» Why make this guide ? For games like DMC2, there is a lot of confusion on how the system works. After constantly watching struggle hurdle of obtaining S rank on Mission 2 Lucia. I decided to ask DMC community to assist me by translating pages that highlights critical factors of style points.

» The general advice for S rank stylish goes by:

• Not taking damage by killing enemies with a wide range of attack first and being wary of their patterns.
• Not killing enemies by not using DT or weapon that is upgraded to the max.
• Not using the same attack too many times unless its a multi-hit attack.
• being wary of enemies hp to use a high style point attack to finish them off.

» Example combos that raise your stylish rank: Dante: Stinger -> High Time or Handgun -> repeat Lucia: Sky High -> Wheel Kick or Throwing Daggers -> repeat

Although, when it comes to speedrunning some of these tips are not ideal at all

To raise the rank effectively, please take into account this spreadsheet. Use this as a reference for the style point of each attack and refer to the technical information on the conditions needed to utilise your combo rank.

*A big shout outs to Whitelion, PlatinumParagon and davidhater for assisting me to decipher the runes *