How to Beat Mother Harlot

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

Mother Harlot Stats and Weaknesses

Recommended Level

Recommended Level	Location	Drops
64	Taito (Northeast of Shinobazu Pond Leyline)	Large Glory Crystal Magic Balm Battle Sutra

Mother Harlot Stats

Mother Harlot Weaknesses and Resistances

Elemental Weaknesses and Resistances

Status Ailments Resistances

Mother Harlot Skill Proficiencies

Elemental

Other

Mother Harlot Skills

Best Demons to Use Against Mother Harlot

Bring Demons with Force Skills

Mother Harlot's is weak against Force damage, so bring demons that have Zandyne to extend your turn. Mother Harlot doesn't summon any allies, so single-target Force skills are recommended for this boss fight.

Bring Demons with Buffs

Since Mother Harlot has access to Dekunda which negates debuffs, it's better to focus on buffing your party instead of debuffing Mother Harlot. That being said, you can force Mother Harlot to waste a turn casting Dekunda by debuffing her.

Tao is particularly useful as she can both heal and buff all party members in the same move.

Bring Demons that can Resist and heal Status Ailments

Being able to heal up status effects is very important in this fight, so be sure to bring along demons like Lachesis who resist status ailments. It's also a good idea to teach Lachesis Diamrita or Me Patra so that she can heal the party's status ailments.

How to Beat Mother Harlot

Use Force Skills and Avoid Using Physical Skills Focus on Buffing Rather Than Debuffing Heal Status Ailments Use Elec Dampeners When Mother Harlot Charges Magatsuhi

Use Force Skills

Exploit Mother Harlot's elemental weakness as often as possible to extend your turn and deal more damage. Avoid using Physical attacks as Mother Harlot repels Physical damage. Using a Physical attack would both damage a party member and shorten your turn.

Focus on Buffing

Debuffs on Mother Harlot will get washed away with Dekunda, so focus on buffing your party instead. Tao's ability Light of Order is particularly useful as it both heals a medium amount of damage to all party members and buffs all party attributes by 1 stage.

Heal Status Ailments

Lachesis is an excellent party member to have in this fight as she resists all status ailments and is even more useful if she inherits skills like Me Patra, Diamrita, and Zandyne.

With those skills and affinities, Lachesis can avoid status ailments and heal any party members that become inflicted. If no party members are suffering from status ailments, she can eitherr buff the party or deal damage to Mother Harlot.

Use Elec Dampeners

Any time Mother Harlot starts charging Magatsuhi, use an Elec Dampener to Null Electric damage. Mother Harlot always uses Maziodyne as her Magatsuhi attack, so this will deny her a turn, giving your team more opportunities to damage the boss. Note that Mother Harlot can also use Maziodyne as a regular attack, so be sure to cover your party's weaknesses.

Shin Megami Tensei Related Guides

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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