Mechanical Monstrosity

Mechanical Monstrosity
Mechanical Monstrosity as it appears in Lords of Shadow
Abilities	Great strength, resilience, speed and stamina Shoots lightning bolts
Type(s)	Mechanical monster
Origins	Original Castlevania lore
Appearances	Lords of Shadow

The Mechanical Monstrosity is a boss in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. A giant scorpion-like mechanical monster created by the mad scientist Friedrich von Frankenstein. It is faced in the Electric Laboratory, when finishing the last part of the level's puzzle. It is later faced again in the Clock Tower, where the fight is much simpler.

Strategy

The Monstrosity is pretty slow and predictable; anyone who made it this far into the game shouldn't have much problem with it. It attacks with its claws (unblockable) and by shooting lightning bolts. Both attacks are very damaging but easy to avoid. A simple flurry of direct attacks and dodging to the sides when it's about to attack and the beast should go down easily.

After taking out a chunk of its health, the Mechanical Monstrosity will start healing itself using a large lightning machine. Hit the button on the ground with the Black Knight Golem's Dark Gauntlet and the lightning will change color, damaging the boss. Do this a few more times and it will "die".

It returns later in the Clock Tower. Don't worry here, there's a place to refill your magic, so if your health is low, just use Light Magic. Here, the Monstrosity will use a magnetic field to create a barrier of metal objects that he can toss. Simply repeat the same strategy as in the first fight, except here the Monstrosity doesn't recover its health. Its attacks are more powerful and it can be hard to avoid when tossing all objects at once, but beyond that, it ain't much of a problem. When its health has almost run out and the creature is stunned, just grab it for a timed event and the fight will be over.

Enemy Data

Name Size Difficulty Chapter Mechanical Monstrosity Big High Chapter 7: Electric Laboratory, Chapter 8: The Clockwork Tower Silver Dagger Explosive Dagger Holy Water Flasks Divine Shield Strong Weak Weak - Fairy Light Fairy Dark Crystal Strong Weak Weak "The Vampires were not the first tenants of the castle; the previous owner was a scientist known as Friedrich Von Frankenstein.(...)"

Gallery

Mechanical Monstrosity's artwork.

Mechanical Monstrosity's 'brain' concept art.

Mechanical Monstrosity's Travel Book artwork.

Trivia

• The Mechanical Monstrosity seems to be the Lords of Shadow version of The Creature, Frankenstein's abomination. Both use lightning to fight and both were created by a Dr. Frankenstein. Besides, the Monstrosity has a fleshy, baby-like core, showing it is also a partly organic creature.
• The Mechanical Monstrosity bears an uncanny resemblance to the real world whip spider, an arachnid with heavy, spiked pedipalps that it uses to capture prey.