[SPOILERS] Canon of Vengeance Superboss (Hard NG+1) | SMT5 Vengeance [June 22 2024 Stream Highlight]

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A ~45 minute superboss fight is nothing new for Shin Megami Tensei, but the Satan fight on Hard Mode felt much shorter due to how engaged I had to be for the entire battle.

I don't think this strat is strictly optimal, but we have to start somewhere when figuring out superboss fights.

I opted to run a team of Yoko, Sakuya, and Murakumo Protag @ Demifiend Resist Spread. I targeted a Vitality stat of ~208, but I ended up with a bunch of spare Vitality Incense when grinding Odaiba for Health/Stamina Incense. I split the Vitality evenly between the mages, yielding Vitality stats in the 250 range.

I couldn't run a full team of 4 demons because Megido Ark scales based on the number of enemies, which would make it unsurvivable without an absurd amount of grinding to beef up everyone's Vitality stats even further. I opened with only Yoko and Protag to reduce the damage of the scripted Megido Ark opener at the cost of Turn 1 tempo.

The death count was for the entire playthrough of SMT5V starting from New Game Hard Mode. I believe I had ~5 deaths to Satan specifically.

-Team Comp (featuring more spoilers)-
Yoko
-Primordial Chaos
-Trisagion
-High Almighty Pleroma
-High Fire Pleroma
-Abyssal Mask
-Enduring Soul
-Repel Phys
-Null Light (I forgot to upgrade this to Repel/Drain)

Protag @ Demifiend
-Murakumo
-Critical Aura
-Revival Chant
-High Almighty Pleroma
-Almighty Pleroma
-Critical Zealot
-Enduring Soul
-Endure (Flex Slot)

Konohana Sakuya
-Sakuya Sakura
-Killing Wind
-High Force Pleroma
-High Heal Pleroma
-Abyssal Mask
-Enduring Soul
-Repel Phys
-Repel Elec