Summon is a special ability capable of calling forth a monster to fight for the player. Thanks to the help of a familiar, an Innocent Devil or various other items as books, a character is able to ask another person or a monster for help. Summons appear in various Castlevania games.
Basically, monsters ranging from zombies, dogs, weapons, birds, large animals, insects, and even bosses can be summoned by the player using a special item. However, Most summons have either a limited duration or a Health bar.
Game specific information
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Familiars
- Main article: Familiar
Alucard is able to summon familiars which can be obtained from Familiar Cards, and must be activated in the Relics menu. These familiars level-up and gain new abilities. However, only one familiar can be active at a time.
Monsters
- Main article: Monster Vial
With the Monster Vial item, Alucard can also summon regular monsters such as bats to serve as an extra manpower or to simply distract enemies.
Shield Rod
- Main article: Shield Rod
Many of the Shield Rod spells involve summoning various creatures. These may attack enemies or add a status boost.
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Familiars
- Main article: Saturn Card
The Saturn Card can be combined with other Attribute Cards to summon a Familiar that fights along side Nathan Graves.
Monsters
- Main article: Uranus Card
The Uranus Card summons the mystical beast represented on the paired Attribute Card. This beast is usually summoned along with some kind of special effect (such as meteors or thunderbolts) with moves from one part of the screen to the other. It usually damages all enemies on the screen in this manner with the element it is associated with.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
- Main article: Summoning Tome
The Summoning Tome book can be used to summon different monsters when paired with a different sub-weapon.
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Familiars
- Main article: Familiar
Several free roaming familiars can be summoned using different kinds of Guardian Souls.
Guardians
- Main article: Guardian
A type of familiar that sticks close to Soma called a Guardian can also be summoned using various Guardian Souls.
Monsters
- Main article: Bullet Soul
Monsters can be summoned for a single attack using Bullet Souls. These include the Eagle Shot (Altair), Crow Attack (Blue Crow), Hopping Man (Fleaman), Doll Decoy (Killer Doll), Torpedo Fish (Killer Fish), Last Scream (Mandragora), Needle Mine (Needles), Evil Gallop (Nightmare), Cat's Run (Student Witch), and Demon Cleaving Holy Sword (Valkyrie)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Main article: Innocent Devil
Hector, being a Devil Forgemaster, is able to call upon Innocent Devils. These creatures are unique in various ways such that they level-up, gain new abilities, evolve, or even breed new Innocent Devils. Their Heart bars serve as their Health and at the same time, cost for casting an Ability.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Shanoa is able to summon monsters through the use of the Fidelis glyphs.
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