Below is a list of Spells and Skills from Megami Tensei II. All Spells have an MP cost, but Extra Skills, which are randomly used in place of a demon's normal attack, do not.
As the names of spells differ across the original Famicom version and the remake Kyūyaku Megami Tensei, both sets of names will be noted.
Sword Skills
- All Sword Skills use the same names between versions, are Extra, deal damage, and hit 1-2 times.
| Name | Power |
|---|---|
| Feral Claw | Weak |
| Feral Claw (2) | Medium |
| Feral Claw (3) | Heavy |
| Feral Claw (4) | Severe |
Gun Skills
- All Gun Skills use the same names between versions, are Extra, deal damage, have a chance of inflicting an Ailment, and hit once.
- Gun-type variants of Energy Drain only appear in the Famicom version and decrease a human target's Level by 1 if already afflicted with Paralyze.
| Name | Power | Ailment/Effect | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxic Sting | Weak | Poison | N/A |
| Toxic Sting (2) | Medium | ||
| Toxic Sting (3) | Heavy | ||
| Venom Bite | Weak | ||
| Venom Bite (2) | Medium | ||
| Venom Bite (3) | Heavy | ||
| Venom Bite (4) | Severe | ||
| Stun Bite | Weak | Paralyze | |
| Stun Bite (2) | Medium | ||
| Stun Bite (3) | Heavy | ||
| Stun Bite (4) | Severe | ||
| Energy Drain | Weak | Paralyze/Level decrease by 1 | Enemy-only |
| Energy Drain (2) | Medium | ||
| Energy Drain (3) | Heavy | ||
| Energy Drain (4) | Severe | ||
| Stone Bite | Weak | Stone | N/A |
| Stone Bite (2) | Medium | ||
| Stone Bite (3) | Heavy | ||
| Stone Bite (4) | Severe |
Fire Spells and Skills
- All Fire Spells and Skills deal damage.
| MTII Name | KMT Name | Cost | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agi | 2 MP | Weak | 1-2 | |
| Agima | Agirama | 4 MP | Medium | |
| Agion | Agiraon | 6 MP | Heavy | 2-3 |
| Agira | Maragi | 2 MP | Weak | All |
| Agirama | Maragima | 4 MP | Medium | |
| Agiraon | Maragion | 6 MP | Heavy | |
| Agidyne | Maragidyne | 10 MP | Severe | |
| Blaze | Extra | Weak | ||
| Blaze (2) | Medium | |||
| Blaze (3) | Heavy | |||
| Blaze (4) | Severe | |||
Ice Spells and Skills
- All Ice Spells and Skills use the same names between versions, deal damage, and have a chance of inflicting the Freeze Ailment.
| Name | Cost | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bufu | 3 MP | Weak | 1-2 |
| Bufurama | 6 MP | Medium | |
| Bufuraon | 9 MP | Heavy | 2-3 |
| Bufudyne | 15 MP | Severe | 2-4 |
| Freeze | Extra | Weak | 1-4 |
| Freeze (2) | Medium | ||
| Freeze (3) | Heavy | ||
| Freeze (4) | Severe |
Elec Spells
- All Elec Spells deal damage.
| MTII Name | KMT Name | Cost | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zio | 3 MP | Weak | 1-3 | |
| Zioma | 6 MP | Medium | ||
| Zioron | Zioraon | 9 MP | Heavy | |
| Ziora | Mazio | 3 MP | Weak | All |
| Ziorama | Mazioma | 6 MP | Medium | |
| Zioraon | Mazioraon | 9 MP | Heavy | |
| Ziodyne | Maziodyne | 15 MP | Severe | |
Force Spells and Skills
- All Force Spells and Skills use the same names between versions and deal damage.
| Name | Cost | Power | Effect | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zan | 2 MP | Weak | N/A | 0-2 |
| Zanma | 4 MP | Medium | ||
| Zanmaon | 6 MP | Heavy | ||
| Zandyne | 10 MP | Severe | ||
| Roar | Extra | Weak | Chance of Bind | All |
| Roar (2) | ||||
| Roar (3) | Medium | |||
| Roar (4) |
Expel Spells
- All Expel Spells use the same names between versions and deal damage.
| Name | Cost | Power | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hama | 3 MP | Weak | 1 |
| Hamaon | 6 MP | Medium | 1-2 |
| Hamahan | 9 MP | Heavy | 2 |
| Hamadyne | 15 MP | Severe | 2-3 |
Curse Spells and Skills
| MTII Name | KMT Name | Cost | Power | Effect | Target | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudo | 3 MP | N/A | Instant death | 1 | N/A | |
| Mudoon | 6 MP | 1-2 | ||||
| Mudohanma | Mudodyne | 9 MP | 1-3 | |||
| Deathtouch | Extra | Weak | HP drain | 1 | Enemy-only. | |
| Deathtouch (2) | Medium | |||||
| Deathtouch (3) | Heavy | |||||
| Deathtouch (4) | Severe | |||||
Nerve Spells and Skills
- All Nerve Spells and Skills use the same names between versions and have a chance of inflicting an Ailment.
| Name | Cost | Power | Ailment | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tentarafoo | 6 MP | Medium | Panic | 1-8 |
| Dormin | 2 MP | N/A | Sleep | 1-3 |
| Dorminar | 5 MP | All | ||
| Hapirma | 3 MP | Happy | 1-3 | |
| Pulinpa | Panic | 2 | ||
| Makajam | Close | All | ||
| Dance | Extra | Happy | ||
| Dance (2) | ||||
| Dance (3) |
Mind Spells
- All Mind Spells use the same name between versions, have a chance of inflicting an Ailment, and do not deal damage.
| Name | Cost | Ailment | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Karin | 6 MP | Happy+Panic | 2-3 |
Bind Spells
- All Bind Spells use the same names between versions, have a chance of inflicting the Bind Ailment, and do not deal damage.
| Name | Cost | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Shibaboo | 2 MP | 1-2 |
| Mashibaboola | 5 MP | 3-5 |
Special Spells and Skills
- All Special Spells and Skills use the same names between versions and bypass all elemental resistances.
- Variants of Energy Drain decrease a human target's Level by 1 if already afflicted with Paralyze.
- Several Special Skills are unique to either version; all of these are Extra and enemy-only.
- Energy Drain (5) appears in both versions, but functions in a completely different manner between them.
Common
| Name | Cost | Power | Effect | Target | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makaranda | 2 MP | MP drain | All | N/A | |
| Paral Eyes | Extra | Weak | Chance of Paralyze | 1 | Enemy-only. |
| Paral Eyes (2) | Medium | ||||
| Petra Eyes | Weak | Chance of Stone | |||
| Petra Eyes (2) | Severe | ||||
| Poison Gas | Weak | Chance of Poison | All | ||
| Poison Gas (2) | Medium | ||||
| Poison Gas (3) | Heavy | ||||
| Poison Gas (4) | Severe | ||||
| Last Resort | Medium | Instant death to user | All | ||
| Sing | N/A | Chance of Sleep | |||
| Sing (2) | Medium | Chance of Panic | |||
Exclusive to Famicom version
- The Pig and Death Aliments are displayed as "Cursed" in-game.
| Name | Power | Ailment/Effect | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Resort (2) | Severe | Instant death to user | All |
| Energy Drain (5) | N/A | Chance of Paralyze/Level decrease by 1 | 1 |
| Energy Drain (6) | |||
| Boo Curse | Chance of Pig | 2-3 | |
| Boo Curse (2) | |||
| Death Curse | Chance of Death | 1-2 | |
| Death Curse (2) |
Exclusive to Kyūyaku Megami Tensei
- All Special Skills exclusive to Kyūyaku Megami Tensei do not deal damage, are chance-based, and hit once.
| Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Curse | Instant death |
| Curse (2) | |
| Curse (3) | |
| Curse (4) | |
| Energy Drain | Level decrease by 1 |
| Energy Drain (2) | |
| Energy Drain (3) | |
| Energy Drain (4) | |
| Energy Drain (5) |
Heal Spells
- All Heal Spells use the same name between versions.
| MTII Name | Cost | Power | Effect | Target | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dia | 2 MP | Weak | HP recovery | One ally | N/A |
| Diama | 4 MP | Medium | |||
| Diahan | 6 MP | High | |||
| Diarahan | 10 MP | Full | |||
| Media | 4 MP | Weak | All allies | ||
| Mediama | 6 MP | Medium | |||
| Mediahan | 10 MP | High | |||
| Patra | 2 MP | N/A | Happy/Panic/Sleep/Close/Bind removal | One ally | |
| Penpatra | 4 MP | All allies | |||
| Posumudi | Poison removal | One ally | |||
| Paraladi | 6 MP | Paralyze removal | |||
| Petradi | 10 MP | Stone removal | |||
| Recarm | 8 MP | Revival from death with full HP and MP | May fail | ||
| Samarecarm | 16 MP | N/A |
Support Spells and Skills
- All Support Spells and Skills use the same name between versions.
| Name | Cost | Effect | Target | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarukaja | 4 MP | Attack power increase | All allies | N/A |
| Tarunda | 2 MP | Attack power decrease | All enemies | |
| Rakukaja | 4 MP | Defense power increase | All allies | |
| Rakunda | 2 MP | Defense power decrease | All enemies | |
| Tetraja | 6 MP | Protection from Level decrease for one battle | All human allies | |
| Guard | Extra | Reduction of damage taken for one turn | Self | Enemy-only |
Other Spells and Skills
- All Other Spells and Skills use the same name between versions.
- Traesto transports the party within the dungeon to the exit in the original Famicom version, but transports it directly outside the dungeon in Kyūyaku Megami Tensei.
| MTII Name | Cost | Effect | Target | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabbatma | 10 MP | Summons one ally | One demon ally inside COMP | N/A |
| Mappara | 2 MP | Creates a mini-map of the current dungeon until the next New Moon | N/A | |
| Traesto | 6 MP | Transports to dungeon exit | Party | |
| Trastart | Transports to last Checkman/Terminal at which progress was saved | |||
| Tranpa | Transports to last Checkman/Terminal used | |||
| Call Ally | Extra | Summons one ally reinforcement | N/A | Enemy-only |
| Escape | Guaranteed escape from battle | Self |