How to Beat Mot: Mot Weakness and Strategies

This is a guide to Mot, 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 Mot, Mot's weaknesses, and best strategies against this boss!

Mot Articles
How to Beat Mot	Mot Stats and Skills

Mot Pre-Battle Guide

How to Locate Mot

Find the Statue with NO figure in the Reflection

To locate Mot, find the statue without a figure in its reflection on the floor.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Mot is weak towards Elec. We recommend using Elec attacks as much as you can to deal damage and secure more turns for your party.

Strengths

Mot utilizes multi-target Almighty, Force, Phys attacks. We recommend summoning demons that can block Force or Phys, and always raise your party's defense/evasion rate against Almighty.

Mot reflects Force, absorbs Ice, and voids Fire, Light, Dark, and Ailments, so never use these types of attacks as you'll only be wasting your turn. Likewise, it has five Support skills including Makakaja, Dekunda, Diarama, Avenge, Beast Eye which grants Mot two extra turns.

Best Demons to Use Against Mot

Best Demons to Use
Red Rider	Yurlungur	Ganesha
Amaterasu	Fuu-Ki	Atropos
Mother Harlot

How to Beat Mot

Summon Demons with at least 20 Vit Stat

Mot's damage output is severe, especially after stacking up Makakaja 4 times. We highly recommend bringing along your demons with the highest Vit stat, possibly at least 20 Vit, to withstand the attack.

Be sure to heal up as soon as it is your party's turn.

Always Exploit Its Elec Weakness

Exploit Mot's weakness towards Elec as much as possible at every turn you get to secure more turns for your team. Keep pummeling Mot with buffed Elec attacks and the fight will take lesser time to conclude.

Keep the Fight as Short as Possible

Mot has Diarama, so it is in your best interest to finish it off quickly and not give it the chance to heal up and drag on the fight longer. It won't be an ideal situation where your resources are depleted and Mot can still top up its health.

Buff Your Magic Attacks

Use a buff like Makakaja before using a Magic skill. This allows you to maximize your Magic Attack's damage output in the short turns you get.

Best Buff and Debuff Skills

Don't Overinvest in Debuffing

It is fine to debuff Mot but don't overinvest as Mot has Dekunda which can negate all debuffs in a single turn.

Use Tarunda, Debilitate, or War Cry to lower enemies' Phys/Magic Attacks. You will take less damage if you debuff their attacks. Use Rakunda to lower their defense, to make them more vulnerable to your attacks.

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

Have At Least One Dedicated Healer in Your Party

Summon demons that have Dia, Media, or the skill's other variants, 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