EARLY GAME MID-GAME FINAL BUILD (5)

Discover the optimal build for the Hero in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster, focusing on survivability and support for early, mid, and final game stages.

This guide details a survivability-focused build for the Hero in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster, suitable for early, mid, and final game stages. The Hero's primary role is to attack, use items, and summon allies, with some healing magic to manage MP. This build emphasizes extreme durability, making the Hero difficult to kill.

Build Progression:

• Early Game: 10% Life Spring, Fast Retreat, Media, (Element) Resistance, Sixth Sense, Hama Resistance, Curse Resistance, Critical.
• Mid-Game: 20% Life Spring, Fast Retreat, Medirama, Breath Shoes, Sixth Sense, Hama Immunity, Curse Immunity, Withstand.
• Final Build: 30% Life Spring, Fast Retreat, Mediarahan, Breath Shoes, Sixth Sense, Hama Immunity, Curse Immunity, Withstand.

Primary Stat Focus:

• Primary Stat: Vitality
• Greater Stat Focus: Speed/Power
• Lesser Stat Focus: Magic/Luck

Key Skills and Synergies:

• Life Spring Skills (10%, 20%, 30%): Boost HP, complementing Breath Shoes for survivability.
• Breath Shoes: Enhance survivability.
• Hama/Curse Immunity: Protects against instant-death attacks.
• Withstand: Provides defense against unexpected critical hits.
• Sixth Sense & Fast Retreat: Help prevent back attacks and allow for escape from battle. Consider substituting Mental Immunity for Fast Retreat.
• Critical: Offers a chance to defeat full-health enemies.

While this build is straightforward, it excels in subsequent playthroughs where enemies deal more damage. It ensures the Hero remains a resilient presence on the battlefield, leaving the bulk of combat to allied demons (Nakama).

Nakama (Demon Party Members):

In Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster, your party consists primarily of demons recruited from battles. Up to three demons can be in your active party, with additional slots available in stock (increasing from 8 to 10, then 12). Demons can be summoned at any time. Allied demons operate similarly to the Hero but have distinct progression methods.

Demon Characteristics:

Alignment and race are crucial when managing demons. Each demon belongs to a specific race, which has an associated Alignment: Light, Neutral, or Dark. Unlike previous Megaten titles, Law and Chaos alignments are not present.

This build is one of several potential strategies; these are starting points for players.