. (Uses a magical item to absorb enemies' HP.) | Consume: 15 MP/sec |
10 ATK |
Drop: Persephone |
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| Enable "Magic Vacuum". Vacuums up enemy HP. | Attrib: Slashing Consume: 5 MP/sec |
Rarity: ** Drop: Persephone |
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| Enable "Magic Vacuum" to consume enemy HP. | Attrib: Strike Consume: 3 MP |
ATK +3 |
Rarity: ** Steal: Persephone (2.8%) |
Effect: Magic Vacuum | ||||
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