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This CRT seeks to rework the current Mid Tiers for DMC + fix a few other problems within the profiles, it merely revises already accepted feats, so no calculations needed.
The main case here is around the infamous Beastheads demon from the 2nd novel and its feat of "shaking the world". The feat itself is already accepted, but its scale only considers the Planet being shaken, when in reality, it should be the Human World, context here is key.
Now, as listed on the Common feats page, shaking your average universe is still considered 4-A and that's where The Beastheads should be. Gilver's profile mentions that his nexus, by consuming the Human World, is High 3-A, so I guess the Human World could be infinite, but I haven't seen a scan confirming that, so he should be downgraded to 3-A if said scan doesn't appear
The next step is to clear up the scaling for the Beastheads:
The feat was done by the demon's base, cerberus-like form, that has good statements about being a weapon for Mundus, but contrary to what the profile says, nothing indicates this demon, at its base form, is stronger than the fearsome Generals of Mundus. They, just like the Beastheads, are enlisted by Mundus, but contrary to our feat owner here, the Generals are, very directly, stated to be worthy of their title, and DMC1 showed us that, by losing to Dante three times in a row, Griffon, one of the generals, was deemed unworthy by Mundus himself, meaning, it's power that makes them worthy, not other aspects. Griffon also asked Mundus to grant him "one last surge of power" in order to defeat Dante, which further proves the power of these characters as they are receiving power from a Low 1-C (Currently) source.
In other words, all Mundus generals should scale above Beastheads' base form at the very least
With that in mind, we reach at the critical point of this CRT: Some stats will change based on the power of the Generals
First things first: DMC5 Griffon and Shadow should scale to their DMC1 self just like we currently do for Nightmare. And in that game, Cavaliere Angelo is able to battle them and survive to fight another day, Cavaliere is powered up by DMC5 Trish.
Final Results:
This CRT seeks to rework the current Mid Tiers for DMC + fix a few other problems within the profiles, it merely revises already accepted feats, so no calculations needed.
The main case here is around the infamous Beastheads demon from the 2nd novel and its feat of "shaking the world". The feat itself is already accepted, but its scale only considers the Planet being shaken, when in reality, it should be the Human World, context here is key.
The feat gets a bit confusing considering the use of the same kanji for "World" (The infamous "世界", or "sekai"), which made us believe that every "world" is about our Planet, when that actually goes against why the world was shaking. The quote is clear when it says that said shaking happened because the "world's foundations" are weak for such a demon, and then Dante describes a bit of what happens in their environment when Beastheads appears, there are two "worlds" in play here. The context for the main quote follows the laws of the world, meaning foundation isn't about Earth, as we all know, the laws of a universe have universal range unless stated otherwise, and Devil May Cry never said something about Earth having its own set of laws, therefore, the statement isn't talking about the Planet. The Planet is, however, mentioned after the feat, but that isn't about the feat, but its consequences on our planet, making sense to focus on the range where Dante had his eyes at to offer us a description of the event, but said description shouldn't limit the feat from its true purpose."世界が震えている。 とある歴史学者の言を借りれば、この世界の成り立ちは非常に脆弱なものであり、己の法則 性に従わない存在を受け入れることはできないのだという。 では、異質な存在を無理に挿入されたとしたら、世界は果たしてどうなるだろうか。 その答えは今まさに、ここに出現しようとしていた。 ひょうし 「この世の終わりってのはちっと、派手で騒がしいものだと思ったんだがな。静かでいい雰囲 気じゃないか、拍子抜けだぜ」 ダンテは両手に銃を構え、不敵に、挑発するように、天空を占める巨大な獣の首を見上げた。 彼の言葉のとおり、世界は静かである。 いや、より正確さを重んじるのであれば、その表現はあまり適切ではないかも知れない。 静かだというよりもむしろ、あらゆる音が―音だけにとどまらず、大小様々な生命を包む 「世界」という存在から、命の営みがすべて奪い去られた、というべきだろうか。 波はさざめくことなく、凍ったように静止している。 風は止み、大気は重く澱み、ただ重力に引かれて重く圧し掛かってくる。 大地は温もりを失い、足下はまるで分厚く積み重なった氷のようだ。 「これはこれで悪くはないが、ちょっと陰気くさすぎるな。陽気にいこうぜ、悪魔野郎」
The world is trembling. As one historian put it, this world is so fragile in its foundation that it cannot accept beings that do not follow its laws. So what would happen to the world if an alien being were to be forcibly inserted? The answer is about to appear here, right now. Hailstones I thought the end of the world was going to be a bit loud and boisterous. Dante held his gun in his hands and looked up at the head of the giant beast that occupied the sky, fearlessly and provocatively. As he said, the world is quiet. No, if you value accuracy more, that might not be a very apt description. Rather than quiet, I would say that every sound - not just sound, but every living thing, large and small - has been robbed of its life in the "world" that surrounds it. The waves do not whisper, but stand still as if frozen. The wind has stopped, the air is heavy and stagnant, and only gravity is pulling and weighing down on it. The earth has lost its warmth, and the ground beneath us is like a thick layer of ice. It's not bad, but it's a little too gloomy. Let's have some fun, demon."
Now, as listed on the Common feats page, shaking your average universe is still considered 4-A and that's where The Beastheads should be. Gilver's profile mentions that his nexus, by consuming the Human World, is High 3-A, so I guess the Human World could be infinite, but I haven't seen a scan confirming that, so he should be downgraded to 3-A if said scan doesn't appear
The next step is to clear up the scaling for the Beastheads:
The feat was done by the demon's base, cerberus-like form, that has good statements about being a weapon for Mundus, but contrary to what the profile says, nothing indicates this demon, at its base form, is stronger than the fearsome Generals of Mundus. They, just like the Beastheads, are enlisted by Mundus, but contrary to our feat owner here, the Generals are, very directly, stated to be worthy of their title, and DMC1 showed us that, by losing to Dante three times in a row, Griffon, one of the generals, was deemed unworthy by Mundus himself, meaning, it's power that makes them worthy, not other aspects. Griffon also asked Mundus to grant him "one last surge of power" in order to defeat Dante, which further proves the power of these characters as they are receiving power from a Low 1-C (Currently) source.
In other words, all Mundus generals should scale above Beastheads' base form at the very least
With that in mind, we reach at the critical point of this CRT: Some stats will change based on the power of the Generals
First things first: DMC5 Griffon and Shadow should scale to their DMC1 self just like we currently do for Nightmare. And in that game, Cavaliere Angelo is able to battle them and survive to fight another day, Cavaliere is powered up by DMC5 Trish.
DMC5 Re-scaling:
I say "DMC5" Trish despite she lacking keys because another point of this CRT is to create them and separate each scaling to each key. Note that despite losing the battle, we must keep in mind Cavaliere not only survived but fought 2 Generals + V + Possibly Nightmare, that's why, even being weaker, Trish should downscale from this, keep in mind that the enemies Cavaliere faced are stronger than the owner of the 4-A feat aswell
Malphas should also scale to this since she is superior to Cavaliere Angelo and already listed on our profiles as such. Devil Breaker Nero also gets the upgrade for casually defeating Malphas
DMC4 Re-scaling:
Like I said before, we are giving proper keys for Trish, meaning that Savior, despite scaling to her, won't receive a 4-A key because he scales to DMC4 Trish, not DMC5. However, there are still changes to be made in DMC4's case, but more in speed instead of AP. Currently, we give DMC3 Dante the same AP as DMC4 Nero for 2 reasons: They were overall comparable before Awakening their Devil Trigger, and after they got it, it was done by equal sources of power, those being Rebellion and Yamato. So Dante received Nero's scaling, but Nero didn't received Dante's speed scaling which has FTL Combat and Reaction speed, which should've been the case, their initial (attention to that) scaling is mutual, therefore Nero should scale to this.
By default, the ones who scale to Post DT Nero should also receive this little upgrade, following this scaling: DMC4 Trish = Full Power Savior (Base + Nero) >>> Base Savior = Sanctus = Post DT Nero
This scaling is already accepted and applied on the profiles, I'm just listing it to better show who gets what.
Next topic to discuss here is their current AP of "At least 6-C, likely 4-C". 4-C is the actual scale of Savior's feat, we just didn't gave him the full rating at that time because, while the God Tiers are consistently broken, the Mid Tiers never showcased power on the Tier 4 scale and that made us doubt a bit about the scale of Savior's dimensions. That shouldn't be an issue anymore as the very next level is getting a 4-A upgrade and we got scans of the Temen-ni-gru having whole moons inside of it, making it a dimenson far bigger than it seems, and the sins feat (And the Force Edge) of holding the seal of the power all more impressive. 6-C has no reason to stand anymore.
The last thing about DMC4 is that Trish (And only Trish) should have full FTL speed instead of being Combat and Reaction only, since to fight Savior (Who has FTL Combat and Reaction itself), she would need to deal with his range, meaning she needs movement speed on that level. This scales to DMC5 Trish, who in turn scales to the Generals
DMC3 Re-scaling:
Things start to get exciting here, but also a bit more complex. Post DT DMC3 Dante shoud keep his ratings, but Endgame Dante and Endgame Vergil (The one with Force Edge) should receive the 4-A scaling thanks to Before the Nightmare's statements about Vergil's powerlevel. It states that Mundus (Weakened by that time) waited the result of Dante and Vergil's battle to attack the loser, because at full power, any of the twins could have defeated him. The exact power for this Mundus is very complicated to measure (We tried in the past), but we obviously do know that he should be stronger than his Generals, who now are getting a 4-A upgrade. So we can stop making assumptions and actually rate Endgame Dante and Vergil at this level.
Force Edge Endgame Dante > Endgame Dante > Force Edge Vergil > Weakened Mundus > Generals
Force Edge Arkham should also receive the upgrade
Dante's AP section for his DMC3 self should be "4-C (After Awakening DT, scaling to Nero), up to 4-A (By the end of the game, scaling to Weakened Mundus). While Vergil should receive a 4-C key for his 2nd fight against Post DT Dante, and a 4-A key by the end of the game + receive a "Higher" with Force Edge (Note that the statement doesn't mention he needs Force Edge to defeat Mundus, only to be physically okay). You may be asking yourself why Dante isn't just 4-A and in turn scale Nero to him, but while their initial transformation should be equal, Dante's Accelerated Development renders the assumption of him being as strong through the entire game a little arbitrary, as the whole story of DMC3 is, well, Dante's Awakening, and shows him on a different path as Nero, both can jump in power, but the fact thay the scale of these upgrades can be massively different means it's situational, meaning, it depends on feats or scaling through their own individual journeys
DMC2 Re-scaling:
Rather simple, Lucia defeats Phantom in the game (A General), gets defeated by Base Arius, power ups and defeats Arius, then his Argosax-based transformatioms, all of them should now be 4-A and FTL.
DMC1 Re-scaling:
Aside from the already mentioned Generals, DMC1 Trish should receive a key with 8-C AP and Massively Hypersonic+ speed, all of them coming from her direct scaling to natural lightning (Check Griffon's link above, it shows her using this), very similar to Blitz. By the end of the game, Trish starts accepting her human side and, as always in DMC, receives a boost in her power, saving Dante from Mundus' Particle beam. Her stats should show both versions: Her initial AP at "At least 8-C, higher after accepting her humanity", and her speed being "Massively Hypersonic+, Relativistic+ after accepting her humanity"
This also helps the overall scaling for DMC4
Anime Re-scaling:
Baul and Modeus are above the Generals, so they also scale higher than their new ratings. Anime Trish, if she lacks any scaling or feat, should just upscale from her DMC1 self.
Final Results:
4-A Tier:
DMC3 Epilogue Dante (With Force Edge) > Endgame Dante > Force Edge Vergil > Endgame Vergil > Weakened Mundus/Base Lucia/Base Arius/Baul/Modeus > Generals > Beastheads (Owner of the 4-A feat)
Endgame Lucia and Arius-Argosax should be around FE Vergil's level
DMC5 Trish only gets a "Likely 4-A" aswell as Malphas who's stronger, with Devil Breaker Nero being able to stomp Malphas and thus should be enough to get the full Tier
4-C Tier:
DMC4 Trish (Full FTL rating) = Full Power Savior ( Base + Nero ) > Base Savior (Owner of the 4-C feat) = Sanctus = Post DT Nero = Post DT Dante (At first) = DMC3 Vergil (At first)
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