Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance – Return Of The True Demon Quest Walkthrough

Initially a DLC quest for the vanilla launch, ‘Return of the True Demon’ is again in Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance. Very like different previously-DLC content material, it is obtainable by default. Consequently, you’ll be able to unlock reasonably early on – although you actually cannot end it for a while to come back.

With our information, we have mapped out each boss encounter on this gauntlet of fights, together with our lineup, our techniques, and the methods wherein we endured some fairly robust adversaries on our solution to acquiring the last word energy: Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne’s very personal Demi-Fiend himself.

This information’s a work in progress! We’re at the moment about midway by way of the fights, however we’ll proceed updating over the subsequent couple of days after publishing till we’re completed.

How To Start ‘The Return Of The True Demon’

In Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, you may mechanically start ‘The Return of the True Demon’ after a sure level. Particularly, after you’ve got returned to ‘actual’ Tokyo for the primary time following the occasions in Minato.

The primary time you return to the World of Shadows, Sophia will hand you an all-important key merchandise: Menorah of Information. That is exactly what we’ll have to take all subsequent steps on this epic questline.

How To Beat Matador

To succeed in Matador, return to the very first leyline, which is in Minato – Tamachi. You will note a rather-hard-to-miss glowing purple beam up into the sky, which we’ll be on the lookout for with many of the fights to come back.

Matador is, frankly, fairly darn robust for the way early you’ll be able to take him on. He is stage 24, which is pretty prone to be a number of ranges increased than you if you happen to try the combat as quickly as attainable.

We might counsel ready till your get together’s across the identical stage, nevertheless it’s doable beforehand. The largest drawback with the Matador combat is that he’ll elevate his evasion sharply. Each time he dodges, you are dropping Press Turns, too.

It is simply a type of issues we will need to take care of, ideally by way of brute drive. He is immune to drive, mild, and darkish, however weak to electric-type assaults.

Take a number of demons with Zio, Shockbound, and related fare if attainable. Use debuffs liberally, particularly something that reduces Matador’s accuracy and evasion. Carry Phys Dampeners to melt the blow from Andalucia, and keep away from utilizing demons weak to drive.

How To Beat Daisoujou

To search out Daisoujou, search to the proper/east of the Tennozu Leyline Fount. You will not discover the telltale purple beam till after Matador has been defeated, as these should be accomplished so as.

Daisoujou is fully proof against each mild and darkish assaults, whereas weak to fireplace. Daisoujou makes use of each Mamudo and Mahama, each of which have +4 modifiers to make them extra threatening propositions.

Be sure the Nahobino is not weak to darkish earlier than beginning this combat. We point out it as a result of if you happen to have not used essences to change his affinities, he is weak to darkish. These assaults have an opportunity of auto-killing.

Arguably the hardest a part of this combat is coping with Preach, which might trigger appeal, confusion, and/or sleep to all get together members with a sure likelihood of success.

Having Amritas and Amrita Showers is extremely beneficial; Patra and Me Patra talents are equally useful. Daisoujou’s HP and particularly vitality are comparatively low, so slice by way of him rapidly.

How To Beat Hell Biker

Hell Biker is west of Shinagawa’s Konan Leyline Fount. There is a collapsed overpass right here; reasonably than climbing its ruins, you may need to journey beneath it till the beam is seen.

We love Hell Biker. He is certainly one of our suggestions for the best mid-game demons to have with you. We love him much less once we’re combating him.

This is a uncommon suggestion: attempt to carry get together members with increased Agility stats than your foe, whose stat is 34. Hell Biker’s innate capability, Pace Star, elevates essential hit likelihood towards enemies with agility decrease than his.

Hell Biker has a whopping three distinctive abilities:

• Hell Spin is a heavy bodily assault to all foes;
• Hell Exhaust is a medium drive assault to all foes that additionally removes all buffs;
• Hell Burner, which he’ll use after Magatsuhi costs, offers heavy hearth harm to all foes.

To make issues worse, Hell Biker has two resistances and two immunities: mild and darkish resistance, and hearth and drive immunity. He has a single weak spot: ice.

How greatest to deal with all this? We introduced Forneus, whose Ice Breath assault works wonders on Hell Biker, however who crucially lacks a critical problem with many different ice-users: Forneus is not weak to fireplace.

Since we had been enjoying on Canon of Vengeance, we additionally introduced Tao, as we didn’t but have entry to the Information of Instruments miracle that enables demons to make use of gadgets. Thus, we had two item-wielders.

That mentioned, Hua Po is a better option for therapeutic than Tao. You sacrifice double merchandise utilization, positive, however Hua Po is immune to fireplace. This helps tremendously in ensuring your healer really stays alive!

How To Beat White Rider

Starting The 4 Horseman Battles

Beginning with White Rider, issues change considerably from earlier fights. It’s essential to meet the 4 Horsemen earlier than this quartet’s fights unlock, and the assembly location varies between story routes.

Should you’re enjoying Canon of Creation, you may meet the 4 Horseman after the combat with Surt in Chiyoda. For Canon of Vengeance gamers, a cutscene will set off as you discover the brand new Shinjuku area.

Comply with the search markers on the respective maps thereafter to start your subsequent part of this quest by difficult White Rider.

White Rider is weak to electrical, however immune to mild and darkish, and most troublingly, he displays hearth. It makes use of God’s Bow and Ragnarok incessantly; the previous is a mild assault to 1 goal, whereas the latter is two to 5 medium hearth assaults.

After Magatsuhi costs, it should generally solid Mahamaon with a powerful +7 affinity. Completely keep away from utilizing demons weak to mild, and carry Gentle Dampeners to preempt the transfer on the flip he is charging when you’ll be able to.

However the hardest factor about this combat is that it begins the 4 Horsemen development of summoning two highly effective allies, whose defeat will end in additional summoning.

On this case, the allies are Dominion, which enhance the probabilities of essential light-based hits. They will additionally buff White Rider and heal the get together.

In a method, nonetheless, the sport telegraphs what you are alleged to do right here. We do not like that Dominion retains therapeutic White Rider, can we? So, we need to eliminate them, do not we?

Our objective is to remove the Dominions in a single to 2 turns each time, as this can trigger White Rider to waste Press Flip actions re-summoning them.

Use multitarget darkish spells – sure, White Rider will resist them, nevertheless it’s not like he is nulling, absorbing, or reflecting them! Alice is superb right here, with Die for Me and a sky-high magic stat.

By continuously culling White Rider’s allies, you’ll be able to chip away at its well being inch by inch, launching highly effective assaults like Freikugal EX (obtainable with Alice, amongst many others) each time you’ll be able to.

Extra To Come

We have nonetheless bought a number of extra battles to cowl in our information, so we’ll hardly blame you for taking a look at different websites if it’s essential to! That mentioned, we hope our protection of every combat we’ve got conquered is in-depth sufficient to be useful within the meantime.