Oh sweet. You are trying to say that Dante didn't even use his sword in this battle.

Just by the firearms, Dante cannot take Squall to the state of "near-death". Unless Squall stands still and let Dante to release the fully charged Grenadegun devil shot, which is unlikely.

To be honest, I've never seen Dante fell to the ground in a battle. He always regains balance right when he makes contact to the ground level, or Air Hike in the air.

By the way Shinto, Dante never gets angry in battle. He once got pissed by Mundus, the last boss, but only because Mundus has insulted his mother. And when Dante DOES get pissed...it's not very pretty. You don't want to see Dante in his Devil Mode with Sparda.

Also, even though I highly doubt the possiblity of breaking either Sparda or Alaster, some of you are forgetting the Ifrit gaunlets. The really close-ranged melee weapon, also capable of firing Meteor.

Magma drive can just knocks his opponent flying in the air and finishes him off with the Ebony and Ivory. Inferno is the most devastating attack that Dante could use. He can use it when he's in the air, (Usually invisible because of Rolling Blaze, as he raises) and delivers a punch in to the ground burning everything around him.

One thing to keep in mind...Dante is not just Swords and Guns. He has different combos and moves, too. Some of you just make Dante look too weak because he just slashes, while Squall has limit breaks.

P.S. Dante doesn't talk when he's fighting. He does it ONLY when he taunts, (he doesn't attack when the enemies have fallen, usually. At least I don't.) But in the cut-scenes, Dante would talk when battle begins, and when it ends.

@Raziel:
Okay..no GFs. I thought I'd give Squall to use the GFs which belongs to him right at the beginning.