Shin Megami Tensei V | Get “OVERPOWERED” Before The First Boss

[@BoomstickGaming]

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[@NihilTruth]

Fun fact! This series is older than Pokémon!

[@modeus9592]

I like pointing that out :). Another fun fact, the issue with it being localized from the late 80s & mid 90s was from Nintendo of Americas policies on Occult & Religious imagery, which this one has both.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

Air bud ilasted longer than the confederacy

[@taylorclark1048]

The original Dark Souls Pokemon game.

[@BoomstickGaming]

Yup! Gotta bring in that wider audience with the Pokemon comparison. This might be the first time that SMT might break out of being "niche", since the Switch audience is massive!

[@hdmonk5556]

@@taylorclark1048 kay why ess

[@thesmoky1]

Been playing all day and it definitely lives up to the hype. I hope this is the game that pushes SMT into the mainstream, this series deserves it.

[@astolfo2305]

mainstream will ruin it

[@modeus9592]

@@astolfo2305 that’s a two sided coin. I’m all for more sales and better games. If, if they try to tnew ideas, stories and concepts but not try to appealcompletely to the mass.

[@inrptn]

mainstream already hates this game because it's not exactly like Persona 5

[@donsherif]

I’d never want a game like this to go mainstream.. it will be ruined as usual

[@budgiecat9039]

Looooong time coming. The series being stuck on gimped underpowered handhelds with outdated visuals while being overshadowed by its weeby spinoff brother Persona which was getting more attention did it no favors. I kinda wish this was a multiplatform release at launch though; as good as it looks on Switch; you can tell its struggling to be on that system just the same and would run phenomenally better on beefier hardware like PS5/PS4/PC (as emulation of it has already shown). Would be very easy to port anyway since its running on UE4. Hell, if I were them, I'd run it through UE5 and release it on PS5/PC with extra polygons and ray tracing 4K 60fps

[@rightwing707]

Despite her weakness to fire, Mermaid is another solid pick for the Hydra fight. Her signature move can melt him, even on Hard if you set up buffs/debuffs and she can wipe a lot of the normal enemies in a turn or two which makes grinding easier. It's also worth noting the quest rewards for killing Apsaras/Leanan Sidhe are two Health/Stamina essences, the Health ones helped a ton in my run since I sided with Apsaras. On top of the great tips in this video, you can also farm for incences and balms (Incense, but for the main character) by running laps through the map for those quest NPC loot spots then teleporting back to the other end of the map. If she finds an encounter instead of an item it will often be a Mitama or four which combined with a stock of Spyglasses make for an easy way to farm Glory and Grimoires. The loot spots can rarely drop Sutras as well, allowing you to beef up your demons' elemental affinity and boost their damage output while lowering MP consumption. I got lucky with two Ice Sutras which I gave to Mermaid, but I'll bet you can find other types.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

Sorry, could you maybe be a little more specific on what you mean by "those quest NPC loot spots"? Are you just talking about the "Navi" equivalent demon that flies around, giving you items when you go near the "!" spots? I thought those were static though, and once you dig them up (or whatever), they are gone. I haven't seen them respawn in the same spots. Are they actually just randomized around the map as you move through it or something?

[@zakizdaman]

@@Neonmirrorblack yes

[@Neonmirrorblack]

@@zakizdaman Thanks. Good to know I guess, but not really practical. It's a waste of time to try to "farm" incense considering how low of a chance you have of getting one in the first place, and it's better to just progress the story and get the drops as you come across them.

[@tuskoub]

This, big time. Mermaid is how I totally destroyed that boss first try, especially after having her learn Dormina and putting the Hydra to sleep

[@jus_ttkrl]

Also changing demons out gives you a bonus action in this game, so it’s a really important part of strategy to me. You can use the strong ice demons like mermaid and asparas for the first 3 turns while you use a fire dampener each turn to block fire. Then switch them out or GUARD afterwards. The guard in this game is really incredible

[@Ocean5ix]

Good tips. The game is amazing.. every boss feels like endgame min maxing of stats in other rpgs. You'll have to use 110% of your brain to fuse, refuse and inherit skills, use buffs, debuffs and magatsuhi skills at strategic moments and of course exploit weaknesses. All that and you still might just win by the skin of your teeth in a clutch "kill or be killed" round where all your demons died and only the mc is alive. It's a very rewarding experience as it always is with mainline SMT games.

[@swike784u7]

when I finally took down matador I had 14 hp and all my demons where dead. smt is such a good franchise it's about the only turn based rpg I die in it's nice to have a challenge.

[@misterfour8233]

Of course the problem with actual endgame is that it is painfully easy. Shiva and Demi-fiend are mostly optional and they can be tough, but SMT end game has always been kinda easy.

[@InternetMonster1]

I couldn't have said it better! Well spoken!

[@TheDopery]

Very rewarding game if you just stick with it and learn all the mechanics! I haven’t had this much fun with a turn based game since FF8 and FF10

[@nickdeth24]

This really is a clearly laid out foolproof guide and really set me up for the mechanics. Thanks for your hard work!

[@spenserfarman3045]

This is way more helpful than those Early OP videos for Disgaea by leaps and bounds. It’s still a good couple hours worth of burning through a crap ton of items to get your characters up to a certain class level.

[@mastermanchief21]

Oh boy I can’t wait to try this out! *Apsaras dodges two dream needles in a row* God I love SMT

[@pandhuvandhita6192]

Bringing 3 dampeners for each element at all times is a MUST. I always stocked them back up anytime I can and in the fight against Hydra, it protects the whole team during magatsuhi. My party at the time were Angel, Leanan Sidhe, and Mermaid.

[@melaniesutherland5560]

Wow that’s crazy, that was my exact team too for the hydra fight. I feel like those are pretty good early demons

[@kamenrideraquarius]

I has a tsuchigumo qnd kept hum for arguably too long and kept being like hey kid at school wanna buy a demon it's q spider with a face, out loud to my self and my dog looked at me funny

[@duskyer]

SMT: Here's the game. Now play. Persona: Here's two weeks of tutorials before you can begin to play. Also you should go to sleep cuz you're tired. I love both games, but I hate replaying Persona as compared to SMT.

[@Peachy_crow]

I feel like it’s really just P5 that was bad for the lengthy tutorials

[@kana22693]

Persona tips: after you get out of tutorial hell go to the last save slot and just save there, that's what you'll load 6-12 months later when you want to replay the game.

[@ProminenceXIX]

Im still going physical. Those skill animations are on a different level

[@mockloki]

Did physical for nocturne will do it for 5 don't fix whata not broken

[@BxBallinz]

If you know you know 😆. Everyone else will learn

[@SymmRTA]

It will be strong late game trust me, you get some crazy good skills

[@mockloki]

@@SymmRTA just beat surt im like it so far

[@smurphy55656]

@@mockloki and physical is nutty as all hell

[@otterbeans]

Really loving how hard the bosses are so far. Hydra kicked my ass the first time, but after organizing my party to suit the battle better, I eeked out a victory. It was totally down to the wire. But I didn't have to grind! Excellent difficulty balancing here.

[@diavolo6753]

Bullshit dude i absolutely have to grind in order to beat some bosses i legit can't get past Nuwa

[@otterbeans]

@@diavolo6753 Essense fuse force resist/repel into Nahobino. Either bring demons that already resist force, or use force dampeners when she charges magatsuhi. This game is all about taking advantage of resist/repel. She was really spongey, but that was my only issue. Beat her second try. No grinding.

[@diavolo6753]

@@otterbeans I'll give it a try what level were you ?

[@otterbeans]

@@diavolo6753 dunno, wasn't paying attention. 20 at the highest, probably more like 18.

[@starless4146]

Personally, I love grinding. I was OP against all regular enemies...they'd see me and Run like I was the Big Bad Boss Mafia guy............... That first boss humbled the (F) out of me! LMAO!

[@cicion1000]

Neko shogun with all the debuff skills was vital for me. Made fights smoother

[@RickyHadou]

Good to know I wasn’t the only one not seeing the agility payoff. I put multiple points on agility and I wasn’t seen ANY misses. Not unlike Nocturne where I had 15-17 agility and was getting a decent amount of misses.

[@blkwng]

This is why I had issues with big reviews. This is whats fun about SMT, it doesnt needs to be persona. I personally am having a great time with the game.

[@INFERN0FIRE]

Having a light weakness is really not an issue for the first half of the game. Dark is very common. Light is not. Definitely get Black Frost's affinities when you obtain his essence.

[@chasesmay7237]

I started playing on hard mode on Friday, these tips are very good for hard mode players. I have a tendency to hoard early game stuff (which becomes useless later) I had to force myself to use essences when I began this one, thanks for confirming that was correct lol

[@Sigurd_Fosite]

After you beat the first boss, you can buy essences in Cadaver's Hollow. Press R in the Buy section

[@starless4146]

Right? I personally had to learn not to get too attached to my party members. if I can grab a higher demon, I'm going for it ........ :-3 Still sucks though!

[@aleousmajor6825]

I never even thought about this method. For the first boss I brought apsaras mermaid and Angel all with an bufu while issuing some dark and fire dampeners. I really love how you can always find a different way to tackle bosses.

[@kr7387]

That’s exactly what I did!

[@albedoasura3872]

I stacked up evasion and accuracy down lvl 2 on him and if even one of his aoe attacks miss it cancels his turn so he only got 1 attack round most times lol

[@Jay6x]

I'm playing through on Hard difficulty, and I'm loving the grind. I like to try fighting the upcoming boss first to see where I'm at, and what team I'll need to bring when I actually fight it seriously. Then I level up a few times, buff up my demons, and bring my best. Even then, I'd only barely win battles. It's good fun!

[@23Schrodinger]

By the title I thought this was going to be like some FFX videos, where people level grind to insane levels to get so overpowered that the rest of the game is a joke. I'm glad to see that this is not the case with this video. Excellent advice on how to use various things to build a good party for the first boss. The last SMT's that I played were Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga, so I'm still trying to learn the in's and out's of the essence, glory points, etc. That is the biggest obstacle at the beginning of the game and this video really helps, so that we can get comfortable with that. The biggest takeaway is to not save essence's, items or glory points, but when you run into a boss that you can't beat with your current build, use them to the fullest to make sure your team is prepared.

[@ralph4lyf]

Great stuff ..i was totally overlooking the affinities over the skills that's gonna help allot.

[@ryancampbell8645]

Great info here! Thanks for uploading!

[@hernandovallejo]

Great starting tips! 😎 Being prepared is what SMT is all about.

[@Ryano35]

Thanks for the guide mate. Really appreciate it

[@SodaPopBot]

Matt Damon's Daemon Demon's Daemon Essence.

[@sebastianleo6873]

Big thanks man, i know its been a while but this video saved me from the first boss in my first run of the game at hard diff

[@babyfinesse_]

Thank you so much for this guide, my first smt game and I just finished getting set up. I think I may have over trained in the first area lol. Went with mermaid for my 3rd. Wish me luck on my journey!

[@noooname2568]

Because of this video I actually went and bought the game last night. I was insure on the game but after randomly watching video I purchased it. Can’t wait!

[@iamsebs]

Very valuable information even now with the newest release.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

Recruiting Leanan Sidhe and giving her Bufu is exactly what I did as well. My team and abilities were similar in general too. Had the protag use the same four elements as well as Aramasa (for a while) to exploit Mitama weaknesses since the other party members covered light and dark.

[@Jimbobob5536]

Got this game for Christmas, about to start playing it (been busy with Metroid). Definitely gonna follow some of these tips.

[@MistahJuicyBoy]

This isn't really optimal honestly. You want to invest in an offensive stat, either magic or strength right away. Also, loading your MC with all of those skills isn't going to really help you for the first boss. You want some debuffs, because it's going to be hard to get all of your guys to apply them Physical: - Aramasa (Aogami) - Fang Breaker (Neko Shogun) - Rakunda (Neko Shogun or Aogami) - Bufu (for first boss, Preta, Azumi) - Dream Needle (the first boss doesn't resist sleep, Sandman) Magic: - Zio - Bufu (Preta, Azumi) - Mazan (Sandman) - Rakunda (Aogami) - Dia (Pixie) Cover the other elements/buffs/debuffs with your other characters. Make sure another character has fang breaker and uses it if your MC doesn't.

[@gizmochizmo]

This is going to be helpful

[@hornstrum]

WOW! I have so much to learn about SMT5; am playing on Switch > my 1st SMT ever.

[@solidussnape391]

At the beginning of the game you can recruit a demon with life drain then just keep fusing with life drain instead of getting spy glasses to kill them Its the one move they are never nulled from

[@justsomeguy28]

That only really works for the first 2 areas. They do resist almighty damage, and after a while even the heavy almighty skills wont hurt them unless they crit

[@lewisdimmick3933]

New subscriber, thanks! More spoiler light progression vids would be must watches for me!

[@HyouVizer]

this is what I love about SMT, rewards thoughtful party composition and not power leveling through. There was a boss in 1st SMT4 and my party was pretty overleveled at that point, so thought they'd be an easy kill but if their HP dropped too quickly they'd fully heal themselves every time. So had to chip away their HP instead, even being OP in this franchise can be a curse lol.

[@spenserfarman3045]

The games know when you’re getting too strong too fast. When I fought against Takemikazuchi in the original SMT IV the first time, his difficulty spike gave him Megidolaon and he spammed it on his very first set of turns.

[@ValentinoNicko]

while this is true, SMT damage formula still scale from level. even though you are rewarded from composition, you still need to be a certain level to progress, unless of course going for a broken build (that aside I still love the game though! just hoping they can remove the dependency from level or at least lower the contribution of level)

[@Bos_Meong]

true. its not all about grinding and getting overleveled

[@mandradon]

I kept bouncing off the first boss. Then I decided to really think about my team comp and do something similar to this, though my team looked a bit different. Walked over it in the first shot with a dedicated team. I need to learn to not get attached to my demons and just use them for what they're intended for.

[@V-Jes]

Eexcept the fact that the game outright expects you to power level, meaning it screws players who play the game normally rather than tries to make the numbers so large it makes the game too easy...

[@Azg4l0R1]

I saw some of your tips videos, and i must say good work, its rare for tip videos to contain actual tips and not thinks you see if you played 30min, like press button to play the game.

[@themichaels]

So incredibly helpful, thank you!! This one video explained so much for me specifically Essence Fusion and the Reverse Demon Compendium. I don't think the game does a great job explaining everything you can do in the Shadow World.

[@souleaverr]

Dude this helped me allot. I wasn't struggling allot but man was I hitting some brick walls.

[@ErosMorelli]

Awesome video! Thanks for the help 🙂

[@trollingisasport]

Thanks! Made it easy to get into the game. I was really surprised how frequent those things that give you lots of rewards are and how cheap items are. It feels cheap in a way, but it's good because it forces you to actually use the items.

[@RyuDaBurninator]

I'm so glad I found your channel bro. Your content is excellent. Its professionally made and you get right to the point. Thanks IGN.

[@laxd776]

Thank you so much for this video, it helps a lot

[@Filotus]

I've been playing very leisurely and discovered a lot of this on my own. Kinda proud of myself with it being my first SMT game. I'm in love with the game, too. I can't wait to progress through it all.

[@kaitogg322]

Or You can use the Block items, i beat the boss with angel and siren on my team. Just block with fire supresser until siren end his mp, at that point hidra can't use venom atack anymore so angel its safe.

[@jonnybravo595]

You can only use that item 3 times per fight tho

[@kaitogg322]

@@jonnybravo595 boss only use his ultimate atack like 3 times max, so its enough with that

[@jonnybravo595]

@@kaitogg322 yeah but once you go further those bosses start to get more beefy HP bro and fight last longer so you will kinda need to think when to use those items during that whole fight.

[@vumeister90]

Yo that spyglass tip for the pendant demons seems common sense but I didn’t think of it

[@jasonrice6966]

Thank you for these videos. Im new to the series and to say I was overhelmed would be a understatement.

[@LantisPa]

great video!! helped me so much. can you make some other short one like this for what's coming next (useful mobs to get, skills, quests, etc.)?

[@POKEFAN023]

Anymore videos coming out for this game? Your two videos helped me out a lot!

[@DLC77]

Also my first Shin Megami game, and I must have gotten so lucky because I had done all these suggestions just by happenstance, except for using an elemental. I wasn't really aware that Nuwa was supposed to be difficult lol just that she took time. Good guide overall. Confirmation I dun gud. Win win.

[@linxonia]

Oh my god I'm so dumb. I thought you had to get all magic types onto one demon before you could transfer them over to the mc. Didn't know you could transfer them over individually. This is my first SMT game so I"m a noob. Thanks for the guide.

[@kcadventures1454]

Thank you!

[@octaviovaldezlafarga9941]

@Boomstick Gaming Dude thanks a ton for the video, it made my second attempt at the boss way easier, and im finally getting a better hang of the essences system, so far loving the game, hadn´t had this much fun since SMT 3 Nocturne in the PS2 days.

[@BlackFantasy470]

Thank you. This might prove helpful when I get to play this game next week.

[@cjrtoph]

Picked this game up today, and your video goes to show how much I struggle understanding RPGs

[@marcusanthony2849]

Thx man.. This helped me out so much starting out 💯 helped out big time 💪

[@thekidzcantfathom]

A tasteful P5 reference in a SMTV video. Nice. 🍻

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

Another tip is *buying the elemental dampeners items from the shop* For one turn, your party blocks a specific elemental damage. Especially *use a dampener when you see the enemy gather magatsuhi (crit next turn), they would most likely use their strongest elemental attack*

[@TheBrutalSax]

Yeah this game sometimes be having you play it like digital devil saga with those dampeners

[@cheche1301]

thanks this is going to save me alot of time!

[@merciless972]

I'm almost lvl 20, and pumped all my skills to agility. I was playing this as smt 2 lol

[@sanrok2]

I actually used my first Aogami essence for affinities not really knowing what I was doing 💀 Is there any way to get that specific essence again?

[@crabbuckets7506]

Just started today. I had leanan angel and daemon for my first go on the hydra. Was level 12 and almost beat it first go. Was just a test run but now I know it's vulnerabilities I found that water boss a little harder with the demons in jars so I think with a little tweaking I'll have it done on the second fight. It's so exciting all the depth put into this game. Played persona 3 recently so I remembered some of the summons and moves. Never played a SMT but really enjoying it so far!

[@kadenthefoxbat1450]

I'm on my first playthrough, found Hydra to be a real pain. Died on the first attempt, got through on the second. I was level 11ish and not particularly spec'd for the battle. My solution was to use defense debuffing skills along with ice magic (I did have Mermaid and Angel) and when my team got low on MP I swapped in fresh demons. I also, by dumb luck, had a spec'd out Daemon on my team that often caused Hydra to lose turns. I'll definitely be preparing for future boss battles. But then, some of the random encounters are 1-2 shotting the main character as well. Nothing quite like taking out a Mitama, then dying in the next random encounter due to bad crit luck. >> Save often, kids.

[@ombra711]

You never miss, I can always count on you to have the sauce!

[@adrenali_n1607]

You mention adding Dream Needle to Angel to deal with Apsaras but I'm not sure if you mentioned that the first big boss is weak to sleep as well.

[@zachreed1495]

This is great. Thank you!

[@BmoreAkuma]

Let's see A few mentioned Mermaid and yes she is clutch to get the job done. Start with the "team crit up" for 1 turn to smack the first boss silly with her. I also did get Leanan Sidhe per the suggestion. Once I have noticed the boss gives Dark Damage, I had created a Bicorn who voids out Dark attacks. Bicorn also a strong attack at full health in Beatdown especially once the "team crit up" is setup.

[@jaimereupert4247]

Just got this game. Stuff like this is always useful. 😊

[@Pduarte79]

You forget, use "Dampeners" or use guard, when your enemy or boss is going to use it's Magatsuhi critical.

[@tannerkennedy4192]

I others I recommend making your nohobino strength focused it’s very fun

[@archangelmichael1978]

I've probably got 10 hours-ish in and hitting a plateau around level 20. That's why I'm watching videos now. I'm tempted to start over again from the beginning after learning all that I have from gameplay and various videos. I don't want to get rekt in the late game. Should I keep on trucking or should I start over? What say you, fellow gamers?

[@tweety6545]

Thank you.

[@TamagoSarada_]

I was here 3 years ago and now im here again haha finally gonna finish this game all the way through on PC

[@tweety6545]

@TamagoSarada_ I am getting it for my x box. I haven't played this franchise in along time. However it is atlus so I am sure it's still good.

[@nr2676]

Agility is very good stat, not only effect on evade / accuracy but also on chance for first strike and escape from battles. I recommend builds: MAG + AGI, MAG + VIT, STR + VIT or STR + AGI.

[@BoomstickGaming]

I beat the game and didn't find that agility helped too much. Have you beaten the game?

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

@@BoomstickGaming How do you know how much agility helps? Playing the game is not sufficient. I say this because in nocturne, the formulas for the stats are weird, and it is hard to intuit how valuable each stat is.

[@nr2676]

​@@BoomstickGaming I have high agility and my team nearly always got first strike, its especially helpful when enemy ambush you and i can escape from most battles without Trafuri or Smoking Bombs. If you use Sukunda + Sukukaja combo on bosses, my Nahobino nearly always dodge attacks.

[@leonard9624]

@@spongbobsquarepants3922 he didnt say agility helped it was the other guy. Read again

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

@@leonard9624 I recommend you read what I wrote. I asked how much it helped with evasion, as it obviously does something. You misunderstood me regarding "much", but that could be replaced by the word "little". So not to be demeaning, but follow your own advice.

[@IAmAwesomeSoAreYou]

How are you so smart??? These tips are amazing ty!

[@Katie-hj5eb]

The first boss also has a weakness to sleep so using dream needle helps a lot.

[@aleynino]

I started this game yesterday. All this seems so overwhelming 😅

[@MarluxiaX2]

@BoomStickGaming What would you say mate, was the game worth the wait?

[@BoomstickGaming]

It's pretty good!

[@mattcool1046]

You can buy fire and dark dampeners to make the fight ez

[@donnylad7508]

Such an awesome guide the first boss was easy thank you

[@Orange_Swirl]

You guys are so much better at this than I am. I just barely made it through the first boss fight, while losing 2 of my party members in the process.

[@starless4146]

I hear ya on that one. But I made it harder for myself...when one of my demons died I forgot to at least revive them! >_

[@christopher961]

While not sure about Asparas, the quest to defeat Asparas grants you a decent demon as a reward. It knows Mudo+3 which can help a lot if you don’t want to take time to level up demons too high. Although I barely beat it,

[@MrBroken030]

i pumped everything into agility and magic on my level 99 char and the evasion doesnt seem to trigger that often

[@juliosoler2693]

Once i finish my str/agi playthrough i'm gonna try this with magic, hoo boy

[@Katie-hj5eb]

Agility matters a little more on hard. I'd put a point into it every 10 levels or so just to keep from missing as much.

[@stone2382]

Yo wanted to let you guys know that the luck skill is what determines your evasion not agility.

[@InfiniteBeak]

I used the same team but Mermaid instead of green element guy, her unique move was absolutely clutch

[@gabolujan]

Aramasa is OP. Great skill to find early.

[@MakenaForest]

i went with a agility luck build. my escape rate is in the 90s, almost always 100, and recruiting demons is super smooth. also dodging most dangerous attacks is funny.

[@starless4146]

Lol right? I remember one time an enemy attacked my party, *MISS, MISS, MISS, IMMUNE* *hears glass break in the background* I'm like, " HA !! "

[@hollamonm]

Apsaras Route Solution: Set her in 2nd or 1st slot, use ice attacks on MC and her, have 3rd slot not weak to fire/dark (depending on taste), and either try to have it with a spell that hits hard or hits a weakness, or both (Mermaid is a fit as you should be ~lv15 when fighting the boss, but you don't need to be, just lower the level the harder it is), and 4th slot can be anything (again, I recommend ice attacking, not weak to the attacking types of this demon, you should be able to get a bufu onto a demon of this description), then, what you do is attack with her when it comes back around to her again as at least 1 or 2 Ice attacks will have happened. Guard. The boss does not get an extra turn. I only recommend it this way, because you can make a much better version of her later, and ALSO you get her EXP which will be a lot from a higher level demon. So, I'd personally recommend Apsaras route (the Ice Demon chick) and just have her guard on round 2 of the fight. Oh and if she's in 1st slot, iirc, she has a special option that isn't just "critting," I forget her effect, but I remember it was good, so her being 1st slot, Nahabino in 2nd, both having bufu, and guarding on Apsaras (actually if using mermaid, highly suggest having her in 2nd and Nahab 3rd as she too is weak to fire.) With um.... Azumi? I wanna say an Azumi should be on team because only weak to electric and not fire. Either way more Bufu=more turns=more damage, guard on fire weak demons and have non-fire weak characters towards the end of the lineup. (Like Nahab and an Azumi.) Always attack with as much bufu turn 1-4 as you can, and then add in guarding on the weaknesses turn 2, while still bufuing (if not in death range) on your not weak to fire people. Nahab should be as close to the front as possible, but allowing for the ones who *need* guards upfront.

[@Pokemon0406]

Rewatching this because i just got the game as a christmas gift

[@logandavis6171]

Would you mind doing a more in depth video on how you maxed out your elemental affinities the way you did? It would be super awesome. Thank you for the tip on having the spyglasses in your inventory.

[@damedus]

i simply used 50 spyglassses to get to lv 32 or so and fused a almighty attack demon, he then leved and gave me his essence and had my nahobino learn that, from there i did not need spyglasses for mitamas as i can 1 aoe hit them with allmighty attacks that dont count as blocks, did hydra about 5h into the game took 1 turn lol

[@namecannotbeblank8920]

Im kinda proud of myself, I did all of those things without any guide but I wouldn't call it op

[@wysewind]

just did the asperas quest and just overwrite my save ... ugh the one time I should save scum I didn't lol. Nice vid and as usual the best gameplay tips!

[@rspy24]

This is actually a good video, Sidhe however is weak to poison and also by this point you already have a couple of Ice Gem, which deals heavy ice damage. I had 6 of those.. + lowering the boss defense. Easy fight. (well.. this still is SMT so, still was challenging) but this team (or any other team) just wont work for the next boss that is literally just after this. Nuwa. And that's why i love SMT. It keeps you changing strats every time..

[@Relisoc4]

Nuwa kinda pissed me off with the half health thing. My first try I obviously got blown up. Bring some force resists, get her to 75% or so, and I’m doing okay, but I just didn’t have enough mp to kill her. So, I reset the game, used a couple gospels and some grimoires, and to my dismay, the fight ended at 50%. I should have guessed it though with how insanely slow her health was decreasing

[@EnzoZambrotti]

I ended up doing the oposite quest, git apsaras instead. If I knew they’d join my party I’d do the other one, but I JUST saved over that save slot.

[@zillion5679]

Instead of Aeros though, you should fuse Aquans instead. He has +3 in Ice so it'll be easier to defeat the first boss.

[@travonhodges7582]

Daemon is still prounounced 'Demon' its the same as Aegis or Aether

[@taylorclark1048]

I would like to see a video on whether to go physical/ magic or hybrid , my fiest shin megami game, I heard in the past physical was the way to go for big numbers and outclassed magic late game. Is that the case here?

[@epicadventureturtle1363]

That was largely because magic couldnt crit in previous games and some lategame enemies had no weaknesses or covered them up, so you wouldnt get extra turns as caster. Phys/Magic are really close in this game and its pure preference.

[@taylorclark1048]

@@epicadventureturtle1363 Does it hurt you longterm if you go hybrid? Or should you pick one or the other and beef it up more.

[@epicadventureturtle1363]

@@taylorclark1048 Better to pick one. For hard mode you definitely need vit too. So something like 2 int/strength and 1 vit every 3 levels might be optimal. Lots of people recommend agility but it didnt feel that great, definitely a worse stat than vit imo. Luck is weird because you have ways to auto crit anyways.

[@JuGrNaught]

Ah man, I struggled HARD against that first boss. Wish I saw this first. I didn't even think to not fulfill the demon's request and even THAT fight against the lvl 17 was brutal. I always manage to *just* squeeze by with enough HP.

[@Aiello_]

and then there's me putting everything into strength

[@rekcahY]

so am I. LOL

[@puffingpanda7003]

I recommend do magic build in this game. I mean physical build is also good and will crush the late game once you unlocked more aogami essence with bigbang skill (maybe because i saw it in the trailer of the game) and charge. It’s natural in all smt game that magic strong early game but physical much more stronger in late game (except smt4. Flynn is definitely magic caster)

[@Aiello_]

@@puffingpanda7003 loved using Die for Me +4(?) in IV lol

[@AllenTax]

@@puffingpanda7003 I remember in last SMT Big Bang, Almighty can be reduced by bosses.

[@MakenaForest]

@@puffingpanda7003 nocturnes magic is weak the entire way through what are you talking about "all smt games"