Mad Gasser

Mad Gasser
マッドガッサー
Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Origin	American urban legend
Race(s)	FoulShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers RumorSoul Hackers 2
Alignment(s)	ChaosShin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Dark-ChaosShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Mad Gasser is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

According to Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers no Subete Revision and Kazuma Kaneko Graphics Pandaemonium: Demon Edition Volume 2, Mad Gasser is an original creation for Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers. However, Kazuma Kaneko Works VII says that it is based on the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, who reportedly terrorized the city of Mattoon, Illinois with gas attacks in the 1940s, and also on a similar incident in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1933.

Design

Mad Gasser appears as a humanoid completely covered by black clothing. It wears a black trilby hat with a gray ribbon, a gas mask with yellow goggles, a black cape, black boots, and black gloves; the cuffs of its sleeves and pants are dark brown. It wears a gas canister on its back, fastened with silver belts across its shoulders and waist. It holds a spray nozzle in its right hand, connected to the gas canister by a thin black hose.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Mad Gasser 40 350 157	Strength 46 Dexterity 42 Magic 42 Agility 55 Luck 46
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Foul — —
Resistances — — — — — — WkWeak StrStrong ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances StrStrong StrStrong StrStrong StrStrong StrStrong
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Pandemic Bomb 11 MP 70% chance of Sick to all enemies. Innate Shibaboo 5 MP 50% chance of Bind to one enemy. Innate Poison Breath 11 MP 70% chance of Poison to all enemies. Innate Hellish Mask — Makes user resist all standard Ailments. 41

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Mad Gasser 37 334 163	Strength 36 Dexterity 36 Magic 30 Agility 52 Luck 46
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Foul Chaos — — — Spinning ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances — — — — — — WkWeak RsResist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×½×0.50
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50
Skill Affinity — — — — — — −3 — — +6 — −3
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Bind Voice 20 MP 45% bind to all foes. Poison Breath 15 MP 70% poison to all foes.

	Name Level HP MP Mad Gasser 37 306 163	Strength 39 Dexterity 39 Magic 33 Agility 55 Luck 49
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Foul Chaos Spinning 12100
Resistances — — — — — — WkWeak RsResist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×½×0.50
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50
Skill Affinity — — — — — — −3 — — +6 — −3
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Bind Voice 20 MP 45% bind to all foes. Innate Poison Breath 15 MP 70% poison to all foes. Innate Pandemic Bomb 15 MP 70% sick to all foes. 38 Hellish Mask — Resists all ailments. 39

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

	Name Level HP MP Mad Gasser 48 260 209	Strength 38 Vitality 33 Magic 25 Agility 28 Luck 41
Location Canon of Creation: Yushima Canon of Vengeance: Shinjuku 2nd Block
Race Alignment Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Gift Type Foul Dark-Chaos — ♄Macca42124 —
Resistances — — — — — WkWeak NuNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances NuNull NuNull WkWeak WkWeak WkWeak NuNull — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Potential — — — — — −2 — — +5 −4 +1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Physical 1 1 enemy
Innate Skill Virus Carrier While an Omagatoki effect is active, if user inflicts an ailment on their action, it will not consume a Press Turn Icon.
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Toxic Cloud 25 MP Chance of inflicting Poison to all foes. Innate Blight 20 MP 2~4 weak Physical attacks to random foes. Chance of inflicting Poison. Innate Poison Adept — Increases effects of Poison. Innate Riberama 35 MP Prevents enemies from fleeing in the field and increases chance of consecutive encounters until the next new moon. 49 Great Curse Siphon — MP recovery when inflicting status ailments. 50 Phys Block 70 MP Nullifies a Physical attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 51
Magatsuhi Skills Skill Description Omagatoki: Critical All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. Omagatoki: PotentialRequires Foul Talisman Increases all potentials to the max for all allies for 1 turn. Torrent of ChaosRequires Trecherous Chaos Periapt Severe level-based Almighty attack to 1 foe with a chance of instakill. Removes 1 Press Turn Icon from foe's next turn.

Soul Hackers 2

	Name Level Mad Gasser 12	Growth Strength 5 40% Intelligence 6 20% Vitality 6 25% Agility 6 40% Luck 7 25%
Race Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Gift TypeItem Pool (Weight) Rumor Mad 17510 Curse (3) — —
Resistances — RsResist — WkWeak — — — ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Inheritance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Poisma 9 MP Weak Ruin damage to 1 enemy. High chance of inflicting Poison. Innate Sukunda 16 MP Decreases all enemies' Aim/Dodge for 3 turns. Innate Null Poison — Prevents being afflicted with Poison. 13 Poison Breath 22 MP Weak Ruin damage to all enemies. Medium chance of inflicting Poison. 15 Resist Ruin — Changes your affinities to Resist Ruin attacks. 16

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux	A mysterious figure that spreads an unknown poisonous gas around. He wears all black and is said to be a tall man. The gas he uses has a sweet smell but inhaling it will cause intense headaches and vomiting. He returns when people begin to forget his existence, though he is rarely sighted.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	A mysterious figure that spreads an unknown poisonous gas around. He wears all black and is said to be a tall man. The gas he uses has a sweet smell, but inhaling it will cause intense headaches and vomiting. He returns when people begin to forget his existence, though he is rarely sighted.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	A mysterious figure that spreads an unknown poisonous gas around. He wears all black and is said to be a tall man. The gas he uses has a sweet smell, but inhaling it will cause intense headaches and vomiting. He returns when people begin to forget his existence, though he is rarely sighted.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance	A mysterious figure that spreads an unknown poisonous gas around. He wears all black and is said to be a tall man. The gas he uses has a sweet smell, but inhaling it will cause intense headaches and vomiting. He returns when people begin to forget his existence, though he is rarely sighted.
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2	A mysterious tall man garbed in black that wickedly disperses an unknown poisonous gas. The inhalation of his sweetly scented concoction causes intense headaches and vomiting. He returns when people begin to forget his existence, though he is rarely seen.
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS)	A mysterious figure that spreads an unknown poisonous gas around. He wears all black and is said to be a tall man. The gas he uses has a sweet smell, but inhaling it will cause intense headaches and vomiting. He returns when people begin to forget his existence, though he is rarely sighted.
Soul Hackers 2	A tall and foreboding figure clad in all black that spreads an unknown and highly poisonous gas around. Despite its deceptively sweet scent, inhaling the toxic fumes will induce both severe headaches and vomiting. He often returns just as people have begun to forget his existence, though he has very rarely been sighted.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Mad Gasser
Japanese	マッドガッサー Maddo Gassā	Mad Gasser
French	Gazeur fou	Mad gasser
German	Gasteufel	Gas devil
Italian	Anestesista folle	Mad anesthetist
Korean	매드 가서Shin Megami Tensei IV Maedeu gaseo	Mad Gasser
	매드가서Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Soul Hackers 2 Maedeugaseo	Mad Gasser
Peninsular Spanish	Gasero loco	Mad gasser

Gallery

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  Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei IV
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from the Nintendo 3DS version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Icon from Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
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  Icon from Soul Hackers 2

Videos

Mad Gasser's Daily Demon Showcase for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

Mad Gasser's Daily Demon Future Prediction with Ringo for Soul Hackers 2