Devil May Cry Dante's Most VERSATILE Weapon 

DSD encapsulates what DMC is from both story and gameplay perspectives. It has a low skill floor and a high skill ceiling, and it also acts as Dante’s equivalent to the Yamato with his summon swords

Another reason the DSD is great: it has Aerial Rave as a basic move without the need to be in Swordmaster.

Vergil: Uses his summoned sword abilities to meticulously hurt enemies no matter where he is or what he's doing. Dante: Uses his summoned swords alongside his main sword for maximum swordage.

I also love the lore of the weapon. Dante finally gets to use summoned swords like Vergil, but he uses it in a completely unique way that he likes which shows even more personality in the brothers. And the other thing I saw someone mention a while back, in sin devil trigger, when Dante uses his ultimate move judgement, the moves he uses are actually what we see from dmc1 with sparda in the first cutscene ever. Such a badass callback

Ahhh, that Nevan bait. I saw it coming, but still hurt. A player by the name hell34caina found out that if you cancel mill stab with DSD at the right moment, you can stop your final sword thrust, but the sword formation will finish its Stingers attack. Pretty cool.

Dante's Conjured Swords > Vergil's Summoned Swords One could also mention that Quickdrive in DMC5 is both busted as shit and super fun to use. That move lets you just straight up initiate a juggle combo on an enemy that's like 80 feet removed from you, while barely taking a second to execute. Was cool that you brought on AlfredKS for some clips here. One of my favourite Dantes to watch period. And the video was again fantasically scripted and informative. Hope there will be some more casual players watching that feel encouraged to go back to 5 and experiment with some fancy DSD setups. It really is a joy to use, and very approachable

Calling back summoned swords with escort formation (which I'd like to refer as 'sword formation guard cancel') is one of the best thing with DSD for me. This allows you connect various summoned sword moves quickly, and adds significant depth to each summoned sword moves.

I think another thing that bears mentioning is that chaser can persist after cancelling certain moves. This lets you do things like cancelling out of the last hit of aerial rave while retaining the knockback effect, allowing you to cancel the knockback with an E&I shot (something extremely difficult otherwise as the last hit of rave instantly puts the enemy on the ground); or cancelling out of turbulence creates a constant knockback area around Dante, letting you "carry" the enemy with sky star.

Shout out to Summoned Swords🙏 Gotta be one of my favorite fictional super powers fr

6:05 10:04 Alfred's combos jump scare. But for real, thank you for having me, I loved how the vid turned! Keep it up!

0:54 "Nevan enjoyers" damn bro offended 3 whole people

I love that the Devil Sword Dante is the only weapon that is introduced as a character, DSD is a great weapon with an even greater meaning for Dante's character

The guitar is still the craziest in terms of….it’s FREAKING GUITAR with lighting bolts and bats!

I do love this weapon. Not exactly for advanced play, but for a safety net when I'm stressed in tough groups of enemies. I need to step it up with those summoned swords. Also, the fucking Luna Base and Drynion Desert music ❤️‍🔥

yess loved the vid on Lucifer, we eating good

I'm not even listening to what's going on, I'm just watching the gameplay and thinking "I wish I was good at DMC"

The weapons in DMC are actually quite simple compared to games lie Bayonetta or MGR but have so much more depth. In these games the weapons have like a billion moves in combos but they are so similar.

Good video. Just got around to watching it. An addition, that you rightfully missed out on, as Meteor and I found it out a few months ago, is Interceptor knockback can be manually aimed, by delocking, and rotating dante in the desired direction. As if this possibilities were limited, DSD is the gift that keeps on giving.

When the game first came out, i remember discovering some of these things on my own, and i was absolutely blown away by the possibilities. I still to this day am shocked by some of the things I see players pull off with this weapon and Sin DT. I'm really glad someone took the time to really show this weapon off in an in depth fashion. So thank you, Chaser. Looking forward to more content.

Dude these videos are so good, I'd watch an entire series of this

2:48 false Dance macabre is exception to this That aside great video well explained and thorough 👍

Hot dog, I had no idea DSD was this good. I always just saw it as sparda+

Great video. Some details of Swords Formations that you might have missed/glossed over: - Reactor (like DT) only adds an extra dash to the forward dash; this is because the back and side dashes can't be followed by Mustang. The extra forward dashes can be fully redirected however. - Escort not only decreases damage and stagger, it also reduces the amount of DT used by normal blocks; however it doesn't defend Dante against status effects (stun, burn, freeze, shock) or grabs. - Interceptor functions like a melee attack when it comes to shields; meaning enemies like Hell Judecca or Lusacchia will get hit by them regardless of their shield. (Nero's Summoned Swords share this property.) Interceptor also attacks any non-continuous ranged attacks, regardless of whether they can be targeted or even destroyed; meaning it will automatically remove King Cerberus' plasma balls, Chaos and Green Empusa's poison spits, and even try to hit Goliath's fire balls. - Although Chaser does add some damage and it has a whole range of small and big effect changes on melee attacks (from allowing Cavaliere's ground combos to juggle to changing the properties of most combo finishers) one of its most important benefits is the style it adds to attacks. To give some examples, at SSS Million Stab will actually come out losing when it comes to style, whereas Chaser will let it come out winning; on the other hand Cerberus D, which is pretty much the best combo when it comes to pure style, will have its style gain pushed from B up to A when starting from E by the swords. - The cost for a pop of Swords Formation is just 2 DT pips. Combined with the fact they light slightly longer than DT with a full gauge, and DT requires at least 3 pips on top of an extra 1/2 upon deactivation, it makes it optimal for them to be used on the regular, specially if you want to spend your DT on the SDT bar. Edit: I forgot to mention that Swords Formation's timer is separate from DT, which means you can also go into DT to extend their time if you have enough gauge.

DSD sword formation is the biggest reason why i play dmc5 more than 3 and 4 its just so fun

Man, you're getting these out at a great pace! Love that you're doing more well thought out content! I was the same and once I finished the game I switched back to Rebellion because it was what I was used to, but damn, DSD is super deep and worth learning, I need to lab up. 🤔

That’s so clean bro 🔥🥲

Dude, I love your videos, they really makes me see more than I could as a Devil May Cry player, now, my combos weren't much stylish as others, but more because I didn't understand the weapons at the beggining, and I feel more prepared to try a lot of different things, thanks!

The DSD truly is the Soul of Dante. Embodies.All his Style, Skills. 🎉🎉🎉 Surpassing Sparda! ❤❤

I haven't actually played any of the DMC series (yet) so I didn't realize Dante was holding a question mark on the thumbnail, I thought it was a giant Khopesh.😅

Another great video! I've had my ups and downs with DSD. I really liked it when I first started learning it, then as I went back and played more 4 I wished the layout was more like the previous games. I still feel that way but learning to incorporate the sword formations and DSDesync feels so good.

I love these kinds of videos !! Thanks for making them. DMC is awesome

In a series with a lot of awesome weapons DSD just immediately topped my favorite weapons list once I started seeing what it could do.

Really enjoying the recent uploads. Keep it up!

Thanks for this video. I suffer from arthritis and my APM is awful so the info in this video helped me to develop some work arounds on enjoying Dante’s gameplay without stressing my hands too much. Would love more DMC 5 tech videos like these.

I instantly fell in love with DSD the moment I started using it. Such a great weapon in Dante's arsenal.

Love your vids. Keep doing gods work

Ayyyy a video on Rebellion. I was waiting for this.

as a nevan enjoyer im malding, yet im happy it was mentioned in this video as a rly versatile weapon

Your killing it lately. Thanks for another great video

I have carpal tunnel just watch in it but seriously you are a blessing for the dmc community thanks for your works Chaser ! Quadruple SSS video haha

This series is so well done

Though I am not a skilled player, I enjoyed this video a lot. Keep up the good work! 😊

DSD is SOOO pretty. thanks for the video :)

The Lucifer and the Dante are two of my favorite weapons. My issue is that I like all of the gauntlet/greaves weapons, and can't pick between them.

Zanza theme jumpscare lmaooo

Another banger

The vid is absolutely 🔥 keep up the great work man now people know that DSD is not just another copy of rebellion like how we discussed in ur streams when is the next one btw u haven't streamed in a while

I've been practicing this game because I wanted to get better at dmc5, and I've been taking my time to not get frustrated or burnt out. Im bout to go crazy tonight.

you couldnt trick me with nevan, it's my favourite weapon

eyyyy tekken tag 2 customization background music!!!

Hey Chaser, I dunno if you take video suggestions, but I'd love a dedicated video on two different subjects. The first is Nero's Exceed in DMC4 and DMC5, and how casual players, speedrunners, style players, etc all approach it. The second is a bit more complex... but you mentioned in your DMC5 gameplay retrospective you wished Nero had the ability to switch Breakers. This is something I have seen debated a lot in the community. I respect your answer that you wish it so, but I agree with Itsuno that it would have made him feel like Dante given part of the point of Nero was to give newer players a more accessible character. I was wondering if you could elaborate on your point a bit, cause I know many in the DMC community are actually opposed to Breaker switching.

Earnestly my favorite weapon in any game.

This is my new favorite devil arm for dante, especially with my recent playthough, I enjoy using summons swords as effective damage, especially with Round trips, the weapon has the moveset from the swordmaster makes it fun, I also do like the ability to use the swords without entering DT, although you lose some DT charge, I didn't like the other swords to immediately grounded me and switching the style to do a air combo, but DSD does that and I enjoy it, I do hope to see the Nevan vid, since it's one of those weapons I want to use and get good

could you do a video on the difference between Virgil's kits. i found him very underwhelming in 5 but i feel like your breakdown would be more substantial

From the title alone I knew it was gonna be DsD lol!

Giving Dante his own summoned swords is such a game changer. I wonder if DMC 6 will do the same for Nero.

Very nice video even tho I don't play Dante seriously I will make use of this knowledge

That "your sunset" tekken song though😩😩

Oh shit im going thru that anatomy book rn

Finally someone's gonna talk about reboot huh? Very excited, I do enjoy that game's combos

I was expecting Pandora actually 🤣 I'm loving these weapon breakdown vids

As a Nevan fan, i really want to see an in depth video about it, because even i don't know how to fully use this weapon lol

This is why Devil Sword Dante is one of, if not my favourite weapon in Devil May Cry history

I think the balrog's summoned attacks could've functioned similarly to lucifer, that'd be awesome

As someone who doesn’t know how to jump cancel, this is very useful information

Quadruple round trip go brrrrrr Also I love the mod you use for Dante's coat. Much better than the base game.

Hey Chaser, Good to see you uploading constantly again man! Much love for you! Also, do you switch controllers for DMC5 and DMC4? Im used to the Dual Sense and Dual Shock 4, but Ive heard most people saying Xbox Controller is better for DMC. Idk if thats a myth or real. Please let me know, thanks!

DSD really feels like 2 weapons put in 1 with the summon swords being kinda like lucifer , and well the other weapon rebelion obviously Good weapon breakdown as always i cant wait for the reboot vid i am really thinking off buying the game so i am curious too see how it plays

This background footage is you? Very impressive combos

I really do wish DSD's summoned swords could be used with any weapon (not using DT) with a 5th Style akin to Darkslayer in DMC4 giving you Yamato. I wonder if a certain someone ever made a mod for that? 🤔

Nailed it. That is all.

Babe wake up ChaserTech uploaded a 16 min vid 😤

U da goat

HEY , It’s yo Girl, back from the dead.. The fact you respected Nevin’s mid ness has sold me on a Subscribe. The Bataur is only useful GENUINLY for Heaven and Hell move and some niche pin stalling in DMD mode. I respect how actually well poise’d and perspective your videos are 🙌

I like how their movelist reflects their personality as well. Vergil took a lot of time being the big brother to master summon swords, and they are precise, focused. Dante now awakened his devil arm and now his swords are reckless and spin like he does with wanton abandon.

15:03 This only applies for normal and DT Dante's swords, but for SinDT swords they can still remain in one attack: The second attack of SinDT combo string will come out even if you change forms, with is weird because it only happens with this attack and Ombra, no other attacks have this property video showing the tech: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c614JPbe_oo.html other interresting thing you can do is cancel in the right time the ``Long Barrel Air`` attack with SinDT and manipulate the knockback, but is a frame perfect thing and is kinda useless when you have Faust and DSD, but can look cool in a combo video showing this tech: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tGOegDfnEOQ.html Just wanted to share some of my findings and contribute for the discussion Great video Chaser, keep the good work

I think the variety of DMC weapons is amazing with what they can do, but I think including some kind of tutorials could go a super long way. The issue with the crazier weapons like Lucifer or DSD is that most players from causal to intermediate, aren't too sure how to fully optimize the weapons unless they go on RU-vid and watch guides for it. I love weapons having so much depth, but when they aren't taught to the player in a good manner, they become trash for the regular player and a super good tool for good players. It creates a huge disconnect.

I'm gonna need someone to explain the Nevan thing because I always thought it was woefully underwhelming, but I always wanted to love it.

Can you make a nevan video please thanks for all of your hard work Edit oh wow the nevan tease😂😂😂

Dunno how dmc players do it man. I'm new to the franchise and I'm trying soooooo hard not to be a stinger spammer and do cool combos but my god does Dante make it so hard😅 I feel like I'm trying to learn calculus all over again💀

The handyman

Can we get chaser tech drawing showcase tho 👀👀

One of the biggest barriers to entry to adnvanced dmc play for me is DT usage. Every advanced guide has some combos that require DT usage weather it’s Nero’s or Dante’s summoned swords or showdown or maximum bet, etc. but I always find myself having a hard time plugging DT into my play because I’m afraid of wasting it, I feel choice paralysis in how to incorporate into my play. I don’t know how break out of that shell

you are zoner player ?!?! im so tight

Hey Chaser, would you ever make a video on Dante/Nero BNBs with increasing difficulty? I find myself creatively braindead when coming up with a "combo" so I'm curious as to what "strings" do people normally do that I can incorporate into my gameplay.

What is the best part of DSD? You can summon conjured sword on escort mode to defense against Vergil’s cheeky scripted hit at the end of M19.

tbh i feel like the most useful thing to me in this video is the shot at 1:37 because damn i need to get better at art

I’m more of a Sparda guy

For smooth brain people out there like me the hundred swords are the same as gun for happy chaos in guilty gear strive you can do ranged and just shoot after attacking to make a combo out of non connecting attacks

Bruh why's Dante get better style control on his pet swords than V does on his OWN DEDICATED PETS? Imagine if V had something like this or Lucifer?

I wish DSD had more visual resemblance to Rebellion tho

How can you use Cavaliere R in Bloody Palace?

Since I learn what DSD can do in Sword Master style I know it's too much for me to control it and my finger would never fast enough to make it useful and it's kinda sad that I can't think fast enough to be good Dante player

More reason to proof that Dante is the most complicated yet the most stylish character in the whole gaming history

This is why they didn't give Dante these flying swords in DMC 3 or DMC 4, instead of using them effectively like Vergil he'll used it to f around with his enemies

Bravo 🔥🔥🔥🫡🫡🫡

So just a rant about lucifer....Lucifer had some cool qualities.... But it's damage.. In my opinion .. never meets up to the investment required there are better more fun more engaging weapons than do consistently more damage but most importantly ... It doesn't feel good

This video shows that Dante summoned swords is far better than Vergil's. 😊

Rebellion and sparda DON'T have drive in 5? Must be some sort of Mandela effect or something...

Summon Sword is such a good tool that it's a shame it's tied to a specific weapon.