Second Acolyte / Raiders of the Storm | Boss Battles Castlevania: LoS 2 Guide

Second Acolyte / Raiders of the Storm

Ram-wielding enemy - this is the foe you should be concentrated on.

This fight is rather unusual, as you won't be fighting the boss himself but with a three monsters controlled by him. It means a three versus one fight, but often appearances are deceptive and the battle is a lot easier than you would ever think.

Three Raiders of the Storm are equipped with:

• Huge battering ram - this foe is characterized by strong, but very slow attacks, which are easy to block (provided that he uses a blockable attack). If you get away from his melee distance, he will start attacking you with ranged energy attacks, which are very easy to dodge, but you shouldn't try to block them. During close combat pay attention to his weapon - if he rises it above his head, it means that he's preparing a stomp-like shockwave attack. After a short while he will smash his weapon to the ground, creating a shockwave which will spread in every direction - you need to jump over it to avoid the damage.
• Spear - this enemy has weaker attacks than his ram-wielding ally, but they are a lot faster at the same time. Besides that, the enemy can use the element of Wind, which he will constantly use in his attacks - two of them are ranged, unblockable, grab-like attacks, which initiate QTE sequences if you get caught by them.
• Sword - similar to spear-wielding raider, this one has weaker attacks but he moves a lot faster. Aside from that, he can use electricity in his attacks.

Concentrate on the ram-wielding enemy - his attacks are the slowest and less problematic from the boss' trio. When he prepares an unblockable attack, simply jump over him and when he raises his ram in the air get away from him and jump over the shockwave. While fighting him, you must pay attention to his allies, who will constantly attack you from afar.

When the health of the Acolyte drops to 2/3 value, a cutscene will initiate, during which the sword-wielding enemy will be destroyed - his power will be absorbed by the one wielding a spear, which will enable him to use both wind and electricity in his attacks. After that the second stage of the fight begins, which is identical to the previous - the only difference is that you will have one less enemy to worry about. Bring the Acolyte's health to 1/3 initiates another cutscene, after which you will be one on one versus the ram-wielding monster.

After the death of his comrades, he gets charged with both electricity and wind, which give his abilities a slight boost - most of his attacks are now unblockable. He also acquired two additional attacks: first one, in which he spins around with his ram (you have to jump over this attack to avoid getting hit) and the second one is just an upgraded version of his shockwave attack - the shockwave is now simply bigger and it's harder to jump over it. Keep attacking him to drop his health down and when it goes near zero, he will jump back to the opposite side of the arena and you job will be to get close to him, avoiding his energy attacks. When you finally get close, a QTE sequence will initiate, after which the fight will end.