Succubus
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Castlevania:
Symphony of the Night
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The beautiful and seductive Succubus
first appeared in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to play with Alucard's
emotions and use the vision of his mother to weaken his spirits in hope that
he would shun humans and join his father in darkness. When he saw through
the ploy, its only remaining choice was to destroy him. Alucard,
fortunately, would had none of it. When her plot is uncovered,
she'll begin splitting into several illusions of herself--only the real one
able to receive damage; when alone, she'll spread her wings and have each
of their three claws elongate to stab in six different directions; while facing
you, she'll begin spitting fireballs. The Succubus will also attempt to fly
overhead and drop down onto you a substance that emits a curse; while you're
cursed, she'll grab onto you and drain your energy.
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Castlevania:
Lament of Innocence
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The Succubus
returns (or makes her debut, if you look at it from a storyline perspective)
in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence's Ghostly Theater. The three-dimensional
battle with the enchantress has some differences but is altogether similar:
When the battle begins, she'll try to gain an advantage by psychically sprouting
poisonous plant-life around the chamber. The Succubus will quickly evade your
attacks and goad you into hers: (1) She can fire one- to three-directional
sharp-pointed projectiles in your direction. (2) She can wrap her wings around
her body, spin wildly, and charge toward you in a blast. (3) She can split
from her frame two exact duplicates, only the real one able to receive damage,
and the three will pick you apart with quick hits until you strike the correct
one. (4) When her energy meter becomes depleted, she'll command a snakelike
thornweed to continually break through and reenter the ground to chase after
you, leaving a residual trail; if you stand in one place, the thornweed will
score repeated hits. In "Crazy Mode," she uses her thorn attack
earlier and more often, and she ups her spin attack.
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Castlevania:
Dracula X Chronicles
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This Succubus, called the "L.
Vampire," can be encountered twice during Rondo's remade campaign,
one of which due to a storyline twist. That is, if Richter fails to rescue
Annet before reaching the Clock Tower's apex, it'll be too late to save her,
and she'll appear before him in a crippled state. "Why didn't you save
me?" she'll ask, her voice strewn with disappointment. It's all a ruse,
however, since she had already been overcome by vampirism and is simply playing
upon his emotions in an attempt to lure him into the "comfort" of
eternal life. When he refuses, she most gleefully takes to the classic Succubus
form. The seductress will protect herself within a shield--a large swarm of
bats subservient to her will. She'll either command them to rain down in a
spread of six separate strains, leaving limited room for safety, or to form
into a ball and crash down directly onto the hero's current position. When
her health is low, she'll command them to spiral about and generally clutter
the area for a more devastating assault. Her supply drained when any attack
is ordered, the Succubus will be vulnerable for a limited time until the bats
regroup around her. The Succubus, more traditionally, can otherwise be found
as the boss of alternate Stage 5's lower path.
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