How to defeat Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance

Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance is hands down one of the game's most iconic and recognizable demons. This demon has made appearances in almost every mainline SMT game. Like the White Rider in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance, Mara is a semi-late-game boss. You will at least need to be level 50 to stand a chance against it. Despite its curious appearance, this boss is no joke when it comes to a fight.

In this article, we have shared all of the weaknesses, stats, and other useful strategies to get the upper hand against Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance.

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Stats, weaknesses, and resistances of Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance

Everything you need to know about Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance (Image via Atlus)

Elemental:

• Ice: Weak
• Electric: Absorb
• Light: Resist
• Dark: Resist

Status Ailment:

• Fire: Resist
• Confuse: Resist
• Charm: Block
• Mirage: Resist
• Seal: Block
• Poison: Resist

Mara Stats

• Strength: 37
• Vitality: 40
• Magic: 18
• Agility: 24
• Luck: 38

Recommended Level: 50+

Magatsuhi Skills:

Omagatoki: Critical - Once activated all the attacks become critical hits for a turn.

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Best strategies for beating Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance

Best strategies against Mara in Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance (Image via Atlus)

1) Change Nahobino's essence

Change Nahobino’s essence to someone who can resist charms. Mara has access to the Dance of Mara skill, which is an AOE skill that can inflict Charm on all of your party members at once. If this skill hits an already charmed demon then it has a high chance of instantly killing it.

To help against this broken attack, charm resistance is a must for Nahobino. The best charm resistance essence you can get at this point are either from Sarasvati or Apasaras.

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2) Have some Amrita Shower handy

Mara has a lot of status ailment attacks other than Dance of Mara, such as Toxic Spray, which can apply poison to one of your allies. Amrita Shower is a consumable item that can cure any status ailment, so it is always recommended to keep some of it handy in this fight.

Amrita Shower is especially effective in this battle because it can easily remove the Charmed status from your party.

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3) Best Demons for the fight

Demons for Me Patra is a must for this fight. Sarasvati and Mothman should be your first preferences as support, and for attack choose any Demon with powerful Bufu skills. Remember that it is weak to Ice, so make sure to exploit it as hard as you can.

Use skills like Tarukaja/Matarukaja to buff your Bufu users and once your Magatsuhi meter is full, use Omagatoki: Critical and dump all your powerful Ice attacks on it.

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4) Use Physical attack Dampners

Use Physical attack Dampners and have Yoko in your team. With her skills, she can buff your team to resist physical attacks and damage. Beware of its Hell Thrust, it can pierce through any affinity resistances.

Yoko can come handy in this battle as she has a Physical block skill which is useful against Mara's Megaton Press attack. Keep in mind this spell cannot block Hell Thrust, so your best option will be to use block for this turn and hope it does not kill your allies.