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. The magic that can be inherited is based on inheritance type. There are 15 inheritance types. Recovery and support magic can be inherited regardless of type. 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 also a priority list where certain skills are more likely to be inherited:

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

Similarly, there is a priority hierarchy of races for inheritance, where the demon with a higher priority race is more likely to pass on its magic. Additionally, demons with the same inheritance type are more likely to pass on their magic.

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