Death (呪殺?, lit. "curse kill"), also known as Darkness (暗黒, Ankoku)? (闇, Yami)?, and known as Curse (呪怨, Juen)? in Persona 5, is a spell type in the series and the most recurring line of Dark Spells. Death spells usually focus on inflicting instant death on the enemy, though exceptions do exist.
Expel is the Light counterpart to Death.
Contents
- 1 General Spells
- 2 Game Specific
- 2.1 Shin Megami Tensei: if... Exclusive
- 2.2 Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Exclusive
- 2.3 Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Exclusive
- 2.4 Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Exclusive
- 2.5 Megami Ibunroku Persona and Persona 5 Exclusive
- 2.6 Persona 2 series specific
- 2.7 Persona 5 specific
- 2.8 Digital Devil Saga series specific
- 3 Gallery
- 4 Iconology
General Spells[]
Mudo is the general death elemental spell.
Death skills are always in some way or other automatically blocked by bosses, in order to prevent them from being used to instantly kill the bosses. In games where the only Dark damaging skills are Death skills such as in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey and Persona 3, all bosses will have an innate void against Dark.
In Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse, Death skills do regular damage, but will instantly kill enemies during Smirk. If a boss is targeted by a Death skill from a character with Smirk, it will do critical damage instead of instantly killing it.
| Name | Japanese/Romaji | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudo | ムド Mudo |
Low odds fatal | 1 enemy |
| Mamudo | マハムド Mahamudo |
Low odds fatal | All enemies |
| Mudoon | ムドオン Mudo'on |
High odds fatal | 1 enemy |
| Mamudoon | マハムドオン Mahamudo'on |
High odds fatal | All enemies |
Specific spells[]
| Name | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Die For Me! 死んでくれる? |
Very high odds of Fatal | All enemies |
| Paral Eyes | Paralyzes target | 1 enemy |
| Petra Eyes / Stone Gaze |
Petrifies target | 1 enemy |
| Death Road / Hell's Eye |
Kills target | 1 enemy |
| Bael's Curse | Inflicts Fly ailment | 1 enemy |
| Blood Thief / Blood Suck |
Inflicts Bat ailment | 1 enemy |
Game Specific[]
Shin Megami Tensei: if... Exclusive[]
| Name | Effect | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wire Breath | Inflicts Bind ailment | Multiple enemies |
| Sol Cluster | Kills target | 1 enemy |
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Exclusive[]
- The status ailment "stone" is affiliated with the Death element.
| Name | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Evil Gaze | HP reduces to 1 | 1 enemy |
| Hell Gaze | High odds fatal | 1 enemy |
| Death Flies | Almighty heavy damage + 100% Death fatal | all enemies |
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Exclusive[]
| Name | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Darkness | 100% Fatal, Mem Aleph Only | Entire Party |
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Exclusive[]
| Name | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Glimmering Eye | Chance to petrify | Lowest level enemy |
Megami Ibunroku Persona and Persona 5 Exclusive[]
- "Eiha" (エイハ*)? is Japanese for "Shadow Wave" (影波, Eiha)?, in contrast to Kouha (Light Wave).
- All Death skills in Persona 5 are instead classified as "Curse" type. All common Curse skills in Persona 5 do not inflict any ailment.
- In Megami Ibunroku Persona, Maeiha dealt heavy Death damage each turn, in Persona 5 this was changed to light damage each turn, its old role being replaced by Maeigaon.
| Skill | Japanese/Romaji | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Eiha | エイハ Eiha |
Light Death damage each turn (1 foe) |
| Baeiha | バイエイハ Baieiha |
Medium Death damage each turn (area) |
| Maeiha | マハエイハ Maeiha |
Heavy Death damage each turn (all foes) |
Persona 2 series specific[]
| Name | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Stagnant Air | Light | All enemies |
| Curse | Medium | All enemies |
| Dark Verdict | Heavy + fatal | All enemies |
| Omega Cluster | Special, fatal | All enemies |
| Chaos Element | Special | All enemies |
Persona 5 specific[]
- All Death skills in Persona 5 are instead classified as "Curse" type.
| Skill | Japanese/Romaji | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Eiha | エイハ Eiha |
Light Curse damage each turn (1 foe) |
| Eiga | エイガ Eiga |
Medium Curse damage each turn (1 foe) |
| Eigaon | エイガオン Eigaon |
Heavy Curse damage each turn (1 foe) |
| Maeiha | マハエイハ Maeiha |
Light Curse damage each turn (all foes) |
| Maeiga | マハエイガ Maeiga |
Medium Curse damage each turn (all foes) |
| Maeigaon | マエイガオン Maeigaon |
Heavy Curse damage each turn (all foes) |
Digital Devil Saga series specific[]
| Name | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Curse | Inflict ailment - cursed | 1 enemy |
| Blood Curse | Inflict ailment - cursed | All enemies |
| Wicked Curse | Medium + cursed | All enemies |
| Millennia Curse | Instantly kills or curses all enemies. (3 Death or Mudo Skills) |
All enemies |
| Stone Gaze | Petrifies target | 1 enemy |
| Petrifier | Chance to petrify all enemies. (Combo is Stone Gaze + -nda skill) |
All enemies |
Gallery[]
- Game Icons
Iconology[]
The glyphs which are employed in the visual effects of the Mudo spells and Magatsu Mandala are Siddhaṃ script. It is commonly seen in "Womb Realm Seed Mandala" (胎蔵界種子曼荼羅).
