Sphinx

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Sphinx
Origin	Greek culture Egyptian culture
Race(s)	AvatarShin Megami Tensei (Mega-CD) Shin Megami Tensei II HolyShin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Alignment(s)	Light-NeutralShin Megami Tensei (Mega-CD) Shin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei: Nine

Sphinx is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

In the story of Oedipus, the Sphinx guarded the city of Thebes, killing travelers who could not correctly answer a riddle. Oedipus was able to correctly answer the riddle and pass, after which the Sphinx killed itself.

Design

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Gameplay

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

FCKMT

	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 30 390 59	Vitality 18 Intelligence 16 Attack 12 Agility 10 Luck 11
Race Alignment Recruit RERandom Encounter Avatar Good — —
EXP Macca Magnetite Moon PhaseDemon Aggression — — —
Resistances Gun Sword Fire Ice Electric Expel Force Bind Curse Nerve Mind 37.5 100 100 100 100 Null 100 37.5 Repel 25 75
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Effect Mediama Healing 6 MP Moderate HP recovery. Penpatra Healing 4 MP Cures minor ailments. Petradi Healing 8 MP Cures Stone.

File:KMT Sphinx Sprite.png	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 43 392 59	Vitality 18 Intelligence 16 Strength 12 Agility 10 Luck 11
Race Alignment Recruit RERandom Encounter Avatar Good — —
EXP Macca Magnetite Moon PhaseDemon Aggression — — —
Resistances Gun Sword Fire Ice Electric Expel Force Bind Curse Nerve Mind 25 100 50 50 50 50 100 100 Repel 50 150
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Effect Mediama Healing 6 MP Moderate HP recovery. Penpatra Healing 4 MP Cures minor ailments. Petradi Healing 8 MP Cures Stone.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 70 376 364	Strength 66 Dexterity 73 Magic 95 Agility 62 Luck 87
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Holy Neutral — —
Resistances — RplRepel — — — — NulNull WkWeak ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Mediarahan 40 MP Full HP recovery to all allies. Innate Mahamaon 30 MP chance of instant K.O. (Light) to all enemies. Innate Grand Tack 11 MP Heavy Gun damage to one enemy. 71

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 71 1507 400	Strength 45 Dexterity 60 Magic 104 Agility 67 Luck 82
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Holy Neutral — — — Great ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances — DrDrain NuNull WkWeak — — RpRepel WkWeak ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — +3 — -5 — — +3 -5 — -2 +4 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Mediarama 48 MP Restores medium amount of HP to all allies. Mahamaon 28 MP Heavy light damage to all foes. Smirk: +55% instant death

	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 71 548 400	Strength 48 Dexterity 63 Magic 107 Agility 70 Luck 85
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Holy Neutral Great 54498
Resistances — DrDrain NuNull WkWeak — — RpRepel WkWeak ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — +3 — -5 — — +3 -5 — -2 +4 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Mediarama 48 MP Restores medium amount of HP to all allies. Innate Mahamaon 28 MP Heavy light damage to all foes. Smirk: +55% instant death Innate Grand Tack 11 MP Heavy gun damage to one foe. 72 Mediarahan 90 MP Fully restores party's HP. 73

Last Bible Special

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 50 514 150	Endurance 29 Intelligence 17 Strength 21 Agility 23 Luck 21
Location Jerusalem
Group Attack Defense XP Macca Drop Drop 2 A 110 129 535 ♄Macca350 Antidotal Herb (15%) Gold Bracelet (10%)
Resistances Force Elec Ice Fire Debuff Death PCPoison and Confusion PSParalysis and Sleep — — — — RsResist RsResist RsResist RsResist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75
Basic Attack Hit(s) Hit Rate Attack Rate Spell Rate 1 80% 70% 30%
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Bufulaon Ice 14 MP Magic that drops extreme chunks of ice above enemies. Makajamil Death 11 MP Magic that seals the magic of foes.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Description Panic PC The special ability to confuse a foe.

	Name Level HP MP Sphinx 50 514 150	Endurance 29 Intelligence 17 Strength 21 Agility 23 Luck 21
Location Jerusalem
Group Attack Defense A 110 129
Resistances Force Elec Ice Fire Debuff Death PCPoison and Confusion PSParalysis and Sleep — — — — RsResist RsResist RsResist RsResist ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75 ×¾×0.75
Basic Attack Hit(s) Hit Rate 1 80%
Magic Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Bufulaon Ice 14 MP Magic that drops extreme chunks of ice above enemies. Makajamil Death 11 MP Magic that seals the magic of foes.
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Description Panic PC The special ability to confuse a foe.

Compendium

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	A beast from Greek lore with the head and breasts of a woman, but the body of a lion and feathered wings. The goddess Hera sent her to Thebes where she asked a riddle of those attempting to pass. Oedipus answered correctly and she threw herself off the cliff, killing herself. In Egyptian lore, she was a statue related to the sun god. One Sphinx had the head of a pharaoh.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	A beast from Greek lore with the head and breasts of a woman, but the body of a lion and feathered wings. The goddess Hera sent her to Thebes, where she asked a riddle of those attempting to pass. Oedipus answered correctly and she threw herself off the cliff, killing herself. In Egyptian lore, she was a statue related to the sun god. One Sphinx had the head of a pharaoh.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Nine

After successfully fending off the Legion attacking Studio Alto in Chapter 1, Kei Azuma and their friend are each given a Sphinx.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Sphinx
Japanese	スフィンクス Sufinkusu	Sphinx

Gallery

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  Sprite of Sphinx from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

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  Sprite of Sphinx from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

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  Animated sprite of Sphinx from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

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  Sprite of Sphinx from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei

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  Screenshot of Sphinx's stats from the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei