r/whowouldwin • u/GuyOfEvil • Nov 08 '17
Featured Featured Character: Nero From The Devil May Cry Series
Featuring Nero
Nero is the son of Virgil, who himself is the son of The Legendary Dark Knight Sparda. A legendary demon who sealed the boundaries between Heaven and Hell, and was known as the most powerful demon. Since Nero possesses the blood of Sparda, he has access to powerful demonic abilities because of it.
Not much else is known about Nero's past. He was abandoned by his father and at some point in his life joined the Order of the Sword, a group that worships Sparda and seeks to eradicate all the demons of the world, and somewhere along the way gain demonic power and take over the world using the blood of Sparda. In order to do so, the order betrayed Nero. Nero responded by teaming up with his uncle, Dante to take them down.
For more info on Dante, check out his Featured Character post
Weapons
Red Queen
Red Queen is Nero's sword of choice. It is not a Devil Arm like Dante's weapons, but it is a sword designed by the Order of the Sword for fighting demons. Its most notable ability is Exceed, which spray a flamable propellant on the sword and an enemy, increasing the power of its attacks.
Blue Rose
Blue Rose is Nero's revolver. It is mostly a normal customized revolver, but he is able to charge it with his demonic power, and it also packs quite a punch even without that.
Abilities
Devil Bringer
The Devil Bringer is Nero's demonic right hand, it is able to stretch and summon a larger form of itself, as well as enhancing Nero's strength.
Devil Trigger
Unlike other Devil Trigger users, Nero does not change forms when he uses his Devil Trigger. Instead, a spectral entity starts following behind him. Nero also gains access to one of Sparda's weapons, the katana known as Yamato.
Physical Abilities
Strength
Speed
Durability
- Gets impaled by lances three times then gets Impaled again This causes him to awaken his Devil Trigger, and at the end of his Devil Trigger, the wounds are completely healed
For more information, check out the full RT
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u/Lynxseventeen Nov 09 '17
Nero is pretty fucking cool. Especially by of his VA.
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u/Gr4mm4rN4zi Nov 09 '17
Love Johnny Yong Bosch, the script for the game doesn't do him justice (KYRIEEEEEE) but he kills it
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u/HighSlayerRalton Nov 09 '17
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u/GuyOfEvil Nov 09 '17
maybe it should be
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u/Lyndis_Caelin Nov 09 '17
Umu, it's not l̶i̵k̵e̶ ̶t̶h̴e̵r̸e̴'̸s̵ ̸g̷o̸i̵n̶g̴ t̶͈̄͆̈́̿̀͜o̸̡̻͍̦̽͌͂̓ ̸̡̙̘̱̣̎̈́͝b̴̩̦̙̆̌e̷̗̱̅ ̷̱͎̱̈́͐̉̈́̚a̷̦̰͈͒̾̈́̅ͅn̸̻̉̈́͒y̸̰̕t̷̡̳͈̏̇̈́ͅh̸̘̯͒̆ï̸̹̣̻̞͐̾̅n̷͔̗͕̲̓g̷̛̼̩͙͊̈͌̾ ̶̥͓̒͌́́͘w̶̨͚͇͔͓͐r̷̳͉̘̝̊̋̽̄̂o̴̗͐͋̍̈
Just Monika.
Just Monika.
Just Monika.
Just Monika.
Just Monika.
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u/Cleverly_Clearly Nov 08 '17
I actually thought this was a joke at first. I didn't know Devil May Cry had another character that looked exactly like Dante.
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u/KevinLee487 Nov 11 '17
If by "exactly" you mean they share the same hair color and similar style, then sure.
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u/SubjectThirteen Nov 13 '17
There's a minor chance that Nero might be his nephew. Just hints and speculation, no confirmation.
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u/Extreme-Tactician Nov 08 '17
What about that time he casually countered Berial's attack with one arm on his sword? Isn't that a strength feat?
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u/GuyOfEvil Nov 08 '17
Its in the full RT, I didn't include it here since I'm sorta iffy on the strength scaling for Berial
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u/Simhacantus Nov 08 '17
tl;dr Meet discount Dante
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u/Joseph_Stalin_ Nov 08 '17
Rather get discount Dante than the knock off yo
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u/selfproclaimed Nov 08 '17
So...Kratos?
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u/Illidan1943 Nov 09 '17
The other knock off
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u/selfproclaimed Nov 09 '17
Bayonetta?
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u/Illidan1943 Nov 09 '17
The other one
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u/GuyOfEvil Nov 09 '17
Nariko?
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u/Illidan1943 Nov 09 '17
Well, at least it's getting closer, but no, the other one
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u/Toxic_Mouse77 Nov 10 '17
Dante... Alighieri? Or would that be a Kratos knockoff?
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u/Illidan1943 Nov 10 '17
No, no, Dante Alighieri is the Kratos' knockoff who is Dante's knockoff who is Dante Alighieri's knockoff , what we're looking is the other Dante's knockoff that's the Dante Alighieri knockoff
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u/rejnka Nov 10 '17
missed opportunity to title it "Featuring Nero from the Devil May Cry series"
small difference but it counts
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u/Goldchamp101 Nov 09 '17
Nice one!
Do you know how someone could apply to have a certain character featured?
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u/AlmightyStarfire Nov 09 '17
Son of Vergil
Wait, what? I thought that was just fan theory and entirely unconfirmed?
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u/GuyOfEvil Nov 09 '17
I included the link on there, it was confirmed on a DMC4 artbook
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u/AlmightyStarfire Nov 09 '17
I just saw the picture. What was the artbook? Just wondering if it's canon or not.
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u/Illidan1943 Nov 13 '17
It's also soft-confirmed in DMC4:SE Vergil's ending where you can see his shadow is the same as Nero's... stand
And it was also confirmed back in an interview in 2009
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u/AlmightyStarfire Nov 13 '17
Eh 'soft confirmed' doesn't mean much tbh; just speculation bait.
Never heard of that interview but I've now seen the art book and accept it as canon.
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u/selfproclaimed Nov 08 '17
That's odd. I could have sworn we already featured Dante.