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Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Armydoes a lot to teach you how the game’s combat works, but even with Gouto’s help and the Detective Journal to fall back on, learning to be a Devil Summoner can take quite a lot of studying to master!
Raidou Kuzunoha had a few years to learn everything there is about fighting demons in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, but we’re here to help you feel confident in combat as you work your way through these supernatural mysteries. Once you’ve got the hang of fighting demons, it’s a breeze!
Balance Your Physical And Magic Attacks
During your first trial inRaidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Armywherein Raidou was conferred the formal title of Devil Summoner, you learned step by step how to handle demons you’ll face in combat, but with so much going on all at once in this game, combat might take a moment to get used to!
For those used to the turn-based combat of other Shin Megami Tensei titles,simultaneous combat with Raidou, his demons, and the opposing devilshappens on the battlefield all at once. You’ll only control Raidou, but you’ll be able tosummon multiple demons to fight by your side.
Throughout fights, Raidou’s summoned demons will use their slew of attacks and skills (which you can see from the Status section in your main menu), meaningdemons deal physical and elemental damageto other devils, but they’ll also have a variety ofsupport or healing skillson offer as well, depending on how you fused them at the Goumaden.
Raidou Deals Mostly Physical Damage
Your primary form of combat in Raidou Remastered will be withsword attacksfrom Raidou himself. Your sword is quite powerful and becomes even more so as you upgrade it throughout the game and learn new Devil Summoner skills.
For the most part, sword combat boils down to:
If you jump toward an enemy, you may attack from the air by following the jump up with one of your sword attacks to deal a good amount of damage when you land.
But Raidou isn’t only a melee fighter - he also has agun for ranged attacks, with ammo that reloads slowly as you cease fire. You can linger the reticle over a demon to charge up a couple shots, thenshoot several bullets at oncein an attempt tostagger enemiesfrom a safe distance, running up and dealing melee damage once they are.
When fighting alongside demons on the field,use demons to land critical elemental damageon your foes to stun then, so you may then follow up with the boosted iterations of Raidou’s sword attacks that deal more damage or replenish magic.
Raidou will also periodically learnnew sword abilitiesthat allow him todeal elemental damagehimself using sword-based magic attacks. You’ll unlock more of them throughout the game, but you’ll begin with the ability to deal Pyro damage, which leaves you nice and close to follow-up on attacking stunned enemies.
These abilities need to recharge for a few seconds between uses, so choose when to use them carefully.
Conserve And Replenish MAG During Battles
We touched on it a bit already, butMAG is the green barbeneath the yellow HP bar to keep track of Raidou’s vitality, and this is yourmagic meterthat informs how much energy your demons can expend.
Demon skills require MAG, and you’ll find that more powerful abilities consume more MAG when used in battle. You’ll be able to purchase items that will replenish your MAG meter either within or outside of battle, but a lot of the MAG restoration will be done spur-of-the-moment in battle.
You can restore MAG by:
If you’re low on MAG, you can tell your demons to stop using it during battle. They’ll switch their focus to any physical attacks until reactivated, which is a good way to have characters with healing abilities maintain a damage output while you’re all at high enough HP without wasting MAG on low-priority healing skills.
Demon Orders And Skills
Like most Megami Tensei games, you’ll be relying onelemental magicquite a bit during Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. We’ve mentioned that Raidou can use sword skills to learn elemental attacks himself, but for the most part, you’ll need to rely ondemons to deal the highest amounts of elemental damage.
When you first confine a demon, you’ll be informed whichOrderit’s of, and this will tell you which elements and skills your demons will use in combat. You’ve got more ability to breed variety into new demons using the Goumaden, but any demon you obtain will have its Order and move set displayed in your Detective Journal menu.
You’ll find a few major Orders in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. Any demon withspecific elemental damagewill have this highlighted in their Order (Pyro, Cryo, etc.), so you’ll be unsurprised to see these demons typically deal offensive damage. There are plenty ofskill Order demonsthat focus on healing and/or stat changes, too, for a more passive approach.
All Demon Orders In Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
You’ll do well to master the affinity chart in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army for the easiest time in combat. The game will highlight demons that know effective skills for the fight when you reconfigure which devils you’ve got actively summoned in battle, so pay attention to affinities and sharpshoot them for the easiest time bringing enemies down.
That said, these affinities also play into your team as well, sinceyour demons have their own affinitiesthat you can learn more about from either the Detective Journal in the main menu or from their general Analyze screen during battle (which is especially easy if you’re fighting a demon you’ve already confined).
For example, you’d do well to keep Cryo Order devils off the battlefield when you’re up against a few demons who use Pyro skills, as they’ll be able to hit your devils' weaknesses and turn the tide against you in battle.
Finally, keep an ear out for Gouto and your devils in battle - they’ll often provide tips on how to handle the current situation.
