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Punishing Grey Raven Dante: Skills & Unlock Guide

Punishing Gray Raven Dante

The Devil May Cry collaboration brings Dante to Punishing: Gray Raven (PGR), and he’s already a top-tier Fire DPS Construct. Here’s how to unlock him (for free!), use his skills, and build him for meta dominance as of October 2025.

How to Unlock Dante (Free & Banner Pulls)

  • Event Unlock: Complete Chapter 6 of the PGR × DMC event story “Lamento di Phantasma.” This awards 50 Dante shards—enough to recruit him absolutely free and bring him to SS3 if you pull one copy from the gacha. (Guide, Reddit guide)
  • Gacha Pulls: Can further rank him up by pulling additional copies from the limited collab banner. The first pull guarantees two copies (one free, one from the banner), making SS3 accessible even for low spenders.
  • Extra copies: Get by progressing through collab milestones, daily sign-in, and clearing all available quest stages.

Dante’s Skills & Combos

Dante is a Fire/Ignition Attacker and his playstyle shifts with orb pings:

  • Red Orbs: Devil Sword mode, heavy Fire DPS, builds Devil Trigger gauge.
  • Yellow Orbs: Dr. Faust weapon, charges Devil Trigger at high speed, grants burst damage.
  • Blue Orbs: Balrog weapon, summons ranged swords, constant Devil Trigger build (LDShop build guide, LootBar overview).

Dante’s core is Sin Devil Trigger, a transformation that devours all Devil Trigger points, grants infinite QTE activations, and supercharges his kit for massive burst windows (Fandom wiki). The meta rotation is simple:

  • Swap Dante in → Blue/Blue/hold attack → pop Devil Trigger → Red spam → swap out. With his signature weapon (Devil Sword Dante), he can perform two full burst rotations per cycle (YouTube guide).

Best Memories, Weapon Resonances & CUBs

  • Memories: 4-piece Shakespeare (tops) + 2-piece Cotti/Curico (bottoms), harmonize for attack and signature move.
  • Weapon Resonances: Deadline Timing (orb gen), Glorious Afterglow (+ATK after 3-ping), Incandescent.
  • CUB: Cavaliere (exclusive to Dante), but Wrathfang, Corvus, or Shadow Wing work well if needed.

Team Synergy

Pair Dante with top meta supports for explosive results:

  • Lucia: Pyroath or Vera: Geiravour for Fire buffs.
  • Liv: Empyrea for sustain and additional ignition trigger potential.
  • Use team compositions with buffs to maximize orb uptime and burn/ignition effects (GameRant S-tier analysis).

Dante is a meta-defining Fire DPS who’s both F2P-friendly and monstrous at higher ranks. Unlock him via the DMC event, invest in his gear, and use the right orb sequence to burn down Warzone or PPC bosses.

Everything you need: skill rotations, build priorities, and team synergy for Dante in PGR.

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