Asmodeus

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Asmodeus, also known as Asmoday, is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Asmodeus comes from the Book of Tobit, a Second Temple-period Jewish writing accepted as scripture by non-Protestant Christians. In this book, Asmodeus is a demon who kills several successive husbands of Sarah, daughter of Raguel, on their wedding night. This demon Asmodeus is also featured in Talmudic and Kabbalistic writings. Asmodeus's name is believed to come from the Zoroastrian Aeshma-daeva.

In the Ars Goetia, a section of The Lesser Key of Solomon, Asmoday or Asmodai is the 32nd of the 72 demons allegedly summoned by King Solomon.

Design

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei II

Asmodeus is exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version.

Name	Level	HP	MP
Asmodeus	80	956	320

Species	Race	Alignment	CostSummon Cost	CPMagnetite used while in party	Inheritance Type
Demonic	Tyrant	Dark-Chaos (240)	♄Macca2560	50	Almighty

Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	M. Attack	M. Effect
220	150	196	151	36	39

Resistances
Sword	Gun	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark	Almighty
×¾×0.75	×¾×0.75	×1	×1	×1	×¾×0.75	NulNull	×1	×1
Charge	Hand Skill	Leg Skill	Fly Skill	Nerve	Ruin	Bind	Type
×¾×0.75	×¾×0.75	×¾×0.75	×¾×0.75	×1	×1½×1.50	×1	Resist Phys

Moon Phase Damage Output
New	1/8	2/8	3/8	Half	5/8	6/8	7/8	Full
162.5％	125％	112.5％	100％	137.5％	100％	87.5％	75％	50％

Basic Attack	Element	Hit(s)	Target
Basic Attack	Sword	2	Single enemy

Magic Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Maragion	Fire	9 MP	Burns all enemies with strong flames.
Mudo	Dark	3 MP	Curses 2 enemies to death.

Extra Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Fire Breath	Fire	8 MP	Fire-type attack to multiple enemies.
Hades Blast	Sword	20% HP	Attacks multiple enemies. Power changes depending on user's max HP.
Mow Down	Charge	15% HP	Deals damage to all enemies.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Name	Level	HP	MP
Asmodeus	33	2640	1190

Race	AlignmentFactored with certain skills	EXP
Tyrant	Chaos	—

Drop
Magic Mirror (%)

Resistances

—	NulNull	DrnDrain	—	—	WkWeak	—	NulNull
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ailment Resistances

RsResist	RsResist	RsResist	RsResist	RsResist

Basic Attack	Element	Hits(s)	Target	Effect
Basic Attack	Phys	1	Single enemy	—

Skills
Skill	Cost	Description
Madness Needle	11 MP	Weak Gun damage with 70% chance of Panic to one enemy.
Toxic Sting	9 MP	Weak Gun damage with 70% chance of Poison to one enemy.
Fire Breath	21 MP	1-4 hits of Weak Fire damage to random enemies.
Tarukaja	15 MP	Increases all allies' attack power by 1 rank.
Diarama	9 MP	300 HP recovery to one ally.
Spirit Drain	5 MP	Weak Almighty MP drain to one enemy.
Hell's Torment	—	HP reduction by 67% (Almighty) to all enemies.

Name	Level	HP	MP
Asmodeus	51	427	192

Location	Fusion

Race	AlignmentFactored with certain skills	Speech	C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost	Fusion Condition
Tyrant	Chaos	—	—	Defeat Asmodeus

Resistances

—	NulNull	DrnDrain	—	—	—	WkWeak	NulNull
×1	×1	×1	×1	×1	×1	×1	×1

Ailment Resistances

×1	×1	×1	×1	×1

Basic Attack	Element	Hit(s)	Target	Effect
Basic Attack	Phys	1	Single enemy	—

Skills
Skill	Cost	Description	Level
Fire Breath	21 MP	1-4 hits of Weak Fire damage to random enemies.
Blight	14 MP	Weak Phys damage with 60% chance of Poison to all enemies.
Life Aid	—	10% HP recovery to user after battle. Overrides Light Life Aid.	52
Doping	45 MP	Increases all allies' max HP by 30%.	53

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei IV	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, he was a cherub before his fall from grace. He has three heads: a bull, a man, and a sheep. His legs are like that of a chicken, his tail is a venemous snake, and his wings are hideous. In his hands he holds a battle flag and a spear, and he rides a dragon, spitting flames from his mouth. If the conjurer approaches him with respect, he will obey and give rings, as well as teach astronomy and geometry. Later literature ties him to the sin of lust.
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book	牛の頭を持った　炎の息をはく天使　魔力で人を　ゆうわくする Translation: A fire-breathing angel with a cow's head. He seduces people with his magic powers.
Devil Children White Book	ウシのあたまを　もった　ほのおの　いきをはくテンシ　マリョクでヒトを　ゆうわくする Translation: A fire-breathing angel with a cow's head. He seduces people with his magic powers.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei IV

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Persona 5

Main article: Shadow Kamoshida

Asmodeus appears in Persona 5 as the Shadow Self of Suguru Kamoshida.

Trivia

Unique among bosses in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Asmodeus does not nullify the Light element and is merely resistant to it. This makes Asmodeus the only boss in the game who is susceptible to instant kill skills.
During development of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Asmoday was considered for use as a boss. He would have been of the Tyrant race and be fought in Area 2.^[1]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	アスモデウスShin Megami Tensei (Mega-CD) Shin Megami Tensei II (Game Boy Advance) Shin Megami Tensei IV Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis Devil Children Black Book and Red Book Devil Children White Book Asumodeusu	Asmodeus
Japanese	アスモダイDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Asumodai	Asmoday

Gallery

Asmodeus on the cover artwork of Shin Megami Tensei IV
Sprite of Asmoday from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Animated sprite of Asmoday from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Sprite of Asmodeus from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei
Screenshot of Asmodeus's stats from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei
Sprite of Asmodeus from the Game Boy Advance version of Shin Megami Tensei II
Screenshot of Asmodeus in the A-Mode DDS Dictionary from the Game Boy Advance version of Shin Megami Tensei II

References

↑ Page description: A table of bosses and where they would be encountered. Megaten Maniacs (2017), Nobuyuki Shioda and Masashi Uchida. Japanese. p. 133.

[1] Page description: A table of bosses and where they would be encountered. Megaten Maniacs (2017), Nobuyuki Shioda and Masashi Uchida. Japanese. p. 133.

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