Alright, let's go
> AP is literally insignificant. He beats High 7-A's, 7-B's who are far above Dante, and
can hold his own High 7-A's that are far above him in literally every regard including skill. So mentioning "3x ap gap" when he toys with people 10x and 200x above his AP gap is ridiculous.
I'm sorry to be so blunt, but this is flat out bullshit. An AP gap of that size means a light sneeze would turn Ikki into paste. This supposed "toying with someone 200x and 10x stronger" is a very blatant outlier. No amount of skill would make up for that difference in raw stats.
> About the hax, it's not like Ikki has not
fought hax before. He has also fought
time hax before (far beyond Dante's paygrade), although the girl used an unknown handicap so take it with a grain of salt. Teleportation. Yeah fair, ikki beat
spatial hax that works similarly but better. Etc so hax are nothing new to ikki.
Not only do none of those have justifications nor explanations, so saying they're better is nebulous at best and outright lies at worst, but being able to deal with hax like that doesn't suddenly mean it isn't a threat, especially since Ikki does not resist the hax at all.
> Fear hax is useless. Ikki can fight under
Edelweiss's fear hax which affects down to the soul and incaps people with fear. And he was almost unaffected by Moroboshi who silenced 15k spectators just by taking a stance. But then again, mental attacks against a dude who can fight unconscious aren't your best bet. Dante can 1 shot for sure (you don't need to be 7.5x stronger to 1 shot with a sword btw, you can be equal in AP and still 1 shot with swords. The 7.5x is strictly for unarmed) but that's if he lands hits. Which he most likely won't. About boosts in speed well, again, not gonna work. Ikki fought his 4 Ittou shura clones in base and almost stomped them. So if that much speed is duable, a minor speed boost ain't changing much.
The fearhax was conceded to likely not work, so I don't need to say anything, but the AP shenanigans here are also, like the earlier ones, bullshit, and smell like complete outliers at the absolute best. Skill does not make up for someone being able to punch you so hard you turn into paste from the mere wind.
> The slow of time. Im not all that enthusiastic about using non DMC1 things in DMC1 key. Quicksilver was never a thing in DMC1 it being chronologically before doesn't mean he still has it. Similar to why he doesn't have previous weapons. About the Bangle of Time is that DMC1? The teleportation and attack by surprise is not gonna work past Perfect Vision. Can't take by surprise someone that knows your every move. Before you do. (I will get to the time stop later)
Bangle of Time is DMC1. I honestly don't know if you've even played the game, but it is. And Dante is perfectly capable of using his styles. They're intrinsic to how he fights, and DMC1 not having them is merely the issue of chronology vs release order.
> Royal guard, against someone much faster and more skilled is....eh. He has to time royal guard, he'd need to read ikki's timing and stuff, not really a piece of cake against someone who can make you see afterimages to confuse your timing. And Royalguard will really not do anything because of Dokuga No Tachi existing. Ikki will want dante to block that.
Royal Guard is not merely a block, it is power null. And even though Ikki's probably more skilled
for now, Dante isn't so stupid he can't figure it out.
As for the other points, Trackless Step doesn't suddenly counter time stop. Deflecting Dante's bullets would just destroy Ikki's sword, and Dante fires a shitload of bullets in a short time so while I don't doubt Ikki can dodge them, even a nick would cause sure death. And the Soulhax would just end Ikki even if deflected or blocked, because his blade is his soul.
> About Schnee's point on Dante's regen. It will be taxed out eventually. Too much damage will bypass it if it's sustained for a long time (the duration of an average fight).
How. is this. still. a thing.
We have been over this countless times, Dante's regen is not capable of being outtaxed. Even when so tired he can barely stand, Vergil, who has equal regen, could regen from being sliced in half, faster than his body could fall apart.
Without actual regen neg or the AP needed to just annhilate Dante, you can't counter it. That is final.