In this video, I tackle Portrait of Ruin's hardest difficulty (Hard Max Level 01) while also taking advantage of all the tools the game gives you in order to empower your character in New Game Plus. Specifically, beating the lower difficulties of Hard Mode on a certain file confers permanent buffs to subsequent games on that same file; beating Maxlv50 gives you +50 luck, Maxlv25 gives you +50 Int, and Maxlv1 gives you +50 strength. This might seem overpowered, but in my opinion the buffs to strength and int are a necessary and very welcome balancing factor for Max lv1, which could otherwise be a miserable slog. Using these tools means that you have the combination of fragility and high offensive power that, to me, creates optimal Castlevania gameplay.

Also, here I only take direct control of Jonathan, using Dual Crushes and backline spells from Charlotte but never actually switching to her.

Done on emulator, DeSmuME.

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