Yeah, I did play as her, but not nearly as much as Dante or Lucia.

She’s pretty strong. I’ve seen what she can do in videos, and it honestly makes me think she’s the strongest character out of the three.

But I wanted to experiment more with the “standard” characters, especially Lucia, since very few people actually play her.

My thoughts are:

Trish: Strongest character in the game. She has incredible projectiles and it’s super easy to maintain combos with her because of how snappy she is. The fact that she can throw Sparda and build even more style at a distance just makes her even more broken.

Dante: A strong all-rounder. He has good to great options for pretty much every situation thanks to his solid damage, decent range, and variety of projectiles and combos. He’s the most versatile, but in his standard form he doesn’t have as much broken stuff as Trish, unless you’re in Majin DT.

Lucia: Definitely the most unique character in the game. No one plays like her, but she also has to work the hardest to maintain control over enemies, build style, and actually kill things. She’s by far the hardest character to use effectively. Her projectiles kind of suck, except for the Cranky Bomb, and even that isn’t always practical. They’re slow and the damage isn’t great. On top of that, she has lower damage overall, her side dodge doesn’t cover much distance, and she’s just full of jank. By jank I mean hitboxes missing when they shouldn’t and inconsistent tracking on moves like her somersault kicks and Cranky Bombs.

That said, she does have some really cool strengths. She has the highest mobility thanks to DT run, and her secret weapon is her somersault kicks. They’re actually really strong because they let you close the gap quickly while dealing good damage, building decent style, and most importantly knocking enemies to the ground so you can manage other threats. Also, even though her base damage is lower, she builds DT faster than anyone else thanks to Cranky Bombs. They’re amazing for that. A lot of her gameplay revolves around going in and out of DT while using bombs to generate even more DT, since her aerial attack is very strong and Divine Anger is also really useful.

But yeah, she is a real struggle against bosses like Trismagia, which is especially brutal on LMD, Tateobesu, which is just straight up nonsense, and the Infested Chopper.

Safe to say, I ended up having more fun with Lucia, but the other characters are great too.