Oh Vanilla Hammer. Such a hilarious move.
But yeah, Dante is hard to approach in the neutral because you have to know when and where to use his tools. It's not easy to sum up his matchups or neutral because you have to be very flexible and be very aware of what the other person wants to do at all times(which is why I have trouble with people who do random shit, because I never know what they want to do). When you do get the hang of him though, he's an amazing character. Just takes a while to get to that point. It's taken me two years, and I just now feel like I've gotten the hang of the character with a ton of things I can still improve on. It's why he's so fun to me.