How Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance battles work on this site: the rules of the original game that we simulate, and the changes we made so that two players can fight each other fairly. Start from the top if you are new.

1. 1
   Getting started
   What SMT Showdown is, how to play your first SMT V Vengeance battle and where to go next.
2. 2
   Press turns and Guard
   How many actions you get in SMT V, what gives or takes them away, and the Guard command.
3. 3
   Damage and elements
   Elements, resistances, critical hits and the defense stat in SMT V Vengeance.
4. 4
   Skill potentials
   How a demon's potentials make its skills stronger or weaker and cheaper or more expensive.
5. 5
   The Magatsuhi gauge
   How each side charges Magatsuhi and which Magatsuhi skills its demons can use.
6. 6
   Innate skills
   The one passive every SMT V Vengeance demon has, and how to read it.
7. 7
   Buffs and ailments
   Short-lived buffs, Charge and Concentrate, and the six ailments of SMT V Vengeance.
8. 8
   Building a team
   Formats, levels, stats, bonus points and skills for SMT V Vengeance teams.
9. 9
   What we changed for PvP
   Every difference between SMT V Vengeance battles on this site and the original game.