[Guide] What Miracles You Should Use In Shin Megami Tensei V

Shin Megami Tensei V has finally been released and being an SMT game, that high difficulty level is likely putting up a fair bit of challenge for newcomers, fortunately, one new mechanic to help with that is The Miracles.

Despite the brutal challenges, Shin Megami Tensei V is a very fair game and can be played at a comfortable tempo as long as you know what to do, including choosing the best Miracle which we will summarize on the tier list in this article.

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What is a Miracle?

Miracles are a gameplay feature in SMT V that gives you access to various passive abilities that give different effects to the protagonist and party members in order to fight more optimally. If you’ve ever played Shin Megami Tensei IV, they function the exact same way that the Apps in that game did.

These abilities range from allowing you to hold more demons in your party to making your magatsuhi gauge fill faster when performing certain actions in battle.

How Can You Unlock Miracles?

Miracles can be obtained by exchanging Glory (a special currency in the game) from Sophia, the demon who runs the World of Shadows. You find glory by finding Mimons, cute little imp like demons or white amalgams, diamond-shaped structures, both are scattered around the overworld. You can also get glory by defeating Blue Nigi Mitamas (the blue ones) in battle.

Which Miracles are The Best

So, here we will summarize the recommendations from the best Miracle that you need for the game to the less important ones that you can get but don’t necessarily need. Due to differences in priorities and how significant the effect of each Miracle is, we have deliberately summarized the guide in the form of a tier list. First, here is the ranking scale:

S: Miracles that are practically required in order to progress through the game
A: Additional Miracles are good to learn because of their helpful effects
B: Miracle with effects that are too specific and situational, but can be very useful at some moments.

In addition, Miracle is divided into four different categories: Supremacy, Doctrine, Awakening, and Cosmos. Each category has different potential skills that focus on various aspects of building character abilities.

Supremacy is for in-battle abilities, the doctrine is for buffs in the game’s shops, awakening helps with building and customizing your party, and Cosmos is all about skill affinities, making certain types of skills better for your character.

Miracle	Glory	Type	Effect	Tier
Divine Garrison	50 (for entry-level)	Awakening	Increases demon Stock	S
Divine Proficiency	50 (for entry-level)	Awakening	Increases Nahobino skill slot	S
Demon Proficiency	50 (for entry-level)	Awakening	Increases Demon S skill slot	S
Art of Essences		Doctrine	Can choose additional skills that can be selected from Essence	S
Knowledge of Tools		Supremacy	Supremacy Allows Demons to use items in battle	S
Magatsuhi Dispersion		Supremacy	The enemies Magatsuhi gauge ends when party members take guard, dodge attacks, neutralize, parry, or drain the enemy’s attacks	A
Magatsuhi Wellspring	150	Supremacy	If the Magatsuhi bar is full at the beginning of a turn, the whole party can recover a little HP and MP	A
Hand of God	5	Doctrine	There is a rare chance to get extra Relic	A
Physical Mastery	60 (for entry-level)	Doctrine	Lowers the price of items sold in Cadaver’s Hollow by 25%	A
Physical Mastery	120 (for entry-level)	Cosmos	Cosmos Physical skill potential Nahobino increases by one	A
Recover Mastery	60 (for entry-level)	Cosmos	Cosmos Nahobino’s Healing skill potency goes up one	B
Dark, Electric, Force, Ice, Light Mastery	50 (for entry-level)	Cosmos	Nahobino’s skill potential for these various elements increases by one	B
Support Mastery	60 (for entry-level)	Cosmos	The potential of Nahobino’s Support skill goes up by one	B
Vengeful Opportunist	30	Supremacy	Magatsuhi’s Bar will fill up slightly when doing Guard	B
Skill Manifestation	50	Awakening	There is a chance for Demons to learn new skills when leveling up	B

Well, that’s a little summary of the best Miracles that you should prioritize you get started with Shin Megami Tensei V. As you can see the top miracles all have something in common.

The biggest priority you should have with the miracles is getting more slots of demons and skills for both your characters and the demons. Shin Megami Tensei is a game all about building up a small demon army to overcome the challenges of the game and as such you want as many demons with as many moves to get you through it. This is especially true with the high amount of customization in SMTV thanks to the demon essences.

Please note that the game itself has lots of other Miracles with a variety of different effects, so apart from the recommendations we have summarized above, you should also try experimenting and determine which one is the most suitable for your party status.

Shin Megami Tensei V is now available for Nintendo Switch.

Shin Megami Tensei V

Publisher: Atlus

Developer: Atlus

Release Date: 2021-11-11

Nintendo Switch

The ambitions of god and humans clash amidst the horror of a dying world. Neither human nor demon, the newly-forged Nahobino and his friends must decide what is worth saving... and prepare to sacrifice everything in its name. In a world without its Creator, which path will you choose?