You must kill enemies with a whip attack in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse if you want to upgrade the Fallen arcana. Arcanas are spells that cost mana, and you can upgrade them by spending Blessing points, which are earned from Works of Mercy tasks. Completing these tasks will force you to use each spell in different situations.

If you have just defeated the game's first boss and want to upgrade the Holy Cross arcana, here's how to perform a whip attack in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.

[Ed. note: This guide uses screenshots captured from a build still in development at the time of writing.]

You can use the whip you receive after defeating the Fallen, the first boss in the game, to perform whip attacks, even though it's not a weapon. Press the command to throw it and, before it connects with the enemy, you must press the attack button. A "whip attack" is a buffed attack that Rose performs with her currently equipped weapon, by propelling herself toward the enemy if you time the commands correctly. If you take longer than required to use the second command, Rose will use a normal move followed by a jump backwards.

The time frame for landing a whip attack is short, so you must press both commands as quickly as you can. Whenever you hit a whip attack, a yellow aura covers Rose's model and she performs a different attack animation.

While you can use a whip on any enemy, I found it easier to land whip attacks on the skeleton archers you find on the Paris Streets map.

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