Great Armor
Japanese Name
Alternate Names
Game Appearances	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Castlevania: Curse of Darkness Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Abilities
Monster Type	Armor
Mythical Lore Origins

A Great Armor (also known as an Armor Lord) is a giant Sword Knight that wields a Great Sword and sometimes a shield. It boasts high defense and attack. It is generally less powerful than a Guardian, which themselves are less powerful than a Final Guard. It is also generally less maneuverable than a Victory Armor.

GalleryEdit

Great Armor from Japanese manual for Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Great Armor Familiar in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

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Game Specific InformationEdit

Aria of SorrowEdit

Great Armor is found in this game as the game's 3rd boss in the Study Area, and later as a common enemy in the Clock Tower area. These guys, much like the Golem enemies, are really slow, but pack a punch. They only have two attacks, which can easily be avoided. The first is a thrust to the area below the sword, which you can duck under on the spot and still damage him. The second attack is trying to smash the sword down upon you, and in order to avoid this one, you have to get really close to him and avoid it. While not considered an attack, he can also raise up his shield to block all attacks for a few seconds.

The later versions of this enemy, Final Guard and Shadow Knight, add one more attack to the repertoire of Great Armor attacks. They charge their swords up with energy, and stab the ground, sending a shockwave of energy towards you. However, it can be easily jumped over.

You can acquire two souls from defeating Great Armor. After the official boss battle, you get the Malphas Ability Soul, allowing you to do a double jump, which helps to unlock the Dance Hall area. The soul that Great Armor drops later in the game is the Great Armor Guardian Soul. This Soul's description in-game is incorrect; it increases Soma's strength to 120% while active, not by 120%.

Dawn of SorrowEdit

In this game, Great Armor has been given an increase in size, and a changed color design, but the tactics are the same. These enemies can be found in the Dark Chapel area of the castle. While not a particularly strong enemy, they have somewhat bulky defense, allowing for resisted attacks.

Because they are normal enemies, however, they can be fought as many times as possible. Their soul is also one of the most useful souls in the entire game. They drop the Great Armor Guardian Soul, but instead of increasing your strength like in the last game, the soul of a Great Armor fights alongside you as a Familiar, much like Alucard's Imp Familiar.

Portrait of RuinEdit

While they retain their size and design from Dawn of Sorrow, their color scheme is changed to red for Portrait of Ruin. They use the same tactics that they use in Dawn of Sorrow, but are considerably weaker this time around. You can fight them if you want, but they don't yield anything worthwhile. It is also worth to note that Great Armor's sword is female, and Final Guard's sword is male.

Enemy DataEdit

Enemy Data: Great Armor
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	Great Armor  [alt]			[ edit ]
	Rondo of Blood
	'	HP: 24 Exp: 1000		2'. Aqueducts, 5'. Piers
	45. Armor Lord  (Great Armor)			[ edit ]
	Symphony of the Night
	Heavily armored undead warrior.	Strong: Cut Level: 12 HP: 81 Exp: 100	Drop: Rapier, Saber	Colosseum, Outer Wall
	61. Great Armor			[ edit ]
	Aria of Sorrow
	A heavily-armed soldier built out of the corpses of great warriors.	Strong: Nothing Weak: Thunder HP: 650 Exp: 300	Common Drop: Iron Plate Rare Drop: Great Sword Guard: Malphas soul. Soul: Strength Booster	Study (as a boss), Clock Tower
	38. Great Armor			[ edit ]
	Dawn of Sorrow
	A heavily armored knight built out of the corpses of powerful warriors.	Strong: Fire, Water Weak: Bashing, Electric HP: 115 MP: 1 Exp: 180 Atk: 45 Timestop: Affected	Common Drop: Ring Mail (8%) Soul: Great Armor Familiar (24%)	The Dark Chapel
	58. Great Armor Lv.25			[ edit ]
	Curse of Darkness (Strategy)
	An armor knight with red-brown armor. Beware the fearsome thrust of its shield bash attack.	Strong: Wind Weak: Thunder Level: 25 HP: 465 Exp: 117	Common Drop: Steel Rare Drop: Short Sword Steal: Carbon Steel	Forest of Jigramunt, Cordova Town, Tower of Eternity
	88. Great Armor Lv.35			[ edit ]
	Curse of Darkness (Strategy)
	An armor knight with red-brown armor. Beware the fearsome thrust of its shield bash attack.	Strong: Wind Weak: Thunder Level: 35 HP: 620 Exp: 231	Common Drop: Steel Rare Drop: Short Sword Steal: Carbon Steel	Eneomaos Machine Tower, Aiolon Ruins
	136. Great Armor Lv.46			[ edit ]
	Curse of Darkness (Strategy)
	An armor knight with red-brown armor. Beware the fearsome thrust of its shield bash attack.	Strong: Wind Weak: Thunder Level: 46 HP: 883 Exp: 603	Common Drop: Steel Rare Drop: Short Sword Steal: Carbon Steel	Tower of Evermore
	34. Great Armor			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A heavily-armored knight who commands other armored warriors.	Strong: Ice Weak: Blunt, Whip, Lightning HP: 240 Exp: 120 Skill Pt: 4	Drop: Iron Plate, Great Sword	Great Stairway, Entrance
	Armor Lord
	Encore of the Night
	''Abil: Ultimate Shield - The next attack made is reduced to 0 damage.	HP: 2000 Exp: ~5150	Drop: Sirloin, Attack Potion; Holy Essence, Buffet Ticket Steal: ~38 silver	Royal Chapel

Soul DataEdit

Item Data: Great Armor
Image	Name - Game Description	Type / Users	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Great Armor - Strength Booster - Aria of Sorrow
	STR is increased 120%	Blue Soul Soma	Consume: 60 MP/sec		Steal: Great Armor	Effect: Actually increases to 120%, ie by 20%

ReferencesEdit

• Mr. P's Castlevania Realm
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Bestiary by Darth Nemesis at GameFAQs.com
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Walkthrough and FAQ by Zach "Darko" Long at GameFAQs.com