Charge Level 3 on Blue Rose helps too :P
Well, you can get hits on Dante with Red Queen. Just get him into a gun stalemate, inch closer to him, and just before he would pull his sword on you, use streak. It usually gets him. Considering he doesn't pull his sword first.
But Dante seems to have a lot of useless weapons too. Lucifer isn't too good. It's nice while fighting the knights, but that's about it. I find myself rarely using Gilgamesh (Whatever it's called.) and I don't use Ebony and Ivory too much. I just stick with Rebellion, Cyote, and Pandora.
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https://theloonybinblog.wordpress.com/