Metatron (Low Level, Hard, 4 Enemy Turns) - SMT Nocturne HD

With the luck of the divine.
Rules:
- EXP gain must be minimised, limited to forced encounters where possible
- Using Bright Might or Dark Might for guaranteed crits is forbidden
- Use of demons from the Maniax/Chronicle release is forbidden (This includes Fiends, Beelzebub, Black Frost, Futomimi, Metatron, Sakahagi and Dante/Raidou)
- The goal is to collect all Magatama and achieve the True Demon Ending
This was about as bullshit as Matador was with 3 press turns. Mirrors wouldn't save me here though.
To win against Metatron with 4 turns I needed to change my strategy significantly. My team is built to survive 2 Megidolaons with +1 defense or him being at -1 magic. Surviving the raw damage of 3 Megidolaons is simply out of the question so the only way to live is with a lucky dodge so he becomes incapable of casting 3 in a turn. When I came to this conclusion I decided to abandon defense buffs in the first phase altogether and stick to agility buffs. The goal is to keep the buff state at +2/-2. Metatron will only ever cast Dekunda OR Dekaja, never both. Consequently whichever one he casts, you can simply re-apply whichever was removed which leaves enough turn economy to heal if necessary and still do some damage every turn. Another thing is that he will seemingly prefer to keep using whichever removal spell he uses first and not alternate to the other one. This makes it highly preferable for him to use Dekaja since Sukukaja is a lot cheaper than Debilitate. Fog Breath may have been more practical for this phase but I wasn't originally planning to do this fight with more than the one extra turn and it would be very annoying to have to prepare another team for this. I had to do most of the healing using items since Demi-Fiend is the only one without buff spells or Debilitate, preserving Horus's MP for Debilitate was a necessity.
Once the first phase is over the victory is practically assured. Buffing to +4/-4 and spamming Glacial Blast just destroys him. My team's turn order lets me use it 4 times per turn when healing or buffing is unnecessary. Disappointingly he didn't even get to use Fire of Sinai. Anyway that's enough self-indulgent masochism for now. I think that hypothetically he could be beaten with 5 turns but it would look very similar to this and be much more luck-reliant than it already is. 3 was a good number.
Mods used:
Extra Enemy Press Turn: gamebanana.com...
Display Future Skills: gamebanana.com...
OST Quality Music: gamebanana.com...

[@stardust4229]

The thumbnail man LMAO I am dying

[@doomofthedestiny8065]

Seeing him dekaja nearly every turn I feel that and I'm just like "can you not?" 😅

[@wherewiiwentwrong]

Its to manipulate the AI into potentially not using Fire of Saini

[@proximaeon]

I love how the HD Remastered gave him a voice in auto-tune, it's like God is intentionally playing a prank on the Angel that is supposed to be his voice in the Earth.

[@shuu_11]

why he didnt spam Fire of Sinai that's weird

[@darkstar_xd]

He Tried to make Metatron Spam Dekaja Instead..... It kinda Worked.

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

Thy thumbnail could not be closer to thee truth

[@casualpooter1826]

Is there a mod where it allows you to fight the old version of mot with beast eye spam

[@ZephhyrAgain]

I'm not aware of one currently. With this mod I did experience him using Beast Eye multiple times on one occasion but he's still not as prone to it as he used to be.

[@oreoninja45zen84]

Now your just showing off

[@dethkruzer]

Are you sure the mod didn't break him? Given that he never cast dekunda or fire of sinai toward the end of the fight.

[@ZephhyrAgain]

I'm pretty sure it was just the RNG of his AI and the fact that I was hitting him with boosted Glacial Blasts 2-4 times a turn, I killed him pretty damn fast so he only had 1 turn where he could have pulled it out.