Carmilla | Boss Battles Castlevania: LoS 2 Guide

Carmilla

In order to damage Carmilla, you have to destroy her shield bubble.

Carmilla is the toughest foe you have come across (and one of the most difficult battles in the game). There are several reasons to that - your life diminishes permanently each time you are hit and Carmilla is accompanied (almost all the time) by two Vampires. To make matters worse, she surrounded herself with a shield bubble - you can penetrate it only with the Chaos Magic. There's more - you must attack the shield all the time, because it will regenerate if left untouched for a brief moment. And you have to break the shield twice to get to her.

If you finally destroy her annoying bubble, the fight will become a hell lot easier. Carmilla is too fast for you and she will teleport away whenever you will try to close the distance to her - you have to use Void Projections to freeze her, which should allow you to hit her a few times. Rinse and repeat until her health drops to 2/3 - Carmilla will multiply herself, creating 8 identical copies and will surround you with a special, impassable to you, barrier. At this point you have two tasks: avoid her attacks (you have to jump over them) and attack her clones (a few strikes will destroy each one).

After breaking through her shield bubble, the rest of the fight is a lot easier.

After destroying all her clones, Carmilla will summon a ghost, which will attack you each time you will try to get close to her - to prevent that from happening use Void Projections again to simply freeze her, which will allow you to freely attack her. You will soon discover that you have stolen Carmilla's power - Mist Form - which allows you to turn into mist. It helps a lot during some of the fights (for instance with Carmilla's ghost - if it grabs you, use your Mist power to get away) and is primarily used to pass through certain objects, like metal bars. During this fight, mist for can be used to something else - whenever your health drops below 50%, you will be told to get near Marie (you have to pass through the bars with Mist power) and feed on her, regenerating your health to full. At this point the fight is basically over, as you can do this infinite amount of times - the only limit is a short "cooldown" between feedings.

A few tips which may come in handy during the process of breaking through her shield bubble:

• Ignore the Vampires accompanying Carmilla - even if you kill them, another ones will come after a few seconds. The only reason to fight them is to fill your focus bar to replenish your Magic.
• If you start attacking her shield bubble (remember, only Chaos Magic works on it), don't stop the assault - attack relentlessly and try to avoid enemy attacks. The longer it takes to break through her shield bubble, the lower the chances of success are, because your Chaos Magic is limited, not mentioning your health bar.
• If you have an Ensnared Demon relic on you, use it - for 30 seconds you will have an unlimited supply of Chaos Magic, which should allow you to easily break through her shield.

By using the above tips you should soon be able to defeat Carmilla and finish the fight in a brutal style.