Description[]
God of War vs. Devil May Cry. Half-human warriors with shady pasts who have gone through many trials.
Introduction[]
Wiz: We've covered a lot of badass warriors on Death Battle.
Boomstick: That's an understatement to say the least, and we all know you don't get as badass as these two without a similarly checkered past.
Wiz: Kratos, the God of War and Ghost of Sparta.
Boomstick: And Vergil, the Dark Slayer and Son of Sparda. He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
Kratos[]
Wiz: The Greek Pantheon was no more. Brought down by the unyielding rage of the prophesized Marked Warrior, the Ghost of Sparda, Kratos.
Boomstick: Yeah, Kratos was pretty much a perpetual motion machine of anger, and he was taking it out on all the gods.
Wiz: Not without cause however, considering just how much they would all yank him about throughout his life. Just look at what Ares did to him and later Zeus when he was infected with Fear.
Boomstick: And it's not like Kratos didn't regret destroying Greece in the process. He did...after he had destroyed it. But not to worry, he unleashed Hope to help the world heal before migrating to find another mythology to slaughter.
- Background
- Age: 150
- Height: 6'5
- AKA Ghost of Sparta
- Greek God of War
- Father of Atreus
- "Boi."
Wiz: To settle down in actually. In hopes of putting his past behind him, Kratos remarried a woman named Faye and together, they had a son.
Boomstick: Called Boy. Just kidding, Atreus. But Spartans hardly make good dads and in spite of his best efforts, Kratos and his son never really grew all that close.
Wiz: But they soon would when they went on a journey to scatter Faye's ashes, the day after her funeral. But the journey was going to be hard and dangerous, and Midguard is no realm for the easily bested.
Boomstick: Fortunately for Kratos, Spartans make really good fighters and his skills hadn't faded in the slightest. Nor did his strength!
Wiz: With a mere amount of exertion, Kratos is capable of wrestling with giant monsters like Ogres, Trolls and even a Dragon.
- Powers and Abilities
- Superhuman strength
- Superhuman speed
- Weapons master
- Hand-to-hand fighting prowess
- Accelerated healing
- Spartan Rage
Boomstick: Back when he was in the Greek period of his life, he was strong enough to stop the Titan Atlas, who holds the whole world on his shoulders, from crushing him with his bare hands.
Wiz: And speed is another factor of Kratos' prowess that is unlikely to have been dulled, as he scales to the likes of Hermes, who could avoid blasts of light from the Head of Helios and avoid blasts from that same sun god.
Popup: Even with his older age, it's been implied by Cory Barlog that Kratos' difference of power to his younger self is more out of self-control and discipline rather than any weakening.
Boomstick: Even if he takes a hit, he's more than tough enough to simply shrug it off and even then, he can basically will his body to heal.
Wiz: Well, it definitely seems he has a healing factor he can activate at will, although with so many Health Stones around he probably feels he doesn't need to rely on it too much. And even though he has much better control of his anger after so many years, he still has enough of it to utilize in his signature ability.
Boomstick: The Spartan Rage. With this super-mode, Kratos can create shockwaves with his stomps, tear up massive boulders with his bare hands, pummel monsters into past and even unleash a massive shockwave when activating it.
Wiz: And, somehow, with each hit he lands, he heals a little. And whatever anger exercises he's been undertaking work too, because he can command it to turn off at will.
Boomstick: Hmm, feels like we're spending too long on Kratos' past. Let's move onto the present and what that presents him with! Like the Leviathan Axe.
Wiz: Although it technically doesn't have a counterpart in canon Norse mythology, in God of War's universe, the Leviathan Axe was made to be the equal of none other than Thor's Mjolnir.
Boomstick: So that means Kratos can call it back to his hand whenever he wants. Useful, considering he always hurls it with sick style.
- Arsenal
- Leviathan Axe
- Ice generation
- Can be recalled to hand
- Blades of Chaos
- Fire generation
- Guardian Shield
- Runes
- Light
- Heavy
- Talismans
- Leviathan Axe
Wiz: The Leviathan Axe is also capable of generating freezing cold ice, dealing this elemental status effect out to anything he hits. In conjunction with it being re-callable back to his hand, he can also have it spin outwards about him.
Boomstick: The Axe was actually once owned by his second wife, and it was one of two gifts she gave to him. And don't you lot at home go thinking it's a metaphor as sappy as giving him a second chance or a child. No, the other gift she gave him was the Guardian Shield.
Wiz: When not in use, it remains in a compact form on Kratos' wrist, and can be unfurled at a moment's notice. Usually to block attacks or send enemies projectiles back at the shooters. And, and by the way Boomstick, we're not quite out of the woods in regards to Kratos' past abilities, because he soon had to bring out the past to save the life of his son.
Boomstick: His very first weapons, the Blades of Chaos. Unlike the Leviathan Axe, their constantly returning nature was something Kratos wasn't happy with, cause they just kept on popping up wherever he went. Still, they proved useful in the end.
Wiz: Where the Leviathan Axe specializes in ice, the Blades of Chaos deal damage with fire and can be used to hook and reel in enemies for quick bashing.
Boomstick: That's not always need though, because the Blades of Chaos are naturally beasts at slicing foes from a short distance.
Wiz: And Kratos can add even more powers to his two weapons via Runes. Ones slotted onto the Axe improve its strikes, ice generation and throwing skillset, whilst the Blades of Chaos' Runes give Kratos access to his former techniques.
Boomstick: You know, I remember we compared Kratos to being a combination of the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Thanos, on account of all the stones he uses, back in his last appearance. Well, I was just thinking that Thor already technically exists in the series, and we don't know what Odin's gonna be like, so maybe he'll be Thanos.
Wiz: Well, we'll see come Ragnarok. Which Kratos kind of kicked off.
- Feats
- Pushed Tyr's temple
- Killed Magni, who was destined to survive Ragnarok
- Leviathan Axe is equal in power to Thor's hammer
- Blades of Chaos burned within Helheim
- Fought through Sutr's trials
- Defeated Baldur, Magni, Sigrun
Boomstick: It all started with that Ian McGreggor lookalike Baldur. His death was prophesized to kick start Ragnarok and Kratos, to stop him killing Freya, killed him.
Wiz: Looks like destroying pantheons really is pathological for Kratos. But what was really significant about that event was that it wasn't meant to happen for another couple hundred years or so. Kratos literally broke the laws of fate, and it wasn't the only time either.
Boomstick: The god that Kratos killed before Baldur, Magni, was fated to survive Ragnarok itself. But Kratos went "Leviathan Axe go brr" and split his skull in two. Damn, Kratos really doesn't give a crap about prophecies.
Wiz: No change in personality there then. With his godly strength, Kratos has been able to push the massive Temple of Tyr, which, according to Cory Barlog, weighs over one million tons. He's fought his way through an army of Dark Elves, survived in the frozen over hell of Helheim and matched the aforementioned God of Light Baldur in combat, in spite of his invulnerable to all threats, physical or magical.
Boomstick: Baldur was able to knock the World Serpent out in just a few hits, and that massive reptile is Thor's direct equal.
Wiz: It is said that long ago, in the future, the battle between Thor and the Serpent was so intense, it shook each of the Nine Realms and fractured the World Tree, sending the Serpent back through time itself.
Boomstick: Maybe he'll get to see his own birth, because, spoiler alert, Kratos' son Atreus is Loki, the serpent's future father. And, further spoiler, Kratos might end up dying, as said by a prophecy on the wall.
Wiz: But as we've already said, Kratos is not one to let fate take control. And he'll hardly let the same thing happen to his son.
Boomstick: Now that's pretty good parenting.
Vergil[]
Wiz: After heroically turning on the rest of his kind for the sake of humanity and sealing away the demonic world, the demon and Legendary Knight Sparda settled down with a human woman, Eva. Together, they had twin sons.
Boomstick: Maybe as a way for Sparda to remember his rich and horrifying heritage, the two were named after the poets who descended through the Nine Circles of Hell in the Divine Comedy. One, we've already covered in a battle between red-clad snarky badasses.
Wiz: That was Dante. This time around, our focus is on his older twin, Vergil.
- Background
- Age: 40s
- Height: 6'4
- AKA The Dark Slayer
- Twin brother of Dante
- Likes Edward Blake poetry
- He is the storm that is approaching
Boomstick: Who kind of got the short end of the stick during their youth, and yes, there is always a stick's short end to find in any situation. Even an attack from demons.
Wiz: You see, whilst Eva was able to get Dante someplace safe, she was killed before she could get to Vergil. This led to Vergil going missing in the attack, and he soon believed that had been abandoned.
Boomstick: And that led to a whole load of emotional issues for the guy and that led to a conclusion.
Wiz: In all matters of the world, power is the one true thing you can rely on.
Boomstick: And since his dad was absolutely loaded with power, Vergil decided to get it for himself. But since Sparda went missing during his childhood and he probably didn't leave a will or something, Vergil had to really dedicate himself to getting that power for himself.
Wiz: And being a half-demon half-human hybrid meant that he was fully capable of getting that power for himself, through any means necessary.
Boomstick: Thanks to his demon side, Vergil is superhumanly strong and fast. He can move about so fast, most demons most realize he's even vanished before it hits them.
Wiz: His disappearance?
Boomstick: No, his attacks.
- Powers and Abilities
- Superhuman strength
- Superhuman speed
- Regeneration
- Weapons prowess
- Dark Slayer Style
- Doppelganger
- Devil Trigger
- Sin Devil Trigger
- World of V
Wiz: Oh. Well, what's almost as fast as Vergil himself is his healing factor.
Boomstick: His brother Dante alone can survive getting stabbed and shot to no end, and the two can shred each other with no lasting damage.
Wiz: His healing factor is so potent, he was able to heal instantly after getting completely cut in half at the waist. In the same instant it happened.
Popup: There is a claim that Vergil once regenerated from nothing but his soul, but it took a long process and isn't applicable to combat.
Boomstick: Damn! And other demons are lucky to get in as much as a single hit on the guy with the way he fights.
Wiz: Specifically, that's his Dark Slayer Style. Acting similar to his brother Dante's Trickster Style, Vergil can attack with rapid moves all whilst moving throughout the battlefield.
Boomstick: That's not all it can do. Because he's a warrior fallen from grace, or something, the whole style actually enables Vergil is improve his skills and abilities.
Wiz: And last, but not least, from Vergil's demonic side is the ability to enter his Devil Trigger, which unleashes his full demonic power. His attacks get stronger, his speed is increased and he heals from any damage inflicted on him.
Boomstick: Devil Trigger is pretty much a game breaker on its own but there are still other limits it can soar straight by.
Wiz: But before we explain what these are, we must first take a quick look into Vergil's arsenal.
Boomstick: Like his sword. His beautiful, badass sword!
Wiz: One of several weapons once wielded by his father, the Yamato takes the form of a classic katana, yet is far more than just a simple blade.
Boomstick: It can literally cut through space. Not just for making portals, but to also slash his foes from far away.
Wiz: Not that he can't decimate them up close though, considering his Dark Slayer Styles and Iaido fighting styles. He draws and sheathes his sword so quickly, the blade barely appears to leave the scabbard at all. In fact, Yamato was the very weapon that Sparda used to seal the Demon World and the Human World apart.
- Arsenal
- Yamato
- Cuts through space
- Beowulf
- Gauntlet and feet bracers
- Powerful physical strikes
- Summoned Swords
- Spiral Swords
- Blistering Swords
- Sword Storm
- Heavy Rain
- Yamato
Boomstick: That's not all it was used to separate however.
Wiz: You see, long after a particular grueling defeat at the hands of Mundus and later Dante, Vergil was reduced to a mindless husk of himself. So much so that he ripped off his own son's arm to reclaim the missing Yamato.
Boomstick: In a bid for salvation that seemed more suicidal than ingenious, Vergil stabbed himself with the Yamato and separated himself into two beings embodying his mixed lineage. The human V and the Demon Urizen, who totally should have been called Ergil.
Wiz: After V successfully reunited the two, it appeared that in doing so, Vergil gained access to a brand new transformation; the Sin Devil Trigger.
Boomstick: This new form was way more powerful than the ordinary Devil Trigger. And that was already really powerful! And he can make a ghostly warrior duplicate of himself to fight alongside him or independently. Oh, and he can fly too.
Wiz: But with his re-fusion, Vergil was also able to accept that his human side was just as important as his demonic one, and so can use Yamato to conjure up V to have him unleash utter chaos on the battlefield with his three Familiars.
Boomstick: It's a complete and utter storm when he does that, and even if he chooses not too rely on his super-forms, he has other means of slaying demons.
Wiz: When focusing on pounding and punching over slicing and dicing, Vergil pulls out Beowulf, gauntlets and grieves that he uses to hit like a freight train.
Boomstick: And when wanting to focus back on slicing and dicing, and he wants more swords to do it with, then that's where the Summoned Swords come up. Out of nowhere. All the time.
Wiz: The summoned swords can be used as a close-range defensive ring, long-ranged shots, a swarming series of attacks or like meteors raining from the sky.
Boomstick: Basically all manner of stabbing and slicing. There's one form of fighting that Vergil doesn't like however; shooting things.
Wiz: Yeah, he considers it a cheap method of fighting. The only time he ever used a gun, not counting the DMC reboot, was when working together with Dante to finish off the demonic Arkham.
Boomstick: Speaking of which, try as he might, Vergil could never bring himself to completely hate his twin. In fact, it was his love for his bro, and later the son he never realized he had hurt, that led him to actually make a full redemption, or as close as he could manage.
Wiz: Good thing too, because in his quest to become as powerful as his father, Vergil more than likely succeeded.
- Feats
- Consistently matches Dante in battle
- Healed instantly from being cut in half
- Sliced through an illusion
- Obliterated over 100,000 raindrops in a single second
- Sliced through an illusion
- Defeated Arkham, Beowulf, Dante
Boomstick: His demonic self Urizen was able to beat Dante, who defeated Mundus, who Sparda beat. With his own Sin Devil Trigger, Dante was able to beat Urizen. And after fusing back into himself, Vergil was able to match him in battle.
Wiz: Even before then, Vergil constantly proved himself to be perhaps the only other character in the series who could battle and even best Dante no matter his point of power.
Boomstick: Like the time they made an entire dome of empty space because their sword swings were so fast, they destroyed each and every raindrop surrounding them.
Wiz: Dante himself once fought against Mundus, flying at speeds that exceeded light by hundreds of times over. Specifically, at 800 times over (KnightOfSunshine).
Boomstick: He's even managed to cut through an illusion. As in something that's all the construct of the mind playing tricks on you through your eyes. And he cut it.
Wiz: Wrap your noggin around that one.
Boomstick: Okay, I've got to ask this now; what the hell can stop Vergil?
Wiz: Not a lot, but beating down his healing factor can render him unable to continue fighting. Also, the official episode Sephiroth VS Vergil kind of demonstrated that Yamato's legend of being able to cut through any is a bit of an exaggeration. After all, a common rocket launcher held up against a swing. And Vergil's path to obtaining power has left him with an unhealthy amount of psychological scars, especially his time as an unwilling enforcer of Mundus.
Boomstick: They were so bad they actually manifested as V's Familiars. But if being a part of Sparda's lineage means anything, it's that power is never too far from your fingertips.
Wiz: Whatever Vergil's path, he walks it with ambition and an unwavering drive, so woe beside any demon that tries to get in his way.
Interlude[]
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set and we've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
The Battle[]
Setting: The bridge of the Temple of Tyr
Kratos and Atreus walked across the bridge, the latter several feet ahead.
Atreus: C'mon, hurry up!
As Kratos followed after him, he suddenly sensed something behind himself.
Kratos: Atreus, go into the temple and wait for me in there.
Atreus: What? But...
Kratos: Now.
Atreus obeyed his father, squeezing through the gap he made between the temple doors, leaving Kratos to turn to face the man behind him. Vergil observed the god who taken note of his appearance.
Vergil: I hear you have a great deal of power in your hands. I'd like to have it for myself.
Kratos drew his Leviathan Axe off his back.
Kratos: You'd be welcome to it, did I not need it myself.
FIGHT!
Kratos suddenly whipped around and with a grunt, hurled the Axe straight towards Vergil. Before the weapon could hit the son of Sparda, Vergil suddenly flashed out of existence before appearing right in front of Kratos, driving the end of his scabbard into his chest, sending the Ghost of Sparda skidding backwards to hit the temple doors. Kratos looked up as Vergil darted forwards and unleashed a series of rapid-speed slashes. Kratos crossed his arms over his face as a guard before he suddenly unfurled his Guardian Shield, blocking one of the strikes and making the Yamato recoil backwards. Vergil grimaced in annoyance before Kratos slammed the edge of the shield into his chest, sending him skidding backwards this time. As he went, Kratos recalled the Axe from where it had embedded in the ground behind Vergil. It would have taken Vergil's head off had he not been able to twist it lightly to the side, letting the Axe clip back his ear. Kratos dashed forwards, grabbing the Axe before leaping into the air and swinging it down at Vergil as he finally stopped skidding backwards.
Vergil acted quickly to counter the attack, knocking the strike away with his scabbard and pushing Kratos back in the air. Kratos was able to land deftly in spite of this and swung out with the Axe. Vergil countered with his own slash, the flat of his blade grinding against the edge of the Axe, sending out sparks and ice shards into the air. Vergil then performed a downwards slash as the weapons finished grinding against each other and Kratos swung the axe upwards, the weapons' edges sending out another rain of sparks as well as a small shockwave. After this, the slashes from both fighters became more intense and fast, and they all collided. After getting one of his swipes blocked by Vergil, Kratos suddenly released the handle of the axe and it spun about through the air to clip Vergil in his side, making him cry out in pain. It was joined by more pained cries when the axe returned to Kratos' hand and he hurled it forwards so that it spun around in front of Vergil's chest, slicing it up with a spray of blood. The climax of this technique sent Vergil flying backwards, his wounds healed before he landed. He took a stance and drew Yamato out faster than the eye could track and numerous spectral slashes cut Kratos over his arms and legs. Kratos howled in pain before noticing Vergil attempting another such move and he rolled to the side as the space was thusly sliced up. The god drew the Blades of Chaos from his back and sent them shooting towards Vergil, hooking him in the chest and dragging him towards Kratos to deliver a punch to his face.
But as soon as he did so, Kratos received a punch across the face himself, courtesy of Vergil's Beowulf. Kratos flew backwards due to the attack and Vergil suddenly shot out of nowhere to hit him from behind with a flying kick straight into his back, sending Kratos flying forwards. The Ghost of Sparta was able to turn himself around mid-flight and keep himself on his feet, and as soon as he had come to a stop he swung out with the Blades of Chaos. Vergil used his demonic gauntlets to guard against the long-ranged attacks, including the one that swung down from the air. Kratos darted forwards and began slashing away at Vergil with close-quarters attacks, which Vergil met with blocks and punches from Beowulf. Vergil eventually flipped backwards, his foot connecting with Kratos' chin and throwing him backwards but the latter regained his footing and embedded the Blades of Chaos into the ground before ripping them upwards, unleashing a pillar of fire that erupted around Vergil.
However, the Son of Sparda soon revealed himself basically unhurt by coming down from the sky and landing on top of the temple above Kratos, who turned in surprise.
Vergil: If you believed that would be effective against me, then you are truly foolish.
He waved his hand out and Summoned Swords appeared on either side of him, which he sent shooting towards Kratos. Pulling his arm back, Kratos eyed each of the approaching projectiles before throwing the axe so that the weapon flew about and shattered each one before they could hit him. Undeterred, Vergil sent out several more in a straight shooting line, which Kratos used his Guardian Shield to guard against, even as the repeated impacts pushed him backwards. And with a thrust of his palm upwards, Vergil commanded Summoned Swords to rain downwards towards Kratos, who lifted the shield above his head to guard against these, storing their energy so that, with a yell, he could send out a shot of it out towards Vergil. The counterattack hit the half-demon square in the chest but not before he summoned swords directly around Kratos himself and skewer him from several different directions at once. Kratos staggered at this but flexed his body to shatter the constructs, mentally willing the wounds to heal.
Meanwhile, Vergil flipped around onto his feet after Kratos' attack had hit him, before looking up to see him leaping through the air towards him with his axe raised. Vergil dodged backwards as Kratos hit the ground with a swipe, at the same time activating its heavy runic attack so send a wave of icy energy outwards, which washed over Vergil and afflicted him with frostbite. With his opponent seemingly vulnerable, Kratos made use of his light runic attack and sent out a slash of similarly icy energy. Vergil, however, countered with a slash construct of his own from Yamato, which intercepted Kratos' and resulted in the two grinding together before exploding.
Out of the produced smoke, Kratos charged towards Vergil with a roar. Vergil reacted to his charge with a slash from Yamato, which Kratos ducked beneath. As he had planned, this activated the Talisman of Kvasir, slowing down time and giving him a chance to strike the frozen Vergil.
Or so he had thought as Vergil resisted the time manipulation and blocked the axe-swing aimed at his side with Yamato. The two warriors locked eyes in this stalemate.
Vergil: I am disappointed. I sense you are not fighting as mightily as I you currently are now. Maybe a more neutral arena will goad out your full potential.
Vergil suddenly phased out of the stalemate and appeared behind Kratos, who whirled around just as Vergil opened a portal behind the Ghost of Sparta with two slashes of Yamato. With a quick re-equip of Beowulf, Vergil kicked Kratos in the chest, sending him through the portal, before following after.
The two ended up falling through the sky of a red-tinted volcanic dimension, Kratos landing first on the grey rough ground with Vergil soon joining him.
Vergil: There. Now you have no excuse not to fight at your full strength.
Kratos: No. I don't.
His body suddenly blistered with red energy and he roared as he entered the Spartan Rage. He charged towards Vergil, who smirked and activated his Devil Trigger. Still equipped with Beowulf, he met Kratos' punch with his own, the connecting forces sending out a shockwave all throughout the area. Kratos unleashed a barrage of punches which Vergil met with his own, before the latter flipped forwards and drove his heel into Kratos' head, smashing him face-first into the ground. There, Kratos clenched his hand into a fist and slammed it into the ground, sending out a shockwave that make Vergil fly backwards. Climbing back to his feet, Kratos ripped a gargantuan chunk of the ground out in the process, hurling it straight towards Vergil. Vergil pulled out Yamato and with a series of slashes, reduced the boulder to dust. Kratos used this distraction to charge forwards and deliver a powerful haymaker into Vergil's face, sending him flying far back into the distance with the ground of breaking bone. In the very next instance however, Vergil shot back across the plane and slashed Kratos across the chest, sending out a flash of blood. An uppercut into Vergil's chin was Kratos' response and before it could lift him too far into the air, Kratos grabbed his leg and slammed him back into the ground. Vergil then teleported out of Kratos' sight and the god was suddenly bombarded with slashes from practically every angle as Vergil zoomed around him. Kratos stomped his foot onto the ground, producing a shockwave that sent fragments of the earth shooting upwards, which Vergil either darted around or sliced through before shooting straight towards Kratos, entering his Sin Devil Trigger in the process as he stabbed Yamato at Kratos. Kratos clapped his hands on either side of the blade before it could hit him, Vergil's continued momentum pushing him backwards, his feet leaving deep trenches in the ground that soon produced cracks that sent geysers of magma erupting upwards. When they eventually came to a stop, Kratos wrenched Yamato to the side and head-butted Vergil, stunning him and allowing Kratos to deliver a rapid-fire series of punches into his gut.
With a roar, Kratos pulled his fist back to drive it straight into Vergil's skull, but before he could, he suddenly received a slash across the back courtesy of Vergil's suddenly summoned Doppelganger. With his opponent occupied, Vergil darted backwards before both he and the copy slashed out their blades, covering Kratos in several ethereal slashes that wounded the Ghost of Sparta. Covered in cuts Kratos staggered slightly, whilst Vergil and his Doppelganger prepared for another attack.
Vergil: Hmm...maybe I was mistaken.
Just before he began his final assault, Kratos suddenly deactivated Spartan Rage and the focus returned to his eyes. He surged back to his full height and unleashed the Cyclone of Chaos light runic attack with the Blades of Chaos, spinning the blades around himself so that they smashed apart Vergil's Doppelganger whilst cutting into Vergil's waist, chest and throat. Vergil gagged on the blood before Kratos reign back into the Blades and sent them shooting towards Vergil, piercing him through the chest with them. Even upon being skewered however, Vergil still went to grab the hilt of Yamato and prepared to draw it out for one final attack; the Dimension Slash.
The instant he drew it was the same instance that Kratos pulled the Blades of Chaos back towards himself. Blood splattered out yet it belonged to only one individual. The two halves of Vergil, phasing back to his human form from his Sin Devil Trigger, crashed onto the ground as Kratos turned away from them. He cracked his neck before going on his way to figure out how to return to Midgard.
KO!
Outcome[]
Boomstick: To this day, the Blades of Chaos truly are deadly in the hands of the Ghost of Sparta.
Wiz: Both Kratos and Vergil were incredibly powerful and skilled warriors but Kratos had the edges in both of those areas to claim a victory. Vergil may have been fighting for much of his life but Kratos had several lifetimes of experience under his belt.
Popup: Both Kratos and Vergil have a wide variety of immunities to effects like soul, mind and time manipulation. Vergil scales to Dante who handled foes like Cerberus and fire-themed demons without issue, but the non-elemental aspects of the Blades of Chaos and Leviathan Axe would still be able to harm him.
Boomstick: Given he's over a hundred-years old by that point and led whole armies before this, that's a given. But Vergil had some advantages of his own, like speed.
Wiz: Being able to fight against the god of light Baldur means Kratos should have reaction speeds comparable to that of light, but Vergil can already go over 800 times that scaling to his brother Dante.
Boomstick: Also, Vergil has a tad more means of attacking from a long range. His summoned swords and dimension travelling slashes see to that. But Kratos' magically returning axe and hook-and-sinker Blades of Chaos meant he wouldn't be totally outmatched. Plus, there's his shield that he can use to guard against attacks like that and send them right back.
Wiz: But most importantly, Kratos had the edge in raw power.
Boomstick: Hang with us on this, because it's a bit complex. To determine Vergil's power at the end of the series, we compared him directly to Dante and the logical boosts of power he went through during the series and lowballing each increase by 2. Trust us, it'll make sense when we get onto Kratos. Take it away Wiz.
Wiz: Dante, at a point where he was said to be surpassing his father, was able to easily defeat an alternate universe version of Mundus who embodies the power of an entire universe. Therefore, according to lowballing, Dante is twice as powerful as that Mundus. Dante then got beaten by Urizen, so lowballed, he is twice as powerful as Dante at this point. Dante then became at least as twice as powerful as Urizen with Sin Devil Trigger.
Popup: Sparda used the majority of his power, but not all of it, to keep the demon realm at bay, which would logically put him at universal and-then-some power. This would make Dante being stronger than him at this point consistent with our times 2 multiplier.
Boomstick: And voila; Dante should have eight times universal power at bare minimum, and so should Vergil. Fortunately, Kratos' power is much more simpler to determine. He regularly contended with Baldur, who knocked the World Serpent on his...do snake's have asses? Anyway, that Serpent battled Thor, and their clash shook all the nine realms, which are all separate universes on different dimensional planes.
Wiz: Whilst this is only slightly stronger than Vergil at first, don't forget, Kratos has his Axe and Blades. The Axe was created to be the equal of Thor's hammer and the novelization states that the Blades of Chaos would have to be even stronger in order to remain lit in Helheim. Lowballing the multipliers in power that these weapons would give to Kratos over his physical strength, then Kratos' power would be 32 times universal.
Popup: Given that Kratos can empower both his axe and blades up to five different times, their power easily goes over the 32 times universal standing.
Boomstick: If we were to multiply Dante's process by one-hundred, we would have to do the same for Kratos to make it fair, as both lack recorded power increases. And no matter the multiplier, Kratos keeps the edge. More than enough to overwhelm Vergil's healing factor. Not just in attack power, but in durability because remember, he took hits from Baldur every time they fought. Hell, Atreus could and he's way scrawnier than his dad.
Popup: There's an argument that Dante and Vergil can inflict permanent wounds on demons that can heal from most injuries, like Beowulf, but Kratos being too tough for him to harm means this wouldn't impact the outcome.
Wiz: Being more experienced, stronger and durable than Vergil, Kratos had what it took to put the Son of Sparda down.
Boomstick: Oh man, just think about all those Devil May Cry fans. I bet they're really Devil Triggered about this.
Wiz: The winner is Kratos.
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Trivia[]
- The connection between Kratos and Vergil is that they are both half-humans (half-god and half-demon respectively) from Sony video games. They are both varying in their alignment/moralities and aloof in personality, extremely driven in their goals, especially of those in their pasts which involved the attainment of power, and have had strained relationships with their sons; Atreus and Nero respectively. Both have also been forced to serve other beings (Ares and Mundus respectively) with their parents having been contenders in major supernatural events/battles, with themselves having migrated from world-to-world. Both also use weapons left to them by family members; Kratos' Leviathan Axe was formerly his second wife's whilst Vergil's Yamata was formerly his father's weapon.
- This battle would have been in 3D
- The original music for this battle would have been called 'Warcry', which is based off both their series