Top 10 Hardest Castlevania Bosses

Like the rest of the game, you need to play this in an extremely conservative fashion. It's a battle of attrition, not outright force. You only get a few frames to hit his head in the first form, but his attacks are relatively easy to avoid.

The second form, however, is ridiculously hard unless you saved your hearts and knock off a bunch of his health with item crashes.

This has to be one of the most poorly designed boss battles of all time. Each hit knocks you off a platform, Dracula has way too much health, and the only reliable way to beat him is incredibly boring.

And don't forget, there's a second form after you've spent forever on the first.

Well, dang. This guy is notorious for being nearly impossible. And it's almost true. I've beaten him TWICE in my lifetime, and each time I was on the verge of death. Four hits and you're done.

But what's worse is the hallway before him. It's just brutal! Two Knights throw axes at two different heights while unlimited Medusa Heads pour in, hell-bent on killing you. Also, the Knights take nine hits to defeat, and then you still have to face Death.

Complete BS, man. I can beat him now maybe 20% of the time, but that's just from spamming the triple-shot cross and avoiding the scythes.

Hardest boss ever.

Two extremely hard and annoying forms of Dracula. You can only take four hits before you die, but he can take an infinite number of hits.

You need patience and nerves of steel to beat him. In my opinion, he's the hardest boss in all of Castlevania.

Dracula is easily the toughest boss in any Castlevania game. I chose the original Castlevania simply because it's the original.

I began playing this amazing game often at age six... Took me until age 21 to finally beat it. Enough said!

You can dodge the flame pillars in his first form by keeping your distance. You want to maintain about half the screen between you and him at all times until the first two flames appear. Then, get as close as necessary to hit him, land a hit or two, and start moving again. If you stick to this strategy, you should be able to take out his first form without taking damage or at least minimizing it.

The second form is easy - just attack like crazy and throw axes, which you can get at the stairs just before the pendulum room on your way to the fight.

For the third form, stay to the far right on the 3rd and 4th blocks away from the wall. Jump and throw midair axes while dodging his lasers by moving over to the wall. If you're careful, you should be fine.

Dracula is hard, but it's all about playing it safe. Focus more on avoiding damage than dealing it, and he's much more manageable.

This guy is an early boss. So, he has really high health, you have low health, his attacks are strong, and yours aren't. He's a giant crab in a lighthouse, and you aren't.

But the final nail in the coffin is the maximum healing items you can possibly have - just three beef jerkys, and they heal only 29 health each. When I finally got him to the top of the lighthouse and brought that spike-rimmed elevator crashing down on him, crushing him at the bottom, I was like, "Heck yes! He got what was coming to him."

I don't understand why no one likes this guy. He's badass, has an interesting stage on which you fight him, and is really not that hard.

Okay... ugh... THESE GUYS ARE INSANE! They bombard you with constant attacks. Dracula teleports and shoots fireballs in a 3-5-3 pattern, then teleports again and fires seven dark infernos at two levels, while Death chases you from above and comes flying down in a gigantic ball of fiery darkness.

Then, when they're finally dead and you're out of potions, Dracula transforms into his true form. He has four attacks: shooting in an arc and slamming the ground for an almost instant kill, flying at the top of the screen for another near-instant kill, creating an insane rain of fireballs while performing the first move, and finally moving to the background to crush the heroes with his wing for an actual instant kill.

Hope you brought your holy water. Didn't bring it? Hope you're at full health and have mad jump control.

This guy makes a return, and he's hard as heck. Losing limbs, unlimited flies swarming you, and strong attacks. I could go on and on, but you wouldn't get it.

Pick up a copy, get that far, and see for yourself.

All you really need to do is keep him at whip-length and use a hit-and-fade strategy. He'll jump back up after each hit for most of the fight. After that, it's just a matter of maintaining distance and dishing out as much damage as you can.

Dude! Why is he so hard?
Because this creature - like Ridley's little brother - jumps, hits, and even his fails, which are supposed to miss, are so fast that they end up killing you.

This boss is just your typical pushover and a controller-thrower combined!

Unless you use Sypha's electric spell, this guy is ridiculous. Plus, the area you have to get through to reach him is just as difficult.

Wow... I have beaten him 3 out of 150 tries in my entire life.

This boss is very tough since you have to fight two enemies at once, and they're both going crazy. If you're stuck on this, my best advice is to use the crucifix. If you manage to land about 3-5 well-thrown crucifixes, hitting the dragons several times, you'll find success.

That said, I think Dracula in this game is tougher than these dragons.

Not to mention that after one of them dies, the other one can eat their putrid, rotting corpse to gain more health.

If there was only one head with twice the health, this boss would be easier, but much less cool and interesting.

This guy takes a lot of abuse and has no set pattern! He flies around the room, and you can only hit his head, so you're likely to get hit by a frontal assault, then fly back into a hole.

On top of that, there are three White Dragons before him, low whip upgrades, low hearts, and no health recovery.

Very hard boss. He forces you to move through a specific pattern to deal real damage. If you manage to get on his back without taking out the crossbows, then good luck!

On top of that, he tries to knock you off, forcing you to restart the battle. The most annoying part has to be the crossbows.

This boss was an absolute pain until I figured out the attack patterns. He forces you to follow a specific path to kill him, and he can kill you easily.

Also, the crossbows. They're the worst part of the fight.

This boss has a lot of tricks and moves. You may need a few potions to get through the fight.

If you're good at dodging his smaller attacks, you'll be fine.

Definitely the most challenging boss in the game. It's important to note that he gets a lot harder in hard mode compared to the other bosses.

You will never see another boss pull this level of fake-out attacks!

Blackmore is a nightmare. His attacks are hard to predict, and they deal a lot of damage. If you screw up at any moment, you're vulnerable to injury in the next few seconds.

With all the dark fireballs coming from above and unexpected laser beams, it's nearly impossible to keep up the rhythm when fighting Blackmore.

This guy goes insane with jump kicks, throwing stars, clones, swords, and other stuff. But, as I mentioned, I made it NO MAGIC MODE, so no raining holy water, no shield of gears or crosses, no giant fire dragons, no summoning mages to rain meteors on him - just your whip, regular sub-items, whip, and perseverance.

(Note: I know this isn't the real last boss. The Dracula Wraith is. He is very easy compared to this guy. Just use a medicine jar, walk behind the big head... thing... and whip away. He literally can't hurt you unless you walk into him, because he can't turn around.)

I HATE THIS BOSS. The level itself is not that hard (despite some sword masters) and is sort of peaceful until you make it to the top. Oh God.

The fight starts with you throwing Malphas's eggs back at her, which is pretty easy at first. But then, when some of the eggs hit the ground, Malphas's "sons" pop out. These enemies would be much easier on their own, but in this battle, they are terribly annoying. They breathe fire, block almost everything, and fly.

When you finally get Malphas's health down enough, she'll flash like most bosses, triggering a quick-time event scene. After this, you get to attack her, which sounds easy until one of her godawful sons hits you, causing you to miss your chance.