DMC5 Speedrun Notes & FAQ

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Devil May Cry 5 Speedrun Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions:


Losing all HP in a boss fight and using the most expensive Red Orb revival option gives you full HP, Devil Breakers and depletes the boss' health by 50%

Time starts on New Game selection, ends on final hit of Vergil

**Orb ores**


**Orb caches**
M1 - On the right side of bridge before Qliphoth Roots
M2 - On top of arc before 2nd fight (2000), on the back of Pegasus statue (2000)
M3 - On top of middle chandelier in library
M6 - At the front of the ship (4000)
M9 - On top of coffin in 2nd last fight (2000)

**Extra bonuses**
List of bonuses: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jhquDAcShbTuLSwfIi_PrEG3UyhH3hLQAe8747A1VNk/edit
List of speed clears: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_0hUCDwxabUbdOC40VXyVN744yz3_1q9YQUIZb-q3c/edit

Bonus & Penalty
-No Damage - x2
-No Continues - x1.2
-Speed Clear S - 1000

Air Taunt (One successful) - 100
Taunt Master (Taunt 5 or more enemies) - 200
Explosion Freak (Destroy all explosive cannisters in a mission: M01: 2, M03: 1, M05: 3) - 100
Parry Prince (Parry 1 attack) - 100
Ground Master (Finish a battle without jumping) - 100
Crazy Jet Rider (Do all 3 of Punchline's riding moves) - 500
Coffin Breaker (Break a coffin in Mission 9 or 15) - 100
Breaker Keeper (Clear mission without breaking a Devil Breaker) - 300
Environment Protector (Do not break any breakable objects in a stage) - 150
No Nidhogg Baby (Finish Mission 12 without using any Nidhogg Hatchlings (Dante only)) - 1000
Just Passing Through (Excluding sealed fights, finish a mission without fighting any enemies) - 500
Extended Heat Up (Use Balrog Kick Mode’s Heat Up for 15 seconds or more (Dante only)) - 100
Exceed Weed Whacker (Finish the Mission 1 boss (Qliphoth Roots) with a flame attack (Nero only)) - 100
Max Vitality Victory (Finish a sealed battle with maximum life) - 300
Leg Attack (Attack Gilgamesh’s legs (Nero only)) - 100



**One-shot-kills**
Some enemies can be one-shot after clashing with their moves
Death Scissors: Time a melee hit on any attack, damage them when their face is red
Nobody:



**Devil Breakers**
Breakage - Charge until glow, release, move varies between Breakers. Breaks the Breaker
Breakaway - AoE with i-frames that breaks the Breaker

Overture
-Creates a shockwave. Breakage: Implants a bomb in an enemy

Gerbera
-Launches enemies away. Can be used to move in air. Breakage: Shoots a directable laser (ground), shoots multiple ricocheting lasers (air)

Punchline
-Shoots the Breaker like a homing missile. Can be ridden. Breakage: Punches upwards (ground), punches downwards (air)

Buster Arm
-Works like Devil Bringer allowing grabs. Breakage: Stronger grab than Bringer

Tomboy
-Strengthens Red Queen/Blue Rose and gives a different moveset and charge shot. Breakage: makes Red Queen and Blue Rose stronger, become unflinchable

Helter Skelter
-Breaks through enemy guard. Breakage: Upwards drilling motion

Rawhide
-Swings around like a whip. Breakage: Grabs an enemy and swings it around

Ragtime
-Slows down time in a small area for a short duration. Breakage: Slows down time in a large area for longer.

**Devil Bringer**
Timing it after a melee hit will make it punch for additional damage


DT = Devil Trigger
CS = Charge Shot (not DT enabled)
LB = Light Blow (10 hits to activate Ignition)
RI = Real Impact


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Prologue
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-Run to first fight, charge Exceed
Fight 1
-Combo 1, CS, air taunt
-Air combo, CS other Empusa, finish it

Fight 2
-Air combo

BOSS: Urizen 1
-Taunt and get hit

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Mission 1
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-Shoot barrel
-Run in the middle of bridge for Orbs

BOSS: Qliphoth Roots
-Air combo, finish with Overture


**Customization**
-Speed, Streak, Split, Roulette Spin, Exceed 2, Breaker Plus
-Gerbera, equip Overture x2, Gerbera

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Mission 2
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-Run to fight, charge Exceed
Fight 1
-Go to middle, Snatch 3 Empusa, Streak, taunt
-Breakage Overture on Empusa, drag it to middle with others, Streak
-Repeat for last 3 Empusa

-Get on top of arc with taunt (above white protrusion), walljump, taunt
-Charge Exceed on Orb cache (2000)

Fight 2
-Streak, air combo and Roulette Spin, CS the Caina (TEST: Gerbera Breakage)

-Get Overture from right alcove, Streak to cutscene
-Get and use Nidhogg Hatchling
-Get another Nidhogg

Fight 3
-Roulette Spin, CS and Overture the Caina

-Use Nidhogg

Fight 4
-Breakage Overture, Snatch Caina to it
-Breakage Air Gerbera

-Get Nidhogg, Gerbera and Streak slide and Gerbera over crumbling ground, use Nidhogg

BOSS: Goliath
-Roulette Spin until floor breaks
-Roulette Spin, Breakage Air Gerbera, Breakaway Overture, Breakage Gerbera
-Get Overture from outside, Breakage

**Customization**
-Wire Snatch 2, Color Up 2
-Punchline 3, equip

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Mission 3
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Fight 1
-Snatch and Roulette Spin the Pyrobat

Fight 2
-Snatch and Roulette Spin Caina, repeat for Anternora

M3 Skip
-Split on railing of stone building you land on next to the land patch
-Run to the end of the bridge, use Punchline and call it back to ride it
-Ride it until across the bridge
-Ride it again inside the building
-Snatch the hook

Fight 3
-Snatch Death Scissors near you and parry with Split and shoot for one-shot

BOSS: Artemis
-Roulette Spin and Breakage Air Punchline, repeat

**Customization**
-Purple Orb x3

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Mission 4
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-Ground teleport and double jump to first fight

Fight 1
-DT, finish 2 Empusa, spam Griffon and Shadow, finish last Empusa
-Air taunt, read book

-Run to next fight

Fight 2
-Griffon DT, Shadow and finish Pyrobat

-Teleport over edge
-Turn off DT when possible, get White Orb on top of crate
-Griffon the Orbs above stairs

Fight 3
-Book, Griffon/Shadow DT and finish the Empusa
-DT 2nd wave

-Griffon Orbs above
-Get White Orbs

Fight 4
-Book, Griffon/Shadow DT
-DT 2nd wave, air taunt

BOSS: Nidhogg
-DT, Griffon DT and spam Shadow
-Finish tentacles, Griffon spam, Shadow Hightime into aerial (press and hold/spam) Nidhogg, air taunt
-DT when tentacles revive
-Dodge with Shadow if attacked for DT gain

**Customization**
-Quickplay, Purple Orb x1

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Mission 5
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Fight 1
-Book, DT Griffon/Shadow, air taunt

-Break roots x2

Fight 2
-Book, blow up canister when Caina are close, air taunt
-DT Shadow Caina
-DT Griffon Pyrobat

-Break roots

Fight 3
-Book, DT and DT Griffon, air taunt
-Cancel finish on Empusa Queen

-Break roots

Fight 4
-Blow up canister when Caina are close, DT Griffon
-DT Empusa Queen

-Get White Orbs behind statue

BOSS: Elder Geryon Knight
-Griffon DT, Shadow
-DT if about to be hit
-Cane the boss
-Dodge shots with Shadow for DT

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Mission 6
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BOSS: Gilgamesh
-Hit leg until it turns blue, Snatch to get on top
-Snatch core, Split, spam Combo 1
-When it's about to use spikes, count 3 seconds and jump in air to Roulette Spin, Snatch to go back
-Get Orb cache (2000) from on top of the front of the ship, get Buster from ground where Gilgamesh falls, finish it

Pick Nero
**Customization**
-Buster 4

-Pick Nero

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Mission 7
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Fight 1

Fight 2

Fight 3

Fight 4

BOSS: Angelos
-Hightime, Roulette Spin each, Breakage Buster

**Customization**
-Exceed 3, Breaker Plus 2
-Overture, Gerbera, Buster

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Mission 8
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Fight 1
-Breakage Overture Riot and Snatch others to it, Roulette Spin

-Get Gerbera, skip elevator: Hightime 2, Gerbera, walljump, Gerbera - Hightime 3, Gerbera, taunt, Gerbera walljump

-Get Punchline, ride it over fight
-Break Orb Ore
-Get Buster, Streak slide

Fight 2
-Roulette Spin, Buster Baphomet
-Repeat for Riot and Baphomet

-Gerbera, taunt to avoid fight, Streak slide

Fight 3
-Same as 2

-Get on elevator with Hightime 3, Gerbera, repeat to get off

**Customization**
-Gerbera, Helter Skelter x2

BOSS: Urizen 2
-Roulette Spin, Breakaway to avoid dmg, Breakage Air Helter Skelter x2 red crystal
-Die

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Mission 9
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Fight 1
-Teleport to Behemoth, DT Griffon/Shadow, taunt, book
-DT after Behemoth

-Take left path
-Get White Orb next to statue grave
-Break Orb Ore
-Skip fight with Quickplay slide -> Cane x3 -> Teleport -> Double jump

Fight 2
-DT Griffon/Shadow

-Get White Orb after falling to hole
-Skip fight: align on the left and look at the coffins on the right -> jump -> Teleport
-Get White Orb outside

Fight 3
-Cane Sin Scissors and one-shot
-Get Orb cache (2000) on top of big grave
-One-shot Sin Scissor, DT Griffon/Shadow the Hells

Fight 4
-Teleport to Nobody, DT, taunt, book

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Mission 10
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-Move with Trickster dash

Fight 1
-Light Blow to activate Ignition on Empusa, Combo A the rest with DT

-Get White Orb

Fight 2
-DT Cruiser Drive when Caina are close
-Heavy Jolt the rest, use DT on Anternora

**Customization**
-Speed, Trigger Heart, Stinger, Ignition 2, Trickster Lv4, Swordmaster Lv4

Fight 3
-DT Stinger to stop Chaos' spin
-LB down to 75% HP, Real Impact
-RI spawning Chaos

Fight 4
-Helm Breaker/Prop Shredder Sin Scissors and shoot to one-shot

Fight 5
-LB on Riot, RI (turn camera to bait other Riot to join)
-RI the Caina and Anternora

-Get White Orb
-Skip fight by activating optional fight

-Get White Orb

Fight 6
-Shotgun the Bat down, RI
-RI Empusa Queen

Fight 7
-LB, RI Angelo
-Get White Orb

BOSS: Urizen 3
-Get Kalina Ann from the left of the arena
-LB, RI the red crystal, Helm Breaker, repeat x4, finish with Rebellion

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Mission 11
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-Run to break Roots

Fight 1
-RI

-Break middle and bottom Roots
-Get White Orb

Fight 2
-RI

Fight 3
-RI

-Stinger slide
-Ignition before boss

BOSS: Cavaliere Angelo
-RI, Ground Trick to get close after teleport
-LB and RI

**Customization**
-Air Hike, Remove Cavaliere, Purple Orb x1

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Mission 12
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Fight 1
-LB, RI

-Get White Orb
-Hightime to get on top of door, walljump to balcony
-Break roots
-Go outside
-DT jump, Trick Up, jump, Trick Up, jump, DT glide to skip to balcony

Fight 2
-Break Nest with LB+RI, RI Behemoth

-Break roots
-Get White Orb
-Go outside
-DT jump, Trick Up, jump, Trick Up, jump, DT glide to skip to balcony
-Break roots
-Run to house, get White Orb

BOSS: Urizen 4
-Teleport to crystal, Melee combo x3, 2 hits and Judgement
-DT LB and RI, Trick Down, repeat
-RI or Stinger the crystal

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Mission 13
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Fight 1
-Ignition, Aerial Rave and Helm Breaker to bring down Baphomet
-LB RI

Fight 2
-Break Nest, Roots, fall down the middle

Fight 3
-Break Nests x2, Roots, fall down

Fight 4
-Judgement to break all Nests, break Roots
-Fall down

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Mission 14
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-Quickplay until last elevation, air teleport and double jump

BOSS: Artemis
-Teleport to boss, spam Shadow, spam Cane, air taunt

BOSS: Goliath
-Teleport to boss, DT Griffon/Shadow, spam Cane, air taunt

-Get White Orb

BOSS: Caveliere
-Teleport to boss, DT Griffon/Shadow, spam Cane, air taunt

-Quickplay to Roots x2, break them

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Mission 15
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-Go right, get Ragtime, jump to avoid spikes
-Get another Ragtime, Streak slide, get Buster Arm, Streak slide

Fight 1
-Combo the lizards

-Get Rawhide
-Run through and get another Rawhide
-Break left rear trap and fall through hole
-Streak slide

Fight 2
-Breakage Rawhide x2
-Snatch and Buster the Empusa
-Roulette Spin Empusa Queen, Buster on stun, spam Exceed and finish with Roulette Spin

-Get Tomboy

Fight 3
-Streak Anternora, Breakaway, air Buster Caina/Anternora
-Roulette Spin Judecca to stun, Buster

-Streak slide

**Customization**
-Enemy Step, Payline, Max-ACT
-Overture x2, equip Overture, Ragtime, Overture, Ragtime, Buster

BOSS: Malphas
-Streak, Breakage Overture
-Breakage Ragtime, Breakage Overture
-Breakage Ragtime, Combo 1 until boss is at 40% HP, Breakage Buster

**Customization**
-Luce, Royalguard Lv3, Purple Orb x1

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Mission 16
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-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

Fight 1
-SDT, Luce (full), Luce and Judgement

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

Fight 2
-SDT, Luce (full), Combo 1 and Judgement, DT Stinger

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

Fight 3
-SDT, Luce x2

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

Fight 4
-SDT, Luce x2

Fight 5
-SDT, Luce (full), Luce and Judgement

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

BOSS: King Cerberus
-SDT, Luce (full), Luce and Judgement
-Parry explosion
-Air taunt, LB and charge SDT
-SDT, Luce

**Customization**
-Stinger 2, Ignition 3, Remove Cerberus

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Mission 17
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BOSS: Urizen 5
-Ground Trick, Heavy Jolt
-LB, DT RI, Helm Breaker, repeat
-Ground Trick when he teleports, repeat

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Mission 18
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Fight 1
-Get White Orb
-Multiple, 2 shots
-Ground Trick, LB DT RI
-Spam Kalina Ann

-Charge SDT and go to next fight

Fight 2
-Multiple, Heavy Jolt, DT LB, RI x2, air taunt

Fight 3
-Get White Orb
-Multiple Shadow, DT LB, RI x2, air taunt, Stinger

-Charge SDT
-Get White Orb

BOSS: Griffon, Shadow, Nightmare
-Get White Orb
-SDT, Combo spam, Judgement
-Multiple Shadow, DT RI
-Multiple Griffon, DT RI
-Ignition before they come back
-DT RI Nightmare to finish

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Mission 19
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BOSS: Vergil
-Stinger, Parry, LB, Hightime, DT RI, Trick Up, Aerial Rave, Helm Breaker, Stinger, air taunt
-Trick/Stinger to him, Hightime, DT RI, Trick Up, Aerial Rave, Helm Breaker, Stinger
-Parry when he goes DT, Gold Release with DT, Stinger

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Mission 20
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BOSS: Vergil
-Streak, DT, Combo 1, High Roller, Roulette Spin, CS
-Roulette Spin x3, Buster