Devil May Cry 5 - How to Improve your Stylish Rank

Tips for Raising Stylish Rank

Use a variety of Techniques

Vary Attacks

Rather than continually using the same weapon and techniques to destroy enemies, switch between weapons and attacks styles to improve your stylish rank.

Stylish Rank rises when using powerful attacks

Use Powerful Attacks

Using powerful blows from each of your weapons raises the Stylish Rank, though be sure not to continuously spam them one after the other.

Pay Attention to the Enemy's Strength

Target Strong Enemies

The Stylish Rank system evaluates the fixed damage you deal to enemies using any of your attacks and abilities. As you reduce enemies' health, your Stylish Rank will rise accordingly. This means that it is better to attack enemies with high health than enemies who die easily from combos.

Taunt Enemies

Stylish Rank Increases through Taunt

Before starting a battle, you can Taunt enemies with the touchpad. This allows you to get higher Stylish Points during battle.

Taunt while Airborne

Preventing Ranking Down through Aerial Taunts

It is possible to provoke enemies in the air. By provoking between attacks, it is possible to prevent your rank from dropping.

Taunting to prevent Stylish Rank drop

If your Stylish Rank drops, use Taunt

You can also use Provoke to prolong your Stylish Rank meter when it is about to time out. This gives you additional time to look for more opponents to defeat.

Advanced Methods for raising Stylish Rank as Nero

Maintain Accumulated Exceed

Constantly Attack and Trigger Exceed

Using Nero's Exceed attacks with Red Queen make it easier to raise your stylish rank. The successfully landing the attack will give your rank a big boost.

Use Breakaway

Don't Get Hit

If aiming for a high rank, you must avoid damage at all costs. Nero’s Break Away can be used to get some distance away from enemies. Nero has a moment of invincibility when doing so, which the player can use to switch to another Devil Breaker.