Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster: Fusion Route & Level Route (Maniax Normal Mode) – How to beat the bosses without a grind

• 2-18: Ma (19 base, learn Tornado over Tarunda on Mantra roof)
• 19-21: Vit (5 base, learn Fire Boost over Ice Boost from Berith)
• 22: Ma (20 base, learn Force Boost over Mana Bonus from Kaiwans)
• 23: Ag (3 base, Ose/walk to prison)
• 24: Ma (21 base, learn War Cry over Life Bonus in Kabukicho)
• 25-36: St (15 base w/ incense, remove Counter @ Hell Biker)
• 37-40: Ma (26 base w/ incense, after Skadi)
• 41-44: St (Aciel, Albion, Futomimi, Trumpeter)
• 45,46: Ag (from Surt, Mada, Mot. need base 5 by Mithra so you can outspeed Arahabaki with Anathema on)
• 47-59: St, (33 base just in time for the end with St Incense from Beelzebub)

• 2 Lunge
• 3 Analyze
• 5 Life Bonus
• 7 Ice Breath
• 8 Dia
• 9 Fire Breath
• 10 Berserk
• 11 Mana Bonus
• 12 Fast Retreat (over Analyze)
• 13 Tarunda (over Berserk)
• 15 Ice Boost (over Lunge)
• 18 Tornado (over Tarunda)
• 19 Media (over Dia)
• 20 Fire Boost (over Ice Boost)
• 21 Heat Wave (over Ice Breath)
• 22 Force Boost (over Mana Bonus)
• 23 give up Berserk/Counter
• 24 War Cry (over Life Bonus)
• 26 give up Counter/Narukami skill
• 27 give up Counter/Narukami skill
• 28 Mana Drain (over Fire Boost)
• 31 learn Focus and Mind’s Eye over Heat Wave and Fire Breath
• 33 give up Wild Dance
• 35 Rakunda (over Mana Drain)
• 36 give up Counter/Narukami skill/Might
• 37 Taunt (over Rakunda)
• 39 give up Violet Flash and Anti-Expel
• 41 Divine Shot (over Media)
• 42 give up Anti-Elec
• 43 give up Tarukaja
• 45 give up Blight
• 46 master Shiranui
• 47 master Iyomante
• 48 optional: Void Force over Force Boost
• 50 Void Ice (over Void/Force/Boost)
• 51 give up Blight/Counter if you haven’t yet, can learn Life Gain over Taunt if you want for slower+safer Beelzebub
• 52 master Narukami for swag
• 53 Glacial Blast (over Tornado)
• 54 Life Gain (over Taunt)
• 55 Iron Claw (over Divine Shot)
• 57 Endure (over Mind’s Eye)
• 58 Pierce (over Glacial Blast)
• 59 Sukukaja/Fog Breath (over Fast Retreat) (Vimana cut: learn Iron Claw over Divine Shot)

Shinjuku Medical Center

• Recruit Pixie (Don’t allow to evolve)
• Recruit Shikigami
• Recruit Kodama
• Recruit Will’O (Learn Riberama & Makakaja)
• Recruit Hua Po (Can be after Forenus)

Boss: Forneus
Party: Kodama, Shikigami, MC, Pixie
Pass with Kodama then alternate Zio with Attack

• Party should be Hua Po/Shikigami/Pixie
• Using Hua Po you can pester solo Erthys/Aeros. Give them anything except a Chakra Drop. You want a Megido Rock but it’s a rare gift. You need at least 1 Mazio rock which you should have got from SMC garden

Amala Network

Boss: Specter 1
Party:Hua Po, MC (Shiranui), Shikigami, Pixie

• T1: Prio getting Sukunda and Rakunda cast, pass if you have to
• T2: Prio getting Sukunda and Rakunda cast, pass if you have to, use a Mazan Rock
• T3: Megido Rock, attack them down to 1 Spectre left
• T4: Auto

Ginza

• Recruit Jack Frost
• Lilim is a rare encounter and doesn’t appear in the fountain room, but use Pester on her, she will probably give you a Magic Mirror to make Matador easier
  Level Hua Po to east least level 9 to learn Rakukaja

Boss: Troll
Party: Hua Po, Shikigami, MC (Wadatsumi), Pixie
T1: Sukunda & Sexy Gaze and the boss will be perma stunned, you should win before Hua Po runs out of MP. Sexy Gaze can miss without Sukunda. You won’t have a good time.

• If you don’t have Jack Frost yet, use Riberama in Ginza to recruit.

Save before Fusions, fusion accident chance is said to be 1/256.

• Fuse: Pixie x Willy = Preta (passing Makakaja & Riberama for compendium, make sure to record)
  Fuse: Jack Frost x Preta = Lilim (Sukukaja and Dark Might)

• Note: Where possible you should take all your fights on NEW phases of Kagutsuchi, this will give the lowest modifier of damage dealt and it’ll activate skills such as Dark Might which will guarantee crits
• Note: Agility ties are broken by whoever appears higher in your list of characters. MC has to be the first character so he will always win ties. Rearrange your demons to customise your turn order, you probably have a lot with 6 agility.

Ginza Underpass

Boss: Matador
Party: Lilim, MC (Hifumi), Hua Po, Shikigami – Try to get MC and Hua Po 1st/3rd or 2nd/4th

• The first real road block, you need to get 4x Sukukaja and 4x Rakukaja first, and then 2x Sukunda and 2x Tarukaja
• Use MCs Dia to keep your demons alive, priority is Lilim > Hua Po > Shikigami. MC is basically invincible until phase 2 due to immunity to Mazan
• Lilim can start attacking after using 4 Sukukaja
• MC can use Sukunda to allow extra Tarukaja from Shikigami

• Don’t use Sukunda a 4th time or Matador will use Red Capote again
• If Hua Po gained a point of Magic, she will have 48 max MP, otherwise use a Chakra Drop.

Ikebukuro

• Summon from Compendium: Jack Frost, Pixie, Willy
• Fuse: Kodama x Willy = Datsue-Ba
• Fuse: Datsue-Ba x Shikigami = Inugami (Tarukaja)
• Fuse: Jack Frost x Pixie = Aeros (Dark Might, Bufu)
• Summon from Compendium: Pixie, Willy
• Fuse: Hua Po x Willy = Datsue-Ba (Rakukaja)
• Fuse: Datsue-Ba x Pixie = Choronzon (Rakukaja)

Boss rush inside Ikebukuro, you can cancel out of the fight and run around to return the Kagutsuchi to New, you need this for the guaranteed crits and to change Magatama between fights

Boss:Orthrus
Party: Aeros, Choronzon, MC (Shiranui), Inugami
Should be auto-able

Boss: Yaksini
Party: Aeros, Lilim, MC (Hifumi), Inugami

• If it’s NEW Kagutsuchi, this guarantees a crit plus an extra turn with with Aeros & Lilims Dark Might empowered basic attacks
• T1: Dark Might, Rakunda, Mazio Rock, Auto, Ice Breath
• T2: Dark Might, Dark Might, Dia (if needed), Attack, Dark Might, Dark Might,
• T3: Auto + Ice Breath

Boss:Thor
Party:Aeros, Lilim, Inugami, MC (Iyomante)

• T1: pass, Sukukaja, pass, Tarunda, Dark Might, Dark Might, Tarukaja, Tarunda
• T2: Dark Might, Dark Might, Tarukaja, Tarunda/Dia (x2)
• T3: Rakunda, Dark Might, Tarukaja, Dia, Dark Might, Rakunda
• T4: Rakunda, Dark Might, Attack, Dia, Dia
• T5: auto
• Try to do 1000 damage all at once using Feral Bite to skip phase 2.

• Save & Fuse time
• Record Lilim with Sukukaja and Dark Might
• Summon from Compendium: Hua Po, Shikigami
• Fuse: Lilim x Hua Po = Blob (Sukukaja, Rakunda optional but I highly recommend) – If you overleveled Lilim you can pass a 3rd ability, I recommend Dark Might

• Return to Ginza Underpass and use Beseech with Shikigami on an Isora to easily recruit. If you recorded a high level Shikigami in the compendium you’ll have to recruit normally

Ikebukuro

Boss:Dante
Party:Inugami, MC (Kamudo), Blob, Choronzon

• T1: Tarukaja, pass, Sukukaja, Rakukaja, Tarukaja
• T2+3: Tarukaja, Dia, Sukukaja, Rakukaja
• T4: pass, Chakra Drop Choronzon, Sukukaja, Rakukaja, pass, Chakra Drop Blob
• After 900 damage Dante goes into phase 2. He’ll start using Provoke and dealing a lot of damage.
• Start using Rakunda and kill him before he kills you
• Example: pass, Rakunda, Rakunda, pass, Feral Bite, Rakunda

• Go back and Heal & save
• Summon from Compendium: Pixie, Preta
• Fuse: Pixie x Preta = Lilim (Makakaja)
• Fuse: Lilim x Shikigami -> Take-Minakata (Makakaja & Zio)
• If you are high enough level on MC you can fuse Archangel
• Summon from Compendium: Lilim
• Fuse: Isora x Lilim = Archangel (Rakunda, Dark Might)
• Pick 3rd option in audience with Gozu-Tennoh
• If you weren’t level 18 before climbing to the top of Mantra Headquarters fuse Archangel now

Assembly of Nihilo

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