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A slew of boss fights await you inShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, and several of them are exclusive to this re-release’s new Canon of Vengeance route. Among them, the first fight that will truly test your strength is Naamah, a member of the Qadištu.
Naamah might not seem so tough at first. But once she gets the upper hand, she’ll seize the momentum and leave you reeling. Our guide on how to beat Naamah should set you straight, though by all means, if you’d prefer to see if your party’s up for it before reading, give it a shot! Come on back if you’re struggling.
Preparing For Naamah
You’ll be battling a level 18 opponent, but we recommendaiming for around level 20-21before heading into the conflict. Broadly speaking, Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance’s fights are surely winnable at matching levels, but a little boost never hurts.
Naamah’s innate skill,Qadištu Deception, increasesAccuracy and Evasionfor all Qadištu allies. In this case, that means… well, only Naamah. But it’s something to bear in mind, regardless.
Your biggest concern is undoubtedlyCapitulate to Pleasure. This is aparty-wide spell with a high chance of inflicting Charm, and it’s boosted by Naamah’s rather terrifying+7 affinity. In other words, the odds are against your team whenever it strikes.
Anyone with a weakness to dark-type attacks should be left behind, and most importantly,you must ensure that the Nahobino’s current affinity doesn’t include this weakness.
Better yet, see if you can imbue the Nahobino with an essence thatblocks or even absorbs dark-type attacks. Your choices on the latter may be quite limited at this stage, but the former is doable.
Battling Naamah
To begin with,we recommend bringing Yoko Hiromine along. She’s got two big draws. First,she can use items, so you’re doubling your capabilityin that regard. Second,Yoko is strong to dark attacks.
Since Naamah’sonly non-dark attack is Life Drain, you’re effectively bolstering your defenses considerably through Yoko. If your Nahobino shares a dark resistance,you’re far likelier to survive with relative ease.
Naamah is resistant to most attack types, and somewhat surprisingly, sheisn’tweak to light. (She takes regular damage from it.) Hersole weakness is physical attacks, soTake-Minakata and similar demons will have a field day.
This also means that you should have the Nahobino spamAramasa, an eight-hit exclusive move from the Aogami Type-1 husk. This will be one of your major sources of damage, and quite likely, your first and foremost.
Have yourMagatsuhi gaugetapped into through the standard-issuecritical-increasingOmagatokori to pump up Aramasa. Keep someone around withMedia and Me Patraif you may find them, orDiaandPatra,otherwise.
