Dante by canon scenes has better feats of speed and agility than Ryu in the same sense. Aside from all is weapons being vastly more versatile, Dante by nature has displayed better swordwork in cutscenes than what Ryu's done in or out of gameplay, where he is as exagerrated as any JRPG character doing their ultimate special move. Dante's gunslinging has been more impressive than Ryu's best feats of swordwork, and the best gunslinger Ryu ever fought was Gamov. Ryu's best chance is if he were fighting DMC3 Dante without Quicksilver, where he'd still be outmatched in terms of agility, weaponry, and raw physical strength. Only not to as big a margin as it would be should Ryu be fighting Dante at his peak.
None of this is even counting the likes of DT, which just gives Dante yet another blindingly blatant advantage in this already one-sided fight. The closest thing they have is their speed, and while Ryu has plenty impressive movement speeds, he still hasn't hown the attack speed to stab his sword hundreds of times in mere seconds.
Just my two cents.
Originally posted by fascistcrusaderRyu took a blast at ground zero that is more powerful than any attack Dante has.
Ryu doesn't really have anything that can put Dante down, and all Dante needs is one good hit..... Eventually Dante is going to kill him because Ryu can die and he can't.
He has Ninpo(and his sword for that matter) that can easily destroy large military-grade aircraft(not sure exactly what they were) and was easily dodging the multiple bullets from them, bullets from a gun that large typically fly at 1,200-1,500 meters per second.
Ryu Hayabusa if they fight melee is not losing easily. At all.