Persona 5 Strikers - False God Demiurge Final Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat False God Demiurge in Persona 5 Strikers

False God Demiurge is the seventh and final boss enemy the Phantom Thieves must defeat in Persona 5 Strikers (or Persona 5 Scramble). Demiurge is the ultimate form of the EMMA application after becoming sentient and being able to merge real-world cognition with the Metaverse. The boss is encountered at the Tree of Knowledge, a Metaverse version of Tokyo Tower.

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False God Demiurge Information

Here is a breakdown of the boss’ stats, strengths and weaknesses, and skills:

False God Demiurge First Form Stats

HP	21,600 (Main Story) and 25,920 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	8
Target Date	August 28th (8/28)
Recommended Level	Level 70 or higher (Main Story), Level 70 or higher (Painful Past), and Level 75 or higher (Painful Past+)
Recommended Party Members	Joker, Skull, Sophie, and Wolf

Sephirah Group A Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story) and 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4
Target Date	August 28th (8/28)
Recommended Level	Level 70 or higher (Main Story), Level 70 or higher (Painful Past), and Level 75 or higher (Painful Past+)
Recommended Party Members	Panther, Fox, and Queen

Sephirah Group B Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story) and 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4
Target Date	August 28th (8/28)
Recommended Level	Level 70 or higher (Main Story), Level 70 or higher (Painful Past), and Level 75 or higher (Painful Past+)
Recommended Party Members	Skull, Noir, and Sophie

False God Demiurge Second Form Stats

HP	?
Stagger Gauge	8
Target Date	August 28th (8/28)
Recommended Level	Level 70 or higher (Main Story), Level 70 or higher (Painful Past), andLevel 75 or higher (Painful Past+)
Recommended Party Members	Joker, Mona, and Wolf
EXP Rewards	? exp (Main Story), 14,000 exp (Painful Past Request), and 20,000 exp (Painful Past Request+)
Yen Rewards	? yen (Main Story), 58,240 yen (Painful Past Request), and 78,000 yen (Painful Past Request+)

False God Demiurge First Form Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
					Technical
Strong	Strong	Weak	Weak	–	–

False God Demiurge Second Form Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
					Technical
Strong	Strong	Weak	Weak	–	–

False God Demiurge First Form Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Light of Judgement	Fires five laser beams from horizontal or vertical directions.
Homing Beam	Fires a flurry of homing lasers.
Arrows of Light	False God Demiurge raises the panel she holds, firing a series of light projectiles from above that covers the whole section of the ground.
Enclosing Wings	False God Demiurge traps the party with her wings before firing a series of arrows that cover the whole panel. Attack is stopped if wings sustained enough damage.

False God Demiurge Second Form Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Maragidyne	Heavy Fire damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Burn.
Mabufudyne	Heavy Ice damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Freeze.
Magarudyne	Heavy Wind damage to a wide range. Technical damage: Burn.
Maziodyne	Heavy Electric damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Shock.
Makougaon	Heavy Bless damage to a wide range.
Maeigaon	Heavy Curse damage to a wide range.
Megidolaon	Severe Almighty damage to a wide range.
Scepter Strike	False God Demiurge lunges her scepter to the front 3 times.
Scepter Swipe	False God Demiurge bashes the ground with her scepter, before swiping it.
Thunder of Cleansing	False God Demiurge holds the panel on her hand upfront, before firing a massive beam that homes around the player’s direction, starting from where the player is standing at. Run in circles across the boss room to dodge this attack.

Source(s): Megami Tensei Wiki

Sephirah Group A Information

Here are the breakdown of the mini-bosses’ stats, strengths and weaknesses, and skills:

Geburah Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Chokmah Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Kether Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Chesed Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Binah Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Geburah Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	Weak	Null	Resist	–
					Technical
–	–	–	–	–	–

Chokmah Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	Null	Weak	Resist	–
					Technical
–	–	–	–	–	–

Kether Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	–	Resist	–	–
					Technical
Null	Weak	–	–	–	–

Chesed Strength and Weaknesses

Resist	Weak	Strong	–	–	–
					Technical
–	–	–	–	–	–

Binah Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	Strong	–	Null	Weak
					Technical
–	–	–	–	–	–

Geburah Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Mabufudyne	Heavy Ice damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Freeze.

Chokmah Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Maragidyne	Heavy Fire damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Burn.

Kether Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Summon Apostle Alpha	Summon Multi-Arms Lock Keeper.

Chesed Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Mediarama	Restore Medium amount of HP of party.

Binah Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Maziodyne	Heavy Electric damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Shock.

Source(s): Megami Tensei Wiki

Sephirah Group B Information

Here are the breakdown of the mini-bosses’ stats, strengths and weaknesses, and skills:

Tifaret Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Netzach Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Malkuth Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Yesod Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Hod Stats

HP	3,000 (Main Story), 3,600 (Painful Past Request)
Stagger Gauge	4

Tifaret Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	–	–	Weak	Null
					Technical
–	–	Strong	–	–	–

Netzach Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	–	–	–	–
					Technical
Weak	Null	–	Strong	–	–

Malkuth Strength and Weaknesses

–	Null	–	–	–	–
					Technical
Resist	–	Weak	–	–	–

Yesod Strength and Weaknesses

–	–	–	–	–	–
					Technical
–	–	Null	Null	–	–

Hod Strength and Weaknesses

–	Resist	–	–	–	–
					Technical
–	Resist	–	–	–	–

Tifaret Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Magarudyne	Heavy Wind damage to a wide range. Technical damage: Burn.

Netzach Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Dash Attack	Netzach charges in a straight line, across the room.

Malkuth Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Summon Apostle Beta	Summon waves of lesser shadows.

Yesod Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Makougaon	Heavy Bless damage to a wide range.
Maeigaon	Heavy Curse damage to a wide range.

Hod Skills

Skill	Skill Effect
Megidolaon	Severe Almighty damage to a wide range.

Source(s): Megami Tensei Wiki

False God Demiurge Party Builds

Here is our recommended party member setup against the boss and mini-bosses:

First Phase: False God Demiurge First Form

For Demiurge First Form, we suggest a team consisting of Joker, Skull, Sophie, and Wolf. You can switch Skull with other party members if you want to.

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Eigaon or Maeigaon (Curse), Kougaon or Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Curse from Arsene and Bless skills from other Personas obtained or fused. Can also play the role of healer, buff caster, and debuff caster.
		Recovery: Diarahan or Mediarahan, Samercarm, Amrita Shower
		Buff: Matarukaja, Marakukaja, Masukukaja, Heat Riser, Charge, Concentrate
		Debuff: Debilitate
Skull	Captain Kidd	Damage: Agneyastra or God’s Hand (Phys), Maziodyne (Elec)	Has access to Physical and Electricity skills that that Demiurge does not have resistances against. Can use a buff skill like Charge and a buff support skill like Tarukaja to increase an ally’s attack power in battle.
		Buff: Tarukaja or Matarukaja, Charge
Sophie	Pandora	Damage: Kougaon or Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Bless skills which Demiurge is weak against. Can use healing and a debuff skill like Rakunda to reduce the enemy defense power.
		Recovery: Diarahan or Mediarahan, Samarecarm
		Debuff: Rakunda or Marakunda, Tetraja
Wolf	Valjean	Damage: Deathbound (Phys), One-shot Kill or Agneyastra (Gun), Megidolaon (Almighty)	Has access to Physical, Gun, and Almighty skills that Demiurge does not have resistances against. Can use buff skills like Heat Riser to fully buff an ally in battle and a debuff skill like Dekaja to remove enemy buffs.
		Buff: Heat Riser
		Debuff: Dekaja, Tetraja, Debilitate

Second Phase: Sephirah Group A

For Sephirah Group A, we suggest a team consisting of Panther, Fox, and Queen.

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Panther	Carmen	Damage: Agidyne or Maragidyne (Fire)	Has access to Fire skills that Geburah is weak against. Can use a debuff skill like Tarunda to reduce the enemy attack power. Can also use healing skills.
		Recovery: Diarahan
		Buff: Concentrate
		Debuff: Tarunda or Matarunda, Dekaja
Fox	Goemon	Damage: Brave Blade or Sword Dance (Phys), Bufudyne or Mabufudyne (Ice)	Has access to Ice skills that Chokma is weak against. Can use a buff skill like Masukukaja to boost allies evasion/critical evasion in battle.
		Buff: Sukukaja or Masukukaja
Queen	Johanna	Damage: Flash Bomb (Phys), Freidyne or Mafreidyne (Nuke)	Has access to Nuclear skills that Kether is weak against. Can use a buff skill like Marakukaja to boost allies defense power in battle. Can also use healing skills.
		Recovery: Diarahan or Mediarahan
		Buff: Rakukaja or Marakukaja, Dekunda

Third Phase: Sephirah Group B

For Sephirah Group B, we suggest a team consisting of Skull, Noir, and Sophie.

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Skull	Captain Kidd	Damage: Agneyastra or God’s Hand (Phys), Ziodyne or Maziodyne (Elec)	Has access to Electricity skills that Tifaret is weak against. Inflicts Shock status to take increased damage from Physical and Gun. Can use a buff skill like Matarukaja to boost allies attack power in battle.
		Buff: Tarukaja or Matarukaja, Charge
Noir	Milady	Damage: Hysterical Slap (Phys), One-shot Kill or Riot Gun (Gun), Psiodyne or Mapsiodyne (Psy)	Has access to Psychokinesis skills that Netzach is weak against. Inflicts Technical Damage from Mental Ailments. Can use an Ailment skill like Evil Touch or Evil Smile to inflict Fear on enemies. Can also use a buff skill like Heat Riser to fully buff an ally in battle.
		Recovery: Amrita Shower
		Ailment: Evil Touch or Evil Smile
		Buff: Heat Riser
Sophie	Pandora	Damage: Kougaon or Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Bless skills that Malkuth is weak against. Can use healing and a debuff skill like Rakunda to reduce the enemy defense power.
		Recovery: Diarahan or Mediarahan, Samarecarm
		Debuff: Rakunda or Marakunda, Tetraja

Fourth Phase: False God Demiurge Second Form

For Demiurge Second Form, we suggest a team consisting of Joker, Mona, and Wolf.

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Eigaon or Maeigaon (Curse), Kougaon or Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Curse from Arsene and Bless skills from other Personas obtained or fused. Can also play the role of healer, buff caster, and debuff caster.
		Recovery: Diarahan or Mediarahan, Samercarm, Amrita Shower
		Buff: Matarukaja, Marakukaja, Masukukaja, Heat Riser, Charge, Concentrate
		Debuff: Debilitate
Mona	Zorro	Damage: Dormin Rush (Phys), Magarudyne (Wind)	Has access to Wind skills that Demiurge does not have resistances against. Can use healing skills and a debuff skill like Masukunda to reduce Demiurge’s evasion/critical evasion in battle.
		Recovery: Diarahan, Mediarahan, or Salvation, Samercarm
		Debuff: Masukunda
Wolf	Valjean	Damage: Deathbound (Phys), One-shot Kill or Agneyastra (Gun), Megidolaon (Almighty)	Has access to Physical, Gun, and Almighty skills that Demiurge does not have resistances against. Can use buff skills like Heat Riser to support an ally in battle and a debuff skill like Dekaja to remove enemy buffs.
		Buff: Heat Riser
		Debuff: Debilitate

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False God Demiurge First Form Strategies

Here is a breakdown of the battle strategies against the boss:

Carry HP and SP Recovery Items

Before engaging the boss, bring a stock of HP and SP recovery items. These items can be bought from accessible vending machines, food stands, stores, and restaurants. You can also buy ingredients from Sophia’s Shop and other real-world stores. Then, cook these ingredients for additional HP and SP items through Joker’s Kitchen. Consumables serve to facilitate recovery especially for those scenarios when SP drops at an all time low.

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Land Debuffs

Start the battle by landing multiple debuffs on Demiurge. Debuffs can be in the form of attack power decrease (Tarunda), defense power decrease (Rakunda), and evasion/critical evasion decrease (Sukunda). You may also use Debilitate for an all-in-one debuff. These debuffs can be accessed by Joker (from Arsene and other Personas) and Wolf.

Cast Buffs

Follow-up the debuffs with party member buffs. Buffs can be in the form of attack power increase (Tarukaja or Matarukaja), defense power increase (Rakukaja or Marakukaja), and evasion/critical evasion increase (Sukukaja or Masukukaja). Another option is by using Heat Riser which is an all-in-one buff. These buffs can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas), Skull, and Wolf. You may also use Charge and Concentrate buffs to boost your damage even further if available. The buffs can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas) and Skull.

Use Bless and Curse Attacks

Demiurge is weak to Bless and Curse attacks which Sophie and Joker can capitalize. Continue on using elemental attacks in order to break the shields and stagger the boss. Make use of narrow range elemental skills if you’re close and wide range elemental skills if you’re far from the boss.

Deal Physical Attacks when Demiurge is staggered

When Demiurge is open and staggered, baton pass to a physical damage dealer to continue hurting the boss. You can switch between Joker, Skull, or Wolf in dealing multiple combos. Return to using Curse and Bless attacks again when the stagger gauge shields are back.

Evade the First Form Unique Attacks

While damaging the boss in its first form, it will unleash its unique attacks to your party.

Unique Attack	Strategy
Line of Judgment	Rotate your screen and enter the gap between laser beams.
Homing Beam	After the first laser beam is fired, move away to lure the next attack to another spot.
Arrows of Light	As soon as the arrows are released, move away from the front of the boss.
Enclosing Wings	Find a safe spot between the the laser beam attacks but don’t stay on the same spot.

Avoid Other Elemental Attacks

After depleting the health bar of Demiurge, it will shift to its second form. The boss will unleash some of its elemental attacks to prevent your party from attacking further.

Elemental Attack	Strategy
Maragidyne (Fire Attack)	Move backwards and go around the area. Approach the boss after five fire pillars are released. You can also switch to Joker (with a Fire-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.
Mabufudyne (Ice Attack)	Go to the center and double jump. Keep jumping until three waves are released by the boss. You can also switch to Joker (with an Ice-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.
Maziodyne (Elec Attack)	Go to the center and keep moving. Avoid the targeted areas and wait until three waves of lightning attacks are released. You can also switch to Joker (with an Elec-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.

Evade the Second Form Unique Attacks

Aside from the elemental attacks, Demiurge Second Form will also hit you with its unique attacks.

Unique Attack	Strategy
Scepter Strike	Head to the east corner of the area while double jumping three times. After that, counter-attack the boss with air combos.
Scepter Swipe	Simultaneously double jump to avoid the back and forth swipe attacks. After that, punish the boss with air combos.

Restore HP and SP before going into groups

Your battle against Demiurge Second Form will come to an abrupt stop. Make sure that each Phantom Thief’s HP and SP bar are fully restored before sending them out to their separate groups.

Sephirah Group A Strategies

Here is a breakdown of the battle strategies against the first five mini-boss spheres:

Cast Buffs

Cast party buffs to all party members. Use Queen’s defense power increase buff (Rakukaja or Marakukaja) and Fox’s evasion/critical evasion increase buff (Sukukaja or Masukukaja).

Land Debuffs

Similarly, use Panther’s attack power decrease debuff (Tarunda or Matarunda). Land a debuff at one sphere at a time.

Take Down One Sphere at a Time

Pick off enemy spheres starting from those who are susceptible to weaknesses.

Sephirah Sphere	Strategy
Geburah	Control Panther and cast a Concentrate buff. Then, use Fire attacks to eliminate the Geburah sphere.
Chokmah	Control Fox use Ice attacks against the Chokmah sphere.
Kether	Control Queen and use Nuclear attacks against the Kether sphere.
Chesed	Control any party member and use his/her gun weapon. Aim and continually hit the Chesed sphere with Gun attacks.
Binah	Start with Panther to debuff. Switch to Fox or Queen and hit the Binah sphere with Physical or Gun attacks.

Sephirah Group B Strategies

Here is a breakdown of the battle strategies against the other five mini-boss spheres:

Cast Buffs

Cast party buffs to all party members. Use Skull’s attack power increase buff (Tarukaja or Matarukaja) and Noir’s all-in-one buff (Heat Riser).

Land Debuffs

In similar fashion, use Sophie’s defense power decrease debuff (Rakunda or Marakunda). Land a debuff at one sphere at a time.

Take Down One Sphere at a Time

Pick off enemy spheres starting from those who are susceptible to weaknesses.

Sephirah Sphere	Strategy
Tifaret	Control Skull and use Electricity attacks to eliminate the Tifaret sphere.
Netzach	Control Noir use Psychokinesis attacks against the Netzach sphere.
Malkuth	Control Sophie and use Bless attacks against the Malkuth sphere.
Yesod	Start with Sophie to debuff. Control Skull or Noir and deal Physical or Gun attacks against the Yesod sphere.
Hod	Start with Sophie to debuff. Switch to Skull and hit the Hod sphere with Physical attacks only.

False God Demiurge Second Form Strategies

Here is a breakdown of the battle strategies against the boss:

Land Debuffs

In similar fashion, land debuffs on Demiurge Second Form. Either use a -nda debuff or Debiliate. These debuffs can be accessed by Joker (from Arsene and other Personas). Mona, and Wolf.

Cast Buffs

Likewise, cast buffs to all party members. Either use a -kaja buff or Heat Riser. These buffs can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas), and Wolf. You may also use Charge and Concentrate buffs to boost your damage even further if available. The buffs can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas) only.

Keep using Bless and Curse Attacks

Continue bombarding Demiurge Second Form with either Bless or Curse attacks. You no longer have Sophie in your party so use elemental attacks until the boss is staggered. Then, switch to another party member to conserve SP.

Continue dealing Physical Attacks when Demiurge is staggered

Use physical damage dealers to continue hurting the boss. You can switch between Joker, Mona, or Wolf in dealing multiple combos. Return to using Curse and Bless attacks again when the stagger gauge shields are back.

Avoid Other Elemental Attacks

More elemental attacks will be unleashed by Demiurge Second Form.

Elemental Attack	Strategy
Maragidyne (Fire Attack)	Move backwards and go around the area. Approach the boss after five fire pillars are released. You can also switch to Joker (with a Fire-type Persona equip) to resist the damage.
Mabufudyne (Ice Attack)	Go to the center and double jump. Keep jumping until three waves are released by the boss. You can also switch to Joker (with an Ice-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.
Maziodyne (Elec Attack)	Go to the center and keep moving. Avoid the targeted areas and wait until three waves of lightning attacks are released. You can also switch to Joker (with an Elec-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.
Magarudyne (Wind Attack)	Get away from the front and lure the twister away. You can also switch to Mona or Joker (with a Wind-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.
Makougaon (Bless Attack)	Get away from the front and avoid the orbs. You can also switch to Joker (with a Bless-type Persona equipped) to resist the damage.
Megidolaon (Almighty Attack)	Get away from the center by double jumping or Phantom Dash. There are no resists with Almighty attacks so make sure party members are in full HP.

Evade the Second Form Unique Attacks

More unique attacks will be unleashed by Demiurge Second Form.

Unique Attack	Strategy
Scepter Strike	Head to the east corner of the area while double-jumping three times. After that, counter-attack the boss with air combos.
Scepter Swipe	Simultaneously double jump to avoid the back and forth swipe attacks. After that, punish the boss with air combos.
Thunder of Cleansing	Use Phantom Dash and quick transfer to the right capture point. Keep moving eastward until the massive beam is out.

Recover lost HP and SP

After the Thunder of Cleansing attack, the boss will catch up on your location. There will be some opening so use it to recover lost HP and SP. Also, to recast expired buffs to all party members.

False God Demiurge Boss Video

Here is a boss fight video against False God Demiurge. The battle is already timestamped so you no longer need to browse through the whole video:

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