Salty Opinion: Nero is the Worst playable charcter

[Ryzzingsun]

To me, he is the slowest, and weakest of the3 playable characters
. I find him completely boring to play. He is also the hardest(for me at least) to hit S/SS/SSS consistently. His dodge/defensive abilities aren't as good as Dante's and he feels very sluggish in comparison. I honestly thought that V was going to be my least favorite character and he was when I first started playing him but he actually gets better with use. Nero on the other hand. He just always sucks. I miss his style from DMC4

[Mikoto]

Um he is still exceptionally fast and plays exactly the same as from DMC4...you just forgot how to play him.

[ChurchGorilla]

>He is also the hardest(for me at least) to hit S/SS/SSS consistently
Then use all of his skills
>His dodge/defensive abilities aren't as good as Dante's
lol no. Jumping still gets you out of any trouble and on top of that he has Hard Way, Payline, Gerbera and Breakaway. In total that means that Nero can cancel and escape damage no matter what.
Dante on the other hand has set animations that he can't cancel out of no matter what (except with SDT).
>I miss his style from DMC4
He's a carbon copy of his iteration from 4 but with even more stuff attached to him.

[✙205🍉🐆→]

nah, worst was Lucia

[One Stoned Bastard]

I suck with all of the characters but Nero feels pretty strong when I manage to rev the sword between each hit and use the breaker abilities and wire effectively.

Plus his lil' pistol can at least stun enemies a little instead of just tickling them for fun. Although I guess that's the same thing. And Dante has a sawn-off shotgun (and a million other things).

PS. but don't forget all those rev attacks that turn Nero semi-invincible.

Look at it like this, Dante is the complex one, Nero is the straightforward one and V is the strategical one.

There's a reason Nero's subtitle during his introduction is "Demon Hunter" while Dante's subtitle is " *Legandary* Demon Hunter". Same sh*t, but different.

[AnemoneMeer]

This is on you.

Nero's defensive tools are actually on par with Dante, just very different. Hardway and Payline both have a hefty dose of I-frames attached, and are his primary methods of damage evasion. Table Hopper means he has the best standard dodge in the game.

Nero's weapon is slower than Dante's, but does more damage than Dante's sword. Nero does 80 to Dante's 70, and 96 during exceed, meaning Nero is over 33% more damage if you're landing those exceeds. Likewise, Ex-commands do significantly more than all but Dante's most sluggish moves, and do it faster to boot, instead being gated behind landing Ex and max acts.

Breakers take some getting used to, but give Nero incredible damage and utility. From Time Stop to his own (superior) version of Trickster's dash. On the damage side, he has his own version of Real Impact, Overture is equivalent to a low charge royal release, and so on.

Nero is a VERY different beast from Dante and needs to be played very differently. He is far more aggressive, and like a silver bullet piercing through, you need to be throwing yourself into them if you want to protect yourself. Payline and Hardway ARE your defenses, but they're also offensive tools.

[табуретка]

it takes practice man this guy had no problems getting sss ranks with nero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeaX_AbuU4

[BassChamber]

Git gud, Nero has a ton of possibilities.

[spectre199]

I hate Nero would rather play as Dante and not this idiot

[Id]

Originally posted by spectre199:

I hate Nero would rather play as Dante and not this idiot

[Ryzzingsun]

Originally posted by Shadow Blazer:

Um he is still exceptionally fast and plays exactly the same as from DMC4...you just forgot how to play him.

honestly you might be right. I am just being petty in that I preferred when he had the Yamato as his arm

[ToxicKookie]

Originally posted by Ryzzingsun™:

To me, he is the slowest, and weakest of the3 playable characters
. I find him completely boring to play. He is also the hardest(for me at least) to hit S/SS/SSS consistently. His dodge/defensive abilities aren't as good as Dante's and he feels very sluggish in comparison. I honestly thought that V was going to be my least favorite character and he was when I first started playing him but he actually gets better with use. Nero on the other hand. He just always sucks. I miss his style from DMC4

I found V to be the worse in every conceivable way.

[Negativity™]

Originally posted by The Lion King:

Originally posted by spectre199:

I hate Nero would rather play as Dante and not this idiot

[DeadPhoenix]

Nero is a meta character. once you've unlocked his Devil Trigger. He's going to be OP as hell ;)
And i have zero problems to achieve SSS with him during combo's.

[One Stoned Bastard]

Speaking of meta, people that hate Nero must have lost their ♥♥♥♥ back when MGS2 came out and they completed the tutorial level... only to be greeted by Raiden, a brand new, much less cool playable character.

[LazyAmerican]

I was following this thread until it was mentioned that Nero is somehow worse off then in DMC4...which is untrue.