Skill Inheritance

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Skill inheritance is a recurring gameplay mechanic in several games in the Megami Tensei franchise that dictates how skills are passed from one Demon or Persona to another during fusion.

Overview

When fusing Demons in places like the Cathedral of Shadows or the Velvet Room, the player will either be able to select which skills that the resulting Demon will inherit from its reagents, or the inherited skills will be selected at random.

Some skills are exclusive to specific Demons, such as Alice's Die For Me! or Yoshitsune's Hassou Tobi, and cannot be inherited during fusion.

Mechanics by Game

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4

In these games, inherited skills are chosen at random, but can be rerolled as many times as needed by backing out of the fusion menu and selecting the reagent Demons again.

Shin Megami Tensei IV, Shin Megami Tensei V, Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal

In these games, inherited skills can be manually selected.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Demons can inherit exclusive skills when performing fusion with the Demon Fusion Lite app.

Persona 5 Royal

Like skills, Traits can be inherited by Personas, except for the traits of DLC Personas.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Only magic can be inherited, meaning that extra skills cannot be inherited.

There are 15 inheritance types. If one of the ingredient demons has the same inheritance type as the resulting demon, all magic can be passed down from that demon. Otherwise, it is limited by the following table. Inheritance type names are taken from the official PSP strategy guide.

Type	Inheritable Magic
Megido メギド	Mabufula, Mazionga, Mapsio, Hanma, Hamaon, Mudoon, Megido, Megidola, recovery and support magic
Fire 火炎	Agi, Agilao, Maragi, Maragilao, Psio, Mapsio, Mudola, Dormina, Shibaboo, Shuff, Shuffle, Sipani, Makafuji, Rakunda, Traesto, Liftoma, recovery and support magic
Ice 氷結	Bufu, Bufula, Mabufu, Mabufula, Zanma, Hanma, Hamaon, Mudo, Mudoon, Dormina, Marin Karin, Shibaboo, Tarunda, Sukunda, recovery and support magic
Electricity 電撃	Bufu, Zio, Zionga, Mazio, Mazionga, Mazan, Psi, Mapsio, Mudo, Shibaboo, Makafuji, Rakunda, Sukunda, recovery and support magic
Force 衝撃	Agi, Bufu, Zan, Zanma, Mazan, Mazanma, Hama, Marin Karin, Shibaboo, Shuffle, Kyou, Sipani, Makafuji, Rakunda, Sukunda, Dekaja, Estoma, Liftoma, recovery and support magic
Psychokinesis 念動	Agilao, Mabufula, Mazio, Zan, Psi, Psio, Mapsi, Mapsio, Mudo, Dormina, Marin Karin, Shibaboo, Shuffle, Shuffler, Hakyou, Sikyou, Hapirma, Makafuji, Tarunda, Rakunda, Dekaja, Traesto, recovery and support magic
Temperature 温度全般	Agilao, Maragi, Mabufu, Mazio, Zanma, Dormina, Hakyou, recovery and support magic
Expel 破魔	Maragi, Mazio, Hama, Hanma, Hamaon, Estoma, recovery and support magic
Death 呪殺	Maragi, Maragion, Mabufula, Mazanma, Mapsi, Mapsio, Mudo, Mudola, Mudoon, Dormina, Shuffler, Makafuji, Traesto, Liftoma, recovery and support magic
Physical 物理	Maragion, Dormina, Shibaboo, Shuffler, Sikyou, Sipani, Hapirma, Tarunda, Dekaja, Traesto, Estoma, Liftoma, recovery and support magic
Recovery (A) 回復(A)	Maragion, Mabufu, Zan, Mapsi, Marin Karin, Shuff, Kyou, Sikyou, Sipani, Hapirma, Makafuji, Tarunda, Rakunda, recovery and support magic
Recovery (B) 回復(B)	Dormina, Marin Karin, Shibaboo, Shuff, Sipani, Hapirma, Tarunda, Sukunda, Dekaja, Traesto, Liftoma, recovery and support magic
Element 精霊	Recovery and support magic
Mitama 御魂	Recovery and support magic
Hero 英雄	Recovery and support magic
ZomaNot listed in guide 造魔	All magic

There is a priority hierarchy of races for inheritance, where the demon with a higher priority race will pass on its magic first:

1. Deity
2. Megami
3. Enigma
4. Fury
5. Lady
6. Kishin
7. Vile
8. Reaper
9. Genma
10. Yoma
11. Fairy
12. Night
13. Tyrant
14. Herald
15. Divine
16. Fallen
17. Dragon
18. Snake
19. Drake
20. Avian
21. Flight
22. Raptor
23. Avatar
24. Holy
25. Beast
26. UMA
27. Wilder
28. Jirae
29. Brute
30. Femme
31. Jaki
32. Element
33. Mitama
34. Haunt
35. Spirit
36. Undead
37. Tree
38. Wood
39. Vermin
40. Foul
41. Hero
42. Zoma

Within the races, demons with the same inheritance type as the result have a higher priority to pass on their magic.

Lastly, there is also a priority list where certain skills have a higher inheritance priority:

1. Megidolaon
2. Megidola
3. Megido
4. Maragion
5. Mabufula
6. Mazionga
7. Mazanma
8. Mapsio
9. Hamaon
10. Mudoon
11. Maragi
12. Mabufu
13. Mazio
14. Mazan
15. Mapsi
16. Hanma
17. Mudola
18. Agilao
19. Bufula
20. Zionga
21. Zanma
22. Psio
23. Hama
24. Mudo
25. Agi
26. Bufu
27. Zio
28. Zan
29. Psi
30. Shuffler
31. Sikyou
32. Shuffle
33. Hakyou
34. Shuff
35. Kyou
36. Dekaja
37. Tarunda
38. Rakunda
39. Sukunda
40. Dormina
41. Marin Karin
42. Shibaboo
43. Sipani
44. Hapirma
45. Makafuji
46. Recarmdra
47. Samarecarm
48. Recarm
49. Mediarahan
50. Diarahan
51. Mediarama
52. Diarama
53. Media
54. Dia
55. Petradi
56. Paraladi
57. Posumudi
58. Me Patra
59. Patra
60. Phasdi
61. Charmdi
62. Closdi
63. Metamodi
64. Tarukaja
65. Rakukaja
66. Sukukaja
67. Makakaja
68. Dekunda
69. Tetraja
70. Tetrakarn
71. Makarakarn
72. Traesto
73. Estoma
74. Sabbath
75. Liftoma
76. Mapper
77. Necroma

Persona 4 Golden

In Persona 4 Golden, inherited skills can be manually selected. Which types of skills are determined based on an inheritance type that each Persona has.

	Phys Skills	Fire Skills	Ice Skills	Elec Skills	Wind Skills	Almighty Skills	Light Skills	Dark Skills	Ailment Skills	Recovery Skills	Support Skills	Passive Skills
Phys	✔					✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
Fire	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Ice	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Elec	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Wind	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Everything	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Light	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔	✔	✔
Dark	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔		✔	✔
Recovery		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スキル継承	Skill inheritance