Almighty Skills

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 can be physical or magical.

In the Persona 2 duology, Almighty-elemental also includes some very generic ailment inflicting spells such as poison, seal, illusion and berserk and is resilient to enemies with all-purpose Magic resistance. The "elemental" that works the similar way in other installments is strictly called "Non-elemental" (無視, mushi).

All-Out Attacks in Persona 3 and after are considered Almighty.

General spells

Name	Japanese/Romaji	Power	Target
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

• Megido is a direct reference to Tel Megiddo (メギド, Megido)^?. It is the place described in the Bible where Armageddon will take place.

Sacrificial

In each game, there are skills that sacrifice the caster.

Name	Power	Target
Kamikaze	Medium	One enemy
Last Resort Self Destruct	Heavy	All enemies

Draining

Name	Power	Target	Remarks
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
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
Gry	Light	1 group of enemies
Gryva	Medium	1 group of enemies
Grydyne	Heavy	1 group of enemies

Specific Spells

Name	Power	Target	Remarks
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
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
Vile Fang	Heavy	All foes	Physical, damages MP
Sol Smasher	Heavy	All foes	Magic

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

• The mythology behind Death Flies is quite straightforward - Beelzebub is commonly known as the "Lord of the Flies", which he uses to carry the souls of the dead.
• Mount Sinai was the location where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. According to the Bible, a huge fire erupted as God descended onto the mountain. This is very appropriate due to it being Metatron's exclusive skill.

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
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
Necro Dogma	Medium	One enemy, splash damage to others

Persona 2 Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Super Megido*	Varies	1 enemy
High Pressure	Medium	All enemies
Asteroid Bomb	High	1 enemy*, all enemies*

Innocent Sin Exclusive

Name	Effect
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
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
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
Zan Card Zanma Card Wavelength Card, which grants Zandyne Gry Card Gryva Card Pressure Card, which grants Grydyne Megido Card Megidola Card Nuclear Card, which grants Megidolaon

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment skill cards
Zan Card Zanma Card Shockwave Card, which grants Zandyne Gry Card Gryva Card Pressure Card, which grants Grydyne Megido Card Megidola Card Annihilation Card, which grants Megidolaonn

Game Icons
Persona 4 Persona 5 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

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.
• While most demons across the series don't resist Almighty, there are some exceptions:
  • Noah, Lucifer in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Omoikane in Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner, 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).