Poltergeist

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Poltergeist
Race(s)	FoulKyūyaku Megami Tensei HauntShin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 MononokeDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei RumorSoul Hackers 2 SpiritShin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Nine Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Megami Ibunroku Persona GhostDevil Survivor 2 Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Alignment(s)	Dark-ChaosShin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers ChaosShin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Arcana(s)	DevilPersona 2: Innocent Sin Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Order(s)	WindDevil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon

Poltergeist is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Poltergeist 13 108 104	Strength 19 Dexterity 18 Magic 18 Agility 23 Luck 19
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Spirit — —
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak WkWeak — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 StrStrong ×1 ×1 ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Sukunda 15 MP Decreases all enemies' agility by 1 rank. Innate Needle Shot 4 MP Weak Gun damage to one enemy. Innate Healing Knowhow — Grants user access to healing and support items. 15

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Poltergeist 19 154 132	Strength 12 Dexterity 20 Magic 29 Agility 22 Luck 25
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Spirit Chaos — — — Boy ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak WkWeak — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×2 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — +2 — — — -4 -3 — — +1 -2 +1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1-2 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Sukunda 25 MP Debuffs all foes' agility by 1 level. Tathlum Shot 7 MP Medium gun damage to one foe.

	Name Level HP MP Poltergeist 19 157 132	Strength 15 Dexterity 23 Magic 32 Agility 25 Luck 28
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Spirit Chaos Boy 8754
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak WkWeak — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×2 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — +2 — — — -4 -3 — — +1 -2 +1
Evolves to Quicksilver Level 23
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1-2 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Sukunda 25 MP Debuffs all foes' agility by 1 level. Innate Tathlum Shot 7 MP Medium gun damage to one foe. Innate Rapid Needle 5 MP Weak gun damage to all foes. 20 Healing Knowhow — Enables use of healing items. 21

Shin Megami Tensei V

	Name Level HP MP Poltergeist 25 115 137	Strength 17 Vitality 17 Magic 16 Agility 20 Luck 23
Race Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Gift Type Haunt — — —
Resistances — — — NulNull WkWeak WkWeak — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances — — NulNull — — — — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Potential — — — +2 -1 -2 — — — — +2
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Physical 1 1 enemy
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Shockbound 25 MP Weak 2~5 Electric attacks to random foes. Innate Masukunda 30 MP Lowers Accuracy/Evasion of all foes by 1 rank for 3 turns. Innate Dream Needle 10 MP Weak Physical attack to 1 foe. Chance of inflicting Sleep. 26 Elec Block 40 MP Nullifies an Electric attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 27 Resist Force — Strengthens resistance to Force skills. 28
Magatsuhi Skills Skill Description Omagatoki: Critical All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. Twilight WaveRequires Haunt Talisman Heavy Physical attack to all foes. Chance of inflicting Sleep.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Poltergeist 2 24 6Sega Saturn/26PlayStation Portable	Strength 3 Intelligence 3 Magic 3 Endurance 3 Agility 3 Luck 3
Location Yahigashi Building; Library; Sewers (Yarai-Ku) B1F-B3F, B5F
Species Race Alignment Size Recruit Speech RERandom Encounter Spirit Spirit Dark-Chaos (144) S ✘ Child (♂) ✔
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def Drop 10 7 10 7 7 5Sega Saturn/6PlayStation Portable Normal Bullet
Resistances "Nullifies Death, Gun. Weak to Expel." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×½×0.50 ×⅒×0.10 NulNull ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl ×3 NulNull ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×⅒×0.10 ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1 Single enemy Front row
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Zan Force 3 MP Attack magic. Front row. Power 28. Force-type damage to 1 enemy. Sukunda Support 5 MP Attack support. All. Decreases accuracy of all enemies.

	Name Level HP MP Poltergeist 2 24 6Sega Saturn/26PlayStation Portable	Strength 3 Intelligence 3 Magic 3 Endurance 3 Agility 3 Luck 3
Location Fusion only
Species Race Alignment S. CostCOMP Summoning Cost C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost; PSP only CPMagnetite used Spirit Spirit Dark-Chaos (144) 20 MMagnetite 720 MMagnetite 1
Personality Loyalty Speech Inheritance Short-Tempered Level Difference Child (♂) Force
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def 10 7 10 7 7 5Sega Saturn/6PlayStation Portable
Resistances "Nullifies Death, Gun. Weak to Expel." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×½×0.50 ×⅒×0.10 NulNull ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl ×3 NulNull ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×⅒×0.10 ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1 Single enemy Front row
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Zan Force 3 MP Attack magic. Front row. Power 28. Force-type damage to 1 enemy. Sukunda Support 5 MP Attack support. All. Decreases accuracy of all enemies.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei V	A mischievous spirit known for haunting houses. The name is German in origin, and literally means "noisy ghost." It can do various things, from pulling harmless pranks like making loud noises and moving objects through the air, to dangerous, destructive acts, like starting fires and assaulting people. Poltergeist incidents often occur in homes with children or teenagers, and one theory states that the cause is a child's unstable mentality.
Soul Hackers 2	A mischievous spirit known for haunting houses. The name is German in origin, and literally means "noisy ghost." It can do various things, from pulling harmless pranks like making loud noises and moving objects through the air, to dangerous, destructive acts, like starting fires and assaulting people. Poltergeist incidents often occur in homes with children or teenagers, and one theory states that the cause is a child's unstable mentality.
Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army	A trickster ghost famous for haunting houses. It wreaks havoc by making loud noises and moving objects around through the air.
Persona 2: Innocent Sin	A ghost who levitates furniture. German for "noisy ghost."
Devil Survivor 2	A trickster ghost known for haunting houses. It wreaks havoc by making loud noises and moving objects around through the air.

Game Appearances

Persona 2

All "Change Form" mutations have a small chance of turning the Persona into Poltergeist instead of one of the usual results. This will not occur if Poltergeist is already in stock when the mutation is acquired.

Nomenclature

Poltergeist is a portmanteau of the German words poltern, meaning "to make noise," and geist, meaning "ghost." Therefore, poltergeist means "noisy ghost."

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポルターガイスト Porutāgaisuto	Poltergeist

Gallery

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  Animated sprite from the Super Famicom versions of Shin Megami Tensei II and Shin Megami Tensei if...

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  Static sprite from the Super Famicom versions of Shin Megami Tensei II and Shin Megami Tensei if...

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  Sprite of Poltergeist from Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue

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  Icon from Soul Hackers 2

Videos

Poltergeist's Daily Demon Showcase for Shin Megami Tensei V