How to Beat White Rider

White Rider is a boss in Shin Megami Tensei V (SMT 5). Read on to know the best strategies to use against White Rider, White Rider's weaknesses, best demons to use against White Rider, and the best buffs to use to counter White Rider, and the most effective strategies to use to beat White Rider!

How to Beat White Rider

Use AoE Attacks With High Critical Rates Always Take Down Dominions on Their Summoned Turn Don't Be Afraid to Apply Buffs Use Light Dampeners on Magatushi Charge

Use AoE Attacks With High Critical Rates

Moves like Critical Wave are really good for Physical attack type demons for this fight. Rarely will there be chances of fighting bosses with multiple targets so this will allow you to almost get a guaranteed extra turn if used.

Always Take Down Dominions on Their Summoned Turn

The Dominions are what makes this fight more complicated. If given a single chance to act, one will fully heal a massive amount of HP for all of them while the other will decrease your team's damage via Matarunda. Once this chain of attacks continue, coming back from the fight becomes difficult to borderline impossible.

Maximize AoE DPS using AoE Dark and Wind Skills

White Rider does not possess resistance to wind but it does for dark while the Angels are weak to both skills. Use these AoE elemental skills along with Critical Wave to make sure all Dominions die on their summoned turn.

Don't Be Afraid to Apply Buffs

Applying Buffs may prove scary since White Rider has the Dekaja skill. Fret not, if your team has enough DPS to eliminate all Angels on turn 1, White Rider will be spending most of its time casting Inferno and Summoning allies so all your buffs will not be removed whatsoever.

Use Light Dampeners on Magatushi Charge

Mahamaon is White Rider's move of choice when using its own Magatsuhi Skill. Prepare Light Dampeners when it uses its Magatsuhi Charge to negate most of its damage.

Use Omagatoki Critical When It Charges Magatsuhi

Since you'll be using a turn to use Light Dampeners, your DPS might become lower when it summons an angel then it charges Magatsuhi. Avoid this by using your own Omagataki: Critical to make sure those Angels don't get a chance to use Mediarama at all.

Best Demons to Use Against White Rider

Immunity To Fire Is Vital

With our given strategy, we will not be letting White Rider get any turn at all while Dominions are alive. Due to this, it will be spamming Ragnarok which is an AoE Fire attack that hits 2-4 times on random targets. This means that if you're unlucky, a single party member that has no resistance to fire may die from full health.

Demons With Good Physical Skill Affinity

Aside from exploiting elemental weaknesses, all enemies also does not possess resistance to physical attacks. We will be making use of AoE attacks with high critical rate to maximize our DPS due to always being able to land critical hits due to the enemy team's numbers.

Demons With High Magic Stat

We also want demons that have high magic stat. This is to abuse AoE spells like Mazan and Mamudo (more on this below) but having demons with offensive capabilities is a good demon to have for this fight.

White Rider Stats and Weaknesses

Recommended Level

Recommended Level	Location	Drops
42+	Ginza	Large Glory Crystal Strength Balm Light Sutra

White Rider Stats

White Rider Weaknesses and Resistances

Elemental Weaknesses and Resistances

Status Ailments Resistances

White Rider Skill Proficiencies

Elemental

Other

White Rider Skills

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Nuwa	Lahmu (1st Fight)
Loup-garou	Fionn mac Cumhaill
Lahmu (2nd Fight)	Shohei Yakumo
Surt	Ishtar
Chernobog	Arioch
Abdiel	Odin
Zeus	Vasuki
Metatron	Tsukuyomi
Nuwa	Abdiel
Lucifer	Lucifer (Secret Ending)

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Pazuzu	Anahita
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Loki	Belphegor
Moloch	Amanozako
Camael	Abaddon
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Huang Long	Asura and Mithras
Amon	Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel
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Inanna	Danu
Maria	Khonsu Ra
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Quetzalcoatl	Baihu
The Kunitsukami	Futsunushi
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Oyamatsumi	Horus
Girimekhala	Hecatoncheires
Chimera	Seth
Bishamonten	Jikokuten
Koumokuten	Zouchouten
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DLC Bosses

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Artemis	Cleopatra
Mephisto	Matador
Daisoujou	Hell Biker
White Rider	Red Rider
Black Rider	Pale Rider
Mother Harlot	Trumpeter
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