Dante (Devil May Cry)

* DMC 3: DA
* DMC 1
* DMC: TAS
* DMC 2
* DMC 4
* DMC 5

## Summary

Dante is the protagonist of the majority of the Devil May Cry series. He, along with his twin brother Vergil, are the product of a romance between the Dark Knight Sparda and a human woman named Eva.
After losing his mother to demons as a child, Dante grows up to become a demon-hunting mercenary who runs his own devil-hunting business named Devil May Cry. Dante operates as a mercenary, mostly accepting jobs involving the supernatural. He has a fondness for strawberry sundaes and pizza, and a source of comic relief in the series is his indebtedness and apparent lack of gambling skill. While he maintains a cocky and lackadaisical exterior, deep down, he is a compassionate man devoted to fighting for the good of humanity and helping his friends and his nephew, Nero.

## Powers and Stats

**Name:** Dante, Tony Redgrave, Son of Sparda, The Legendary Devil Hunter

**Origin:** Devil May Cry

**Gender:** Male

**Classification:** Half-Demon/Half-Human Hybrid, Devil Hunter

**Powers and Abilities:**

* DMC Volume 1
* DMC3 Code D/V
* DMC3 Pre Awakening
* DMC3 Code Post Awakening
* DMC1
* Animated Series
* DMC Volume 2
* DMC2
* DMC4
* DMC 5
* Abilities
* Resistance
DMC Demon Physiology (Low-Tier Hybrids), Disassembly with Ebony and Ivory (Caused Gilver's body and weapons to "evaporate", destroying him "molecule by molecule" until no atom remained) [1], Statistics Amplification, Body Control, Density Manipulation, Damage Boost (Every one of Dante's demon powers, be they physical or magical, shares the same source of energy, his Demonic Energy [2]. He can channel his powers for various different purposes, through his weapons or through his guns [3], making any vehicle he's riding to go faster [4], to create a platform for double jumps, for defensive methods and to transform into his demons forms) [3], Information Analysis and Accelerated Development (Is capable of eventually noticing patterns in his opponent's style and can adapt to [fight accordingly], even against the Black Knights who have techniques that allow them to spot patterns [1], and were created by Mundus [5] to kill Dante and Vergil using their combat data along with Sparda's, can make mathematical predictions to help him in combat, made a billiard ball hit all the others billiard balls in the air and perfectly hit all demons with only one shot from Ebony and Ivory, or when he made the Spiral's bullets ricochet hit the opponents with maximum damage [6] and when he made Echidna's seeds hit each other to redirect them to perfectly hit Echidna's head) [7], Weapons Mastery (Can use and master different types of weapons or vehicles) [8] Weapon Control (Can control Rebellion and the movement of his other weapons), Reactive Power Level (Dante is capable of becoming stronger and faster when he enraged, easily killed a demon when he got mad at Jessica's demise [1], or when he became enraged at Mundus unlocking power on par with him and was also capable of unleashing his magical aura, after witnessing Trish get killed by Mundus [8], or when he became angry with Chen [2], Empathic Manipulation (Dante was able to make demons fall into despair and fear when he stopped using the name  *Tony*  and returned to using his original name) [1], Power Nullification (In his Demon Form, Is capable of engulfing his foes in complete darkness, consuming them in fear and terror and causes them to revert to their natural state.) [9]

DMC Demon Physiology (Low-Tier Hybrids)

* Abilities
* Resistance
Same abilities as before, but at a higher level, plus: Psuedo-Devil Trigger Abilities

Same resistances as before, but at a higher level, plus: Psuedo-Devil Trigger Resistances

* Abilities
* Resistance
Same abilities as before, but at a much higher level, plus: Holy Manipulation (Via Holy Water), Resurrection (Via Gold Orbs), Elemental Manipulation Fire Manipulation and [Air Manipulation] (With Agni and Rudra, is capable of manipulating the elemental powers of fire and wind, Ice Manipulation and Force-Field Creation (With Cerberus, Dante is capable of manipulating the elemental power of ice and is also able to create shields and walls of ice to protect himself) [6][5], Explosion Manipulation (With Artemis, which is able to discharges arrows concentrated with demonic energy), Attack Reflection, Damage Reduction, Damage Boost, Force-Field Creation, Healing, Power Absorption, Statistics Amplification and Power Nullification (via Royalguard, can reduce the damage taken with a normal block, when Dante is hit using the Royalguard, his Royalguard meter increases and he can cause more damage to his enemies, can create a shield to protect himself and heal himself, can create a shell to be invulnerable to attacks and can also nullify attacks)[6][7][10]

Same resistances as before

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities as before, but at a much higher level with the addition of Devil Trigger and DMC Demon Physiology (Mid-Tier Hybrids), also Electricity Manipulation, and Sound Manipulation (With Nevan), Time Manipulation(With Quicksilver [6], which allow Dante to slow down time against his enemies and make himself faster, and can affect almost every demon, despite demons being shown to be unaffected by other means of Time Manipulation, like not being affected by the Demon World, which is capable of stopping the flow of time and warping space [11], Duplication (With Doppelganger), Explosion Manipulation(With Kalina Ann).

All previous resistances plus DMC Demon Physiology (Mid-Tier Hybrids)

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities as before, except for Kalina Ann, plus: Summoning (Can summon a giant serpent dragon as seen during his fight with Mundus) [8], Invulnerability (Via the Untouchable), Improved BFR and Improved Power Nullification via Improved Sealing (Sealed Mundus away sending him to the Demon World and removed his powers [8]. His sealing powers are stated to be above Sparda himself [5], Minor Precognition (With Alastor, capable of sensing incoming threats before they appear, like Phantom and Nelo Angelo [8], the latter was in a mirror dimension before he appeared), Fire Manipulation (With Ifrit), Damage Boost (With Nightmare β), Time Manipulation ([with Bangle of Time], is capable of stopping the time of his enemies, it's also capable of stopping time even from demons that are being shown to be unaffected by other means of Time Manipulation, like not being affected by the Demon World, which is capable of stopping the flow of time and warping space) [11], Resurrection with Devil Sword Sparda (The sword resurrected Trish [12], when she was killed by Mundus)[8]

All previous resistances, plus: Resistance to: Sealing (With the Perfect Amulet, which allows Dante to travel between the Demon World and the Human World [8], which said dimensions had their connection sealed by Sparda in the past and since Sparda sealed the dimensions in the past, demons are no longer able to travel freely between the Demon World and the Human World) [9][13][10], Electricity Manipulation Withstood electricity]] from Trish, and Extrasensory Perception (With [Devil Sword Sparda], the sword was capable of hiding Dante's presence for a month [10])

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities as before

All previous resistances as before

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities, plus: Power Absorption (With Beryl's Anti-Tank Rifle,
which can absorb and destroy magic) [2].

All previous resistances, plus: Even more Improved Power Nullification (Was unaffected by a gel pool that cancelled his powers according to Chen and himself after resisting the Beastheads assimilation process, he obtained an increase in power and was able to free himself as if the effect did not exist) [2],

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities as before, except for Beryl's Rifle, plus: DMC Demon Physiology (High-Tier Hybrids), Limited Time Manipulation (With Chrono Heart [14], It activates with Devil Trigger and stop time when Dante hits his target and is also capable of stopping time and freeze every demon in place, despite demons have being shown to be unaffected by other means of Time Manipulation, like not being affected by the Demon World, and can also affect demons that are unaffected by the Bangle of Time) [14], Fire Manipulation and Healing (With Flame Heart, it also heals Dante from fire attacks) [14], Statistics Amplification (With Quick Heart and Offence Heart, they amplify his speed and strength ten times and two times respectively while in Devil Trigger) [11], Enhanced Healing (With Healing Heart, Enhances the healing effects of his Devil Trigger [11])

All previous resistances plus DMC Demon Physiology (High-Tier Hybrids).

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities, plus: Power Mimicry (Mimicked Vergil's fighting style with Yamato, and Trish stated that she had never seen Dante use a Japanese sword before that) [3], Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Durability Negation, [Weapon Creation], Force-Field Creation, Resurrection, Summoning, Memory Manipulation, Power Nullification and Conceptual Manipulation (With Yamato, the Yamato's blade is sharp enough to cut through dimensions [3], is potentially capable of creating a shield to protect the user (although Dante has not shown the aptitude to use this function), can create portals [10], was capable of resurrecting Nero [7] and the sword also came to help Vergil when he was a kid [15], Sanctus used it to nullify Nero's power and his resistance to absorption, allowing the Saviour to absorb him [3][10], can separate man from demon and power from heart [15], can change people's memories and give them a physical form and was used to separate Nero from the Savior [3] when the sword is thrown [10] on the chest of the Savior, since Nero's body and soul was absorbed and melted together with the others bodies and souls inside the Savior and becoming one single existence [3] with him when he fought against [Sanctus and Savior]] in the Advent Chamber [10], Minor Transmutation (With Gilgamesh, is capable of absorbing organic materials and turning them into demonic steel [12]

All previous resistances plus Enhanced resistance to Sealing (With Yamato, It can cut through and create portals [8][9][7] between the Human and Demon World, said dimensions had their connection sealed by Sparda in the past [9][13][10], making demons unable to travel [13[10] between the Demon World and the Human World).

* Abilities
* Resistance
All previous abilities, except for Yamato, Cerberus and Artemis, plus: Sin Devil Trigger, Absolute Zero (With King Cerberus, can manipulate ice that reaches absolute zero temperature [16], Heat Manipulation (With Kalina Ann II, can shoot heat rays [10], Fire Manipulation (With Balrog), Blood Manipulation (With Dr. Faust), Magic, Durability Negation, Gravity Manipulation, Danmaku and Time Manipulation (In Sin Devil Trigger, is capable of imploding his enemies, killing them from the inside, can create afterimages, can create a orb in the enemy that prevents him from moving, can create many projectiles at once and can also slow down time with a wave of his hand, even thought demons being shown to be unaffected by other means of Time Manipulation, like not being affected by the Demon World, which is capable of stopping the flow of time and warping space [11] and can also affects demons that are unaffected by the Bangle of Time), Enhanced Empathic Manipulation (Can make V feel a sense of despair and fear [16], who is more than capable of enduring the presence of other Demons, which cause despair, fear and insanity [1][2][16] and is fine in the Demon World, which also causes despair, fear and insanity [2] when Dante uses Devil Sword Dante Sword Formation, he can create magical swords to automatically attack, block, evade, and enhances Dante's attacks and movement on his behalf, or if he chooses, he can control them manually. Sword Formation can be used at any time with any weapon, firearms, and Devil Arms in Dante's arsenal or even without any weapon at all and can alter its shape and quantity accordingly. The sword has its own will and will help Dante when he fights against his enemies [10], Summoning (Dante can summon Devil Sword Dante any time he wants [10]

All previous resistances

**Stamina:** **Superhuman** (As a Demon, Dante can last hours in battle without pause, can fight entire hordes of demons and fights against Demon Bosses without rest or relevant signs of fatigue, only showing it against prolonged fights against those who were comparable to him and showed to need only mere seconds to recover. Dante showed to need only mere seconds to recover after combat [1] and he can also recover his stamina and energy when he is in Devil Trigger in middle of combat) [7]. | Superhuman (Dante and Vergil fought against each other for 39 days straight in the Underworld from June 15 to July 24 while having extremely short breaks) [10].

**Intelligence:** **Intellectually Gifted** (While seemingly cocky and laidback in his approach to battle, Dante is an amazingly skilled Devil Hunter, having mastered all sorts of Devil Arms on top of being a master swordsman and marksman who can accurately shoot targets from virtually impossible angles and hack his way through the armies of Hell with the barest of effort. He seems to be a quick learner, mastering the Devil Arms he acquires within moments of obtaining them and quickly getting the hang of utilizing his various Styles and Devil Triggers. As a Demon Slayer, he also has extensive knowledge of the Demon World and its residents. He is also a very skilled actor, musician, athlete and dancer. An often overlooked aspect about Dante's abilities is his analytical skills. He showcases these skills in the form of a talent for reading people; he accurately assessed that the seemingly gentle Modeus was interested in killing him for his soul, and that Modeus was going to try to take revenge against him for killing Baul. He's also easily deduced and figured out the Familiars' intentions to atone during Mission 18 of *Devil May Cry 5*. As described by the alternate universe version of Shadow, Dante has a sharp mind, able to instantly understand the true power extent of Mundus' generals in the alternate universe and that they got enough power to form an independent government to oppose the Demon King. He also displayed a great knowledge about magic, as he easily figured out the magic used by the alternate Trish. He also solved a handful of puzzles throughout his adventures)

**Standard Equipment:**

* DMC Volume 1, DMC Code Dante/Vergil, DMC TAS
* DMC3
* DMC1
* DMC Volume 2
* DMC2
* DMC4
* DMC5
* Artifacts
**Rebellion**: This weapon used to be dormant until this blade managed to taste its owner's demonic blood increasing its power. This weapon is extremely durable, being able to take hits from the Saviour without even cracking or showing resistance. A Devil Triggered slash from Rebellion managed to cut down Abigail.
**Ebony and Ivory**: Dante's most popular firearms. Both customized handguns can fire rapidly. However, each gun has its own specialties. Ebony has high-powered single shots that have a strong stagger effect on enemies, and when charged with the devil's power, the bullets will explode on impact. Ivory can fire three-round bursts, and the charged shots will pierce through multiple enemies.

Everything from before plus

**Cerberus:** Cerberus was formerly a three-headed ice hound guardian of the entrance to Temen-Ni-Gru until Dante managed to defeat it. Cerberus, impressed with his power, gifted Dante his soul in the form of this Devil Arm. This weapon allows Dante to create ice pillars to attack foes and even encase himself in ice to guard himself against enemy attacks.
**Agni And Rudra:** Agni and Rudra were former guardians of Temen-Ni-Gru until Dante managed to defeat them both. Impressed, they wanted Dante to wield their weapons due to him being a worthy fighter. Agni is a sword of fire while Rudra is a sword of wind; Dante fights with both simultaneously for the best results. The swords also talk frequently, despite Dante forbidding them to.
**Nevan:** Dante managed to get this from Nevan, the Lightning Bat Witch. This weapon shows off Dante's radical guitar skills and general knowledge of being able to use scythe-like weapons. Dante can also manipulate bats and lightning with this guitar.
**Beowulf:** Dante manages to obtain these gauntlets after fighting Vergil for a second time. These gauntlets mostly show of Dante's hand-to-hand skills and powerful attacks.
**Shotgun:** One of Dante's mainstay weaponry. This can deal with waves of enemies in rapid succession and has been modified by Dante for use in combat against demons.
**Artemis:** Dante obtains Artemis from beating the three trials in Temen-Ni-Gru. It is capable of shooting energy beams, including a sphere.
**Spiral:** A high-caliber Rifle that Dante found on his way through the game. It can pierce through multiple targets in one shot.

**Kalina Ann:** A rocket Launcher that was gifted to Dante by Lady after their last confrontation. This can fire missiles in short-range on top of firing multiple homing missiles in one spray.**Ebony and Ivory** plus

**Force Edge:** It is the sealed form of the sword wielded by Sparda himself, Dante acquired this after his climactic showdown against his brother.
**Devil Sword Sparda:** While wielding this weapon, Dante is capable of using the power once wielded by Sparda. This was the only weapon capable of being able to harm Mundus, and its Devil Trigger gives Dante the ability to fly through space like terrain with relative ease, It can be shapeshifted into a scythe and can extend its range in general. It also deals more damage than any weapon Dante has access to in DMC1.
**Alastor:** Alastor is the form of the "Spirit of Lightning," and it only obeys the commands of the chosen one, that being none other than Dante. It amps the user's speed as the name suggests, with glass around Dante falling in slow motion compared to his speed while showing off his skills. It also has some sorts of precognitive capabilities, being able to sense Nelo Angelo and Phantom before they were visible to Dante.
**Ifrit:** Ifrit contains hellfire which is hotter than a volcano and can only be used by those who can conquer these flames such as Dante. It shows off Dante's skill in hand-to-hand combat, and also allows Dante to shoot fireballs from them. Even able to burn through Frost's armor, which is impervious to volcanic fire. Bangle of Time: Bangle, which allows Dante to stop time.
**Grenadegun:** Another explosive weaponry that Dante utilizes in combat.

**Nightmare β:** A demonic weapon made with a similar tech as the actual Nightmare monster. It can channel Dante's devil powers to fire multiple homing shots at once in rapid succession.**Rebellion**, **Ebony and Ivory**, plus
**Beryl's Anti-Tank Rifle:** A weapon from Devil May Cry Volume 2 given to Dante by Beryl, which uses bullets that absorb and destroy magic.

**Rebellion**, **Ebony and Ivory**, plus

**Merciless**: A thin longsword that Dante uses for massive crowd control. It has a better range compared to Rebellion at the sacrifice of power.
**Vendetta**: A thick short sword that Dante finds throughout his mission. It has move power than Rebellion at the sacrifice of range.
**Submachine Guns**: Two rapid-fire guns that Dante can use to deal with small fries.

**Missile Launcher**: Another explosive weaponry Dante uses to deal massive damage against any of his foes, it fires heat-seeking missiles.**Rebellion**, **Ebony and Ivory**, plus

**Yamato**: An extremely powerful weapon. It ignores conventional durability due to it being able to cut through dimensional walls and barriers. Dante has also showcased expertise in using it by cutting a Hellgate in half from seven hundred meters away.
**Gilgamesh**: Dante obtains this weapon from defeating Echidna. This weapon also showcases Dante's hand-to-hand combat skills where he manages to break down a Hell Gate with a one-inch punch.
**Lucifer**: Dante manages to obtain this from defeating Berial. This allows Dante to fire an infinite number of bladed projectiles similar to his brother Vergil's Summoned Swords. They also resemble Mundus' red energy beams in DMC1.

**Pandora**: The Pandora is a briefcase which is said to hold 666 forms. Forms it has taken include a bowgun, a bazooka, a laser cannon, a minigun, a mobile missile battery, a boomerang. If he opens the case, some bad things happen and take out anything around it. It also busted one of the hell gates and a family of huge demons to boot. Packs enough firepower to send several giant toads flying and blow them to pieces.**Rebellion**, **Ebony and Ivory**, **Devil Sword Sparda** plus

**Devil Sword Dante**: The newly formed legendary devil sword of Dante, forged through employing the newfound power of his Sin Devil Trigger, which he awakened after impaling himself with his broken demonic sword Rebellion and merging himself with it along with his father's legendary blade, Sparda. The sword can summon spectral swords, and it's the most powerful Devil Arm on Dante's arsenal.
**Balrog**: Balrog is a set of gauntlets, grieves, and shoulder pads, created with the sealed power of the king of Fire Hell, it has two different modes; the Kick Mode lets Dante perform powerful kicks on enemies, and Blow Mode focuses on boxing-like punching and allows Dante to execute short dodges.
**Dr. Faust**: A curious hat given to Dante by Nico. It uses demon blood to attack and make demons drop more of their blood. It also showcases Dante's moves in dancing.
**Cavaliere**: A Devil Arm created by fusing parts of Cavaliere's armor to a motorcycle. It also can be split up into two twin-clubbed buzz saws. These attacks are slow but deal high amounts of damage while covering a wide area.

**King Cerberus**: A more powerful version of the classic Cerberus, obtained after defeating the King of the Cerberus tribe, retains the ice powers from the other ones, but can also attack with Fire and Electricity, changing its style with two additional modes: a fire bō staff and lightning chain forms.The Amulet is an unnamed piece of equipment Dante and Lucia uses that utilizes what are called Devil Hearts which adds various abilities and augments to their Devil Trigger throughout the course Devil May Cry 2. These abilities range from the mundane such as flight to the more broken Time Stop.

**Movement Devil Hearts**-
**Aerial Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a demon bird which, when equipped, enables the user to fly.
**Quick Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a demon beast which, when equipped, enhances the user's ability to run.
**Elemental Devil Heart**s-
**Flame Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a fierce flame demon which, when equipped, gives the users attacks the flame attribute. It also allows the user to heal from fire-based attacks and be unfazed by lava.
**Frost Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a beautiful ice demon which, when equipped, gives the users attacks the ice attribute.
**Electro Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a proud lightning demon which, when equipped, gives the users attacks the lightning attribute.
**Utility Devil Hearts**-
**Chrono Heart:** A magic stone containing the heart of an old god which, when equipped, allows the user to stop time whenever they attack.
**Healing Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a merciful goddess which, when equipped, enhances the user's regenerative ability.
**Offence Heart**: A magic stone containing the heart of a battle god which, when equipped, enhances the user's attack power.

**The Perfect Amulet** is a magical artifact given to Eva by her husband Sparda, who after splitting it in half bestowed it upon her two sons for their eighth birthday. This Amulet was later reunited and used by Dante in Devil May Cry 1. It allows travel to and from the Demonic World, despite the fact the worlds have been sealed by the dimensional barrier created by Sparda. It is also used to awaken the Force Edge into it's true form, the Devil Sword Sparda, granting the user tremendous power.

**Notable Attacks/Techniques**:
**Stinger**: Dashes forward, delivering a powerful stab.
**Drive**: Slashes the air, releasing a shockwave of Devil Energy.
**Dimension Slash**: While using Yamato, Dante can conjure blade beams that cover the entire battlefield.
**Dance Macabre**: Dante performs a long combo which can end in a Million Stab or Crazy Combo into a pole dance move, where Dante spins around his sword and ends with a mighty slash. When older, Dante's Dance Macabre starts in the same way but does not have a Crazy Combo ending. Instead, after the Million Stab, Dante automatically finishes by performing an upward swing and then striking the enemy with his sword, like he is swinging a baseball bat.
**Judgement**: Can only be performed when Dante is using Sin Devil Trigger. Dante forms a sigil under his feet and slows down time. Dante then performs a barrage of attacks with numerous summoned swords and Devil Sword Dante then finishes by causing a massive explosion. This attack has a massive range and affects all enemies equally within a large radius of Dante.
**Demolition**: Can only be performed when Dante is using Sin Devil Trigger. Dante telekinetically grabs an enemy, pinning them in place and uses his power to create an explosion to destroy them from within, bypassing durability to an extent.

**Other Abilities**

* Quicksilver
* Doppelganger
* Royal Guard
* Sword Formation
* Trickster
Dante acquires the Quicksilver style after defeating Geryon in the Temen-ni-gru's Coliseum. It gives Dante the power to slow down time, greatly improving Dante's speed, and can be used at any time with a simple thought. While active, everything except Dante moves at a fraction of its normal speed, giving Dante time to control the situation or simply slow his enemies down, being a very effective tool against faster opponents.

The Doppelganger Style is a shadow-controlling style that Dante obtained after defeating Doppelganger the Deathvoid. It allows Dante to create copies of himself to assist in battle.

The Doppelganger wields perfect copies of the weapons Dante has upon activation of the ability and is perpetually in a Devil Trigger state. However, Doppelganger can copy Dante's human appearance according to its introductory cutscene after Dante defeats it.

The doppelganger can also perfectly mimic Dante's attacks and abilities with the same level of skill, effectively creating a perfect copy of himself minus being made entirely out of a shadow. Dante can also use Devil Trigger while Doppelganger is in use.One of Dante's basic tools in battle is the Royalguard Style, which focuses on blocking attacks while restoring or redirecting their energy. Despite being basic, it is one of Dante's strongest moves and can keep him safe against enemies far stronger than himself. Continually blocking charges Dante's Royal Gauge with energy, which is discharged with his first subsequent attack for additional damage. Alternatively, he can use this energy in a variety of other ways, like Healing himself, with Ultimate, and greatly enhancing his durability, with the Dreadnaught technique.

Block: Dante simply blocks against an attack. In Devil May Cry 3 and 4, Block doesn't cancel out all of the damage but instead gained DT and Royal Gauge energy in return, unlike Devil May Cry 5, where Block prevents all damage but at the cost of only DT.
Royal Block: Dante perfectly blocks incoming attacks right before they land, completely negating all damage. Dante also gains a great amount of DT with each Royal Block and far more Royal Gauge energy than the standard Block.
Release: Dante sends out a punch and releases all the energy stored in the Royal Gauge back at the enemy, dealing a good amount of damage.
Royal Release: Dante uses Release right before incoming attacks land, negating all of the damage and releasing all of the stored Royal Gauge energy back at the enemy, dealing a tremendous amount of damage far superior to the standard Release.
Royal Revenge: Dante nullifies an attack and uses some of the Royal Gauge energy to send a blast of energy to the attacker dealing a moderate amount of damage.
Dreadnaught: A technique which covers Dante's entire body in a metallic shell using the accumulated energy he stored. This shell makes Dante impervious to all attacks for a limited time until his Royal Gauge energy depletes.

Ultimate: Dante blocks incoming attacks and converts the energy into life power which heals him. Dante cannot Royal Block attacks with this, and strong enough attacks can bypass Ultimate.Sword Formation is the name of Dante's method of manipulating his summoned swords. Dante gained the ability to summon glowing red spectral swords after fusing the Rebellion with the Devil Sword Sparda, which created the Devil Sword Dante. The summoned swords automatically attack, block, evade, and enhances Dante's attacks and movement on his behalf, or if he chooses, he can control them manually. Sword Formation can be used at any time with any weapon, firearm, and Devil Arm in Dante's arsenal or even without any weapon at all and can alter its shape and quantity accordingly.

Escort: Dante's summoned swords take up a formation resembling a shield that automatically blocks attacks significantly reducing their damage while giving filling Dante's Royal Gauge. When Dante uses Block or Royal Block with Escort, the amount of Royal Gauge energy he gains will significantly increase.
Chaser: The summoned swords automatically attack for Dante and follow his attacks. These energy swords help in a variety of ways, such as preventing Dante's target from moving, allows Dante to use melee attacks from range, can attack an enemy. At the same time, Dante charges an attack or ability, increases the number of attacks performed with each strike, or simply overwhelm his opponent.
Reactor: Four summoned swords take a position close to Dante's legs, increasing the number of times Dante can jump, dash and perform other evasive techniques.

Interceptor: Four summoned swords hover near Dante's shoulders, ready to launch at an enemy. The summoned swords automatically detect threats and fire at any projectile, attack, or enemy that comes within a few meters of Dante, either knocking them back or destroying them.Trickster is a style that functions for exclusively "High Speed" maneuvers, giving Dante an edge in the battle for speed, much like the "Quicksilver Style" (not affecting time itself) and adding a handful of moves.

Dash: (can be done up to triple dash which allows for three dashes in quick succession): A quick burst of speed propels the player forward. This technique helps get the player out of tight situations and contains invincibility frames.
Wall Hike: Run up walls to avoid enemy attacks.
Sky Star: A quick aerial dash that propels you forward through the air. Contains invincibility frames.

Air Trick: Allows Dante to disappear in the blink of an eye, then reappear above the enemy ready to strike.
**References**

1. DMC Volume 1

2. DMC Volume 2

3. DMC4 Deadly Fortune

4. DMC: TAS

5. DMC5: Before the Nightmare

6. DMC3

7. DMC4

8. DMC1

9. DMC3 Code Dante

10. DMC5

11. Devil May Cry 2 Brady Guide

12. Devil May Cry 4 Prima Guide

13. DMC3 Code Vergil

14. DMC2

15. DMC: VOV

16. Devil May Cry 5 Official Art Works

17. Devil May Cry Kaitai Shinsho Guide Book

18. Devil May Cry 1 Brady Guide

19. DMC Memorial Album: Precious Tears

20. Devil May Cry 3 Brady Guide

21. Devil May Cry Trinity of Fates

22. Devil May Cry 2 Official Complete Guide