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For clarity sake, let's call
this boss Vante,
the way everyone calls him.
- Vante typically starts the battle
by teleporting to your side and starting
a sword combo. Dodge it by jumping away
from him. Since Vergil doesn't have
Air Hike, you may experience
some trouble jumping away safely.
- Vante is vulnerable every time he
finishes a move, so after evading an attack, wait for Vante to keepe his sword back and take
use that time to attack. Close your distance
quickly with Stinger if need.
- Vante will often parry you, and when that happens, jump away immediately. Even then, it's common to get hit while trying to evade. The only way to fully avoid this is to anticipate when he will parry so that you'd know to stop your melee attacks and shoot instead. Vante always parries after a certain fixed number of hits, and when he is ready to parry, he grunts. Either count the number of hits you've given him, or listen carefully for his grunt, then stop melee-attacking and shoot.
Vante only does 2 different moves after parrying - 1) Rapid Slash (dashes forward and attacks all in the way) 2) Upper slash (2 hit slash). Rapid Slash is very unlikely to hit you if you jump away once parried. Upper Slash is the troublesome one, so try your best to jump away in time, or follow the step above and don't trigger his parry at all.
- After taking about half his life, Vante starts performing Judgement Cut, a move where he conjures energy waves at you. To avoid them, just run and jump away, also making sure you don't land or jump right into it. This is a good chance for you to counter since he stays stationary as he attacks. Get close to him as you avoid the waves, then use Stinger to stun him and continue on with a combo. A few repeats of the same things mentioned above should finish him off quick.
- In Dante Must Die mode, Vante
acquires Summoned Swords, and
like you he can perform Spiral Swords, Sword Storm
and Blistering Swords. Keep
shooting at him to cancel out the swords,
then attack him when he's bare. If you're
too late and he proceeds to perform
Blistering Swords on you, keep
running and jumping away to avoid.
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