But wouldn't Paraselene Blur be absorbed/blocked on enemies who have Drain/Null light?

@@MrTsukihami Of course. In those rare cases you simply function as a normal dodge tank while your other demons finish the encounter or use the demon unlocked from True Neutral ending to give yourself Pierce.

Does that one actually work? I hadnt tested it yet but from what i was reading around it only works on basic attacks, not skills. @RozalinGaming

Just wanted to let you know that I checked ingame and Enduring Soul actually comes from Aogami Type-0, not Type-10. Otherwise great guide!

@@chrisgoodpaster4696 Yeah I should have checked in-game myself; was going off of the datamine since adding that info was a last-minute decision.

Now you can crit consistently with magic

Almighty as well ​@@rotonek2887

@@rotonek2887 I couldn't even crits once with Ikuyumi....How did you build your magic crits?

@@fulan6231 who the hell is ikuyumi? To crit you need a demon with passive that allows your magic to crit, and your standard crit passives and luck

@@rotonek2887 not who. It is a magic based skill that does mid to severe almighty damage, the damage scales based on the number of debuffs on the target.

I tried using Onyankopon and absolutely hated it; you gain one skill slot on the MC but end up having to use a rather mediocre demon in the process.

@@RozalinGamingthat’s fair, the only fight I could ever recommend him for would probably be quadistu, nothing else

​@@RozalinGamingwe will not tolerate Onyankopon slander :( /j

​@@RozalinGamingI mean, you could just have Onyakopon cast King of Tales with both Boon Boosts, and then swap him out pretty quick. Or just give him an unholy amount of Vitality Incenses (Specially on Godborn), that also works fine!

@@Poyomini Boon Boost doesn't work on King of Tales; the skill still only lasts 3 turns. The only things that the Boon Boost passives work on are -kunda and -kaja effects.

From my experience its been less useful then on paper, simply because the races of demons are the ones that I wind up using the most. Its Herald, Megami, Femme, and Lady that null that ability, all those besides Herald are where my best support and damage dealers lie

It's less restrictive than you think. Konohana Sakuya is a Kunitsu and thus doesn't count. As for your third demon, Just Pick any big physical beatstick, Like Odin. Or another Buffer. Being able to debuff fully in one Action is too good to pass Up. It's why Cleopatra was so broken, but even better.

Was running Sakuya, bub and Dagda with a STR MC and didn't run into any issues even through the true ending

His trait is okay -- it can save you an extra cast of Debilitate the first time you set it up or if you need to reapply it because debuffs fell off completely.

The extra press turns don't come up anywhere near enough for me to consider Mother Harlot's essence better given you need to use 3 passives instead of 2. And if we are talking aliment resistance, Naamah's also nullifies Charm but also Panic, and has no weaknesses so it wins there too.

As far as Ive known, nope

All boost items and sutras can be purchased on Godborn from Gustave. However, their price is exorbitant. Thankfully, you can farm and sell 100 Glory for 500k

You can get them randomly from demons that talk to you in the demon rest areas, or I believe Queen Mabb in Creation route gives you some incense for giving her more gems after her quest. But no balms from her.

There is a miracle that let's you ask for an incense when the enemy is cornered, it has given me a balm before that's something

You can collect 200 Minman per run and throughout game with navigators, you will get around 14 balms of each.

I'm currently using the Moonlight Frost build I showcased myself! I tried Ikuyumi but wasn't impressed with it unfortunately. At max potency it didn't do much more damage than Moonlight Frost, which is an AoE skill, and it has the downside of being underwhelming against any enemy that either buffs themselves or dispels themselves.

@@RozalinGaming I thought that Moonlight Frost build you showcased was pretty good. I simply wanted to take a diffrent take on the build. Plus, Intercalation, Luminescent Mirage, and Elusive Eclipse just work really well together . About Ikuyumi, that's disappointing to hear although I understand your reasoning. Seems like if you want to run a endgame or God born magic build,the Moonlight Frost seems to be the only one worth it while strength based builds have a ton of options now with Paraselene Blur and Lunar Hurricane.

Idun is a fine backup healer until you get Demeter, after which Sakuya moves to backup with Demeter taking the primary healing role. As for demon build videos, I want to make one on Sakuya for sure, and I have another on a demon I think most will overlook but that is actually just broken; I think I may do that one next.

I only purchased the money/exp DLC in the original version in order to make content since it helped with making builds faster. I have it for SMT5V as well but that was because it was provided to me along with the game by Sega to make content. Normally I wouldn't purchase leveling DLC, but not because of cheating or anything, more just because I don't want to support it since they have clearly lowered the amount of exp and money you get normally in-game to sell the DLC. As for learning the games, it just takes time. Keep at it and you'll definitely get better and better!

@@RozalinGaming thank you kindly.

I tried using Onyakopon and absolutely hated it. As for Lunar Hurricane, if I were to use it it wouldn't be in place of Paraselene Blur but in addition to it, though a sacrifice would need to be made.

It does, but Impalers Animus and Omnipotent Succession are mutually exclusive which is very annoying

As mentioned in my pinned comment, these builds are meant to be used in a wide array of situations and not rely on any specific party members. If you want to start tailoring them to specific strats, changes can definitely be made.

Yep. It's the one at the end of the long river that starts at the fairy village in the second major area.

I just can't go back & play Nocturne anymore. The boring dungeon design of just long hallway mazes & frequent random encounters (not to mention the HD version just doesn't look/run well), and I'd take Vengeance over it any day. But to each their own!

​@@corey2232 Vengeance is just open map. It getting tedious and boring quick. Yes, nocturne has high encounter rate but it better than V in term of atmosphere and music and story.

The drain skills are amazing in P3R early on; Spirit Drain literally lets you stay in Tartarus indefinitely.

Thing is for me I messed around and dumped all my points into agility early game I'd say the second da'at area, yet I went into battle and didn't evade once, I really wanna see how it works now towards end game to see if it works as good as a high vitality build

@@oscarteaa honestly I ain't dodging sht either but I'm still running with it because that's how I like to play. I've only built strength and agility, with a few points into vitality in the beginning of the game. I'm clearing content no problem and have not hit a wall yet. I am actually rushing to the boss and ignoring enemies, and hidden items just to see if I get walled by bosses. I also have two of this item where you can reallocate the stats so even if you screw your build up its no big deal.

@@matticus9832 it's a Japanese term and since I speak Japanese I pronounce it how it would be in Japanese.

@@RozalinGaming It's the double N, from what I recall; double letters in Japanese are said with a double beat (Kan-Nabi) as opposed to English (Kanabi) 🤔 I think that is what I read. Your videos are amazing btw, learning alot 😄👍

@@matticus9832 Yep. Double letters indicate holding the syllable out for one beat.

I don't put it there because of my full party setup valuing the turns of my other two non-MC demons more; I tried doing what your suggesting before and found that my sequencing worked out better with Yabusame in slot 4.

if your running a certain little spoiler guy from a certain ending then you wouldn't need to worry because you can pierce regardless, that or you still function as a dodge tank

@@jinxtheslugfromslugterra1760 Which ending do you mean?

Kiryu Kazuma? No, you're mistaken, that Joryu Jozuma

I have builds for Cleopatra and Artemis already -- they where made with the original version, so the actual fusion formulas may not work, but the builds themselves still do (I used them myself in my own playthrough of SMT5V). As for Sakuya, that one is coming.

@@RozalinGamingso just watched the Cleopatra video and im noticing in this one she has Saintstrike and Yabusame shot. Are these new to vengeance? Sorry if im asking a lot 😅 I’ve always liked Artemis but never finished base SMTV so I’m hoping to use her in Vengeance

@@Averagejon95 Cleopatra having those or Artemis, lol? One of Artemis's unique skills is Astral Saintstrike and Yabusame Shot I gave to her.

@@RozalinGaming sorry got them confused lol. But thanks I’ll look for the Sakura video when you release it!

Murderous Glee is generally only worthwhile if you are using a skill that has innate crit rate built into it such as Freikugel, or have it on a demon that has a trait that gives them a bunch of crit, because otherwise it is only increasing your base crit rate.

Getting rid of Lunar Hurricane is a good idea. For the last slot you could just do a regular Almighty Pleroma or some skill for MP management such as High Restore or Energy Drain.

I think it just reduces the mp cost

Don't say that about yourself buddy. I know for a fact that skills having positive potential reduce the mp cost. Additionally, some innate skills reward positive potential by increasing the damage of said skills.

@@TheDeatharcana thank you

@@reanschwarzer1525 yeah as TheDeatharcana said, for support skills it reduces the MP cost, which is huge for things like Luster Candy that are so expensive. For damaging skills it also increases their damage in addition to reducing their cost, and then for status ailment skills potential will increase the likelihood of applying the status ailment as well.

There are only a handful of enemies that have a high chance of killing you even if you aren't weak to light so you can ignore a Null Light passive if the demon has no weakness if you want. As for Energy Drain, I use it over items because it restore similar-to-more MP (depends on the item being used) and deals some damage; if used with a demon that Almighty or High Almighty Pleroma it deals a fair amount, and it can crit on Magatsuhi: Critical turns letting it deal even more. You also can't run out of it during a long battle.

You could, but the point of my builds isn't to lock yourself into needing a specific demon(s) in your party; plus if in battle he were to die you no longer have a taunt. It also means using Onyankopon which takes up a demon slot for something that only takes up 1 skill slot, and while you can make him descent, he will be worse than other options even when optimally built.

@@RozalinGaming yeah I know I was just saying it is technically an option

Naamah's essence is far better than Trumpeter's. For starters, they don't share the same resistances; Trumpeter's essence nulls light and dark but is neutral to everything else, he doesn't resist it. Resists reduce damage of the resisted type by 50%, and with two skill slots Naamah's essence resists or nulls everything. Trumpeter would need 5 skill slots to reach that level of damage reduction. If you do use Trumpeter's essence, you save two skill slots but take ~50% more damage on average.

​@@RozalinGaming Wait, you are right! I just checked out and Trumpeter had Naamah's resistences, but in the origininal Shin Megami Tensei V! I'm sorry for the missinformation, you are absolutely right!

@@shawn389 no worries. :)

Are you on Canon of Vengeance? If so, you can't get past them as that area is CoC only.

@@RozalinGaming Yeah I am, I finally figured it all out haha

I reference my recommendations in the pinned comment.

I wouldn't ask for his opinion if I were you. Frankly, he's a casual player. 1. He unironically invests into Agility which is the most useless stat in the game (look up the accuracy and evasion formula on Steam Guides). 2. He uses Yabusame shot when there are significantly better alternatives that pierce and crit (Gae Bolg, Crit Build Agrat, High Luck Zeus). 3. He uses Murakumo with no crit chance buffs. 4. He doesn't invest into Vitality which is the strongest stat in the game and instead wastes slots on Enduring Soul and covering all resistances he's not weak to. 5. He has no pierce on his evasion Tsukuyomi build, so Blur is useless against anything that blocks light. 6. He runs High Restore on non-crit builds. His only source of crits is Omagatoki Critical of which there are significantly better alternatives like the Nahobino's Omnipotent Succession which quadruples your damage output. And 7th, he doesn't even mention Heavenly Ikuyumi which is the go-to skill for magic builds, and instead uses freaking Moonlight Frost. Heavenly Ikuyumi has 390-power after a debilitate. It's super strong. Now imagine using it with Omnipotent Succession every other turn. The Heavenly Ikuyumi build is the 2nd strongest after the evasion Tsukuyomi build, but the most versatile overall because you don't need to waste slots on 3 critical passives to deal great damage or run Impaler's Animus to pierce resistances. The evasion build is the strongest overall. It messes with the AI because they lose a turn after using an otherwise piercing damage attack, and you are countering with a 300-power piercing attack and getting an extra turn yourself. The 600-power Blur is also insane. The evasion build's main drawback is that its damage output drops significantly against enemies that block light because you will be forced to use Impaler's Animus to deal damage, which cannot stack with Omnipotent Succession.

Agi isn't chosen for defense rather for offense as it also affects accuracy. That being said, I also wouldn't look to much into my stats in this video as they aren't even remotely close to optimal.

It doesn't go down the drain when an enemy nulls light, your MC just simply turns into a pure tank for 1 fight is all. Once you hit the end game your MC isn't really even your main damage dealer anyways.

@@RozalinGaming I actually messed around with this build on my latest playthrough and I swapped out the evasion/counter passive for Impaler's Animus, the extra press turn you get from dodging makes it perfect to set it up, if the enemy nulls light. Surely a DPS loss if the enemy doesn't but makes it more comfortable to use

@@AceFerron yeah, all of the Charge-effect passives do result in less damage than just using a press turn to attack due to their multipliers being low; Impaler's Animus for example is only a 1.3x multiplier.

Story-wise I would say definitely not.

It wouldn't matter if the enemy repels light as a repelled attack goes through resistances. So Using PB against an enemy who repels light will make you take twice the damage and if you boosted its power fully, will most likely kill you.

Nah you don't have to beat the game on godborn to unlock Lucifer's fusion. Just have to start a game on godborn. Also I don't know if you need the 3 fusion accident demons to 100% the compendium.

I was worried about this too and I saw online somewhere that someone modded their stats to have 999 agility and they would still be hit by low level enemies. I have been using luminescent mirage and it works very well with fierce roar. There are hardly ever turns where I plan to get paraselene blur and get unlucky. Full build: Paraselene Blur, Impalers Animus, Fierce Roar, Luminescent Mirage, High Light Pleroma, Light Pleroma, Intercalation, Elusive Eclipse (none of the buffs override each other)

Luck is primarily for status ailments; for Paraselene Blur you want Agility so that you dodge more and Strength to increase it's damage.

@@Zevo2417 And I was already thinking about adding Impaler's, since otherwise I'd have to run Murakumo as a backup. Thanks a ton.

@RozalinGaming Thank you Rozalin! I'll commit to Strength, Vitality, and Agility then. BTW I found your channel during the Persona 5 Strikers days, you're my go to for anything SMT related!

He already stated that in the video.

Because not everyone is able to/wants to/has killed him and so I wanted to provided builds that needed to included null passives, especially since a build that incorporates his essence is more of a NG+ build and not helpful for a fresh run.

​@@RozalinGamingwhat about metatron's essence? Is he not present in vengence, both as a boss or as a fusiable demon? (i didn't bought vengeance yet)

@@Pokeredi. Metatron's is essentially the same as the one I use in the video (Naamah's), except instead of Null Light you would use Null Dark to get the exact same results. The only difference is that Metatron is almost at the very end of the game whereas Naamah's is acquired at the end of area 3.

It's main functions are to increase dodge chance and hit rate. Whether or not it's worthwhile for dodge depends on your build, but personally I like hitting my enemies so I always invest in it and have never regretted it.

In most cases they are basically the same. There are niche situations in which Repel/Drain can be better but those passives are end-game only.

Demi fiends fight requires more strategy for that specific fight than just a generic build. You want a good strategy going in. A support build might work but tbh I found from being able to consistently beat rhe demi fiend on hard, you want the protag as a dps

Arahabaki's Innate Skill applies whatever affects he currently has on him (buffs/debuffs, taunt, charge/concentrate, even Omagatoki effects) onto any demon you switch into the field as long as Arahabaki is on your current party. The skill description implies that any affects he puts on himself will also apply to your party as well, but that is a mistranslation, and the actual effects are on the paragraph above.

On CoV, there is a girl in the area where you start the DLC quests at the bottom of the stairs. Talk to her and she'll give them to you, and then after that Gustave will sell them.

it would be luck actually

That's literally the appeal of smt

If you don't like in depth character building then this game isn't for you.

They are purchasable from Gustave.

From what I tried, it seems that Murakumo still out-preforms it, even with a fully debuffed enemy.

I was very underwhelmed with Ikuyumi. Against a fully debuffed enemy it was barely beating Moonlight Frost in damage. If the enemy dispells themselves then Ikuyumi falls of a cliff.

@@RozalinGaming It's sad. Such a good skill animation.

As stated at the beginning of the video, all builds are using Naamah's essence for resistances.

They are CoV only. The Researcher girl you talk to for the DLC quests will give them to you.

@@RozalinGaming thanks for the info. Is the essence get from CoV law or chaos route? Any plans for other demon build?

@@k.ir.a9968 the essences aren't tied to a specific route, they are tied to story-progress for when they become available. And yeah I plan to do more build guides, though atm I'm working on a boss guide.

For the main character you use the Essence Fusion mechanic. It allows you to use a demons essence, which are items you can pick up from treasure, get from quests, or have the demon randomly give it to you when they level up, in order to pass their skills over to the MC.

@@RozalinGaming Are the builds in this video optimal from the beginning to the end of the game preferably on the COC route? There are so many builds online but it never really goes into detail about the process of the build from LVL 3 to MAX I think that's the SMT V video people are waiting on Do you know of any potential online resources that could point me in the right direction so I can learn more about building the MC or any playable demon?

@@AlexTheMan8393 the reason you don't see build guides going over the process from the beginning of the game to the end is because your build changes so much as you level up, especially for the first half of the game; that and builds for the MC don't really matter all that much until you are in the later stages of the game to begin with.

Through miracles.

@@RozalinGaming thanks! Just killed the Red orb Thing which gives the physic miracle

As stated in the video, not everyone will have it (when watching the video); I also mention you should use it if you do. I chose not to use it for the video to show how the builds would look when you are forced to use passives to cover weaknesses, since for the majority of players, most of their time with the game will be spent without it. Besides, if I make the video with the Demi-fiend essence, then I'll get a bunch of comments saying, "but what if I don't have it!?".

@@RozalinGaming fair enough, sorry

If it's for essence fusion, that means you don't have their essence anymore.

The same researcher who gives you the base essence will give you the other two based on story progression on CoV.

Tsukuyomi starting essence, defeat quadistu at vengeance canon, reborn as purple nahobino and meat woman in diet bilding, she give you essence for free.

Do you still need help with that?

@@hyde_stopStealingMyUsername some source on the internet says that this demon is only unlocked on new game. Is it true ? I am playing the canon of vengeance

@@quocthinhluu4098 Nope, that is false. Are you aware that you need a dlc to start her quest?

@@hyde_stopStealingMyUsername I got smt 5 vegeance. Do I have to purchas an DLC ? If so, never mind. I believe I can beat this game without that demon. There must be other good healers anyways.

@@quocthinhluu4098 Yeah, I love Atlus .-. Idun is almost as good as Sakuya, check her out

It's from Aogami Type-D.

Canon of Vengeance exclusive essence for the MC.

0:35 -- All builds shown used Naamah's essence.

​I dont have any demons that have null phys null light ​@@RozalinGaming

@@unknown97428 You can always use resists instead until you get them.

@RozalinGaming I mean I don't know what demon essence I need to get that skill but I do like watching your demon build sadly nobody's else do demon builds for the new demons

@@unknown97428 Resist Phys: Glasya-Labolas, Khonsu, Cerberus, Futsunushi, Aogami Type-D Null Phys: Ongyo-Ki, Khonsu Ra, Dagda Resist Light: Ame-no-Uzume, Jack Frost, Alice, Mishaguji, Azazel Null Light: Garuda, Nebiros, Norn, Cherub You can always see what essences and skills they have from the Essence screen; I believe it is the Triangle button on PS5 at least.

If you are referring to the name, it's a Yakuza series reference based on a meme in my chat, not a Jojo one.

@@RozalinGaming Sounds like a Jojo reference to me

@@FromTheSkylessVoid It 100% isn't.

@@RozalinGaming Is that a Jojo reference?

@@FromTheSkylessVoid Sigh, no, it's not. I don't watch Jojo and think it sucks.

Once obtained, you can rebuy them at The Cadavre Hallow for like 60k macca

And how i get them. I only have the first one from head researcher

@@raed42 advance until the last Leyline fountain of the Empyrian (before final Boss) and go back talk to her, she gonna gives you more then