Devil May Cry Nelo Angelo Boss

Difficulty (DMD):
Location: Mission 4, Mission 11 and Mission 17.

Nelo Angelo Profile
You will be forced to fight Nelo Angelo a total of 3 times throughout the course of the Devil May Cry story mode, and with each visit he becomes more difficult (admittedly on the third and final encounter with him his difficulty does increase quite a bit). Fortunately he only has a small arsenal of attacks, but they can be deadly if you take your eye off the ball. Nelo Angelo’s moves list is similar to that of Dante’s; he uses a quick combo attack that resembles Dante’s, as well as his stinger attack, although he can charge from a much greater distance than Dante.

The best way of dealing with Nelo Angelo is by getting in his face and provoking him into using his combo attack; provided you can roll out the way and stinger him before he recovers then you should be able to get a few good hits in. Beware whenever he teleports as it means that he’s about to charge you; either go airborne or attempt a swift barrel roll manuever. From time to time he will attempt to launch energy blasts at you but they take a second or two to prepare so try and strike him while he is vulnerable. But do not try and simply overpower him with standard sword slashing as he can block all your attacks if he sees them coming. After you have knocked a fair bit of health from him he will teleport away from you and the fight will continue on an elevated platform.

Nelo Angelo isn’t a particuarly difficult boss once you have learned his routine and can read his actions. For instance, whenever he holds his sword upright it means he will perform a certain attack and when he holds it horizontally it means he will perform another.

Fortunately during the second encounter with him his strategy remains virtually intact, the only major difference being that you have a much more compact arena to fight in. His third and final form however is quite different, by this time he will have developed a few new techniques as well as somehow sprouted an extra foot or two in height… Oh yeah and he takes his helmet off for you too… how sweet.

His most significant new attack in this new form is his ability to manifest several swords out of thin air and propel them at you in several ways. He will use this technique quite often and the effects are pretty random - sometimes he will launch them all at you at once, other times he will send a single one every second. Dodging these can be tricky but keep on your toes and you should be able to Air Hike out of the way.