Ice Skills

Arioch casting Mabufudyne in Shin Megami Tensei V

Ice (氷結, hyōketsu)^? is one of the elemental affinities in the series. It is one of the principal elements besides Fire, Electricity, Wind/Force, Light/Holy/Expel and Darkness/Death/Curse. Generally, Ice is opposed to the element Fire. All Ice spells have of chance of inflicting Freeze on the targets.

General Spells

• Bufu is the general spell for the ice element. In Persona 2, Mabufu spells were omitted.

Name	Japanese/Romaji	Power	Target
Bufu	ブフ Bufu	Light	1 enemy
Mabufu	マハブフ Mahabufu	Light	All enemies
Bufula	ブフーラ Bufūra	Medium	1 enemy
Mabufula	マハブフーラ Mahabufūra	Medium	All enemies
Bufudyne	ブフダイン Bufudain	Heavy	1 enemy
Mabufudyne	マハブフダイン Mahabufudain	Heavy	All enemies

Specific spells

Name	Power	Target
Ice Breath	Light	Random enemies
Absolute Zero	Medium	1 Group/Random enemies
Glacial Blast	Heavy	1 Group/Random enemies
Release Jail *	Heavy	1 group of enemies
Ice Age	Severe	1 enemy
Niflheim	Severe	All enemies

Game Specific

Shin Megami Tensei II

Name	Power	Target
Ice Bound	Medium	All foes

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Exclusive

The shot and spray are skills on guns, which are less powerful and cost more than demon skills. Regardless, they do more damage (most of the time) due to having the gun's normal power as a boost.

Name	Power	Cost	Target
Cold World	Heavy (150), 15% chance to kill	65	All enemies
Mother Earth	Heavy, heal HP. Boss only	NA	Entire Party
Bufu Gate	Mega, bosses only	NA	1 party member
Ice	Extreme, Mem Aleph Only	NA	Entire Party
Ice Shot	Light (100)	6	1 Enemy
Frost Shot	Medium (125)	12	1 Enemy
Frigid Shot	Heavy (150)	20	1 Enemy
Ice Spray	Light (50)	18	All enemies
Frost Spray	Medium (75)	36	All enemies
Frigid Spray	Heavy (100)	60	All enemies

Shin Megami Tensei IV Exclusive

• No ice skill in Shin Megami Tensei IV inflicts Freeze, the ailment is absent from the game.

Name	Power	Target	Remarks
Breath	Medium	1-5 Multi	-
Refrigerate	Weak	1-8 Multi	DLC Skill
Hailstorm of God	Heavy	All	Ice Pierce

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Loyal Ice	Relative to Loyalty	All enemies
Aeon Rain	Light	All enemies
Roma Grand	Relative to HP	All enemies

Megami Ibunroku Persona Exclusive

Skill	Power	Target
Gentle Wave	Medium	Area
Mighty Wave	Medium	Area

Persona 2 Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Atomic Bufula *	Varies	One enemy
Diamond Dust	Heavy	1 group of enemies

Eternal Punishment Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Absolute Zero	Moderate	Group
Diamond Dust	Moderate	1 Group
Release Jail *	Large	1 Group
Blizzard Breath	Varies by level	All

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Icy Paradise *	2-4 medium Ice attacks	Random enemies

Persona 5 Royal Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Diamond Dust	Severe	1 enemy

Digital Devil Saga series Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Cold Wave	Moderate.	Random enemies
Crystal Dust	Moderate + High chance of freeze. (Frost Breath + 2 -kaja skills)	Random enemies
Cocytus	Moderate + High chance of freeze.	Random enemies
Cocytus	Mega (Bufudyne + 1-hit Phys)	1 enemy.
Fimbulvet	Mega w/ Freeze (Ice Amp + Elec Amp + Megido Skill)	All enemies

Devil Survivor series Exclusive

Name	Power	Target
Ice Dance	MA Dependant	Random

Gallery

Persona 2: Innocent Sin skill cards
Bufu Card Bufula Card Frigid Card, which grants Bufudyne

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment skill cards
Bufu Card Bufula Card Ice Card, which teaches Bufudyne

Game Icons
Persona 3 Portable Persona Q Persona 5 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

See Also

• Freeze