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Loup-garou is one of the many bosses you have to beat inShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance’s main story, but this foe can pose quite a challenge against your party. Without the right team, you will undoubtedly struggle against this demonic werewolf standing in your way. You need to understand this creature’s weaknesses and resistances to gain the upper hand and ultimately win the fight.
The boss form of Loup-garoushould be encountered at least at Level 28or higher since both your demons and Nahobino will then be able to match its strength. Unlike later endgame bosses such asMother Harlot inSMT 5: Vengeance, Loup-garou doesn’t have nearly as many moves. This should help you form a strategy with fewer scenarios to predict than against an enemy with a longer list of attacks.
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Loup-Garou Stats, Weaknesses, & Resistances
Know Which Elements And Ailments Affect The Boss
The highest Attribute stats for Loup-garou areStrength and Magic, making it a demon that specializes in offensive attacks against your party. Those who have fused or recruited this demon in the game already may have some understanding of its weaknesses, but the boss version operates a little differently. Thankfully, you don’t have to worry about Loup-Garou’s weaknesses being randomized likeMitamas inSMT 5: Vengeance.
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For a demon to Block a certain type of elemental damage, it means that it always takes no damage from moves that inflict that kind of damage. In Loup-garou’s case,no attack that deals Electric damage of any strength will deal any damageto the boss.
Resist
As you can see, Loup-garou isresistant to Fire damagebutweak to Ice and Light damage typesinflicted by various skills your demons could have. Loup-garou also has a+3 bonus to Physical, a +2 bonus to Fire, and a +2 bonus to Electricstrikes it deals due to its skill proficiency. However, the demon has a-4 skill proficiency to Light, giving away a key vulnerability to the Loup-garou’s boss form.
You will have a hard time imposing any debuff on Loup-garou, but it is not impossible.Try to get at least one debuff on the bosswith demons who have the best chance at imposing a status effect onto Loup-garou. Only commit to this option if you are sure a condition can be dealt, thenfocus on buffing your allies as wellas the fight continues inSMT 5: Vengeance.
Loup-Garou Moves & Patterns
Watch Out For Physical Attacks
This bosshas theability to guarantee a Critical hit from a Physical attackagainst more than one of your party members. Even though Loup-garou has a skill that can be used to deal other elemental damage, it tends to stick to Physical strikes. Thegameplay systems ofSMT 5: Vengeancegive Loup-garou extra boosts to some of their skills that make them more powerful than the version of the demon you can recruit.
Description
Fang Breaker +3
Weak Physical attack to one foe. Lowers target’s Attack by one Rank for three turns.
2-3 medium Physical attacks to random foes.
Critical Aura
Next Strength-based attack of self will be 100% accurate and guaranteed Critical.
Unique Skill- Severe Electric attack to one foe.
Omagatoki Critical
Magatsuhi Skill- All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for one turn.
Loup-garou willonlyuse their Scouffle D’eclair attack when it’s charged up by Magatsuhifrom the Omagatoki Critical move. Most of the time, the boss will try to start the fight by using Critical Aura to buff its first attack or have Fang Breaker debuff one of your demon’s Attack stat while inflicting slight Physical damage. The amount of ensured Critical hits Loup-garou can inflict can make this fight a fast loss if you are unprepared.
Best Demons To Use Against Loup-Garou
Bring Somone Who Resists Physical
The best types of demons you can bring into the battle against Loup-Garou areones who Resist either Physical or Electric attacks. Although you won’t have to worry about Loup-garou’s one Electric attack harming multiple allies, you should be prepared for it to take down someone instantly if they are Weak to Electric. Keep Nahobino on healing duty when you can to keep certain demons continuously healthy.
Special items calledElectric Dampenerscan be crucial in the later stages of the fight against Loup-Garou since they can help you resist the boss' Scouffle D’eclair attack when it’s boosted by its Magatsuhi Skill.
Thechanges toSMT 5: Vengeancemake more demons available to recruit, butOni,Jack Frost, andCironnupare among the best allies for this fight. Oni has resistance to Physical strikes to act as a tank during the battle. This demon also has a special skill it can learn called Taunt that can trick Loup-garou into targeting it during a turn, reducing the risk of any other party members getting one-shot by critical Physical attacks.
As you’re able to see in the above video by YouTube creatoromegaevolution, Jack Frost will be your main source of damage with powerful Ice attacks that target Loup-garou’s weakness. Cironnup can provide a defensive buff that boosts your party’s Defense stat, allowing demons other than Oni to survive the boss' critical attacks. Plan your turns carefully with each demon’s strengths inSMT 5: Vengeanceto gain a distinct advantage.
How To Defeat Loup-Garou
Continue Targeting Weaknesses And Use Every Turn Wisely
Once you’ve assembled a team and recognized Loup-garou’s attack patterns ahead of time, you cantarget the boss' weaknessesandtake advantage of"free"turnsto win quickly. Whenever you see Loup-garou charging a Magatsuhi, it has to use its entire turn to gain the Critical buff from that move. This gives your party a complete turn to either guard against the incoming Electric attack or strike back for heavy DPS.
Light or Ice attacks should be used constantly during each turn to deal consistent damage to Loup-garou. While you could have a team designed to be incredibly aggressive toward this boss, you may use other demons with extra versatility to account for bad RNG. For example, you could use Kaya-no-hime instead of Jack Frost to deal moderate Ice damage but still have an ally with decent healing instead of just attacking abilities.
Eventually, you should be able to take down the demonic werewolf and progress through the main story. Don’t forget to use Chakra Drops if you spend too much MP on the skills of your party members to endure throughout the fight. The best way to beat Loup-garou inShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeanceis to keep up with their relentless assault and plan enough to never run out of resources.
