Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

== Down A Notch - 20 GS ==
** Defeat Dante with an SSS ranking in Son of Sparda Mode or higher. **

First of all, this Achievement can be ONLY done with Nero. Don't even try to do this, with Vergil or Lady. I could actually not believe at first, that Capcom would ever put this Achievement, because you need actually to do a WR strat for this. How ever.

To obtain this achievement, you need to gain, as the description say, an SSS Rank against Dante from Mission 1, which also means, you need to do a NO DAMAGE RUN!

You can do this achievement in following difficulties;
- Son of Sparda (SOS)
- Legendary Dark Knight (LDK)
- Dante Must Die (DMD)

To do that, i will share you the method how you get a flawless SSS without damage Dante. This strat is actually pretty old, but no one could ever say how it works. Even high tiers stamped this strat as 100% luck. Be aware... without knowing how to get into the loop, it will be a pain.

I would advise you, to attempt this achievement on DMD. Yes, Dante can be pretty though there, but it has 2 reasons why you should decide to do this on DMD. But i will explain that later on going in the solution.

I will show you first on DMD and SOS difficulty how the strat looks like, which you have to do. But DON'T reproduce the real fight against him, i have made a seperate video, which will explain the strat itself with DMC4:SE controlls. Just take the look on the loop, you will notice what i mean.

Mission 1 - DMD - Dante SSS

Mission 1 - SOS - Dante SSS


There are actually 3 methods how to get an SSS Rank and to influence the "luck", which is needed to get into the loop.

#1 Strat - Lucifer (works ONLY on DMD)
- For this, you actually need a bit luck. Stay close to Dante and dodge every attack from him with single jumps, which contains iFrames. Keep always try to have your distance from him and his attacks. As soon, as he is going to use Lucifer ( + on the buttom) or when he's jumping into the air (He uses ), you can Snatch ( + ) him, wait a sec until he land on the ground and start looping by using the default Slashattack ( Default Setting; ) with Nero's RedQueen. The good part here is, the loop always work while he is using Lucifer, so take your time to make sure, to snatch him at the right moment. ON DMD, you can do the loop until you have your flawless SSS Rank. To cancel the loop successfully, use DT.

#2 Split - Rebillion
- This strat works on every difficutly, which is in my opinion the easiest and fasted one. Always when Dante is jumping a step back and using a Split ( Air + ) , you can Snatch him and start looping again. But within a real fight, it's luck based if he's using a Split. There is a way how you get him doing Splits everytime, with an easy method. Always at the start of the Mission, Dante is rushing to you / jumping back a step / then use a Split, BUT most of the time, he is doing something else... like shooting with his pistoles, using Stinger and more... to get this Mission start, you always have to restart the Mission by pressing -> System Menu -> Restart Mission. Always take a close look when the mission begins what Dante is doing, if he is rushing to you and then Split'ing. While he's doing that, go back a bit.

#3 Side Roll
- Like the Split Strat, this one also works for every difficutly. But this one is really just an alternative one, to connect a 2nd or maybe a 3rd loop if failed. I define a "Side Roll" by using ( + + Left/Right ) Watch carefully at Dante what he is doing. It doesn't matter if he's running, jumping or going with normal steps to you. If he Side Roll before he is going to attack you, wait until his roll is DONE, then Snatch him, wait a sec until he gets up and start looping. The following loop is compared to the other 2 loops a bit different. This loop only goes up to a high A Rank or with a bit luck to an S Rank. You can't go up to SSS Rank, because he will cancel the loop by using a Stinger or using his Shotgun most of the time. This also means, you need to connect a 2nd loop, by hoping to get the luck you need, which can be very annoying if you can't mindgame/read him. You can't button mash this loop like before, you need to Snatch him <- wait a sec <- Slash <- Snatch etc... you have perhaps to practice this loop. You also aren't allowed to use Excceds while using this loop. If for some reasons, with the Sideroll the faster loop will appear, then you had the luck that Dante have choosen Lucifer before, which automatically means, this can ONLY happen on DMD. To connect a 2nd loop, you have to have for the 2 other strats i have written down here.

Now i will explain you the difference between the difficulties there.
Remember first... restart the mission, if he's not acting like needed. On SOS/LDK, you can only do the slower loop, which can happen on DMD as well with the "Side Roll". But on SOS/LDK, you have on ANY strat, which i have mentioned, the slower loop, which automatically means... you need to do a 2nd loop, to get your SSS Rank.

How to kill Dante then by having a SSS Rank? How to hold the Rank? How to kill very fast?
This strat can be quite easy, but you will have to practice my strat i will you offer here now.

- after you have recived your SSS Rank, activate Devil Trigger
- while Dante is going up into the air, spam Snatch
- just one single Slash, by using with Nero's sword
- jump a bit away from him to have a bit space
- Snatch
- Roulette Spin ( + ... break + )
- Snatch
- Devil Bringer
- 2x Snatches
- Single Slash
- Jump away etc...

Points distribution by killing Dante with an SSS Rank without Advanced Techniques:
X360/PS3 = 1500 PTS
X1/PS4 = 1000 PTS

If you still don't understand something, or have any questions, just leave your comment here. Thanks for reading!

This solution is a lot better for me.


Repeat the grapple and 3rd charge pistol attack over and over and Dante will go down fast and in style. Maybe better to customise the controls a little but I was able to get it with default controls just about after 20 minutes trying.

this achievement becomes very easy when you use Lady! to be able to do the SSS in the dante I activated the turbo and the automatic mode and put in the Son of Sparda, as soon as the fight begins holding until load the pistol in level 3 after that load keep pressed and jumping and pressing for her to pull the dante as she pulls the shot and press the button to make the challenge that the Rank will rise, now it's just you repeat everything until you can do the SSS Rank. follow below a video of how I did hope I have helped

If you're having troubles with the above method (great guide btw.) try the following: Lady is the girl to go and you have to play on Dante Must Die difficulty. Unfortunately it will not work on the very first encounter vs. Dante. Which means, you first got to reach Mission 10 (which is fairly doable abusing Lady's Shotgun/Pistol LVL 3 charge shot & holy water). Important: by the time you fight Dante make sure you have about 3-5 holy water bottles! Now, all you have to do is time Lady's level 3 Pistol charge shot (hold , shoot whenever Dante is in the air or during one of his attacks) and taunt once/twice (). Once your style reaches SSS go for one more charge shot to make sure the meter doesn't drop to SS while you're abusing the holy water. For a visual solution, check my video guide: