The Axiom

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Background

The Axiom is the creator and overseer of the Megami Tensei Multiverse and a being often associated with YHVH, once its most prominent avatar and currently its enemy.

Their avatars' personalities are often very similar to YHVH. They appear as godly beings that stand on a high moral ground and present themselves as the road to salvation, but are ultimately ruthless, arrogant and cruel, only caring for their power and long standing regardless of any cost. Most of them are extensions of YHVH's will rather than separate from him, and as such often act on YHVH's behalf. Those that are not tend to take YHVH's place as the God of Law and are similar in personality. Though the true nature of Axiom is revealed within Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, where Stephen notes that the Axiom chooses Messiahs to defeat YHVH or other beings similar to him. Specially choosing two Messiahs (Flynn and Nanashi) to kill him in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse.

Usually, avatars of the Axiom appear as the final boss of the games they are in, as well as their main antagonist. However, a few appear as recurring endgame bosses.

It is implied that, blinded by presumptuousness, YHVH and his avatars/extensions do not fully grasp the Axiom as they claim. They acknowledge that the Axiom produced them to rule the universes on its behalf, but fail to understand that their eventual demises at the hands of the protagonists is also the will of the multiverse, as explained by Stephen in Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse.

General Information

Name: The Axiom, The Great Will (Though this is sometimes referring to YHVH also), The Universal Will (Though this is also sometimes referring to YHVH also)

Origin: Megami Tensei

Sex: Sexless (It is a non-physical being with no true sex)

Age: Inapplicable (The Axiom precedes even YHVH and other demons in existence, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse)

Classification: God, Supreme Being, Creator of Observation

Species: Axiom

Occupation: None

Status: Alive

Alignment: True Neutral (The Axiom is a neutral benovelent creature that gives people the ability to defeat YHVH with Observation, but never directly interfering themself)

Codex Statistics

Tier: At least 1-C, likely Higher

Cardinality: At least ℵ2

Dimensionality: Devoid (The Axiom is the very being that created observation, which gave humans the ability to give concepts to the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer, giving things without form, a certain and stable form, with The Axiom existing even beyond this. The Axiom is even less definable then demons, who embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in. Even attempting to say his infinitesimal lesser avatar's name, will cause a static-like sound as his mere name cannot truly be heard or comprehended)

Attack Potency: At least Complex Multiverse level, likely Higher (The Axiom is in a state where they exist deep within the collective unconsciousness to the point that one must question if humanity was created by the Great Reason rather then the gods, being beyond even the likes of Matter Lucifer and YHVH. Was the very being that granted humans observation, and tasked them with observing the universe, with the ability being the reason for Gods and demons existing. Which would include beings such as Matter Lucifer, who transcended into a higher plane of existence beyond even YHVH. YHVH's own universe is more vague and more infinite then anything Nanashi or Flynn have ever seen, where they've seen demons such as Ouroboros, who is the embodiment of infinity, putting it at least beyond ℵ1 in size. With even YHVH himself noting he is infinity, and he exists as an incomprehensible transcendent being overseeing everything in his creation. He is viewed as an omnipotent existence that created everything . which would mean he created infinite universes, and exists beyond the very boundaries of time within the multiverse. Which would include planes such as Akarana Corridor a void that transcends time and space, with it requiring a special ritual to enter, where even the Herald of Yatagarasu cannot put Raidou into this place, putting it beyond even The Expanse a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Viewed as so immeasurably powerful that the combined cast of SMT IV Apocalypse, needed to deny his divine nature and form understandings repeatedly through the use of obseravtion in order to defeat him. A small glimpse of it's being caused Stephen to be so powerful he could fight off all four of the Messiahs at once)

Durability: At least Complex Multiverse level, likely Higher

Striking Strength: At least Complex Multiverse Class, likely Higher

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed: Unknown (Exists deep within the collective unconscious to the point that it is nearly impossible to define them)

Combat Speed: Unknown

Reaction Speed: Unknown

Stamina: Limitless

Range: At least Complex Multiversal, likely Higher (The Axiom guides all from the plane it resides in)

Intelligence: Omniscience (The Axiom is aware of everything, being the one to fate and guide the Messiahs through their entire journey, having immutable unbroken laws, which only one who caught a glimpse of him could break. Stephen, catching a glimpse of the Axiom made him a cosmically intelligent being)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Nondualism (Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all together, oneness), Personal Nonexistence (Ayin; He along with Stephen transcends the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death, reaching the realm of The Axiom and catching a small glimpse of him), Acausality (Causality Immunity; Stephen gainging a small glimpse of The Axiom required him to go beyond time and space and through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration), Singular Existence (There exists only one Axiom as it is the true source of the entire multiverse and the very reason for humanity's observation), Immortality (Type 5 & 11; Stephen transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death, reaching the realm of The Axiom and catching a small glimpse of him), Transcendence & Dimensionless Existence (Non-Dimensional; The Axiom is the very being that created observation, which gave humans the ability to give concepts to the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer, giving things without form, a certain and stable form, with The Axiom existing even beyond this. Humans were also originally formless beings before using their observation to create concepts and Gods such as YHVH who gave them form, limiting their observation), Reality Seperation (Type 4; Exists outside of the entire Megami Tensei Multiverse), Omnipresence (Type 4; The Axiom is a force that binds the universe, existing everywhere and nowhere throughout every existing plane), Avatar Creation (YHVH is a mere avatar of The Axiom), Power Bestowal (Granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe), Fate Manipulation (The Axiom chooses messiahs, in which they are tasked with slaying YHVH through the power the Axiom provides. Further more, this protection allows the messiahs to succeed in battles in which they had no hope of winning previously, be revived if they are defeated in battle, survive events that would have lead to their demise, and unite with individuals that would further progress their journey), Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Created the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, in which any that die return to the Axiom who controls the cycles of life and death, reincarnating all beings anew), Created humanity and gave them Observation, which would give it: (Observation (Varies between Types 2 & 3; Observation users consciously and unconsciously change truths around them creating Gods and demons from myths and rumors), Negation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms. Nanashi and his party's denial of YHVH cast him into a demonic form. Gods and demons exist within a human's observation. Demons that also exist beyond death can be killed by observation users), Negation of Personal Nonexistence (Ayin Physiology; Can kill The White and demons, who naturally exist within the expanse, which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse, a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual, which demons naturally exist in. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, which is a vast, white space), Negation of Incorporeality (Can harm and kill demons, who are beings made of data, that exist in a virtual world, along with being pure information. With even the most basic of objects in the verse existing as data), Negation of Abstract Existence (Type 1; Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in), Negation of Acausality (Causality Immunity; Can harm and kill demons, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, demons such as Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, along into the "real world", demons such as Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void), Negation of Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Observation users such as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, can harm demons with regular guns and swords, even though demons when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry), Negation of Immortality (Ageless, Regenerative Immortality, Life and Death Immunity & Reliance [On Concept]) & Regeneration (True-Godly; It is noted by Lucifer that only a human can kill gods and demons, that when gods and demons try to fight each other the most they can do is seal each other. Permanently killed YHVH. All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence. Along with this, all demons that die return to The Axiom and reincarnate. This allows demons to die and come back in a short timeframe due to their continuous existence from The Axiom and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, The Axiom would still exist within it, allowing demons to regenerate back.), Negation of Dimensionless Existence (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), Negation of Omnipresence (Observation can reduce one into a singular being, when the being was originally one that was everywhere within reality), Negation of Omniscience (Humanity's observation of YHVH defies his words and truths, YHVH is an all-knowing being that sets the fate of the entire world), Irreversible Damage (Nyarlathotep used a spear conjured by humanity's observation of a wound that can never heal to inflict a blow that could not be healed even by the strongest healing magic), Existence Grounding (Observation users can bring a demon or god's existence down to their level, such as when Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms), Power Bestowal (Gods & demons are granted by humans observations of them. To the point that a gods power is based off if humans still remember them. Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers), Power Nullification (Observation allows one to remove one's defenses and strengths along with some of their innate abilities), Reality Warping (Stephen stated that humans have the power to shape the world. Philemon states people have tremendous power in their souls over the flow of reality, with their strong wills being able to change reality), Conceptual Manipulation, Subjective Reality, & Creation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer), Truth Manipulation (Humans have the ability to change the answer they've found into faith, and eventually into truth. Observation debased YHVH's truths, removing him from everyone's mind, killing him), Memory Manipulation (Through the power of observation, the Persona 2 Innocent Sin cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline), Perspective Manipulation (The power of observation allowed humans to change the very design of the Abyss [the Expanse] to what they perceive it as), Statistics Amplification & Resurrection (Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers. Isamu was able to survive a hit from Thor despite being a regular human), Statistics Reduction (Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. One's will and beliefs can lower even a nonexistent entity's (such as The White) stats. Gods powers can be greatly reduced if they're forgotten. Observation allowed Aleph and his party to harm YHVH who stated as they were his creations, there blades cannot harm him, yet they were able to), Resistance to Memory Manipulation (Through the power of observation, the Persona 2 Innocent Sin cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline)).

Resistance to Observation which includes: Observation, Negation, Negation of Null Existence (Type 3), Negation of Incorporeality, Negation of Abstract Existence (Type 1), Negation of Acausality (Causality Immunity), Negation of Invulnerability (Type 2), Negation of Immortality & Regeneration (Types 1, 3, 5 & 8; True-Godly), Negation of Dimensionless Existence (Type 2), Negation of Omnipresence, Negation of Omniscience, Irreversible Damage, Existence Grounding, Power Bestowal, Power Nullification, Reality Warping, Conceptual Manipulation, Subjective Reality, & Creation, Truth Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Perspective Manipulation & Statistics Reduction (The Axiom is a being unaffected by observation, being the one that granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe)

Singular Existence (Stephen is the same person throughout the entire series), Cosmic Intelligence, Cosmic Awareness, Enlightenment (Transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, which allows one to reach Nirvana and become a buddha), Immortality (Type 5; Transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death), Acausality (Causality Immunity; Gained a small glimpse of The Axiom through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration), Transcendence & Reality Separation (Type 4; Gained a small glimpse of The Axiom, reaching his realm, through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration), Dimensional Travel & Time Travel (Able to travel through various parallel worlds, and the only one to travel through various points of time and space), Healing (Completely healed all of Flynn and his demons wounds), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Could salvage the SMT 1 Hero's soul after it was broken from the cycle of reincarnation by YHVH), Link Manipulation (Linked the SMT 1 Hero's soul with Nanashi's), Statistics Amplification (With Luster Candy, boosts all stats. With Smile Charge, induces smirk, the effects of Smirking include maximizing buffs like Tarukaja (boosts attack damage), boosting critical chance of attacks to 95% and 70% for phys and gun respectively, boosting hit rate of normal attacks and physical skills to 100%, removing the unit's weakness and preventing the enemy's critical chance, and boosting evasion rate to 85% against all incoming attacks, but with no changes to ailment infliction chances. With pair production, fully buffs himself by the maximum amount), Statistics Reduction (With deabilitate, drops all stats. With Particle Annihilation, fully debuffs all foes by the maximum amount), Electricity Manipulation (With singularity lightning, severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Ice Manipulation (With singularity hail, severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Fire Manipulation (With singularity hellfire, severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Air Manipulation (With Singularity Vortex, severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Resistance Negation (Attacks such as singularity lightning have a pierce effect pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel), Energy Manipulation (With energy compression, a severe physical attack), Explosion Manipulation, Resistance Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Law Negation (With calamity code, medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe. Almighty damage is done to all foes by producing a large explosion. Modes such as Berserk Mode from Digital Devil Saga 2 gives all of their attacks almighty effect, where it bypasses all resistances.Almighty skills bypasses all barriers and reflectors, invulnerability, and resistances, as putting up barriers to reflect, void, resist, etcetera do not affect almighty attacks. Almighty attacks can even work in and affect reason bearers, who can change the very laws of battle to make attacks not allowed in reality which if they are done then the character is sent straight to hell, showing almighty attacks are beyond even the laws of the universe), Status Effect Inducement (With calamity code, medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe. With singularity brand, a heavy physical attack that inflicts the brand status, a status effect that reduces HP and MP recovery to one point), Durability Negation (With black body radiation, drops all foes remaining HP by half), Power Nullification (With dekunda, removes all stat buffs from allies. With Reboot Code, removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes), Law Manipulation (Risked bending the very will of The Axiom, and ended up bending the immutable laws of the universe to fight the Messiahs), Quantum Manipulation (Shown to have control over wave functions), Data Manipulation/Information Manipulation (With crack code, Stephen cracks and executes a code that removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn), Resistance to Physical Attacks (Naturally resists physical attacks), Gun Attacks (Naturally resists gun attacks), Fire Manipulation (Naturally resists fire elemental attacks), Ice Manipulation (Naturally resists ice elemental attacks), Electricity Manipulation (Naturally resists electric elemental attacks), Air Manipulation (Naturally resists force elemental attacks), Light Manipulation (Naturally resists light elemental attacks), & Darkness Manipulation (Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks), Plot Manipulation (Story Manipulation; Author Authority; Unaffected by YHVH's control over Akarana Corridor a void that transcends time and space that controls the fundamental narrative structure of the multiverse, deciding what's "canon" and what's "retconned", with events from SMT 1 & 2 being included)

Demon Physiology which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Demons can casually rip out a man's throat. They can also casually eat fully grown humans), Sheer Will (Demons are able to survive and withstand attacks that should kill them), Immortality (Ageless; Demons are the descendants of the gods of old. Who are able to do battle for an eternity. Regenerative Immortality; Ouroboros the embodiment of infinity notes that unlike humans who are finite, demons have infinite and endless powers, allowing them to resurrect back infinitely no matter when due to not being made of finite matter. Undead; Many demons tend to be undead beings and humans that die and become ghost become demons. Reliant on Concept; All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence. Reliant on Reincarnation Cycle; Along with this, all demons that die return to The Axiom and reincarnate), Abstract Existence (Type 1; Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in), Dimensionless Existence (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), Personal Nonexistence (Ayin Physioloy; The home of the demons is the expanse, which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse, a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual, which demons naturally exist in. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, which is a vast, white space), Incorporeality (Demons are beings made of data, that exist in a virtual world, along with being pure information. With even the most basic of objects in the verse existing as data. Even if a demon's physical form is lost, their residual MAG can still remain, allowing one to infuse them within one's weapons or objects), Nondualism (Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all together, oneness), Regeneration (True-Godly. All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence. Along with this, all demons that die return to The Axiom and reincarnate. This allows demons to die and come back in a short timeframe due to their continuous existence from The Axiom and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, The Axiom would still exist within it, allowing demons to regenerate back), Acausality (Causality Immunity; Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, demons such as Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, along into the "real world", demons such as Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void), Paradox Existence (Out of Universe and In the Universe; Demons are a race of entities and are at the same time the same entity sharing all one collective hive mind of memories, species will note if they've been captured before even if they're being fought in an area one's never been to or were fused prior, demons such as Forneus and Decarabia talk about an event that happened in Nocturne where Forneus was late to a meeting due to his death from Demi-fiend), Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance, Nutritional Self-Sustenance, & Restful Self-Sustenance; Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep.), Accelerated Development (Level;Physical Stats and Abilities. Demons and Humans are able to grow from battles, allowing them to enhance their level of strength, magic, agility, luck, etcetera. Additionally, they can learn new skills and abilities from battles and further increase their HP and Magic capacity, and get strong enough to the point that they can fight end game tier demons), Reactive Adaptation (Demons as they grow in battle form changes around their body until they transform into a higher level with newer stats and newer abilities to learn), Berserk Mode (Demons enter a state of pure rage and berserk mode during the full moon, being completely irrational and unable to be negotiated with), Precognition (Destiny Perception; Demons have the ability to see into the future, with the likes of Eligor being able to see things to come), Extrasensory Perception (Demons are able to tell who is actually a demon in disguise and who is an actual human. Demons can sense the power of an opponent and compare it to the power they sensed of others.), Corrosion Inducement (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas, completely dissolve objects such as steel chairs, and completely crush humans.), Duplication (Demons can make duplicates of themselves. With them being completely disconnected from the demons, thus killing or defeating the clones in no way affects the original and they can endlessly spawn more), Invisibility & Perception Manipulation (Demons are naturally invisible to humans, and can do actions such as make noises and fight without humans noticing), Quantum Manipulation & Intangibility (Spatial. Demons passively create adecoherence field, that is essentially a special dimension of quantum fluctuation that they exist in, where humans cannot see them), Non-Physical Interaction (Demons can interact with each other and Gods, despite their physiologies and existences), Hell Manipulation (Demons naturally use evil powers from hell), Sealing (Gods and Demons cannot kill each other, thus resulting in them needing to seal each other), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Noted by a soul that demons can eat souls), Empathic Manipulation (Women cannot resist the allure of demons, even if they despised a demon normally, they'd fall mdaly in love with them if they had sex with a demon even once), Size Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (Demons can grow in size to grow strong enough to fight Messiahs), Technology Manipulation (Demons can stop technology from working with their evil powers), Shapeshifting (Demons can shapeshift into humans to trick others), Hacking (Demons can hack into various servers and set up firewalls and "digital traps"), Necromancy (Demons can raise people from the dead and turn them into zombies), Personal Domain & BFR (Demons can pull one into alternate dimensions where coordinates and direction are different. Along with pull entire areas such as mansions into pocket dimensions. High level demons such as fiends can create personal realms to battle people in. Alice created her own personal domain that she could freely control. Demons can also freely teleport people to other locations), Pocket Reality Manipulation (Demons can warp areas into alternate dimensions such as the inside of a school. Once one is in said dimension the demon will keep it's hold into the dimension until it's defeated), Subjective Reality (Demons are able to take the thoughts of people and materialize them into something real), Information Manipulation & Matter Manipulation (Can absorb and consume mangetite, which is an information construct. As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level. As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level), Illusion Creation ("Real" Illusions) & Perception Manipulation (Demons can create mirage realms, that shroud an entire area in mist, with them being able to attack from inside said illusion without being capable of being attacked back, requiring the user to go inside of their illusion to fight them), Velocity Manipulation (When attacks are nullified or avoided, the enemy will forcibly forfeit their turn to move, allowing one to attack sooner, this extends further with absorbing attacks completely ending an opponents turn regardless of how fast they are), Teleportation (Demons are capable of teleporting around usually through manipulating their own Magutushi or Magnetite), Telepathy (Demons are able to speak telepathically to others. Demons such as Aogami speaks telepathically with Nahobino), Power Bestowal (The memories of a demon's techniques can be passed down into weapons), Absorption (Demons can absorb lifeforce and Magutushi out of another. Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world. Demons have the innate ability to absorb the air and earth into their bodies), Healing Negation (Demons can inflict wounds that only spiritual magic can heal), Power Absorption (Demons can absorb the remains of other demons to gain their abilities), Consumption (Demons can consume and devour their enemies to gain power in battle), Dimensional Travel (Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world), Healing (Demons naturally have healing properties, allowing them to heal other people. Demons have shown to heal wounds they create and "seal them away"), Telekinesis (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains), Erasure (Existence Erasure, Conceptual Erasure, & Data Erasure; Demons can kill humans, which in the process erases said beings from memory and existence), Pierce Resistance (Pierce Immunity; Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry.), Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry.), Invulnerability Negation (Demons are capable of harming each other, and are viewed as valuable tools to get past other demons invulnerability), Possession (Demons can possess one’s body), Creation (Demons can create Shikimi no Kage's that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate even from observation users who can negate regeneration and immortality), Resistance Negation (Shikimi no Kage have specific weaknesses that cannot be exploited by Raidou's gun or other things to do with their specific elemental weakness, requiring Raidou to get a demon's elemental magic to affect it), Regeneration Negation (Unknown. Demons can create Shikimi no Kage's that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate even from observation users who can negate regeneration and immortality. Which they themselves can negate the regeneration of), Forcefield Negation (Demons can destroy barriers made to block out humans from entry).

Limited Resistance to Observation (Demons to an extent can resist some humans abilities of observation as shown with them being immune to conventional weaponry and higher-dimensional demons not being able to be percieved by some observation users), Resistance to Cosmic Radiations, Biological Manipulation, & Gravity Manipulation (Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.), Death Manipulation (Demons can naturally exist within the vortex world which kills all humans who enter), Disease Manipulation, Corruption, Data Manipulation, & Petrification (All demons are unaffected by the Cuvier Syndrome, a state where corruptive data came out of the black sun, irreversible petrification), Sealing (Demons naturally have a resistance to sealing if they’re stronger then their target, and their sealing resistance gets amplified during the full moon), Forcefield Creation (Demons can pass through tainted barriers that humans cannot pass through), Elemental Manipulation (Shikimi no Kage have specific weaknesses that cannot be exploited by Raidou's gun or other things to do with their specific elemental weakness, requiring Raidou to get a demon's elemental magic to affect it), Resistance Negation (Demons can create Shikimi no Kage's that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate even from observation users who can negate regeneration and immortality)

Power Bestowal (Demons can grant others their powers and strength), Reality Warping, Space-Time Manipulation & Creation (All powerful and god level demons sustain a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon that is sustained by said demon and destroyed upon their death. Demons such as Morax have created and ruled over their own realms within the Schwarzwelt, and controlled their own sectors, being noted to be the energy source the Strange Journey team were looking for, said energy source is noted to control the entire sector, and be linked to the sector like a magnet. Each sector is a space-time plane layered atop each other, being planes outside of the human worlds local space-time existing in a quantum tunnel, along with being noted as parallel universes and other dimensions overlapping being isolated in time and space by enormous power being connected by quantum tunnels. Demons such as Set with enough Magnetite gathered can merge entire worlds.), Immortality (Life and Death Immunity; Higher tiered demons exist beyond death itself), Sheer Will, Resurrection, & Transformation (Permanent Transformation; Some fiends are born from men that die in competitive sports), Curse Manipulation (Gods such as Anahita can remove curses).

Resistance to Physics Manipulation (A god's divine energy isn’t bound by the laws of physics)

Higher-Dimensional Existence (God Tier demons are higher dimensional beings that cannot be perceived by lower one's Burroughs, requiring them to come down into the lower dimensions for the character to perceive them), Madness Manipulation (God Tier Demons such as Kagutsuchi's light can cause demons to grow more hostile towards others, making it impossible for negotiation and to escape from them. They'll also calm down once a New Phase passes).

Resistance to Erasure (Conceptual Erasure; The strongest and highest level demons can survive Kagutsuchi's light, which can wipe one from existence)

Large Size (Type 10; YHVH's presence is felt everywhere throughout the world, every emotion, concept, and feeling he is there to witness and exists in, noting he's with them every step of the way. Notes that he is existence himself), Omniscience, Freedom of Manifestation (YHVH is a rogue avatar of The Axiom, who tasks Messiahs with killing YHVH due to this), Aura (Noted to have an angelic aura), Transcendence (YHVH is a being who created infinite universes, and exists beyond the very boundaries of time within the multiverse, The multiverse and his manifestation head are infinitesimal in size compared to him, and he exists as an incomprehensible transcendent being overseeing everything in his creation. His universe is a place beyond reality that is more vague and more infinite then anything the cast has seen before which includes areas such as the expanse and Akrana Corridor, and his single manifestation head), Omnipresence (Type 3; YHVH's presence is felt everywhere throughout the world, every emotion, concept, and feeling he is there to witness and exists in, noting he's with them every step of the way. Notes that he is existence himself), Reality Seperation (Type 4; YHVH exists outside of reality within his own realm), Universal Creation (Regarded as the creator of all infinite universes), Immortality (Type 8; His single manifestation heads are a single part of his true self that controls the entire cosmos. All gods are avatars of YHVH, including the likes of Kagutsuchi. As long as people continue to seek his salvation, The Axiom will repeatedly resurrect him), Avatar Creation (His single manifestation heads are a single part of his true self that controls the entire cosmos. All gods are avatars of YHVH, including the likes of Kagutsuchi), Healing (With Mediarahan, fully restores HP), Parallel Existence (All YHVH manifestation heads are a single part of his true self that controls the entire cosmos, with each head having control over a universe), Immortality Negation (Broke the SMT 1 Hero's cycle of reincarnation which is a cycle where one is sent back to The Axiom and resurrected), Darkness Manipulation (Massive dark energy tinged from his massive doors), Sleep Manipulation (Placed Set into a deep slumber until he was needed again), BFR (Type 1; YHVH casted all other Gods into the abyss, along with the likes of Lucifer), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Gave Zayin his soul), Empathic Manipulation (The voice of the lord pacifies those and become his believers and followers and erases hostility from the world), Power Nullification (Can give one a physical form greatly weakening their abilities and restricting their range. His song can negate Mem Aleph into a physical form. Even attempting to say his name will cause a static-like sound as his mere name cannot truly be heard or comprehended. Robbed all other Gods of their knowledge, debasing them into their infinitely weaker states), Transmutation (Dethroned all of the world's old gods, transforming them into demons), Existence Erasure, Information Manipulation, & Conceptual Manipulation (Type 4; The song of the lord negates a demons existence, and returns them back to their pure natural state. Robbed the other gods of their knowledge, debasing them into their infinitely weaker states), Fusionism (Forcibly fused Ashtar and Ishtar in response to his followers turning from his wrath to Ishtar's kindness), Severing (Sundered apart Beezlebub and Bael from each other, putting them in far weaker forms and removing their godhoods), Infinity Manipulation (YHVH embodies and manipulates the concept of infinity), Plot Manipulation (Story Manipulation; Author Authority; As YHVH created and embodies everything, he also created and embodied the Akarana Corridor a void that transcends time and space that controls the fundamental narrative structure of the multiverse, deciding what's "canon" and what's "retconned", with events from SMT 1 & 2 being included), Law Manipulation & Order Manipulation (YHVH is the embodiment of and can manipulate the concept of law and order), Truth Manipulation (Controls truths, and forces all to follow them), Personal Domain & Higher-Dimensional Manipulation (Has a personal realm which is his own universe, which contains brane layers with each layer being linked to a higher dimension, reaching another plane of his universe), Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry) & Illusion Creation (Type 3; YHVH creates illusionary copies of previous bosses and can recreate anyone they've fought), Creation (Is the creator of the universe, can create an infinte amount of Metatron's as he pleases), Fate Manipulation (YHVH is the guidance of all mankind, guiding them through their destiny), Power Bestowal (The likes of Metatron and Satan are under YHVH's protection), Velocity Manipulation (YHVH always strikes first at the beginning of battle regardless of the protagonists speed), Statistics Amplification (With Luster Candy, amplifies all stats. With Smile Charge, induces smirk the effects of Smirking include maximizing buffs like Tarukaja (boosts attack damage), boosting critical chance of attacks to 95% and 70% for phys and gun respectively, boosting hit rate of normal attacks and physical skills to 100%, removing the unit's weakness and preventing the enemy's critical chance, and boosting evasion rate to 85% against all incoming attacks, but with no changes to ailment infliction chances), Statistics Reduction (With Debilitate, decreases all stats), Holy Manipulation (With divine wave, a holy attack), Resistance Negation (His attacks have a piece effect pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel), Ice Manipulation (With Hailstorm of God, heavy ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Fire Manipulation (With Inferno of God, heavy fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Electricity Manipulation (With Lightning of God, heavy elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Air Manipulation (With Tornado of God, heavy force damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Explosion Manipulation, Resistance Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Law Negation (With planned chaos, induces medium almighty damage, Almighty damage is done to all foes by producing a large explosion. Modes such as Berserk Mode from Digital Devil Saga 2 gives all of their attacks almighty effect, where it bypasses all resistances.Almighty skills bypasses all barriers and reflectors, invulnerability, and resistances, as putting up barriers to reflect, void, resist, etcetera do not affect almighty attacks. Almighty attacks can even work in and affect reason bearers, who can change the very laws of battle to make attacks not allowed in reality which if they are done then the character is sent straight to hell, showing almighty attacks are beyond even the laws of the universe), Status Effect Inducement (With planned chaos, medium almighty damage that inflicts charm/bind/panic to a foe), Durability Negation (With Miracle, instantly reduces foes HP to 1, and greatly reduces their MP), Paralysis Inducement (YHVH's glare can freeze one in place), Power Nullification (Can inflict mute on all party members, making them unable to use abilities along with decreasing their stats. With Divine Harmony, removes all buffs, debuffs, and other effects (smirk, charge, Doping) on all foes), Death Manipulation (With Mouth of God, an almighty-type attack that can induce instant kill), Fear Manipulation (With Authorative Stance, instills an authorative aura on the user, removing 3 of their press turns), Resistance to Physical Attacks (Naturally resists physical attacks), Gun Attacks (Naturally resists gun attacks), Fire Manipulation (Naturally resists fire elemental attacks), Ice Manipulation (Naturally resists ice elemental attacks), Electricity Manipulation (Naturally resists electric elemental attacks), Air Manipulation (Naturally resists force elemental attacks), Light Manipulation (Naturally resists light elemental attacks), & Darkness Manipulation (Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks)

All previous powers and abilities to a lesser extent due to being reduced to a weaker state with the exception of Omnipresence, Immortality, etcetera. Infinity Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (With Infinite Power, can buff all of his statistics and give himself the smirk status), Black Hole (With black hole, creates a black hole that steals MP), Resistance to Physical Attacks (Naturally resists physical attacks), Gun Attacks (Naturally resists gun attacks), Fire Manipulation (Naturally resists fire elemental attacks), Ice Manipulation (Naturally resists ice elemental attacks), Electricity Manipulation (Naturally resists electric elemental attacks), Air Manipulation (Naturally resists force elemental attacks), Light Manipulation (Naturally resists light elemental attacks), & Darkness Manipulation (Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks)

Absorption (Clarion absorbed all of the poisoned MAG from Behemoth), Light Manipulation (Appeared as light so bright Gotou thought it was sunlight), Possession (Possessed Abe Seimei), Fear Manipulation & Aura (His mere appearance and aura caused a primal terror that shook Goutou and Raidou's souls), Body Control (Could freely control his body to look like a head, when in reality he was a giant tentacle monster), Telekinesis (Telekinetically controlled a myriad of meteors to attack the captial), Fusionism (Was going to fuse and become one with the planet earth), Resistance to Extreme Heats (Hid behind the sun without any heat)

Creation, Space-Time Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Concept Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Transmutation, Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Explosion Manipulation and Reality Warping (As the name implies, the Conception's purpose is to bring forth a new world, with new laws determined by a Reason. The Conception is set in motion by Hikawa, who strives to create a world of perfect stillness. After being set in motion, everyone outside of the hospital is killed instantly and turned into Magatsuhi or souls. Tokyo is uprooted and twisted into a spherical world known as Vortex World. His power shapes and defines the laws of reality within a given universe and can remake them in the image of a specific philosophy should he so desire), Holy Manipulation (Is an avatar of YHVH), Chaos Manipulation & Summoning (Through the Conception, it spread chaos throughout the world and summoned demons as a result. There are many high leveled demons encounter in the Tower of Kagutsuchi), Fate Manipulation & Empowerment (Selected a few to survive the conception, a multiversal nuke, among these being Demi-fiend of which Kagutsuchi guides and allows him to survive circumstances that would have ended his journey or put a hinderance on. Stated to be destiny and the truth. Capable of empowering those who hold a reason, including Gods fused with humans, to contend with Demi-fiend), Limited Probability Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (Kagutsuchi's phases affect the probability of obtaining item of higher value from any mystic treasure chest. Full phase guarantees rarer item, while new phase does the exact opposite. Slight modifier of all damage dealt in battle, the fuller the higher, and vice versa. Activator of skills such as Bright Might, Dark Might, and Dark Pledge. Several puzzles and locations in the game require the use of the Kagutsuchi phase, as well), Telepathy (Able to read what's inside people's heart), Causality Manipulation (Erased the Sangai, the past, present and future of the universe, in order to construct the Vortex World in its foundations, while keeping select few lifeforms of his choosing alive even under those conditions), Existence Erasure (Type 3; Threatened to wipe Demi-fiend out of existence with his light), Resurrection (Able to bring back everyone that previously died back to life in the Freedom ending), Transformation (After taking hits in his first phase, he will transition to his second phase), Abstract Existence and Incorporeality (Type 1; Exist as the source to creation. Is said to be "destiny" and the "truth" although this most likely just him monologuing or in reference to the Great Will), Power Bestowal (Can grant users the ability to create a new world from their own vision), Omnipresence (Type 2; Exist throughout all of Time and Space and the infinite universes that exist within the Amala universe), Mind Manipulation & Madness Manipulation (Kagutsuchi's light can cause demons to grow more hostile towards others, making it impossible for negotiation and to escape from them. They'll also calm down once a New Phase passes), Cosmic Awareness (Oversees all of creation), Immortality (Type 9; Has infinite versions of himself that share the same consciousness), Acausality (Causality Immunity; Demons, despite being created by observation, existed prior to creation and are unbounded by it as they are not affected by the destruction of the Multiverse. Furthermore, they exist in the Expanse, a higher plane of existence that transcends past, present, and future with demons such as Ishtar being able to exist outside of both realities of SMT and Persona), Fusionism (Merged the Demon World and the Divine World into the remnants of the human realm to create the Vortex World), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with demons, which are formless abstract entities made of data. Should scale to Flynn, who can strike down formless, nonexistent entities such as The White), Illusion Negation (During one of Kagutsuchi's phase, it'll expose Ongyo-Ki from his illusions during his boss fight), Resistance Manipulation (Can erase demons from existence once they are defeated in battle, which already naturally resist these effects), Magic & Elemental Manipulation which includes: Fire Manipulation (via Maragidyne, which deals heavy fire damage to all foes), Ice Manipulation (via Mabufudyne, which deals heavy ice damage to all foes with a 15% chance to freeze all foes), Electricity Manipulation (via Maziodyne, which deals heavy electric damage with a 15% chance to shock all foes), Air Manipulation (via Mazandyne. Deals "force" (wind) damage to all foes), Explosion Manipulation, Law negation, Resistance Manipulation & Power Nullification (via Megidola. Which deals heavy Almighty damage to all foes by producing a large explosion.Almighty skills bypasses all barriers and reflectors, invulnerability, and resistances, as putting up barriers to reflect, void, resist, etcetera do not affect almighty attacks. Almighty attacks can even work in and affect reason bearers, who can change the very laws of battle to make attacks not allowed in reality which if they are done then the character is sent straight to hell, showing almighty attacks are beyond even the laws of the universe), Purification (via Dekunda, which removes all debuffs from all allies), Stat Nullification (via Dekaja, which removes all stat buffs on all foes), Time Manipulation (via Phase Shift, which shifts Kagutsuchi phase forward by 2 instantly), Evasion Negation & Light Manipulation (via Vast light and Infinte light. Overwhelms the characters with a glorious beam of light that deals Mega almighty damage to all foes. Undodgeable and costs 2 turn icons), Fear Manipulation (via Dragon Eye. a simailar ability to Beast eye, this skill grants user's team four blinking turn icons allowing them to perform any actions with the opponent forced to wait and unable to do anything until they use up their turns)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

• Mediarahan: Restores all HP.
• Agidyne: Massive fire damage.
• Ziodyne: Massive electric damage.
• Megido: Medium Almighty damage to all foes.
• Megidolaon: Heavy Almighty damage to all foes.
• Dekaja: Removes all buffs, all foes.
• Rikaja: Removes all debuffs, all allies.
• Maragidyne: Massive Fire damage (all enemies).
• Bufudyne: Massive Ice damage (2-4 enemies).
• Maziodyne: Massive Elec damage (all enemies).
• Divine Wave: Heavy phys damage to one foe.
• Inferno of God: Heavy fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Hailstorm of God: Heavy ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Lightning of God: Heavy elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Tornado of God: Heavy force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Mouth of God: May instantly kill one foe. Almighty-type.
• Planned Chaos: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
• Miracle: Drops all foes' HP to 1. Almighty-type.
• Luster Candy: Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
• Debilitate: Debuffs all foes' attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
• Divine Harmony: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and other effects (smirk, charge, Doping) on all foes.
• Authoritative Stance: Removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn.
• Smile Charge: Bestows the user with smirk. Cannot be used if the user has ailment(s).
• Holy Stigmata: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of Brand.

• Crush: Severe physical damage to one foe.
• Rampage: 6-8 hits of medium physical damage to multiple foes.
• Inferno of God: Heavy fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Hailstorm of God: Heavy ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Lightning of God: Heavy elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Tornado of God: Heavy force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Mouth of God: May instantly kill one foe. Almighty-type.
• Black Hole: Forms a black hole that steals MP from all foes.
• Supernova: Severe almighty damage to all foes.
• Infinite Power: Fully buffs (+3) self and gains smirk.
• Unending Curse: Fully debuffs (-3) all foes, chance of Mute.
• Planned Chaos: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
• Miracle: Drops all foes' HP to 1. Almighty-type.
• Luster Candy: Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
• Debilitate: Debuffs all foes' attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
• Divine Harmony: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and other effects (smirk, charge, Doping) on all foes.
• Authoritative Stance: Removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn.
• Smile Charge: Bestows the user with smirk. Cannot be used if the user has ailment(s).
• Holy Stigmata: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of Brand.

• Unlike the rest of the battles, Kagutsuchi Phase is shifting automatically by 2 every turn. It can further push forward with the skill "Phase Shift."
• Kagutsuchi's regular Attack is Almighty element.
• Kagutsuchi's defense is tied to its Phase. All damage taken receives the following modifiers based on the Phase:

• Full: 50% damage
• 6/8: 75% damage
• Half: 100% damage
• 2/8: 150% damage
• New: 200% damage

Race Level HP MP Strength 30 Magic 34 Vitality 29 Agility 18 Luck 15 Light 85 20,000 7,000 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak - - Expel/Death/Ailments - - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Maragidyne 25 MP Heavy fire damage to all foes. Mabufudyne 25 MP Heavy ice damage and 15% freeze to all foes. Maziodyne 25 MP Heavy electric damage and 15% shock to all foes. Mazandyne 25 MP Heavy force damage to all foes. Megidola 37 MP Heavy almighty damage to all foes. Dekunda 10 MP Removes all debuffs from all allies. Dekaja 10 MP Removes all buffs from all foes. Phase Shift none Shifts Kagutsuchi phase forward by 2 instantly. Vast Light none Mega almighty damage to all foes. Undodgeable and costs 2 turn icons. Only executable during full Kagutsuchi phase.

• Kagutsuchi Phase is permanently fixed at Full during this battle, and it takes normal damage from all attacks.
• Kagutsuchi's regular Attack is Almighty element, and will hit all foes in a similar manner to the Attack All passive skill.

Race Level HP MP Strength 30 Magic 30 Vitality 30 Agility 1 Luck 1 Light 90 40,000 10,000 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak - - Expel/Death/Ailments - - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Maragidyne 25 MP Heavy fire damage to all foes. Mabufudyne 25 MP Heavy ice damage and 15% freeze to all foes. Maziodyne 25 MP Heavy electric damage and 15% shock to all foes. Mazandyne 25 MP Heavy force damage to all foes. Megidola 37 MP Heavy almighty damage to all foes. Dekunda 10 MP Removes all debuffs from all allies. Dragon Eye 1 MP Grants user's team four blinking turn icons. (Enemy-only) Infinite Light none Severe almighty damage to all foes. Undodgeable and costs 2 turn icons.

• Energy Compression: Severe physical damage to one foe.
• Singularity Brand: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of brand.
• Singularity Hellfire: Severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Singularity Hail: Severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Singularity Lightning: Severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Singularity Vortex: Severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
• Calamity Code: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
• Black Body Radiation: Drops all foes remaining HP by half. Almighty-type.
• Smile Charge: Bestows the user with smirk. Cannot be used if the user has ailment(s).
• Luster Candy: Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
• Debilitate: Debuffs all foes' attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
• Dekunda: Negates all stat debuffs from all allies.
• Reboot Code: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes.

Energy Compression: Severe physical damage to one foe.

Convergence: 8 hits of heavy physical damage to multiple foes.

Singularity Brand: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of brand.

Singularity Hellfire: Severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.

Singularity Hail: Severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.

Singularity Lightning: Severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.

Singularity Vortex: Severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.

Calamity Code: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.

Black Body Radiation: Drops all foes remaining HP by half. Almighty-type.

Black Hole: Steals MP from all foes.

Wave Function: Severe almighty damage to all foes.

Singularity Wave: Incredibly severe almighty damage to one foe.

Particle Annihilation: Fully debuffs (-3) all foes.

Pair Production: Fully buffs (+3) self and gains smirk.

Reboot Code: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes.

Crack Code: Removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn.

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Other

Standard Tactics: The Axiom has shown to never directly interfere himself, and rather creates Messiahs to stop the foes in question, regardless of what the Messiah does to the world, their mission will be completed.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Explanations

The following is an explanation of the various status effects of Megami Tensei

Status Effects

Name Effect Apperances Freeze Prevents any action in battle. Usually caused by Ice skills and generally only lasts for one turn. In later games, attacking a frozen enemy is guaranteed to cause a critical hit. Most Megami Tensei Games Shock Prevents any action in battle. Usually caused by Electricity skills and generally only lasts for one turn. In later games, attacking a shocked enemy is guaranteed to cause a critical hit. Most Megami Tensei Games Poison Depletes health at the end of each turn, often persisting on the field. Most Megami Tensei Games Paralyze Paralyzed characters are unable to move. Unlike Shock, this often persists for more than one turn. Most Megami Tensei Games Stun Stunned characters have lowered agility and defense. Most Megami Tensei Games Confused Confused characters become indecisive and may either attack a random enemy, do nothing or flee in a panic. Most Megami Tensei Games Charm Character begins attacking their own allies or cast healing spells on the enemies. Most Megami Tensei Games Stone Prevents the target from moving. This persists even on the field and is treated as similar to being dead. In most games, if the protagonist is petrified, it triggers a game over. In some games, Force spells will shatter a petrified opponent. Most Megami Tensei Games Sleep Prevents any action in battle. Character loses a turn. In some games, sleeping characters restore some of their HP and MP. Most Megami Tensei Games KO Can no longer participate in battle. In most games, if the protagonist dies, it is game over. Can only be recovered with Recarm spells. Most Megami Tensei Games Bind Prevents any action from a unit. In Persona Q and Persona Q2, Binds are spilt into three different subsets that stop specific actions. Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis Megami Ibunroku Persona Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Persona Q Persona Q2 Bomb Bomb is implanted in party member. When those inflicted with this status are hit, they explode, dealing damage to the entire party. Defending will prevent damage. In the Devil Children series, only the character inflicted with Bomb is hurt when hit by Fire attacks. Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Devil Children series Happy Overjoyed and may not attack. Shin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Megami Ibunroku Persona Devil Children series Rage Attack is increased, but the afflicted will attack anyone other than themselves as if they were Charmed. In the Persona series, Rage lowers the afflicted's defense and agility. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Persona 3 Persona 4 Persona 5 Down Character may get their turn skipped and they take more damage. Overlaps with other ailments. Persona 3 Persona 4 Persona 5 Hungry Hungry characters will become indecisive. On their turn, they will either not take action and receive a small amount of Almighty damage or attack an ally. DDS: Avatar Tuner Persona 5 Sick Capacity (how much the character can carry) is doubled. Shin Megami Tensei NINE Fly Renders the target 200% vulnerable to all affinities and reduces all their stats except Ag to 1. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Sick Reduces affected character's outgoing damage by 25%, its evasion to 0 and increases damage taken by 25%. At the end of a turn with a party holding this character, there's a 5% chance that another character will be infected. Shin Megami Tensei IV Lost Flynn cannot summon or fuse the affected demon and is forced to reunite with said demon through an encounter. Shin Megami Tensei IV Brand DLC only. Reduces HP and MP recovery to 1 point. Can't be cured. Shin Megami Tensei IV Sick Reduces affected character's outgoing damage by 25%, its evasion to 0 and increases damage taken by 25%. At the end of the party's turn or an individual party member's turn, if a party member is afflicted, there is a 5% chance that another party member will be infected. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalpyse Lost Nanashi cannot summon or fuse the affected demon and is forced to reunite with said demon through an encounter. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalpyse Brand Reduces HP and MP recovery to 1 point. Can't be cured, but wears off randomly or automatically after battle. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalpyse Close Prevents a unit from using their magic. Represented by kissing and hearts when inflicted by skills. Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis Mirror Affected character cannot move, takes increased damage from physical attacks but reflects all magic. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Card Affected character cannot move, takes increased damage from Fire attacks, and decreased damage from physical attacks. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Bat Affected character steals HP from allies outside of battle. Can spread to allies. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Plague Stronger version of Poison that deals more damage. Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Dance Affected character cannot move. Evasion is increased. Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Tipsy Affected character may take a random action Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Drunk Affected character performs random actions Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku High Provides bonuses to all actions, but they also become random. Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Guilt Randomly-selected actions cannot be performed. Megami Ibunroku Persona Blind Hit rate and evasion dropped. Megami Ibunroku Persona Sick Loses HP at the end of the turn and when walking around. Works like Poison, but Sick is considered a different ailment in-game. Megami Ibunroku Persona Cloak Cannot be directly targeted by single-target attacks. Defense lowered and cannot summon Persona. Megami Ibunroku Persona Puppet Allows controlling a K.O-ed ally. Puppet can attack and use items, but cannot summon Persona. Megami Ibunroku Persona Beast Buffs all stats. Amount varies depending on the current moon phase. Megami Ibunroku Persona Illusion When a character is in the illusion status effect, his/her hit rate will decrease significantly. Persona 2 Possession Possession occurs when the demon inhibits the characters body. When a possessed character summons a persona, there's a high chance that the possessed character will attack instead. Persona 2 Despair Drains SP every turn, cannot move. Dies/Faints after 3 turns have passed. Persona 5 / Royal Rattled Cannot move, damage taken increased. Persona 5 / Royal Artist's Grace Inflict weaknesses to all affinities. Persona 5 / Royal Lust Affected targets may lose a turn. Persona 5 / Royal Wrath Affected targets have their attack raised sharply, but their defense decreased sharply for a turn. Allows free action. Persona 5 / Royal Envy Affected Targets may attack random party members with weapons when a support skill is used on anyone but the envied target for a turn. Persona 5 / Royal Ache After a successful hunt, the character that just ate might get affected by a stomach ache. Occasionally inflicted as a side effect from eating a Moldy Roll. This prevents the character from gaining any AP after the battle. Allies also won't get any AP from the consumed monster, if AP sharing skills are set. Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner Bat Reduces all stats and makes the affected character weak to Force. Wears off over time or when battle ends. Does not override passive skills that affect Force resistance. Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner Egg When the team holding the affected character has their next turn, the affected character takes a large amount of Almighty damage and a Maggot is summoned next to them. Devil Survivor

Battle Records

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