Tips How to Royal Release Vergils SDT Flight Attack?

[Slayer Seraph]

I'm on SOS and I can't Royal Release Vergils
SDT "Prepare to Die" Flight Attack. I end up dying there a lot.

Still to beat him on SOS but I'm trying a long Royal Guard Strategy.
I use the first portion of the fight to build up RG, SDT, DT and Style. Takes a very long time though.

2nd phase when he is DT I basically run away. But I often get hits. Any tips how to handle it? He is in DT and quite unstoppable. And while dodging I often left without spare Dashing or Sky Dash and therefore get hit by a barrage of judgement cuts and/or Yamato combos.
Also I can't always destroy all SS circling me

3rd SDT Phase: Vergil go SDT.
I am really not sure what to do. Should I attempt to stop him?
Somehow I never have DT at all.
I can do some Blocks and Royal Blocks even.

But for some reason I find doing Royal Release A LOT HARDER than Royal Blocks. Something about tilting the stick all the way + getting the right direction + timing the B press = slower input and higher failure rate.
Especially with him flying outside the camera. Camera Spinning like crazy and then he appears and BAM in a flash hits you.
I often either wiff a release early or too late and die.
Not even sure when to do this.
He has 3 dashes that get progressively faster. Making it even harder.

Help appreciated

[Jesterofgames7712]

Originally posted by Ransom Seraph:

2nd phase when he is DT I basically run away. But I often get hits. Any tips how to handle it? He is in DT and quite unstoppable. And while dodging I often left without spare Dashing or Sky Dash and therefore get hit by a barrage of judgement cuts and/or Yamato combos.
Also I can't always destroy all SS circling me

Jump over 2 out of 3 of his dash attacks and roll the last one,
Roll the 3 helm splitter attacks or jump guard them,
And roll the judgment cuts,

As for how to deal with the SS, balrog + rolling blaze + jump = destroyed ss.

[Slayer Seraph]

I just had a perfect phase 1 with full DT, RG and SDT. Only to die on his Phase 2 DT form. I'm terrible at dodging him. Not sure why but always get caught in his crossfire.

[Arkardu]

Well. You could cheese and oneshot him with Dr. Faust.

[Slayer Seraph]

Originally posted by Jesterofgames7712:

Originally posted by Ransom Seraph:

2nd phase when he is DT I basically run away. But I often get hits. Any tips how to handle it? He is in DT and quite unstoppable. And while dodging I often left without spare Dashing or Sky Dash and therefore get hit by a barrage of judgement cuts and/or Yamato combos.
Also I can't always destroy all SS circling me

Jump over 2 out of 3 of his dash attacks and roll the last one,
Roll the 3 helm splitter attacks or jump guard them,
And roll the judgment cuts,

As for how to deal with the SS, balrog + rolling blaze + jump = destroyed ss.

Can you elaborate in each maneuver?
I honestly hardly notice his pattern it DT because it seems to have many sudden variation in random.
So I guess I should pay more attention.

Why not jump all 3?
Why roll the helm splitter and not dash with trickster?
Also why roll JC and not Tricks Dash?
Just trying to clarify.

Also should I NOT attempt to counter attack?

And what to do on his SDT Phase?
And his Doppelganger State that seems to last forever.

Thanks

[Slayer Seraph]

Originally posted by Arkardu:

Well. You could cheese and oneshot him with Dr. Faust.

Not my style.

[Jesterofgames7712]

Originally posted by Ransom Seraph:

Originally posted by Jesterofgames7712:

Jump over 2 out of 3 of his dash attacks and roll the last one,
Roll the 3 helm splitter attacks or jump guard them,
And roll the judgment cuts,

As for how to deal with the SS, balrog + rolling blaze + jump = destroyed ss.

Can you elaborate in each maneuver?
I honestly hardly notice his pattern it DT because it seems to have many sudden variation in random.
So I guess I should pay more attention.

Every on of his move is set what order he uses them is random.
For example 1 dash is always followed up by 2 more the third dash always has a upper cut slash.

His 3 helm spliters are always followed up by SS spiriling around you.

Why not jump all 3?

I tend to find jumping gets you caught in his uppercut swing he does after his 3rd dash.

Why roll the helm splitter and not dash with trickster?

Because when you get the timing down it’s easy to avoid and gives you both style meter and DT.

Also why roll JC and not Tricks Dash?

Because I find jumping tends to leave you open to the other ones he sends towards you. Also they give you a bit of DT and style if you dodge roll at the right time.

Also should I NOT attempt to counter attack?

that’s up to you I was mostly just giving you tips on how to avoid SDT Vergil.

And what to do on his SDT Phase?
And his Doppelganger State that seems to last forever.

Thanks

I litterally just trickster dash in a huge circle until he stops SDT then I look for openings to Devil trigger stinger the clone which destroys it.

[Slayer Seraph]

Damnit I got him to less than 25% HP on PHASE 1!!!!
That is less than 25% HP BEFORE HE EVEN DT! (I have a screenshot
Using 2-3 Royal Releases on him and some comboing with DT including staggering him and being his guard!

But then he DT and I kinda lost my nerve. Dodged everything Swiftly but got hit by the SS surrounding me into a combo that took out 1.5 bars of hp.
Then I tried going SDT to finish him off during his DT but he comboed me during LUCE and I died in SDT form...
Can't believe I got such a perfect first phase result and screwed up.
Well it's 3AM maybe I should take a break.

[Jesterofgames7712]

Originally posted by Ransom Seraph:

Damnit I got him to less than 25% HP on PHASE 1!!!!
That is less than 25% HP BEFORE HE EVEN DT! (I have a screenshot
Using 2-3 Royal Releases on him and some comboing with DT including staggering him and being his guard!

But then he DT and I kinda lost my nerve. Dodged everything Swiftly but got hit by the SS surrounding me into a combo that took out 1.5 bars of hp.
Then I tried going SDT to finish him off during his DT but he comboed me during LUCE and I died in SDT form...
Can't believe I got such a perfect first phase result and screwed up.
Well it's 3AM maybe I should take a break.

As I said before rolling blaze with Balrog (rolling blaze activatez when you jump.) destroys the summond swords that surround you.

[Slayer Seraph]

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Would you believe all this damage in only Phase 1/Human Form - Before he goes SDT!!!

Probably would never recreate this.

Had SDT full too. Should have finished him off. But died during LUCE. Argh.

Btw any tips for his Flight Attack (Prepare to Die)...
and Judgement Cut End.

[stiel560]

Locking on vergil when he is flying is screwing the vertical camera. i usually tilt the camera so that i can have a better view of the distance. You don't need to lock him on since the horizontal camera follows him.

[Monkeyhunter2142]

Easy way to avoid his sdt and ss is just double jump and rainstorm. You can royal release him out of this form as well. I think you need a certain amount of rg gauge to get him though.
As for his 2nd phase. Learn his attack patterns and when to counter them. I usually try to royal guard or release his 2nd helm splitter to get a combo in (he summons swords around you at the same time but whaling on him will destroy them).

[Mash Drive]

A neat little trick I use is to use air release. Jumping has invincible frames so it lets you get royal release when you're actually getting "hit" so it essentially lets you do it way later than you normally can. This also applies to royal block as well if you're having trouble getting it on his Judgment Cut End.

[Mi Goreng]

For the circling swords you can jump Gunslinger style attack with ebony and ivory and you'll destroy all of them.
You can also hold Swordmaster style attack with Dante, the summoned swords will destroy them too if you keep holding them.

[Slayer Seraph]

Yeah I managed to Royal Release him - during his SDT Charge/Flight on DH difficulty 3-4 times, but not anymore. And making a mistake there on SoS results in major damage. Likely lethal too.

Something about the *forward tilt + B" vs just B (Block) makes it a lot harder to time and execute properly for me on such attacks.
I need to get back home and try all your helpful tips.
Thanks.

Edit: Best I achieved was last night when I got him to less than 20% all in phase one (before DT)! (See screenshot above). I was really surprised and impressed. Used Royal Releases and a long combo string. Instead of fleeing for DT - he guarded it half way - broke his guard and then dealt even more damage. It's probably super rare so I won't count on it.

[Monkeyhunter2142]

Originally posted by Ransom Seraph:

Yeah I managed to Royal Release him - during his SDT Charge/Flight on DH difficulty 3-4 times, but not anymore. And making a mistake there on SoS results in major damage. Likely lethal too.

Something about the *forward tilt + B" vs just B (Block) makes it a lot harder to time and execute properly for me on such attacks.
I need to get back home and try all your helpful tips.
Thanks.

Edit: Best I achieved was last night when I got him to less than 20% all in phase one (before DT)! (See screenshot above). I was really surprised and impressed. Used Royal Releases and a long combo string. Instead of fleeing for DT - he guarded it half way - broke his guard and then dealt even more damage. It's probably super rare so I won't count on it.

He was kicking my ass on sos as well when trying to royal guard the entire game. Better go trickster on phase 2 and only block his easier telegraphed attacks like helm splitter or judgement cut series if you're feeling cocky. When his doppelganger is in play, try and focus it down first (summoned swords is an easy way to get rid of him).