Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeancereintroduces old bosses that were present in the originalSMTV. A boss that will eventually be recruitable that the player will face during their adventure is Fionn Mac Cumhaill.
Unless the player knows what they’re doing, this fight could be pretty hard. Here’s how to best take down this foe inShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance.
Fionn Mac Cumhaill Boss Overview
When it comes to Fionn Mac Cumhaill, here’s everything to keep in mind when it comes to his stats, affinities, and skills.
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Mac an Luin +5
(Unique) Severe Physical attack to 1 foe. Greater effect if Critical.
Dark Sword +5
2 medium Physical attacks to 1 foe. Chance of inflicting Seal.
Pierce Armor +5
Weak Physical attack to 1 foe. Lowers Defense by 1 rank for 3 turns.
Medium Fire attack to all foes.
Tarukaja
Raises Attack of 1 ally by 1 rank for 3 turns.
Before The Fight
The best way to ease into a fight is to come prepared. Here’s everything the player should bring along or change before this fight even begins.
Best Demons To Bring Along
When it comes to the best demons for this fight, a few come to mind that might be available around the time the player fights Fionn Mac Cumhaill.
The player could also bring along one of their guests, Yoko Hiromine. She isn’t weak to either ice or fire and also has access to Zionga, a medium electric attack on one foe, which will come in use.
Best Affinities for the Nahobino
By Default, the Nahobino has a weakness to force and dark, however this can be changed by the player upon unlocking a miracle known as Divine Amalgamation. This miracle allows the player to change his affinities by using the essence of a demon.
Now, when it comes to Fionn Mac Cumhaill, the players want to be able to block, or at least resist fire attacks. While Fionn also has an ice attack, it’s a lot less destructive and the player can get away with no ice resistance, or even an ice weakness. Most demons do not have a physical weakness or blockage so that won’t be relevant at this point of the game.
At the moment, it is not easy to find a demon essence that blocks both fire and ice, as demons who block one of these tend to be weak to the other. Because of that, the player will just focus on fire blockage. Some available essence in this area could be Jack-o’- Lantern’s essence, which gives the player the ability to block fire attacks, but gives them an ice weakness. Another option is Hua Pao, which has the same affinities as that of Jack-o’- Lantern’s essence.
Best Items to Keep On Hand
Here are some items the players should keep in hand before this fight starts:
How To Defeat Fionn mac Cumhaill
The player should gointo the fight with the Magatsuhi bar fullto activate Omagatoki Critical. This will allow the player and their allies to immediately chip off at his health bar.
Fionn is likely to gather Magatsuhi on his turn, and that should be the player’s cue to put up a fire dampener. Fionn will unleash a powerful fire attack, Maragion +4 on the player and all their allies.
The player should use a skill such as Marakukaka to raise the defense of all allies, as they can’t just rely on dampeners to win this fight. A skill like Matarunda on Fionn can also be of use as he often raises his own attack power by using Tarukaja on himself.
After Fionn raises his own attack power, the player should definitely put up a physical dampener, as Fionn is likely to unleash Mac an Luin +5.
The fight should be consistently similar to this and, if the player keeps blocking Fionn’s attacks to the best of their ability, they should manage to take him down in a few turns.
