This is a walkthrough for the boss, Chernobog, found in the 2nd Stratum of the Demon King’s Castle in Shin Megami Tensei V. All of his weaknesses, resistances and skills to avoid.
Chernobog can be quite a difficult boss
Stats and Resistances¶
| Icon | Name | Lv | Weakness | Resistances | Location |
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Chernobog | 53 |  |
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Demon King’s Castle - 2nd Stratum |
Skills¶
| Type | Skill | Effect |
|---|---|---|
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Dark Sword | 2 medium Physical attacks to 1 foe. Chance of inflicting Seal. |
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Blight | 2-4 medium Physical attacks to random foes. Chance of inflicting Poison. |
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Toxic Spray +4 | Chance of inflicting Poison to 1 foe and lowers Defense by 1 rank for 3 turns. |
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Fang Breaker | Weak Physical attack to 1 foe. Lowers target’s Attack by 1 rank for 3 turns. |
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Pierce Armor | Weak Physical attack to 1 foe. Lowers target’s Defense by 1 rank for 3 turns. |
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Blinding Strike | Weak Physical attack to 1 foe. Lowers target’s Accuracy/Evasion by 1 rank for 3 turns. |
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Mamudoon +3 | Heavy Dark attack to all foes. Chance of instakill when striking weakness. |
Recommended Party¶
| Icon | Name |
|---|---|
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Dominion |
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Yurlungur |
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Kushinada-Hime |
As you can see from the skillset above, there are a lot of debuffs and ailments in Chernobog’s arsenal. Because of that, it’s a good idea to have Dekunda here to get rid of them. Additionally, if you have your own set of debuffs, you can use those to counter the boss’ debuffs, so you are kind of playing on the same level. Chernobog is weak to Light, while being immune to Dark, so you will want to make sure you bring along some demons who can use Light skills. Of course, you also have access to Light Gems in the shop, so those are another way to go about things here, but you are only limited to 10 of Shards and Gems, which won’t be enough to defeat the boss. You will also want to bring along some Amrita Sodas, or have someone with Me Patra, for the ailments.
(1 of 2) He will be spamming the debuff Physical attacks
He will be spamming the debuff Physical attacks (left), His focusing of one character will become troublesome for some (right)
One of the things that Chernobog has over other bosses is that he gets four turns per round, instead of the usual two. That means that whenever he uses Mamudoon as his Magatsuhi skill and you use a Dark Dampener to block it, he will still have two turns left over after it, so you will have to brace for those extra actions. Chernobog does seem to concentrate on a single target, until he has gotten all three debuffs on them, although he will stop if it doesn’t happen in a single round. He will likely just continue using those Physical attacks with debuffs until he has gotten them on everyone, with some of the other skills sprinkled in to mix things up a little bit. Because of this tendency to focus on a single character at times, they might be killed easily, so be careful with weaker demons.
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