History Awesome / CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2

* In ''Revelations'', Alucard has to retrieve Dracula's powers from the castle, whose minions have hidden them in places Drac would never be able to reach. When Alucard retrieves the Void Sword, he uses it and his own blade in a DualWielding flourish to decapitate the Dungeon Keeper who once wielded it.
** The final duel with Zobek's bodyguard also counts. Alucard has the bodyguard beat in raw skill, and when the bodyguard tries to heal, Alucard uses his wolf form to pounce on the bodyguard, finishing him off.
* Meta-wise: This is the first, and so far only, game where you play as DRACULA, not in a fighting game, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow not his reincarnation]], this is a PROPER CASTLEVANIA GAME, and almost all the power that premise alone compels. Everything you see here? Sure, a Belmont would have killed some of these monsters, but the ones like Satan's Acolytes? Only someone on Dracula's level could ever hope to truly fight them on even grounds and WIN. This game alone shows WHY Dracula is the series BigBad.

* Meta-wise: This is the first, and so far only, game where you play as DRACULA, not in a fighting game, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow not his reincarnation]], this is a PROPER CASTLEVANIA GAME, and almost all the power that premise alone compels. Everything you see here? Sure, a Belmont would have killed some of these monsters, but the ones like Satan's Acolytes? Only someone on Dracula's level could ever hope to truly fight them on even grounds and WIN. This game alone shows WHY Dracula is the series BigBad.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Yes, my Prince. A toast to awesomeness!'']]

*** Hell. Just Drac overcoming all of Victor's Brotherhood relics is such an awesome call back to the first game. Special mention for those who ''countered'' a block counter.
-->'''Dracula:''' I'm ''immortal'', warrior.

* TheReveal that [[BatmanGambit Dracula had planned his own slumber with Alucard, knowing it'd draw Zobek and Satan out, and that the slumber'd remove Dracula's memories of the plan, allowing both Alucard AND Dracula to get the two right where Drac wanted them.]]

** He then proceeds to carry out arguably the most awesome [[CrossMeltingAura cross melting aura]] in all of fiction. Drac seizes the Paladin's crucifix and mockingly invokes his Latin rites. Cue the subsequent explosion which wipes out the Brotherhood's ''entire'' army. ''Vaporizes'' Bernhard Castle. ''Devastates'' Europe and can be seen from ''space''! Leaving nothing left but ashes of the fallen and the Prince of Darkness holding the now red-hot melted cross with a somewhat wistful look on his face. [[HolyShitQuotient Holy... Shit!]]

* Dracula, (on the verge of defeat,) tricking Nergal Meslamstea into entering Castlevania by luring him down a shadowy corridor, effectively de-powering the second acolyte by a huge degree and rendering him vulnerable to a satisfying beat-down.

* This version of Dracula is by far one of the most action and athletic-oriented Draculas ever. Whether he's facing down legions of mooks by himself and coming out on top, to doing insane shit, like leaping out and off of a moving train that's about too crash into a cavern wall, this Dracula is the ultimate undead action hero, on top of being a scary bastard. This is a Dracula who doesn't let all of his minions do all the hard work. This is a Dracula that reminds us that he's a warrior first and foremost. Being a GodOfEvil is just a secondary benefit.

* Meta-wise: This is the first, and so far only, game where you play as DRACULA, not in a fighting game [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow his reincarnation]] this is a PROPER CASTLEVANIA GAME, and almost all the power that premise alone compels. Everything you see her? Sure a Belmont would have killed some of these monsters but the ones like Satan's Acolytes? Only someone on Dracula's level could ever hope to truly fight them on even grounds and WIN. This game alone shows WHY Dracula is the series BigBad.

** Lets give Roland some credit. He ''matches'' Dracula's prayer word for word, and that's right after he held the Prince of Darkness off in single combat.

-->'''Raisa Volkova:''' Not even with ''all'' your power! Are you a match for --

-->'''Maire:''' I am as real as the blood of that witch which is poisoning you as we speak. The castle and its inhabitants fear that you will leave this place forever. They will stop at ''nothing'' to keep you here. ''Your power keeps them alive!''

** The final duel with Zobek's bodyguard also counts. Alucard has the bodyguard beat in raw skill, and when the bodyguard tries to heal, Alucard uses his wolf form to pounce on the bodyguard, finishing him off.

-->'''Dracula:''' The roots of evil run deep. Irreversibly so in the heart's of men. It is their [[HumansAreBastards true nature.]] Their destiny... I was their most devoted warrior. A ''Champion of Light''. But I fell. Fell into darkness, and now... I am feared, as ''The Prince of Darkness''. [[DramaticIrony Ironic?]] Don't you think? The mighty Zobek hides from me like the scared rat he is! Even Satan himself is too afraid to leave the pits of Hell and fight ''me''! But if I die now, Alucard. They will simply [[LesserOfTwoEvils take my place...]] Evil, ''will'' prevail. It is the natural order. The world... ''(Holds up Ronceval's crucifix.)'' Is like this. ''(Snaps the relic in half and casts the pieces down.)'' Abandon, all, hope.

* After their free-fall fight / meteor move, Satan!Alucard tries to mock Dracula, goading him that he wouldn't dare kill his own son ''again'' just to kill him. Gabriel promptly tells him that ''[[ShutUpHannibal "you - don't - know - me, Satan!"]]'' And brings the cross down towards his chest in slow-mo. Satan, believing that Dracula is serious, [[DirtyCoward flees Alucard's body,]] which is just what Dracula wanted. Dracula than grabs him by the throat, pins him against a gate and impales him with the combat cross, killing Satan once and for all.

* Near the end of the final battle against Satan's first acolyte, the monstrous daughter of Satan charges down our hero. What does he do? Run? Hide? No, he ''counter'' ''charges'' the giant monster while drawing his Void Sword. BadAss doesn't describe it.

** Lets give Roland some credit. He ''counters'' Dracula's prayer word for word, and that's right after he held the Prince of Darkness off in single combat.

* Fighting Satan's Soldier all around the hurtling freight train. Special mention to how Drac takes out a Golgoth Guard without having to possess it.

-->'''Maire:''' I am as real as the blood of that witch which is poisoning you as we speak. This castle and its inhabitants fear that you will leave this place forever. They will stop at ''nothing'' to keep you here. ''Your power keeps them alive!''

-->'''Raisa Volkova:''' Even with ''all'' your power! You ''cannot'' defeat --

* After their free-fall fight / meteor move, Satan!Alucard tries to mock Dracula, goading him that he wouldn't dare kill his own son ''again'' just to kill him. Gabriel promptly tells him that ''[[ShutUpHannibal "you don't know me, Satan!"]]'' And brings the cross down towards his chest in slow-mo. Satan, believing that Dracula is serious, [[DirtyCoward flees Alucard's body,]] which is just what Dracula wanted. Dracula than grabs him by the throat, pins him against a gate and impales him with the combat cross, killing Satan once and for all.

-->'''Raisa Volkova:''' Even with all your power! You cannot defeat --
-->''(activated Dragon Talisman)''

* Fight alongside both your son, Alucard/Trevor in his disguise as the Lieutenant and your descendant, Victor Belmont against hordes of Possessed, before Victor sacrifices himself to draw out Nergal.
* Dracula performing a bullet drop against Abaddon, the finisher has Drac punching the Chief of Demons in the face so hard it [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom launches his huge form through the air]] as if he were a measly doll!
** Before that, he does a BadAssBack, dodging Abbaddon's attacks with an awesome FlashStep.
** Honestly, all of the CutscenePowerToTheMax moments count. Including but not limited to... Dracula absorbing the Gorgon's Chaos flame breath to activate a fraction of his awesome powers; previously seen in the pre-rendered E3 announcement trailer. Gabriel summons a swirling kaleidoscope of shadow energy with a freakin' Dragon maw on the end and uses it to rip out the behemoth's heart and hold it over his head!

-->'''Zobek:''' ''MISERABLE'' TRAITORS! ''BETRAYER!'' NOW RECEIVE YOUR ''JUST REWARD'' FOR YOUR ''DISLOYALTY!'' MAY YOU AND YOUR SPAWN BE DAMNED, ''FOREVER!'' I'LL ''EXTERMINATE'' THE ''FILTHY LINEAGE'' OF THE BELMONT'S! CHAMBERLAINS! LET THE BANQUET COMMENCE! THAT ''CREATURE'' YOU CALL SON WILL FOLLOW YOU IN DEATH! YOUR SOUL WILL BEG TO SERVE ME! ''DIE!'' OLD FRIEND! [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!]]

-->'''Zobek:''' ''MISERABLE'' TRAITORS! ''BETRAYER!'' NOW RECEIVE YOUR ''JUST REWARD'' FOR YOUR ''DISLOYALTY!'' MAY YOU AND YOUR SPAWN BE DAMNED, ''FOREVER!'' I'LL ''EXTERMINATE'' THE ''FILTHY LINEAGE'' OF THE BELMONT'S! CHAMBERLAINS! LET THE BANQUET COMMENCE! THAT CREATURE YOU CALL SON WILL FOLLOW YOU IN DEATH! YOUR SOUL WILL BEG TO SERVE ME! DIE! OLD FRIEND! [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!]]