Round 2: Dante gets access to every Devil Arm & Firearm he has used (in the games), barring Sparda & Yamato. Gouki starts this round with his full power i.e. He does not enter the round in his 'normal' form.
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Gouki kills him in a single punch in the first round, turning him into a smear on the pavement, and in the second round Gouki uses the move he used at the end of SSFIV to annihilate Dante immediately.
I've only seen bits and pieces of DMC, never playing it, but I was always under the impression Dante was above what SF had to offer due to the "powers" and other stuff he showed. However, from what I've been seeing here and a few other threads, he's not all what he's cracked up to be.
That, and Street Fighter characters are usually highly overlooked at times. You can probably count on one hand the number of characters in Street Fighter that match/surpass Akuma.
Damn, looks like BloodRain is the only dude who will be debating for Dante
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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.
Dante's best strength feat is being able to block a punch whole bracing from Saviour.
While that is admittedly impressive, a young Gouki was able to sink/destroy the entire island of Gotenkou, which had its own mountain range and networks of caves, with a punch.
What about that speed feat you just mentioned puts him at double digit machs? Specifics for Gouki's speed are hard to find, but Ryu and Ken are able to effortlessly dodge bullets, and Gouki is faster than them, and with Asura Senku Gouki can move fast enough even Gouken can barely track him.
Buildings? Gouki can destroys islands with single punches. While holding back. When he was young. In other words, a weaker Gouki did this. Dante cannot take a punch from Gouki.
In H2H especially, Dante has not a prayer in fightring Gouki.
Gouki has supers and ultras that can One-kit KO Dante.
Dante will be relying on inflicting enough damage to Gouki to KO him; Dante needs to outlast him and does not have OHKOs like Gouki
Gouki can teleport to avoid Dante's attacks
Overall Gouki wins since all he needs to do is land one powerful attack on Dante to take him out, while Dante will need to rely on an attack combo to take out Gouki.
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Jul 17th, 2010 04:53 PM
-thanks scythe, you make some great sigs
