Shin Megami Tensei V: How to defeat Boss Mother Harlot - Game Guide

 In the DLC "Return of the True Demon", you will have the opportunity to face the nine Cursed as well as a last boss who will surely be very happy to the regulars of the series. Similar to Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, the Cursed appear in certain places and you will have to face them to advance to the next Cursed. So here is a detailed guide on how to beat Mother Harlot.

Mother Harlot has a lot of resistances, and deflects physical attacks, which will require you to resort to absolute attacks to deal damage with your Nahobino if you have a physical build. You can also use Piercing Aura ( Essence of Futsunushi ) which allows you to have the effects of Charge in addition to piercing resistances .

For your demons, try to take two demons able to exploit the weakness wind of Mother Harlot. At this stage of the game, Cleopatra, Mot, Scathach and even Garuda perfectly fulfill this role. Mot has the advantage of having direct access to Zanbarion . Cleopatra is also very supportive with Batifolage, delicious sparkle and Diarahan . Adding Bonus Extension allows you to save MP by using buffs less often, which will let you use Zandyne (or even Zanbarion if you take it from Word Essence ).

Finally, take a last demon capable of healing at each turn with Mediarama , and who can participate in buffs if he has nothing to do. Add Me Patra to him to counter the fact that Cup of Babylon can confuse your entire team, Deadly Lust can inflict Charm, and Makajamaon can inflict seal. This healer / Buffer therefore has immunity to these three statuses if possible to be sure to be able to use Me Patra on each turn if necessary. Ishtar resists Charm, and Lachésis resists all status ailments.

For buffs, use Delicious Shard rather than Debuff first because Mother Harlot can use Dekunda. When Mother Harlot concentrates Magatsuhi, she is about to use Maziodyne so use a Lightning Suppressor .