I Tried Beating Devil May Cry 4 Without Using Weapons

I did the challenge again but -1 this time.
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[@the_duck1714]

Love it when Dante said "it's lucifering time" and lucifered all over those guys

[@Striker998YT]

I love the part when dante said "it's jackpot time" and jackpot'd all over places!!!

[@digby1103]

I love the part where Vergil said "it's scummin time" and he scame all over dante

[@ToweringPepsiMan]

@@digby1103 no, he scame on neros mom

[@dmas7749]

pin up is fair and balanced

[@iinfamousnight]

​@@ToweringPepsiMan in nero's mom*

[@VikiTheBulgarian]

The Dropkick and the Buster kept the game good, so using only those 2 is going to be sick... Or so Lucid thought...

[@VikiTheBulgarian]

@@Nero-vv3yk I have a membership. Sorry, man

[@Nero-vv3yk]

@@VikiTheBulgarian it's ok bro thanks

[@zedowskyy9290]

I'm pretty sure that in OG version of DMC4 you could end the mission 4 by jumping or using buster next to the chandelier pole. I remember it 'cause DMC4 was my childhood game and it blew my mind when in my xth playthrough I activated the cutscene by using the sword, and it only could've happened if in my previous runs I activated it by different means.

[@pokfen1812]

23:43 Congrats on being able to parry Saviour. For some reason I could never perform that buster and the 2nd phase was actually a nightmare for me.

[@kurogems8607]

There's an easy way to parry the Savior: Lock-On the attack until the last moment and Buster. Of course you still need to time it, but it's always a guarantee that you face the right direction

[@MrDiableg]

when Echidna is in a fast dash to hit you, you just have to press the buster arm and grab her mid air, it works a lot and requires timming, still it's worth the try and the risk! GREAT VIDEO, i love the patience!

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Thank you! I did know about the buster trick on Echidna, but the buster uses Red Queen so I actively tried to avoid doing that (Even tho I forgot and did a DT'd buster on Credo later .______.)

[@MrDiableg]

@@LucidEnigmaX yea i was noticing the same, STILL, this doesn't take away the big challenge you did, amazing job!!!

[@fidelcandia6479]

The sequel has been published! It's nice cause the original no weapons was the first video I saw of your channel

[@fernosbonos5394]

and then this is the first vid from

[@Darenca]

8:00 I believe this was only the case in the original release. In the special edition, as long as you use snatch, buster or a melee attack, it'll land on the number that the dice was showing on top

[@Arcana_zero_studios]

Huh, I never knew this, I always shot it from across the room in an attempt to speed things along.

[@Darenca]

​@@Arcana_zero_studiosyeah, dice game isn't entirely random, there are ways to control it

[@OtepRalloma]

29:07 Fun thing I learned from watching a bunch of DMD S ranks of Savior is that you can actually make a bunch of Lucifer swords and if he punches it, it will explode and it can knock him over! Thought that might be the strat but hey, Royal Release sounds hella cool too!

[@Daiyuzin]

Great video. It was sick seeing Nero dropkicking all the bosses’ ankles once again

[@Nero-vv3yk]

Dante How can I use this emoji like you can you tell me more about this power of Sparta ??

[@Daiyuzin]

@@Nero-vv3yk you can use them if you become a channel member plus 6 others

[@Nero-vv3yk]

@@Daiyuzin ohh, okay thanks old man

[@ExtremeGameplays1]

This is one of your best videos, man. What a wonderful run. The point you made about challenge running teaching a lot of cool deep strats is ON POINT :D Challenge runs are the best.

[@mihailsgeletko7291]

Woohoo, a solid, well narrated and crafted video! Nice work, keep it on :)

[@sirpauli7305]

20:39 thank you for Symphony No.9 "From the New World" by Dvořák. Such a great piece

[@LucidEnigmaX]

I tried to go for a very orchestral and theatrical soundtrack for this video, glad you enjoyed!

[@sirpauli7305]

I love orchestral and classical music, just as much as I love metal. (Also, obviously all Austrians are infused with Mozart from birth, therefore I have to love it )

[@FyeniRetroBaby]

I want to argue how an ethereal weapon is still a weapon, but I'mma let you have this win

[@LilSticcBoi]

I feel like Lucifer would still count as a weapon, but after having to deal with the savior, I don’t blame u at all lmao. Good shit

[@LucidEnigmaX]

The video title is "I TRIED beating..." so you can determine yourself if I succeeded or not! There are certainly arguments to be made about lucifer and even pandora, but without them the run would have literally been impossible so at the very least I was able to deliver a completed run with a set number of restrictions that were laid out at the start. Thanks for watching :D

[@Lostmupy]

"Opening a suitcase hardly counts as a weapon" - Now that's an idea the John Wick franchise missed 😂

[@LucidEnigmaX]

SO TRUE!

[@no9221]

Wait a minute! Credo's buster animation uses red Queen. How dare u, run destroyed. Day ruined, I don't think I could ever recover from this. A true tragedy

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Yeep, I completely forgot about that both when doing it AND when editing lmao, tldr; I suck

[@Arcana_zero_studios]

​@@LucidEnigmaXIn all fairness, you didn't push the melee button, you walked up and made like Kratos in GoW3.

[@revtreez_2162]

Good job But two small things that could have helped are that some busters can be mashed to get more out of them and you could use the summon swords with Nero without shooting if you use a taunt when you release the button on the ground

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Thank you! During one part of the first Sanctus fight you can see I did indeed use that summon sword trick, but I didn't use it too often because sometimes I ended up releasing gun too late and shooting the enemy, which made me have to reset haha

[@DemonKnight94]

Cool, it's actually possible to use Nero's Summon Swords without fireing the gun.

[@GoukuBlue]

This was worth the hype. Great video

[@lollinosolid8999]

You are kinda crazy but i love that part keep up the great videos

[@arushamshafeeq9428]

Nero: baller Dante: not gonna sugar coat it

[@Darenca]

15:23 LUCID YOU FAILED THE CHALLENGE HALFWAY THROUGH LMAO, DT BUSTER ON CREDO USES NERO'S SWORD

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Yep I didnt even realize when I did it, nor when I was editing ._.

[@thatdaveguy8895]

"Now I see you deny your weapons purpose!"

[@g-host8956]

looool, never knew, that you can throw Sanctus out of the savyer by simply buster against his Punch...

[@eduardosantos2477]

Damn that frost grab tip is awesome, thanks

[@whyger7259]

Why is this channel so underrated?

[@heliax9924]

LESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS GO ALL THE HYPE IS FINALLY CONCLUDING

[@Tennosan]

Actually Sancti's first boss fight was designed to be fought using buster/devil bringer: grapple to his minions > break his barrier > buster

[@Obviousinnuendo]

I feel bad no one told you this. i actually thought this had to be done when I first played on higher difficulties in my early years of dmc4. when second sanctus bubble breaks and he blocks with the sword, using buster will automatically fully stagger him and open him up to a free buster attack. it wasn't until i saw mods of dante fighting sanctus 2 that I even learned he could be opened to attack without buster

[@LucidEnigmaX]

It left him open but it didn't knock him down, it was actually better for me to let him sit there and block so I could recover and get another free DTE on him

[@markiemoo9265]

Have some money for the mental rehabilitation

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Thank you!!!

[@SirAchillo]

Lucid is that type of guy who just challenge Zeus in real life without attacking

[@grandruby5343]

Hell yeah, Scarlet Nexus ost usage!

[@onyxia43]

hey lucid, your streams made me want to try the whole series, but only one weapon, so rebellion for most of the games, ebony & ivory in 2, red queen in 4 and 5

[@onyxia43]

any tips will be great.

[@grantstafford-renard9095]

It feels weird being in the know about this before it comes out, just because I watch the twitch streams.

[@ab--km2ee]

You are a legend man Agnus fancy kick💘

[@umbaupause]

What do you get if you throw a frost into another frost? A bifrost. Nah you just get some damage in on both of them.

[@torkscrew]

cant wait for next year when he does the DMC3 no weapons run

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Ima differ that one to WaifuRuns. He did royal guard only quite a while ago in DMC3

[@Gredoxx]

Did not expect the Death end Request Ost in there ngl

[@innasiberia]

Lucid: Lucifer is good! Also Lucid: Lucifer's summoned swords aren't actual weapons GG, btw! x'DDD Your patience is as always immense

[@lordfinchness]

I'm interested to know why you didn't use the modified buster attacks that you get from repeating the input with certain enemies especially when there's no other enemy left. The main ones I'm thinking are the Frosts, Assaults and Angelos. If you repeat the input while already in a buster animation you do more hits and more damage. Not sure if it's more damage overall or faster damage haven't really tested it.

[@LucidEnigmaX]

I knew about Frosts and Assaults, but Angelos have one too?! That's awesome! And the reason I generally didn't is simply because I forgot. My mindset was a lot more focused on not pressing any of the weapon-associated buttons. Mashing buster as an option completely slipped my mind!

[@lordfinchness]

@@LucidEnigmaX Entirely fair. But yeah, Angelos it does a few more thrusts with the lance before launching and the slams with the lance before launching can actually hit other enemies if it lines up propetly. Also this was a great video, real fun to watch all the suffering lol.

[@Obviousinnuendo]

you can buster edna when she dashes at you ya know? you do this cool drill attack on her with your swor--- ohh...i see

[@Chaoblahippo]

the sanctus strats were ultra gigabrain

[@crazydantenutz3382]

if i remember correctly you can counter sanctus out of his shield when he tries to regen it.

[@mrgamer7390]

Is it only me who remembers like pressing the buster button rapidly makes the attack longer or stronger?

[@KishiSora]

holy crap thought i was subbed for years XD

[@dim.S.B.]

King crimson was there between 7:00 and 7:03

[@harshkanwal9197]

In agnus and credo Buster Nero does uses his sword !

[@FIFADUDE-Master]

This is amazing, pog

[@ployburnie7382]

Bro really be doing it

[@ryebananabread7843]

Have you considered doing any dmc4 challenges with Lady & Trish?

[@LucidEnigmaX]

No upgrades for them is coming eventually!

[@Nero-vv3yk]

Why you chose those girls vergil? (Where is your motivation) where is iam the storm where is your all powers

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

The punch-good run

[@kevinharrison8635]

Amazing work man 🤘 I never knew I wanted dmc challenge runs this bad 😅 consider me subscribed.

[@arushamshafeeq9428]

Prepare thyself. Judgement

[@VeEeARE]

Ah crap, here we go again

[@NarrowSpark96]

Elevator time.

[@akshaynd95]

Thankfully the devs did not add annoying music to the elevators...

[@ahmedgaming4389]

Royal guard goes buuur

[@stranger5011]

I Wonder how's Max after your video, he's such a cool guy for a Demonic scarecrow

[@LucidEnigmaX]

He's doing well, I heard after the fall of the Savior he helped with the Fortuna Rebuilding Program, and once work there was done he got a job at a local Pizza Hut and personally handles Dante's orders whenever he's in town!

[@stranger5011]

@@LucidEnigmaX that's great to hear It, good to know he's being accepted in the human comunity :D

[@kurogems8607]

About the locks that you need to use Yamato on, have you tried Omen's first hit? When Dante throws the Pandora down to the ground, it's a hit. I haven't played for a long time, so I'm not sure if it works.

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Good idea! I did try it, it filled 2 bars. But they would go away before Omen finished so it was just too slow to work unfortunately

[@kurogems8607]

@@LucidEnigmaX What about Flush, Gilgamesh's jumping skill? Yeah, I know it's a bit of a stretch since you equip the weapon to work, but it's technically a jump

[@LucidEnigmaX]

@@kurogems8607 ya know I didn't try that one! It works in dmc1, idk why I never tried in 4 haha

[@epic0863]

Beat Dantes bloody palace in dmc5 only using the 3 main swords (No guns allowed ) royal guard and sin dtis allowed

[@yurihboytv7866]

damn i really miss that game

[@pokfen1812]

Isn't Sparda block from Sanctus meant to be dealt with just like shield block of angelos? Buster? Idk, maybe you just did not get enough time to perform it after explosion.

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Buster saw him teleport away too quickly without me being able to recover to DTE. It was better to let him sit there and block, and as soon as he teleported I'd be ready to DTE him again. It was actually so consistent that any time he gave me that I was able to knock him down.

[@brucewayne2184]

I dunnooooo, summoned swords seems like a weapon to me....

[@brutalityfatality]

Bravo Lucid Bravo

[@staplewarrior4903]

Wait did you use the gun during the first Sanctus fight? Or did you do the attack in a way that only the summon swords attack him?

[@LucidEnigmaX]

If you release gun during an animation like the DTE or the beginning of a taunt, it will fire the summoned swords but not actually shoot the gun

[@adriyanpromax]

15:19 when nero bustered credo here, he uses red queen to stab him. Which is against the rules right?

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Correct. Such a dumb mistake too. I would have re-done the fight if I had noticed, but it didn't even cross my mind during the fight OR when i rewarched the clip several times in editing. Disappointed with it but I'm still happy with the run overall

[@adriyanpromax]

@@LucidEnigmaX still a good run tho. Re-doing it would be hell😂

[@rexsybimatrimawahyu3292]

But, can you finish Devil May Cry without using Devil May Cry 😲😲

[@The_F0rgotten]

15:23 doesnt this buster on credo kind of use red queen?

[@LucidEnigmaX]

Astute eye, YEP! I literally didn't even realize that until Fifa pointed it out to me, completely overlooked it during the fight, when editing, everything ._. So stupid lol

[@The_F0rgotten]

@@LucidEnigmaX dont think Its that big of a deal lol just wanted to point it out massive props for actually managing to do this challenge on dmc 4 i honestly thought it would only be possible on dmc 5 lol

[@kurogems8607]

If you Buster him without DT though, then it's just Nero punching Credo to the face

[@ABG_SPARTAN]

That’s crazy

[@lacquitrino5973]

Why not use Royal Guard instead?

[@winterssunshine]

I gotta hand it to you, impressive but why? XD

[@LucidEnigmaX]

why not?!

[@winterssunshine]

@@LucidEnigmaX Fair point. Although tbqh you are inspiring me to challenge me in a similar way.

[@jinmori4719]

i see...

[@kshkaykam]

Does anyone know the song used at 17:43

[@ivanshulika5359]

But what aboun other two heh?

[@xXRealXx]

10:00 I don't get it. What's so weird?

[@LucidEnigmaX]

There was no cut or edit. She instantly went from her idle animation into her rooted/spread out form. Typically she will fly super high into the sky and slam down, planting each of her tendrils into the ground. None of that happened here

[@xXRealXx]

@@LucidEnigmaX ahhh... I see. Could be a speedruning strat if it can be replicated

[@yoyokun2136]

E

[@SpringRaid]

Lucifer and Pandora are still classified as weapons regardless of the mental gymnastics. Well, at least Nero's part of the challenge is valid.

[@arbiter666]

Some kinda “press continue” shit