What is SMT V potential?

SMT V has a complicated system of elemental damage and Affinities. These affect everything from Weaknesses and Resistances to how much damage certain skills deal. That extra (or reduced) damage is controlled by the Skill Potential stat for every demon and the protagonist and appears as a + or - after the skill's name.
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Is SMT V hard?

As a classic JRPG franchise, the Shin Megami Tensei series is notorious for being particularly challenging. Thankfully, SMT V offers four different difficulty settings for players to choose between. Even better, players can switch between these settings as they'd like.
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Is SMT V MC a girl?

You cannot pick your gender, and the protagonist of SMT V is a male protagonist. There is no ambiguity, as Aogami, who fuses with the protagonist, regularly calls him “young man” in Japanese and English.
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What is affinity SMT V?

Affinities determine a Demon's strengths and weaknesses when it comes to combat. Using any skill that Demons are powerful with against a Demon that is weak to that particular attribute can result in powerful attacks that drain an enemy's HP faster.
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What do we know about SMT V?

Shin Megami Tensei V is a role-playing video game that is set in modern-day Tokyo and the Netherworld. It features returning gameplay elements from previous Shin Megami Tensei games, such as the ability to fuse demons, along with new mechanics.
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Is SMT 5 good for beginners?

Shin Megami Tensei V is the latest entry in Atlus's popular turn-based JRPG series, and it's also a pretty good entry point for newcomers. It's definitely the best-looking game in the series, it runs great on the Switch, and the story is pretty easy to follow.
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Can you reuse essence SMT V?

It's very important to note that you may only carry a single copy of a demon's Essence at once. Once you have used a demon's Essence, their portrait will become darkened in the Essence menu and have an orange "None" notice over them. You'll have to find a new copy of that Essence to use it again.
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How do I get sutras SMT V?

Like incenses and balms, sutras cannot be bought, and they are not dropped by demons. They are found by searching with a quest navigator.
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How do you use essence SMT V?

How To Use Essences
  1. Go to a Leyline Fount.
  2. Go to the World of Shadows.
  3. Select Apotheosis.
  4. Select Essence Fusion.
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Is Nahobino a male?

Shin Megami Tensei 5 protagonist gender

However, the overall design of Nahobino is decidedly androgynous. When starting out, the protagonist is male, and throughout the narrative, in both the English and Japanese versions of the game, he is often referred to as “young man” by other side characters and Aogami.
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Is SMT v protagonist a boy?

The protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei V is a young male high school student living within the city of Tokyo.
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Is Nahobino a non binary?

This is not to say that Nahobino will necessarily be non-binary or genderfluid. On the contrary, despite his androgynous appearance, Atlus' promotional material indicate the character is male.
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What difficulty should I play SMT V?

Choose Normal for Balanced Experience

Normal difficulty offers the most balanced playthrough experience in the game, pitting you against enemies with moderate strength levels while still making the gameplay and story interesting.
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How long does SMT V take to beat?

Average First Playthrough is roughly 70 Hours

To finish the game in 60 hours it is recommended that you: Play through one of the multiple endings casually. Don't worry about fusing every type of demon but experiment with the fusion system enough to have a powerful team.
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What level should I be to beat Hydra SMT V?

To start off, Hydra is level 15, so you and your demons should be around that level. (It's okay if you're a bit underleveled.) Hydra is weak to Ice elemental attacks, so use that to your advantage to earn more turns.
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What is the max level in Shin Megami Tensei 5?

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The Abscess in Motoasakusa, Taito's defining feature are the Level differences, as although its enemies are early-game demons with low stats and weak attacks, their levels are maximized to 99, giving them a major advantage over the player party, which would at first be greatly underleveled.
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Is SMT V linear?

Though most of SMTV is, in a technical sense, linear, there are still plenty of opportunities to explore your surroundings—and it's incredibly important that you do just that.
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Where are the Gospels SMT 5?

Gospels can be found via a Navigator. Keep in mind, however, that Navigator drops are random.
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Can you fuse Demons in SMT 5?

In SMT V, you can fuse demons in the World of Shadows, which offers familiar fusion features as well as some new ones.
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How do you get Mermaid on Smtv?

You can obtain this quest from a Mermaid, who is hidden past the bottom of a waterfall. To find this location, head south from the Hamamatsucho Leyline Fount, go under the collapsed bridge, and keep on heading straight till you come to a dead end, where the Mermaid is waiting.
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What is essence fusion SMT V?

Essence Fusion is a mechanic in SMT V that lets you grant the skills and affinities of demons to other demons or your protagonist.
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Is SMT V connected to SMT 3?

SMT V is not Story Related to Previous SMT Games

Despite being the fifth entry to the franchise, Shin Megami Tensei V is not connected to previous entries to the series. Much like previous SMT games to each other.
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Is SMT V connected to Nocturne?

The two have been around since the earliest entries in the franchise, but a moment in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne established them as friends -- a running joke SMT V actually acknowledges. Forneus is the first boss encountered in Nocturne, fought when the Demi-fiend is about to exit the hospital.
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How strong is the demi fiend?

The Demi-fiend's data appears as a bonus boss accessible only on a New Game+. He is a very powerful adversary, as he will be aided by demons he constantly summons, and is able to instantly kill the party with his Gaea Rage skill, dealing thousands of damage to them when their maximun HP is only 999.
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