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oh dios mio the state of this verse is worse than i thought-Wait a minute then
Our current scaling for Savior leaves him, when at full power, at 4-C (His own feat + Nero's scaling) because it considers that the statue absorbed Nero but now even before the Yamato, he resisted such process ? This thread is confusing
Do you actually want to know, or are you going to keep ignoring my answer and repeating the question from incredulity? The answer is found in what ends up being done with the items in question.The line "when your Sparda blood and this sword are combined" occurs immediately after "The vicar stared at Yamato." How could this be understood as referring to something other than the sword Yamato?
That is not in reference to the savior, also you made a paragraph that mentioned the Sparda sword, the Yamato is used to open the hell gate."When your blood and this sword are combined." As he is physically holding and looking at the sword "Yamato."
Jeez, guys. Have you actually played the games? We could've saved a lot of time here.
Great, so that's why the Savior didn't absorb Nero. The vicar needed to wait until he could stab Nero or Dante with Yamato. No resistance to absorption required.That is not in reference to the savior, also you made a paragraph that mentioned the Sparda sword, the Yamato is used to open the hell gate.
The vicar can literally just yank Nero like he did to Kyrie out of the savior, he doesn’t need to wait for anything, I don’t really know if you are actually being serious or not, since gilver had already made that point.Great, so that's why the Savior didn't absorb Nero. The vicar needed to wait until he could stab Nero or Dante with Yamato. No resistance to absorption required.
The reason is that the events of the game with regard to Yamato explain perfectly why the Savior did not absorb Nero. Yamato needed to be combined with the blood of Sparda. The vicar had no reason to absorb Nero right away. He needed to take Yamato from Nero and stab Nero with it in order to proceed with his plan. Once he had done that, Nero was absorbed and had no way to resist.There's a reason the Yamato statement keeps getting brought up even after I explained it, and why my attempts to explain it based on the events in the game have been repeatedly ignored.
Noted.my vote is a firm "disagree" for resistance negation.
Okay.wait for him to summarize everything and avoid the mess on this thread
Indeed, but there are numerous instances in which Sanctus simply stands on Savior's body. There are no indications that the absorption is passive or automatic. The Vicar can activate it at will:The exterior of Saviour, is "permeable" in the manner that allows it to simple absorb it's victim that come in contact with it.
Sanctus uses it full advantage by materialising and de-materialising throughout the Saviour's body for tactical advantage, does the same for Kyrie by holding her hostage and using her as meat shield. Everything can be observed in video above.
This fails on a couple of points. The first is that Nero does not get absorbed after losing Yamato. The second is that it is not said that Yamato stabbing Nero depowered him, and Yamato making contact with Nero's blood was said to be a prerequisite for their plan. Thus, we must decide between two scenarios, and determine which is the most reasonableNow, it was simple matter that, Nero doesn't get absorbed intially through the surface for extended period of time while being held by Saviour, it's only after taking away Yamato ( which is a source of power for Nero ) and depowering Nero further is Sanctus able to absorb Nero.
Because he wants to stand on something? What purpose does getting absorbed and become victim to his own weapon? That does not happen untill very end of the game where Sanctus loses DSS and gets disintegrated.Indeed, but there are numerous instances in which Sanctus simply stands on Savior's body. There are no indications that the absorption is passive or automatic. The Vicar can activate it at will:
You quoted an excerpt from novel yourself. Answered your own questions. The Pope has full controll over Saviour. Has full control over when to stand over the surface and when to get inside it and when to come out. Same principle applied Kyrie who is held as a bait and a meat shield.The resulting energy blade flew towards the vicar. He saw it coming, and disappeared into the savior. I had no clue how, but it looked like he could freely go in and out of the statue like it was incorporeal. That had to be the same principle that allowed him to trap Kyrie in there.
As I wielded my sword, ready to strike, suddenly Kyrie appeared from the savior’s shoulder. The vicar smiled wickedly as he spoke.
“Oh my, what would happen were she to fall from so high up? I would save her in a heartbeat, but it appears I’m otherwise preoccupied…”
While he talked, Kyrie’s body gradually emerged, hanging towards the ground. If she came completely out, she’d definitely have fallen.
FTFYScenario 1)
- Nero had an visually demonstrated resistance to the absorption power of the Savior.
- Yamato had an demonstrated ability to negate this resistance, also shown by Nero getting depowered by losing glow in his Devil Bringer hand.
- Savior's absorption ability was automatic, as shown and stated in way as being called incorporeal and the Vicar taking full advantage of it as shown visually.
It does not need to be said that Nero was depowered when it is shown so blatantly when Stabbed, so much so that he it's shown by losing energy glow. Nero even says he can no longer resist.This fails on a couple of points. The first is that Nero does not get absorbed after losing Yamato. The second is that it is not said that Yamato stabbing Nero depowered him, and Yamato making contact with Nero's blood was said to be a prerequisite for their plan. Thus, we must decide between two scenarios, and determine which is the most reasonable
Indeed, which means Nero would only be absorbed when the vicar found it prudent to do so. Such as after he achieved his goal of combining Nero's blood with the sword.The Pope has full controll over Saviour. Has full control over when to stand over the surface and when to get inside it and when to come out.
No, he didn't. He said "I had no way to resist" there wasn't a "no longer." Please refrain from altering the source text to support your argument.Nero even says he can no longer resist.
Sure:Can you summarise your opinion about rest of stuff, kinda lost in all the hoopla.
I mean obviously, how else would Nero be depowered? Can't ignore the arm losing it's energy after all.Indeed, which means Nero would only be absorbed when the vicar found it prudent to do so. Such as after he achieved his goal of combining Nero's blood with the sword.
Have I? Don't see me quoting anything. Hard to resist anything when deprived of your primary faculties of power and abilities no? So clever of the Vicar to take advantage of the sword.No, he didn't. He said "I had no way to resist" there wasn't a "no longer." Please refrain from altering the source text to support your argument.
The BFR part was just comparison between Beastheads and common demons.1) I am fine with Clairvoyance, but I am not clear on what is granting causality hax or BFR/Reverse BFR. Is it solely the phrase "as if we could reach out and pluck Mister Ducas from my ship" or is there something else?
I believe these are the pertinent phrases. Being able to manipulate events will fall under causality manip."Faraway oceans and distant events can be brought to us as if we could reach out and pluck Mister Ducas from my ship. And these are just the powers of the lesser demons. Imagine what we might achieve with the abilities of a higher devil, or the Beastheads itself."
Ney, I believe spirit is literal here. Spirit and souls are used interchangeably throughout the verse, especially due to incorporeal nature of demons.2) The "crushing their very spirits" is likely just referring to them being discouraged by the fear. I disagree with considering this soul manipulation.
You would need context for that, he already has better RE feats, this one is just being used because helps in layering and stuff.3) There's no indication of reactive evolution in the scan used. It just notes that he had experienced a weaker version of the presence before, there's no mention of him growing accustomed to it, developing a resistance, et cetera.
The proposal is Dante surviving inside an exploding and disintegrating void. Not a simple void resistance by simple living inside void.4) As Fuji pointed out, simply being in a void doesn't grant resistance to void manip, are there scans that demonstrate that Mundus can literally use the void to erase things or that such a power was ever a threat to Dante?
Okay, that better explains the situation, I agree with the Absorption thenNow, it was simple matter that, Nero doesn't get absorbed intially through the surface for extended period of time while being held by Saviour, it's only after taking away Yamato ( which is a source of power for Nero ) and depowering Nero further is Sanctus able to absorb Nero
This version of Mundus is non existant and accepted as such, however, when he directly attacks Dante during the second novel, it's described as this:4) As Fuji pointed out, simply being in a void doesn't grant resistance to void manip, are there scans that demonstrate that Mundus can literally use the void to erase things or that such a power was ever a threat to Dante?
Okay, that better explains the situation, I agree with the Absorption then
This version of Mundus is non existant and accepted as such, however, when he directly attacks Dante during the second novel, it's described as this:
"But of course, the Demon King wasn't just going to sit back and let himself be beaten.
His countless arms swung down swords, rained down arrows of demonic power, and fired bolts of lightning, all in an attempt to bury the insolent challenger."
I also disagree with Void Resistance for the time being, as Mundus' attacks doesn't seem to be made of pure void but actually take some sort of existence, which seems to be "Conversion to Existence" from this Mundus, as listed on the Void page
The arm doesn't start to lose it's glow until after the vicar has already pulled the sword out and begun descending back into the statue. The novelization makes no mention of Nero being depowered or his arm "losing its energy" as you have interpreted it. So, no, I am not comfortable making those kinds of assumptions given that the source material doesn't support them, and since the full sequence of events makes perfect sense without those assumptions. It's more logical that Nero had no resistance (he stated this), and the statue was merely holding him physically until the vicar achieved his two goals, which was a) retrieving the sword and b) combining it with Nero's blood by stabbing him. Once that happened he got absorbed, no imaginary resistance or negation needed. Occam's razor.I mean obviously, how else would Nero be depowered? Can't ignore the arm losing it's energy after all.
Indeed, you added "no longer" where it didn't exist. The vicar used the sword + blood of a Sparda descendent to enact the final stage of his plans. There's no evidence of a resistance or power negation or anything like that. Let's not write headcanon.Have I? Don't see me quoting anything. Hard to resist anything when deprived of your primary faculties of power and abilities no? So clever of the Vicar to take advantage of the sword.
I have to disagree with causality manip or BFR based on that. The best interpretation of "brought to us" is within the context of the already-mentioned clairvoyance, not an ability to affect the past or future through the clairvoyance.The BFR part was just comparison between Beastheads and common demons.
I believe the whole sentence is :-
I believe these are the pertinent phrases. Being able to manipulate events will fall under causality manip.
Very well, I do not believe so, so I will be a disagree for this.Ney, I believe spirit is literal here
I will be a disagree for this unless there's more evidence. None of the scans I've read give any indication of Tony developing a resistance to this affect that he didn't have previously. If you'd like to argue otherwise, please tell me which specific quotes you believe best support this. I am not sure how you interpreted this, having now read the new scans.For resistance, you can see in scan itself how much he is suffering, with ailments like reduced reflexes and strained senses from Demonic Energy of the DW.
But later Tony goes on to have fights in same oppressive environment and winning and pretty much shrugging off the effects.
Then I will have to be a disagree for this. It only mentions "exploding" once Dante successfully destroys it, it isn't something Dante would need to resist, it's just how the death of his opponent is characterized. I see no mention of the word "disintegrating" in your scan or in the full text.The proposal is Dante surviving inside an exploding and disintegrating void. Not a simple void resistance by simple living inside void.
Void was never a threat to Dante, that's the whole point of Dante dominating the fight.
It seems you have misunderstood my stance.But...how does Yamato fit into the plan of absorbing Nero, Deagon?
He didn't actually ever use it to DO that. He just absorbed Nero with the Savior and then used the sword for his plan of RELEASING DEMONS from the Hellgate
...It seems you have misunderstood my stance.
Indeed, he didn't need Yamato to absorb Nero. He needed to combine Yamato with the blood of a descendent of Sparda (which Nero is). The reason why Nero was not instantly absorbed was because the vicar needed to retrieve Yamato and stab Nero with it. Once he had done both of those things, Nero was absorbed. This entire sequence makes perfect sense without needed to add the following unproven assumptions:
1) That Savior's absorption is passive/automatic upon contact
2) That Nero had a resistance to this absorption
3) That Yamato had the ability to negate this resistance
"When your blood and this sword are combined"
It's a pretty textbook case of Occams Razor. This entire sequence of events makes perfect sense without making any of these assumptions, so there's no reason to make them. Yamato does not have the power to negate resistance to absorption. That's not justified by anything in the game or novel.
The ability the Yamato has to open the Hellgate is shown to not require Sparda blood in DMC5: Before the Nightmare, when Balrog uses a fragment of it to open such an entrance, with no Sparda blood involved.Indeed, he didn't need Yamato to absorb Nero. He needed to combine Yamato with the blood of a descendent of Sparda (which Nero is). The reason why Nero was not instantly absorbed was because the vicar needed to retrieve Yamato and stab Nero with it.
"When your blood and this sword are combined"
Okay, this is where the disconnect is. I am not saying he needed to combine Yamato with blood of a descendent of Sparda in order to absorb Nero. That wasn't my stance at any point during the discussion.If you propose that Sanctus NEEDED to combine Yamato with Nero to absorb Nero
He's not saying he needs to combine them in order to absorb Nero, or that doing so would deactivate his resistance, etc.“When your Sparda blood and this sword are combined, we will be able to proceed to the final stage of our ultimate goal.”
I also really don't know how you got this, because I said the following in the very comment you replied to:where you literally argue Sanctus physically could not absorb Nero until he did the stab.
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I don't agree with this framing. I am making an argument, not asking you a question. I am aware of the argument being made for the ability, I think it's based on fairly unsound reasoning as I explained above. I don't think the addition of the Balrog situation from DMC5 particularly enhances the argument.I'm going to assume that you're genuinely trying to get real answers here.
Clairvoyance makes sense. Why causality hax, though?Clairvoyance cum Causality Hax - Can be applied for Spatial Manip and BFR. On oneself or the victim. Beastheads have a greater version which allows BFR and Reverse BFR across time and space.
Fear Manipulation makes sense. If I understand correctly from this thread, however, that Soul Manipulation is being proposed on the basis of the line stating that the oppressive force was threatening to 'crush their spirits', then no - that's not Soul Manipulation. 'Crush someone's spirit' is just an expression that refers to making someone feel demoralised, which is a relevant and apt description of what's happening in this scene. The writer was evidently not trying to say it was destroying their actual souls.
All Gilver says is that the gun is finely crafted after looking over it for a moment. I'm aware the important section is the narrator saying it was 'as if he was absorbing information from the firearm itself', but that's communicated in the text as merely an analogue, not an actual statement of what he's doing. It's not 'he was absorbing information', it's 'as if he was absorbing information'. Again, this clearly isn't what the writer was trying to say.Low Tier
Info Analysis
All that scan says is that he was in a suffocating environment of 'greater intensity' than before, not that he was any more adapted to it. In isolation, this would be like saying getting shot with a bullet on one occasion and getting shot with a higher caliber bullet on another occasion would be reactive evolution for the person getting shot.
The former scan just indicates that Dante made a deduction as to where he was on the basis of the environment he was in - not really an info analysis feat as much as it is an intelligence feat. The same issue arises with the second one. Seeing that a quiet, self-assured man who just mentally erased your bullets from existence is probably hiding power is just a reasonable inference, not a sign he's discerning any more information than could naturally be deduced.Enhanced Info Analysis cum Sensing
For clarification - is this the same scan listed for info analysis before, only translated differently? Or is it just a different scene with weirdly similar phrasing?
I don't think this would qualify for Void Manipulation Resistance. Dante is in the void, yes, but he isn't the void itself, or a part of the void. The destruction of the void shouldn't inherently bring harm to him without context to establish that as the case, which would indicate this isn't necessarily a feat on his part.
Is the Yamato explicitly nullifying his powers? Furthermore, is Nero explicitly immune to being absorbed into the Saviour prior to this point? The scan isn't clear on this, and having played DMC4 extensively, I don't remember either of those being established.
That's fine.Void Manip duh
This seems to be based on the fact that both fear and soul manipulation are already present in DMC.Fear Manipulation makes sense. If I understand correctly from this thread, however, that Soul Manipulation is being proposed on the basis of the line stating that the oppressive force was threatening to 'crush their spirits', then no - that's not Soul Manipulation. 'Crush someone's spirit' is just an expression that refers to making someone feel demoralised, which is a relevant and apt description of what's happening in this scene. The writer was evidently not trying to say it was destroying their actual souls.
The ability to handle harsh environments he couldn't previously is a recurring thing, so if he was handling it any better or even at a comparable level that would indicate some adaptation.All that scan says is that he was in a suffocating environment of 'greater intensity' than before, not that he was any more adapted to it. In isolation, this would be like saying getting shot with a bullet on one occasion and getting shot with a higher caliber bullet on another occasion would be reactive evolution for the person getting shot.
Actually, there are much clearer power sensing feats in DMC, like V sensing both Dante's and Urizen's power levels in Visions of V. The info analysis might need further elaboration.The former scan just indicates that Dante made a deduction as to where he was on the basis of the environment he was in - not really an info analysis feat as much as it is an intelligence feat. The same issue arises with the second one. Seeing that a quiet, self-assured man who just mentally erased your bullets from existence is probably hiding power is just a reasonable inference, not a sign he's discerning any more information than could naturally be deduced.
It's already noted that demons are immune to the Beastheads assimilating them and that they're unaffected by the demon world absorbing the human world with them in it. So there are existing reasons for demons resisting being absorbed.Furthermore, is Nero explicitly immune to being absorbed into the Saviour prior to this point? The scan isn't clear on this, and having played DMC4 extensively, I don't remember either of those being established.
I do appreciate the elaboration on the other feats within the universe that befit these abilities, though my concern right now is with the justifications proposed by the OP.This seems to be based on the fact that both fear and soul manipulation are already present in DMC.
The ability to handle harsh environments he couldn't previously is a recurring thing, so if he was handling it any better or even at a comparable level that would indicate some adaptation.
Actually, there are much clearer power sensing feats in DMC, like V sensing both Dante's and Urizen's power levels in Visions of V. The info analysis might need further elaboration.
It's already noted that demons are immune to the Beastheads assimilating them and that they're unaffected by the demon world absorbing the human world with them in it. So there are existing reasons for demons resisting being absorbed.
Fair enough. The thing is that these scans seem to lean a bit on prior information. The adaptive evolution, for example, seems to fit fairly well with his ability to handle demon world energy and similar negative effects when he couldn't not long ago, which has already gotten that ability accepted for him. The scan on its own is a bit barebones without that context though.I do appreciate the elaboration on the other feats within the universe that befit these abilities, though my concern right now is with the justifications proposed by the OP.
I would like to point out that the word spirit in dmc was always used to refer to souls, that’s an example with demons being stated to be evil spirits as well as Dante being stated have spirits sealed within his bullets, and there is also the added very next to spirits so yeah it is more than indicative of it referring to the actual souls rather than it referring to mortality.I do appreciate the elaboration on the other feats within the universe that befit these abilities, though my concern right now is with the justifications proposed by the OP.