My first Shin Megami Tensei game - Tips for a beginner?

[Cloudman]

spemanig said:

Cloudman said:
Having completed the game, I`d say get lots of demons and don`t be afraid to fuse them. Don`t be surprised if you spend a lot of time fusing them. Get extras of the same demons for fusing too.

For me, I try to have demons with a large variety of moves, like different elemental spells. The more spells you have, the more opportunities you have to exploit the weaknesses of your opponents and gain a lot of extra turns.

Try to get rid of as many of your demons` weaknesses as you can. The more you have, the more often the enemies can turn the tables on you and destroy your team. I`ve had fights where the enemies completely murder me due to exploiting my weaknesses.

Hmm, that`s about all I`ve got. Hope this helps, and I hope you enjoy the game. It can be frustrating, but I really enjoyed it.

How do you do that? Like fuse with a demon's who's resistanced and weaknesses cancel out?

Yeah, you'll slowly be able to cover weaknesses through fusion. There will be demons with resistances to certain elements and you should be able to transfer them to your fused demon. If you keep passing those resistances on, you could end up with monsters having as little resistances  to none to even immunities. Through this way, I got a few demons almost immune to all attacks, save a few.