How to Beat Pale Rider

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

Pale Rider Stats and Weaknesses

Recommended Level

Recommended Level	Location	Drops
57(minimum) 60 recommended	Found near Tokyo Station	Large Glory Crystal Strength Balm Calamity Sutra

Pale Rider Stats

Pale Rider Weaknesses and Resistances

Elemental Weaknesses and Resistances

Status Ailments Resistances

Pale Rider Skill Proficiencies

Elemental

Other

Pale Rider Skills

Best Demons to Use Against Pale Rider

Demons with Fire Elemental Damage

Pale Rider's elemental weakness is Fire damage, so bringing demons with access to Agidyne or Maragidyne will help extend your turn and deal more damage to the boss. For this reason, we recommend demons such as Loki, Cybele, Decarabia, and Orobas.

Demons that Resist or Block Ice and Dark Damage

Since Pale Rider and the two Loa that can be summoned use Ice and Dark type elemental attacks, bringing demons that block these damage types will shorten the enemy's turn, reducing the amount of damage you take. For this reason we recommend demons such as Belphegor and Ose as they block both Ice and Dark-type attacks.

Bring a Demon with Diamrita or Me Patra

Pale Rider and the two Loa that spawn can inflict Poison, so it helps to have a demon that can deal with status ailments using either Diamrita or Me Patra. Scathach is a good candidate for this as her fusion base level is 55 and she naturally learns Diamrita and Abyssal Mask which decreases the chances of being inflicted with status ailments.

If fused from Anzu and Kaiwan, she can also inherit Me Patra from Anzu.

How to Beat Pale Rider

Deal Fire Damage Heal Status Ailments with Diamrita or Me Patra Null Ice and Dark damag to Reduce the Enemy Turn Use Buffs and Debuffs if Available Use AoE Attacks to Take out the Loa

Deal Fire Damage

Dealing fire damage to Pale Rider will extend your turn, so bring demons that have access to Agidyne or Maragidyne. Both Loki and Cybele is are good choices as Cybele naturally learns Maragidyne and Loki naturally learns Agidyne. Alternatively you can use their essences to teach Agidyne and Maragidyne to a demon of your choosing.

Heal Status Ailments

By fusing Scathach from Anzu and Kaiwan, you can have her inherit Me Patra from Anzu to heal all status ailments for the party. This works particularly well as she also learns Abyssal Mask and Diamrita naturally, making it difficult for Scathach to be affected by status ailments, and being able to heal the party's status ailments at the same time.

Null Ice and Dark Damage

Both Belphegor and Ose null both Ice and Dark damage, making them very useful in this fight. However, they will still be affected by status ailments, so be sure to have access to Me Patra as well. Additionally neither of these two demons naturally learn Fire-type skills.

Loki is another great choice, as he nulls Ice, resists dark, and has access to Agidyne. However, Loki is weak to Poison, so that is the tradeoff.

Use Buffs and Debuffs

Jikokuten naturally learns Marakunda which lowers the defense of the enemy team by 1. Not only that, but Jikokuten also nulls Ice and is neutral against Dark.

Take Out the Loas with AoE Attacks

The Loas in this fight can be a problem as they can inflict even more status ailments on your party. If you have Cybele in your party, use Maragidyne to both hit Pale Rider's weakness and deal some damage to the Loas. Keep in mind that Pale Rider can summon more of them, but this also forces Pale Rider to was a turn doing so.

Shin Megami Tensei Related Guides

Boss Battle Guides | List of Bosses

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Story Bosses	Optional Bosses
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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