Giant Bat

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“	And from the ancient times, the 4 pillars that guard the castle-----Medusa, Frankenstein, Mummy and Giant Bat	„
	~ Excerpt from Akumajo Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku explaining the four pillars that guard Dracula's Castle

Background

The Giant Bat is a recurring boss in the Castlevania series. As a massive bat symbolically tied to vampires, it instills fear in all who encounter it. It is notable for being the very first boss to appear in the series.

He serves as one of the four pillars that guard Dracula's Castle from many hunters that enter.

In most games, the Giant Bat is portrayed as being composed of a swarm of smaller bats. In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, it is revealed that this creature is one of the three core components of Dracula's power, alongside the Flame Demon and the Succubus. Dracula himself often takes the form of a giant bat or a swarm of bats during many of his encounters.

The Giant Bat has appeared under various names and forms throughout the series, including:

• Phantom Bat
• Zapf Bat: A bat composed of treasure.
• Darkwing Bat: A bat specializing in wind-based attacks.
• Bat Company: A swarm of bats that can merge to form various shapes.
• Twin Bats: Two giant bats working together.

General Information

Name: Giant Bat

Nicknames/Other Names: Bat Company, Darkwing Bat, Giant Thunder Bat, Large Bat, Myotia, Phantom Bat, Zapf Bat, Phantom Vampire Bat, Phantom Vampire, Retro Phantom Bat

Origin: Castlevania

First Appearance: Castlevania NES (Release Order first appearance), Castelvania III: Dracula's Curse (Chronological First Appearance)

Company: Konami

Creator: Hitoshi Akamatsu, Koji Igarashi

Sex: Unknown

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: It/They

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Dracula's Castle (Serves as one of the four pillars that guards the castle)

Story Role: Enemy, Minor Antagonist, Recurring Boss

Classification: Castle Guardian, Child of the Night

Species: Bat

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Bat Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Chaos

Occupation: One of the Four Pillars

Affiliations: Children of the Night, Medusa, The Creature, Mummy, Dracula, Death

Enemies: Belmont Clan (Including: Trevor Belmont, Desmond Belmont, Simon Belmont, Juste Belmont, Richter Belmont, & Maria Renard), Belnades Clan (Including: Sypha Belnades), Grant Danasty, Alucard, Soma Cruz

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Has been both Alive and Deceased (Giant Bat frequently is killed by one of the many protagonists of a Castlevania game though he will always return as a Creature of Chaos)

Dates of Death: 1476 (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse), 1591 (Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge), 1600s (Castlevania: Order of Shadows), 1692 (Castlevania), 1748 (Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance), 1792 (Castlevania: Rondo of Blood), 1797 (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), 2036 (Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Serves as one of the four pillars that guards the castle, being a natural follower of Chaos and servant of Dracula)

Protection Level: Metropolitan Protector (Serves as one of the four pillars that guards the castle)

Threat Level: Global Threat (The overall Creatures of Chaos intend to cause global wars)

Codex Statistics

Key: 1476 | 1591 | 1600s | 1692 | 1748 | 1792 | 1797 | 2036

Key Information

• 1476: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
• 1591: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania II: Belmonts Revenge.
• 1600s: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania: Order of Shadows.
• 1692: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania.
• 1748: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance.
• 1792: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
• 1797: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
• 2036: This key covers the Giant Bat during the events of Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.

Grade: A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A

Tier: At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C. Has an Infinite Power Source with Celia Fortner's power

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Serves as one of the four pillars that guard the castle, being ranked by its prevailing magic powers, with such ranking putting it above the likes of Golem from Castlevania Judgement, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results. Can fight and harm Trevor Belmont, Grant Danasty, Sypha Belnades & 1400s Alucard) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Christopher Belmont) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Desmond Belmont) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Simon Belmont) | At least Town level (Potency) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Richter Belmont) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Alucard) | At least Town level (Potency) (Can harm Dawn of Sorrow Soma Cruz). Has an Infinite Power Source with Celia Fortner's power (The Giant Bat is one of the many bosses that requires Soma Cruz to use Magic Seals, in order to cut the monsters from the power of the gates, which supplies them with infinite power)

Durability: At least Town level (Can take hits from Trevor Belmont, Grant Danasty, Sypha Belnades, & Alucard) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Christopher Belmont) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Desmond Belmont) | At least Town level (Can take hits from Simon Belmont) | At least Town level | At least Town level (Can take hits from Richter Belmont) | At least Town level Can take hits from Alucard) | At least Town level (Can take hits fromDawn of Sorrow Soma Cruz)

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Should be comparable to Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils who can move entire tree logs that are blocking roads out of the way where logs can weigh around 15 to 5 tons and Hector's battle-type innocent devils can lift open large iron doors that "no man could force open") | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman (Should be as fast if not faster than a normal bat, who fly over 100 miles per hour). At most Faster Than Light (Due to it serving as one of the four pillars that guard the castle, being ranked by its prevailing magic powers, it should be faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances) | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman (As a guardian of the castle, the Giant Bat is ever watchful and immediately attacks once anyone enters its area, showing no signs of tiring whatsoever after long fights), Limitless in Dawn of Sorrow (The Giant Bat is one of the many bosses that requires Soma Cruz to use Magic Seals, in order to cut the monsters from the power of the gates, which supplies them with infinite power)

Range: Standard Melee, Higher depending on the version of the Giant Bat (Fuses from all the bats that fill up the view of an entire room). At least Several Meters with Breath Attack (Shoots out a fireball from his mouth that homes in on the target). At least Tens of Meters with Electricity Manipulation (Can electrocute the entire floor through slamming into the ground, can form electricity around its body can pull in all nearby bats into an electrical ball where it shoots out bolts of electricity)

Intelligence: Animalistic Intelligence

Knowledge: Animalistic level

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Powers and Techniques

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Even the smallest creatures of the night can destroy a bridge, one of Dracula's bats easily destroyed a stone ground block), Intimidation (Creatures of the nights appearances can cause one to have their body's cells cry out in terror), Immortality (Ageless; The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Creatures of the Night can continue to exist even as a spirit and use their spirit form to form bodies out of inanimate material around them), Acausality (Causality Immunity; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon. With their souls being completely free from time. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations), Free Will (Creatures of the Night do not follow the hand of God and instead choose of their own free will), Empowerment (Creatures of the night are empowered by the night, becoming stronger when it's night time), Evolution (Creatures of chaos can inherit evil natures awakening into stronger enemies with new abilities and less weaknesses), Resurrection (Self-Resurrection; Creatures of chaos can be brought back to life from the power of hate. This has also been shown with slain heads reviving as an angry wraith), Regeneration (Mid-Godly overtime; Even the castle from Castlevania is a Creature of Chaos, where they are always rebirth from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form, with this state being referred to as a "regeneration cycle"), Invisibility (Creatures of Chaos possess a natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Time Manipulation (Passive; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon), Darkness Manipulation & Subjective Reality (Creatures of chaos very existence causes dark powers to flow beyond the control of the Elgos' grimoires, due to them collecting documented information on Dracula and his castle. Causing their power to materialize in the real world in the form of monsters. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Passive; Creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly. It is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos. Their vital souls are causing the grimoires contents to be overwritten changing history to things such as Jonathan Morris is now at a disadvantage in battle, or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires, Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten, where if the contents of the book change the creatures magic will keep growing and eventually overflow into reality, causing the grimoire to fall into chaos and even more monsters materializing into the real world. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Law Manipulation (Creatures of Chaos can alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (Creatures of the night alterations of the Grimoire can greatly limit the powers of those far stronger than them, such as Jonathan Morris' power being limited due to the alterations. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others).

Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (All enemies in Castlevania III: Dracula's curse can eventually break out of being frozen from Sypha's ice magic. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero), Time Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time. Some creatures of chaos are immune to time stop, normally being boss-level creatures), Fate Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time, with fate being a truth wound by time)

Flight (Naturally flies around and attempts to ram into Trevor with its wings), Splitting (Splits into smaller bats the more its attacked)

Flight (Naturally flies around and attempts to ram into Christopher with its wings), Fusionism (Fuses from smaller bats into the Giant Bat), Splitting (Splits into many smaller bats to avoid attacks),

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Linked Bond (If one of the Twin Bats takes damage, so does the other one), Breath Attack & Fire Manipulation (Can shoot fireballs out of their breath)

Flight (Naturally flies around and attempts to ram into Simon with its wings)

Flight (Naturally flies around with its wings and attempts to ram into Simon to attack), Inorganic Physiology (Is made and forme from gold), Contact Damage (Pieces of its gold deal damage upon contact), Splitting (Splits into three smaller bats made of gold when it takes enough damage)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Fusionism (Fuses from many smaller bats into Giant Bat), Splitting (Splits apart while attacking even if a large parts of the bats are destroyed, it will reform into the same sized Giant Bat), Breath Attack & Fire Manipulation (Can shoot out a fireball from its mouth)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Body Control (Can spin its body fast enough to drill into the ground), Fusionism (Fuses from all the bats that fill up the view of an entire room), Splitting (Splits into many smaller bats to avoid attacks), Breath Attack & Fire Manipulation (Can shoot out a fireball from its mouth)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Body Control (Can control its wings to spin at fast speeds to pierce into the ground like a drill), Breath Attack Homing Attack & Fire Manipulation (Can shoot fireballs out of its mouth that homes in on the target)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Fusionism (Spawns from multiple bats fusing into it), Splitting (Splits apart in order to attack)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings]), Body Control (Can spin around with its wings in a fast enough motion to imitate a drill and drill into the ground), Fusionism (Multiple smaller bats fuse together to form the giant bat), Breath Attack, Homing Attack & Fire Manipulation (Shoots out a fireball from his mouth that homes in on the target)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Air Manipulation (Its wings are strong enough to create massive gusts that can push and injure the likes of Alucard)

Fusionism (Multiple smaller bats fuse together to form the giant bat), Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Hive Mind (The Giant Bat is a flock of smaller bats all able to carry out the exact same movements and attacks to mimic the form of an actual singular entity) Energy Projection & Curtain Fire (Multi-Directional; Can shoot out multiple energy rings) Resurrection (The Giant Bat is one of the many bosses that requires Soma Cruz to use Magic Seals, in order to cut the monsters from the power of the gates, and makes the monsters incapable of, reviving and regaining some health back infinitely)

Flight (Naturally flies around due to its wings), Fusionism (Formed from many smaller bats fusing into the Giant Thunder Bat), Body Control (Spins around at fast speeds, slamming into the ground like a drill), Electricity Manipulation (Can electrocute the entire floor through slamming into the ground, can form electricity around its body can pull in all nearby bats into an electrical ball where it shoots out bolts of electricity)

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Equipment

• Bats: Giant Bat is normally made up of a company of bats all merging into one being.
• Gold: Specifically for its Super Castlevania IV self, it is made up of gold and takes form from that.

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Notable Techniques

• Fireball: Many of the Giant Bats shoot out fireballs, with many of them homing onto the enemy and tracking them no matter how long they dodge for.
• Strong Winds: The Giant Bat can create a large gust of wind strong enough to push an enemy into a wall, being capable of harming some of the most powerful hunters such as Alucard.
• Splitting: The Giant Bats very commonly split apart into smaller bats, either from taking damage or to dodge enemy attacks. Sometimes it is used to attack enemies too.
• Merging: The Giant Bat is normally the result of multiple smaller bats merging into the giant bat.
• Drill Attack: The Giant Bat tucks its body in and spins at fast speeds, slamming into the ground like a drill.

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Other

Standard Tactics:

• Dracula's Curse: The Giant Bat will fly towards the enemy and attempt to ram into them, if attacked, it will split into smaller bats and proceed to keep trying to ram into the opponent.

• The Adventure Rebirth: The Giant Bat is formed from a group of small bats as it flies around and attempts to ram into the opponent, splitting into its smaller bats to avoid attacks.

• Order of Shadows: Both of the bats fly around, sharing a linked bond, they will shoot out fireballs while also trying to dive and ram into the opponent.
• Castlevania (NES): The Giant Bat will fly around and ram into its opponent.
• Super Castlevania IV: The Giant Bat forms from gold and flies around, if the enemy attacks it, pieces of its gold will fly out and hit the enemy, damaging them. It will also attempt to ram into its enemy. When it takes enough damage, it splits into three smaller bats and attempts the same strategy.
• Castlevnaia Chronicles: Multiple smaller bats form into the Giant Bat and split apart as they attack the enemy while also shooting out a fire breath.

• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance: An entire room of bats fuse into the Giant Bat, as it flies around, shooting out fire breaths and attempting to spin its body at fast speeds and drill into its opponent. It also splits into smaller bats to avoid attacks.
• Dracula X Games
  • Rondo of Blood: Giant Bat will fly around and shoot out fireballs that home in on the target, it will also occasionally turn its wings into a drill and slam into the ground at the opponent.
  • Dracula X: Multiple smaller bats fly together to form the Giant Bat, it will proceed to break into the smaller bats and fly in patterns to attack the opponent.
  • The Dracula X Chronicles: Giant Bat borrows the multiple smaller bats forming it, along with the tactics from Rondo of Blood.
• Symphony of the Night: Giant Bat will fly around and create massive gusts of wind that pushes the opponent into the wall at the far side, this has been shown effective in harming the likes of Alucard.

• Dawn of Sorrow: The Giant Bat is a large flock of small red bats all working in conjunction to imitate a singular entity's actions. They will spread apart to avoid attacks, form a hand to try and crush the opponent, attempt to ram into the opponent, and shoot out multiple energy rings.
• Grimoire of Souls
  • Giant Thunder Bat: The Giant Bat is fused together from smaller bats, it will spin at fast speeds and slam into the ground like a drill, electrocuting the entire ground, it will form electricity around itself as it rams into opponents, and for its ultimate attack it will form itself into an electrical ball that pulls in all nearby bats and start shooting out bolts of electricity.

Weaknesses

• Creature of the Night Weaknesses: Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night, and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content.
• Unique Weaknesses: Nothing notable.
  • Order of Shadows: If one of the Twin Bats takes damage, so does the other one.

Note

• Contrary to popular belief, holy attacks and the whips in Castlevania can affect and harm people that aren't apart of the creatures of the night. Leon's doppelganger can use holy water and holy attacks against him in this fight along with the alchemy whip despite Leon being a pure and noble warrior. Simon's doppelganger can harm him with the vampire killer, despite Simon being a noble hero. Holy Water even works and harms enemies such as the "Holy Armor", a knight who has natural holy powers. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt.

Trivia

• The Giant Bat is the very first boss to appear in any Castlevania game.
• The English instruction booklet of Castlevania confounded and switched the artworks between the Bat enemy and the Phantom Bat boss as they appear in the original Japanese Famicom Disk System version of the game.
• In Super Castlevania IV, this monster is called "Zapf Bat". The reason for this name is a mystery, although it could be related to Zapf Dingbats, a type of Wingdings font.
• In Castlevania: Dracula X, this monster is called "Myotia". Myotis are a diverse and widespread genus of bats within the family Vespertilionidae, which are colloquially known as "mouse-eared bats".
  • The Myotis myotis is a European species of these types of bats, colloquially known as the "greater mouse-eared bat".
• In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, this monster is called "Bat Company". This is probably a reference to English rock band Bad Company, which was prominent during the 1970s and early 1980s. This is further supported as many characters from several other classic Konami franchises are also named after famous rock musicians and bands.
  • The name could also be a reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable, where the character Keicho Nijimura has a Stand called "Bad Company", which is comprised of multiple military units that act as and are considered to be a single entity. And just like Bad Company, Bat Company is comprised of many small bats working together as a single unit to deal damage and only take damage when they're combined into a single form.

Battle Records

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None.

• Trevor Belmont, Grant Danasty, Sypha Belnades, & Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Dire Mire Marsh

• Trevor Belmont, Grant Danasty, Sypha Belnades, & Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Castle Dungeon

• Christopher Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Stage 1

• Desmond Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Bat's Belfry

• Simon Belmont - Fight
  • Condiitons: None.
  • Location: Stage 03 of Castlevania NES

• Juste Belmont - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Castle A: Marble Corridor

• Richter Belmont & Maria Renard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Hidden Docks, Marble Gallery

• Alucard Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Reverse Clock Tower

• Soma Cruz - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Silenced Ruins

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Dracula's Castle: 4-1

None.