Best demons to use in SMTV Vengeance: Early game to end game

Depending on where you are in this Shin Megami Tensei game, different types of demons are better for your team. Let’s review the best demons to use in SMTV: Vengeance from early game, to mid-game, and even end game.

• Table of Contents
  • Early game
  • Mid game
  • End game

Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance: Best early game demons

Throughout Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, there will be ample opportunities to talk to and negotiate with demons. If successful, you’ll recruit them into your party and have them fight alongside you. During the early stages of the game, you’ll only have a weaker assortment of demons, but some are much better than others. Here are the best early-game demons to obtain in SMTV: Vengeance:

• Turdak
• Angel (Fusion)
• Neko Shogun (Fusion)
• Ippon-Datara
• Mermaid
• Aitvaras
• Fortuna (Fusion)
• Archangel (Fusion)

If you’re looking for demons that can deal a significant amount of Physical damage, try Turdak. They have a strength of 15 which helps with Physical attacks like Critical Slash and Gram Slice. Angel is obtainable through Demon Fusion at level 10 as has a high Magic stat. They have some incredible healing abilities like Recarm and Humble Blessing, alongside their skills that deal Light damage.

Neko Shogun is also through Demon Fusion at level 5, but once leveled up they can be used to debuff enemies with skills like Rakunda and Sukunda. Ippon-Datara is a higher-level demon for the early game who has an incredibly high Vitality of 20. They also can buff allies with Tarukaja (raises their ATK) and Taunt enemies to raise their chances of being targeted.

Mermaid focuses on higher Magic and Luck stats as she comes with debuffs like Marin Karin and Dormina to inflict status ailments on enemies. She also has a wild ability called Stormcaller Song that can deal 3-6 weak Ice attacks to random foes. Then there’s Aitvaras who is another strong early-game demon with high scores in Luck, Agility, and Magic. Aitvaras can buff themself with Concentrate to increase the damage of their next Magic-based attack.

Two other great early-game demons come from Demon Fusion. Fortuna is focused on healing and buffing the party and has incredibly high Magic and Luck. They have an amazing ability called Life Spring which can increase max HP. Finally, Archangel is pretty powerful as well with pretty balanced stats and their highest stat being Agility at 18. They can deal Medium Fire attacks with Agilao, and use Taruna to debuff enemy attacks.

SMTV Vengeance: Best mid game demons

Once you make it to the mid game of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, you have a larger array of powerful demons to play with. We’ll narrow it down to make it easier to figure out which demons are best for this section of SMTV: Vengeance.

• Jack Frost
• Hell-Biker
• Kaya-no-Hime
• Berith
• Horus (Fusion)
• Daisoujou
• Mothman
• Anubis (Fusion)

First off, Jack Frost excels in Magic and has a few great ice attacks such as Jack Bufala (Medium Ice attack and lowers target’s Defense) and Ice Breath (weak 2-5 Ice attacks to random foes). Hell-Biker is balanced in stats but has a much higher Agility. Their Great Life Spring skill can greatly increase max HP, and they buff their Fire attack damage, alongside dealing Heavy Physical attacks to all foes with Hell Spin.

Kaya-no-Hime is most interesting with their high Magic stat and Harvest Dance ability which grants low Hp recovery to an ally and raises their Defense. Berith has a pretty high Strength of 26 while also having unique skills like Bloody Glee (increases Crit Rate) and Pierce Armor (Weak Physical attack and lowers target’s Defense).

Horus is obtainable through Demon Fusion and has incredibly high stats for Agility and Luck. Their Great Mana Spring skill can greatly increase max MP, while they can deal AoE Heavy Light attacks with Mahamaon. Daisoujou comes with high Magic and Luck stats alongside the unique Preach skill that can inflict Charm, Sleep, or Confusion on all enemies.

We also have Mothman who has decently high Agility and Luck. Mothman can use Me Patra to cure status ailments on the entire party, while Twilight Wave deals an AoE Heavy Physical attack with the chance to inflict Sleep.

Finally, Anubis is created through Demon Fusion, has a wild Magic stat of 45, and has an array of support skills such as Makarakarn (reflects a Magic attack once for an ally) and Donum Gladi (greatly increases damage of next Strength-based attack for an ally).

SMTV Vengeance: Best end game demons

Finally, you’ve made it to the end game, but you need powerful demons to bring you to the end. This list comprises the strongest demons you can acquire during the late/end game of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance.

• Zeus
• Metatron (Fusion)
• Loki (Fusion)
• Sraosha (Fusion)
• Titania
• Shiva
• Amon (Fusion)
• Beelzebub

It’s hard to narrow down the best end-game demons since they’re all extremely powerful at this stage. Zeus may be one of, if not the strongest demon in SMTV: Vengeance. They excel in Agility and Strength, can deal severe Strength-based Electric attacks, and can cast Impaler’s Animus to increase the damage of their next attack.

Metatron is also incredibly powerful with an insane Magic stat at 95. They can wipe buffs from all enemies with Dekaja, and Megidolaon can deal severe Almighty attacks to all foes. Loki is a jack-of-all-trades with proficiencies in Ice, Fire, Electric, and Force damage. They also have High Restore to recover MP whenever you strike a weakness/Crit. Sraosha excels at Light damage and support skills like Mediarahan (full HP recovery for the party). All three of these demons are available through Demon Fusion.

Titania is great at buffing and healing the party with skills like Great Mana Spring and Fairy Banquest (raises all allies’ stats to max for three turns), while also being able to debuff enemies by inflicting Sleep on them. Shiva has a whopping 101 Strength which helps with skills like Hades Blast (Heavy Physical attack to all foes) and Yabusame Shot (Weak Physical attack to all foes, ignores resistance, always Critical).

Finally, we have Amon (obtainable through Demon Fusion) who can deal severe Fire damage with Megido Flame and lower all stats of every enemy by one rank for three turns. Don’t forget about Beelzebub who excels in Agility and Luck, and has Dark skills such as Death Flies (severe Dark attack to all foes) and Mudobarion (severe Dark attack to one foe).

Now that you know about the best demons to collect in Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, you should also know about the best Miracles to unlock.