Dante

1. #1Ascension Ceremonyselective

   Keys: Ascension · Secondary: Ritual, Ceremony

   The Ascension Ceremony is a magical ritual developed by Agnus once practiced by the Order of the Sword in which members of the order imbues themselves with demonic power at a great cost. Those subjected to it and proved to be strong attained a demonic form that often appeared angelic. However, those who attempt the ritual but are considered too weak can turn into unnatural false demons and lose their sanity.

   Ascension Ceremony demons vary in behavior that ranges from ordinary humans with free will, to robotic-like machines. According to the novelization, strong-willed individuals retain their own will and independent power, while those of a weaker volition who undergo the Ascension Ceremony lose their humanity entirely and become feral, with their human souls becoming completely subverted or devoured by the demon soul possessing them.

   Artificial demons created through the Ascension ceremony include: Credo, Agnus, Sanctus, Alto Angelos, Bianco Angelos.

2. #2Devil Armselective

   Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Weapon, Arm

   Devil Arms are demonic, variably sentient weapons that are commonly the manifestation of a defeated Demon's soul or power. In the Devil May Cry series, Devil Arms are considered to be the characters' most powerful weapons. When wielded, Devil Arms often convey their power to the wielder, provided they have been subdued first.

   The process in which a Devil Arm is created was mentioned by Lucia in Devil May Cry 5: Before the Nightmare. According to Matier there are two ways for Devil Arms to be created. A demon will turn into a weapon of overwhelming power if it has been defeated and becomes submissive, or a demon will change into a weapon if there is a strong emotional bond present.

   In the same chapter, Balrog has recognized Dante's strength and is turned into a Devil Arm. Balrog then explained that by traveling with Dante, he will get stronger and after getting powerful enough, he'll challenge Dante in a duel yet again.

   It's also stated in Devil May Cry 5: Before the Nightmare that the creator of the first Devil Arm was named Machiavelli. He made Artemis, the armor for Nelo Angelo, and the prototype Angelos.

   The "rules" which Devil Arms operate under differ from game to game. In Devil May Cry, Devil Arms are found already formed into weapons, and the process of subduing them requires Dante to survive the weapon's attempt to kill him. The powerful demons that Dante encounters do not form other Devil Arms when they are defeated.

   In Devil May Cry 3, Dante encounters creatures in their demon form, and has to defeat them in combat for them to agree to assist him in recognition of his power. The resulting Devil Arm's capabilities reflect the powers and abilities of the demon it was created from. Even within the game there are exceptions to this: Agni & Rudra are already swords before Dante acquires them, while Beowulf expresses no desire to assist either Dante or Vergil when he is defeated. Only certain demons are depicted as able to form into Devil Arms: Gigapede, Geryon, Leviathan and Doppelganger instead grant Dante either nothing at all or a new Style.

   In Devil May Cry 4, none of the powerful demons encountered by the two protagonists turn into Devil Arms, though when they are faced by Nero most drop magical items that grant additional capabilities to his Devil Bringer when it absorbs them. The Devil Arms acquired by Dante are instead a collection assembled by the Order of the Sword prior to the events of the game itself. None of the descriptions for Devil Arms in this game mention them previously being demons, and Devil May Cry 5 states that Gilgamesh instead gains its capabilities from the demonic metal it is made from.

   In Devil May Cry 5 only Dante acquires new Devil Arms from powerful demons, while those encountered by the other two characters do not transform into additional weapons. The game also features a Devil Arm created by a human, Dr. Faust. In a similar manner to the dropped items in Devil May Cry 4, some of the powerful demons faced by the other two characters do leave magical shards with demonic power following their defeat, which Nico uses to create new Devil Breakers for Nero.

   It is also shown that a demon or half-demon can manifest their own power as a Devil Arm while they are still alive, as Sparda did with his three swords and Dante creating Devil Sword Dante.

   Devil Arms are incredibly hard to break. Yamato's blade is shattered in Vergil's fight with Mundus, while a punch from Urizen destroys Rebellion's blade during the events of Devil May Cry 5. If broken, the Devil Arm's fragments will retain their power: Yamato's shards retained the ability to cut rifts between the human and demon world, while the hilt of Rebellion still possessed the power to unite human with demon. However, a Devil Arm can be broken into small enough pieces that it is impossible to use, such as when Dante broke Cerberus and a Yamato shard into granular sized particles.

   Although Devil Arms are primarily used as weapons, they are also shown to be used for other purposes. Yamato was used by the Dark Knight Sparda to seal the true Hell Gate and acted its key and power source. Sparda also used his beloved sword to strengthen Temen-Ni-Gru's seal. Agnus used several other Devil Arms to power his imitations of that Hell Gate.

3. #3Devil Hunterselective

   Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Hunter, Hunting, Hunt

   Devil Hunters are mercenaries who specialize in hunting demons. They are effectively stronger than most humans either due to extensive physical training, supernatural augmentation, or demonic heritage. They are contracted to do a job and receive payment upon the completion of said job. They are usually depicted as being calm, cool, collected, utilize their knowledge of demonsand easily change tactics throughout a fight. Payment varies depending on the contractor and the extremity of the job.

   Much of what is known about Devil Hunters is revealed through Dante. Typically he obtains work through an agent, such as J.D. Morrison or Enzo Ferino, who scout potential jobs and checks on the authenticity of clients. Dante will accept jobs from people who walk into his office or call his office phone, but only if the client knows a password - which is never revealed to players - or has a particularly compelling story. Even though Dante is seemingly selective about the jobs he takes, he is also very much in debt, and has on multiple occasions accepted a job to repay a favor extended to him.

   In Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, it is revealed that Lady runs her own freelance Devil Hunting business, and she is contracted by the official organization in charge of policing highways to deal with a demon. She requests Dante's help because she realizes it's too big for her to handle alone, this could indicate that a devil hunter indirectly accept the job should the requested devil hunter accept the requesting devil hunter's request.

   After accepting a job, Devil Hunters must then actually carry out the task. Usually a job is as simple as killing a specific demon, but if the cause of the demonic activity is unknown, Devil Hunters are required to do some investigative work first.

   Some jobs require Devil Hunters to function more as body guards than hunters. In these instances, a job consists of protecting someone or something from demons, and the actual number of demons killed has no affect on the reward. Dante is hired as a bodyguard twice in the anime: First to safely deliver Patty Lowell to a mansion where she will supposedly receive a large inheritance, and again to protect a group of treasure hunters as they scavenge the "haunted" home of a former rock musician.

   Typically, payment for a job is not made until after services are rendered and only upon completion of a job to the satisfaction of the client. However, it is not unheard of for a Devil Hunter to request a portion of the total reward to be payed beforehand, though this arrangement is usually reserved for very difficult cases. Agents who work for Dante are entitled to a portion of the reward money if Dante chooses to accept the job they find.

   Devil Hunters are not above the law, however, and must usually make reparations for any damage they cause while pursuing a target. For example, even though Lady splits the reward from the highway job with Dante, Dante actually ends up owing money to the highway department for property damage he caused while battling the demon.

   Devil Hunting is not an exclusive business, and hunters often have to compete with others for jobs and clients. That there is enough work for multiple Devil Hunters to operate in a given area is testament to the pervasiveness of demons within the Human World. Although the known Devil Hunters operate individually, it is quite common for competing Devil Hunters to team up on difficult cases. This allows them to tackle much larger jobs than they could accomplish alone, and also grants a modicum of security, as there will be someone else to watch their backs. How the reward is split varies depending on the agreement reached between the involved parties.

   Not all Devil Hunting is amicable. As is the case at the beginning of Devil May Cry 4, some Devil Hunters actually seek to put one another out of business by disrupting their activities: The Order of the Sword put pressure on Lady's business by taking most of the demons in her area, so she retaliates by hiring Dante to discover why they are collecting demons and Devil Arms in the first place.

4. #4Devil Kingdomselective

   Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Dark, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Kingdom, Army

   The Devil Kingdom, later called the Dark Army, refers to the armies of demons in which centered under the rule of a selected being in the Demon World.

   The first named ruler of the underworld was Mundus. About two thousand years ago, Mundus was born and gained great power quickly thanks to the consumption of Qliphoth fruit. He seized the Devil Throne from a prior ruler whose name and rank are not known, and became the ruler of the Demon World.

   An indeterminate amount of time after Mundus installed himself as the ruler of the Demon World, a devil god called Argosax the Chaos rose to power and notability, and began to covet the devil throne, waging a war against Mundus for power. After a great period of war, the Underworld was split in two sides, one ruled by Argosax and the other by Mundus.

   Sometime after this great war, Mundus threatened the Human World with his power and his army, and planned to fuse the realm with the Demon World. Feeling pity for the humans, Mundus' trusted ally and right-hand man, Sparda, betrayed him and fought for the freedom of humans. Defeating him, he then imprisoned the Prince of Darkness in a sealed vault

   After Mundus' sealing, Argosax took control of the other half of the Demon World, sudbduing all the other demons present and installing himself as the king of all devils. A few hundred years ago however, his rule was then abruptly interrupted by, Sparda who helped the guardians of Vie de Marli defeat and seal the demon away.

   Several years later, Urizen took control of the Demon World, unsealed the portal between Demon World and Human World, killing many humans in Red Grave City in order to obtain the Qliphoth fruit. Even though he was succeeded in eating it, he has been defeated by Dante. After his remerging with V, Vergil who was Dante's brother has finally return and the two worlds once again seperated. As Urizen became inactive, the throne became vacant again.

5. #5Demon,Devil,Demons,Devils,Akumaselective
6. #6Hell Gateselective

   Keys: Hell · Secondary: Gate, Door, Gateways, Doors

   Hell Gates are monolithic structures which serve as portals between the Human World and the Demon World featured most prominently in Devil May Cry 4. They are one of the primary methods of transportation between the worlds, alongside the Temen-ni-gru and direct summoning. Fortuna's skyscraper-sized Hell Gate is considered to be the most important and possibly the largest.

   Hell Gates are not to be confused with other methods of connecting the human and demon worlds. Although they may be called gateways to hell, they are not true Hell Gates.

7. #7Jackpotselective

   Keys: Jackpot

   "Jackpot!" is a recurring line in the Devil May Cry series. It is Dante's catchphrase, often spouted off just before the main antagonist is finished off with a powerful charged shot. The catchphrase originates from Dante and Vergil's childhood, during which the two loved saying it. In real life, a "jackpot" is the grand prize in gambling.

8. #8Magicselective

   Keys: Magical Power, Magical, Spell, Casting, Magic

   Magic (also referred to as Spell Casting and Magical Power) is a supernatural force used by various characters and objects for a variety of effects. It is usually in the form of spell circles, rituals, foci (amulets, staffs) or chants. Humans and demons are capable of performing magic, though most demons do not possess the intelligence to do so.

   The most common source of magical energy is demonic energy. Humans use demonic power granted to them by ritual, demons, or objects. Demons can use their own power to cast magic.

   Characters using magic can be referred as sorcerers, sorceress, spellcasters, or witches. A lot of key items in the games have magic attributes.

   The "Soul" contains emotional energy which is able to create and birth demons as well as containing and amplifying magical energy.

9. #9Order of the Swordselective

   Keys: Order of the Sword

   The Order of the Sword is a religious organization that believes that long ago, Sparda served as the feudal lord in Fortuna and worship him with the objective to eradicate all demons in his name.

   The Order was headed by Sanctus, the holy priest of the Order and Vicar of Sparda who is killed by Dante at the beginning of the game. He was later resurrected through the Ascension Ceremony. After his death at the hands of Nero however, the Order of the Sword became an autonomous group with no real leader. The Knights of the Order were previously lead by the previous Supreme Commander, Credo. Knights all wear uniform clothes and swords, designed by Agnus, the Order's former Chief Alchemist.

   The main headquarters of the Order is an immense fortress on the eastern side of the island, built above the ocean itself.

   The Order has a heavily funded and extensive research division dedicated to the development of their technology. This research division does not only develop anti-demon weapons, like Durandal and Caliburn swords, but also does extensive research into magic, alchemy and demonic sub-species. They use this knowledge to create their own artificial demons, among many other uses.

   As can be expected from the name, the Order's weapon of choice is a sword. The ones the Holy Knights presently use were designed by Agnus, the Order's Chief Alchemist. These anti-demon weapons feature a combustion engine, which, when revved, allow for powerful sword strikes. There are two variations of this design:

   Caliburn - Standard weapons of the Order's Knights. They feature a slimmer blade than the officer's Durandal. Durandal - Officers' swords. Credo's sword is a Durandal, as is Nero's, although his Red Queen is a heavily modified variant.

   Demons created by the Order to support their ranks:

   Cutlass - A demon made from combining fish and a blade, it can cut through the earth and metal with its powerful fin-blade.

   Gladius - A reptilian flying demon that can take the shape of a large sword. It is wielded by Agnus as his preferred weapon in combat.

   Basilisk - A dog-shaped demon capable of launching its head like a fireball. Alto & Bianco Angelos - Artificial demons created by animating a Angelo body armor using demon and human souls. The Bianco Angelos serve as the primary foot soldiers of the Order, whereas the Alto Angelos serve as battle commanders and tactical leaders.

   The Savior - A gigantic, immensely powerful living statue like-demon, created in the image of Sparda by melding together millennia of demonic matter and spirit. It is pivotal to the Order's plans and the key to spreading their propoganda.

   Other technology:

   Ascension Ceremony - A process devised by the Order in order to empower its subjects with demonic abilities. If successful, it grants the participants supernatural powers and a divinely physical appearance, although in reality they only become artificial demons.

   Hell Gates - By making the smaller copies of the real Hell Gate and powering them with the powerful Devil Arms, The Order was able to open pathways to the Demon World.

   It was stated by Agnus that they use them as an endless supply of demons in order to harness their souls and convert them into Bianco Angelos, their subservient foot soldiers.

   Chrono Slicers - These are time-manipulating devices requiring the Key of Cronus to function. Most of them are just prototypes and operate only for a limited period of time.

   Laser Barriers - These defense mechanisms are composed of rapid-moving lasers, these are encountered in the Headquarters of the Order.

   Gyro Blade - Large powerful artifacts shaped into top-like structures. They are capable of mobility only with the use of the Anima Mercury.

   Jump Pads - Pads that allow the user to reach greater heights. They can only be used when the Wing Talisman is nearby.

10. #10Uroborosselective

    Keys: Uroboros

    Uroboros was a international enterprise run by the modern-day sorcerer, Arius, located in Vie de Marli, on which the company has much influence.

    Based on the narritive, Uroboros happens to possess military vehicles, on which expirements have been performed using demonic power, resulting them in being controlled by Infestants.

11. #11Angelselective

    Keys: Angelic, Angels, Angel

    ngels are a mythical race mentioned multiple times throughout Devil May Cry world.

    “Angels” are wrongly perceived by humans to be of some divine origin when in all actuality they are just another part of the Demon World.

12. #12Demonselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish

    Demons (also Devils) are an often malevolent race of beings primarily originating from the Demon World.

    Demons are hierarchical in nature in a manner similar to pack animals or hive insects. The abilities of demons are often greatly varied among the middle and higher ranks. Demons usually seem to possess powers that are based on a certain element, such as fire, ice or lightning. Demons also come in a wide array of shapes and sizes, are considerably stronger and more resilient than both humans and earthly creatures in order to survive and thrive within the otherworldly and often harsh terrain of the Underworld, and are able to perform superhuman and supernatural feats with relative ease. The most prominent ability displayed by almost every demon seen in the series thus far is immortality; demons are known to live for over two thousand years without being subject to old age or death.

13. #13Demon Birthselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Birth, Make, Construct, Develop, Construction, Creation, Invention, Made, Formulation, Forge, Production, Born, Formation, Conception, Process, Science, Development, Created, Form, Produce, Growth, Grow, Create, Invent

    Demon's come into existence through varying methods. Some are born naturally while some are the result of Hell's influence on a human soul. Demons can also be artificially created by binding the souls of humans, animals, or even other demons to demonic flesh or materials.

14. #14Demon Behaviourselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Humans, Human, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish, Humanity · Secondary: Temperament, Mentality, Behavior, Compassion, Love, Nature, Evil, Psychology, Mindset, Personality

    Most demons are generally very selfish, power-hungry, and cruel; often seeking to increase their own power or influence at the expense of either other demons or humans. Very rarely do demons ever show remorse or pity, particularly when regarding humans - whom most demons regard as lesser beings. On the other hand, a few demons can be capable of love and compassion, and decide to live in the human world.

    Dante suggests that when a demon shows selflessness, becomes capable of love, or at least chooses to fight for something other than themselves and their own ambition, they can achieve even greater power. Furthermore, it is suggested that demons can even become figuratively human, at least metaphorically, by learning to feel and express complex emotions such as sadness and love for another, both of which are considered definitive characteristics of human beings.

    According to Dante's statements, humans can be, in a way, often worse than demons, by choosing to be evil out of their own volition, whereas demons are malevolent by nature. Lady makes a similar remark, realizing that there are humans who are just as evil as any demon, as well as demons who are capable of kindness, love, and compassion.

15. #15Demon and Human Relationsselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Human, Humans, Humanity

    Because of their inherent beyond-human physical and mystical abilities, most known demons view themselves as superior to humans, and as such wish to rule over them. It is implied that before Sparda's uprising, the demons held dominion over the human world and there were many gates and portals created between the two realms; ever since Sparda sealed off the demon world from the human world, demons have been attempting to regain dominion over the humans.

    It has been shown that certain demons can disguise themselves as humans and gain an incredible amount of influence in the criminal underworld, the wealthy upper-class, and even close family members and business associates of powerful individuals. However, there are also demons who deny their heritage and go to the human world to live in peace.

    Despite the inherent differences and metaphysical inequalities between humans and demons, they are able to mate and bear half-demon offspring who possess the physical and mystical qualities of demons, and the spirit of humans. Such an example is the protagonist Dante, along with his twin Vergil, who are the sons of the human woman Eva and the demon Sparda. Nero, Vergil's son, is also of both human and demonic lineage. Hybrid demons are greatly despised by full-blooded demons, as they are seen as incomplete and thus a mockery of their power.

16. #16Pure Demonsselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Fullblood, Pure blood, Fullblooded, Full-blood, Pure, Pure-blood, Pureblood

    These are the most overwhelmingly common types of demon, the ones which come from the Demon World. This is usually the type being referred to whenever the word "demon" is mentioned. They vary greatly in shape, intelligence, and power, composing the majority of enemies throughout the series.

    Weak lesser demons often act as grunts for stronger demons. For example, the Red Empusa and Green Empusa often accompany the tenacious Empusa Queen in a similar vein to Ants and the 7 Hells serve the various Hell Vanguards and guardians of the Temen-ni-gru.

17. #17Hybridsselective

    Keys: Human-Demon, Demon-Human, Devil-Human, Human Demon, Demonic, Human-Devil, Demon Human, Human Devil, Human, Demon, Devil Human, Devilish · Secondary: Half, Hybrid, Cross-breed, Cross breed, Crossbreed

    A hybrid describes an individual with both demonic and human ancestry, usually born from the result of a demon and human relationship, but also those whose relations can be traced to a demon within their lineage. Because of this, these hybrids innately exhibit enhanced physical prowess and unique abilities thanks to the demon blood within them. Every hybrid has enhanced physical attributes, as well as the ability to infuse almost anything with the demonic energy that they possess. With this blood, they can transform into their demon state via an ability called the Devil Trigger. However, Dante and Vergil also possesses an ability called Sin Devil Trigger. This ability now allows them to harness the full totality of their powers though they cannot stay in the form for long.

    Despite the potential for power, however, many demons look upon hybrids with scorn and label them no better than a mere human or simply half-breeds.

    Known Half-demons: Dante (Demon Father, Human Mother), Vergil (Demon Father, Human Mother) Known Quarter demons: Nero (Half-demon Father, Human Mother)

    While usually far more powerful than Low Tiers Demons, Hybrids don't have the same physiology since they are half-human, and thus, their Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Empowerment and Immortality can usually be used via their Devil Trigger, which is their full demon form. Although Sparda's descendants were shown to be able to perform greater feats and have also demonstrated notable regeneration in their normal form In their later forms), this is something that only scales to them because they have a superior power source to normal demons and hybrids.

18. #18Humansselective

    Keys: Human, Humans, Humanity

    Humans are one of the dominant species of the Devil May Cry world, alongside demons.

    Humans don't possess any natural magical abilities, and are physically inferior to demons. Most humans are no match for even the weakest of demons, although some who have trained for years and who possess appropriate weapons and equipment, such as Devil Hunters or the Order of the Sword, are able to combat and defeat demons. Some humans are shown to be able to cast magic, but it seems that this ability comes from using demonic power.

19. #19Dimensional Wallselective

    Keys: Dimensional, Demon Realm, Human Realm, Spatial, Multiverse, Human World, Dimension, Earth, Universe, World, Demon World · Secondary: Barrier, Boundary, Wall

    The dimensional wall between the Demon World and Human World can be said to be like a net.

    High-ranking Demons cannot come to this world unless favorable conditions have been met due to their power, but low-ranking demons are able to easily pass through this net.

    In that case, however, there are some small fry whose strength is too weak for them to even maintain their body. Such pitiful guys, these Marionettes, use life-size dolls to take in magical power.

    With the bottom of the guns bullets of the Devil Hunter and the other being the opponents to waste, handle them a little rough, and soon they'll break.

    Although it seems that even these demons have a tough head in keeping up with the times like against the use of guns. Does the person standing at the forefront devised it?

    In short, the universes are dimensionally separated, with their own space time continuums.

20. #20Artificial Demonsselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Man made, Artificial, Synthetic, Manmade, Man-made

    These are demons that are created unnaturally using various methods, typically through a combination of magic and science. They all share some form of demonic abilities, whilst their form is often dependent on their intended function. Some may resemble pure-blooded demons or just normal humans with some supernatural abilities.

21. #21Unknown Ritualselective

    Keys: Ritual, Ceremony · Secondary: Offering, Sacrafice

    This is an unknown ritual in which an individual sacrifices others to turn into a demon. Currently Arkham is the only one who has performed this ritual. Arkham was a scholar and worked towards becoming a demon. After a failed ritual involving his wife, Kalina Ann, he then become a demon known as Jester.

22. #22Secretary Demonselective

    Keys: Secretary, Secretaries, Assistant · Secondary: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish

    Secretaries are artificially-created female demons used by Arius and the Uroboros Corporation in which they share similar characteristics to that of a human hybrid despite being fully demon. They're capable of retaining both a human appearance and the ability to transform via their Devil Trigger abilities. These demons resemble the guise of a beautiful, dark-skinned woman with red hair. Arius considers Secretaries to be similar to mannequins and at one point they were subject to "defects" that made them unsuitable for Arius to use.

    Some known ones are: Lucia, Secretary.

23. #23Animal Weapon Demonsselective

    Keys: Animal · Secondary: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish

    Agnus uses another, unknown method to create demons by magically combining various animals with weapons. Among them are: Basilisk, Cutlass, Gladius.

24. #24Black Knightselective

    Keys: Black Knight, Black Knights

    Powerful demons made by transubstantiating human, demon, or hybrid souls and binding them to the armors created by Machiavelli.

    Some include: Nelo Angelo, Cavaliere Angelo, Proto Angelos, Scudo Angelos.

25. #25Artemisselective

    Keys: Artemis

    This is a unique example of an artificial demon. According to Nico's Enemy Reports, Artemis was created by Urizen fusing the Devil Arm Artemis with a human host. The demon shared the same coloration and long-range laser attacks as its gun counterpart. This is possibly the end result of a Devil Arm gaining complete possession of a weak-willed or human host, as it has been stated previously only those strong enough to subdue them can safely wield a Devil Arm. A similar situation occurred with Enzo Ferino when his arm began fusing with a Devil Arm also created by Machiavelli and trying to take over his body, forcing Dante to cut the afflicted limb off.

26. #26Nightmare Demonselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Dream, Nightmare

    A unique type of demon created by manifesting one's traumatic memories into physical form. Nightmare can create lesser versions of these demons in its inner dimension including Nelo Angelo and Dante, though they are considerably weaker than the true versions. Vergil created a handful of Nightmare demons by discarding his trauma from his time as Nelo Angelo using Yamato to literally carve them from his body. The four Nightmare Demons formed by this were: Griffon, Shadow, Nightmare, Phantom.

    The Nightmares created by Vergil can attack, but cannot kill other creatures due to their "dream-like" nature causing spiritual damage instead of physical damage. They require a host to survive, lest they begin fading away over time, melting into a black sludge like substance. When a contract is established with a host, the Nightmare Demons graft themselves onto their body in the form of intricate black tattoos, taking form and substance from the 'ink' of these tattoos. The host can then call upon them, both being able to be controlled and act autonomously. When inside their host, they can communicate telepathically with them.

27. #27Soulselective

    Keys: "Soul", Spirit, Soul

    The "Soul" of a Demon has been shown to contain the powers. It also contains their demonic energy since it was stated by Baul that when he gets Dante’s "Soul" he will get the power(s) of Sparda which are Dante’s as well. To further reinforce this, Dante gets the power to control time by absorbing Geryon’s "Soul", a horse that is also able to control time and also when Dante was absorbing Doppelganger and gaining its powers too in the process.

    The "Soul" has been implied to contain the emotions which are part of the mind as well as feelings. There are demons who are born from the energy of emotions like astonishment that were separated from the "Soul" as well as demons being born from negative emotions of the "Soul" which goes 1-to-1 with the statement of the human spirits « exploding with positive feelings » which works as counterpart to the negative emotions that resides/contained within "Soul". To further solidify this point there is a race of demons that are born by malice and lust that dwells within the "Soul". Strong emotions like desires are capable of changing reality, like how Credo envisioned his death to be or how demons mutate their physical form and powers. It can also be said to be the source of power of the world from where all the demonic energy comes from.

    The "Souls" in Devil May Cry are more than meets the eye, and anyone that can manipulate or interact with them (and their aspects) should get the following abilities: Power Absorption (for any "Soul" absorption and also Power Null with "Soul" manipulation and "Soul" based attacks), Energy Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Non-Physical Interaction, Life Manipulation, Abstract Existence.

28. #28Dreams, Memories and Mindselective

    Keys: Memory, Dream, Memories, Mind, Dreams

    Dreams, Memories and the Mind all share the same Metaphysical nature. Unconscious aspects such as memories are outright stated to be metaphysical. We also learn that Sargasso's exist in dreams, and in this state they're said to be "transcendental" and cannot be attacked, therefore, the dreams are transcendental to reality itself, these dreams/nightmares have no form, being something more "abstract" rather than anything at all, and they're literally stated to be dreams. Also, dreams coexist with memories in the same realm (because we see a young version of Vergil, who is clearly not supposed to be a dream, but more-so a repressed thought or record of the events that happened to Vergil).

    In short, the unconscious aspects such as Dreams, Memories and Mind/Strong Emotions have an impact on reality and are abstract while being transcendental to it.

29. #29Life Forceselective

    Keys: Life, Vitality, Living · Secondary: Vitality, Force, Energy

    In Devil May Cry 2, there is a demon called the Flambat, this demon in particular was stated to devour the life energy/vitality of the beings who have a "Soul", which further implies that life force and the "Soul" are aligned since they will only drain life if a "Soul" exists, the same bats also get bigger and stronger through draining them, further reinforcing the idea of the life force being one with the "Soul".

    "The Soul" being intertwined with the idea of vitality or life force is also directly presented in Devil May Cry 3. In Mission 12, Dante is getting his "Soul" and vitality absorbed simultaneously by the Haywire Neo Generator, which is converted into pure power.

30. #30Low Level Demonselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Low-Level, Common, Low-Tier, Low Rank, Low Grade, Low-Class, Lesser, Low Tier, Weak, Low Class, Average, Low-Rank, Low Level

    Low Tier Demons, also known as lesser demons, are the weakest kind of demons in Devil May Cry, which include demons like the Empusa, Frosts and Scudo Angelos, among others. Their abilities include the following:

    Abstract Existence: Demons’ true forms are their Names. A Name being stated to be their truth and their true substance and the bodies they make are mere embodiments/avatars of them.

    Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Even the most simple type of demon is easily capable of tearing humans apart, cutting them in half with a single blow, and posing a threat to entire sections of a city. Demons are also confirmed to be impervious to all man-made weapons in existence.

    Supernatural Willpower: Demons are capable of using the powers of the Beastheads, and it is confirmed that you need a strong will and mind to be able to do so and also to not get possessed by it.

    Shapeshifting: Demons can shape-shift all they want, even when possessing humans or objects and can also make weapons from their bodies.

    Power Bestowal: Demons are beings capable of becoming Devil Arms by either crushing them and gaining power over them or becoming friends with them.

    Immersion: Demons can enter inside mirrors.

    Self-Sustenance and Space Survival: Demons can survive indefinitely without food or water, and survive for extended periods of time underwater or in the vacuum of space.

    Regeneration via Possession: They can send their consciousness from the Demon World to the Human World from small gaps and they can also rebuild their bodies when they are possessing things and can even materialize themselves when they die, once their rage and fury are mixed together to create the demons called Soul Eaters. However, it is required that they possess nearby materials using only their souls to be able to reform their bodies back. Their Devil Trigger state allows them to heal their wounds instantly.

    Immortality: Demons don't age at all, and thanks to their regeneration, they can also survive great amounts of damage, and also can possess others to exist in the Demon World while also being undead. Demons oftentimes project their consciousness or spirit across the Dimensional Wall they are in, (most prominently shown using Sand, Marionettes, etc.) whilst leaving other parts of themselves within the Demon World. These are then used as "avatars" for the Demons to torment humanity, through these mediums that allow them to repeatedly strike at muggles even if their physical form is disturbed.

    Acausality: Demons naturally exist in a dimension with a different flow of time, and with a set of laws different from that of the human world.Demons don't need to follow the laws that exist upon reality, those being from the demon world or the human world.

    Fear, Pain, and Blood Empowerment: The mere presence of demons causes fear, can also feed off despair and get stronger from it. Demons receive more demonic power if they hit their opponents or take damage. Demons get stronger by receiving human blood and even the blood being in their bodies already increases their demonic powers. Vergil was able to make Sanctus instinctively feel fear.

    Corruption: Implanting demonic powers in someone to gain powers beyond what ordinary people are capable of, requires that the person in question has a strong mind and body to not become a mindless beast in the process.

    Demonic Energy Manipulation, Unholy Manipulation and Magic Manipulation: Every demon power, physical or magical, shares the same source of energy, their Demonic Energy. They can channel it through objects to increase their power, manifest it out of thin air to create a platform for double jumps, among other uses. Although not every demon is capable of using Demonic Energy as magic.

    Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Non-Physical Interaction, Power Nullification, Soul Manipulation and Aura: The mere presence of demons causes despair, fear and insanity, Demonic aura can exert supernatural pressure on the victim, with an attempt to crush their soul and psyche.

    Madness Manipulation: Victims can go insane with the mere sight or even immediate and impending knowledge that demons can arrive. Victims affected like this are very prone to hurting themselves and un-aliving themselves.

    Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Power Nullification, Non-Physical Interaction, Power Absorption and Energy Manipulation: Demons can manipulate souls in various ways to kill their opponents, ranging from simple destroying to removing and absorbing of the souls.

    Dimensional Travel: Demons can travel between the Demon World and the Human World and can also get out of Fault's body, which is another dimension.

    Subjective Reality: Via their imagination/subconscious Demons decide how their powers evolve. Demons are inherently tied to their desires, as is Demonic Power. This is seen in the Ascension Ceremony, where it’s outright stated their powers are related to their body and mind, which is why Credo is so powerful. The results were the manifestation of his resolve. Dante stated Credo’s Angelic Death was only possible because he imagined it that way. Demons evolves as a species-Based on their desires.

    Clairvoyance and Causality Manipulation: Demons can perceive events beyond their physical reach and also influence them if they must, either by manifesting themselves at that event or bringing said event to themselves.

31. #31Low Level Demon Resistancesselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Adaptation, Immune, Tolerance, Immunity, Resilience, Adaptability, Resist, Resistance, Adapt

    Reality Warping, Transmutation and Deconstruction via Matter Manipulation (Atomic Level), Size Manipulation, Petrification, Hellfire Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Power Nullification, Power Absorption and Soul Manipulation: Demons are resistant to the Beasthead's assimilation process, which assimilates human mass and soul by deconstructing them into basic magical energy, and in the process they also transmute human matter and soul to stone. Hellfire is summoned in surroundings. Beastheads directly derive their power from the Demon World. Demons are also resistant to the Demon World, which can also transform souls into monsters and people into trees and warp reality in the Human World. They are also unaffected by the Qliphoth tree roots, which sucks the blood of humans and turns them into pollen, and they can also resist their own attacks, which are capable of affecting and destroying souls.

    Biological Manipulation: Demons are unaffected by the Demon World, which can change humans biologically Fate Manipulation: Demons are naturally resistant to the Beasthead's powers to bind their fates to itself, to never let them escape and to devour them

    Pain Manipulation: Demons are capable of withstanding every modern weapon being thrown at them and getting up like nothing happened to them.

    Illusion Creation, Statistics Reduction and Corrosion Inducement: Demons are unaffected by the Demon World, which just by approaching is enough to be affected by powerful illusions that can also reduce the strength of those being affected by it, and by the nexus, which is capable of reducing the strength of someone that enters inside there and can also decay and rot everything when it is consuming the Human World and they are also unaffected by the Demon World itself, which is not only able to corrode people by being close to its influence at night when its effects became stronger, but to also corrode people like Dante, who needed to adapt to it to survive his body not being corroded by the influence of the Demon World on Mallet Island, even though he was completely unaffected by the nexus many years prior when he fought for the last time against Gilver, which the nexus was corroding the Bobby Cellar, and, eventually the entire Human World.

    Corruption: Demons are unaffected by the Demon World, which can corrupt everything in the Human World, including souls, can also corrupt the air, they can also breathe in the demonic air, which turns normal people into monsters. Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Power Nullification and Madness Manipulation: Demons are unaffected by being in each other's presence, whose presence alone causes despair, fear and insanity as well as soul destruction and also unaffected by the Demon World, which can also cause despair, fear and insanity in who enters inside there.

    Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Power Nullification and Possession: Demons are unaffected by the Demon World, which can warp the minds of men and they are also capable of using the powers of the Beastheads, and it is confirmed that you need a strong will and mind to be able to do that and not get possessed by it.

    Space-Time Manipulation and Time Stop: Demons are unaffected by stoppage of time by the Demon World and they are physically unaffected by the creation and continuous warping of closed off space-time loops on top of them. They can also leave and enter the loop casually.

    Physics Manipulation: Demons live in the Demon World, where the laws of physics are different from the Human World.

    Gravity Manipulation: Demons live in the Demon World, where the laws of gravity are different from the Human World.

    Law Manipulation: Demons came from the Demon World, a place that has different laws that exist upon reality compared to the Human World and when they decide to step into the Human World, they also don't need to follow the laws that exist upon that reality.

    Death Manipulation: Demons are unaffected by the Beasthead's mere presence, which is capable of robbing the life from everything in its surroundings, including sounds, waves and wind, as well as living creatures.

    Magic: Demons resist being in large quantities of magic that can suffocate a normal human and make them lose consciousness.

    Absolute Zero: Demons are unaffected by being in the ice rooms made by King Cerberus and King Cerberus himself is capable of manipulating ice that reaches absolute zero temperature.

    Disease Manipulation: Approaching the Demon World, being inside or near a Demon World nexus causes "unearthly illness" which makes it difficult to concentrate and causes intense nausea and dizziness.

    Sleep Manipulation: Demons are unaffected by the Demon World, which is capable of putting people to sleep in seconds.

    Enhanced Resistance in Devil Trigger: Lucia with her Devil Trigger form is completely immune to certain powers and abilities in this state when her base form wouldn't resist it, and Dante when he's partially transformed is still capable of being completely immune to certain powers and abilities that he couldn't resist in his base form.

32. #32Mid Level Demonselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: Mid Tier, Mid-Class, Mid-Tier, Mid-Rank, Mid Class, Mid Level, Mid Rank, Mid Grade, Mid-Level

    Mid Tiers make up most of the bosses in the Devil May Cry franchise. As they are a lot more powerful than lesser Demons, they have everything that a low level demon has on a higher level, plus the following:

    Enhanced Regeneration: Demons are beings capable of becoming Devil Arms. A Devil Arm is the manifestation of a devil's power or soul. High ranking demons are able to reform their bodies from this state again to keep fighting. Basically high ranking demons are able to become devil arms (their souls taking a physical form) and from that creating their bodies again (from a manifestation of their souls back to their own bodies).

    Enhanced Empathic Manipulation, Enhanced Mind Manipulation, Enhanced Power Nullification, Enhanced Life Manipulation, Enhanced Energy Manipulation and Enhanced Soul Manipulation: (As a mid-tier demon, the Beastheads was able to induce despair into Beryl, whom is able to resist the presence of normal demons that cause despair, madness,fear and soul destruction)

    Enhanced Resistance to Death Manipulation: The demon generals of the alternate universe were able to withstand a fight against the armada of Mundus, which could instantly cause death with the stroke of his sword and some only suffering minor injuries.

    Resistance to Causality Manipulation and Clairvoyance: Via being resistant to the abilities of the low tier demons.

33. #33High Level Demonselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Devils, Demon, Demonic, Devilish · Secondary: High-Tier, God Tier, High-Class, Diety, High Level, King, High Class, High Tier, Strongest, High-Rank, High Grade, Almighty, Powerful, Strong, High-Level, God, Absolute, God-Tier, High Rank

    High Tier Demons, also known as the God tiers, are the most powerful type of demon in the Devil Mary Cry series. They're made up of the Demon kings and those who rival them in power. They have everything that low level and mid level demons have on a much higher level, plus the following:

    Enhanced Regeneration: Mundus was able to come back after being completely destroyed by a bloodlusted Dante, who's able to target not only the physical body of his opponents, but also their mind and soul

34. #34Sparda Bloodlineselective

    Keys: Sparda · Secondary: Lineage, Offspring, Descendant, Son, Child, Daughter, Bloodline

    Dante, Vergil and Nero, alongside their Hybrid physiology, have a special lineage of demonic power that is exclusive to them, which comes from the Demon Lord Sparda. Thanks to them having the same blood and soul as him. Said inheritance only works until they surpass Sparda. Despite not being a descendant of Sparda, Chen also had the same exclusive lineage of demonic power as the Sparda descendants, since he transplanted 70% of Sparda's DNA inside his body.

35. #35Average Hybrid Powersselective

    Keys: Half, Hybrid, Cross-breed, Cross breed, Crossbreed · Secondary: Trait, Ability, Skill, Weak, Low-Level, Prowess, Low Grade, Low-Class, Low Tier, Biology, Power, Low Level, Common, Low Rank, Technique, Physiology, Lesser, Low Class, Average, Low-Tier, Abilities, Strength, Low-Rank, Traits

    Accelerated Development (Passive, Skill, Battle, Physical and Abilities): Capable of gaining immensely high results by simply doing their normal activities, like when Nero trained for one month to get stronger to face Urizen once again, by simply killing demons, something that Dante and Vergil also do in a daily basis or just by merely existing like their father Sparda, who decided to seal his powers away because he was fearing how powerful he was growing through by just his mere existence. They are capable of becoming much stronger, faster and more skilled when they are in middle of combat, after a battle or after being defeated, like when Dante was able to improve his skills extremely fast in combat and was also shown to be capable of noticing patterns in his opponent's style and adapt to fight accordingly, even against demons like the Black Knights, who have command of techniques that allow them to spot patterns far beyond their opponent's abilities, and the Black Knights were created by Mundus to kill Dante and Vergil after carefully studying how Dante, Vergil and Sparda fight.

    Reactive Evolution: They can adapt to anything that doesn't kill them instantly, gaining new powers, abilities and resistances against corresponding threats in mere seconds, like when Dante adapted to the hazardous environment of the Demon World in his base form to overcome its effects. Vergil was shown to be capable of adapting to a dangerous demonic illusion created by a Sin that is capable of driving normal people into insanity. They are also shown being capable of adapting to others' different types of powers and abilities when they transform to their demon forms, like when Dante was able to adapt by transforming instinctively to fight off Alice when she was sucking his life force, or when Dante was capable of instinctively adapting by semi-transforming to fight off a Sin when he was stripping away his blood. They are easily able to adapt to and overcome attacks that are able to destroy their souls.

    Enhanced Senses (Enhanced Awareness, Soul Vision, Danger Intuition, Aura Sense, Aura Vision, Long-Range Tracking, and Illusion Awareness up reaching mid tier demon class): They are capable of seeing evil spirits when they are leaving the body of the hosts which are invisible to the human eyes, can see the souls that Hell Greed summons, is capable of seeing aura and detecting danger from his surroundings, is able to sense the smell of flesh and blood behind the door, and also sensed the dark aura that was radiating from the blood, can see the aura of his opponents, can track smells over long distances to find his target, can sense killing intents and they are also capable of seeing through powerful illusions, was capable of seeing through a dangerous demonic illusion created by a Sin that is capable of driving normal people insane and they are also capable of seeing through the illusions in Mallet Island.

    Acrobatics: They repeatedly show great maneuvers of balance, agility, dexterity, coordination like when Dante uses Air Hike or Wall Hike, regularly performs hypermobile movements with their body and they can also traverse a large variety of terrains with no issue, including hazardous ones in the demon world.

    Superior Supernatural Willpower: They have great showings of willpower throughout their lives, like when Vergil was able to battle against Mundus' control over his mind and body for 9 years, they are capable of wielding the Force Edge without turning into a giant blob monster like Arkham, which is also later confirmed by Griffon that you need a strong body and mind to be able to wield the Devil Sword Sparda and they can also withstand the limits imposed by the harsh laws of reality of the Demon World.

    Non-Physical Interaction: They can harm intangible demons and can kill incorporeal demons and can interact with abstract demon souls.

    Extrasensory Perception (Power Level Measurement, Magic Detection, Evil Awareness and Enhanced Sight): (Can detect difference in power levels, is capable of detecting magic and magical energies, they are also capable of detecting evil beings, and can sense someone tens of kilometers away, like when Vergil sensed Lady when she was on the ground of the Temen-ni-gru tower and also when Dante was capable of sensing Vergil when he was on top of the Temen-ni-gru tower and can also sense killing intent.

    Telekinesis for Sparda, Dante and Vergil (Object Calling, Direction Alteration and Immobilization): Can throw his weapons and call them back, can control his weapons trajectory after throwing them and can also stop a motorcycle that was thrown in the air telekinetically.

    Teleportation for Sparda, Dante and Vergil: They are capable of teleporting via Air Trick.

    Telepathy (Mental Speaking and Thought Detection): (Can communicate telepathically with other people and can also hear people's thoughts.

    Absorption and Fusionism: (They are capable of fusing themselves with other people or with objects, like when Dante's absorbed and fused both Rebellion and Devil Sword Sparda into his body, or when V fused with Urizen to turn back into Vergil and also when Nero was show to be capable of fusing his arms with the Devil Breakers.

    Regeneration (Mid Prior to their Awakening): Dante was completely capable of easily surviving being shot in the head and face at point-blank range, along with his entire body getting shot by a gang. Dante also instantly regenerated from a bullet going through his head.

    Soul Manipulation: Are capable of manipulating souls, can kill demons which are abstract evil spirits when they are possessing things with nothing but normal attacks, can remove the souls from demons, like when Dante separated a demon from the host without killing the possessed, and when V removed Nightmare's core.

    Immortality Negation: Can bypass the immortalities of Demons and kill them permanently.

    Regeneration Negation: Can consistently nullify Demon Regeneration, Dante was capable of permanently destroying two heads of the Cerberus when they fought on the entrance of the Temen-ni-gru, Nero was able to inflict fatal wounds on Berial and he needed to retreat to the Demon World to recover his strength and even after coming back to the Human World again, Berial states that he is not completely recovered from his battle with Nero. Sparda was shown to have made a scar on Beowulf's face. When Dante absorbed the power of Sparda that was sealed inside the Devil Sword Sparda, he was capable of overcoming and eventually landing a fatal injury on Mundus. Capable of inflicting fatal wounds on each other.

    Power Nullification and BFR with Ebony and Ivory: They are capable of neutralizing the powers of Sparda that have been absorbed by Arkham when he used the two halves of the amulet to awaken the Force Edge and also afterwards sent him from the Demon World back to the Human World.

    Conceptual Manipulation: They are capable of erasing or restoring demons' names. To change a Demon's name is to change the world, the value of everything.

    Explosive Aura: Upon transformation, by holding their own powers inside themselves and letting it out in a powerful explosion in which triggers than into their demon forms and causes a major damage to their enemies.

    Flight In Devil Trigger forms: They are capable of flying even when they are partially transformed.

    Improved Absorption for Ultimate Devil Trigger and Sin Devil Trigger: When they transform, they are capable of absorbing all their weapons on their bodies, for example, Vergil can activate his Sin Devil Trigger by absorbing the Yamato into his skin.

    Dimensional Storage: They can pull out or store all weapons and items they have or find on their ways.

    Stamina and Limited Self-Sustenance (Superhuman): As Demons, they can last hours in battle without pause, fighting entire hordes of demons and fights against Demon Bosses without rest or relevant signs of fatigue, only showing it against prolonged fights against those who were comparable to than. They showed to need only mere seconds to recover after combat and they can also recover their stamina and energy when they are in Devil Trigger in the middle of combat. Both Dante and Vergil, after cutting down the Qliphoth tree on June 15, resumed their friendly rivalry for 39 days straight, from June 15 to July 24.

36. #36Mid Level Hybrid Powersselective

    Keys: Half, Hybrid, Cross-breed, Cross breed, Crossbreed · Secondary: Mid Tier, Mid-Class, Mid-Tier, Mid-Rank, Mid Class, Mid Level, Mid Rank, Mid Grade, Mid-Level

    They have everything that a Low Level Hybrid has on a higher level plus:

    Improved Regeneration: Nero was able to regenerate after he was absorbed on mental, physical and spiritual level by the savior to become one with it.

    Surface Scaling: They can walk on walls.

    Water Walking: They can walk on top of the water.

37. #37High Level Hybrid Powersselective

    Keys: Half, Hybrid, Cross-breed, Cross breed, Crossbreed · Secondary: High-Tier, God Tier, High-Class, Diety, High Level, King, High Class, High Tier, Strongest, High-Rank, High Grade, Almighty, Powerful, Strong, High-Level, God, Absolute, God-Tier, High Rank

    They have everything that a low level hybrid and a mid level hybrid has on a higher level and plus the following:

    Stamina and Limited Self-Sustenance (Superhuman): Dante and Vergil fought against each other for 39 days straight in the Underworld from June 15 to July 24 while having extremely short breaks.

    Extrasensory Perception: Can sense killing intents from another dimension.

    Improved Fear Manipulation: Chen and Dante in their battle caused inanimate and unconscious objects to feel real fear all throughout the building.

38. #38Low Level Hybrid Resistancesselective

    Keys: Half, Hybrid, Cross-breed, Cross breed, Crossbreed · Secondary: Adaptation, Immune, Tolerance, Immunity, Resilience, Adaptability, Resist, Resistance, Adapt

    Extreme Temperatures, Hellfire Manipulation and Magma Manipulation: Vergil was unaffected by the fire burning his house when he was a kid. Nero was capable of resisting when he got close to the flames of Berial, Dante was completely unaffected Berial's flaming tail and was even sitting on it to his amusement, which Berial's flames is shown to be more than hot enough to burn a Scarecrow, and Dante can withstand the extreme fires of Ifrit, which are potent enough to melt the ice from Frost's body, which are impervious to even volcanic fire from the Demon World and is able to wield Ifrit without succumbing to his Hellfire wrath.

    Extreme Pain Tolerance and Paralysis Inducement: They have great showings of supporting extreme levels of pain throughout their lives, like when Dante despite being in extreme pain, moved by sheer willpower, and was unaffected by the Demon World's nexus, which can temporarily paralyze demons after refreshing their Demonic Powers, Dante and Vergil continuously fighting against each other since they were kids and they have shown many times to be incredibly resilient against pain throughout their lives, Nero was capable of fighting Urizen, ignoring the pain despite the many hits that he took.

    Improved Empathic Manipulation and Improved Fear Manipulation: The Sparda descendants can endure being in each other's presence in battle, which on its own can make even demons fall into despair and fear and is also capable of making people who can endure normal despair and fear from demons and the Demon World like V completely collapse out of terror and can also endure being in a high tier demon's presence, like Alternative Mundus, with just his laugh, made Beryl fall into despair and fear.

    Life Force Absorption: Dante instinctively transformed in his demon form to fight off Alice when she was sucking his life force[99] and when he did transform instinctively some time later in Devil Trigger to fight off Nevan when she was sucking his life force in the opera house of the damned.

    Energy Absorption: Unaffected when entering inside the Fault's body, which is confirmed to absorb magic power of their prey. They are also capable of resisting his magical powers being absorbed numerous times throughout their life, like when Dante was capable of resisting Leviathan's hearts' ability to absorb his magical powers when fighting inside it, or when Nobody's absorbed his show to absorb their magical powers with its dance, Dante was capable of fighting off Nightmare's magic absorbing powers and he was also capable of using Nightmare Beta, which absorbs magic energy from the user.

    Poison Manipulation and Acid Manipulation: Capable of resisting different types of poison and acids numerous times throughout their life, like when Dante was unaffected by the demon monkey's poisonous blood, which was poisonous enough to dissolve his own body, They are also shown to be unaffected when Beelzebub spat out poison on him or when they are unaffected by the Nobody's poisonous bodies when they die and explode into pieces and also when they are unaffected by Chaos's neurotoxin sacs inside his chest, which he spits on his enemies.

    Blood Manipulation: Dante reacted instinctively by semi-transforming to fight off a Sin when he was stripping away his blood and they are capable of fighting off Queen Empusa when she grabs them to suck their blood.

    Holy Manipulation: Unaffected by the explosion of the holy water that kills demons instantly, Dante was capable of withstanding attacks from the Fallen's holy spear and was also unaffected by Allan Lowell's magical pendant that reacts to Demonic Power and then turns them to ashes.

    Absolute Zero and Matter Manipulation (Molecular Level): Nero is capable of surviving attacks from the Frost's claws even before unlocking his Devil Trigger, whose air can reach beyond absolute zero and can kill any of their victims without feeling any pain, can also survive an attack from Frost when he enters a molecular scattering state, causing their molecules to pass through the target to cause damage and Frost's claws can freeze his opponents and are capable of breaking out of the ice

    Soul Manipulation: Can withstand their own attacks which destroy demon souls.

    Regeneration Negation: Can still regenerate after being hit with one of their own attacks, despite them being able to negate the Regeneration from Low Tier demons during this point in the story.

39. #39Mid Level Hybrid Resistancesselective

    Keys: Mid-Grade Cross-breed, Mid-Grade Crossbreed, Mid-Class Cross-breed, Mid Class Crossbreed, Mid Level Half, Mid Rank Hybrid, Mid-Tier Cross-breed, Mid Tier Cross breed, Mid-Tier Half, Mid Class, Mid-Grade Hybrid, Mid-Class Hybrid, Mid Rank Cross-breed, Mid-Rank Half, Mid-Grade, Mid Class Cross breed, Mid Level Cross breed, Mid-Tier Crossbreed, Mid Grade Hybrid, Mid Tier Crossbreed, Mid Class Cross-breed, Mid-Level Crossbreed, Mid-Level, Mid-Grade Half, Mid Rank, Mid-Grade Cross breed, Mid-Level Cross breed, Mid-Rank Hybrid, Mid-Level Hybrid, Mid Grade Crossbreed, Mid-Level Half, Mid Rank Crossbreed, Mid Rank Half, Mid-Rank Crossbreed, Mid Class Hybrid, Mid-Rank Cross breed, Mid Tier Half, Mid-Class Cross breed, Mid-Rank, Mid Level, Mid-Level Cross-breed, Mid Level Cross-breed, Mid Level Hybrid, Mid Grade Cross breed, Mid Grade Cross-breed, Mid Tier, Mid-Tier Cross breed, Mid Tier Hybrid, Mid Tier Cross-breed, Mid Rank Cross breed, Mid Class Half, Mid-Rank Cross-breed, Mid-Class, Mid-Tier, Mid-Class Crossbreed, Mid Level Crossbreed, Mid Grade Half, Mid Grade, Mid-Tier Hybrid, Mid-Class Half · Secondary: Adaptation, Immune, Tolerance, Immunity, Resilience, Adaptability, Resist, Resistance, Adapt

    They have all the resistances that a low level hybrid has plus improved ones including:

    Improved Paralysis Inducement and Improved Soul Manipulation: Capable of fighting off the Soul Eater, which paralyzes its prey and eats their souls.

    Sound Manipulation: Unaffected by the Assaults' shriek, Dante was unaffected by Elena's sound-based attacks and was also shown to not be affected by the Beastheads' loud roar and was also unaffected by the dreadful metallic sound that is even louder than the Beastheads' roar himself.

    Improved Biological Manipulation and Improved Soul Manipulation Absorption: Nero was capable of resisting his body and soul being absorbed by the Savior, as long as his demonic/magic powers are not nullified and he doesn't fall unconscious.

    Corruption, Memory Manipulation, Power Nullification and Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2): Vergil was more than capable of resisting Mundus's powers when the Prince of Darkness tried to corrupt, take control over his mind and body, change his memories and give him a new Name, and restrict his demonic/magic powers and only was able to make him obey to some extent when he gave back his amulet, which Mundus's chains being powerful enough to restrain Nightmare, who has been repeatedly stated to be able to destroy the Demon World.

    Improved Soul Manipulation, BFR, Power Absorption, Power Nullification, Forced Healing, Sealing, Telepathy, Duplication and Power Mimicry: Nero was unaffected by the Maphas's stones, just like Dante while Malphas was shown to also use her stones for traps. The stones from Malphas's body can steal the cores of V's summons and lock them away and also traps V in a pocket dimension, which can take away his demonic/magic powers and can also heal him, the stones can also recreate Goliath, Cavaliere Angelo and Artemis out of V's memory and Nero was also unaffected by the stones on Malpha's body and on the surroundings when he fought against her.

    Improved Illusion Creation, Telepathy and Madness Manipulation: (Vergil was capable of breaking free of a dangerous demonic illusion created by a Sin that is capable of driving normal people insane and Dante was capable of seeing through the illusions in Mallet Island.

    Improved Space-Time Manipulation: Can resist the abilities of Yamato, like for example, not being sliced into pieces by the Judgment Cut.

    Improved Possession, Improved Biological Manipulation, Improved Disease Manipulation, Improved Transmutation, Morality Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, Memory Manipulation and Mind Manipulation: Dante was capable of fighting off the Infestant when they try to take over his body. Dante resisted Ducas's attempt to possess him when he has the Beastheads with him and stated that even as a child it won't work, Nero and Dante are shown to be capable of fighting off Chimera Seed when they try to take over their bodies, which when the seeds parasite their victims, they start absorbing the nutrients of the bodies and eventually turn then into a tree of the Demon World The Chimera Seed is able to make a demon way more aggressive. They are also capable of wielding the Force Edge without turning into a giant blob monster like Arkham, which is also later confirmed by Griffon that you need a strong body and mind to be able to wield the Devil Sword Sparda.

40. #40High Level Hybrid Resistancesselective

    Keys: God Level, High-Tier, High Rank Half, God Tier, God Rank Cross-breed, High Level, High-Grade Half, God Grade Hybrid, God Rank Half, High-Level Cross-breed, High-Rank Cross-breed, God-Level Cross-breed, God-Tier Crossbreed, High Tier Hybrid, God-Rank Cross-breed, God Grade Cross-breed, God-Rank Crossbreed, High-Level Half, God-Level, High Class Cross-breed, God-Grade Cross-breed, High-Class Hybrid, High Level Cross breed, High-Grade Cross-breed, High-Class, God-Grade, High-Class Half, God-Level Cross breed, High-Grade Hybrid, High Class, God Tier Hybrid, High-Grade Cross breed, High-Class Cross-breed, God-Grade Half, God Grade Crossbreed, God Rank Hybrid, High Tier Half, God Tier Crossbreed, God Level Half, High-Rank Hybrid, High Class Crossbreed, High-Tier Cross breed, God Rank Cross breed, High-Rank Crossbreed, High-Level Hybrid, High Rank, God Tier Cross-breed, God-Grade Cross breed, High Class Half, God Level Cross breed, God-Rank Hybrid, God Level Cross-breed, God-Level Hybrid, High Grade Half, High Rank Hybrid, God-Grade Hybrid, High-Tier Half, God Level Crossbreed, High Level Half, God-Level Half, God Grade, High-Class Cross breed, High-Rank Cross breed, High Grade, High Grade Crossbreed, High Level Cross-breed, High Level Hybrid, High-Grade Crossbreed, High-Grade, High Tier Cross breed, High-Level, God Tier Half, God-Rank, God-Tier Hybrid, High-Tier Crossbreed, High Class Cross breed, High Rank Cross-breed, God Rank Crossbreed, High-Tier Hybrid, God-Tier, God Level Hybrid, High-Tier Cross-breed, God-Rank Half, God Tier Cross breed, High Tier Cross-breed, High Rank Cross breed, High Tier, High Rank Crossbreed, God Grade Cross breed, High Grade Cross-breed, High Class Hybrid, God-Tier Cross breed, High Grade Hybrid, High Tier Crossbreed, High-Rank, High-Rank Half, High-Level Crossbreed, High-Class Crossbreed, God-Tier Half, High Level Crossbreed, God Grade Half, God-Rank Cr, God Rank, God-Level Crossbreed, God-Tier Cross-breed, High-Level Cross breed, High Grade Cross breed, God-Grade Crossbreed · Secondary: Adaptation, Immune, Tolerance, Immunity, Resilience, Adaptability, Resist, Resistance, Adapt

    They have all the resistances that a low level hybrid and a mid level hybrid has plus improved ones including:

    Body Puppetry: Dante can break out of the Marionette's screech, which strings up their victims like a puppet.

    Improved Time Stop: Bangle of Time They are unaffected by the Bangle of Time, which can stop time and freeze every demon in place, despite they being shown to be unaffected by other means of Time Manipulation, like not being affected by the Demon World, which is capable of stopping the flow of time and warping space.

    Improved Power Nullification: Dante resisted Beelzebub's blue vomit, which is capable of nullifying Dante's ranged weapons, like Ebony and Ivory, which contain souls on the bullets, and have powerful techniques, yet Beelzebub's blue vomit can nullify it. Nightmare Beta is a Devil Arm which is used which Devil Trigger energy and is also nullified by the spit of Beelzebub, but Dante can still transform and destroy all the evil maggots without any type of problem.

    Extreme Heat, Radiation Manipulation and Matter Manipulation (Atomic Level): They can survive attacks from plasma and particle beams made by Plasma and Mundus.

    Probability Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Death Manipulation: Dante is unable to be cursed by the Poker Demon's ability, which gives incredible luck in probability-based games, however, they become engrained with greed and a sick sense of wanting to play more and more. This effect goes as far as changing reality. When the main user of this effect loses in a game of chance, they instantly die without a seemingly physical cause, this also happens to the ones the main user is playing against if they happen to lose. Dante can stop Patty whom got possessed when they were playing a game of "who dies first". Dante is also able to let himself be shot and lose the game in purpose, letting himself win. When Dante loses to Lady, he doesn't outright die, he just pretends he's dead.

41. #41Demon Energyselective

    Keys: Demons, Devil, Akuma, Arcane, Magical, Humans, Human, Devils, Demon, Magic, Demonic, Devilish, Humanity · Secondary: Ability, Strength, Energy, Technique, Skill, Prowess, Blood, Abilities, Power

    Demons use demonic energy to increase their durability and Attack potency. Demonic Energy is also called Magic, or Magical energy.

    Demonic energy is also used for abilities. All “magical abilities” derive from the same demonic energy pool, as shown with the Fury.

    Even half breeds like Dante and Vergil follow this same system, using demonic energy for Attack Potency / durability and hax.

    Reduction of energy weakens the demon, reducing Durability and Attack Potency. Complete reduction will potentially kill the demon.

    Magic power is used by Agnus for healing and strength. Devil Trigger completely revitalizes the user and boosts all stats, via more demonic energy.

    And lastly there is the Savior, a large part of his power was drawn from Nero, who was being used as a battery of sorts to power the savior and when he was set free the savior lost part of his powers.

    To quote Nero inside the Savior: "Inside the savior’s body was like a huge labyrinth, and the whole place was crawling with demons. Maybe they were there for the same reason I was, to power up the whole thing."

    This is further proven true when Nero gets absorbed within it, and its stated after that it gets weakened when he gets freed.

    Likewise, when the Devil Sword Sparda is used to power the Savior, it is described as using magical/demonic power.

    Their powers, magical and physical come from the demonic energy running through them, this power as shown can be and is used to boost their physical attributes or to perform grandiose acts of reality warping.

42. #42Bangle of Timeselective

    Keys: Bangle of Time

    The Bangle of Time is an Item in Devil May Cry. It is a skeleton-motif bangle which allows Dante to stop time for nearby enemies, most mid to high level demons are resistance to it.

43. #43Sparda (Devil Arm)selective

    Keys: Sparda, Force Edge · Secondary: Weapon, Devil Arm, Demon Arm

    The Devil Sword Sparda and its unawakened form, Force Edge, is the beloved demon-forged sword wielded by the Dark Knight Sparda himself, and magically imbued with his power. Throughout the series, the sword is recognized as a source of god-like power.

    Devil Sword Sparda has two forms: Force Edge and Sparda.

    Force Edge, the unawakened form, is an ornate but fairly unremarkable sword. The guard takes a "W" shape, vaguely resembling Sparda's horns. It has a spiral handle that leads to four skulls on the pommel with a spike at the top.

    In its awakened state, Sparda keeps the grip and crossguard, but the spike on the skulls is split in half, with the frontward, more elaborate half forming a small blade that curves around the bottom of Sparda's blade (in Devil May Cry, the front half is a simple hook). Force Edge's blade is replaced with a spine-like structure attached to two curved blades via an organic looking substance. Together the blades form one long blade when in sword mode. The top portion has a large glowing red gem-like object in the center. The other side has two significantly smaller gems, glowing orange and pink. Sparda's blades can reorient themselves to give Sparda various shapes to suit its needs. Dante and Trish shift the halves to create a scythe for Round Trip and point both blades forward as a spear for Stinger.

    In Devil May Cry 5, Sparda has gone through major design changes, but still kept some of its old appearance, including a thick organic hide, the curved blade and the color scheme of its guard. However, the sword now has an organic-looking spinal column instead of the one that appeared mechanical, with some bony covers below its guard. Its larger red jewel has moved to the side and a green one is now below it, and the grip is darker than before.

44. #44Alastor (Devil Arm)selective

    Keys: Alastor · Secondary: Weapon, Devil Arm, Demon Arm, Sword, Blade

    The sword manifestation of Alastor the Thunder Devil. Dante finds it impaled through a sculpture of a woman inside the castle on Mallet Island. It is capable of attacking with lightning speed, and allows Dante to perform Air Raid.

    Alastor has the head of a dragon biting the blade, with the wings of the dragon acting as the guard of the sword. The hilt has a swirling pattern leading to skulls at the bottom with a spike pointing out.

45. #45Nelo Angelo's Greatswordselective

    Keys: Nelo Angelo · Secondary: Weapon, Sword, Greatsword, Blade

    The large, unnamed weapon Vergil sports in his Nelo Angelo persona after being corrupted by Mundus. The weapon is available in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition after equipping Vergil's alternate costume and utilizing Devil Trigger, taking the place of Yamato.

    Nelo Angelo's sword appears as a large greatsword with various blue markings adorned on the blade when it is surrounded by a blue aura when active in power. In its normal form, it appears in a metallic color with the aforementioned markings in a dull color. The sword itself has no special powers, but with Vergil being able to transfer energy to his weapons, makes the blade always glow with cool-color fire as it is swung.

46. #46Ifrit (Devil Arm)selective

    Keys: Ifrit · Secondary: Gauntlet, Gauntlets, Weapon, Devil Arm, Demon Arm

    The gauntlet manifestation of Ifrit the Fire Devil. Dante finds it resting on an altar inside the Colosseum on Mallet Island. It is capable of attacking with infernal hellfire.

    Ifrit consists of a pair of incandescent gloves resembling those of a suit of medieval European plate armor. Around the glove is a large dark metal dragon head with the glove between its open jaws as if it is a flame the dragon is breathing. Along the top of the dragon's head are numerous spikes that glow in the same way as the glove, and this glow is also present on the dragon head's teeth and eyes.

47. #47Nightmare-βselective

    Keys: Nightmare B, Nightmare β, Nightmare-β

    A demonic firearm which fires rebounding energy bolts powered by Dante's Devil Trigger. It was discovered inside the Colosseum on Mallet Island. It's an arm-mounted gun

    Nightmare-β resembles Nightmare's armored form, minus the pool of slime at its base. It is worn over the user's left forearm rather than being held in their hands: Dante's firing posture is to hold his left arm out and brace it with his right. When activated, the six claws at the base clench tightly around the user's arm, the midsection constricts, and the front section lifts up to reveal the barrel.

48. #48Yamatoselective

    Keys: Yamato

    The trademark katana belonging to Vergil as an heirloom from his father, and later coming in to the possession of Nero, and at one point Dante. Dante charged Nero with keeping the Yamato, until it was reclaimed by Vergil. It is able to cut through nearly anything effortlessly, including space itself. The sword was used to separate the Human World and Demon World, was the key to unlocking the true Hell Gate on Fortuna, and can separate the literal aspects of man and demon from one another.

    The Yamato is a katana, arguably of ookatana-esque length; not long enough to be considered a noudachi, nor curved enough to be considered a tachi.

    The scabbard is black, made of traditional lacquered wood, and features several metallic ornaments on its far end. The tsukamaki (handle/grip coiling) has a pattern closer to a real katana, giving it the traditional diamond shape in the negative space. There is no longer a dragon on the pommel/tsukagashira, and the rim fittings from throughout the sword no longer have flowing line patterns in gold on shakudo like black metal; rather, gold dragon styled menuki are inserted underneath the tsukamaki to allow for the fingers to grip. The tsuba/hand guard is now gold and a deep navy blue, shaped like an octagon with two trapezoidal halves, each with gold dot pattern patches and in a grove like motif with gold rings, inside of which are various circles in clusters of three, arranged in triangular patterns, and the gold habaki/fuller is also with a similar embossed pattern. The hamon (wave crest) pattern featured is a kawazuko chōji or tadpole head clove flower-styled hamon as similar to those found on blades historically made by Osafune Nagamitsu. The blade has also been given prominent temper lines.

    The sageo is blue, with gold dot accents.

49. #49Rebellionselective

    Keys: Rebellion

    The trademark magic sword belonging to Dante as an heirloom from his father. It is a key element in releasing Dante's devil half, though it must first be awakened by the taste of his blood. It serves as Dante's main weapon after the first game, before being destroyed in DMC5 in his initial battle with Urizen. In opposition of the Yamato's function to separate, the Rebellion can instead unite man and demon together.

    Rebellion is a massive longsword with a heavy double-edged blade, notched on both sides near the tip. In its dormant form, the pommel is a single spike, but after awakening, it splits open into several. The grip is plain, but the guard is skeletal, with a skull-design on each side leading to the rib cage from which the blade emerges; on one side of the blade, the skull is that of a human, while the other uses a horned demon skull. Initially, the crossguard is folded in against the ribs, but it extends and the skull transforms into a screaming skull once the sword is awakened by Dante's blood.

    In Devil May Cry 5, Rebellion received a slight redesign. The grip has an interwoven pattern. The quillons are smaller and have a slight curve to them. The skull and quillions both have swirling patterns on them, and the skull on the "demon" side now has horns coming out of its eye sockets. The ribcage is now just a raised addition to the blade rather than surrounding it, with the blade going all the way back to the guard. The blade also has swirling patterns reminiscent of pattern-welded "Damascus" steel, with the pattern darker and more noticeable on the "demon" side, and has a slight rainbow-colored sheen to it.

50. #50Nightmare-γselective

    Keys: Nightmare γ, Nightmare Y, Nightmare-γ

    An upgraded form of the Nightmare-β which Trish uses underwater. It's an arm-mounted gun

    Just like the Nightmare-Beta, the Nightmare-Gamma resembles is influence by the design of Nightmare. However, the gun is given a shade of white rather than black or biege.

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