Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance – The way to Combat Masakado and get the ‘We Shall Shield Our Tokyo’ achievement


Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance provides a number of quests and demons in comparison with the unique model launched in 2021. One of many new demons is Masakado, a Shin Megami Tensei stalwart that might have been a pleasant shock had Atlus not spoiled his look in a trailer.

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Nonetheless, Masakado is elusive, and discovering him is definitely one of many trickiest issues to do within the recreation, in case you are unsure the place to look. There’s even an achievement for beating him known as ‘We Shall Shield Our Tokyo’. This information is right here to assist.

Listed below are the steps to discovering Masakado and including him to your crew.


1.) First, you should be on a Canon of Creation route to search out Masakado. It is because he’s positioned at his headstone in Chiyoda, close to the Otemachi leyline. That is truly considerably true to actual life (Google it if you happen to should). You do not go to Chiyoda in Canon of Vengeance, so this quest shouldn’t be accessible on that route.

2.) The second step is by far the simplest to overlook. You could have the demon Yoshitsune in your get together or demon inventory. That is as a result of Yoshitsune can have a quest that he’ll offer you within the Demon Hang-out. If he is not in your get together or inventory, you’ll by no means see this quest and will simply miss it. He is not going to have this quest in Canon of Vengeance, solely in Canon of Creation.

3.) As soon as Yoshitsune is in your get together, speak to him within the Hang-out and full his quest ‘Will of the Samurai’, which has you combat an Atavaka close to Ginza, previous a Magatsuhi Rail.

4.) After defeating the Atavaka, full the search ‘Trial of the Seven Stars’, which now seems east of Nihonbashi Leyline in Chiyoda. You may do some quest involving Miman.

5.) Lastly, you may unlock the ‘Guardian of Tokyo’ quest, the place Masakado’s grave is discovered north of Otemachi Leyline. The rail wanted to succeed in the headstone is not going to seem except you’ve got accomplished Trial of the Seven Stars. Go to the headstone and speak to Masakado.

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6.) Nonetheless, Masakado will ask for just a few issues earlier than he agrees to combat you. You not solely want the Lord’s Sword, however you additionally have to energy it up. You may do that by way of the ‘The Historical Guardian’ quest, in addition to by defeating the 4 Heavenly Kings within the ‘Keeper’ quests (like, Keeper of the North).

7.) As soon as you’ve got obtained the Lord’s Sword and defeated the 4 kings, then you may combat Masakado. He’ll be part of when you beat him.


There’s truly one final wrinkle to debate when speaking about Masakado. In case you’ve performed Canon of Vengeance, you could have picked up a Kiou Sword in Shinjuku, north of Shinjuku third Block. An Arahabaki will come and take the sword to ‘one other timeline’. The opposite timeline is Canon of Creation, after all. 

In Canon of Creation, assuming you’ve got New Sport Plus-ed into this route, you may meet the Arahabaki in Chiyoda, close to the place the Kunitsukami collect close to Kanda-no-yashiro. He’ll provide the Kiou Sword right here.

After you have the Kiou Sword, if you happen to speak to Masakado at his headstone, you may select to combat a powered-up model of him, which has increased stats and (extra dangerously) two extra press icons per flip. 

In case you handle to beat powered-up Masakado, you do not get something tangible aside from the satisfaction of doing so, nevertheless it’s one other problem to sort out for individuals who need to surpass all that Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance has to supply.