Almighty (万能, ban'nō)? skills carry a special, non-elemental property and are usually not hindered by defenses such as repel or drain, barring a few exceptions like that of innate Almighty resistance from certain bosses (Noah and Lucifer in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne), along with the Passive skill Anti-Almighty in Devil Survivor 2. Almighty skills are generally magical, but can also be physical.
In the Persona 2 duology, the Almighty type is more generic, lacking the distinctive quality it carries in other entries. There, each combatant can be weak or resistant to Almighty as if it were any other type, and it determines one's resistance to most ailments. The attack type that works in a similar way to Almighty in other installments is simply called "Non-elemental" (無視, mushi), and is primarily composed of instant-kill and boss-only skills.
All-Out Attacks in Persona 3 and after are considered Almighty.
General spells[]
Name | Japanese/Romaji | Power | Target |
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Megido | メギド Megido |
Medium | All enemies |
Megidola | メギドラ Megidora |
Heavy | All enemies |
Megidolaon | メギドラオン Megidoraon |
Mega | All enemies |
Sacrificial[]
In each game, there are skills that sacrifice the caster.
Name | Power | Target |
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Kamikaze | Medium | One enemy |
Last Resort Self Destruct |
Heavy | All enemies |
Draining[]
Name | Power | Target | Remarks |
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Suck Life Drain |
Weak | One foe | Drains HP |
Spirit Drain | Weak | One foe | Drains MP |
Energy Drain | Weak | One foe | Drains HP+MP |
Buffs[]
Skill | Effect |
---|---|
Power Breath | Raises all allies attack and evasion. * |
Dark Breath | Raises all allies defense and magic. * |
Fire Wall | Nullifies Fire attacks for one turn. |
Water Wall | Nullifies Ice attacks for one turn. |
Zan Family[]
- Main article: Force Skills
In Persona 2, Zan spells do Almighty elemental damage; Mazan spells are unavailable.
Name | Power | Target |
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Zan | Light | 1 enemy |
Zanma | Medium | 1 enemy |
Zandyne | Heavy | 1 enemy |
Gry Family[]
- Main article: Gravity Skills
In Persona 2, Gry was a group-damage almighty elemental family, instead of belonging to the Gravity family in Megami Ibunroku Persona.
Name | Power | Target |
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Gry | Light | 1 group of enemies |
Gryva | Medium | 1 group of enemies |
Grydyne | Heavy | 1 group of enemies |
Specific Spells[]
Name | Power | Target | Remarks |
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Big Bang Great Logos |
Severe | All foes | - |
Jihad Antichthon |
Severe | All foes | Lowers all stats |
Black Viper | Severe | One foe | - |
Morning Star | Severe | All foes | - |
Holy Wrath | Heavy | Everything | Extra dmg to Chaos |
Judgement | Heavy | Everything | Extra dmg to Neutral |
Sea of Chaos | Heavy | Everything | Extra dmg to Law |
Divine Retribution | - | Everything | Cuts foes HP by 1/4, user's by 1/8 * |
Desperate Hit | Medium | 1-5 Random hits | Physical |
In Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5, the storyline skills Great Seal, Myriad Truths, and Sinful Shell are also considered in-game to be Almighty Skills.
Game Specific[]
Shin Megami Tensei II[]
Name | Power | Target | Remarks |
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Sacrifice | Weak | All enemies | Physical, damages MP |
Vacuum | Weak | 1 foe | Physical, can end combat |
Dark Tsunami | Heavy | All foes | Physical |
Shin Megami Tensei: if...[]
Name | Power | Target | Remarks |
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Vile Fang | Heavy | All foes | Physical, damages MP |
Sol Smasher | Heavy | All foes | Magic |
Shin Megami Tensei NINE[]
Name | Effect | Target |
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Holy Wrath | Damage. Stronger against enemies of opposite alignment. | All foes |
Megiddo Fire | Damage | All foes |
Evil Eye | Damage + Inflicts Mute/Stone | One foe |
Immaculate Light | Damage + Reverts all stat changes | All foes and allies |
Cocytus Pain | Damage + Inflicts Freeze | All foes |
Testament | Damage + Decreases physical attack + Decreases magical attack | All foes |
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Exclusive[]
Name | Power | Target |
---|---|---|
Death Flies | Mega, Instant death to enemies not immune to Death. Beelzebub only |
All enemies. |
Fire of Sinai | Mega Metatron only. |
Random enemies. |
Pestilence | Medium, instant Death to Poisoned enemies. Pale Rider only. |
All enemies |
Beast Roar | Heavy, user restores some HP. Mother Harlot only. |
All enemies |
Stinger | Heavy. Lvl dependant chance of instant death (Non-Expel/Death). Ineffective on bosses. Dante only. |
1 enemy |
Freikugel | Mega. Physical. Strength dependent. Demi-fiend only. (Learned from Kailash) |
1 enemy |
God's Curse | Random Status Ailment. Boss Samael only. |
All enemies |
Sol Niger | Reduce HP to 1. Aciel only. | All enemies. |
Hell's Call | Instant Death for rule breaker. Ahriman only. |
1 enemy |
Apocalypse | Mega Almighty Damage. Ahriman only. | All enemies |
Showtime | Heavy. Dante only. | All enemies |
Vast Light | Mega. Kagutsuchi (before transformation) only. | All enemies |
Infinite Light | Extreme. Kagutsuchi (after transformation) only. | All enemies |
High King | Extreme. May inflict Bind status. Lucifer only. |
All enemies |
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Exclusive[]
Parenthesized numbers are power levels used by the game for damage calculation. For comparison, Megido is 200, Megidola 300, Megidolaon 400, -dyne spells are 200, and Ma-dyne spells are 160. Also, all skills in Strange Journey are MP skills (no skills cost HP).
Name | Power | Cost | Target |
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Moan Bullet | Medium (150) | 45 | Random Enemies (1-3 hits) |
Freischutz | Heavy (200) | 50 | All Enemies |
Riot Gun Copy | Severe (200) | 80 | One Enemy |
Babylon Goblet | Heavy (300), 25% chance of inflicting Charm | 65 | All enemies |
Mel Faize | Heavy. Mastema (boss) only | NA | Entire Party |
Sinner's Song | Heavy. Chance of charm. Zelenin (Judge) Only. | NA | Entire Party |
Great Flood | Heavy. Lowers Agility. Mem Aleph Only. | NA | Entire Party |
Moan Bullet is a skill on the guns Ebony Tear, Meteor Dragoon, and Peacemaker. Freischutz is a skill on the gun Meteor Dragoon. Riot Gun Copy is a skill on the gun Megido Fire. Due to the way damage from gun skills is calculated (factoring in the gun's normal attack power), these skills often do more damage than demon skills.
Desperate Hit's rating of Medium is misleading and that the official rating of 100 power is likely inaccurate, as against bosses, three or more hits (300-500 power) does more damage than Jihad (500 power)
Strangely, Zelenin's attack Megiddo Storm does electric damage, not almighty, regardless of its name having the same origin as the Megido spell chain.
Shin Megami Tensei IV[]
Name | Power | Target | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
Serpent of Sheol | Heavy | All foes | Drains HP+MP |
Megidoplasma | Heavy | All foes | - |
Babylon Goblet | Heavy | All foes | 25% Panic |
Damnation | Heavy | All foes | 70% Poison |
Stigmatic Gleam | Heavy | All foes | 20% Brand |
Gaea Rage | Heavy | All foes | Physical attack |
Curse Thy Enemy | Heavy | One foe | Guarantees weakness |
Fallen Grace | Special | One foe | Always does 666 dmg |
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Exclusive[]
- Skills unique to Soul Hackers
Name | Power | Target |
---|---|---|
Armageddon | Halves HP | All enemies |
240,000,000 Evils | Massive | Vary |
Queen of the Full Moon | Massive | Vary |
Demon Birth Cry | Medium | One front row enemy, splash damage to others |
Necro Dogma | Medium | One enemy, splash damage to others |
Persona 2 Exclusive[]
Name | Power | Target |
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Super Megido* | Varies | 1 enemy |
High Pressure | Medium | All enemies |
Asteroid Bomb | High | 1 enemy*, all enemies* |
Innocent Sin Exclusive[]
Name | Effect |
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Demonic Breath | Deal low Almighty damage to an enemy group. |
Nova Kaiser | Deal high Almighty + Light damage to one enemy. * |
Crescent Mirror | Deal high Almighty + Light damage to all enemies. May freeze. |
Eternal Punishment Exclusive[]
Name | Effect |
---|---|
Crescent Mirror | Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies. |
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Exclusive[]
Physical[]
Name | Effect | Range |
---|---|---|
Photon Edge | A heavy Almighty attack. | ML |
Shinkuuha | 2 medium Almighty attacks. (1 enemy) | RN |
Resseiha | 1-5 medium Almighty attacks against random targets. (All enemies) | RN |
Shadow Run | A heavy Almighty attack. (All enemies) | RN |
World's End | A severe Almighty attack. (All enemies) | RN |
Prana | A severe Almighty attack. (All enemies) | RN |
Pralaya | A severe Almighty attack, with medium chance of instant kill. (All enemies) | RN |
Door of Hades | 3 heavy Almighty attacks, 1 per turn. High chance of instant kill. (All Enemies) | RN |
Magic[]
Name | Effect |
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Summon Ghost | A medium Almighty attack. (All enemies) [Requires Circles] |
Summon Demon | A heavy Almighty attack. (All enemies) [Requires Circles] |
Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner Exclusive[]
- Skills unique to Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner.
Name | Power | Target |
---|---|---|
Micro Nova | Light (Agi + Bufu + Tera) | All enemies. |
Light | Moderate. Brahman only. | All enemies. |
Noxious Cloud | Heavy, Abaddon only. | All enemies. |
Ragnarok | Heavy + Lowers defense. | All enemies. |
Vaikunta | Heavy + May cause Stone. Harihara only. |
All enemies. |
Divine Shot | Heavy, (Seraph + Drain Skill) |
1 enemy. |
Last Word | Mega | 1 enemy. |
Bhairava | Mega, Harihara only. | 1 enemy. |
Inferno Roar | Mega, Vritra only. | All enemies. |
Viraj Blade | Mega, Meganada only. | 1 enemy. |
Brahma Sutra | Mega, Brahman only. | All enemies. |
Pain | Mega, Seth only. | 1 enemy |
Vanity | Inflicts random ailments, Almighty-based. | All enemies. |
Celestial Ray | Mega + Ailments | All enemies. |
Demon Fury | Mega + All stats down (Last Meal + Gate of Hell + Debilitate) |
All enemies. |
Third Eye | Mega + Causes stun to those not immune to it. | All enemies. |
Chaturbhuja | Mega dmg multiple times, never misses. | Random enemies. |
Reincarnate | Extreme (Must receive through dialogue choice). | All enemies. |
Black Sun | Extreme (Ragnarok + Megidolaon + Salvation)/ (Chaturbhuja + Spiteful Force + Third Eye) |
All enemies. |
Gaea Rage | Fatal (high thousands). Demi-fiend only. | All enemies. |
God's Breath | Fatal (high thousands), 100% accuracy. Satan only. | All enemies. |
Devil Survivor specific[]
- Skills unique to Devil Survivor.
Name | Power | Target |
---|---|---|
Megidoladyne* | Mega (initially)*, Lucifer (boss) only | All* |
Holy Dance | MA Dependant | Random |
Drain | MA Dependant | 1 enemy |
Devil's Fuge | LV Dependant, Protagonist only, only available when attacking Beldr |
1 enemy |
Megidoladyne is not a move used when attacking, but a field attack. While it initially does mega damage (around 500 to a character/demon with 40 MA), it grows in power 50% in relation to the last use each time it is cast and is absolutely fatal after 4-5 uses. It hits all player parties.
Gallery[]
Persona 2: Innocent Sin skill cards |
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Persona 2: Eternal Punishment skill cards |
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Trivia[]
- In the Chinese and Korean versions of Persona 5, the icon for Almighty Skills has been altered, and the radiation on the symbol is twisted. This is due to the original Almighty Symbol resembling a Rising Sun Flag, a symbol related to Japan's invasion during World War II, a sensitive topic in many other Asian countries. In the remaster for modern consoles this was also changed.
- While most demons across the series don't resist Almighty, there are some exceptions:
- Noah (in his second form), Lucifer in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Omoikane in Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner, enemy Kudan in Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha VS The Soulless Army, Mitamas in Shin Megami Tensei IV, and Shekinah (in her second form) all resist Almighty.
- Kohryu in Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner is immune to Almighty in his Shield Form.
- Durbhe is immune to Almighty in its first form (but this usually has no effect on gameplay except on New Game+).
- Polaris posesses the skill Anti-Almighty as long as her Guardian with the corresponding skill is alive.
- Spica Buds can potentially become immune to Almighty if one is killed by an Almighty skill.
- Baldur in Devil Survivor, and Arcturus are always immune to Almighty (as well as everything else, requiring a specific attack to be damaged).