Alucard
Official artwork of Alucard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Universe	Castlevania
Debut	Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1989)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (2026, cameo)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Dhampir
Gender	Male
Created by	Hitoshi Akamatsu
Designed by	Ayami Kojima (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night onwards)
English voice actor	Yuri Lowenthal
Japanese voice actor	Ryōtarō Okiayu
Article on Wikipedia	Alucard (Castlevania)

Alucard (アルカード, Alucard), full name Adrian Fahrenheit Țepeș, is the half-human half-vampire son of Dracula, and a major recurring character in the Castlevania series. He first appeared in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse as a supporting playable character, and most prominently appears in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as its protagonist.

Origin

Born as Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş in 1459, he is the dhampir son of Dracula and the human woman Lisa. He is able to utilize many of the same abilities as his father, such as transforming into a bat, turning to mist, and summoning fireballs, in addition to being a skilled swordsman. Adrian witnessed Lisa's crucifixion in the 1470s, after she was tried for witchcraft. While Dracula's grief over her death led him to wage war on humanity as revenge, Adrian instead took to heart Lisa's final words, which were to never hate humanity in spite of what they did to her. He assumed the name "Alucard" ("Dracula" written backwards), symbolizing his opposition to Dracula. Alucard has a brooding, troubled personality; though haunted with guilt over his cursed blood, he is noble, bearing a deep responsibility to stand up for humanity in the wake of Dracula's vengeance.

In his debut in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, he can be recruited as one of Trevor Belmont's allies. Trevor encounters Alucard in the Catacombs below the Mad Forest's marshlands; after engaging in a battle to test his skill, he joins Trevor as an ally. Together with Sypha Belnades and Grant Danasty, this group becomes the first in history to directly confront and defeat the dark lord in his own lair.

Despite the threat his father posed to the world, Alucard was besieged by the guilt of patricide, and returned to his own coffin to rest. However, Alucard was suddenly awoken after nearly 300 years of slumber due to the reappearance of his father's castle, with Richter Belmont nowhere to be found. In Symphony of the Night, Alucard traverses through the castle, faces various monsters, and collaborates with Maria Renard to solve the mystery of the castle's return and Richter's disappearance. As Alucard soon discovers with Maria's aid, Richter had been possessed by the Dark Priest, Shaft, in an attempt to resurrect Dracula once again. After Alucard defeats Shaft, it is revealed that Dracula has been successfully resurrected. In the final confrontation against his father, Alucard passes on his mother's final words: "Do not hate humans. If you cannot live with them, then at least do them no harm, for theirs is already a hard lot." With the knowledge that Lisa would love him for all eternity, Dracula begs for her forgiveness as he fades away, and Alucard's guilt returns once again.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, as well as its sequel Dawn of Sorrow, is set 30 years after the War of 1999, where Dracula was slain forever. Alucard, now working for a top-secret Japanese government agency under the alias "Genya Arikado", aids the quest of Soma Cruz, Dracula's heroic reincarnation. The latter game's Julius Mode possesses a non-canon scenario where Soma succumbs to Dracula's influence. Alucard is fully playable here, teaming up with Julius and Yoko Belnades to vanquish their fallen ally.

Alucard has made appearances in other Castlevania games, separate from the official timeline. Castlevania Legends features Alucard fighting alongside Sonia Belmont, who has vowed to defeat Dracula after the death of her grandfather. In the Lords of Shadows timeline, Alucard is the name given to Trevor Belmont after he was turned into a vampire by his father Gabriel, now known as Dracula. Alucard appears in the crossover 3D fighting game Castlevania Judgment, having been displaced by a rift in time. He is also featured as a playable character in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair and Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As an Assist Trophy

Alucard as he appears in Ultimate.

As an Assist Trophy, Alucard's primary weapon is the Crissaegrim (sometimes referred to as Valmanway), an extremely rare and powerful blade in Symphony of the Night. Similarly, only the sword slashes are visible when attacking rather than the sword itself being visible in motion, similar to the original games. He is also capable of using the Power of Mist, a transformation that lets him travel through certain walls and avoid attacks completely, Soul of Bat, a bat transformation that leads into the hard-hitting Wing Smash tackle, and both his jump kick and back dash techniques, which have become standard abilities for all Castlevania main characters since their introduction. He is one of the many Assist Trophy characters that can be KO'd. When summoned, he will say "Out of my way!" or "Suffer me!".

Alucard is active for 1200 frames, has a base HP of 50, and will sometimes idle for 25-35 frames. Soul of Bat deals 25% but he can not use it again for 240 frames. Power of Mist can not be used again for 2 frames and travels up to 50 units, starting with a speed of 0.6 units per frame (u/f), accelerating by 0.1 u/f per frame, with a max speed of 2.2 u/f. Crissaegrim has seven weak hits that deal 2.4%/2%/1.8% (close to far) every 4 frames and finishes with a stronger 11% hit. His jump kick deals 18% (foot) and 16% (leg).

Alucard has a spawn chance of 38/2086. He cannot be summoned on the following stages in a standard versus match (applies only to the base form unless noted otherwise):

• Wii Fit Studio

As a background character

Alucard also appears as a special guest character during Pit's conversations with Palutena in Palutena's Temple if Richter is present. Palutena formally introduces Pit to Alucard, with the latter recalling the events of Symphony of the Night afterwards before ultimately telling Pit not to underestimate Richter. He is the only Assist Trophy and third-party character to have this role, and he even acknowledges his status as an Assist Trophy after Palutena inquires about his participation.

As a color scheme

Richter's 7th alternate costume resembles Alucard's color scheme.

Spirit

Alucard also appears as a Legend-class primary spirit.

In Adventure Mode: World of Light, Alucard is presumably one of the countless spirits captured by Galeem during his takeover of the universe. After Galeem's defeat, Dharkon takes control of Galeem's spirits, including Alucard. Alucard's spirit is located in the Dracula's Castle sub-dungeon of The Dark Realm as the penultimate battle before Dracula.

Alucard uses a Simon puppet fighter representing Trevor C. Belmont and is fought on the Dracula's Castle stage. During the battle, Alucard appears as a hostile Assist Trophy.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
1,055		Alucard		★★★★	3	4183	10458	2320	5800	1483	3708	Sword Attack ↑	Castlevania Series

Gallery

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  Alucard as an Assist Trophy in Ultimate.
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  Alucard as he appears in Ultimate.
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  Alucard attacking Meta Knight in Ultimate.
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  Alucard attacking Bowser Jr. in Ultimate.
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  Alucard's portrait in Palutena's Guidance, Ultimate. Originally used as his portrait in Symphony of the Night.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	アルカード, Alucard
English	Alucard
French	Alucard
German	Alucard
Spanish	Alucard
Italian	Alucard
Chinese	Alucard
Korean	Alucard
Dutch	Alucard
Russian	Алукард

Trivia

• Alucard was briefly considered as the Castlevania representative for Ultimate, as Masahiro Sakurai acknowledged him to arguably be the series's most popular character. Simon and Richter were chosen instead to represent the series and its origins as a whole.^[1][2]
• Much like many elements of the Castlevania series, the name "Alucard" originates from classic horror cinema. The name is first mentioned in the 1943 Universal film Son of Dracula, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. in the title role. Chaney's character takes the name "Count Alucard" posing as a count from Hungary moving to an antebellum mansion in Louisiana. As the film's protagonist, Frank Stanley, learns near the beginning of the film, Count Alucard is indeed Count Dracula.
• For Alucard's appearance in Palutena's Guidance, the reverb effect applied to his voice is the same as in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
• While all Kid Icarus characters use their Japanese dub when the Korean language is selected, Alucard uses his English dub. This includes his appearance in Palutena's Guidance, meaning that the characters converse while each speaking different languages.
• Alucard cannot be summoned in Wii Fit Studio. It was stated during a tournament hosted by Nintendo Spain that he doesn't appear because the stage has a giant mirror, referencing how vampires are traditionally said not to cast reflections in mirrors. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow shows that this also applies to Alucard.^[3] If Ultimate is hacked to spawn him in Wii Fit Studio, he does have a reflection; his appearance was most likely disabled to avoid having to program special behavior for his reflection.
  • While Alucard can be summoned on Fountain of Dreams and has a reflection in its water, this is consistent with the given reasoning: vampires are said to not have reflections in mirrors due to their weakness to silver, and water does not contain silver. Modern mirrors typically use aluminum rather than silver, and Alucard is a dhampir (human-vampire hybrid) with no weakness to silver—even using silver equipment in Symphony of the Night and other games—but regardless, water is not typically included as part of the traditional superstition.
• Alucard is the only Assist Trophy introduced in Ultimate to have newly-recorded Japanese voice acting. Although his Japanese voice actor also voiced Zero, he has indicated that he did not record new lines as Zero and the developers likely used archived recordings.^[4]

References

External links

• Article on the Castlevania Wiki.

Castlevania universe
Fighters	Simon (SSBU) · Richter (SSBU)
Assist Trophy	Alucard
Boss	Dracula
Stage	Dracula's Castle
Item	Death's Scythe
Other	Dracula's Castle
Spirits	Spirits
Music	Ultimate

• Assist Trophies
• Castlevania universe
• Third-party characters
• Konami
• Spirits