Shin Megami Tensei 5: How To Beat Tsukuyomi

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Shin Megami Tensei 5 has you, the player, dance through all kinds of multiple-choice questions throughout the game. Whilst these have minor effects on the story and dialogue, there is only one that truly morphs the ending.

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This decision - which is made after defeating Metatron - determines which bosses you will fight on the run-up to the final boss. Tsukuyomi is one of these bosses and is Prime Minister Koshimizu’s Nahobino form. You can fight Tsukuyomi providing you don’t select the “Recreate The World '' option.

As is fitting for a fellow Nahobino, Tsukuyomi is no slouch when it comes to Potentials. Tsukuyomi has some of the highest Ice, Physical, and Light Potentials in the game, and this should give you an idea of the chaos Tsukuyomi is going to try and throw your way. Not only that, but Tsukuyomi is also very adept with Healing and Support magic, but lacks the skills to make use of those Potentials.

In terms of stats, Tsukuyomi is equally as impressive. High Luck (75), Magic (70), and Strength (80) are complemented by staggeringly high Agility (110). The only stat that is left wanting is Tsukuyomi’s Vitality, which is only 46. Tsukuyomi hits hard, is hard to hit, but can’t take as many punches as you’d expect from a demi deity. His skill pool more than makes up for this, however.

Before we get into Tsukuyomi’s attacks, we are going to go over his unique abilities: False Replication and True Replication. These skills, as the name implies, make clones of Tsukuyomi, and these clones are designed to waste your time and burn your turns.

False Replication is the easiest to deal with. Tsukuyomi summons false clones of himself, and these will protect the real