How to Beat Kaiwan: Kaiwan Weakness and Strategies

This is a guide to Kaiwan, a boss in Shin Megami Tensei III HD Remaster (SMT Nocturne) for the Nintendo Switch, Steam, and PS4. Read on to know how to beat Kaiwan, Kaiwan's weaknesses, and best strategies against this boss!

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How to Beat Kaiwan	Kaiwan Stats and Skills

Kaiwan Pre-Battle Guide

Strengths and Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Kaiwan is weak to Light attacks. Exploit this weakness as much as you can to secure more turns for your party, and possibly, instakill it.

Strengths

Kaiwan uses Almighty and Dark Instakill skills, so we highly advise you to raise your party's evasion rate with a skill like Sukukaja.

Likewise, Kaiwan can Void Elemental Magic attacks, so go for Phys attacks. Kaiwan can also Resist Curse, Mind, and Nerve, so keep it to a minimum when using these attacks.

Best Demons to Use Against Kaiwan

Best Demons to Use
Angel	Momunofu	Arahabaki
Archangel	Ame-no-Uzume	Dionysus
Loki	Oni	Naga
Amaterasu

How to Beat Kaiwan

Use Multi-Target Phys Attacks

There will be three Kaiwans during this battle, so try to use multi-target Phys Attacks to deal damage on all Kaiwan and end this fight quicker.

Buff Phys Attacks

Use a buff like Focus or Tarukaja before using a Phys attack. This allows you to maximize your Phys Attack's damage output in the short turns you get.

Dedicate At Least One Turn to Raise Party's Evasion Rate

Kaiwan uses Almighty and Dark Instakill skills, so we highly advise you to raise your party's evasion rate with a skill like Sukukaja.

Avoid Using Elemental Magic

Kaiwan can Void Elemental Skills, so we highly advise avoiding using these types of attacks as Kaiwan will just simply block them.

Dedicate At Least One Turn For a Debuff

Use War Cry to lower its Magic Attacks. You will take less damage if you debuff its attacks. Use Rakunda to lower its defense, to make it more vulnerable to your attacks.

Alternatively, you can use Fog Breath or Sukunda as these debuffs will decrease Kaiwan’s chance of dodging your attacks.

Have At Least One Dedicated Healer in Your Party

Summon demons that have Dia or Media so your party can restore HP as you move along the battle. This will be ideal especially in situations wherein you have no available Recovery items on hand.

Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne Related Boss Guides

Boss Guides

Story Boss Guides

Story Bosses
Forneus	Specter
Thor	Berith
Ose	Kaiwan
Mizuchi	Moirae Sisters
Specter (2nd Encounter)	Girimekhala
Sakahagi	Specter (3rd Encounter)
Aciel	Skadi
Albion and Zoas	Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel
Futomimi	Mot
Mitra	Samael
Ahriman	Noah
Thor (2nd Encounter)	Baal
Lucifer	Kagutsuchi

Maniax / Chronicles Only Boss Guides

Matador	Daisojou
Dante	Hell Biker
White Rider	Red Rider
Black Rider	Pale Rider
Dante (2nd Encounter)	Mother Harlot
Trumpeter	Beelzebub
Metatron

Mini-Boss Guides

Troll	Orthrus
Yaksini	Eligor
Koppa Tengu and Incubus	Naga
Surt	Mada

Optional Bosses

Nekomata	Oni
Fuu-Ki	Kin-Ki
Sui-Ki	Ongyo-Ki
Black Frost