SMT5V Masakado (Base) 1 Turn (No DLC/No Incense/No NG+ Advantages/Nue/Over 89% Success Rate)

First up, much like the last video I uploaded, I am not the first person to get a 1 Turn Clear on Masakado. I doubt I'm even the first to do it with Nue specifically.
Second, this setup revolves around Nue, and his innate skill "Hand You're Dealt." Hand Your Dealt gives the largest crit rate multiplier of any innate skill in the game, by far. With just 14 weaknesses in the party (7 on Nahobino with Xiezhai's affinities, 2 on Nue itself, 2 on your preference of Mermaid/Yakshini/Hecatoncheires/Cherub, and 3 on Setanta), the multiplier for Hand You're Dealt reaches a staggering 5.2x, allowing Nue to reach 100% crit rate here with only 43 Luck (though mine has 98, as its benchmarked for other fights). This gives Nue the rare privilege of getting to forego Figment Slash in favor of the much stronger Rampage. Worth noting as well is that in this setup, provided Nue has at least 15 Agility (literally unavoidable), Nue is guaranteed to reach exactly 100% hit rate too, making a potential unlucky miss a non-issue.
The other key component to the setup is Pandemonic Feast, which is what Cherub is for. Pandemonic Feast raises the maximum number of hits for any multi-hit move by 2 while an Omagatoki effect is active, turning Rampage from a 2~5 hit move into a 2~7 hit move. Additionally, it raises the cap per individual target by 2 while in effect too, changing the amount of times Rampage can hit one target from 2 to 2~4. However, the way the range is structured here, it'll actually roll a random hit count from 2 to 7, then cap anything 4 or higher at 4, meaning there's about a 2 in 3 chance that the 2-4 range gives exactly 4. This results in Pandemonic Feast being about a 75% increase to Rampage's average damage while in effect, which is absolutely massive and dwarfs any other damage boosting innate skill you could run on a supporting demon. As for the demon of choice with Pandemonic Feast, any of them will work, however Take-Minakata and Vritra are disfavored due to having fewer weaknesses.
Cerberus has a particularly interesting innate skill called "Faithful Companion", which gives the demon who moves after him a 1.2x damage boost when they hit weaknesses. This is a lingering bonus, meaning it isn't tied to Cerberus being in the active party (though it will expire if not used immediately). The only other innate skill to work this way is Helmsman. As such, switching from Cerberus to the Pandemonic Feast demon right before Nue's attack is a free damage boost with no opportunity cost, and a sizable one at that.
At the end, you'll see me switch Arahabaki for Setanta. This is to give Nue a bonus from the innate skill Surrogate Guard Hound. Surrogate Guard Hound gives Nue 1.25x damage when landing a crit, since Nue is a Wilder demon. This is the biggest extra boost I could give to the last hit from a supporting demon's existing outside of Pandemonic Feast (though Huang Long would come close). Setanta is chosen for Surrogate Guard Hound over Cu Chulainn as he has more weaknesses.
As for other components, just to list them quickly.
- Arahabaki enables shenanigans with Strategize, and as such is a staple in every speedkill. Giving switch-ins all of his conditions is an indescribably powerful effect, notably enabling buff/debuff refreshing and an effectively permanent charge on the attacker, as well as granting the ability to funnel every attack into Nue.
- Azazel, Belial, Tzitzimitl, and Amanozako allow me to use Strategize to set up a full buff/debuff stack without spending any of my press turns.
- Odin's used to tag into Arahabaki immediately, letting him get a Charge in exchange for just 1 of my 8 actions.
- Nahobeeho and Gogmagog are used to enable the use of Strategize to begin with.

[@wcheeser]

high-level/speedkill setups of this game are fascinating to watch from an outside/beginner perspective, thanks for the description

[@MilesGray-od6nc]

I coukdnt finish it but think i got the gist you spam swap and get benifits, inspirational.

[@Piratederp]

Nue gaming.

[@thelog6114]

Does Nue's trait not cap at 10 like a lot of other traits do? I know Gogmagog and Arioch traits cap at 10, for example.

[@cantthinkofbettername5065]

you mention 3 innates, none of which cap at 10.
Arioch is 1 + 0.05 x dead allies with no hard cap (but an effective cap of 2.2x with 24 dead generally, though at certain points on NG+ Canon of Vengeance where you have more than 1 guest character you may be able to get higher)
Gogmagog is 1 + 0.05 x num weaknesses with no hard cap (but an effective cap of 2.2x with 24 weaknesses)
Nue is 1 + 0.3 x num weaknesses with no hard cap (but an effective cap of 7.3x with 21 weaknesses)

[@thelog6114]

@@cantthinkofbettername5065 I will stand corrected. Out of curiosity, do you know if Zeus' trait has a cap as well? I would assume it does not.

[@MilesGray-od6nc]

So they effectively do have caps, just not 10. It would be the # of potential additional multiplier applications. Which is limited and therefor a cap. ​@cantthinkofbettername5065

[@WishMakers]

I've been Rampage-pilled from the start I'm so glad it's making rounds

[@KishinAubrey]

nue, vritra, mada, and chi you are probably some of the most underrated demons in the game

[@cantthinkofbettername5065]

Nue + Vritra + Cu Chulainn is a great core for main-game, even if it falls off pretty hard for postgame content
Mada I'm curious about. What makes Mada work so well?
Chi You would be one of the most popular demons to use period for setups like this if he wasn't just an almost strictly worse Gogmagog (fewer weaknesses means a smaller multiplier from Vengeful Might, max possible Strength without Incense is 183, as opposed to Gogmagog going up to 203)

[@KishinAubrey]

@@cantthinkofbettername5065 mada is pretty much good for everything. he has potentials for phys, fire, healing, and support. all of his base skills are solid, though mediarahan and debilitate definitely stand out. having the ability to be both a phys attacker and a healer at the same time is something straight out of nocturne when demons were extremely versatile. he also grants access to impaler's glory
chi you can also be used as a mage with his surprisingly good magic stat. he has potentials for both ice and force making him good for shiva. he's also a tyrant so he has access to savage

[@KokoroNoSama]

This is so confusing to me with the constant swapping once at full buff, debuff, and crit.
Do you keep getting more buffs, but it just reads 2 with strategize? Its crazy seeing 2 lusters, 2 dibilitates, and 4 crit aura use for 1 turn.

[@cantthinkofbettername5065]

Charge is consumed after attacking, so Nue has to swap out and back in to refresh it.
Cerberus switching out counts as Cerberus performing an action, which means Faithful Companion (his innate) boosts the damage Nue deals when hitting weaknesses.
It's important for Cerberus to switch out like that so that Nue's attack happens while a Pandemonic Feast demon is active, increasing the number of hits Rampage lands.

[@KokoroNoSama]

@@cantthinkofbettername5065 Mind explaining how Cerberus innate works? I mean I guess it works if he's out of party, but is it only boosting the Beast or User after Cerberus action? I thought it just worked for all beast when he's in active party?
Also thank you for explaining the strat. I can see it much clearly now.

[@urameshitrev1851]

Never thought I'd see Nue having the potebtial to be super strong but I am proving wrong here 😅
Well done on the One Turn Kill.