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Bathos and Pathos are flying enemies in DmC: Devil May Cry. To make up for their small vitality, they sometimes carry a shield that must be removed first in order for them to be damaged.
Description
Bathos
Bathos are golden, putto-like demons that constantly hover in the air. Their abdomen is an open cavity filled with fire, which they shoot explosive charges from. They can optionally spawn holding an additional shield on higher difficulties.
Pathos
Pathos are similar to Bathos but have ivory bodies and green wings. They specialize in long-range attacks from the air using a crossbow that shoots balls of fire. Like the Bathos, they can also carry a small shield that deflects attacks, which will need to be torn from their arm before Dante can deal damage.
File
DmC: Devil May Cry
- DmC: Devil May Cry - Online Manual
- Pathos
- A demon that feeds on the minds of humans. It uses its arrows to afflict a human's mental stability, bringing about uncontrollable rage and sadness.[1]
Behavior
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Strategy
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Bathos and Pathos behave mostly the same in how they move around and attack the player, with the only differences being the projectiles that they fire, and the actions that they do to telegraph their next attack.
Bathos
Bathos' bombs can be deflected back at them, making short work of them, otherwise, the bombs will land on the ground and explode after a few seconds. The ensuing blast not only damages the player, but can also potentially damage other demons, should they also be caught in the blast. Bathos will telegraph its first bomb throw by screeching, and depending on the difficulty, will throw a few additional bombs without any audio or visual warning.
- Human, Devil Hunter, Nephilim: 1 bomb total
- Son of Sparda: 2 bombs total
- Dante Must Die/Vergil Must Die: 3 bombs total
Learning the timing for this can make parrying this projectile much easier. The bombs can also be auto-parried with Osiris' Prop and Shredder attacks.
On higher difficulties, Bathos will often carry shields, which can be instantly pulled off by using Demon Pull, or destroyed by dealing enough damage to it by using any attack.
Pathos
Pathos' crossbow bolts can be parried back at them, however doing so doesn't deal very much damage. Before firing their crossbow bolts, Pathos will telegraph its first crossbow bolt by screeching once and flashing a beam of light at the player four times before firing the first bolt, and depending on the difficulty, will fire a few additional bolts without any audio or visual warning.
- Human, Devil Hunter, Nephilim: 1 crossbow bolt total
- Son of Sparda: 2 crossbow bolts total
- Dante Must Die/Vergil Must Die: 3 crossbow bolts total
Learning the timing for this can make parrying this projectile much easier. The crossbow bolts can also be auto-parried with Osiris' Prop and Shredder attacks.
On higher difficulties, Pathos will often carry shields, which can be instantly pulled off by using Demon Pull, or destroyed by dealing enough damage to it by using any attack.
Appearances in Other Media
Bathos
TEPPEN
- Bathos was added as a card for the DmC: Devil May Cry themed expansion, Metal Suit Mafia.
Etymology
"Pathos" means compassion, sympathy, or pity, while "Bathos" means something ordinary in what is supposed to be extraordinary, an anticlimax often used for comedic effect. It also means "insincere pathos", which befits it's image as a more demonic version of the angelic Pathos.
Trivia
- Earlier versions of Pathos were internally referred to as "Stingers" or "Stinger Drones".
Gallery
References
- ↑ DmC Online Manual, p. 16