Avatar

This article is about the race. For the material required to summon Vishnu in the Persona series, see Totem or Material Card.

Barong, the most recurring Avatar

Avatar or Godly Beast (神獣, Shinjū)^? is a race of demons in the Shin Megami Tensei series, belonging to the Beasts species and being either Light-Law or Light-Neutral. They are very powerful gods that have the form of beasts or animals. They are strong and fierce, and dedicated to rooting out and destroying evil. Unlike the Holy Beast race, Godly Beasts are usually the god's avatar in the bestial form rather than the subordinate animal associates with the god itself.

Appearances

• Megami Tensei
• Megami Tensei II
• Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Shin Megami Tensei II
• Shin Megami Tensei: if...
• Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX
• Shin Megami Tensei NINE
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey / Redux
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Majin Tensei
• Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
• Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
• Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
• Megami Ibunroku Persona, as Temperance Arcana
• Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
• Devil Survivor / Overclocked
• Devil Survivor 2 / Record Breaker

List of Demons

Megami Tensei

Demon	Level
Chimera	37
Anubis	47
Sphinx	50
Barong	54
Kohryu	60

Megami Tensei II

Demon	Level
Naga	30
Sphinx	43
Barong	49
Garuda	56
Qing Long	61

Shin Megami Tensei

Light-Law

Demon	Level
Nandi	42
Bastet*	46
Pegasus*	50
Narasimha	52
Sphinx*	54
Chimera	55
Barong	62

Shin Megami Tensei II

Demon	Level
Nandi	17
Sphinx	29
Narasinha	35
Anubis	41
Genbu	45
Barong	51

Shin Megami Tensei: if...

Demon	Level
Sebek	25
Sphinx	38
Narasimha	42
Anubis	45
Genbu	48
Barong	56

Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX

Demon	Level
Sobek	25
Sphinx	38
Narasimha	42
Anubis	45
Genbu	48

Shin Megami Tensei NINE

Light-Neutral

Demon	Level
Bai Ze	22
Nandi	33
Anubis	42
Genbu	51
Barong	62

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Demon	Level
Makami	22
Cai-Zhi	26
Yatagarasu	46
Barong	60

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Demon	Level
Makami	22
Kaichi	31
Nandi	44
Narasimha	61
Sphinx	66
Genbu	71
Barong	85

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Light-Neutral

Demon	Level
Shiisaa	14
Kamapua'a	24
Makami	32
Kaiming Shou	43
Chimera	49
Anubis	61
Barong	69

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Demon	Lvl
Shiisaa	14
Kamapua'a	24
Makami	32
Kaiming Shou	41
Chimera	47
Ukano Mitama	53
Anubis	61
Barong	69

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

Demon	Lvl
Shiisaa	14
Kamapua'a	23
Makami	33
Kaiming Shou	40
Chimera	46
Ukano Mitama	53
Anubis	60
Barong	68

Shin Megami Tensei V

Demon	Level
Makami	21
Anubis	41
Barong	60

Majin Tensei

Name	Level
Genbu	13
Nandi	18
Unicorn	22
Hakutaku	25
Chimera	37
Kirin	43
Barong	51
Sol Leon	56

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis

Light-Law

Name	Level
Nandi	28
Sphinx	32
Gullinbursti	39
Barong	43
Ganesha	47
Sleipnir	55
Griffon	61
Hanuman	67

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Light-Neutral

Demon	Level
Kamapua'a	34
Anubis	42
Chimera	46
Ukano Mitama	53
Barong	62

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Demon	Level
Kamapua'a	32
Genbu	43
Anubis	52
Kaiming Shou	59
Barong	64

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

Light-Neutral

Demon	Level
Hakuei	26
Narasimha	40
Barong	46

Devil Survivor

Avatars have the Switch Racial Skill, which switches the team's position with that of another friendly team up to 6 squares away. This is useful for pulling dying teams (and civilians) away from danger, while also helping the team cover extra ground.

Demon	Level
Heqet	9
Shiisaa	10
Bai Ze	19
Airavata	40
Ukano Mitama	52
Barong	60

Devil Survivor 2

Avatars have the Switch Racial Skill, which switches the team's position with that of another friendly team up to 6 squares away. This is useful for pulling dying teams (and civilians) away from danger, while also helping the team cover extra ground. Stronger Avatars have this skill changed to Warp Step, which has this range increased to 8 squares instead.

Demon	Level
Heqet	13
Apis	21
Shiisaa	28
Kamapua'a	32
Bai Ze	37
Pabilsag	45
Baihu	53
Airavata	60
Ukano Mitama	64
Barong	68
Anubis	76

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Avatar Godly Beast	Avatar Godly Beast
Japanese	神獣 (Shinjū)	Godly Beast
French	Avatar	Avatar
Italian	Avatar	Avatar
German	Avatar	Avatar
Spanish	Avatar	Avatar

Race and species
Species	Races
Gods	Deity - Megami - Amatsu* - Enigma - Zealot* - Godly - Chaos - Lady* - Nymph - Vile* - Reaper* - Entity* - Meta* - Soshin
Kishin	Tenma - Fury - Kishin - Lady* - Femme* - Vile* - Reaper* - Wargod - Kunitsu - Zealot* - Entity* - Shinshou - Tenjin*
Demonics	Tyrant* - Genma* - Night* - Fairy* - Yoma* - Fiend* - Suiyou - Shinoma - Shin Akuma
Demons	Tyrant* - Night* - Yoma* - Fairy*
Flying	Herald - Divine - Fallen - Futenshi - Akuma
Avians	Avian - Flight - Raptor
Dragons	Dragon - Snake - Drake - Hiryu
Oni	Touki - Brute - Femme* - Jirae* - Jaki - Haunt* - Henii
Beasts	Avatar - Holy - Beast - Wilder - UMA - Food - Kaijuu
Vegetation	Tree - Wood* - Jusei
Elements	Element* - Mitama - Wood*
Fairies	Fairy* - Jirae* - Genma* - Element*
Evil Spirits	Haunt* - Spirit - Undead* - Rumor*
Humans	Human - Gaean - Messian - Summoner - Meta* - Ranger - Hero - General - Famed - Therian* - Fiend* - Kyojin - Shinja
Fiends	Fiend* - Therian*
Fouls	Foul* - Vermin - Demonoid - Rumor* - Karma - Machine*
Ghosts	Foul* - Undead*
Machines	Machine* - Virus - Vaccine - Kugutsu
Other	Zoma - Fake - Ghost - Foreigner - Horde - Primal - Enemy exclusive race Godslayer - Goddess - Player Character exclusive race
Type	Good - Evil - Holy - Ghost - Ogre - Fiend - Dragon - Alternate - Boss - Beast - Bird - Zombie - Myth
Order	Pyro - Frost - Volt - Wind - Fury - Pagan - Skill - Fiend - Evil - Element - Spirit
* Asterisk denotes race that has been put under different species throughout the series. Italic font denotes the race/species name (not in katakana for Western loanword) has not yet received any official English localization.