Can You Beat Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin With Only an Encyclopedia?

[@Nyarly]

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[@Antegggggggggg]

no thanks i will stick to firefox

[@SubmitToTheBiomass]

no

[@DrunkGnu]

congrats on the sponsor, get that bag!

[@thenightmare9368]

I'm happy to see some more Castlevania Content again. I guess if I have to give Order of Ecclesia a Challenge I wonder is it possible to beat Castlevania Order of Ecclesia without Glyphs.

[@littleasiangod9524]

Nah brudda spy ware ( am pretty sure this uses extra power you could be using it for something else not sure)

[@acertainbajiquanloli]

This is like that Fire Emblem gif where Ephraim kills Lyon by just throwing a magic tome at him, instead of casting a spell

[@PikaEmblemofGensokyo]

The classic gif I adore that gif

[@AnonymousNobody14]

Bro that's so true

[@catholicluigi1309]

Just closes with a deep breath and hums that thing.

[@MettanAtem]

How about the scene in one of the CD-i Zelda games where Ganon is defeated by throwing a book at him?

[@Jimmeeehhh]

Reminds me of Soul Eater's Maka Chop.

[@crystalqueen9711]

Remember, the game says that the Encyclopedia is Charlotte's favorite book She just beat the entire castle with the power of being a nerd

[@gmsloep]

Let's not ignore that the very last attack of the entire run was her whacking Dracula in the nuts with a book.

[@dat_lamp]

I can see the headlines now. "Young girl beats down the minions of darkness with book, while whip welding attendant stands on sideline shouting her name!"

[@lowfatslaplordofcheese6410]

The Dracula slaying Trio: Johnathan, Charlotte, and the mouse cursor

[@carlosemilio5180]

Duck hunt in smash if it was cool:

[@PlumEXE]

​@@carlosemilio5180if it was broken

[@star14604]

As someone who edits videos, leaving the cursor on is the most “god damnit I am a failure of a human being” moment ever

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

I’ve been replaying Max Payne and I’ve screenshot a few of my favorite comic panels as they appear in cutscenes, and a third of them have the cursor right in the middle of the picture because I don’t do anything more than half-assed

[@LovevonMelenEkman]

I’m sorry because it’s not a bad video at all otherwise but it’s really bothering me 😢😢😢

[@FFKonoko]

Uh...let me go check my footage.

[@sirgumshoe9019]

O my i didnt even notice until i read this.

[@light6666]

*hits you with book* oh im sorry *hits you with book* sorry accidant *hits you with book* *hits you with book* *hits you with book* why r u bleeding?

[@rikoaries]

Legion: "That's an excellent question. I just don't know it"

[@beedlegaming1461]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2141">35:41</a> this is actually a weakness switching gimmick; when he's black cloak he takes more damage from elemental attacks and spells and less from physical, vice versa when he's white cloak. you're dealing more damage to him in black because the book is holy

[@phinixfox2564]

I did not know this i ended up just brute forcing it with Jonathon

[@EatingGlu]

Charlotte! Johnathan! Charlotte! Johnathan! Charlotte! Johnathan! Charlotte! Johnathan! Charlotte! Johnathan!

[@alloounou6900]

Jonatha! Charleto!

[@xAvitaLT]

Mash fast enough and you can hear John Charlotte

[@chaosamber7719]

Any true Portrait of Ruin fan is duty-bound to do that as soon as they get the ability to switch characters

[@S0renz]

I know this is the wrong game for this but this is still funny. Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Gun! Trick! Sword! Trick! Gun! Royal G-! Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Trick! Sword! Trick!

[@gummybread]

The pen is mightier than the sword, and the encyclopedia is thicker than the zweihander

[@bryandavid192]

Your mom is mightier and thicker than both

[@FarelForever]

Dracula: No! Not into the pit! IT BURNS!

[@Aliceintraining]

for whatever reason I can only think of myst and charlotte throwing a link book at him lol

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Astarte: you've... killed me... Charlotte: _GOOD_

[@RigalicReign]

The fact you don't understand the skirt being caught in the vacuum bit as a nerd astounds me. That trope is older than me and I'm borderline ancient

[@theoneitself]

What does Trope mean? Is it like a "comic cliche/sketch"? (English is not my main language, sorry)

[@do-re-mi-fabeat4449]

​​@@theoneitself I got you. A trope is a reaccurring plot point, theme, or character type in media.

[@Userznamerandomized]

​@@theoneitself It isn't... but you can just google literary tropes and find out.

[@fapnoob]

baffling

[@komerihimura]

Forgive me if I'm wrong but is it like the anime up skirt trope?

[@AliceErishech]

Can you imagine being Dracula and a teenage girl shows up with a book and just beats you to death with it? No wonder Dracula was permanently killed later that century. The shame of that previous defeat weakened him too much.

[@tydusdeleon2980]

By a freaking BOOK

[@TetsuNideji]

My only problem with Charlotte in portrait of ruin is her inability to divekick. Like bro, she literally dropkicks a mummy in the face in the trailer and she can't do it in game? Bruh Gripe aside, I personally think Charlotte is the more interesting character in terms of gameplay but that's merely opinion.

[@isenokami7810]

@@TetsuNideji I have a similar but slightly bigger problem with Charlotte: when you get the ability to high jump, she can’t do it, it’s Jonathan only. Guess that wouldn’t bother casual players much, but it means Charlotte only runners have to rely on Owl Morph the entire time. Also a pain for anyone playing like I’ve been, where Charlotte is my designated lucked out item farmer.

[@TetsuNideji]

@@isenokami7810 that had completely skipped my mind; I haven't played PoR in a hot minute, so that makes two gripes lol.

[@wannabecinnabon]

@@isenokami7810 Wait, I thought she could high jump, just her version had no hitbox and couldn't be done from the ground. Was that just a randomizer thing or something?

[@isenokami7810]

@@wannabecinnabon I’m gonna say yes, because I tried repeatedly on Dominus Collection and she just wouldn’t do it.

[@gv82089]

It's cool that there's a mod out there that fixes that

[@SpacePompadour]

A soul eater reference for the thumbnail I already know this is gonna be good

[@sokumotanaka9271]

And remember guys. Dracula: "No the book, the book! you haven't seen the last of meeeeee!"

[@doomdimensiondweller5627]

Maka Chop !!!! Dominus collection representing, great vide hope there is an order of ecclesia video as it was my first of the DS castlevania. edit I just realized the thumbnail was an edit of the Maka chop from soul eater. I did not notice that and said it as a joke.

[@HouseLyrander]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="985">16:25</a> ... They're trying to mess with Charlotte's miniskirt.

[@extremmefan7305]

Charlotte goes around smacking everyone with a dictionary, somehow ends up slaying Dracula himself by whacking him with a regular albeit gold-plated book.

[@Missure_E]

"The Power of Proper Education compels you"

[@SashaandStorm]

The thumbnail is an authentic depiction of Jonathan’s beating at the hands of Charlotte after the Astarte fight.

[@DanteCrowlley]

Defeating evil by making it read

[@aguyontheinternet1532]

Your Jack Frost emblem at the start was actually really good ngl

[@blizzardforonline1954]

Actually, it’s Black Frost. Jacky boy would require an all-white background with black eyes and a black mouth.

[@vulmiche.7353]

I played this game so much as a kid that I started to hear, "JONATHAN! CHARLOTTE!" whenever I would daydream.

[@ventolivre6945]

"Immature" he says, when quick swapping is part of the early game movement tech. Also not me learning that the Encyclopedia does Slash and Holy damage all these years after the original release

[@theBaka9]

"Destroyed by facts and logic"

[@HarbingerYT]

What's funny is that the Blank Book, a book without anything in it, which you can buy from Vincent's shop, deals 6 more damage than the Encyclopedia. Because logic.

[@HarbingerYT]

Also there is a money grinding strat that doesn't involve hex editing. Minotaurs drop the Bullova, which is the strongest Mace in the game, and also sells for 10000 Gold, meaning with a full stack will give you 90,000 Gold. So equip a Thief Ring and use Luck Boost (Obtained from a quest where the last digits of your money are 777) to deal with the Minotaurs and hope they drop Bullovas. This could also be used as a grind for EXP.

[@___________0Z0X]

It’s just thicker, itn’t it?

[@MaskedGuyCh]

To be fair the Blank Book's in-game description reads: "A book so frightening the words ran away, leaving it blank." It makes sense for a book with THAT description to deal more damage. But also you're forgetting something, the Encyclopedia also deals holy damage, so it should do more damage against enemies that are weak against holy later in the game when the little difference in attack power means very little.

[@overlordscooby4736]

This game reminds me my mom and dad's names are Charlotte and Johnathan

[@___________0Z0X]

Are you the chosen one? Have you defeated Dracula?

[@overlordscooby4736]

@@___________0Z0X nope to lazy

[@bummedmachinist7483]

Ahh yes, my trusty 1942 World Encyclopedia---blessed by God

[@MettanAtem]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="342">5:42</a> - I'm sure literally everyone who's played this game has engaged in rapid character switching a few times. I certainly have.

[@rikoaries]

Maka would be proud.

[@guidofedeli851]

So two things you may not know, since you don't mention them 1) Death changes his cloak's color to show what he's weak against. When dressed in black he's weak to magic, when in white he's weak to physical skills. It encourages you to switch characters. 2) The final boss crushing hands attack can't be stopped, not because Charlotte can't attack them in time, but because you're supposed to use both characters to attack both hands at the same time. Combination attacks (like holy lightning) also would have worked. Regardless, it was a Charlotte only run, so eating it was the right move... What really surprised me is that said attack is survivable, it usually killed me in a single hit.

[@kechidonick]

You can manipulate dracula's AI so it never uses that attack

[@guidofedeli851]

@@kechidonick that's something I didn't know! What do you have to do exactly?

[@kechidonick]

@@guidofedeli851 It's a trick speedrunners do I think JupiterClimb explains it in one of his runs but basically when dracula is hoovering you can go under near him and make him turn twice if done correctly he'll always do the attack that makes it rain fire and after the attack finishes you can repeat the trick.

[@guidofedeli851]

@@kechidonick I'll never understand how people figure things like these out, that's so cool. Thanks for the explanation!

[@kechidonick]

@guidofedeli851 Speed runners are just built different. You're welcome.

[@UrielManX7]

I'm SO disappointed you never celebrated doing her special "Not bad huh?" pose.

[@evandrake6269]

Actually you CAN attack the blood lines(ha ha) in the Brauner boss fight to get rid of them.

[@castroh19]

I was just about to say this.

[@MSUHitman]

FYI the physical Ultimate Edition of this collection from Limited Run Games has a keychain in it that does the Jonathan/Charlotte sound with the press of a button.

[@NeoGato2point0]

I love the thumbnail with the Soul Eater reference. Maka Chop! That’s why I clicked lol

[@luisyanez6261]

Things that deal slash damage in Castlevania - Encyclopedias - Handguns - Rocket Propelled Grenades

[@AmbassadorBreadloaf]

It's possible with RNG to purify the sisters as solo Charlotte. I've done it myself but it's been a while so all I remember is using Clear Skies and hoping for the sisters to use blizzard followed by ice sword. I would switch to and start casting Sanctuary as soon as the blizzard ended. There might've been more steps to it but I know it's possible. Edit: Seems you can also do it by getting behind them during freeze bites or blizzard just far away enough so Stella can't hit you and then hope their next attack is the giant ice wall. Either way it's doable for sure.

[@kechidonick]

Also wearing the ring that halfs cast time is a must.

[@HarbingerYT]

Sorceress Crest, the item that halves the time to cast spells, is unlocked by getting all of Charlotte's Spells. This is impossible to do in a fresh save file, as many spells are only in the Dark Paintings at the end of the game (and also Speed Up in the ceiling of the room before Dracula). ​@@kechidonick

[@AmbassadorBreadloaf]

@@kechidonick It's not needed.

[@Klucky1Broadcasts]

In the fights against Death, he has two forms: His Physical form (black cloak) and Magical form (white cloak), where the physical form takes increased damage from elemental damage (holy, poison, fire, ice, electric, etc…) where the magical form takes increased damage from physical damage (slash, blunt, etc…). Since the Encyclopedia is both Holy/Slash damage, it negates the resistances in both phases.

[@ironalchemist2213]

It's nice to see some love for Soul Eater in the thumbnail.^^

[@Donut-vb7bq]

Great thumbnail and love the Castlevania content hoping for an Ecclesia run down the line.

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

Bow only run?

[@unknownuser494]

​@@Zorothegallade-rpg bow run is fun to do unlike vol fulgur.

[@yggdro]

​@@Zorothegallade-rpgbetter yet, shield only run-(i still wonder what that Glyph's use even was, reflecting attacks? No idea to this day)

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

@@yggdro You can still use the jumping kick and slide when equipped with shields, but that would make a kinda boring run since dual shields give you a huge amount of defense and you can activate the invincibility union glyph to cheese past hard parts.

[@yggdro]

@@Zorothegallade-rpg ooh, right, and yeah, while pogoing off of enemies with the Dropkick is fun and all, it would get boring real quick with the little damage it does

[@Wrulfy]

Feels wrong using hex editing to give you max gold when the quest glitch is present on dominus. They fixed the death softlock on the American version, but implemented back the quest bug on the European versions. And that bug was fixed in the European DS version, so the developers willingly added back the glitch in the EU version of Dominus

[@daehan8227]

Personally i loved all three those ds metroidvanias. In fact that why I even bothered to buy a 3ds, just show i could beat DoS, PoR and OoE again. Ngl Brauner was kind of badass sealing Dracula away in his throne room. Essentially taking over Drac's castle

[@TheGamerNamedTony]

So funny that Astre has slash weakness in this game and a strength against Holy. In Harmony of Despair she has MASSIVE def boost to slashing and you will only do 1-10 damage to her unless you use Holy. I remember when I tried PoR after Despair and started to fight her I was like " wait.... shes strong against ... huh?"

[@dysr]

She’s designed to encourage the player to switch between Jonathan and Charlotte, since Jonathan’s the one who can actually deal meaningful damage to her, but he runs the risk of getting charmed.

[@poisonmarigoldch]

I apologize if anyone has already brought this up, but there is a reason for Death changing colors in the fight. He basically has two "Modes" he can go into in the fight. One, the purple if I remember, is weaker to physical attacks and resists magic. The Second, the white mode, is weaker to magical attacks and resists physical. It's basically trying to goad you into switching between Charlotte and Jonathan to deal with his mode's weaknesses. Also, when Death creates the cage and starts bouncing his scythe against the walls, if you strike one of the sets of hands enough, it breaks the cage and ends the attack. Even with Charlotte's physical attacks it doesn't take long to do, but then again the Encyclopedia probably would make it take slightly longer. But, since you said that you were a fan of this game and you probably know that, I'm just going to leave that bit of advice there for people who haven't played Portrait before.

[@dekucake]

Ah yes, the Word Girl run

[@armythecat]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1237">20:37</a> About the clepatra-esque boss, the thing that was happening is that she is one of the enemies that resists specifically damage inflicted by Charlotte, while being weaker to Jonathan's damage. The idea is that she can hypnotize Jonathan with her attacks, so the player must choose between safe damage with Charlotte or risking having her Charm Jonathan and make the bossfight actually way harder for themselves. I think the guy that doesn't attack Charlotte also has that property, of resisting specifically her damage. Speaking of siad boss, she walks so weird. Edit: Okay, I figured out a good description. She walks like a kid playing pretend to be a soldier marching, it is so goofy looking. Edit2: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2150">35:50</a> Death is the same thing as I've mentioned for cleopatra, they change from a form where they deal extra damage and take less damage from either Jonathan or Charlottte, and the idea is to change back and forth between them both to keep the dps high but also to protect yourself from the potential damage.

[@MrLuizilla]

The most powerful weapon of them all... K N O W L E D G E

[@Just_Lou722]

Been watching Castlevania speedruns all weekend while ill and now I've been blessed with a Nyarly Castlevania upload after awaking from my slumber. Incredible work as always man! Also, in regards to Dracula's final form and his wing attack, the only consistent way of preventing it is to have Jonathan out with you to attack the other side, so you're typically doomed in this scenario in any solo challenge (no surprise considering this game's emphasis on the duo system). With that said you should consider a challenge in the future where you can use both Jonathan and Charlotte, but only with their starter equipment.

[@crispincain1665]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2140">35:40</a> When he changes colors, his defense values change as well. His white form has higher physical defense, lower magic defense.

[@archangia3119]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2646">44:06</a> the Dark Rift spell wouldve been viable for this challenge if you made an exception for how it works, I think. It sucks in projectiles, making The Creature one of the easiest bosses in the game for Charlotte. And it only deals damage if its on top of the enemy, so if you placed it away from him, youd still have to beat him with the book to win.

[@chaosamber7719]

Nyarly's back with a challenge run of my all-time favorite Castlevania game, and it involves best girl Charlotte smacking everything in the face with a really heavy book? Hell yeah

[@KremBotop]

This video was so good it legit got me into a Castlevania video binge all of a sudden. I even got to watch that 7 hour full series retrospective floating around YT thanks to that. And as much as I also like Maria, I'm inclined to absolutely agree with you about Charlotte.

[@djoshawott2850]

"I can show you how immature I am by doing this!" Maturity doesn't matter, people will always be drawn to the "Johnathan! Charlotte!" spam.

[@Bongyes]

Nah, Portrait of Ruin is (or was) the strongest Death in the series. Why? Well postmortem he can brick your save, making your game unable to be completed. In fact it happens after you simply... skip cutscenes after fighting him. This makes game think you still fight Death, even when he is defeated so progress gets halted, mainly due to elevator not working. Sure, if you realise that you can just... reset the game but if you saved after beating death while glitch is active... you are simply screwed.

[@BulldogPCs]

I was kinda thinking of doing a Charlotte only run without damaging spells and this has kinda dissuaded me a bit; congrats on completing this crazy challenge. I kinda wish you unequipped Jonathan for the last boss in the Nest of Evil since then you'd be fighting a Doppelganger of Charlotte instead (the boss is always whatever's considered your stronger character by the game, which 99% of the time will be Jonathan because of his better damage and defense), and it's also just pretty funny to see Doppelganger Charlotte try to attack with the Encyclopedia but completely miss since I guess its AI only expects the player to equip a proper tome. Otherwise, great run; glad to see more Castlevania on the channel against

[@comfyghost]

at first i was confused why the encyclopedia dealt holy damage, but them i remembered; getting hit by the corner of a book is a pain that transcends all religions.

[@blockeontheleafeon]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="346">5:46</a> Can you really call it a Portrait of Ruin Playthrough if you don't do this at least once in your run?

[@S0renz]

The thumbnail reminded me of Soul Eater. Nice reference, Nyarly.

[@___________0Z0X]

The pen is mightier then the sword! … well not actually, but it's cool that you can beat the game with a regular book.

[@smashbrolink]

Well done! Also, I don't blame you at all for using the miser ring & hex edits, because without that boost in damage, it is very likely that you wouldn't have been able to damage Dracula's final form fast enough to win before his unavoidable wing crush attack drained all of your healing reserves. Without it, you'd have to resort to breaking the rules, & allowing Johnathan to join you as an aid to break through the attack, IF that would even work given the difficulty in hitting them with the encyclopedia. All in all, I'd call this run a completable run solely due to the hex edit & miser ring, but an impossible one otherwise. Well done in any case, though, since it required lots of skill despite that.

[@Iivaitte]

Charlotte is still my favorite castlevania character. I love her gameplay.

[@OmniMon94]

How humiliating it is for Dracula to beat up by a book With no magic as well Just a book to the head

[@gmsloep]

The last hit wasn't even in the head. Charlotte whacked him between the legs.

[@CB-L]

This feels canon. This might be the reason _Charlotte being absent_ in the battle of 1999. (Alucard, or Arikado, has no knowledge on Charlotte in GoS)

[@gmsloep]

To be fair, Charlotte and Jonathan would've been in their 70s as of 1999, if they were even still alive.

[@CB-L]

Definitely possible but at least Alucard(Arikado) in GoS had no knowledge on Charlotte at all.

[@gmsloep]

@@CB-L I'm chalking that up to him being too preoccupied with the war in 1944. Besides, the Morris family, which Jonathan is part of, is a branch of the Belmont clan, as is the Lecarde family, so it's not like it was entirely hopeless.

[@CB-L]

@@gmsloep One thing bothers me other than Charlotte is that how long Jonathan lived after PoR. I hope he lived long enough to train Julius as the last heir of VK but using it already drains life..

[@Ethonra]

The thumbnail made me think this was a FFVII parody at first. Anyroad, great stuff and congrats! I liked the little visual details and appreciate you going for the the good ending. That said, beating this game with an encyclopedia, while humorous and impressive, it wasn't your most impressive feat in this video. No. That honor goes to you saying the infamous "funny number" without adding on the oh so original, not at all tired and played out "nice" immediately afterwards. It is no exaggeration to say you are the first person I have seen not do that in literally several years. The best part? It feels like you did it unintentionally. 😌

[@IsaacClodfelter]

Charlotte on a mission to single handedly teach evil out of Castlevania.

[@chrishunter9185]

Gives "hitting the books" a whole new meaning.

[@Yanluvr]

Hmmm...his name is Brauner and he's an artist....and this game takes place in 1944. So basically you kill vampire Hitler in this game. I'm so gonna get this game now

[@AnthonyKusanagi101]

The thumbnail fits soooo well.

[@caveirainvocada9438]

Charlotte is adorable in the thumbnail lmao

[@NonisLuck]

The cursor onscreen dealt more damage than the encyclopedia

[@JuliaSin]

Nyarly!! You got my nearly 40 yelled out because my mom heard "john""char" back and forth and she has ptsd from both my brother and i used to do that 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@OverlordParadox]

The nation of fools map looks so chaotic because it is a town hit by a nuclear blast (you can see it in the background) and frozen in time. Even Legion is made out of all the people who died in the explosion.

[@calemr]

Considering when the game is set, it's more likely to be The Blitz than a nuke.

[@dado__]

@calemr Could also be WW1 (artillery) bombing, since Brauner's real daughters died in that war.

[@mizzix]

Jonathan and Charlotte over soul and Maka is silly

[@lightthefire299]

Hey Nyarly, your videos are awesome. They helped me learn about and eventually start playing Megaten. I’m currently going through smt3 for the first time and having a blast. Thank you for all the awesome content.

[@IMANZERO-xs5xs]

Im to lazy to read the comments to see any gameplay advice and I hope you dont take this as me being rude but here are a few things that could have helped with the playthrough Short hop jump canceling when attacking (Basically tap the jump button then the attack button it lets you move while attacking grounded enemies) Also back dashing out of attacks can help in a similar way I had an idea for fighting behemoth because I could have sworn you could duck under his tongue but you cant (Just tested this crouching under it and sliding twice will completely dodge it) I just started the challenge at when you beat behemoth and got to him by the end of the vid. Love your content and the castlevania vids a are fantastic.

[@wannabecinnabon]

Books don't land cancel, so doing short hop attacks isn't super useful. Backdash cancelling is extremely valuable though for improving attack rate and mobility with a laggy weapon type like books, though.

[@Silmeris]

"It also has built-in AI-" The fastest way to immediately kill any interest in a product lmao.

[@YagamiMagatsuko]

Eh. It's not that big of a deal. I almost never use it

[@WinchesterxNL]

Honestly, it's not something that's seriously used with anything at all. It's there, sure. But I never use it myself, ever. Don't even see it in the side tab on my end.

[@CountDoucheula]

I don't need my browser to have skins, themes, AI and all that bullshit. I need it to direct me to the website I need to browse.

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

I mean really the biggest interest killer for a product like Opera GX should more be the question of "If this free browser with no monetization options to it is coughing up thousands of dollars to sponsor KZbinrs...how is it actually making a profit?" Hell, given the recent debacle with Honey, I'm _extra_ suspicious about GX now For all we know, there's a lot of shady shit it's pulling behind the scenes that has yet to have the whistle blown Just use Firefox or Brave, folks

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

OHHHHH I was just thinking of suggesting this run today. Nice to see the Charlotte Book Bonk challenge is already done

[@worstspytf2824]

This is the second time I've binged finish watching your Castlevania videos only to have another one, the first in a year or so be released and catch it in the first hour. Neat.

[@pandawholikesSetItOff]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="241">4:01</a> the detail in that Black Frost Portrait is ADORABLE

[@umbaupause]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="346">5:46</a> GunSwordGunSwordGunSwordGunSwordGunSwordmaster!!!

[@JunAoi]

If you don't think Vampire Killer is the best weapon in the game, which do you think it is? I think it's VK because even tho some weapons have technically better stats, the Holy attribute and its Special Attack, considering 90% of the enemies in this game are vulnerable to Holy, makes it top damage and come out really fast. I know the Claimh Solais has stronger ATK but it's also a lot slower and has no special power up, so overall VK still tops it.

[@sazabi888]

The DS games prioritize resists over weaknesses, so multi elemental weapons if they're partially resisted will ONLY do resist damage

[@wannabecinnabon]

This isn't true in Dawn of Sorrow, for the record.

[@sazabi888]

@@wannabecinnabon I didn't know dawn didn't do this but I definitely knew portrait does

[@wannabecinnabon]

@@sazabi888 Yeah dw, just felt it was important to mention. Dawn actually does the *reverse* where resistances are only counted if enemies resist BOTH elements. This is why Death Scythe is as good as it is in that game.

[@senjithegamer3829]

Nyarly: The encyclopedia is the worse tome The blank book: .....

[@HarbingerYT]

The Blank Book is slightly stronger, but lacks the holy element that the Encyclopedia has.

[@jakegillespie888]

your videos on castlevania got me into the series! thank you!

[@heroweasel790]

Video title needs to be changed to "...Only an Encyclopedia & some Slidekicks?"

[@kapparomeo]

Fascinating challenge run, definitely one that fights against the game! I've always liked Portrait of Ruin - the regular dialogue updates in the menu were characterful, and as an old-school Sega Boy I appreciated that it references Bloodlines/New Generation, the only Castlevania to ever be released on a Sega console - but what does disappoint me about the game is how little it makes use of the WW2 setting. Other than the "Nation of Fools" portrait, with all the ruins in the background with a boss that'a giant ball of corpses as suitable subtext, there's scarcely any reference to it in the game. It frustrates me just how many opportunities for thematic events are missed. It's 1944 - in Romania! Dracula's castle is right on the Eastern Front! Just imagine if Charlotte and Johnathan had to sneak past a German patrol to get to the castle instead of just walking through the woods, or you get to the castle roof and there's a cutscene where you see a formation of Soviet aeroplanes try to bomb the castle thinking it's just a normal position before the vampire sisters fly up and use their magic to obliterate them. As the game goes on, you have to dodge around a three-way battle that develops between Russians, Germans, and the Castle's monsters as soldiers break in hoping to loot treasures, unaware that there's vampires eager to feast on them all. Dracula likes eating communists, all the red flags hide the bloodstains... Portrait of Ruin is good, but it could have been more!

[@grandcato3612]

Can nyarly beat castelvania with the power of a good education?

[@___________0Z0X]

He did go to college.

[@alloounou6900]

That's a lot of hits on the first boss alone.

[@___________0Z0X]

150 to be exact.

[@MarioTGP]

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[@timdoe8895]

RAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH NYARLY CONTENT!!!!!!!!!

[@Romero_m8]

Johnathan! Charlotte! Johnathan! Charlotte! Johnathan! Charlotte!

[@Slasher9485]

Fun fact about Dagon: If you just swim up to the top of the water when he begins sucking you can just dive kick on his head for the entire fight and he can't do anything about it. Hell the spores he sends out are designed to attack you while facing him so a majority of the time you don't have to worry about those either.

[@HarbingerYT]

Charlotte can't dive kick.

[@edfreak9001]

Dang, apparently those old Encyclopedia Brittanica ads were worth it after all

[@alicepbg2042]

now we just need an ecclesia run, and life will be great. because shanoa is life

[@TheInquisitiveMug]

I only found your channel a few days ago from your Handgun Only Castlevania run, so this is definitely a fortuitous update for me!

[@KaiserVarius]

Okay I may actually try out the Castlevania series now thanks to this. Also great video Nyarly, brilliant as always.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

book gives slash damage ... ... i guess its some vicious paper cuts

[@RainbowGamx]

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[@FatherAbroham]

Absolutely banger thumbnail👌

[@thomasthecoolkid7228]

I LOVE THE THUMBNAIL SO MUCH THE SOUL EATER ENERGY IS DELICIOUS