Flame Whip

The Flame Whip is a whip or whip attack that involves a whip that is engulfed in flames. It is sometimes a specific whip and other times a "form" of the Vampire Killer. Sometimes, attachments are added to a whip to give it a flame property.
The Flame Whip first appeared in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest as the most powerful whip in the game.
A similar Fireball Whip can be used in some games, which causes fireballs to form from within the whip and be released, although the chain itself is not on fire as with a Flame Whip.
==Game specific information==
===Castlevania II: Simon's Quest===
The Flame Whip is the most powerful whip the player can obtain in Simon's Quest. Unlike the rest of the whips, which all can be purchased from merchants, the Flame Whip is obtained by first purchasing a Morning Star in the town of Oldon and then bringing it to a traveling Gypsy in an underground cave located in the Uta Lower Road. The gypsy will then put a spell to Simon Belmont's weapon so that it can "burn away evil", turning it into a powerful long whip engulfed in flames.
===Castlevania: Rondo of Blood/Dracula X/The Dracula X Chronicles===
15 Hearts and the lack of any sub-weapon will allow Richter to ignite his whip and strike anything in front of him in a blaze of holy flames. The flaming aura he generates can damage enemies continuously (no effect in Dracula X) and he is invincible during its startup. His whip is extended beyond the normal whip's length and has slightly wider range as well.
===Castlevania: Bloodlines===
The Undulating Whip is the strongest form of the whip; it is stronger but slower than the Long Chain Whip. if John suffers from any damage, the Undulating Whip will turn back to a Long Chain Whip.
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ===
Richter Belmont can also use the Flame Whip in Symphony of the Night by attempting an Item Crash without holding a sub-weapon. However, here it is a timed power-up instead of a single attack. In this game, there is no way of dropping sub-weapons once one has been acquired, so being able to use the Flame Whip is in fact difficult.
Symphony of the Night has damage types, and the Flame Whip power-up supposedly should give Richter's whip attacks the Fire attribute and increase its power, but the Flame Whip is glitched in most versions of the game and has no effect whatsoever, except for the visuals. The only version where it seems to work properly is the Japanese Rev2 or (1.2), and in subsequent re-releases, where it deals twice the damage and changes the whip's primary element from Holy to Fire (ATT +64, Attrib: Fire/Hit). The effect lasts about 35 seconds and costs 15 Hearts. If Richter keeps using his Brandish Whip move while the Flame Whip is active, the effect won't wear off as long as he is holding the whip (he'll stop glowing after a while, but the whip will still be in flames). After a sub-weapon has been acquired, it will be impossible to use the Flame Whip again for the rest of that playthrough.
===Castlevania: Lament of Innocence===
The Whip of Flames is obtained after defeating the Flame Elemental optional miniboss in the Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab. It adds the Fire element to the Whip of Alchemy. Like an Orb after defeating a main area boss, picking up the whip restores all of the player's HP.
===Castlevania: Curse of Darkness===
A flame version of the Vampire Killer is available in Trevor Mode. It gains flame properties via a magic stone fitted to its grip.
===Castlevania: Order of Shadows===
The Flame Whip is found hidden in a breakable block near the first section that Desmond can slide underneath. It is slightly more than double the strength of the Leather Whip that he starts the game with.
===Castlevania: The Arcade===
The Vampire Hunter's whip is able to do a flame based attack when its Power Gauge fills up. This gauge starts filling up about 2 seconds after an attack and takes about 3 seconds to fill, although the gauge empties whenever he attacks. If the gauge is full when he attacks with the whip, a Blaze Buster attack will occur instead of a normal attack.
===Castlevania: Lords of Shadow===
==Other appearances==
===Castlevania (animated series)===
In the "Abandon All Hope" episode of Netflix's Castlevania, Trevor Belmont uses a version of the Flame Whip attack to destroy the Visitor.
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===Artworks===
Flame Whip - Simon's Quest - 01.png|The Flame Whip from the Japanese Simon's Quest instruction booklet.
NP Simon's Quest F. Whip.jpg|The Flame Whip from the Nintendo Power - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest guide.
===Screenshots===
Blood is the Only Way - Nocturne - 91.png|Richter Belmont using the flame whip in Castlevania: Nocturne.
===Animations===
Simon Belmont Flame whip.gif|Flame Whip from Simon's Quest.
Flame Whip - Rondo of Blood - 01.gif|Flame Whip from Rondo of Blood.
BL Flame Whip.gif|Flame Whip from Bloodlines.
DX Vampire Killer 2.gif|Vampire Killer Item Crash from Dracula X.
SOTN Vampire Killer 3.gif|Vampire Killer Item Crash from Symphony of the Night.
Saturn Vampire Killer 2.gif|Vampire Killer Item Crash from the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night.
COTM Mercury + Salamander.gif|Mercury + Salamander from Circle of the Moon.
POR Flame Whip.gif|Flame Whip from Portrait of Ruin.
POR Vampire Killer 2.gif|Vampire Killer special attack from Portrait of Ruin.
OoS Flame Whip.gif|Flame Whip from Order of Shadows.
DXC Vampire Killer 2.gif|Vampire Killer Item Crash from The Dracula X Chronicles.
Trevor's especial attack.gif|Trevor Belmont using the Flame Whip Item Crash in the Castlevania animated series.
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