How to Beat Lucifer

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

Lucifer Boss Guides
Lucifer	Lucifer (Secret Ending)

How to Beat Lucifer

Use skills that ignore affinity resistance Bring demons with no weaknesses Fuse Metatron's essence to the Nahobino Obtain the Aogami Type-0 Essence Destroy the stars immediately

Fuse Metatron's Essence to the Nahobino

We recommend fusing Metatron's essence to the Nahobino to give him resistance to most affinities. This will let you use the skill slots for other moves or passives as well as allow the Nahobino to endure Lucifer's attacks and reduce the need of using Healing skills.

Obtain the Aogami Type-0 Essence

If you're using a Strength build, we recommend acquiring the Aogami Type-0 Essence and learning Murakumo. Murakumo deals severe Strength-based Almighty damage and has a bonus effect where it deals more damage if it critically hits.

The Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Critical and the passive skill Critical Zealot (plus Murderous Glee for when the Magatsuhi skill effect ends) are some great skills to mix with Murakumo to increase its damage output.

You can obtain this essence from a treasure box on the west side of Asakusa.

Overworld View	Map Location

Aogami Essence Locations

Destroy the Stars Immediately

When Lucifer creates a Cocytus Star and a Brimstone Star, he will change affinity resistances and be weak to Fire and Ice attacks. This may sound great but you won't be that happy if the stars survive the round.

Destroy them before your turn ends as he can use Falling Star to deal Severe damage that ignores affinity resistance the first chance he gets.

Lucifer's affinity changes

Physical	Fire	Ice	Electric	Force	Light	Dark
Resist	Weak	Weak	Null	Null	Drain	-

Take note that Lucifer's weakness depends on which star(s) are present. If you destroy the Cocytus Star, Lucifer will no longer be weak to Fire. The same goes with the Brimstone Star and Lucifer's temporary weakness to Ice.

Best Demons to Use Against Lucifer

Arioch	Uriel	Raphael
Lakshmi	Mada	Kali
Metatron	Odin

Build demons with few weaknesses

Lucifer can use skills from every affinity except for Light. He also has +5 skill potential on each and an enormous Magic stat to match these moves. To prepare for this, bring demons with few weakness or none at all.

Transfer Null/Repel/Drain passives to your demons through demon or essence fusion to cover each affinity, especially their weaknesses. It is easier to achieve this strategy using most of the endgame demons like Odin and Metatron since they already have few weaknesses by default.

Demons with skills that ignore affinity

Since Lucifer has resistance to all affinities except Dark, you need to bring demons with strong Almighty skills or skills that ignore affinity resistance in order to deal decent damage.

Fire and Ice skills

Lucifer's Cocytus Star and Brimstone Star are weak to Fire and Ice, respectively. He will also change his affinity resistance to match the weakness of both stars, leaving him vulnerable to both Fire and Ice depending on which star is still intact.

Use this opportunity to strike his weaknesses and gain additional press turn icons.

Lucifer Stats and Weaknesses

Recommended Level

Recommended Level	Location	Drops
85	???	None

Cannot be encountered in the "Destroy the throne" route

Lucifer can only be encountered as the final boss if you chose to "Keep God's order" or "Recreate the world and save Tokyo". If you picked the "Destroy the throne" route, you will face Tsukuyomi as the final boss instead in the Empyrean Throne Room.

Endings Guide

Lucifer Stats

Strength	85
Vitality	67
Magic	105
Agility	53
Luck	65

Lucifer Weaknesses and Resistances

Elemental Weaknesses and Resistances

Physical	Fire	Ice	Electric	Force	Light	Dark
Resist	Null	Null	Null	Null	Drain	-

Status Ailments Resistances

Sleep	Confuse	Charm	Mirage	Seal	Poison
Null	Null	Null	Null	Null	Null

Lucifer Skill Proficiencies

Elemental

Physical	Fire	Ice	Electric	Force	Light	Dark
+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5

Other

Almighty	Status Ailment	Recovery	Support
+5	+5	+2	+2

Lucifer Skills

Skill	Description
Agibarion +5	Severe Fire attack to 1 foe.
Bufubarion +5	Severe Ice attack to 1 foe.
Ziobarion +5	Severe Electric attack to 1 foe.
Zanbarion +5	Severe Force attack to 1 foe.
Megidolaon +5	Severe Almighty attack to 1 foe.
Falling Star +5	Severe Fire attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through.
Falling Star +5	Severe Ice attack to 1 foe. Ignores affinity resistance and pierces through.
Cold Dark Matter +2	Maximizes Defense for 3 turns.
Omagatoki: Critical	Magatsuhi Skill: All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn.

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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)

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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)	Shiva

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Shiki-Ouji	Xuanwu
Jatayu	Kumbhanda
Quetzalcoatl	Baihu
The Kunitsukami	Futsunushi
Adramelech	Zaou-Gongen

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Oyamatsumi	Horus
Girimekhala	Hecatoncheires
Chimera	Seth
Bishamonten	Jikokuten
Koumokuten	Zouchouten
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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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