Wait, speed is equalized. Forget my post.
Kratos is stated in the novels to have hammerspace and to retain all of his previous gifts, so the assumption that he loses all of his powers at the start of each game is nothing but gameplay mechanics. That said:
- The Claws of Hades can rip out Dante's soul, since Kratos's physical strength is quite a lot bigger than Dante's; he tanks slaps from Cronos, who is WoG-stated to be a physical peer of Atlas, who is stated several times in the lore to be holding the entire planet. Unless Dante is actively able to resist Kratos's own soul-manip, which he probably can (it's been a long time since my last DMC playthrough), Kratos can BFR him.
- Kratos has dynamics stats due to rage, to the point where he can speedblitz two time manipulators at the end of the day. This is stated by WoG.
- Does Dante have an
active resistance to lifeforce manipulation? If not, Kratos can use either the Scourge of Erinys or Charon's Wrath to reduce Dante to a lifeless vegetable.
- Red orbs are stated in the novels to be canon, and Kratos's strength increases a lot each time he kills someone. So Kratos will pretty much speedblitz any fodder Dante summons and become stronger as a result.
Now, countering UMC's arguments:
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Dante via better time hax,
Kratos is WoG-stated to have gained immunity to time-stop towards the end of the Castor & Pollux fight. Won't work.
Meanwhile, the Amulet of Uroborus gets better each time Kratos uses it. Eventually, Kratos will be able to trap Dante in a huge time-loop.
shadow manipulation via doppelganger (his clone can do whatever Dante does, doubling the hax)
Was it shown to be able to do
everything? Kratos has the Oath Stone of Orkus, which allows him to summon a clone that literally blitzes even big enemies like Cyclopses, so he has similar hax.
damage nullification/reflection and healing via royal guard,
Kratos also has a healing factor, and he can also reflect damage with the Golden Fleeche.
invincibility
NLF. What is the strongest thing it can stop?
Kratos's Rage of Sparta makes him invulnerable to all sorts of damage in game, including
planetary stuff like Zeus's strongest attacks.
void manipulation via majin form
More like darkness-manip IIRC. And the Scourge of Erinys is similar to Dante's ability.
slight precog with Alastor,
Kratos can control his own destiny.
faster regen in devil trigger forms.
PoH Kratos is powerful enough to regen-tag the Blade of Olympus, the same blade that killed Zeus and literally everything except Kratos.
Also,
Power of Hope Kratos has Semi-Type-5 immortality.
