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Title: Cross in DoS
Post by: Xenotech on October 26, 2007, 04:32:54 PM

I can't seem to find a good use for Julius' throwing cross in DoS. I used it vs Abbadon just because I hadn't used it much. Am I not using it properly?

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: Marto on October 26, 2007, 04:35:22 PM

In Reply To #1

Don't worry yourself much over it. Truth be told, Julius was very wonky in that game, so it's of no surprise that you can't find much use for his cross. I barely used Julius to begin with. I just stuck with Alucard. I think onlyl time I used the cross was on final Soma.

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: System_Zero on October 27, 2007, 04:47:41 AM

Yeah his cross is easily out down by what Alucard and even Yoko can do.

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: Cypress on October 27, 2007, 11:18:57 AM

I used Julius and Yoko alot, but it has been a long time since I played it so I don't remember certain things.

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: PFG9000 on October 27, 2007, 02:34:53 PM

I don't use subweapons much in any of the CV games.  Unless I'm fighting Death in CV1...then the rules change a bit.

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: DoctaMario on October 29, 2007, 02:32:06 PM

In Reply To #5

I'm the same way. At first, I think it was an attempt to conserve hearts, but after awhile I got so used to rarely using them that I have only a couple spots where I break em out.

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: Mr Sven on November 01, 2007, 04:22:34 PM

I'll use the cross for bosses ( look how quick Rowdain goes down! wooo! ) and to cover my ass when im swinging from hooks or taking a jump ( at least i know i can whip as I land if the cross wasnt enough)

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: Quasar on November 01, 2007, 05:18:03 PM

Subweapons were once a lot more important. This was before your characters could summon the legions of hell, cast spells that would make Gandalf turn green, knew Kung Fu, and were more agile than circus acrobats.

Take Castlevania III for example. Every speedrun I've watched of that game is pure Holy Water spammage. Holy Water seems to be the entire key to getting anywhere in that game.

Then you have PoR. Did that game even HAVE holy water? I don't remember because if it did, it wasn't useful to me :P

Title: Re: Cross in DoS
Post by: Xenotech on November 02, 2007, 04:05:37 AM

I found Julius very usefull in some situations. Alucard kicks ass vs anything and is a great all rounder but sometimes its good to bust out the ol whip vs bosses because of its sweet range. Also his holy water and axe are very decent because they use very little mp for the payoff  8)