Defeat Tyrant Horkos in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux with this guide. Learn Horkos's weaknesses, recommended equipment, and demon strategies.
Walkthrough
- 1Prepare your equipment. Ideal armor is physical resistant, like the Recycle Vest (but remove it after the battle as it's weak to all primary magic elements). For guns, use one with Elec or Fire if using Co-Ops, or one with Arm Shot if not using same-aligned demons for Co-Ops. The "Blaster" gun has both Arm Shot and a Fire attack.
- 2Select your demons. Password demons are provided for Law, Neutral, and Chaos alignments.
- 3Enter the door to fight Tyrant Horkos.
- 4Before the battle, Horkos will ask a question. Your answer influences the battle:
- "We'll learn to control it" (Law)
- 5"We need those products." (Neutral)
- 6"Humans can destroy, too." (Chaos)
- 7During the battle, Horkos has 1800 HP and 9999 MP. He is weak to Fire and Elec, resists Phys and Gun, and nullifies Expel and Curse.
- 8Horkos heals himself by half the damage he inflicts with his physical attack "Taking a Bite". Debuff his attack to no more than -3 to prevent him from using Dekunda to remove it. Similarly, keep buffs at no more than +3, or he will use Dekaja to remove them. Spells like Tarukaja, War Cry, Arm Shot, Rakukaja, and Rakunda are useful.
- 9Horkos may summon a Beast Katakirauwa with 280 HP using the skill "Grocery Run". He will eat it a few turns later via "Binge Eating", healing himself for half of the Katakirauwa's remaining HP. Target the Katakirauwa with demons who cannot deal significant damage to Horkos to minimize his healing. Status ailments inflicted on the Katakirauwa, including Charm, can transfer to Horkos if he eats it.
- 10To counter Horkos's healing, use multiple fire or elec casters of the same alignment to abuse his weakness for Co-Ops.
- 11After defeating Horkos, Tyrant Horkos fusion is unlocked.
- 12You will receive the [Stomach Acid] and [Rosetta: Car] key items.
- 13You will automatically return to the ship. The main mission Carina's Rosetta is now complete.
- 14A new main mission, "Delphinus's Rosetta", is added.
- 15Move to the sickbay to begin the new mission.
- 16Another main mission, "Inquiry into Commander Gore's Body", is added.
- 17Go to the Lab. New Sub Apps are available for purchase using Horkos' Stomach Acid rare Forma: HP Recover II, MP Recover I, Nurse, Zealot Summons, Friend Item, Friend Macca, Friend Heal.
- 18On the deck, Dent offers new EX missions: "Killing time II" and "The enchanting spirit". "The enchanting spirit" starts a series of easy and rewarding EX Missions.
- 19Head into Delphinus when finished with ship activities.
Tips
- The Recycle Vest is weak to all four primary magic elements, so remove it after the Horkos battle.
- Do not buff or debuff Horkos beyond +3 or -3, respectively, as he will use Dekaja or Dekunda to remove them.
- Focus damage on the summoned Katakirauwa if it appears, especially with weaker demons, to limit Horkos's healing.
- Status ailments applied to the Katakirauwa can transfer to Horkos.
- The "The enchanting spirit" EX Mission line is easy and offers good rewards.
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