Best Party Setups
Below are the best demon party setups focused on dealing either physical or magic damage in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster (SMT 3: Nocturne HD Remaster).
Best Physical Damage Team
| Party Member | Resistances | Weaknesses |
|---|---|---|
| Protagonist | ||
| Shiva |
|
None |
| Vishnu |
|
None |
| Michael |
|
None |
Shiva
| Element | Skill | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Hassohappa | Heavy physical damage to all enemies. High critical rate. | Innate |
| Mind | Allure | Chance of inflicting charm | Innate |
| Passive | Victory Cry | Fully restores HP and MP after battle. | Innate |
| Electric | Bolt Storm | Heavy electric damage to multiple enemies. | 96 |
| Passive | Avenge | 50% chance to counter an enemy’s physical attack and deal heavy damage. | 97 |
| Almighty | Megidolaon | Severe almighty damage to all enemies. | 98 |
| Passive | Phys Drain | Absorbs physical damage. | 99 |
Shiva nullifies all expel and death attacks and has high resistance to all other damage types, making it very hard to take down. It also has access to the strong all-target physical skill Hassohappa right from the beginning and recovers all of its HP and MP after every battle. This makes it among the most efficient and effective attackers for any physical damage-focused party.
Vishnu
| Element | Skill | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almighty | Holy Wrath | Chance to reduce all enemies’ current HP by half. | Innate |
| Death | Hell Gaze | Low chance to inflict instant kill. | Innate |
| Healing | Prayer | Restores all HP and cures all ailments on allies. | Innate |
| Fire | Prominence | Heavy fire damage to multiple enemies. | 94 |
| Physical | Hades Blast | Heavy physical damage to all enemies. High critical rate. | 95 |
| Expel | Radiance | Heavy expel damage to all enemies. | 96 |
| Passive | Phys Repel | Repels physical damage. | 99 |
Vishnu has similar resistance to Shiva but repels expel attacks instead of nullifying them. Vishnu’s access to Prayer, meanwhile, makes it invaluable to the team by providing excellent survivability. It gains Phys Repel at Lv.99, giving it protection against other physical attackers.
Michael
| Element | Skill | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Deathbound | Medium physical damage to a random enemy. | Innate |
| Passive | Endure | Prevents death with 1 HP once per battle. | Innate |
| Passive | Victory Cry | Fully restores HP and MP after battle. | 91 |
| Support | Tarukaja | Increases physical attack of all allies. | 92 |
| Passive | Mana Surge | Maximum MP +30%. | 93 |
| Almighty | Megidolaon | Severe almighty damage to all enemies. | 94 |
| Passive | Phys Repel | Repels physical damage. | 99 |
Michael also boasts a well-rounded spread of resistances, particularly against fire, ice, electric, and wind attacks. It learns the extremely useful Tarukaja at Lv. 92 which grants higher damage output for the party when inflicting physical damage.
Michael Demon Stats and Skills
Best Magic Damage Team
| Party Member | Resistances | Weaknesses |
|---|---|---|
| Protagonist | ||
| Surt |
|
Ice |
| Mother Harlot |
|
None |
| Beelzebub (Fly) |
|
None |
Surt
| Element | Skill | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Heat Wave | Small physical damage to all enemies. Medium critical rate. | Innate |
| Fire | Hellfire | Medium fire damage to multiple enemies. | Innate |
| Support | War Cry | Severely decrease all enemies attack and magic (equal to casting Tarunda twice). | Innate |
| Passive | Elec Drain | Absorbs electric damage. | 75 |
| Passive | Attack All | Normal physical attacks hits all enemies. | 76 |
| Recruit | Wooing | Young male talker to female target. Effective on female target if the female talker is older and 10 levels higher. | 77 |
| Fire | Ragnarok | Severe fire damage to a single enemy. | 78 |
Surt is not affected by death and ailment skills, the latter being very useful against annoying enemies that can inflict bind, stun, sleep, charm, and panic. Surt does need to be careful against foes that can cast strong ice magic which it is weak to.
Surt access to some good skills that hit multiple enemies or all of them. Ragnarok, his strongest attack, is a single-target fire skill that can easily take out enemies weak to the damage type.
Mother Harlot
| Element | Skill | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mind | Death Lust | Medium mind damage to all enemies. 15% chance to inflict charm. | Innate |
| Electric | Maziodyne | Heavy electric damage to all enemies. 20% chance to inflict shock. | Innate |
| Curse | Makajamon | 20% chance of inflicting mute on all enemies. | Innate |
| Support | Dekunda | Remove all debuffs from all allies. | 70 |
| Support | Focus | Multiplies user’s next physical attack damage by 2.5. | 71 |
| Electric | Bolt Storm | Heavy electric damage to multiple enemies. | 72 |
| Almighty | Beast Roar | Heavy almighty damage to all enemies. Restores 10% of user’s max HP. | 73 |
Mother Harlot has good resistance against all types of attacks except fire, ice, and force. It nullifies all ailment attacks, preventing it from being immobilized in battle and repels all incoming physical damage.
Mother Harlot has access to strong electric attacks like Maziodyne and Bolt Storm and can apply shock to enemies. It learns Beast Roar at Lv. 73 which hits all foes with consistent almighty damage while giving her back 10% of her max HP.
Mother Harlot Demon Stats and Skills
Beelzebub (Fly)
| Element | Skill | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric | Maziodyne | Heavy electric damage to all enemies. | Innate |
| Almighty | Megidolaon | Severe almighty damage to all enemies. | Innate |
| Almighty | Death Flies | Severe almighty damage to all enemies and 100% instant kill to enemies that are not immune to instant death. | 96 |
| Passive | Victory Cry | Fully restores HP and MP after battle. | 97 |
Beelzebub (Fly) has a good spread of resistances against many damage types and nullifies ailment attacks. It also repels expel and death.
Beelzebub’s Death Flies skill is arguably its most defining ability, allowing it to wipe out groups of enemies in not immune to the instant kill effect in a single turn.
Beelzebub (Fly) Demon Stats and Skills
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Getting Started
| Game Editions | Game Difficulty |
| Game Controls | Permanent Events |
| Differences in the Remaster | Differences with Persona |
| Beginner's Guide | Battle System |
| Demonic Compendium | Magatama Guide |
| Stats Guide | Attributes Guide |
| Skill Types | Status Effects |
| Post-Game Unlockables | New Game Plus (NG+) |
Location Guides
| Gem Locations | Reusable Item Locations |
| Shady Brokers Locations | Item Locations |
| Item Location Maps | - |
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