Kwancha

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Kwancha
カワンチャ
MT2DeSum Artwork from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Origin	Newar culture
Race(s)	BruteDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Kyūyaku Megami Tensei: Megami Tensei II Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation ElementDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei Kyūyaku Megami Tensei: Megami Tensei I JakiMajin Tensei Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis Majin Tensei: Blind Thinker JiraeShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Megami Ibunroku Persona Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikū no Tō Hen Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner Kētai Akuma Densho
Alignment(s)	Dark-LawMajin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis GoodDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei NeutralDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Neutral-LawShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem Neutral-NeutralShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Kwancha is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

The Kawancha is a type of skeletal creature in Newar folklore in Nepal. The Kawancha is associated with the Khyah.

Design

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Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei

	Name Level HP MP Kwancha 35 213 72	Strength 19 Intelligence 8 Magic 12 Vitality 17 Agility 10 Luck 10
Species Race Alignment CostSummon Cost CPMagnetite used while in party Oni Jirae Neutral-Law (68) ♄Macca1120 19
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect Moon PhaseDemon Aggression 77Most versions/76Mega-CD 15Most versions/14Super CD-ROM² and Mega-CD 47Most versions/46Super CD-ROM²/62Mega-CD 11 13 10Most versions/9Super CD-ROM² 5 Resistances Holy Being: "Reflects Expel, nulls Curse." Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Nerve Almighty ×1 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×¾×0.75 ×⅜×0.375 ×1 Expel Death Magic Bind Charge Dex Needle Non-Elem. Rfl ×1Reflect (×1 Damage) NulNull ×1 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×1 NulNull ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Sword 2 Single enemy
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Hama Expel 5 MP Eliminates 2 enemies with the power of light. Diarama Healing 4 MP Restores one ally's HP by roughly 100. Paraladi Healing 6 MP Cures one ally of Paralysis.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Kwancha 24 160 154	Strength 26 Dexterity 29 Magic 37 Agility 25 Luck 35
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Jirae — —
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 StrStrong NulNull ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Tetanus Cut 11 MP Medium Phys damage with 70% chance of Sick to one enemy. Innate Posumudi 5 MP Removes Poison and Sick from one ally. Innate Pandemic Bomb 11 MP 70% chance of Sick to all enemies. 26 Mahama 18 MP chance of instant K.O. (Light) to all enemies. 27

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Kwancha 22 174 145	Strength 15 Dexterity 20 Magic 35 Agility 23 Luck 28
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Jirae Neutral — — — Elder ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×0 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×0 ×1
Skill Affinity — — — — — −3 +1 — — +4 +1 −2
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Poison Claw 9 MP Medium physical damage and 70% poison to one foe. Bind Voice 20 MP 45% bind to all foes.

	Name Level HP MP Kwancha 22 174 145	Strength 18 Dexterity 23 Magic 38 Agility 26 Luck 31
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Jirae Neutral Elder 6394
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×0 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×0 ×1
Skill Affinity — — — — — −3 +1 — — +4 +1 −2
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Poison Claw 9 MP Medium physical damage and 70% poison to one foe. Innate Bind Voice 20 MP 45% bind to all foes. Innate Pandemic Bomb 15 MP 70% sick to all foes. 23 Mahama 14 MP Weak light damage to all foes. Smirk: +30% instant death 24

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Kwancha 35 272 98Sega Saturn/118PlayStation Portable	Strength 16 Intelligence 5 Magic 8 Endurance 12 Agility 6 Luck 5
Location East Asia TV; Sewers (Asahi-Ku) B1F-B3F
Species Race Alignment Size Recruit Speech RERandom Encounter Oni Jirae Neutral-Neutral (134) M ✔ Noble (♂) ✔
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def Drop 102 63 94 60 18 30 Gehou Kakusei Fu
Resistances "Drains Electricity. Nullifies Death." Sword Spear Thrown Gun Almi Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) ×1 ×1 Mind Expel Death Ruin Bind Nerve D Atk Charge Skill Swd Skl ×7⁄10×0.70 ×⅒×0.10 NulNull ×½×0.50 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 150% 137.5% 125% 112.5% 100% 87.5% 75% 62.5% 50%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1 Single enemy Front row
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Hanma Expel 10 MP Offensive magic. Front row. Power 20. Expel-type damage to 1 whole row of enemies. Diarama Recovery 4 MP Recovery magic. Single. Recovers a medium amount of HP to 1 ally.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Flare Rush Charge 7% HP Special physical action. Power 16. 0-7 hit attack.

	Name Level HP MP Kwancha 35 272 98Sega Saturn/118PlayStation Portable	Strength 16 Intelligence 5 Magic 8 Endurance 12 Agility 6 Luck 5
Location East Asia TV; Sewers (Asahi-Ku) B1F-B3F
Species Race Alignment S. CostCOMP Summoning Cost C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost; PSP only CPMagnetite used Oni Jirae Neutral-Neutral (134) 350 MMagnetite 8320 MMagnetite 35
Personality Loyalty Speech Inheritance Mystic Change Vigorous Materialistic Noble (♂) Expel Kwancha Guard
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def 102 63 94 60 18 30
Resistances "Drains Electricity. Nullifies Death." Sword Spear Thrown Gun Almi Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) ×1 ×1 Mind Expel Death Ruin Bind Nerve D Atk Charge Skill Swd Skl ×7⁄10×0.70 ×⅒×0.10 NulNull ×½×0.50 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 150% 137.5% 125% 112.5% 100% 87.5% 75% 62.5% 50%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1 Single enemy Front row
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Hanma Expel 10 MP Offensive magic. Front row. Power 20. Expel-type damage to 1 whole row of enemies. Diarama Recovery 4 MP Recovery magic. Single. Recovers a medium amount of HP to 1 ally.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Flare Rush Charge 7% HP Special physical action. Power 16. 0-7 hit attack.

Megami Ibunroku Persona

PSPSP

	Name Level HP SP KwanchaPersona KarakRevelations: Persona 45 450 450	Strength 42 Vitality 40 Dexterity 25 Agility 16 Luck 30
Location Deva Yuga, Inner Lost Forest, Ice Castle
Class Order Type Subtype Recruit Personality Gender Persona Talk Oni Jirae (DDDruidRevelations: Persona ) ElementHigh Vit; good at Element - Earth Earth ✔ Forceful Male Kali, Shiva
M. Atk M. Def EXP Persona EXP Yen Drop 96 48 1523 1523 ¥Yen1860 Agidyne Stone (△Less Common)
Resistances "Absorb: 100% Earth / Weak: Wind, Blast" Sword Two-Hand Spear Axe Whip Thrown Arrow Fist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Handgun Machine Gun Shotgun Rifle Tech Rush Anti-Boss Special ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 Fire Ice Wind Earth Electric Nuclear Blast Gravity ×1 ×1 ×2 Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) NuNull ×1 ×2 ×1 Death Nerve Occult Curse Expel Prayer Bless Miracle ×1 ×1 NuNull ×1 ×1 NuNull NuNull ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Sword 1 Single enemy Sword
Skills SkillPersona / Revelations: Persona Cost Range Description Inherit Agidyne / Inferno 15 SP B Heavy Fire damage (area) ✔ Magnadyne / Gishin 14 SP B Heavy Earth damage (area) ✔ Triple Slice / TripleHit 0 SP Two-Hand Heavy Two-Hand damage (area) ✘ Eastern Impact / Sonar 0 SP B Medium Blast damage (area) ✘

	Name Level HP SP Kwancha 45 450 450	Strength 42 Vitality 40 Dexterity 35 Agility 16 Luck 30
Location Deva Yuga, Inner Lost Forest, Ice Castle
Class Order Type Subtype Recruit Personality Gender Persona Talk Oni Jirae (DDDruidRevelations: Persona ) ElementHigh Vit; good at Element - Earth Earth ✔ Forceful Male Kali, Shiva
M. Atk M. Def EXP Persona EXP Yen Drop 96 48 1980 2132 ¥Yen2325 Agidyne Stone (△Less Common)
Resistances "Absorb: 100% Earth / Weak: Wind, Blast" Sword Two-Hand Spear Axe Whip Thrown Arrow Fist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 Handgun Machine Gun Shotgun Rifle Tech Rush Anti-Boss Special ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 Fire Ice Wind Earth Electric Nuclear Blast Gravity ×1 ×1 ×2 Drn ×1Drain (×1 Damage) NuNull ×1 ×2 ×1 Death Nerve Occult Curse Expel Prayer Bless Miracle ×1 ×1 NuNull ×1 ×1 NuNull NuNull ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Sword 1 Single enemy Sword
Skills SkillPersona / Revelations: Persona Cost Range Description Inherit Agidyne / Inferno 15 SP B Heavy Fire damage (area) ✔ Magnadyne / Gishin 14 SP B Heavy Earth damage (area) ✔ Triple Slice / TripleHit 0 SP Two-Hand Heavy Two-Hand damage (area) ✘ Eastern Impact / Sonar 0 SP B Medium Blast damage (area) ✘

Compendium

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Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Nepal A demon of illness from Nepal. It appears at crossroads and causes people to have stomach pains. It's said that they will cure various ailments if you make a suitable offering. They are also the attendants of Kali and Shiva.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	A demon of disease that lives in the underworld in Nepali folklore. It appears at a crossroads, but if you make an offering and chant a mantra, it will defend you from sickness. He is also Shiva and Kali's attendant. There is a Nepali festival where Kwancha appears among other gods.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	A demon of disease that lives in the underworld in Nepali folklore. It appears at a crossroads, but if you make an offering and chant a mantra, it will defend you from sickness. He is also Shiva and Kali's attendant. There is a Nepali festival where Kwancha appears among other gods.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	A demon of disease that lives in the underworld in Nepali folklore. It appears at a crossroads, but if you make an offering and chant a mantra, it will defend you from sickness. He is also Shiva and Kali's attendant. There is a Nepali festival where Kwancha appears among other gods.
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2	A demon of disease that lives in the underworld of Nepali folklore. A bringer of stomachaches, it will appear at crossroads. But if you make an offering and chant a mantra, it will defend you from sickness. He is also Shiva and Kali's attendant. There is a Nepali festival where Kwancha appears among other gods.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (Akuma Zensho; PSP)	出身地：ネパール 黄泉の国の骸骨といわれる病魔。人々に腹痛などをもたらすといわれる。 カワンチャはネパールの十字路に現れる病魔だが、供え物をしマントラを唱えれば、反対に病魔を追い払ってくれる。また彼はシヴァ神やカーリー女神の従者でもある。 ネパールの人々は秋の祭りに神々や魔物などの仮面をつけて街を歩くが、その中にはこのカワンチャもある。 Translation: Place of origin: Nepal
Kētai Akuma Densho	黄泉の国の骸骨といわれる病魔。人々に腹痛などをもたらすと言われる。 出身地：ネパール カワンチャはネパールの十字路に現れる病魔だが、供え物をしマントラを唱えれば、反対に病魔を追い払ってくれる。また彼はシヴァ神やカーリー女神の従者でもある。ネパールの人々は秋の祭りに神々や魔物などの仮面をつけて街を歩くが、その中にはこのカワンチャもある。 Translation:

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Kwancha
	KarakRevelations: Persona
Japanese	カワンチャ Kawancha	Kawancha
Korean	카완차 Kawancha	Kawancha

Gallery

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  Kwancha on the cover of the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Artwork from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
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  Cover artwork for the Super Famicom version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Artwork for Shin Megami Tensei from Shin Megami Tensei Hisshō Kōryaku-hō
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  Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
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  Render from Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
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  Render from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Akuma Zensho
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  Sprite from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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  Animated sprite from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
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  Animated sprite from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
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  Sprite from Kyūyaku Megami Tensei
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  Animated sprite from Kyūyaku Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei
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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei IV
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  Sprite from Last Bible III
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  Sprite from Majin Tensei
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  Sprite from Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
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  Sprite from the Sega Saturn version of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
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  Sprite from Megami Ibunroku Persona
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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner