Abaddon is one of the final bosses the player encounters in both Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

Appearance

Abaddon is the penultimate boss in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and appears in the Abyss. His appearance is that of a man-locust dressed like the conductor of an orchestra. He uses his baton-like cane to summon and control locusts with great sweeps and dramatic flourishes.

Strategy

The locusts are generally hard to avoid, but can be dodged by Soma if he uses the Bat Company soul (in Portrait of Ruin, Charlotte could use multiple spells such as Dark Gate or Clear Skies to consume all of the locusts). It is also possible to use the Persephone soul to eliminate them.

The locusts can also be easily blocked using Buer Soul at high level, or Charlotte's Stone Circle spell.

When playing as Julius, the best method of destroying certain formations of locusts is by using the whip and the throwing cross to eliminate streams of locusts. Another method of avoiding Abaddon's attacks is to use Alucard's Bat Transformation or Julius's Super Jump.

Abaddon's only other method of attack consists of short hops and leaps. Any contact with him will hurt the player.

Background

Abaddon (of Hebrew אבדון Avadon, `Destroyer') is spoken of in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Holy Bible and is recorded as the king of the locusts.

At the start of Revelation Chapter 9, the fifth of the trumpet bearing angels sounds his horn and this causes a star to fall unto the earth and was given the key to the Abyss (the final area in Dawn of Sorrow is named this as well).

When the Abyss is opened, smoke will arise from the pit like a giant furnace and the sun and sky will darken and from that smoke will arise a swarm of locusts that will descend upon the earth and given the power of a scorpion. Their commands will be not to harm any plant of the earth, but to plague mankind for five months.

The Bible makes it clear that men will long for death, but none will find it as the locusts cannot kill men, only bring them suffering.

This can greatly be seen in the game's interpretation of the character.

Gallery

Abaddon's official artwork.

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Enemy Data

Enemy Data: Abaddon
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	115. Abaddon			[ edit ]
	Dawn of Sorrow
	A master of pestilent locusts from the deep abyss of the underworld.	Strong: Dark Weak: Piercing, Slashing, Holy HP: 4000 MP: 9999 Exp: 12000 Atk: 110 Timestop: Unaffected	Soul: 5th Plague	The Abyss
	134. Abaddon			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A master of pestilent locusts from the deep abyss of the underworld.	Strong: Dark Weak: Piercing, Holy HP: 5000 Exp: 4000 Skill Pt: 50	Drop: Record 3	Nest of Evil

Soul Ability

Abaddon's soul enables you to summon a swarm of locusts to attack everything on screen. It can also be used to synthesize the Valmanway sword.