Who is vergil dmc

Dante is an all around more adept fighter with better stamina and a keener ability to grow. Dante, on the other hand, swaps out his weaponry for every single job he takes.

Devil May Cry will always be known first and foremost for its video games, and secondly for its literary spin-offs. More than anything else, Devil May Cry is a franchise that expands its lore through literature. Data-mining is just a natural part of video game discourse these days and it only makes sense that a major release would be stripped bare the moment fans got the chance to dig their hands into some code.

Sometimes, data-mining leads to revelations: such as the fact that Vergil has a playable model within the code of the game. Come Devil May Cry 5 , it seems that this is the approach Capcom is taking with the twins. Dante looks older, Vergil looks younger, and the two very blatantly no longer share a face model. He does not like sports games unless the sport is BASEketball. He will not respond to Journey psych-outs. GOG lists and then almost immediately delists Devotion.

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Even when Vergil is a zombie-like puppet Nelo Angelo of Mundus, or his demonic Soul Jar Urizen from 5 acted on his own, Vergil is still ridiculously strong, fast and near-unkillable. Fully reborn Vergil could just about break even with Dante who had become much stronger since 3.

Like Father, Like Son : As much as he would like to proclaim that he wants to embrace his demonic side in defiance of his father's quest to protect humanity, one simple act reveals just how similar he is to Sparda: He bedded a human woman, who went on to conceive a son of his own.

Limit Break : Judgement Cut Storm in his final battle in 3 , where Vergil turns into Devil Trigger and disappears before spamming dimensional Razor Winds that follow you around. He also has another, unnamed one in the same battle in which he enters DT and repeatedly teleports above Dante and cuts downward with Force Edge, with each teleport he will drop at a lower height and faster rate. End can only be used if Vergil is in Devil Trigger and his Concentration Gauge is topped off, but does enough damage to one-shot every non-boss enemy in the game except for Blitz.

He has another boss-exclusive Limit Break in his Sin Devil Trigger form, where he takes to the skies, flies around the Qliphoth tree to build up speed, and comes crashing down in an attempt to ram into the player. He does this a total of three times note depending where the player is, he might briefly disappear before the final attack to psyche them out , creating Summoned Swords around the player in order to distract them; each attack takes away nearly half a full health bar on higher difficulties.

In 5:SE, one of his new moves, World of V is to stab himself with the Yamato, briefly turning himself into V, who unleashes an attack that utilizes all of his familiars. Another, Hell on Earth, has him charge Beowulf's left fist, and punch the ground with it, unleashing a massive explosion of white light. A third one, Deep Stinger, has him perform a drilling lunge attack with Yamato and Mirage Edge in each hand. Living on Borrowed Time : Despite returning from death, Vergil was noticeably deteriorated in the beginning of 5 , walking with a limp and breathing heavily in a sign of tiredness.

His dialogue makes it clear he wasn't going to last very long, despite managing to rip off Nero's Devil Bringer, fight some demons who stood in his way and finally reach his old home to split himself in V and Urizen. Lost in Translation : Nelo Angelo is the single greatest cause of fan argument for the entire series starting from 1.

Among the reasons that aren't spoilerriffic, his name is mistranslated: it is supposed to mean "Black Angel" in Italian, but thanks to the problem the Japanese have with R's and L's when translating to English, the letter got switched up, thus his name would accurately be Nero Angelo for once the R is actually supposed to be there. The kicker of it all regarding Nelo Angelo?

The whole deal with the "Nelo Angelo vs. Nero Angelo" translation also seeped in when 4 was still in development and announced to have a protagonist named Nero. This becomes a major plot point in the finale of 5 , where it turns out even he didn't know that he was Nero's father until Dante spelled it out for him. Malevolent Masked Men : In 1 , Nelo Angelo is a masked swordsman who antagonizes Dante starting from the fourth mission. He ditches the mask during the final showdown. In the first novel, he's also one as Gilver.

However , these examples are not entirely his fault. Manchild : Mentally, he's been running in place for decades while Dante, for as irreverent as he can be, has gradually matured over the years and has grown into a rather complete person with a healthy social life. Man of Wealth and Taste : As Gilver in 1 's prequel novel, he wears a nice suit. His 3 outfit is far classier than Dante's trench coat and cargo pants. Marathon Boss : He becomes this at the end of 3.

If you don't deal him enough damage when his guard is open which is not often , they will be nullified quickly since he heals when in Devil Trigger. Of course, he is even less open when his health is low. It narrates how Sparda split his power into three devil swords; "one blade bore his own name" Devil Sword Sparda , "the second blade was named to embody retaliation" Dante's Rebellion , "the final blade was named to embody a god of death" Yamato.

He uses it to partially unseal Temen-ni-gru in 3 , and when he drops it as Nelo Angelo in 1 , Dante combines it with his half to unseal Force Edge into Demon Sword Sparda. Yamato is often said to be a memento from Sparda. It's used as a key to open the true Hell Gate in 4 , and is used to separate his demon and human sides in 5. He gives Nero his childhood book of William Blake poems after Nero beats him in 5 , telling him to hold onto it until they meet again.

Me's a Crowd : In DMC 5 , he can summon a spectral doppelganger of his devil trigger to attack alongside him as well as use Yamato to temporarily separate himself back into V, Griffon, Shadow and Nightmare. Meteor Move : Just like Dante, Vergil has moves that send an airborne enemy crashing down, and they vary depending on the weapon. Might Makes Right : Lives by this sentiment. He thoroughly explains it to Dante as he's impaling him. Vergil: Foolishness, Dante, foolishness. Might controls everything, and without strength, you cannot protect anything.

Dante: He's your father! Vergil: Nero is my son? Occult Blue Eyes : Vergil has bright blue eyes, a common trait of those who share Sparda's blood and demonic heritage. Oh, Crap! This is after he watches his son enter his true Devil Trigger state, and floor Dante of all people. Not only does Nero turn this idea around, he promptly hands Vergil's ass on a silver platter. Older Than They Look : The fully restored Vergil at the climax of 5 is remarkably smooth-faced for a man in his forties, looking only slightly older than his youthful self, especially compared to the grizzled Dante.

It is especially noticeable when comparing their vocal evolutions. Dante's voice has changed considerably throughout the years. Vergil's voice, on the other hand, is exactly the same as it was in 3.

This is rather justified as Vergil has spent the majority of his life as a corrupted demonic being which likely slowed his aging and was rejuvenated by the potency of the Qliphoth fruit. Though Vergil can also carry and attack with the Yamato one-handed, he is shown wielding it with both hands just as often. The Only One Allowed to Defeat You : Since one of his biggest goals in the series is to prove himself stronger than Dante, he occasionally will help his brother out against another foe who wants to kill him- such as Arkham in 3 , who had interrupted their fight earlier in the story.

Vergil is almost always serious, but just as Dante becomes slightly more serious when facing him, when he's around Dante, Vergil's stoic veneer starts to crack little by little. This is downplayed in 3 until the penultimate battle with Arkham, where Vergil taunts that Arkham doesn't deserve to be their ultimate nemesis, and joins Dante in yelling the "Jackpot! This gets taken Up to Eleven at the end of 5 , where Vergil is cracking actual jokes while he and Dante are dueling, and even laughs as if he's having fun when the two spar in the Underworld.

Original Position Fallacy : Splitting his demon self from his powerless humanity seemed like a fine move to him until he realized that the better part of his personality, ethics, memories, and intellect were stuck in the half that had no power. Our Demons Are Different : Despite sharing the same blood of Sparda, Vergil's Devil Trigger form in 5 is more draconic compared to Dante's more devilish form, with a flattened nose, spiked tail, Hot Wings on the forearms, and four scaly, clawed wings on the back.

Appearance-wise, it features some traits of his regular Devil Trigger form in 3 and 4:SE , but this new form is more monstrous. In 5 , he can also summon a Doppelganger to fight alongside him. Gameplay-wise in the Special Edition of 5 , the Doppelganger serves as his regular Devil Trigger mechanic, while his new form functions as his Sin Devil Trigger state.

Out-of-Character Moment : At the climax of Missions 17 in 5 , Vergil genuinely thanks Nero for helping him return to his original form. No Smug Snake attitude, no snarkiness, but genuine gratitude.

And this is before he learned Nero was his son. This is the first clue that V's experiences have changed him, and sure enough, he's become a lot more introspective and considerate in 5 than he was in 3.

Also shown when he realises Nero is his son, somewhat reminiscing about Nero's mother, implying that their relationship wasn't as cut and dry as one would expect, which is especially surprising that this was Vergil from before DMC3 , where he coldly rejected everything for power.

Parental Abandonment : He lost both his parents, and later abandoned his own son Nero. In Vergil's defense on that last point, he seems to have left Fortuna as quickly as he arrived, so it's likely that he didn't know his presumed one-night stand with Nero's mother heavily implied to be a prostitute at that led to a pregnancy. Regardless, outside of one mental encounter in the Deadly Fortune novel, it's unclear as to how Vergil would've interacted with his son if they ever met in person.

When Nero and Vergil actually meet in 5 , calling it a rocky reunion is an understatement - Vergil actually believes Nero to be Dante's son, and Dante has to spell it out that Vergil is his father. Perfect-Play A. He walks to you and counters your attacks, but the strategy to defeat him is just that: let him attack first, dodge, and then retaliate.

In 4:SE , his Concentration Gauge fills up the more he acts like this: slowly walking towards enemies, never missing his attacks, and never getting hit, which in return makes his moves more powerful. Pinned to the Wall : Taken to the extreme.

The playable Vergil can pin his enemies in mid-air with his Summoned Swords. Polar Opposite Twins : He and Dante - Vergil focuses more on his demon side, uses his demonic powers primarily for himself, wears blue clothing, is far more stoic with an aloof and colder attitude even though the stoic facade cracks every once in awhile , his fighting style is that of efficiency and doesn't really use firearms, and is a loner who doesn't really care for anybody else short of them being useful for his goals.

Posthumous Character : Following his death as Nelo Angelo in 1. That is until his return in the fifth game. Yamato's pieces were also held in Agnus' lab until Nero reforged the blade and retireved it. Power Glows : Nelo Angelo's zweihander is surrounded by some sort of blue fire as he swings it, while his armor and sword pulsate several different colors to show the player how much life he has left.

Nelo also gains a bluish Battle Aura similar to his fire during the final battle with Dante. Practical Taunt : In 4:SE , the taunt where he twirls a small Summoned Sword on his finger can be used to juggle enemies. His Bloody Palace taunt in 5 is a single horizontal swipe from the Yamato with several seconds of startup. The tradeoff is that it can One-Hit Kill lesser enemies. Promoted to Playable : Goes from an enemy boss character in 1 and 3 to a playable character in 3: Special Edition.

Repeated for 4 and 5 , where the Special Edition 's add him as a playable character despite him not being one in the original versions. Psychopathic Manchild : While he hides it behind his cold and ruthless attitude Vergil is just as if not more immature than Dante, in a more selfish and jealous way.

His entire character arc in the series is driven by his childhood trauma of believing himself to have been abandoned by his mother and is implied to having been a teenager when he fathered Nero, which shows a lot of irresponsibility.

This is one of the biggest differences between Dante and Vergil, while Dante is an adult who likes to act like an immature jackass to hide some of his more complex issues, he has moved on from the tragedy of his past and defined himself and his place in the world.

By contrast Vergil is a child that likes to act like he grew up, but has no idea what he wants to do with himself or with his life, all he wants is more power in a futile attempt to escape from the tragedy and not be victimized anymore.

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