Vishnu

Vishnu is a demon in the series.
==History==
Vishnu, rarely known as Adideva, is one of the primary deities in the Hindu pantheon. He is called The Preserver and is known for a kindly demeanor and genuine interest in the welfare of humanity. In the Hindu religion, Vishnu the Preserver is one of the three principle deities of the Trimurti (Hindu male Triad) along with Brahma, the Creator, and Shiva, the Destroyer. He was first seen in early Vedic mythology as the god that assisted Indra in defeating Vritra and is now the supreme deity within Vaishnavism, a branch of Hinduism that focuses on the worship of Vishnu. As the preserver, Vishnu maintains balance within the world, and at the end of our current aeon he will appear as his final avatar Kalki and judge whether mortals have been good or evil. After this, the universe will end and creation will start anew. He is depicted with up to four arms, blue skin, holding a chakra wheel, a lotus flower, a mace and a conch, and rides on the back of Garuda. He also sleeps on the back of a great Naga named Ananta Shesha.
Vishnu's first prominent appearance in later Hindu mythology was in the form of his first avatar, the fish Matsya, where he warned the first human, Manu, about a great flood that was soon to come and to tow his ship full of plants and animals to the mountains where they would avoid the high water levels. After this he appeared in many incarnations, both as humanoids and animals, throughout Hindu tales. Probably the best known incarnation of Vishnu was within the Hindu epic Ramayana, where he appeared as the hero Rama who set out to save his wife Sita from the rakshasa king, Ravana.
He is the husband of the goddess Lakshmi in all her incarnations. He may also be worshipped in the form of Harihara, the perfect fusion of Vishnu and Shiva.
He is known to have countless avatars (the word avatara is generally put after the avatars' names), and there is not a universally agreed upon list of his avatars among Hindus, but the following ten are the most agreed upon list of avatars:
*Matsya - The fish avatar. Plays a role in the story of Manu (the first man in Hindu myth) by warning him of an impending flood.
*Kurma - The tortoise avatar. Supports a sacred mountain on his back during the churning of the ocean in order to obtain Amrita.
*Varaha - The boar avatar. Is known to have rescued the earth (sometimes in the form of a woman) out of the ocean after she either falls in or a demon pushes her in.
*Narasimha/Simha - A half man, half lion avatar. Kills the invulnerable demon Hiranyakasipu.
*Vamana - The dwarf priest avatar. Tricks the benevolent demon king Bali by demanding three footspans of land. Bali agreed and Vamana grew in size, thus occupying the Earth in one step, the Heavens in another. When asked where should he place his third foot, Bali offered his own head. Vamana was impressed and granted Bali a separate Loka for him.
*Parashurama - The warlike human avatar. Born into the Brahmin caste, he carries a great battle axe given to him by Shiva to destroy all corrupt rulers. Kills the thousand-armed king Kartavirya of the Himalayas.
*Rama - The kingly avatar carrying a bow and arrow. A popular mortal hero in Hinduism and the central figure in the epic Ramayana. Kills many demons including the Rakshasa, Taraka, Kabandha and Ravana.
*Krishna - The Mahabharata avatar. The central character in the Bhagavad-Gita / Song of the Blessed Lord, in which he is the charioteer for Arjuna.
*Buddha - The historical avatar. Although to Buddhists he is not an avatar or deity, to Hindus he is often considered to be an avatar of Vishnu, with contemporary Hindus sometimes viewing Buddhism as another form of Hinduim. The only avatar that can be connected to an actual person, though some historians debate that Buddha was made an avatar to bring his worshippers back into the Hindu fold or weaken the demons in their war against the gods by converting them to Buddhist beliefs.
*Kalki - The avatar that is yet to be. He is the coming avatar who will ride in on a white horse, sword in hand, to end the evil of the current age (called Kali Yuga), and usher in a new time of prosperity. His coming is prophesied to happen sometime in the next 400+ years.
==Appearances==
*Megami Tensei II: Deity Race
*Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Deity Race, Boss (Chaos and Neutral routes), Ally (Law route)
*Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Devil's Colosseum: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei NINE: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Demon God Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IV: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Deity Race
*Last Bible, as Shiva in Revelations: The Demon Slayer
*Last Bible III
*Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Deity Race
**Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (TV Series)
*Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Deity Race
*Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon: Volt Order
*Megami Ibunroku Persona: Emperor Arcana, as Ashura in Revelations: Persona
**Megami Ibunroku Persona (Manga)
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin: Emperor Arcana
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Emperor Arcana
*Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload: Sun Arcana
*Persona 4 / Golden: Temperance Arcana
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Temperance Arcana
*Persona 5 / Royal: Fool Arcana
** Persona 5 The Animation
*Persona O.A.
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Temperance Arcana
*Devil Children White Book: Good Type
*DemiKids Light / Dark Version: Good Type
*Devil Children Fire/Ice Book: Good Type
*Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner: Deity Race
*Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2: Fury Race, Optional boss (Deity Race in Japanese)
*Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Deity Race
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei===
Vishnu will join the party to defeat his old arch-rival, Ravana, if the protagonist is following the path of Law. If they are Neutral or Chaos, Vishnu will attack them in the Tokyo Government Office. After being defeated, he laments that he was defeated not by Ravana or a god, but by mere humans. Vishnu cannot be used in any fusions.
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Vishnu appears as a powerful event boss, spawning with Narasimha and Garuda. Acquiring his plug-in within game requires achieving the highest monthly score within the Ultimate Battle Coliseum and completing the Champion Course. He can be fused by a special double-fusion of Ananta and Garuda.
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
Vishnu can be summoned by fusing Uriel and Skadi.
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
===Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers===
Vishnu is necessary in order to fuse Zeed into the Hero Rama. He is also used in the Extra Dungeon battle with Kyouji Kuzunoha.
===Megami Ibunroku Persona===
Vishnu is the highest-leveled Persona of the Emperor Arcana, at level 86. Obtaining Vishnu requires fusing the Spell Cards of Gandharva and Yaksini with the Avatar Totem, which is received after obtaining all 142 Spell Cards.
Kazuma Kaneko's design motif for Vishnu in this particular game is the "King of Persona-users" due to his numerous avatars. Vishnu's bust still retains traditional Hindu symbols, but he wears upper which were popular in England as formal garment through the 17th century and can be seen in many English kings' portraits.
===Persona 3 FES===
Vishnu is the second most powerful Persona of the Sun Arcana, next to Asura. With the addition of weapon fusion in FES, he can be fused with any kind of Nihil weapon to obtain Sarnga, Vishnu's bow.
It has an attack value of 400 and a hit rate of 90. His Heart Item is Chakra Ring, which halves the cost of spells for the character who equips it.
===Persona 5===
Vishnu is the penultimate Persona of the Fool Arcana and can only be obtained through fusion in the Velvet Room after the Fool Arcana Confidant has been completed. This requires that the protagonist be completely on the path to the True Ending, and can only be fused in the Qliphoth World on a first playthrough.
Vishnu is the only source of the Vacuum Wave skill in the game and one of three Personas to learn the Riot Gun skill. Vishnu is also one of three Personas to learn the Ali Dance, Repel Fire and Wind Amp passive skills. When itemized through Electric Chair execution, Vishnu yields the Riot Gun skill card.
====Royal====
Vishnu now learns Concentrate via level up instead of Charge. When itemized through Electric Chair execution, Vishnu will now yield the Sudarshana slingshot for Morgana, with 315 ATK, 90 ACC and the +Dizzy (med) effect. During a fusion alarm, Vishnu will yield Sudarshana EX instead, with 330 ATK, 90 ACC and the +Dizzy (high) effect, it is the strongest slingshot in the game for Morgana.
===DemiKids Light & Dark===
Vishnu has the power Focus.
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2===
Vishnu appears as an optional boss in a room opposite that of Shiva's. To meet with Vishnu, the Embryon must first prove their worth to his avatar Narasimha and obtain his sword. Upon meeting Seraph, Vishnu states that it has been a while since the dharma (righteousness) has vanished from people's hearts and been replaced by adharma (wickedness) as it has now. He claims that he must cleanse this impurity by destroying Seraph and the others, and the only way to change his mind is for them to show the strength of their dharma.
During the battle, Vishnu's resistances will shift each turn unannounced. He will shift to an elemental resistance to counter the last elemental attack used on him. Using an Almighty attack may prompt him to use Chaturbhuja during both of his turns. Once he is low on HP, he will cease shifting between elemental resistances and focus on using Rage, Chaturbhuja, Vanity and Rakunda/Makakaja.
Defeating him gives the party the Pandemonium rounds (attack power 300, strongest in the game) and infuses the Nandaka with his power, unlocking the God of Light Mantra. After Vishnu's defeat, Seraph can open the chest in his room, which houses the Aura Ring (+20 to all stats).
===Quantum Devil Saga===
Serph's new Atma. It inherited both Varuna's ice powers and Agni's fire powers. In addition to that, Vishnu also had the ability to use both abilities at the same time to create white energy balls that can disintegrate anything on an atomic level.
===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
==Stats==
===Megami Tensei II===
===Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei===
====Megami Tensei II====
===Shin Megami Tensei===
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===Shin Megami Tensei NINE===
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey===
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
===Last Bible===
===Last Bible III===
===Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis===
===Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner===
===Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers===
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===Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon===
===Megami Ibunroku Persona===
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
===Persona 3===
===Persona 4===
===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
===Persona 5 / Royal===
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===Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth===
===Devil Children White Book===
===DemiKids Light/Dark Version===
===Devil Children Fire/Ice Book===
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2===
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===Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2===
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==Gallery==
MIP Vishnu 0.jpg|Vishnu in Megami Ibunroku Persona
MIP Vishnu 1.jpg|Vishnu in Megami Ibunroku Persona
MIP Vishnu 2.jpg|Vishnu in Megami Ibunroku Persona
Vishnu Manga.jpg|Vishnu as he appears in the Megami Ibunroku Persona manga
NaoyaVishnuSketch.png|Sketch of Vishnu and Naoya in the Megami Ibunroku Persona manga
Avatar IS.jpg|Persona 2 Material Card, Avatar
P3Vishnu.png|Vishnu as he appears in Persona 3
Vishnu .png|Vishnu as he appears in Persona 4
Vishnu2.png|Vishnu in Soul Hackers
Vishnu model.png|Vishnu as he appears in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
VisnuSMT5.png|Vishnu's Model in Shin Megami Tensei V
Imagine-Vishnu.jpg|Vishnu as he appears in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Vishnu.JPG|Artwork from Devil Children White Book
VishnuDS.jpg|Vishnu as he appears in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Vishnu Card.GIF|Vishnu as he appears in Card Summoner
LB3 Vishnu.gif|Vishnu's sprite in Last Bible III
Vishnu PQ.png|Vishnu as he appears in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
PersonaO,A,-Vishnu.jpg|Vishnu in Persona O.A.
Vishnu (P5 Anime).PNG|Vishnu in Persona 5 The Animation
Vishnu P5R.jpg|Vishnu in Persona 5 Royal
Persona vishnu 1.jpg|Vishnu in a commercial for Megami Ibunroku Persona as a costume
Devil_summoner_vishnu_2.PNG|Vishnu as he appears in the Devil Summoner TV drama
Persona 1 Protag Devil Summoner TV.jpg|The Persona 1 Protagonist summoning Vishnu as his persona in the Devil Summoner TV drama
Mamudobarion SMT5.gif|Vishnu casting Mamudobarion in Shin Megami Tensei V
ヴィシュヌ - 真・女神転生V 日めくり悪魔 Vol.067|Vishnu in SMTV Daily Demon #067
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name
Japanese	ヴィシュヌ (Vishunu)
French 	Vishnou
Italian 	Vishnu
German 	Vishnu
Spanish 	Vishnu
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