Neophyte

ネオファイト, Messian

Neophyte is a level 15 Messian in Shin Megami Tensei II. 101Leafy researched the game and lists its stats and skills here, how each element hits it, and what it leaves behind when beaten.

Stats

LV 15HP 44MP 40

St: 4
In: 7
Ma: 8
Vi: 4
Ag: 5
Lu: 5

Alignment: Law
Group size: 5-7
Can join: No
Skills: Agi, Zio, Bufu, Makajama

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When beaten

EXP: 60
Macca: 240
Drop: Screw Lance, 7.4%

EXP is the base amount. It doubles for every 4 levels the enemy is above the party leader, up to 5 times, and is divided by a quarter of the level gap when the enemy is lower. A gem is a Bead or a Life Stone, half the time each.

When you talk to it

May give: Screw Lance, Bead, Life Stone, Metal Card (full moon), Any gem, Macca, Magnetite
May ask for: An item, Macca, Magnetite

101Leafy researched the game's talk scripts. What a demon gives or asks for depends on its mood, the moon, its level, and luck, so a talk can also end with nothing.

Where it shows up

Factory: 17.58%
Watchtower: 17.58%
Detention Camp: 17.46%
Millennium Passage: 13.92%

The share of random battles in that place where this demon is in the enemy party, for the busiest lineup the place has. Overworld means the overworld map around the way in.

Fusion

No pair of two demons makes this demon.