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This thread while mostly articulately debated, is really silly. If Dante at peak form goes SDT, there is no way for Nero to survive if Dante is aiming to kill. The only reason anyone thinks Nero can compete against Dante is because of that one (Stupid) deus-ex-machina cutscene taken horribly out of context.
Dante had been in coma for a MONTH (after being completely stomped) when he went to fight urizen again. He then made his way to the deepest parts of the Qliphoth, fought all the enemies that he did, saved nero, stomped Urizen, and was slightly beaten up by his newly resurrected brother in tip-top condition, made his way to the top and fought vergil to near death (they were one serious SDT hit away from ending the fight) WITHOUT resting even once. This is something that bears the need for clear comprehension. There has been a canonical weakening mechanic in this game linked to stamina. When you think about all this for a minute, Dante doing all this is Legendary for all intents and purposes.
Also, Nero didn't really beat vergil , who btw was reluctant to fight his son ("This has nothing to do with you, stand aside"). He just forced him back enough for him to say "interesting". And this was when vergil was ONE hit (by Dante's SDT) away from death. So technically the healthpool nero faces is what Dante could've deleted in one serious strike.
Yes, nero flew/teleported between severely weakened Dante/Vergil before they hit each other. And Dante did something similar when Urizen was about to kill Nero. Thing is, that Dante only ever flies normally in his SDT in cutscenes and doesn't use something like Advent/Shift, which uses his demonic power. So yes, Nero's DT may be faster than a near-death Dante flying around in SDT. But at peak condition, the situation changes dramatically.
Also, please understand that if something is nerfed as a game mechanic, it is done so that players don't abuse it as the path of lest resistance. SDT does have regen (as evidenced by vergil), it isn't present for Dante just to make regular DT not completely Obsolete
Nero's Time Slow is definitely inferior to Dante's multitude of similar abilities. Ragtime is a machination by Nico which draws on demonic powers of Geryon to inflict temporary localized time-slows or temporary, stronger wide area time slows. Dante on the other hand has absorbed Geryon's soul which grants him complete access to the full range of Geryon's time manipulation. He also has Chrono Heart which contains the heart of an Old God. And the ridiculously OP bangle of time with complete time stop. Heck, SDT too has strong innate time manipulation as evidenced by "Judgement". Even Urizen has Time Slow which Nero is definitely susceptible to. And I'm almost sure that the stronger time slow overrides the weaker one (citation needed) so yeah, Dante completely outclasses Nero here.
This is not to mention all his other hax like Pandora, Swords formation (which is much more versatile than any Summoned Swords/ One hit fragile Devil Breakers Nero can bring) and much more. The list will be too long
Here's how the fight will go down if both of them are serious about killing each other. Dante doesn't waste time and instantly goes SDT which has inherent magic/gravity/time manipulation. Dante uses Advent to instantly reach nero and use Demolition/Judgement to end the fight. Nero may have time to enter DT but it doesn't make a difference with the PLETHORA of time slow/stop abilities Dante has at his disposal. DT nero doesn't make a difference either way. The fight ends in a stomp
Dante takes this with without a second thought.
Dante had been in coma for a MONTH (after being completely stomped) when he went to fight urizen again. He then made his way to the deepest parts of the Qliphoth, fought all the enemies that he did, saved nero, stomped Urizen, and was slightly beaten up by his newly resurrected brother in tip-top condition, made his way to the top and fought vergil to near death (they were one serious SDT hit away from ending the fight) WITHOUT resting even once. This is something that bears the need for clear comprehension. There has been a canonical weakening mechanic in this game linked to stamina. When you think about all this for a minute, Dante doing all this is Legendary for all intents and purposes.
Also, Nero didn't really beat vergil , who btw was reluctant to fight his son ("This has nothing to do with you, stand aside"). He just forced him back enough for him to say "interesting". And this was when vergil was ONE hit (by Dante's SDT) away from death. So technically the healthpool nero faces is what Dante could've deleted in one serious strike.
Yes, nero flew/teleported between severely weakened Dante/Vergil before they hit each other. And Dante did something similar when Urizen was about to kill Nero. Thing is, that Dante only ever flies normally in his SDT in cutscenes and doesn't use something like Advent/Shift, which uses his demonic power. So yes, Nero's DT may be faster than a near-death Dante flying around in SDT. But at peak condition, the situation changes dramatically.
Also, please understand that if something is nerfed as a game mechanic, it is done so that players don't abuse it as the path of lest resistance. SDT does have regen (as evidenced by vergil), it isn't present for Dante just to make regular DT not completely Obsolete
Nero's Time Slow is definitely inferior to Dante's multitude of similar abilities. Ragtime is a machination by Nico which draws on demonic powers of Geryon to inflict temporary localized time-slows or temporary, stronger wide area time slows. Dante on the other hand has absorbed Geryon's soul which grants him complete access to the full range of Geryon's time manipulation. He also has Chrono Heart which contains the heart of an Old God. And the ridiculously OP bangle of time with complete time stop. Heck, SDT too has strong innate time manipulation as evidenced by "Judgement". Even Urizen has Time Slow which Nero is definitely susceptible to. And I'm almost sure that the stronger time slow overrides the weaker one (citation needed) so yeah, Dante completely outclasses Nero here.
This is not to mention all his other hax like Pandora, Swords formation (which is much more versatile than any Summoned Swords/ One hit fragile Devil Breakers Nero can bring) and much more. The list will be too long
Here's how the fight will go down if both of them are serious about killing each other. Dante doesn't waste time and instantly goes SDT which has inherent magic/gravity/time manipulation. Dante uses Advent to instantly reach nero and use Demolition/Judgement to end the fight. Nero may have time to enter DT but it doesn't make a difference with the PLETHORA of time slow/stop abilities Dante has at his disposal. DT nero doesn't make a difference either way. The fight ends in a stomp
Dante takes this with without a second thought.