His fighting style predominantly accommodates thrusting and slashing attacks, in which he specializes. Raphael is a fencer who wields an English sword rapier. He can also somehow drain energy by touching someone on their abdomen. After being corrupted and turned into a malfested, he became a vampire and as such gained numerous vampiric powers, such as drinking people's blood, and turning others into vampires that serve him. Raphael is a master at fencing with his Rapier. Like D, Raphael is vampiric in nature and, as of Soulcalibur V, can be assumed to be a tormented figure. The reason for this is still unknown and might never be explained, but it can be surmised the wide-brimmed hat is in reference to the Vampire Hunter D artwork done by Yoshitaka Amano. He also wears his bat ornaments upside down. The outfit he is wearing has a very similar silhouette to his Soulcalibur II costume with the addition of a black wide-brimmed hat. His eyes remained red.Īs of Soulcalibur V, it appears he has not aged at all. In Soulcalibur IV, he wore a mostly black ensemble featuring a two-tailed high-collared coat with gold lining and an elaborate white frill decorating with a bat emblem on it, making him resemble Castlevania's Alucard. He then wore a green jacket with a collared cape, both which feature red inner workings and gold lining with an armor plate beneath. In Soulcalibur III, the influence of Soul Edge had changed his body to resemble something of a vampire, featuring paler skin and red coloured eyes, part of his hair swept up with another styled in a fringe that covers half his face, and a slightly more muscular build. Tied around his waist is a long red sash. In his first appearance, he wore an indigo jacket with black lining and red inner workings, matching gloves and black pants with red highlights. Raphael appears as a fairly young man of French noble descent, having blue eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair.
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