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Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to tell you all about the wonders of Soma wielding a Valmanway in the game-no, the epic quest known as Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_of_Despair). The blades of the Somanway Alliance (henceforth to be called S.A.) deal four hits in a button press, leading to high damage to whatever enemy you face. Adding in the Berserker Mail, which increases our Attack, the Succubus soul, which heal us for every hit we do, and the Medusa Head Soul, which lets us levitate in mid-air, and S.A.'s astute fighters are the perfect killing machines. Need to clear a chapter quickly? Somanway. Need to get gear, manuals, or souls? Somanway. Need to clear out a room full of monsters? Somanway. Someone in your team is doing terribly due to not being a Somanway? Protect them with your Somanway. Need to help your team deal damage to that Final Guard that's in your way? Somanway will do that easily. Need to go slowly due a Charlotte who needs to get spells, or one of the whip-users needing to level up their sub-weapons? Choose someone else, because Somanway will go too quickly for their needs. In short, Somanway is the only way. The efficiency of the people in S.A. is only matched by our brethren in the Yasucard Troop (Y.T., which is the home of Alucards wielding Yasustunas). Their Soul Stealing capabilities, and their Dark Metamorphosis go hand in hand with our Medusa-soul levitating, Succubus-soul healing capabilities. Plus, combining our powers to perform a Demonic Megiddo is truly a (deadly) sight to see. In order to become a true Somanway, you must follow these rules: [spoiler=RULES OF THE SOMANWAY ALLIANCE] I. Wield a Valmanway. -IA. Make it your main weapon. --IA1. Dual wield Valmanways if possible. ---IA1a. Now dual wield Valmanway+1s. II. Wear the Berserker Mail. -IIA. Now don't die like a noob. III. Use the Succubus soul. -IIIA. Now collect 8 more of them. IV. Use either the Medusa Head soul or the R. Medusa soul. -IVA. Now collect 8 more of them. --IVA1. Now master using it. V. Earn the Puppet Master Soul. -VA. Now collect 8 more of them. --VA1. Now master performing the chapter 10 skip glitch. ---VA1a. Using the Yorick soul helps. VI. If you're the leader of the team, boot anyone using Jonathan. -VIA. On that note, make sure to keep anyone using Richter or Julius. Or Simon. --VIA1. Especially Simon. VI. Help the team or go off on your own- it's your choice. -VIA. If you choose to go on ahead, make sure to go with a fellow Somanway or one of our Yasucard brethren. VII. Waters of Life are better used on your teammates who can keep up with you, such as your fellow Somanways or a Yasucard. -VIIA. If there are any Waters of Life left over, don't use them up like an asshole and actually leave some for the lesser skilled people. Unless you choose to be an asshole and use them up. VIII. Do NOT face chapter 7 boss. If you do, at the very least have an alternate weapon equipped. -VIIIA. This is because you will kill your allies if charmed you will only do 1 attack per hit. [spoiler=Note] Somas who use the Valmanway to fight, yet die very quickly, are not Somanways. They are merely called blenders. Don't be a blender, be a Somanway. Now, with this information in mind, go off, my future Somanway brethren! Go off and show those bosses the true way to fight- the Somanway! ... ... ... ... ... I find the fact that I posted this funny because I usually main Richter. Besides, suck with Soma. And yes, I'm back.