The Summon Medusa spell will summon a Medusa Head to aid the protagonist. She will usually shoot beams out of her eyes, possibly petrifying any enemy who gets hit.
Game specific information
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
In Symphony of the Night, this spell can be performed by using the Medusa Shield's combo spell with the Shield Rod or the Mablung Sword. It costs 30 MP to cast. A medusa head will spawn behind Alucard and shoot two beams with very slight homing capabilities. This beam only deals damage and does not petrify.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Summon Medusa is one of Charlotte Aulin's magic spell skills in Portrait of Ruin. The beams fired by the summoned entity, known as the "eye of petrification", will petrify their targets.
Interestingly enough, the head summoned appears to be that of Medusa herself and not a simple Medusa Head, which are in turn born from Medusa's hair.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Shanoa can summon a Medusa Head familiar by absorbing the Fidelis Medusa glyph, which is dropped by Gorgon Heads. A Gorgon Head will only/always appear after killing five Medusa Heads (any variant) and it has a 100% chance of dropping the glyph.
- Familiars in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia reach Level 2 at 32,767 XP and max out at 65,535 XP, which is Level 3 (the message "LEVEL UP" will appear onscreen when a new level has been reached). Unfortunately, there's no in-game way of checking how much experience a familiar has gained. They gain 3 XP for hitting an enemy and they gain 2,000 XP when Shanoa absorbs another copy of their own glyph. So, according to this math, it takes 17 copies (rounded up from 16.38 and not taking into account enemies hit/killed by the familiar itself) of the glyph to grow one level. If the familiar is onscreen at the moment it gains a level, it will not immediately display its new abilities; it must first be sent away and summoned again.
Item Data
| Item Data: Summon Medusa | ||||||||
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| Image | Name - Game Type - Users Description |
Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
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| Summon Medusa and activate the eye of petrification. | Attrib: Dark, Stone Consume: 25 MP |
ATK +6 (partially charged), ATK +12 (fully charged) |
Drop: Medusa Head |
Effect: Summons Medusa's head which shoots a petrifying beam in a wide arc. Special: Fully charged: No distinct changes, besides raised damage. | ||||
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| Summon Medusa Heads in a strangely familiar pattern. | Attrib: Stone Consume: 80 MP |
ATK +1 |
Drop: Gorgon Head |
Effect: Summons Medusa Heads. | ||||
Animations
See also
- Medusa Head, Medusa (enemies)
- Medusa Familiar