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There's a number of issues with Dante's profile.
So, let's set this straight: Dante's inferno isn't 8-A, or 7-C in the slightest.
First off, let's tackle his 8-A rating off of his encounter with Death: For one, I really don't think Death actually created a pocket universe or anything of that matter; and even then, it's pretty clear that the size wasn't comparable to multiple city blocks, especially if you consider the outer edges of the platform they were fighting on to be the area Death created. However I don't think creation/pocket realities were involved in this at all, it seemed more like Death was portaling him to Hell, which is made apparent through Death's claim at the beginning of the fight. So, rather than Death actually making a pocket reality/altering the environment, it's more reliable to say that he was just taking Dante to Hell through a portal.
Even the, we barely know enough about Death to deduce that his "creation feat" suddenly applies to all his other powers and abilities, see Environmental Destruction.
So, as for the second rating, I calced it at 8-B. "Nuclear-like explosion" really isn't justification for Town level anyways, especially given how small said explosion was.
8-B is also much more consistent with his other showings in the game, namely with his encounters with giant characters who are, from what I've eyeballed, to be around High 8-C to low 8-B on the greatest.
So, I think the two keys should just be merged; 8-B is pretty consistent with the entire game.
Abilities that Should be Removed:
So, let's set this straight: Dante's inferno isn't 8-A, or 7-C in the slightest.
First off, let's tackle his 8-A rating off of his encounter with Death: For one, I really don't think Death actually created a pocket universe or anything of that matter; and even then, it's pretty clear that the size wasn't comparable to multiple city blocks, especially if you consider the outer edges of the platform they were fighting on to be the area Death created. However I don't think creation/pocket realities were involved in this at all, it seemed more like Death was portaling him to Hell, which is made apparent through Death's claim at the beginning of the fight. So, rather than Death actually making a pocket reality/altering the environment, it's more reliable to say that he was just taking Dante to Hell through a portal.
Even the, we barely know enough about Death to deduce that his "creation feat" suddenly applies to all his other powers and abilities, see Environmental Destruction.
So, as for the second rating, I calced it at 8-B. "Nuclear-like explosion" really isn't justification for Town level anyways, especially given how small said explosion was.
8-B is also much more consistent with his other showings in the game, namely with his encounters with giant characters who are, from what I've eyeballed, to be around High 8-C to low 8-B on the greatest.
So, I think the two keys should just be merged; 8-B is pretty consistent with the entire game.
Abilities that Should be Removed:
- "Can harm and kill conceptual beings (Killed Death)" : Yeah, no. Nowhere is it implied Death is a conceptual entity in Dante's Inferno. He didn't kill the concept of Death, either.
- Retribution: Return a projectile back at the enemy. - Standard Attack Reflection.
- Soul Manipulation : When he kills enemies, they drop souls that he absorbs thereafter. This plays into the plot later in the game; he's able to interact with and carry souls that he collects, eventually using absolved souls to take down Lucifer. It's also already sort of on his profile, just worded weirdly. Another ability lets him literally just turn souls into mana.
- Life/Mana Absorption: Blessed Spirit Trap allows him to gain health after killing enemies, Mental Sap allows him to gain mana after killing enemies.
- He can Smite Demons/Creatures of Hell, reducing them to Souls.
- Status Effect Inducement : He blinds people with Divine Armor, Stuns enemies with the Suicide Fruit.
- Acid Manipulation
- Relic Abilities: Attack Reflection, Possibly Instinctive Reaction (Allows him to automatically block and counter attacks, but IDK if that's good justification), More status effects, Acid Resistance, More status effects.
