Buffs and ailments

Buffs and debuffs

SMT V buffs are smaller and do not last:

• attack, defense and accuracy/evasion go up or down by at most 2 ranks;
• a buff or debuff lasts 3 turns; casting it again refreshes the timer;
• attack: ×1.2 at one rank, ×1.4 at two; defense mirrors it (×0.8 and ×0.7 damage taken);
• the basic Tarukaja, Rakukaja and Sukukaja target one ally; Matarukaja and the other Ma versions, and Luster Candy, target the whole team.

Charge and Concentrate

Charge makes the next physical or St-based attack deal ×1.8 damage, Concentrate the next magic attack. The effect waits until it is used, so you can charge now and strike on your next phase.

Ailments

SMT V ailments have no fixed duration. Each turn an afflicted demon has a chance to recover, and the chance grows with every turn the ailment lasts.

Ailment	Effect
Poison	loses HP after each of its actions
Sleep	cannot act; a hit wakes it up
Panic	50% chance each action to do nothing or attack its own side
Charm	50% chance each action to do nothing, or to buff or heal the enemy
Seal	can only use the normal attack
Mirage	half accuracy, and its single-target attacks may hit someone else

A demon that is asleep, panicked or charmed is always hit, and it cannot counterattack. The chance to land an ailment depends on Luck, the attacker's Ailment potential and the target's resistance, and it drops each time the same ailment is landed on the same target again.