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How to defeat Abdiel

By
Jarrod Garripoli

This is a walkthrough for the boss, Abdiel, found in Tokyo after clearing the Demon King’s Castle in Shin Megami Tensei V. All of her weaknesses, resistances and skills to avoid.

Abdiel wants to get rid of you once and for all

Stats and Resistances

Icon Name Lv Weakness Resistances Location
SMT_V_Abdiel_Icon.jpg Abdiel 58 Dark_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Electric_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png/Force_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png (RESIST), Light_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png (REPEL) Tokyo

Skills

Type Skill Effect
Light_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Light’s Descent +5 Severe Light attack to all foes. Chance of instakill when striking weakness.
Physical_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Pierce Armor +2 Weak Physical attack to 1 foe. Lowers target’s Defense by 1 rank for 3 turns.
Physical_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Dark Sword +2 2 medium attacks to 1 foe. Chance of inflicting Seal.
Physical_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Myriad Slashes +2 5 weak Physical attacks to 1 foe. Low accuracy.
Fire_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Agidyne Heavy Fire attack to 1 foe.
Fire_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Maragidyne Heavy Fire attack to all foes.
Physical_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Mighty Cleave +2 Heavy Physical attack to 1 foe. Low accuracy, but hits are always Critical.

Recommended Party

Icon Name
SMT_V_Cybele_Icon.jpg Cybele
SMT_V_Dominion.jpg Dominion
SMT_V_Atavaka_Icon.jpg Atavaka

Abdiel can be quite the challenging boss, as she is a step up over Arioch. She is weak to Dark, while being resistant to Electric and Force, and reflecting Light. By far, her most dangerous attack is Light’s Descent, a severe Light attack that will hit your entire party. You want to make sure that mostly every has immunity, or resistance at least, to Light. Even with just resistance, it is possible that Light’s Descent will still do a good bit of damage. You can always use Tarunda to debuff Abdiel’s attack power, while using Marakukaja to buff your defense, which will help your survival. Abdiel doesn’t have any means to remove debuffs or buffs, so you don’t need to hold back with those.

(1 of 2) Abdiel can debuff your defense with Pierce Armor

Abdiel can debuff your defense with Pierce Armor (left), Light’s Descent can really hurt a lot if you don’t have protection against Light (right)

In terms of the other moves in Abdiel’s skillset, there are a lot of Physical skills, although two of them have a lot accuracy. Those are Myriad Slashes and Mighty Cleave, both of which can be bad if they actually connect, since Abdiel has pretty good Strength. Dark Sword shouldn’t be too dangerous, but it has a chance to inflict Seal, so make sure you cure that if it happens to connect. Likewise, Pierce Armor isn’t a bad attack, but the fact it lowers the target’s defense doesn’t help in the long run. Counter this by using Marakukaja, or just Dekunda. You will also see Agidyne from time to time, so just make sure no one is weak to it.

Maragidyne is reserved for when Abdiel charges Magatsuhi, so you can simply use a Fire Dampener to completely negate it. Sukunda works well in this fight, as will Masukukaja, which would make Abdiel miss with the two Physical attacks mentioned above very often. Those are definitely the more dangerous Physical attacks, too. It’s a good idea to have a healer, just in case, even moreso if not everyone is immune to Light. The battle should unfold fairly normally, like most other bosses, though, so along as you continue playing intelligently.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Atlus, Nintendo, Sega
  • Platforms,
    Switch
  • Genre
    Action Adventure, Action RPG, RPG
  • Guide Release
    5 November 2021
  • Last Updated
    18 February 2022
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