DMC2 Mission 18 S Rank Hard and Results

This video is made to show you how to get a S rank on hard for mission 18. This is the only mission that is just not a water-downed version of DMD. This is not meant to be as stylish as possible. This video made by JavelinaDevil is, but some of the things he does here may not be possible here because he's playing on Normal:    • DMC2ダンテ：NORMALアルゴサクス・ザ・ケイオス戦(ミサイルランチャー禁止)   I start off with the flame heart to do as much damage as possible and also the long sword to be able to reach Nefasvermis (Ogre). After the combo breaks I don't kill Orangguerra (Monkey) ASAP so I can get more 'stylish points'. The 'stylish average' is not an average. Instead you get points and then at the end of the mission it's divided by the time you took. This also means having a poor grade on screen is not as bad as it looks. Lastly, I stay away from the tentacle because it always hits me when I get close. )-: After getting my S rank I indulge myself by showing off my results, just using Dante. The Trismagia mission is by far the worst, mainly because Trismagia should have had his own mission. I'm not interested in the Lucia disk as she is far too weak while Trish is too strong and does not feel right in this game. Getting an SS rank is possible here; this and the above video proves it:    • DMC2 The Despair Embodied   But I won't bother because it's not possible to get SS on all missions for Dante.