Bayonetta Ultra Tips Guide

From the Vault — originally published November 19, 2010. Some links, videos or prices may be out of date.

Sergey’s Lover

Depletes magic but will summon a pair of Bayonetta’s that will also inflict physical strikes adding two his for every one you connect with to your combo. Use with the Gaze of despair to keep your magic filled.

Infernal Communicator

Summons five demons that circle Bayonetta. You can launch them at foes with a punch or kick button.

Pulley’s Butterfly

Set of 5 butterflys that surround Bayonetta with each taking 100 points damage. Press and hold kick + punch to deactivate/reactivate the butterflies. You need 4 magic orbs to activate.

Serene’s Light

Instantly activates witch time if you are hit and have 4 magic orbs. You still sustain damage from the hit.

Star of Dineta

Allows you to regenerate health while taunting enemies.

Evil Harvest Rosary

Replaces witch time. Creates a single energy ball that will expplode when it hits an enemy causing mutiple hits to those close. Gives you 5 combo points per hit. Great as a replacement for witch time in infinite climax mode.

Gaze of Despair

Enrages all enemies on the screen. Enraged enemies are faster and stronger but you will get more magic recharge and combo points from dispatching them. Great for bosses on hard and Infinite climax modes as they are already at top speed and damage and you gain extra magic and combo points from attacking them.
Use during protect missions to lure enemies away from Cereza and to you.

Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa

Allows you to parry attacks. Press the left stick in the diretion of your enemy within 5 frames of impact. Even projectiles can be parried back at them. If you execute the parry at about the EXACT time of attach it will trigger the Perfect Parry. It will activate an extended witch time and give you three magic orbs plus health in relation to the attack you parried.

Eternal Testimony

Give you two magic orbs when equipped.
– Obtain 50 Umbran Tears of Blood. Trophies/Achievements count toward this total.
– Alternatively, purchase for 2,000,000 Halos in Chapter 2: Vigrid, City of Deja Vu, after Verse 3 – Stand by the right-side telephone that’s inset in a stairway, and enter the following button combination:
Up, Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, R1 (PS3) or RB (XBOX360).

Immortal Marionette

Allows you to use the easy play system on harder difficulties. Combo points are cut in half.
– Complete all Chapters on Easy or Very Easy difficulty.

Bracelet of Time

Allows you to automatically activate witch time by holding the taunt button. Use costs one magic orb per half a second of use.
– Complete all Chapters on Normal difficulty or above with a total game time of less than 3 hours. Only time spent in Verses counts towards your game time. Chapters can be replayed to improve your time.
– Alternatively, purchase for 3,000,000 Halos in Chapter 2: Vigrid, City of Deja Vu, after Verse 3 – Stand by the right-side telephone that’s inset in a stairway, and enter the following button combination:
Up, Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right,
L2 (PS3) or LT (XBOX360).

Climax Brace

Each attack will be paied with a wicked weave attack. Scored while using this will not count towards leaderboards but it can be used to unlock things.
– Obtain 101 Umbran Tears of Blood. Trophies/Achievements count toward this total.
– Alternatively, purchase for 5,000,000 Halos in Chapter 2: Vigrid, City of Deja Vu, after Verse 3 – Stand by the right-side telephone that’s inset in a stairway, and enter the following button combination:
Up, Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right,
R2 (PS3) or RT (XBOX360).