Bosses I Love: Boss Analysis # 11

In the eleventh episode of Boss Analysis, I take a look at one boss that is immensely fun to battle from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.

[@ERROR989]

When I got up to this fight, I was using the Student Witch Soul ( 1:32 ), which resulted in about 5 minutes of Soma and Dimitrii throwing cats at each other. It was the most I laughed at a game in a long time.

[@Green24152]

oh my god thats amazing

[@Xman34washere]

Catslevania

[@dmas7749]

didn't have une in my most recent playthrough so i ended up doing the same

[@cherubibimon1875]

"Urgent news, Two local finely dressed crazy cat men assault each other to the death with rabid cats in Dracula's castle, More at 6:66"

[@evanhernandez2071]

It's Dmitrii. Dimitrii is that dude from Three Houses.

[@DaneTheDane]

Here's how I'd make Dmitrii's fight better: 1. Challenge He's far too easy to hit. If he was to run a bit more, and make more of an effort to jump out of the way of your melee attacks, that'd be great. I also think he should have just a bit more health. 2. Copy style Instead of just copying the soul attacks you use on him, I think it'd be cooler if he kept copying more and more of your soul attacks the more you attack him, regardless of how you attack him. He'd also keep switching between copied soul attacks to keep you on your toes. 3. Rematch When you reach him in the final boss room, you get a rematch with him before the Menace fight. In this battle, he has every soul in the game, and they're all fully upgraded. Every soul he uses has a specific attack pattern, and when he switches to another soul, a transparent image of the monster that the soul belongs to will flash behind him.

[@ls190v2]

After that, Menace! This could be an NG+ thing.

[@mikeymikesh9802]

i just realized something. Dawn of Sorrow = DS. Harmony of Despair = HD. MIND. BLOWN.

[@johnathonturner2279]

:O

[@BirdEventually]

o_o

[@vicio19995]

8 years later i gonna blow your mind a bit more, precuel Aria of sorrow = AS (Advance sistem) =GBA

[@Takato2527]

Harmony of Dissonance = HD I wish that game were HD

[@BaconMageLv0]

One minor thing you didn't mention (but not that important) is that if you don't bother giving him a bullet soul to use, he'll use the attack he got in the cutscene before the battle

[@ultimate_oikawa]

I beat him that way, it was hard but enjoyable nonetheless

[@TheBardbarians]

After reading the "Mega Man copying abilities" part, I suddenly thought of a brilliant idea for an enemy: Lawsuit Man. His special attack is "Sue Over Plagiarism"!

[@eggboi2345]

i have a scratch account, so i can make him a real enemy! just tell me all the details.

[@TheBardbarians]

lol I was just making some stupid joke, so I really didn't have any design plans. But for some reason, I am imagining Dust Man with Miles Edgeworth's Captain Hook/Austin Powers ascot thingie.

[@TheBardbarians]

Maybe "Settle Out of Court" could be another one of his moves.

[@eggboi2345]

what would that do?

[@TheBardbarians]

Captain Vetter Get a smaller amount of money, but it would be guaranteed rather than a gamble.

[@guilhermegmoreir]

You know what would've been interesting? If Dmitri would fight against a doppelganger of his own.

[@WhiteMageMentality]

Try to remember the basics of CQC.

[@lpfan4491]

so he would copy the power to copy? but i thought deviding by zero is evil xD

[@johnathonturner2279]

In Smash Bros, if Kirby swallows himself, he gains no power unless there was already a copy ability on the other. I'm assuming we can apply that logic here.

[@justas423]

They would bitch slap each other.

[@want-diversecontent3887]

*calls Dario*

[@MrCjosue24]

I never knew that Julius Belmont was the last of the Belmonts.Until I was watching a gameplay of Castlevania.

[@jacobdagun3670]

I remember the first time I fought this guy, he kicked the snot out of me. I made the mistake of A) using a Guardian soul (White Dragon) on him, and B) Panicking. Didn't stand a chance.

[@ls190v2]

R.I.P

[@kevinliao3107]

What if Kirby swallows Dmitrii, gets hit by Megaman, defeats Doopliss and gains his power, and morphs into a Ditto? (Brawl in the Family reference)

[@kiplirafli3179]

and wears a deku mask?

[@videogamerguy959]

+Kevin Liao Keep him away from Superman and Goku...

[@agrammarnazirookie7756]

What would Doopliss do?

[@boymancinder2000]

Brawl in the Family? What?

[@durandal_273]

@@boymancinder2000 it's a comic, look it up

[@stefanfr13]

The only problem I have about this boss, as you mentioned yourself, is the fact that you fight him so early. If they waited to the late-game or end-game we would have even more spells to mess around with.

[@MattEngarding]

Boss rush mode?

[@juanman2483]

Good thing there's new game+

[@videogamerguy959]

Some bosses in video games should be fought later in the game. God of War II put the Perseus boss fight at a pretty good place. Not too early, but not the final boss either. I can't say the same about Dimitri and Deathstroke (Arkham Origins).

[@PaxtheDreamer]

Do you think this boss might have been more challenging if he was a boss you fought later in the game and he could "remember" the attacks you hit him with? Sort of like Shadow Link from Ocarina of Time, once you use it on him once, he can add it to the AI's Move Pool and use it whenever it would fit best.

[@whoisthisgit]

That would have been awesome. If only he was in Harmony of Despair, they could have designed him that way.

[@dmas7749]

+whoisthisgit Ah, Harmony of Despair. An ultimately disappointing game where all "Hard" mode is, is grinding drops. Seriously, could they not have put character levels in, or at least a trading system? I can _never_ get the items that I want...not to mention I suck and desperately need them. >.>

[@NEON_ZEX]

+D MAS Yeah, those "Ah. This & That" comments are getting really old now. That said, quit talking out of your ass. Besides, XenoVerse's RNG is FAR worse than HD's

[@dmas7749]

Wait seriously?? But I had terrible luck in HD! Goddammit! Ugh...why do people do these things? It's not fun, it's arbitrary. Sorry, I just really wanted to complain about it.

[@NEON_ZEX]

D MAS It's fine.

[@Aladato]

In the end his biggest power is his weakest point, as he can use anything used on him, but then again he can only use what was used on him. Nice video! Although I played the game, there you have a character that can be easily overlooked. To think I could remember the fire dude as a boss but not Dmitrii!

[@gordontaylor2815]

***** In the end, the copy ability is only as useful as what you do with the abilities you've copied. Both Mega Man and Kirby are FAR smarter in using their copied abilities than that guy is.

[@alkiviadispantelidis1847]

Tbh I found Zephyr the most interesting boss in dawn of sorrow, but damn. Dmitrii is cool.

[@theodoregeorgiou4565]

The copies remind me a bit of sheep of sonic battle...oh memories....

[@theodoregeorgiou4565]

Emerl,goddamit autocorrect

[@iexistasaconstruct]

+Theodore Georgiou SHEEP! THE STRONGEST CHARACTER IN SONIC BATTLES!

[@theodoregeorgiou4565]

Just... blame autocorrect.

[@horesfan400]

Wait, Dimitri can copy attacks, Kirby has copy abilities Dimitri is Actully Kirby's long lost brother

[@jadethegamer5437]

Minrod Vils So it seems that Kirby does have a brother, except that he never appeared in any of the Kirby games.

[@SeijinMahoutsukai]

+Minrod Vils (The night gamer) Kirby's last name is actually Blinov.

[@glarchive7296]

+Minrod Vils (The night gamer) Dont forget Ditto

[@horesfan400]

Gabenslair _ Ditto Bilnov

[@MarkATorres1989]

+Jade The Gamer Because Kirby swallowed him too likely.

[@MightyKombat]

Maybe he should have been in Judgment and had what was basically Rogue's power drain move from the Marvel VS Capcom games.

[@dnmstarsi]

Yeah. Maybe in Judgment 2...

[@johnathonturner2279]

Well, let's hope that if that happens, neither he, nor any other Castlevania character have to suffer from those awful re-designs.

[@dnmstarsi]

@@johnathonturner2279 Yeah. I know the guy provided artwork for Death Note but most of his redesigns didn't work IMO. Also if there was another fighting game in Castlevania or a sequel, there should be more fighters from other games.

[@merchantziro4285]

@@dnmstarsi Yeah, I could see an interesting story with Soma where various heroes of his time's past realize he's the next Dark Lord. I could see just about every Belmont, minus Julius unless they take him from before he stops Dracula in 1999 and he gets amnesia, fighting Soma because of that. Though it would also be interesting to see the villains reactions like Death, Carmilla, and even Dracula himself.

[@samuellopes3935]

I want to see a battle with Dmitrii using the Death Soul. That would be interesting.

[@samuellopes3935]

With Dmitrii using both Death and Abaddon souls it's fucking impossible to even get close to him without the Draghignazzo soul (that prevents flinching)

[@mateobonavento3939]

This guy was such a pleasant surprise during my first playthrough. I must have fought him like a dozen times before moving on. It was just so much fun getting into duels of impractical attacks with him. The stupid seals, though? Not so much. God bless the people who made patches to remove the need to do them. If not for the Succubus Glitch I don't think I would have been able to finish that first playthrough. I had to do them with a mouse on emulator, and the seals of Death and Abaddon were impossible for me. I'll never get back those two hours trying to beat both bosses without cheats.

[@asherhardin4178]

i could just have fun with that all day

[@SpiritualJD12887]

Just imagine how harder it would have been to face him in other castlevania games or if in this game all of his copies were maxed soul level by default.

[@billclintonsmagicbeefarm]

I think he looks kind of like Alpharad. Real interesting boss, shame he wasn't too challenging.

[@nicoloenricorimoldi7425]

😂

[@horesfan400]

He is Alpharad in 19 years from now.

[@jacobdagun3670]

You kidding? I died to this guy twice before figuring it out and resorting to giving him...I think it was the Zombie I gave him. I guess my bad habit of bull-rushing everything kind of attributed to *that* little blunder.

[@angelivanmercado9831]

Maybe you could include this game in Ghastly Game Glitches, too? I've performed the "succubus glitch" a few times, and it really might be a help for when you do a New Game +. But, it's up to you.

[@sonicXstarhedgehog]

If I remember correcly, when soma defeats it, his soul is absorbed and then you fight him again in otger form or something like that... or Am I wrong? Because I've played this game some years ago and I remember that he fused his soul with soma's to copy his power... am I wrong?

[@sonicXstarhedgehog]

#IHateWrittingWithMyMobile!

[@Magitek1112]

Yeah, Dimitri purposely let his soul be absorbed by Soma in order to copy his powers. However, when he actually tried to use them, they went out of control and exploded into some kind of monstrous entity that you fight as the final boss. I think it's a shame they didn't let you have a proper rematch with him before the actual final boss, since that would have been the perfect time.

[@lemuuu_senpai3514]

Dimitri's ability works like sharingan

[@DH2007able]

You should do a Boss Analysis video on The End from MGS3. Or the final boss from MGS4, just because of the music that plays.

[@lanthelancer]

I actually recently bought this game because I saw it on your channel and it looked very fun. I have to say, I am really enjoying this game but I do have one problem with it, the souls appear so rarely! Is there some kind of trick to make them appear more often, (like defeating an enemy with a certain soul or something like that) or do you just have to kill lots of enemies and hope you get lucky?

[@calvinanderson4245]

The latter. You can buy a Soul Eater Ring later that helps

[@gordontaylor2815]

Good thing Mega Man and Kirby are smarter with using their copied powers than Mr. Blinov here, otherwise they would've been defeated in their first games!

[@RaphielShiraha64]

the only reason they are smarter is because the player(you) is controlling then meanwhile this guy is being controlled by a ai copy robot is a good example of megaman controlled by a ai

[@juanman2483]

@@RaphielShiraha64 actually, i wouldn't mind a game with Dimitri as a playable character.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

3:53 Is that Hellfire? I heard that Dimitri can copy even that, but this may be the only video I've found where someone uses Hellfire against him. Edit: I stand corrected about when it's used (4:24 - 4:28) but not the fact that it is used in this video.

[@SullivanBurke777]

I heard the thing about him only using the weakest version of your soul, so I spammed a full-power Mandragora on him. XD

[@vandieyahya1024]

One amazing things from Dmitrii when Julius use his Grand Cross area skill, is that Dmitrii is not channeling that skill at all (he can move, jump around, and attack with knife when he want to). Too bad that all skill copy that he uses are at their base (level 1) form, which making something like Cave Troll tongue almost useless. Oh yeah I also like this boss' anime-like ouch and groan voice (which sounds like: eigh~ wuoocckkk...)!

[@lolcode_lua]

Fun fact blinov is second name that comes from russian word blin which means pancake Dmitrii is russian name

[@TheAntiquatedAlchemist]

Very nice

[@gyrodynamic1606]

When dimitri copied my mini devil and axe armour souls he somehow summoned one of deaths skulls to attack me

[@DiegoG2004]

Dmitrii is like a ditto...

[@JanusHoW]

THE best soul to use on Dmitrii is Yorick, assuming you know its little secret. For those of you who don't, here it is: If you hit the skull you throw with a slide kick, you kick it forward. Anything the skull hits after being kicked takes TEN TIMES the attack's normal damage. The timing can be tricky at first, but once you master it, it's incredibly satisfying to abuse. However, Dmitrii cannot do this kick ever - he's stuck with a weak throw with essentially zero range.

[@Magitek1112]

It's really a damn shame they didn't put him in as a boss in Harmony of Despair. Hell, he would make for a really interesting playable character, too, even though he's a villain.

[@Bulbasaurdude]

I like his laugh.

[@CrimsonSunMouse]

Am I the only one who didn't mind the Magic Seals?

[@lucasmorlon6504]

solarknight99 no, I actually liked it

[@OhCrapI_He]

What if you're using a DS emulator?

[@avelus5984]

Dmitrii has the potential of being the most powerful being in the universe. Characters who can copy abilities or attacks of their enemies are always the strongest.

[@stonerkirby]

The legend 200475 Except unlike most characters that copy powers he has to make contact with it first, meaning if he cannot survive being hit by the attack it's impossible to copy. Though I'm sure there's a work around to this.

[@avelus5984]

Sure. If he can find a way to copy the abilities by “scanning” the enemy, then yes, he is going to become godlike.

[@HarbingerYT]

So you could technically hit him with Great Axe Armor and Gaibon, he'd copy it, and he'd just be like the Dark Lord?

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

I mean, it makes sense, what with the fire element being channeled by emotion.

[@charaznableplays2110]

6:00 Soma: *comes in* allright dont worry he is mine *Ridley One shots him* Alucard: *facepalm* seriously......father...... *sigh*

[@surtrgaming1730]

Just, be careful with Une if you decide to give Dimitri that power, since you can get stun locked in it

[@Dr.AvenVon]

i once broke the game, because i hit him with the iron golem. then he turnt into one and i couldn dammage him anymore

[@Shantae1188]

That is impossible

[@Dr.AvenVon]

@@Shantae1188 no, it is not

[@Shantae1188]

@@Dr.AvenVon It is because I have done it

[@Dr.AvenVon]

@@Shantae1188 took you long enought to reply. And you are lying. I also did it to see what happens and he turned into an immortal golem.

[@leoleo4469]

In a way, Dmitrii is also the final boss.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

1:44 Almost like, dare I say, Irate Gamer? Antelope Productions did say that everything he does is an inferior copy of somebody else.

[@ezrawyvern6795]

@Dominotik Ivan Tulovskiy Yeah, you're right about that. Guess my analogy had a couple of holes in it.

[@dejinoda6053]

Oh crap it's Alucard, IT'S KEYBLADE WHACKING TIME!

[@dmas7749]

+DJ Mclean Huh?

[@dejinoda6053]

I was high when posting this.

[@dmas7749]

DJ Mclean Heh. Okay.

[@Riverlegendary]

Good times.

[@derekmann8239]

Anybody else reminded of Cersei Lannister with Celia here?

[@ricorevi]

Dmitrii is actually a quite cheap boss, he's pretty easy to code, you just execute the same code after Soma.

[@Budew-ef6tr]

@Whoisthisgit What's the hardest way?

[@mightyfinn732]

How did you get alucard in castlevania dawn of sorrow Is there a challenge or special thing you need to do in order to unlock him?

[@Bobsican]

Beat the main game.

[@Neko_Medic]

yeah, Dimitri is cool, while Dario is just the most overused cliché ever: big hot headed dumb fire user bully.

[@Green24152]

wait what about Dimitrii VS Dimitrii

[@MarceloKatayama]

Another easy way to beat him that involves new game + is valmanway+devil soul

[@TheLomdr]

Yeah, fuck the DS gimmick mandate. Yes, that was an actual thing. That's the reason why you have to blow out fires in the first SimCity DS game

[@OHapybara]

I've had that game for 5 years, and I only JUST learnt that. GODDAMMIT XD

[@doverboy1]

Theres actually an easy way to defeat him on first playthrough Use ONLY une on him He cant throw the une far so you can attack him from a safe distance

[@broreece]

Dimitiri was easy as long as you made him copy the Une soul

[@christopherworthington2616]

Thought it was funny how he copy nearly all abilities and yet some can render him nearly useless. LOL!!!!

[@gordontaylor2815]

christopher worthington Copy ability is not NEARLY as useful as it seems if you don't know how to properly utilize it. Mega Man and Kirby aren't that stupid/simple when they copy abilities...

[@The-Zer0th-Law]

I used Yorick against him... For the evulz

[@teedee9326]

but i liked the symbol idea....

[@CodJapan]

huhhuhhuh i can do that 2

[@Goonka1007]

Did anyone else think he looked like shaggy?

[@eyetoons2328]

oh hi gaibon

[@RolandTemplar]

yeah, drawn that simbol... was only to give a use in touch screen of DS, but is pettry damn bad

[@ZenoDLC]

Do not use Mini Devil while fighting this guy...

[@OttoTorrens]

Succubi Kiss

[@cazadorhater]

what games is soma in? who is soma?

[@someoneelse5020]

Soma cruz from aria and dawn of sorrow

[@SuperNimi35]

Soma Cruz is the reincarnation of Dracula, but not necessarily the same person; he's the protagonist of the games Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.

[@dmas7749]

+SuperNimi35 Probably shouldn't spoil that, mate. Not everyone has beaten Aria of Sorrow.

[@SuperNimi35]

comment section there's spoilers everywhere even in this comment there's a secret spoiler

[@dmas7749]

SuperNimi35 True enough. If you absolutely, positively _do not_ want to be spoiled on something in a game and you even look the game up for so much as a second it'll happen. Finagle's Law very much applies.

[@kirbyknife5885]

Why some games like to add Russians with no context

[@mr.whimsic6902]

Hahahhahahaah Do a Smash Bros. Video