Lady good lord o.O

[cosmiclad]

It might just be me but I think Lady is an absolute bore to play. I thought they were gonna give her crazy mobility and stronger bullets to make up for the fact that she is not very good at melee, but they gave her no mobility or anything for that matter. Grapple hook doesn't grapple, the only weapon to use to close the distance is the shotgun and that doesn't go very far at all and non of her combos have a good flow at all. I see the potential but it won't come from me. Everyone else is fine and fun to play but Lady came late to the cool moves meeting and got stuck with all the snooze skills. Like I said it might be me and my crazy opinion, I'm sure later I'm gonna see a combo vid with her that's so insane it'll make me literally eat my own words but for now...zzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Hex]

Did you fully upgrade her? If not, then it's probably too early to tell. I played as Lady for a while and I see the potential and it was actually fun with no upgrades.

[DraFi]

Same here. Tried here out. After the first fight I gave up and went back to Vergil. Maybe she is a beast after you unlock every move. But atm I can't see her as too much fun.

[terry309]

I felt the same at first, Belial was a real pain in the ass to fight as i didn't have many long ranged attacks and her close ranged moves are very slow, later on though after learning new moves, i love her, she's far more fun to play than Nero and her moves flow really well, plus it gives me a reason to actually use the X button.

Lady is a differrent playstyle than the other characters, she's more about juggling than hack n slashing, sure if you're into swordplay, you'll definitely prefer Vergil but Lady is still a lot of fun, just in a differrent way. You don't really get that same satisfaction as you do pulling off a dance macabre/drive combo with guard flying and all that but you do get the satisfaction of blowing up enemies from all angles, juggling them and taking them out in more creative way. Put simply, if Michael Bay developed DMC4, Lady would be the main character.

Plus allow me to add that Lady is so powerful that she makes some of the games harder bosses look like a complete joke. The first Agnus barrier for example, that was piss easy as hysteric destroys all those annoying flying swords.

Also remember that when playing as Lady, the B button is your primary attack move for the most part instead of Y, don't just stick to using Y all the time, it's handy when combined with a ground zero and in other close ranged encounters but you shouldn't stay in close range for long, most of Lady's close ranged attacks are designed to push enemies away or pull herself away from enemies to keep her distance. That being said though, her close ranged attacks can still be very handy, particlarly her sweeping attack.

[dreadmaster]

Really im surprised you guys feel that way. I am playing lady on LDK mode and having a blast from the get go. Make sure to get her charge shot upgrade especially for pistol and the missle launcher ( forgot name ). If you're having trouble with Belial then just shoot charged level 2 rocket shots at him. Does massive damage and sometimes you can stun lock him for a bit. Other than that she is defenitly different.

[DatHolzauge]

Lady is probably the most insane Boss-Killer of all time, as long as your kalina ann is sort of upgraded.

Her lvl 3 charged shots do insane amounts of damage and stuns Bosses almost instantly.

Her "Lockon"-Move (RB+Foreward+B (xbox360 Pad) ) does also massive amounts of damage.

And that Grabble-Hook is by far the most effective tool against Knights and Mephistos.

Her other Weapons are great too, but the Kalina Ann is just OP as ♥♥♥♥

[DarklordKyo]

Maybe it was intentional that she's not as mobile as Dante, Nero, or Vergil (can't say anything for Trish, as I haven't played her yet). After all, combat ability wise, she's basically a demon slaying version of The Punisher (i.e., a normal human fighting alongside supernatural beings with only peak physical fitness and a lot of guns keeping her in step with them).

[cosmiclad]

Valid points to all. I don't know maybe I should give her another chance in bloody palace. I might be a little salty also as I now remember the things I hated about this game lol. I will beat the game real quick then give her a test run in bloody palace as I see what you all are talking about. Like I said I can see her potential, I just need time to figure stuff out with her as I love the character herself, just gotta get outta that rushdown mode. I wanna melee so bad XD.

[Biddy-da-do]

No missile comes out during the up+Y move.The move on where she spins with her bayonet. Missed opportunities..

[Wings]

I figured Lady was boring as hell at first and didn't really give her a chance... now that i'm done with one playthrough on Vergil, i went back to Lady and... Damn my view changed. She's a beast with 3rd level pistol charge and proper pacing from enemies...
Also her grappling hook when the enemy is in the air, slams the enemy down and deals decent damage. takes out the phantom type enemy cloak easily.

she really requires you to use charging and melee at the same time so rebinding keys is recommended on controller.

[Anzariel]

I exploded Belial in nothing short of 50 seconds. On stream.

I kinda yelled a bit :D

[GB EX]

I can see the difficulty playing with her, since, at her base, she is pretty awful (even compared to base Nero & Dante). Given, I am a bit rusty (not having played DMC4 since 2010 or so), I found it fairly difficult to kill Berial the first time around bc many of her early damage dealing skills are uncancelable. Combined with her choppy combo flow and so-so mobility, it made for a rather frustrating boss battle, that would've otherwise been quite fun.

Still going to keep at her though, since her gameplay is a fourth of the reason why I bought DMC4SE.

[Wings]

Originally posted by GB-EX:

I can see the difficulty playing with her, since, at her base, she is pretty awful (even compared to base Nero & Dante). Given, I am a bit rusty (not having played DMC4 since 2010 or so), I found it fairly difficult to kill Berial the first time around bc many of her early damage dealing skills are uncancelable. Combined with her choppy combo flow and so-so mobility, it made for a rather frustrating boss battle, that would've otherwise been quite fun.

Still going to keep at her though, since her gameplay is a fourth of the reason why I bought DMC4SE.

Her combos aren't long like dante / nero / vergil / trish, but her damage speaks for itself. There will be explosions everywhere. She really shines when you have all the charge skills and learn to utilize her melee skills. I ended up getting SSS ranks when i started to figure her out~

-Berial is still a really painful fight as her though... just like Blitz are a real pain as Trish.

[Ramirez]

Personal I have to say Lady is one of my favorite characters in the game, I haven't really touched much of Vergil so I can't say for sure, but I have Lady nearly fully upgraded and my god she is an absolute beast. Really the best tip I can give as playing her is that charged shots are your friends, and you shouldn't be relying on your bayonetta combo very often unless you are in a tight situation, later on you can get the grenade throwing attack where you fly backwards and throw grenades which is great for escaping. And make sure when you fight as her you are using diffrent guns for diffrent ranges since that shotgun murders up close and doesn't take nearly as long to fire as the rocket launcher.

[Enfo]

Lady is more of a slow fighter with insane damage output in short bursts.
She doesn't do crazy fast combos or anything, but she has good AoE and knockdown potential.

[TheComboAddict]

Jump cancel shot gun is OP. So far I came out flawless from some boss battles and take off chunks of the boss life bar like nothing, and in a short time too. Otherwise, she has a very interesting mindset in her playstyle and can actually be very interesting of you can time the use of her weapons.

Fast combos are somewhat possible for her but those take alot of skill, but most of the time, they will end with a big slower finish from a charge shot or something XD even when doing that on the side of jump cancel bayonet slashes.