Sub-weapon

A sub-weapon is an item or weapon used for special attacks by playable characters. Usually used with.

In most official Castlevania games, they are items that can be found throughout the game and the player can hold one at a time. In Castlevania Fighter, characters have access to all their available sub-weapons at the same time, and they can be cycled through with.

Some characters have spells or other abilities which are used in the same manner, and are generally treated as sub-weapons even if they don't have the traditional definition of being held items.