Dante

> *"United we stand, divided we fall!"*
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Dante is an Ally Survivor and STR type Warrior, who has the potential to be promoted to Mythical Grade.

## Background

“Leave me. It would be a disaster for Hilltop if we all died here.”
Dante smirked,
“We are Hilltop’s elite among the elite vanguard. Don’t you give me that nonsense.”
Dante instructed Harry to keep guard of the pit and fetched a rope and pulley from a well just outside the warehouse. Doug continued to imagine worse and worse scenarios.
“This is where I’m going to die. You guys need to go right now. They’re coming for me, and I’m going to become one of them.”
The sound of walkers hitting the ground and the constant gurgling of more caused his thoughts to snowball in a darker and darker direction. Doug radiated fear, and Harry picked up on it. He started to lose his calm. Dante glanced over to Harry, the color drained from his face, and asked him to switch roles and install the pulley. Harry had psyched himself out, and Dante worried he’d slip up as he defended the hole and their comrade. Harry wasted no time and switched roles as Dante spoke down to Doug,
“Get it together. Me and Harry are here and we're not leaving you. Buy us each a drink when we get back and call it even.”
Dante calmed Doug while Harry sweat buckets from the effort of working as quietly as possible. He finally installed the pulley and tossed the rope to Dante, who looked down at Doug and spoke,
“Let’s go home. We’ll forget about missions for a while. Let’s drink ourselves stupid and sleep like babies.”
Frightened still, Doug clenched the rope, and Harry hoisted him up. The pulley creaked loudly, and walkers came to the sound as if it were a dinner bell. Dante pushed his leg against the collapsing makeshift barricade they erected and downed walker after walker. He managed to throw some encouragement to his friend during all of this,
“Hang in there, bud. You’re good — I know you can climb up on out of there with your one good leg like it weren’t nothing. Don’t you give up on me.”
Doug found the determination to dig his foot into the side of the muddy wall but exerting any force on it made it collapse. To grab the rope, he accidentally put weight onto his broken leg and howled in pain.
“I can’t. You need to just go. What if the virus got into my leg and I turned? Just plant one in my head and go. That’s the only way.”
Dante spat onto the ground and grimaced,
“Hilltop needs all of us, especially now. Harry and me here need you as our third. We’re trying to help you, so how’s about you sit back, shut up, and be rescued.”
Dante usually played the role of peacemaker, and the sudden tonguelashing silenced Doug. Again, Doug reached out for the rope and shouted upwards,
“Harry, pull harder!”
Satisfied by Doug’s renewed efforts, Dante and Harry focused on their roles until Doug finally emerged from up out of the pit. Harry supported Doug’s weight and left together when Dante signaled towards their horses.
“I’m going to clean up these walkers first. I’ll rendezvous with you at the horses.”
Doug thrust his fist forward and said,
“Don’t underestimate our friendship.”
Dante swatted the fist away and said, “Don’t be getting all sappy on me.”
Doug and Harry made their exit first, and Dante took the pulley from the pillar and put it in the pit. He pulled the rope to create more noise. The sound coming from the narrow and deep pit attracted the walkers, trapping them in the hole. Away from the trapped walkers, he mounted his horse and spurred it to a canter in the direction of Hilltop. He quickly outpaced Doug and Harry and yelled back at them,
“When Doug there is back on his feet, let’s drink ourselves stupid.”";

## Skills

 61 | Repeat Attack | Dante deals 140% ATK as damage to enemies near him with the hilt of his sword, knocking them back. Then, he swings his sword forward, dealing damage by 70% ATK to all enemies within range while reducing their ATK by 15% for 5 sec.

## Recommended Gear

Dante is a decent Survivor for Alignment Defense. It's recommended to get his Personal Gear to level 20 and give him the Asyl's Best Shoes or Asyl's Best Helmet as Special Gear.