All Bufu spells have a chance to inflict Freeze status.
Elec[]
Spell
Japanese
Power
Effect
Cost
Zio
ジオ
19
Light electrical damage to a single foe.
4 MP
Zionga
ジオンガ
55
Medium electrical damage to a single foe.
9 MP
Mazio
マハジオ
16
Light electrical damage to a group of foes.
7 MP
Mazionga
マハジオンガ
41
Medium electrical damage to a group of foes.
12 MP
All Zio spells have a chance to inflict shock status.
Force[]
Spell
Japanese
Power
Effect
Cost
Zan
ザン
18
Light force damage to a single foe.
2 MP
Zanma
ザンマ
50
Medium force damage to a single foe.
5 MP
Mazan
マハザン
14
Light force damage to a group of foes.
4 MP
Mazanma
マハザンマ
38
Medium force damage to a group of foes.
7 MP
Expel[]
Spell
Japanese
Power
Effect
Cost
Hama
ハンマ
16
Chance of inflicting instant death, two foes.
5 MP
Mahama
マハンマ
12
Chance to inflicting instant death, all foes.
10 MP
Curse[]
Spell
Japanese
Power
Effect
Cost
Mudo
ムド
16
Chance of inflicting instant death, two foes.
3 MP
Mudoon
ムドオン
12
Chance of inflicting instant death, 3-5 foes.
9 MP
Almighty[]
Spell
Japanese
Power
Effect
Cost
Megido
メギド
70
Medium Almighty damage to all foes.
15 MP
Megidolaon
メギドラオン
100
Heavy Almighty damage to all foes.
30 MP
Ailment[]
Spell
Japanese
Power
Effect
Cost
Inheritance
Tentarafoo
テンタラフー
44
Small Nerve damage, inflicts Panic ailment, all foes.
14 MP
Nerve 1
Dormina
ドルミナー
20
Inflicts Sleep ailment, 1-3 foes.
3 MP
Nerve 2
Shibaboo
シバブー
28
Inflicts Bind ailment, 1-3 foes.
3 MP
Bind 1
Pulinpa
プリンパ
22
Inflicts Panic ailment, 1-3 foes.
2 MP
Ailment 1
Hapilma
ハピルマ
18
Inflicts Happy ailment, 1-3 foes.
2 MP
Ailment 2
Marin Karin
マリンカリン
24
Inflicts Charm ailment, one foe.
6 MP
Ailment 3
Makajam
マカジャマ
12
Inflicts Close ailment, 1-3 foes.
4 MP
Ailment 4
Healing[]
Spell
Japanese
Effect
Cost
Dia
ディア
Recovers a small amount of HP, one ally.
2 MP
Media
メディア
Recovers a small amount of HP, all allies.
6 MP
Diarama
ディアラマ
Recovers a large amount of HP, one ally.
4 MP
Mediarama
メディラマ
Recovers a large amount of HP, all allies.
10 MP
Diarahan
ディアラハン
Recovers the maximum amount of HP, one ally.
8 MP
Mediarahan
メディアラハン
Recovers the maximum amount of HP, all allies.
14 MP
Recarm
リカーム
Revives with 1/4 HP, one ally.
12 MP
Samarecarm
サマリカーム
Revives with full HP, one ally.
24 MP
Recarmdra
リカームドラ
Sacrifices an ally's life to recover full HP, all allies.
8 MP
Recovery[]
Spell
Japanese
Effect
Cost
Posumudi
ポズムディ
Removes Poison ailment, one ally.
4 MP
Paraladi
パララディ
Removes Paralysis ailment, one ally.
6 MP
Petradi
ペトラディ
Removes Stone ailment, one ally.
12 MP
Patra
パトラ
Removes all abnormal status, one ally.
2 MP
Penpatra
ペンパトラ
Removes all abnormal status, all allies.
4 MP
Buff/Debuff[]
Spell
Japanese
Effect
Cost
Tarukaja
タルカジャ
Increases attack, all allies.
4 MP
Tarunda
タルンダ
Decreases attack, all foes.
4 MP
Rakukaja
ラクカジャ
Increase defense, all allies.
4 MP
Rakunda
ラクンダ
Decreases defense, all foes.
4 MP
Sukukaja
スクカジャ
Increases hit/evade, all allies.
2 MP
Sukunda
スクンダ
Decreases hit/evade, all foes.
2 MP
Makakaja
マカカジャ
Increases magic power, all allies.
4 MP
Dekaja
デカジャ
Removes all buffs, all foes.
10 MP
Rikaja
リカジャ
Removes all debuffs, all allies.
5 MP
Tetraja
テトラジャ
Shields against Expel, Curse, and Energy Drain for one turn, all allies.
5 MP
Tetrakarn
テトラカーン
Shields against Physical attacks for one turn, all allies.
6 MP
Makarakarn
マカラカーン
Shields against Magical attacks for one turn, all allies.
6 MP
Tetra
テトラ
Seals Skills, all foes.
8 MP
Other[]
Spell
Japanese
Effect
Cost
Mapper
マッパー
Displays a mini-map on the screen.
2 MP
Traesto
トラエスト
Escape to the entrance of the dungeon.
6 MP
Traport
トラポート
Warps to the last save point.
6 MP
Trafuri
トラフーリ
Guaranteed escape from normal battles.
2 MP
Estoma
エストマ
Avoid weak enemy encounters for one full moon cycle.
6 MP
Sabatoma
サバトマ
Demon summons another allied demon.
8 MP
Necroma
ネクロマ
Revives an ally as undead for one battle.
20 MP
Inheritance[]
All demons in Shin Megami Tensei II can inherit magic from one element of attack spells, plus support spells, in their empty skill slots, bringing them to a total of 6 skills. For attack spells (including ailment types), they are inherited from weakest to strongest (in the same order as listed above). For "Special" inheritance type, "Megidolaon" is added to the support inheritance listing at rank #22.
Support spells are inherited in the order as follows:
Rank
Skill
1
Recarmdora
2
Samarecarm
3
Recarm
4
Petradi
5
Paraladi
6
Posumudi
7
Pen Patra
Rank
Skill
8
Patra
9
Mediarahan
10
Mediarama
11
Media
12
Diarahan
13
Diarama
14
Dia
Rank
Skill
15
Tetrakarn
16
Makarakarn
17
Tetraja
18
Makakaja
19
Sukukaja
20
Rakukaja
21
Tarukaja
Skills[]
Skills are displayed in Yellow and used with the "Extra" command. Physical skills use a set percentage of Max HP, while magic skills use a set amount of MP.
Physical[]
Sword[]
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
HP Cost
Spin Slash
回転斬り
40
Medium Sword damage to 2-3 foes. Damage increases with user's HP.
10%
Heat Wave
ヒートウェイブ
50
Medium Sword damage to 2-3 foes. Damage increases with user's HP.
10%
Dharma Kaeshi
達磨返し
100
Heavy Sword damage to one foe.
20%
Hell Fang
ヘルファング
100
Heavy Sword damage to one foe.
10%
Hades Blast
冥界破
80
Heavy Sword damage to 1-3 foes. Damage increases with user's HP
20%
Deathbound
デスバウンド
100
Heavy Sword damage to 1-2 foes. Damage increases with user's HP.
20%
Gun[]
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
HP Cost
Aim
狙い撃ち
10
Light gun attack to one foe.
2%
Autofire
連射撃ち
20
Light gun attack to 2-4 foes.
4%
Shrapnel
散弾撃ち
18
Light gun attack to all foes.
8%
Rush[]
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
HP Cost
Feral Bite
噛みつき
10
Light Rush damage to one foe.
3%
Venom Bite
毒噛みつき
10
Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Poison.
3%
Stun Bite
麻痺噛みつき
20
Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Bind.
5%
Stone Bite
石化噛みつき
20
Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Stone.
5%
Charm Bite
魅惑噛みつき
10
Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Charm.
3%
Constrict
巻きつき
12
Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Bind.
8%
Hell Thrust
地獄突き
12
Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Close.
8%
Cleave
なぎ払い
5
Light Rush damage to all foes.
15%
Berserk
暴れまわり
15
Light Rush damage to all foes.
15%
Squash
押し潰し
30
Medium Rush damage to one foe.
12%
Tackle
体当たり
50
Medium Rush damage to one foe. Low accuracy.
12%
Showtime
ショータイム
10
Light Rush damage to one foe and user.
5%
Tech[]
Tech is broken up into Hand/Punch Techniques (手技), Foot/Kick Techniques (足技), and Flying Techniques (飛技).
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
HP Cost
Feral Claw
引っかき
15
Light Punch attack to 2 foes.
5%
Venom Claw
毒引っかき
15
Light Punch attack to 2 foes. Inflicts Poison.
5%
Stun Claw
麻痺引っかき
15
Light Punch attack to 2 foes. Inflicts Bind.
5%
Punch
殴る
5
Light Punch attack to one foe.
3%
Backfist
裏拳
10
Medium Punch attack to one foe.
6%
Iron Punch
乱れ打ち
10
Light Punch attack to all foes. Inflicts Close.
6%
Tekken Punch
鉄拳パンチ
15
Light Punch attack to 1-3 foes.
10%
Fujin Attack
風神撃
15
Light Punch attack to one foe. Inflicts freeze.
10%
Raijin Attack
雷神撃
15
Light Punch attack to one foe. Inflicts shock.
10%
Akasha Arts
アカシャアーツ
20
Medium Punch attack to all foes.
9%
Bodhisattva's Palm
菩薩掌
100
Heavy Punch attack to one foe. Damage increases with user's HP.
10%
Kick
蹴り
6
Light Kick attack to one foe.
4%
Roundhouse Kick
回し蹴り
12
Medium Kick attack to one foe.
8%
Jump Kick
飛び蹴り
20
Medium Kick attack to 1-3 foes.
12%
Thunder Kick
雷霆蹴り
100
Heavy Kick attack to 2 foes. Damage increases with user's HP.
20%
Toxic Sting
毒針
10
Light Flying attack to one foe. Inflicts Poison.
5%
Stun Needle
麻痺針
8
Light Flying attack to one foe. Inflicts Bind.
8%
Needle Rush
九十九針
8
Light Flying attack to 3-5 foes.
10%
Wing Flap
羽ばたき
5
Light Flying attack to all foes.
10%
Fog of Temptation
誘惑の霧
1
Light Flying attack to all foes. Inflicts Charm.
1%
Acid
消化液
5
Light Flying attack to one foe. Inflicts Poison.
5%
Amaha Dance
天羽の舞い
20
Medium Flying attack to one foe. Inflicts Paralysis.
10%
Scan
スキャニング
20
Medium Flying attack to 2 foes. Inflicts Paralysis.
8%
Almighty/Other[]
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
HP Cost
Suck
吸い付き
10
Inflicts light damage to an enemy, user takes half inflicted damage.
5%
Sacrifice
玉砕破
15
Damage all enemies. Foes lose MP equal to half the amount of damage taken.
8%
Vacuum Throw
真空投げ
15
Damages one foe, with a chance to end combat.
10%
Landslide
山津波
60
Heavy damage to all foes.
10%
Self-Destruct
自爆
-
User Sacrifices self to deal heavy damage to foes.
50%
Scapegoat
身代わり
-
User takes all attacks aimed at target.
10%
Rest
休む
-
Restores HP equivalent to three times the cost for activating this skill.
5%
Absorption
吸収
-
User fuses with one ally, adding HP and MP together. (Enemy only)
20%
Cobra Schemer
コバラスキマロ
-
Cuts the player's Magnetite by half. (Enemy only)
-
Guard
守る
-
User takes half damage for the rest of the turn. (Enemy only)
-
Escape
逃げる
-
Run away. (Enemy only)
-
Call Ally
仲間を呼ぶ
-
Summon allies (Enemy only)
-
Magic[]
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
MP Cost
Element
Fire Breath
ファイアブレス
60
Medium Fire damage to 1-3 foes.
8
Fire
Ice Breath
アイスブレス
38
Light Ice damage to 1-3 foes.
8
Ice
Ice Bound
アイスバウンド
50
Medium Ice damage to all foes.
5
Ice
Shock
電撃
44
Medium Electrical damage to 1-3 foes.
6
Elec
Holy Wrath
天罰
39
Damages all participants in battle - foes lose 1/4 HP, user loses 1/8 HP. Ignores resistances.
80
Force
Deathtouch
デスタッチ
30
Absorbs the enemy's HP.
4
Magical
Happy Dance
ハッピーダンス
22
Inflicts Happy ailment to all foes.
4
Magical
Sexy Dance
セクシーダンス
12
Inflicts Charm ailment to all foes.
6
Magical
Fool's Voice
愚者の声
27
Inflicts Close ailment to all foes.
6
Magical
Poison Breath
毒ガスブレス
32
Inflicts Poison ailment to 1-2 foes.
7
Magical
Poison Mist
ポイズンミスト
48
Inflicts Poison ailment to all foes.
8
Magical
Holy Light
聖なる光
70
Inflicts Charm ailment to all foes.
6
Magical
Evil Shine
悪しき輝き
80
Inflicts Charm ailment to all foes.
6
Magical
Bind Voice
バインドボイス
9
Inflicts Bind ailment to all foes.
8
Bind
Panic Voice
パニックボイス
10
Inflicts Panic ailment to all foes.
2
Bind
Sonic Wave
怪音波
15
Inflicts Panic ailment to all foes.
5
Bind
Joy Song
幸せの歌
14
Inflicts Happy ailment to all foes.
4
Nerve
Lullaby
子守歌
23
Inflicts Sleep ailment to all foes.
6
Nerve
Fog Breath
フォッグブレス
10
Decreases all foes' evasion sharply. *
8
Nerve
Paral Eyes
パララアイ
12
Inflicts Paralysis ailment to one foe.
2
Curse
Petra Eyes
ペトラアイ
10
Inflicts Stone ailment to one foe.
4
Curse
Hell's Eye
ヘルズアイ
12
Instant death to a single foe.
8
Curse
Bael's Curse
バエルの呪い
6
Inflicts Fly ailment to one foe.
8
Curse
Life Drain
吸血
10
Inflicts Bat ailment to one foe.
7
Curse
Devil's Kiss (Male)
悪魔のキス
20
Energy Drain attack. Lowers the level of humanoid enemies.
-
Energy Drain
Devil's Kiss (Female)
悪魔のキス
22
Energy Drain attack. Lowers the level of humanoid enemies.
-
Energy Drain
Devil's Smile
デビルスマイル
18
Energy Drain attack. Lowers the level of humanoid enemies.
-
Energy Drain
Power Breath
パワーブレス
-
Raises all allies' attack and evasion. *
12
Almighty
Dark Breath
ダークブレス
-
Raises all allies' defense and magic. *
12
Almighty
Fire Wall
炎の壁
-
Nullifies Fire attacks for one turn.
4
Almighty
Water Wall
水の壁
-
Nullifies Ice attacks for one turn.
4
Almighty
Boss Only[]
Skill
Japanese
Power
Effect
MP Cost
Element
Backspin
逆回転
-
Restart the battle from the beginning. 1/64 chance of failure, killing the caster.
5
Magical
Howl
遠吠え
-
Advances the Moon 8 phases. 1/4 chance of failure.
2
Magical
Violet Flash
破魔の雷光
60
Enemy front row loses 1/2 max HP, back row loses 1/4 max HP. Ignores resistances.