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- "A blade born when Dante absorbed the Rebellion and the Sparda into his body. The weapons shares both his name and his will."
- ―Description[src]
Devil Sword Dante is the newly formed legendary devil sword of Dante, forged through employing the newfound power of his Sin Devil Trigger, which he awakened after impaling himself with his broken demonic sword Rebellion and merging himself with it along with his father's legendary blade, Sparda.
Appearance
The Devil Sword Dante's appearance is relatively simple compared to its counterparts, appearing as a large two-handed ebony sword with claws running up its length, talons for a handguard and a red jewel on its pommel. When using Sin Devil Trigger as well as certain attacks, the blade splits open in the middle, increasing in length while generating a second blade of fiery red energy.
Story
When Dante stumbled upon his old childhood home, he pondered about why his father Sparda had given him the Rebellion. When Griffon asks what he was muttering about, he remarks upon all the times he had been impaled repeatedly over the years by his own sword. Reflecting on the Yamato's ability to sever one's own being, Dante wonders what the Rebellion can do and promptly shoves it through his gut. Doing so caused his body to not only absorb the Rebellion into his being but his father's sword on his back as well, causing a massive burst of energy and transforming his Devil Trigger into its most powerful form. Without a word, Dante flies into the air and heads back to the Qliphoth, quickly barging back into Urizen's lair and saving Nero at the last minute from the Demon King's chokehold. Manifesting a new sword from his being bearing his name, Dante fought Urizen, pushing him back.
Gameplay
The Devil Sword Dante is unlocked at the beginning of Mission 12 when confronting Urizen along with Sin Devil Trigger. In the first playthrough of the story, it replaces the Sparda sword, just as it replaced the Rebellion and rendering it inaccessible until the game is cleared. As it was created from Dante's own being after the absortion of both Rebellion and Sparda, it shares many of their attacks and abilities. While using Swordmaster, using the Style button allows Dante to form flying spectral swords, akin to Vergil's Summoned Swords. Like the Summoned Swords, these blades can be used independently from other actions, thus letting him utilize the crimson swords in combination with his other Devil Arms. When in Sin Devil Trigger, Dante defaults to using the sword and is unable to switch to any weapon.
Movesets
| Action | Command | Description | |
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| DSD Combo A | On ground, press ,, |
Perform a rapid three-stage combo. | |
| DSD Combo B | On ground, press -,, |
A different take on DSD Combo A. Damage enemies behind while attacking those in front | |
| DSD Combo C | On ground, press, -, |
Perform a two-stage attack then launch the enemy upwards for follow-up strikes. Hold on the fourth stage to keep the party rocking.
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| Aerial Rave | In mid-air, press,, |
Trap the enemy in a mid-air blitz of sword strikes. | |
| Helm Breaker | In mid-air, press  + (back) + |
A devastating overhead attack with enough power to shatter even the sturdiest of skill bones. | |
| High Time | On ground, press + (back) + |
Propel enemies upward with a mighty sword slash. Hold to leap up with them for follow up attacks
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| Stinger | On ground, + (forward) + |
Race towards the enemy and skewer them on your sword-point before they can react. While Devil Trigger is active, the attack is more powerful but expends the DT gauge | |
| Stinger 2 | On ground, press + (forward) + |
A powerful version of the Stinger that strikes enemies at a longer range | |
| Million Stab | After executing a Stinger, release L joystick and hold |
Rush into the enemy's face and give them a pincushion treatment. Repeatedly tap for more slashes |
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| Drive | On ground, press + (back-forward) + |
This blistering sword swing creates a shockwave that damages distant enemies. Hold △ to make it hit harder | |
| Overdrive | After Drive, press, |
A follow up strike to Drive that lets fly two more shockwaves in rapid succession | |
| Swords Formation | Hold and release until the glow sparks |
Conjures four swords that automatically attack, evade. and block on your behalf. Swords disappear after a set time. Conjures 2 units of the DT gauge | |
| Swords Formation 2 | Hold and release until the glow sparks |
An upgrade to the Swords Formation. Extends time swords can be summoned for, and shortens cooldown until they can be summoned once more | |
| Swords Formation 3 | Hold and release until the glow sparks |
The ultimate evolution of Swords Formation. The swords can be summoned for a much longer time and have a much shorter cooldown until they can be summoned once more | |
| Chaser | In Devil Trigger, Passive Ability | Your conjured swords follow up your melee weapon strikes with automatic attacks | |
| Interceptor | In Devil Trigger, Passive Ability | Your conjured swords detect nearby threats and slash automatically to keep them at bay | |
| Reactor | In Devil Trigger, Passive Ability | Increases the number of times you can repeatedly jump, dash, and use Sky Star and Air Trick | |
| Escort | In Devil Trigger, Passive Ability | Blocking attacks causes your conjured swords to stand guard around you, charging the Royal Gauge. The swords will block incoming attacks, lessening the damage |
| Action | Command | Description | ||
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| Level 1 | ||||
| Four Handed | On ground, press |
A multi-hit attack using conjured swords | ||
| Four Handed Air | In mid-air, press |
A multi-hit attack using conjured swords in mid-air | ||
| High Time | On ground, press + (back) + |
Use conjured swords to send the enemy soaring skyward | ||
| Stingers | On ground, press + (forward) + |
Launch conjured swords at high speeds to pierce the enemy | ||
| Level 4 | ||||
| Dance Macabre | On ground, press + (back-forward) + tap even more |
Unleash a streaming barrage of sword slashes that dance around their doomed targets with breakneck speed, finishing with a home run swing that deals a massive amount of damage.. |
Trivia
- The weapons conception is reminiscent of when Vergil stabbed Dante with the dormant Rebellion in DMC3, which awoke both the Rebellion and Dante's demonic power.
- The sword's expanded form bears resemblance to Akantor Broadsword, a weapon from Capcom's Monster Hunter series.
- Excluding during regular gameplay when the sword is seen on his back, in cutscenes, unlike most other Devil Arms Dante wields, Devil Sword Dante is not carried upon his person, rather, Dante seems to summon it out of thin air and into his hand when necessary.
- The way the sword is manifested from cluster of energy into the wielder's grip is similar with how Nero manifest Yamato into physical form in Devil May Cry 4. However, unlike Yamato when it was in Nero's possession, Devil Sword Dante doesn't seem to be bound to a specific body part, as one of Dante's taunt have him manifest the sword onto several place on his body.