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Shin Megami Tensei V

How to defeat Zouchouten

By
Jarrod Garripoli

Punishing Foes are challenging, completely optional bosses that can be found while exploring the game’s worlds, and are tougher than normal encounters. This page will give details on the Punishing Foe, Zouchouten.

You will find Zouchouten in South Shinagawa

Where to Find Zouchouten

You will be able to find Zouchouten in the South Shinagawa area. First, teleport to the North Shinagawa Leyline, then head south and look for the hill that you can use to climb up to the mountainous portion of South Shinagawa. You will know you’re in the right area by a Basilisk with two Black Oozes blocking the way. If you continue past them, you will come to a group of Black Oozes and right beyond them will be a spot where you can drop off to a lower area. Do that, then drop off once more to the west to find Zouchouten.

(1 of 3) Head up this hill here to get to the upper mountainous area

Stats and Resistances

Icon Name Lv Weakness Resistances Location
SMT_V_Zouchouten_Icon.jpg Zouchouten 36 Force_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Light_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png (BLOCK) Shinagawa - South Shinagawa

Skills

Type Skill Effect
Support_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Tarukaja +1 Raises Attack of 1 ally by 1 rank for 3 turns.
Support_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Charge +1 Greatly increases the damage of the next Strength-based attack from self.
Electric_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Mazionga Medium Electric attack to all foes.
Physical_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Fatal Sword +4 Medium Physical attack to 1 foe. High chance of Critical.
Ailment_Icon_Shin_Megami_Tensei_V.png Dormina Chance of inflicting Sleep to 1 foe.

Recommended Party

Zouchouten is a Punishing Foe that is more physical than anything else, so you might have a little trouble preparing for the battle before you fight him. While there are demons that resist Physical you could get, they most likely might be outclassed at this point, so your best bet is to ignore that aspect (other than putting something on Nahobino) and concentrate on dropping Zouchouten as quickly as possible. With that being said, Zouchouten is weak to Force, so you will want demons with high Magic stats and are great with that element. For example, there is Jatayu, but you will want to give him a single target Force skill, as he only comes with Mazanma; he does get Force Pieroma to give those an extra punch, though.

(1 of 2) Zouchouten will try to buff his attack throughout the battle

Zouchouten will try to buff his attack throughout the battle (left), He can also try to put one of your characters to sleep (right)

Zouchouten will like to buff up his own attack with Tarukaja, so you should be countering this with Tarunda. Likewise, he also has Charge, meaning he will likely pair this with Fatal Sword. The fact Fatal Sword has a high chance to be a critical means it could potentially put weaker demons in the red or just outright kill them in a single hit. You will also see Zouchouten use Dormina, which has a chance to put a single character to sleep. This isn’t too bad since it’s on a single character, but heal this as soon as possible. The only time you’ll see Mazionga is when Zouchouten charges his Magatsuhi, so you can easily block this with an Elec Dampener.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Atlus, Nintendo, Sega
  • Platforms,
    Switch
  • Genre
    Action Adventure, Action RPG, RPG
  • Guide Release
    5 November 2021
  • Last Updated
    18 February 2022
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