Noah is a demon in the series.
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Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne[]
To advance his Reason of Musubi, Isamu Nitta uses the Magatsuhi gathered at the Amala Temple to summon a nameless god as his Demonic Sponsor. According to Isamu, this entity has been so far removed from the time stream that his original name has been entirely forgotten, a testament to the absolute solitude that Musubi represents. However, Isamu believes it would be inconvenient for his Sponsor to remain nameless, so he decides to christen him as Noah. Isamu then hibernates inside Noah's head, encased in a red, transparent shell.
Noah will be fought in all paths except the Musubi-aligned path, where he is slain by Baal Avatar. He yields the Netherstone to the Demi-fiend in all cases. Noah's location does not directly block the passage to the next section of the tower, so it is possible to bypass him and head straight to the shop afterward to buy the Kailash Magatama in order to learn Freikugel. However, the Demi-fiend still requires the Netherstone to gain access to Kagutsuchi; this just allows the meeting with Noah (whether it results in a battle or not) to be pushed a bit later before facing Kagutsuchi.
If he fights the Demi-fiend, Noah begins the battle by using his regular attack (which deals Almighty damage), with his only resistances being instant death and ailments. However, after taking some damage, Noah begins to cast his signature skill, Aurora, at which point he gains 90% Almighty resistence, repels Physical, and also repels three of the four magical elements. Every turn, Noah will cast Aurora followed by an elemental -dyne spell, cycling between the elements in this order: Fire, Ice, Electric and Force. The one element that Noah doesn't repel is the opposite of the element he uses: for example, when Noah casts Agidyne, he is vulnerable to Ice. Essentially, Noah's vulnerability changes in this order: Ice, Fire, Force and Electricity.
After taking enough damage, Noah's form changes and Isamu's visage, complete with his hat, becomes visible on the demon himself. At this point, Noah resets its Aurora cycle and starts casting Ma-dyne spells to increase his damage output. However, in place of the Ma-dyne spells, he may instead cast Dekaja, Dekunda or another unique skill, Domination, which drains a large amount of HP and MP from one target. These skills essentially hide Noah's vulnerability, forcing one to remember where he is in the Aurora cycle or be punished by repelled attacks.
There is one alternative for bypassing Noah's Aurora defense: Strength-based Almighty attacks with passive skills that allow them to pierce Noah's Almighty resistance. The Demi-fiend can use this strategy with Freikugel and Pierce, but the latter is only available to him in the True Demon path. Depending on the version of the game being played, Dante or Raidou Kuzunoha XIV can also use this strategy with Stinger and Son's Oath or Tekisatsu and Raidou the Eternal, respectively. Other demons can also do this with Kamikaze and Pierce.
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Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne[]
Noah's regular Attack deals Almighty damage instead of Physical.
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- Noah was called a "drifting god" and seemingly named based on that fact by Isamu. This ties to the biblical Noah, drifting aboard the ark after God flooded the world.
- A rare trait among demons in the series, Noah's inspiration is not his namesake mythical character, but specifically an object associated with said character's myth (Noah's Ark in this case).