Wyvern

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Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
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The wyvern first appeared in Rondo of Blood, where it gained the distinction of being one of the series' biggest pushovers. There's not much to it, really: The wyvern hovers overhead and either (a) spews multiple flame blasts that hit the ground and bounce unpredictably in either direction or (b) swoops in for an attack with its outstretched claws. A few hits are all that's needed to reduce this thing to a collection of fossils. It will reclaim some of its dignity, later, when its skeletal remains serve as a summoned assistant to the ghostly Shaft boss.

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Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
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Not all wyverns are pushovers, as the specimen in Curse of Darkness reveals to us. This frightening beast is as durable as it is gigantic, and its weak spot (its head) is never a fully accessible target due to its constant movement. Mainly, the wyvern will continue to viciously whip its tail; it will snap its head forward for a sharp-toothed bite attempt; and it swing its head around before crashing into the ground so hard that it'll become lodged in the earth. Naturally, it can breathe heavy flames, all the while whipping its head forward and back to cover a large area. It will other times fly upward a short distance before crashing down its huge frame and causing deadly shockwaves to spread forward. When things get serious, it will take to the air, circle the area, and come flying in with heavy flame breath--it will do this twice per flight. When it lands, it will do so with the same intensity and cause more in the way of shockwaves.

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Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
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This version of the wyvern boss--the Avatar of Destruction, as it's called--is patterned after Rondo of Blood's, and for that reason, it functions pretty similarly. It has four attacks: It slowly flies its way across the battlefield and generally crowds the area; the whole time, it regularly spews large fireballs, each of which explodes into six smaller arcing fireballs. It lands on the ground and spews three fireballs in succession and in an obvious pattern: low, high, and then low again; and as it takes back to the air, it'll spew a final fireball straight downward. It'll rapidly flap its wings and create a wild air current that pushes its enemies back. And after reemerging from offscreen, it'll position itself at the battlefield's center and slowly breathe scorching flames, to the left side and back and then to the right side and back.

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