How to Beat Vasuki

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

How to Beat Vasuki

Weak to Fire Prepare for status ailments Have Rangda act as tank Bring Ice Dampeners

Prepare for Status Ailments

Vasuki specializes in inflicting status ailments. In addition to his ailment focused skillset, he also has +7 Ailment proficiency and 72 Luck, making it easy for him to land the effects.

Bring items like Amrita Shower in the fight and prepare skills that can remove ailments like Me Patra. The passive skills Abyssal Mask and Hellish Mask also help decreasing the chances of being afflicted with Vasuki's Ailment attacks.

Bring Ice Dampeners

Vasuki will use Mabufudyne the next round after gathering Magatsuhi. Since it is a guaranteed critical hit to your team, use an Ice Dampener to block the attack and make him lose Press Turn icons.

Best Demons to Use Against Vasuki

Rangda with Null Ice

Similar to our strat against Odin, you can fuse a Skadi with Null Ice and another demon into Rangda, teach it Taunt through essence fusion, and make it your meatshield against Vasuki.

Since Vasuki uses Physical attacks to directly damage your team, you can force him to attack Rangda with Taunt to reflect the attack back to Vasuki and end his turn.

High Fire Proficiency

Vasuki's only weakness is Fire and has +4 proficiency in Ice skills. At this point of the game, the most powerful Fire demons available are weak to Ice. Fortunately, Vasuki only uses Mabufudyne as a Magatsuhi attack, so as long as you use an Ice Dampener to block the attack, your Fire demons won't get obliterated.

Your best choices for the attacker role currently are Yamata-no-Orochi, Adramelech, and Surt.

Vasuki Stats and Weaknesses

Recommended Level

Recommended Level	Location	Drops
72	Asakusa	Critical Gem x2

Vasuki Stats

Vasuki Weaknesses and Resistances

Elemental Weaknesses and Resistances

Status Ailments Resistances

Vasuki Skill Proficiencies

Elemental

Other

Vasuki Skills

Shin Megami Tensei Related Guides

Boss Battle Guides | List of Bosses

All Boss Types

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Story Bosses	Optional Bosses
DLC Bosses	Superbosses

SMTV: Vengeance Story Bosses

SMTV: Vengeance Story Boss Guides
Glasya-Labolas	Naamah
Eisheth	Yuzuru and Hayataro
Agrat	Beelzebub
The Four Qadistu	Zeus and Odin
Abdiel and Ichiro	Tiamat
Tehom

Story Bosses

Story Boss Guides
Hydra	Eligor
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)

Optional Bosses

Optional Boss Guides
Pazuzu	Anahita
King Frost	Thunderbird
Loki	Belphegor
Moloch	Amanozako
Camael	Abaddon
Arahabaki	Khonsu
Fionn mac Cumhaill (2nd Fight)	Baal
Huang Long	Asura and Mithras
Amon	Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel
Belial	Michael
Inanna	Danu
Maria	Khonsu Ra
Zeus (2nd Fight)	Marici

Optional Mini-Bosses

Optional Boss Guides
Apsaras	Leanan Sidhe
Shiki-Ouji	Xuanwu
Jatayu	Kumbhanda
Quetzalcoatl	Baihu
The Kunitsukami	Futsunushi
Adramelech	Zaou-Gongen

Punishing Foes

Punishing Foes Guides
Oyamatsumi	Horus
Girimekhala	Hecatoncheires
Chimera	Seth
Bishamonten	Jikokuten
Koumokuten	Zouchouten
Garuda

DLC Bosses

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

Superboss Optional Bosses

Vengeance Optional Boss Guides
Shiva	Demi-Fiend
Masakado	Satan