danteiscool
Senior Member
taking into consideration that DMC2 Dante is more powerful than DMC4 Dante, it's safe to say that he has some chance at winning given the power difference.
the only problem is that we don't know how much more powerful DMC2 Dante is as he didn't seem to be taking any fight that seriously throughout the game.
however in DMC3, he was quite strong, maybe being able to lift around 35 to 40 tons (this was actually said in an OBD profile of DMC3 Vergil, so I'm assuming that DMC3 Dante should be around the same in virtually every category. don't know how accurate OBD is with this stuff, but it seems to be on the spot so far)
also in DMC3, Dante was fast enough to run down the side of Temen-ni-gru all the while killing demons, throwing rebellion down the tower and then shooting a bullet at it only to catch it later (but of course most of you already knew that). that puts him in the double digit machs.
as for resiliency, he took attacks that would've destroyed buildings (of varying sizes) and he has incredible stamina as well. the only times he got tired in DMC3 was when he fought Vergil, Beowulf, and Arkham.
and he was maybe around the age of 19 (it said so somewhere, but I can't remember, but he should at least have been in his late teens in DMC3). in DMC4, he was probably in his 20s or 30s (hard to tell) and his abilities were on a much, much higher level than they were in DMC3.
now, I don't know exactly how big of a time gap there is between DMC4 and DMC2, but if it's anything like the time gap between DMC3 and DMC4, then his power is on a whole other level now than it was in DMC4.
I'm not say could win against a full powered Akuma, but he would give him a good fight at the very least.