This is a walkthrough for the boss Surt found in Awajicho in the Chiyoda region in Shin Megami Tensei V. All of his weaknesses, resistances and skills to avoid.

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Surt’s fiery temper will be blocking your way

Stats and Resistances¶

Icon	Name	Lv	Weakness	Resistances	Location
	Surt	49		(ABSORB)	Chiyoda - Awajicho

Skills¶

Type	Skill	Effect
	Heat Wave +4	Weak Physical attack to all foes.
	Fire Dracostrike +6	Medium Fire Strength-based attack to 1 foe.
	Maragidyne +6	Heavy Fire attack to all foes.
	Ragnarok +6	Medium 2~5 Fire attacks to random foes.
	Dekunda	Negates status debuff effects on all allies.
	Counter	Chance to counter Strength-based attacks with a weak Phys attack.
	Agilao +6	Medium Fire attack to 1 foe.
	Maragi +6	Weak Fire attack to all foes.

Recommended Party¶

Icon	Name
	Lahmu (Needs Resist Fire)
	Succubus
	Yoshitsune

As you can see from the skillset above, the majority of the attacking skills Surt has are Fire-based. That means if you have protection from Fire (either Block or Resist), then this battle will go a lot smoother for you. The only one you don’t need to worry about is Maragidyne, as that is reserved for when Surt charges his Magatsuhi. The only non-Fire skill in his arsenal is Heat Wave, which is a weak Physical attack to the entire party, but considering Surt has a decent Strength stat, it can still hurt. There are two extra things you need to be wary of during your battle with Surt.

One of those things is that Surt has access to Dekunda, which means that he can remove any debuffs you use on him. However, he doesn’t seem to use Dekunda often enough that debuffs aren’t entirely useless, so test the waters and if Surt uses Dekunda, you could try to lay off using debuffs too much. Speaking of them, the usual round of them will work here, with an emphasis on Tarunda and Rakunda more than anything. The other notable thing is the Counter skill, which means that any skill that you use that is Strength-based, Surt has a chance to retaliate with a weak Physical attack. For someone like Yoshitsune, who has a resistance to Physical, the counter shouldn’t do too much.

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(1 of 2) Surt can counterattack any Strength-based attack

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Surt can counterattack any Strength-based attack (left), He can also remove all status debuffs with Dekunda (right)

However, if anyone else doesn’t have a Physical resistance, then you should shy away from using Strength-based attacks (this includes Dracostrikes). Naturally, Surt will absorb any Fire-based attack, and is weak to Ice. All other elements are neutral, but as already mentioned, you should avoid using Physical/Strength-based attacks to avoid the Counter. Should you not have Fire resistance, then you will want a good healer on your team, like Kushinada-Hime, who has access to Mediarama from the start and can get Heal Pieroma at level 51 (unless she inherits it from some other demon).