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Title: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: darkwzrd4 on February 02, 2011, 09:18:39 PM
Which sub-weapon is your favorite to use?  Personally, I like the axe best.  It can hit enemies that are out of reach, which is a big plus in games that don't have a double jump.  Plus, it usually does decent damage to enemies.  It's not as powerful as the cross/boomerang, but it's arcing attack path is far more useful.  I can truly say that the axe has saved my ass in boss fights a lot more than the cross/boomerang.  It is a indispensable weapon in the classicvanias.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: X on February 02, 2011, 09:28:25 PM
The Axe. It has an advantagous arc that gives me an edge in combat. It was strong, it kicked serious CV @$$ and when powered of with tripple shot, I owned the bosses!! Especially Death.

-X
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: crisis on February 02, 2011, 09:42:03 PM
Tie between cross & I don't know, my mind was recently violated by a dark priest @.@
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Thunderbrand on February 02, 2011, 09:49:19 PM
For me it's a tie between the cross/boomerang and the holy water because of the almost guranteed multiple hits, even without the double or triple shot. If you have the triple shot boomerang and lots of hearts for example, forget about it, it's over. In a way, that was about as close to an early form of the Crissaegrim as it got.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Munchy on February 02, 2011, 10:30:52 PM
Depends on the game/boss/situation. For CV1 and 3, broken ass holy water all the way (though the axe is very, very handy if you're doing an only-Trevor or Grant run in 3). In Dracula XX the axe hits pretty hard and works miracles on Dracula himself. In CV4 the cross is just slow enough so that it hits many times and the triple shot basically guarantees bosses dying in less than five seconds. But they're just different enough that their usefulness varies between games. I've gotten good at some of the games to the point where I finish levels not having used any hearts except against the boss.

I can only really say that the knife is NOT my favorite. At least the stopwatch saves your ass in block 6 of CV1, useless though it is in almost every other game. Pretty much anything the knife can do, the whip does better up-close.

For all-around utilitarian use, I'd say the axe because I fucking hate flying enemies with a passion.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Dremn on February 03, 2011, 01:02:54 AM
Axe and Cross.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Dark Nemesis on February 03, 2011, 01:44:00 AM
I love the Axe, but i always found the Cross to be the most effective, against most enemies/bosses in terms of damage, especialy with triple shoot!!! So i voted for the Cross!!
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: xdiesp on February 03, 2011, 02:02:41 AM
2 reasons I voted Cross:

- in the old days, enemies were positioned right in front of you. Nowadays, I use the Axe all the time because they're just out of reach
- a lvl 3 Cross lasts great the whole game, all bosses
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Abnormal Freak on February 03, 2011, 02:04:43 AM
Aaaaaaax. Shit arcs, yo. Way handy for all games that aren't Castlevania IV, since you can whip upward anyway.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: whitedragon_nall on February 03, 2011, 03:39:53 AM
Cross. You can throw it forward to hit enemies in front, then jump over it to hit enemies in back. Runner-up would be axe. What about the Book from Rondo? I love that thing too.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Kale on February 03, 2011, 03:52:32 AM
I love me daggers! Aaaaaarg!

that said, it's not the most useful.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Pentagram-cracker on February 03, 2011, 08:30:25 AM
I perfer the holy water. It looks the coolest when you use and it's good on land enemies, plus the item crash where you make a rain of holy water attack enemies looks really cool.

As for Maria's sub-weapons in Rondo of Blood, I like the cat subweapon. How can you not like shooting a cute baby white tiger at monsters?  :)
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Inccubus on February 03, 2011, 10:41:32 AM
Cross is my favorite hands down. The boomeranging path adds a bit of strategy to it's use that the others either don't have, or in the case of the axe, don't have as much of.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Chernabogue on February 03, 2011, 10:51:44 AM
The WHIP.

Seriously, I like too much sub-weapons to chose one. Axe, Cross, Holy Water at least.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Alutwon on February 03, 2011, 11:19:03 AM
Holy water. It freezes enemies
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Harrycombs on February 03, 2011, 01:22:52 PM
It depends on the game. Holy water is my favorite in CV1 and 3, but in Rondo, SCV4, and Bloodlines its useless. In those cases I prefer the cross. But generally I like holy water better.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Asgardwolf on February 05, 2011, 11:13:51 AM
The axe, it's a excelent anti air attack...
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: gandalfi on February 05, 2011, 01:40:51 PM
hands down holy water if ur low on life toss it on the floor and the flame stays on screen for a while and enemies walk right into it and you can throw it of an edge onto an enemy hogging the the floor below you its saved my butt more times than i can count.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: VGuyver on February 06, 2011, 12:07:16 PM
Holy Water Followed by the Cross. Am I the only one who thinks that the Dagger is pretty much ditched by most players as soon as they can get the other subweapons?
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: Inccubus on February 06, 2011, 12:13:23 PM
No. That's pretty much the norm. That's why they tried to improve it in RoB.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: whitedragon_nall on February 06, 2011, 01:08:59 PM
Wrong thread....  :-X
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: REmaster on February 06, 2011, 02:53:37 PM
I force of the Cross/Boomerang is strong in this thread. I have to agree. I love holy water too, but than I run into a boss that hovers around such as Death...which is when I whip that bad boy out.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: danceofgold on February 08, 2011, 01:42:17 AM
Definitely holy water. I remember it was the only thing that helped against Death in CVI, with the permanent stun effect.
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: knightmere on February 10, 2011, 04:05:43 PM
Axe is my fav. Nothing like taking out those skeletons above you :D
Title: Re: Favorite Classic Sub-Weapon
Post by: capkcan on February 10, 2011, 06:26:32 PM
death doesn't stand a chance against the holy water