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Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Combat

2023-08-30T05:47:41Z

LonerHero: /* Gems */

== Action Canceling ==
Leon and Pumpkin can cancel into other things, such as jumping, using items, and sub-weapons. There's a small window during (almost) every action where you can start another action before the current action's animation finishes. Doing this immediately cancels whatever action you're currently in the middle of and begins the next one. Not everything can be canceled into though. Whips can only be canceled into Sub-weapons and jumps, but not items. Sub-weapons can be canceled into anything, and items can be canceled into anything most of the time. It seems to depend on what item is being used. Jumping can't be canceled per se, but the moment you land you can start another action immediately.

== Combo Damage ==
Every hit beyond the first adds roughly 5% damage. This means that high combos have the ability to increase damage to levels that are completely broken. In most boss fights you try and keep the combo going for as long as possible

[[File:LoIActionCancel.gif|thumb|Example of Action Cancel with Sub-Weapon and Combo Damage]]

== Gems ==
Thanks to [https://castlevaniaspeedruns.com/Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Item_Duplication | Item Duplication] jewel crusher is the core of Leon and Pumpkin categories. It destroys Jewels and releases their hidden magical potential. When equipped, the description of the Jewels changes as follows:
*Diamond - Grants a full HP, MP, and Heart restore.
*Ruby - Deals 119 damage to everything in the room. Can be mitigated by special defense, and won't affect anything that's immune to damage at the time.
*Sapphire - Deals 50 damage to everything within view, and restores 8 HP for every hit. Can be mitigated by special defense.
*Turquoise - Randomly changes the sub weapon to something that's not the current subweapon.

All of these gems are vital to a run. Rubies destroy entire rooms with impunity, and make good combo extenders in boss fights. Sapphires make decent substitutes for Rubies when you need to conserve them. Diamonds allow you to spam Hi-Speed Edge continuously to get around faster. Turquoises make it possible to have the optimal sub weapon for every situation.

== Subweapons ==
Every sub weapon is used but not every orb combination is. Some notable ones in Any%:
*Axe (No Orb) - Important in Garden Forgotten by Time, and against Medusa.
*Spiral Axe (Axe + Red) - Used twice in House of Sacred Remains, Primarily to conserve the gems
*Wind Axe / Axe Tornado (Axe + Purple) - Used Three times
**Primarily to take down ogers Cyclops
**Setup in the first room for Dark Palace of the Waterfall
*Hi-Speed Edge (Axe + Green) - Used everywhere after the Green Orb is obtained. Fastest form of movement in the game
**Roughly 50% faster than walking ~ DragonDarchSDA
*Spirit Ripper (Axe + Yellow) - Used against Walter to get a high combo
*Michael's Sword (Cross + Purple) Used twice in Dark Palace to deal with enemies and once in Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab
**Primary damage source against Joachim
**Also core on golem’s second phase before the ruby spam
*Holy Light (Cross + Green) - Used against Golem phase 1. Keeps him constantly going in and out of his guard stance, and does significant damage due to double hits.
*Satellite (Crystal + Yellow) - Used against Doppelganger 2 to keep him stunlocked.
*Roaring Flames (Holy Water + Red) - Used for Undead Parasite phase 2. Hits 4 times and allows just enough time to cancel into a whip without dropping combo.
*Cross Blazer (Holy Water + Purple) - Used for Undead Parasite phase 1
**Able to hit 2 eyes at once, speeding up phase 1 considerably
**Can also be used against doppleganger 2 for safer option
*Force Cannon (Knife + Green) - Used against Succubus, and the Ogre duo outside of her room.

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Video Tutorials

2023-08-30T05:45:41Z

LonerHero: /* Any% Leon */

== Any% Leon ==
[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iFYeD1oFELxYvzYmOjQUtb3YFoL-tr-&si=470MkCf8_5erC9GH| YouTube playlist; videos are level-by-level by LonerHero]

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Video Tutorials

2023-08-30T05:44:43Z

LonerHero: Created page with "== Any% Leon == [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iFYeD1oFELxYvzYmOjQUtb3YFoL-tr-| YouTube playlist; videos are level-by-level by LonerHero]"

== Any% Leon ==
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5iFYeD1oFELxYvzYmOjQUtb3YFoL-tr-| YouTube playlist; videos are level-by-level by LonerHero]

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Combat

2023-08-30T05:41:39Z

LonerHero: Current fill up need to write better details and format for sub-weapons

== Action Canceling ==
Leon and Pumpkin can cancel into other things, such as jumping, using items, and sub-weapons. There's a small window during (almost) every action where you can start another action before the current action's animation finishes. Doing this immediately cancels whatever action you're currently in the middle of and begins the next one. Not everything can be canceled into though. Whips can only be canceled into Sub-weapons and jumps, but not items. Sub-weapons can be canceled into anything, and items can be canceled into anything most of the time. It seems to depend on what item is being used. Jumping can't be canceled per se, but the moment you land you can start another action immediately.

== Combo Damage ==
Every hit beyond the first adds roughly 5% damage. This means that high combos have the ability to increase damage to levels that are completely broken. In most boss fights you try and keep the combo going for as long as possible

[[File:LoIActionCancel.gif|thumb|Example of Action Cancel with Sub-Weapon and Combo Damage]]

== Gems ==
Thanks to [https://castlevaniaspeedruns.com/Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Item_Duplication| Item Duplication] jewel crusher is the core of Leon and Pumpkin categories. It destroys Jewels and releases their hidden magical potential. When equipped, the description of the Jewels changes as follows:
*Diamond - Grants a full HP, MP, and Heart restore.
*Ruby - Deals 119 damage to everything in the room. Can be mitigated by special defense, and won't affect anything that's immune to damage at the time.
*Sapphire - Deals 50 damage to everything within view, and restores 8 HP for every hit. Can be mitigated by special defense.
*Turquoise - Randomly changes the sub weapon to something that's not the current subweapon.

All of these gems are vital to a run. Rubies destroy entire rooms with impunity, and make good combo extenders in boss fights. Sapphires make decent substitutes for Rubies when you need to conserve them. Diamonds allow you to spam Hi-Speed Edge continuously to get around faster. Turquoises make it possible to have the optimal sub weapon for every situation.

== Subweapons ==
Every sub weapon is used but not every orb combination is. Some notable ones in Any%:
*Axe (No Orb) - Important in Garden Forgotten by Time, and against Medusa.
*Spiral Axe (Axe + Red) - Used twice in House of Sacred Remains, Primarily to conserve the gems
*Wind Axe / Axe Tornado (Axe + Purple) - Used Three times
**Primarily to take down ogers Cyclops
**Setup in the first room for Dark Palace of the Waterfall
*Hi-Speed Edge (Axe + Green) - Used everywhere after the Green Orb is obtained. Fastest form of movement in the game
**Roughly 50% faster than walking ~ DragonDarchSDA
*Spirit Ripper (Axe + Yellow) - Used against Walter to get a high combo
*Michael's Sword (Cross + Purple) Used twice in Dark Palace to deal with enemies and once in Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab
**Primary damage source against Joachim
**Also core on golem’s second phase before the ruby spam
*Holy Light (Cross + Green) - Used against Golem phase 1. Keeps him constantly going in and out of his guard stance, and does significant damage due to double hits.
*Satellite (Crystal + Yellow) - Used against Doppelganger 2 to keep him stunlocked.
*Roaring Flames (Holy Water + Red) - Used for Undead Parasite phase 2. Hits 4 times and allows just enough time to cancel into a whip without dropping combo.
*Cross Blazer (Holy Water + Purple) - Used for Undead Parasite phase 1
**Able to hit 2 eyes at once, speeding up phase 1 considerably
**Can also be used against doppleganger 2 for safer option
*Force Cannon (Knife + Green) - Used against Succubus, and the Ogre duo outside of her room.

File:LoIActionCancel.gif

2023-08-30T05:11:19Z

LonerHero: For Combat page

For Combat page

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Item Duplication

2023-08-30T05:04:40Z

LonerHero: Need the spots from the Garden

== Item Duplication ==

Fairly simple. Stand in the correct place and hover over your items. The "correct place" seems to be limited to very specific hallway types, only seen in certain areas of the castle. The Item Duplication can’t performed in PAL version. Duping items allows you to keep a full stock of extremely broken items that were never intended to be used in mass quantities.

'''There's two in the Castle Entrance:'''
*West Hallway
*East Hallway -- used a lot in this run
'''There's three in Garden Forgotten by Time:'''
*Two in the hallways connecting the square of rooms in the southern section
*One in the hallway leading to the switch in the southeast section
'''There's four in Pagoda of the Misty Moon 1F:'''
*One in every hallway except the one leading to 2F
'''There's five in Pagoda of the Misty Moon 2F:'''
*One in each hallway connecting to the Candle Room
*One in each of the long hallways
== Visual Guide for Duplication spots ==
<gallery mode="packed-hover" widths=300px heights=200px>
File:Duple_East_Hallway.PNG|East Hallway Spot
File:West hallway.PNG|East Hallway Spot
File:Dupe_Pagoda_of_the_Misty_Moon_1F.PNG|Sub-weapon room
File:Pagoda_of_the_Misty_Moon_2F_Hallway.PNG|First Hallway spot
File:Pagoda_of_the_Misty_Moon_2F_before_the_IV_tablet.PNG|Before the I,II,III,IV Tablet room
</gallery>

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Combat

2023-08-30T05:03:42Z

LonerHero: Blanked the page

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Combat

2023-08-30T05:03:05Z

LonerHero: /* Item Duplication */

File:Pagoda of the Misty Moon 2F before the IV tablet.PNG

2023-08-30T05:01:39Z

LonerHero: Dupe spot

Dupe spot

File:Pagoda of the Misty Moon 2F Hallway.PNG

2023-08-30T04:58:49Z

LonerHero: dupespot

dupespot

File:Dupe Pagoda of the Misty Moon 1F.PNG

2023-08-30T04:56:30Z

LonerHero: Spot before doppleganger

Spot before doppleganger

File:West hallway.PNG

2023-08-30T04:52:51Z

LonerHero: Dupe Spot

Dupe Spot

File:Duple East Hallway.PNG

2023-08-30T04:52:14Z

LonerHero: Dupe Spot for Lament of Innocence

Dupe Spot for Lament of Innocence

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence/Combat

2023-08-30T04:46:44Z

LonerHero: Need to upload image reference soon

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

2023-08-30T04:30:36Z

LonerHero: Long over due I wanted to make this page for quite some time. I can try spend some time 1 day per week for progress.

{| class="infobox"
!colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|'''''Castlevania: Lament of Innocence'''''
|-
!colspan="2"|[[file:LoICover.jpg]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''main platforms'''
|PlayStation 3
|-
|PlayStation 2
|-
|'''timing'''
|IGT
|-
|'''framerate'''
|~60
|-
|'''style'''
|3Dvania
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4c4c4c;"|'''[https://www.speedrun.com/loi Leaderboards]'''
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4c4c4c;"|'''[https://discord.gg/EMbwtHWqyn Discord]'''
|}

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence speedruns focus on movement and efficient combat. Leon, Joachim and Pumpkin have their own separate categories and unique playstyles. The runs feature heavy usage of many mobility-based sub-weapons abilities with full stock of extremely broken items. This wiki focuses mainly on the NTSC version of the game since the Item Duplication does not work in PAL. A Run without Item Duplication is not invested much and would potentially explored in the future. This game goes by In Game Time instead of the usual RTA for speedruns. This is because In Game Time pauses any time the game is loading, which allows runners to play on any platform they have access to (PS3 and Emulator players have a non-trivial advantage in terms of load times, which going by IGT eliminates). RTA is decent as a ballpark figure for determining whether a run is ahead or behind.

== Information ==
*[https://www.speedrun.com/loi Leaderboards]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Combat |Combat]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Item_Duplication | Item Duplication]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Video_Tutorials | Video Tutorials]]

== Leon ==
Leon runs feature the most usage of items as well as the most quick kills of various bosses.
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Leon_Any% |Any%]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Leon_AllBosses | All Bosses]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Crazy_AllBosses | Crazy All Bosses]]

== Joachim ==
Joachim is very slow compared to Leon and Pumpkin because he is very limited in terms of resource.
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Joachim_Any%|Any%]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Joachim_AllBosses | All Bosses]]

== Pumpkin ==
Pumpkin runs start at full speed and never slow down. Very heavy in execution and extremely merciless due to his low hp
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Pumpkin_Any% |Any%]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Pumpkin_AllBosses | All Bosses]]

== Bosses ==

*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Golem | Golem]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Medusa |Medusa]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Undead_Parasite |Undead Parasite]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Joachim | Joachim]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Succubus | Succubus]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Doppleganger | Doppleganger]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Walter | Walter]]
*[[Castlevania:_Lament_of_Innocence/Death | Death]]

File:LoICover.jpg

2023-08-30T04:12:14Z

LonerHero: Lament of Innocence PS2 NTSC box art

Lament of Innocence PS2 NTSC box art