Skill Crack

The Skill Crack system is a game mechanic in Devil Survivor and Devil Survivor 2. Introduced as early as the first day, the Skill Crack system allows for the protagonists to be able to copy and use the abilities of the opponents they defeat.

Cracking
After it is introduced, at the start of every battle prior to dispatching the teams, the "Skill Crack" option appears, and different team leaders can choose between the skills available for cracking, and the opponent they want to crack it off of. In order for the crack to be successful, not only must the team leader fulfill the skill's requirements (e.g. cracking Agidyne needs the leader to have a Magic stat of 18), but that team must defeat the targeted opponent. After which, the leader can opt to either set the cracked skill for immediate use, or leave it in the skill library for other party members to use in future battles.

Multiple team leaders can choose to crack the same skill from the same target, but once that skill is cracked, further attempts to crack the same skill will fail, since only one copy of each skill can be distributed amongst the human characters.