SOTN/Alucard

Alucard
platforms	XBLA
	PlayStation
categories	Any%
	All Bosses
	Glitchless Any%

Alucard runs are longer and more complex, including numerous tricks and glitches. This page includes information on the character, his special moves and some of the advanced tricks that can be performed.

Contents

Character Information and Mechanics

• MP gained each level: 4 or 5
• Base stats: see Prologue#Bonuses
• Landing from great heights(around 128px) causes Alucard to get locked out of moving for 10 frames if he walked off a ledge or 33 if he jumped or untransformed. This stun can be canceled by jumping or tapping shield.

Special Moves

Move	Input	MP	Total frames	Invincible	DMG	Notes
Wing Smash	JMP (hold) ++ JMP (release)	8	63	63	50	Speed is a constant 6.0 regardless of trajectory. Slows down to ~5.5 when going forward against an upward slope, but can be mitigated by holding up.
Gravity Boots	+ JMP	4	44	0	0	Can be chained.
Soul Steal	+ ATK	50	0	0	0	Each hit heals Alucard for 8hp.
Tetra Spirit	(charge)+ ATK	10	0	0	15	Charge for 32+ frames. Charge is ignored if you start from or , so try to go to neutral then to .
Summon Spirit	(or NEUTRAL)+ ATK	5	0		12
Dark Metamorphosis	+ ATK	10	0	0	0
Hellfire	+ ATK + control teleport movement	15	0	0	30	hold down to cancel the attack.
Shield Rod Spell	SHIELD + ATK	20	0	0	0	Alucard shield spell lasts around 69 seconds of holding the shield out. Ends prematurely if you run out of mana and try to use it.

Techniques

• Shield Dashing
• Infinite Wing Smash
• Batdash and Batkick
• Wolfjump/Wolf slope jump
• Wolf Superjump
• Big Toss
• Mistbat and Mistwolf
• Shield Walk Cancel
• Frontslide
• Autodash

Glitches

• Reverse Shift Line (RSL)
• Shop Glitch
• Wolf Floor Clip
• Shift Line
• Chapel Warps
• Camera Unlock
• Revenge Tech

Common Skips

• Death Skip
• Richter Skip
• Relic Skip
• Library Clip
• Caverns Clip
• Chapel to Olrox Warp

Categories

main

• Any% No Save Corruption
• All Bosses
• Glitchless Any%

miscellaneous

• Zero Bosses
• ABRSR(All Bosses and Relics + Save Richter)
• Pacifist
• Low% Wolf
• Low% Bat
• Low% Mist
• ACE
• Any% DXC

Video Tutorials

• Turbo Tutorials: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Any% (0.1.1.1 Alucard Basic Mechanics)
• Turbo Tutorials: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Any% (0.1.2.1 Alucard Intermediate Mechanics)

Speed Values

horizontal speed values		vertical speed values
Walking	1.5	Gravity Boots	12.0 UP
Jumping	1.5	Gravity Boots with scroll lock	4.0 UP
Wing Smash	6.0	Jump TOP	4.9 UP
Backdash TOP	3.5	Double jump TOP	4.1 UP
Wolf Dash TOP	3.0	Wing Smash TOP	6.0 UP
Big Toss	8.0	Falling TOP	7.0 DOWN
Skill of Wolf TOP	5.0	Divekick TOP	7.0 DOWN
Power of Wolf TOP	9.0	Zipping Mist	16.0
Optimal frontslide Average	3.3	Zipping	32.0 DOWN
Glitchtoss	4.0	Mist flying TOP	0.5 UP
Diagonal Gravity Boots	3.0	Power of Mist	1.0
Thrust special TOP	2.5	Bat flying	1.3
Bat flying forward	1.2	Wolf high jump TOP	4.9
Bat flying Diagonal	0.8
Mist Flying TOP	0.5