Walkthrough
You will begin by transporting yourself to a dark world and you will be standing at a large pool. This area is called Room of Fallen Ones. Anyways, you will be battling with Abyss. These monsters are swift and deadly. So here are tips when you will kill them fast:
- Use your melee often. It's very bad when you just shoot from afar.
- When you use a move that knocks them like Stinger, it will try to stand back after being knocked down and it will scythe you back similar to a Lust.
- Some Abysses will try to submerge itself slowly, but it will scythe up and while air-borne it will shoot fireballs to you. So you have two options:
- stay afar so that you won't be hit by their scythes and dodge their fireballs, or
- use Helm Breaker when they about to jump in the air.
- Some Abysses will try to block your move. So ignore it and find another target.
- Abysses are weak to Cerberus' ice attacks.
When you are done, you have to jump to the portal that appears at the middle when you have defeated all of the Abysses.
Next, you are in the mirror room. Now this is the Nirvana of Illusions. This could an annoying part; all you've got to do is to smash the mirrors. Now there are things that you have to know:
- Attack the green mirrors, ignore the Abysses, that's the main priority.
- Abysses are invulnerable in melee attacks as the tablet says, "Substance projects image and image punishes substance".
- When you attack the green mirrors, it will turn back to its dark color after some seconds. Another mirror will change to green color.
- There are number of mirrors that needs to be shattered to reveal the portal.
- As you shatter the mirror, all of the Abysses will die instantly and will leave orbs.
After you're done, don't forget that one of the two chandeliers hides a Vital Star L. Get it. Now go to the portal and you will find yourself in a place with a huge hourglass at the middle. This area is called Infinity Nirvana. Now the Abysses are vulnerable again; there is not much difference with those you have fought in the Room of Fallen Ones. After that, the platform will appear and you can now get the Samsara at the hourglass. Now, go to the portal. Grab the Green Orb before you leave and go to the portal again until you are back in Nirvana of Illusions. Now go to a golden statue and place the Samsara. The portal will change its image. Now go to the portal and you will find yourself to the path for a great battle. Ignore the two Fallen, if you want to.
Boss: Arkham (Blob Form)
The boss of this level is Arkham in his blob form, along with his Legions.
Arkham in this form has a lot of painful, yet somewhat slow moves; but with some attacks, he changes color. His basic attack is a simple swipe with his tentacle. To avoid it, just jump. Another devastating move is that when it shoots a long, slim projectile of some kind along with a quick swipe. The projectile can damage you greatly. You will know when it does this when it glows yellow. The suggested style for avoiding this move is the Trickster. Another ability it has, although it is not really damaging, is the action of ejecting blobs out of his body while sinking into the floor, and it glowing purple. The blobs are his "Legions". To deal with these, mix it up with rolling and Devil Arm attacks when fighting these. Nevan's "Jam Session" and other moves make a great shield around Dante while fighting Legions. You can also use Kalina Ann to kill the Legions. Nevan is not the best choice when going against Arkham, so choose any other Devil Arms to take him out.
When Arkham's health drops to half, Vergil will join you, but Arkham will attack much more aggressively. This time, Arkham has an additional move; He turns red and swipes at you, but shoots three to four projectiles at the same time. Also, when he breaks out the Legions, he will shoot much more than before, probably to compensate for the fact that it is now a two-against-one battle. Let Vergil kill the Legions, since he does not die, however Dante does. Therefore, you should focus on dodging (and healing yourself if you brought any Vital Stars) on the second half. Try your best with dodging, since you can't use Trickster Style anymore when Vergil is around.
Trivia
- For the second half of the battle, a second player can play as Vergil by pressing Start on the second controller.
- Staying above Arkham lets you dodge most of his moves and as Dante's aerial attacks do a fair amount of damage to him.
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