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KingFrostSMT2

King Frost's artwork from Shin Megami Tensei II

"I'm King of the Frosts! Bow to me! Hee-know your places!"
—King Frost, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

King Frost (キングフロスト?) is a recurring demon in the series.

History

Most likely came from The Frost Fairies, a story written by Margaret T. Canby about King (Jack) Frost, a kind fairy king from the cold North.

Appearances

Personality

Unlike a regular Frost and despite his appearance, King Frost is ruthless and his power unyielding. He is not friendly and likes to exercise his status as a king to even go so far as to consider his summoners as his subjects as well.

Profile

"The king of snow, ruling over an infinite number of Jack Frosts. He has the power to freeze the entire world, but his personality is actually very naive."
—Compendium entry

Shin Megami Tensei: if...

King Frost is referenced with a full set of equipment for male characters, as the K Frost Rod (which inflicts Ice damage and Freeze), K Frost Cap, K Frost Cloak, K Frost Mittens, and K Frost Boots.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

King Frost can only be acquired through a triple fusion of three different Jack Frost variations. He regularly appears as an event boss during the Christmas period. His crown, padlock and wand all appear as player equipment.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

King Frost can only be encountered using the Enemy Search feature of the Demonica, and is one of the Special fusions in the game, consisting of Jack Frost, Black Frost and Frost Ace.

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

King Frost is a boss who took over the spring in the Fairy Forest. He learned about a hidden treasure kept secret there from a Divine Powers Preta. He hoped to use the control of the springwater to make the other fairies obey him, but Nanashi defeated him. King Frost's body melts to turn him into Jack Frost and he concedes defeat, knowing when to quit. He admits he also does't mind his current state as he is quite dashing as a Jack Frost.

King Frost's battle introduces two things - first, the Assist Gauge that causes all battle partners to team up and pile on an enemy, thereby skipping their turn; also, that several moves have Smirk-related additional effects and bosses are not afraid to use them. While King Frost's first turn will always be skipped due to the Assist Gauge automatically filling at the start of the battle, this is only a mere reprieve before he commences attacking.

King Frost has a +4 bonus to his ice skills, making it very difficult to outlast his attacks without ice resistance. The issue behind the fight is his use of Smile Charge at the end of his turns which will grant him a guaranteed Smirk. Not only will it neutralize his weakness to fire and drag out the battle, but it also causes his signature move, King Bufula, to land a critical hit on the whole party while lowering their defense.

One of the best demons to bring to the fight is Napaea herself - she eventually resists ice while innately learning Agi without any penalty to strike King Frost's weakness. Getting an Angel also helps as she eventually learns Magaon to cancel King Frost's Smirk. Navarre is an excellent battle partner option as he gets access to Rakukaja to offset the additional effects of King Bufula. Bring your hardest hitters, as the battle will quickly degenerate into a damage race between the boss and the party, unless King Frost randomly wastes his Smirk on a normal Bufula.

Once Nanashi reaches the appropriate level, he can fuse King Frost with a special fusion of Jack Frost, Pyro Jack and Jack Ripper. He can teach Nanashi the Bufula, Ice Breath, Megaton Press and Critical Eye skills through his Demon Whisper, but his King Bufula skill cannot be passed on in any way. King Frost benefits from learning Ice, ailment and support skills.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

"Heeeeee! Hoooooooo! Hee! Ho! Hee! Ho! Hee-ho Hee-hoo! I'm the boss, King Frost! Of course I'm the boss! I'm the King! All I have to do is breathe and freeze everything! Hee-Ho! You want to be frozen, too? Ho-kay, I'll do it! Heeeeee! Hoooooo! Hee-ho!"
—King Frost, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

King Frost appears in the first Room of Trials at the Corridor of Time. Defeating him is necessary to obtain the Bronze Manji.

Persona 2

King Frost is a Fusion Spell in both Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment, summoned by using Diamond Dust and Summon Spirits in the former and Atomic Bufula and Summon Spirits in the latter.

Persona 3

King Frost appears in Persona 3 as a special Persona. In order to fuse him, the player has to obtain the "Sugar Key" item (a reference to Digital Devil Saga) by completing #22 of Elizabeth's Requests.

Persona 4

  • Fusion: Lilim (Devil Arcana) + Anzu (Hierophant)

The Animation

King Frost first appeared in Episode 12. Yu Narukami summoned him as one of his attempts to attack Shadow Mitsuo. King Frost was used to shoot a blast of Bufula at Shadow Mitsuo. Unfortunately, this attack was blocked and Yu was forced to use another persona. King Frost is also the Persona that represents the bond between Yu and Kanji.

Devil Children White Book

Replacing Hel as the new Tyrant of the Ice Expanse and leader of the Frost Clan, King Frost is the more benevolent leader of the tribe. Seeking to aid Masaki Kuzuha when he asks for a cure to the Dark Slumber, he has the doctor Dian Cecht give it to Takaharu Ougi. Later he will be taken hostage by the angels of Tenkai, who seek to turn his castle into the stronghold they will use to invade all of the Expanse. He is grateful to Masaki when he frees him.

DemiKids Light & Dark

"King of the snowmen whose clothing is designed to maintain cold temperatures."

Known as King Icy, he rules over Frostville and the Ice Temple. In Dark Version he is taken hostage by the Imperium's Harborim, but is saved by Akira. King Icy is obtained by ranking up a Jack Frost ten times through fusing ten consecutive Jack Frosts together. Since ranking up is not available in Light Version, the only way for Jin to obtain a King Frost is through link trade. After beating the game King Icy will move from his throne so Akira and Jin can access Lucifer Frost, who the King can sense.

King Icy can perform the Ice combo Blizzard with J. Frost and Freeze wave with Icy Ace.

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

"This is the King's castle, HO. The King decides the HEE code. Those who disobey are sentenced to HEE HO death."
—King Frost before his boss battle

After Serph and company defeat Mick the Slug, King Frost takes the opportunity to reoccupy Coordinate 136 with his own demons. Upon reentering the castle, Serph encounters two Pyro Jacks fiddling away at a treasure chest. Having tried their luck, the Pyro Jacks turn to the party to find a suitable key within the castle promising that the treasure within is for Embryon to keep. It was, however, a lie.

After the party retrieves the correct key, the Pyro Jacks run off with the treasure to present it to their king. To get back their spoils, the party ventures to the top of the tower to find King Frost sitting on the platform above the bed in the Princess' Bedchamber. Declaring that all possessions belong to him, King Frost decides to smite the party for their insolence. After a harsh struggle combined with the forces of his minion Jack Frosts, the party defeats King Frost and obtains the Ice Crystal, which unlocks the King Mantra.

King Frost summons a more powerful variant of Jack Frost, created by apparently fusing two regular Jack Frosts.

Upon defeating him, players can obtain the Hee-Ho Karma ring in the sequel, which grants the wearer immunity to Ice-based attacks.

Stats

Shin Megami Tensei II

King Frost SMT2
Race Alignment Level HP MP
Tyrant Dark-Chaos 22 220 176
MAG NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC
704 1 70 45 60 44 13 12
St 13
In 10
Ma 11
Vi 8
Ag 7
Lu 8
Drop Lu Incense Moon Aff K
Swd Gun Fir Ice Elc For Nrv Exp Crs Mgc Bnd Rsh Hnd Leg Fly Alm
- - 2.5× Dr 58 68 Nu Nu Nu Nu Nu Nu - - - -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Bufu Light ice damage to a single foe.
Bufula Medium ice damage to a single foe.
Mabufula Medium ice damage to a group of foes.
Ice Bound Medium Ice damage to all foes.
Ice Breath Light Ice damage to 1-3 foes.
Dekaja Removes all buffs, all foes.


Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Race Alignment Level HP MP
Strength 26
Magic 32
Vitality 29
Agility 25
Luck 28
Tyrant Dark-Chaos 40 352
197
Attack Type Physical Gun Fire Ice Electricity Wind Expel Curse Almighty
Single Foe/1/Physical/None - - Weak Drain - - Null - -
Poison Paralyze Stone Strain Sleep Charm Mute Fear Bomb Rage
- - - - - - - - - -
Natural Skills
Cold World Mediarahan Explosive Fist
D-Source Skills
Ice Amp Resist Ice
Item Drops
Tyrant Glacier Muscle Drink Bufula Stone
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Shin Megami Tensei IV

Race Level HP MP
Strength 53
Dexterity 47
Magic 37
Agility 43
Luck 35
Tyrant 37 445 88
Physical Phys Gun Gun Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Light Light Dark Dark
- - Weak Drain - - Null Null
Ailment Resistance None
Normal Attack Physical, one hit, one enemy
Special fusion Fairy Jack Frost (15) + Genma Frost Ace (34) + Jaki Black Frost (31)
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Cold World 50 MP Heavy ice damage and 15% instant kill to all foes. Innate
Concentrate 11 MP Multiplies user's next magical damage by 2.5. 38
High Ice Pleroma Auto Boosts ice attack by 50%. 40


Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

Race Level HP MP
Strength 23
Dexterity 30
Magic 58
Agility 33
Luck 48
Tyrant 30 319 233
Physical Phys Gun Gun Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Light Light Dark Dark
- - Weak Null - - Resist -
Ailment Resistance None
Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy
Required quest [Otr] plz stop fight
Skill Affinities Ice Ice +4 · Ailment Ailment +1 · Support Support +1 · Fire Fire -6
Special fusion Fairy Jack Frost + Fairy Pyro Jack + Foul Jack Ripper
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
King Bufula 24 MP Medium ice damage to all foes. Smirk +Rakunda Innate
Bufula 10 MP Medium ice damage to one foe. Innate
Ice Pleroma Auto Boosts ice attack by 25%. Innate
Ice Breath 21 MP 1 to 4 hits of weak ice damage to multiple foes. 31
Megaton Press 20 MP Medium physical damage to all foes. High critical but low accuracy. 32
Critical Eye 11 MP Guarantees critical hit for user's next physical or gun attack. 34


Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

King Frost DSSH
Race Level HP MP St In Ma En Ag Lu
Tyrant 79 19,409 3231 24 19 27 20 18 11
P.ATK P.HIT B.DEF AVD M.ATK M.HIT
206 124 214 123 236 64
Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak
- Ice Expel, Death, Mind, Nerve, Curse - Fire
List of Skills
Mabufula Ice Breath Strength Song
Suprise Box Megaton Press Last Resort


Persona 3

Arcana Level
Strength 20
Magic 23
Endurance 22
Agility 15
Luck 24
Emperor 30
Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak
Ice - - Ice - Fire
Skill Card Mabufula (Lv 37)
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Mabufu 8 SP Deals light Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Innate
Bufula 8 SP Deals medium Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (10% chance) Innate
Dodge Fire Passive Evasion rate doubled vs Fire attacks. Innate
Ice Break 40 SP Reduces 1 foe's Ice resistance to average. 32
Growth 1 Passive Persona gains 1/4 EXP while inactive. 33
Mabufula 16 SP Deals medium Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) 36
Fusion Spell *
Skill Cost Effect Prerequisite
King and I 15% SP Deals medium Ice damage/Freezes all foes (moderate chance). Black Frost +
King Frost


Persona 4

Arcana Level
Strength 11
Magic 20
Endurance 17
Agility 13
Luck 12
Emperor 22
Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak
Ice - Ice - - Fire
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Bufula 8 SP Deals medium Ice damage to 1 foe. Innate
Mabufu 10 SP Deals light Ice damage to all foes. Innate
Ice Break 15 SP Nullifies 1 foe's Ice resistance (for 3 turns). Innate
Rakukaja 12 SP Increases 1 ally's Defense for 3 turns. 23
Dodge Fire Passive Doubles evasion rate against Fire attacks. 24
Ice Boost Passive Strengthens Ice attacks by 25%. 26
Null Fire Passive Become immune to Fire attacks. 27
Anima Freeze 12 SP Exhausts to all foes (30% chance). 28


Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Arcana Level HP + SP + Inherit Extract Fragment
Emperor 25 100 26 - Ice Wall King Snowball
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Absorb Ice Passive Absorb damage from Ice attacks. Innate
Bufula 28 SP A medium Ice attack. (1 Enemy) Innate
Ice Wall 16 SP Raise Ice resistance for 3 turns. (Party) 26
Mabufu 14 SP A light Ice attack. (All Enemies) 27
Ice Boost Passive Slightly raise Ice attack strength. 28
Spotter Passive [Navi] 20% higher rate of rare materials from Power Spots. 29


Devil Children Black/Red Book

Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
King Water Fiend 31 336 148
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
26 26 28 24 23 26
List of Skills
Mahabufu Cold Voice Purinpa
Makakaja Bufula Mediarahan


Devil Children Black Book/Red Book (PS)

Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
King Water Fiend 31 336 148
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
26 26 28 24 23 26
List of Skills
Mahabufu Cold Voice Purinpa
Makakaja Bufula Mediarahan


Devil Children White Book

Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
King Water Fiend 31 336 148
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
26 26 28 24 23 26
List of Skills
Skill Element Cost Effect
Invalid skill name of "Mahabufu". You may correct the skill name or modify module:Skills/CHILDWHITE if needed.
Cold Voice Water 20 HP Light damage to one foe. Inflicts Mute.
Invalid skill name of "Purinpa". You may correct the skill name or modify module:Skills/CHILDWHITE if needed.
Makakaja Sun 6 MP Increases Magic for all allies.
Bufula Water 10 MP Heavy damage to one foe. Inflicts Freeze.
Mediarahan Sun 30 MP Large HP recovery for all allies.


DemiKids Light & Dark

Demi-kingicy
Class Element Type Level HP MP Exp
King Ice Fiend 33 352 162 458
ATK DEF MGC RES SPD LCK
32 26 30 25 24 36
List of Skills
Skill Element Cost Effect
Polarlok Ice 15 MP Large dmg +Freeze. 1 Foe
Cold Voice Ice 20 HP Small dmg +Mute. 1 Foe
Pandemonium Dark 6 MP Confuse. 1 Foe
Spellboost Light 6 MP MGC Up. Party
Polarburst Ice 10 MP Medium dmg +Freeze. 1 Foe
Healmax All Light 30 MP Max HP recovery. Party
Combos
Combo Element Cost Effect Partner
Blizzard Ice 15 MP Dmg +Freeze. Foes J. Frost
Freeze Wave Ice 25 MP Dmg +Freeze. Foes Icy Ace
King Freeze Ice 35 MP Dmg +Freeze. Foes Seryu


Devil Children Fire/Ice Book

Demi-kingicy
Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
King Ice Fiend 33 352 162 458
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
32 26 30 25 24 36
List of Skills
Bufudyne Cold Voice Pulinpa
Makakaja Mahabufula Mediarahan


Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

Race Level HP MP Drops
Fiend ? ~4000 - Magic Mirror
Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak
- Ice Fire, Ailments, Death, Expel Physical -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Mabufula Medium Ice damage and Freeze(10%) on all foes.
Mabufudyne Heavy Ice damage and Freeze(10%) on all foes.
Megido Medium Almighty damage on all foes.
Power Wave Medium Physical damage on all foes.
Cocytus 5~8 hits of Medium Ice damage and High chance of Freeze(40%) on random foes.
Frost Rush Heavy Almighty-Physical damage on one foe.
Celestial Gift Summons a strong Jack Frost which knows Makakaja, Tarukaja and Bufula.


Devil Survivor

Race Level HP MP
Strength 13
Magic 10
Vitality 8
Agility 7
Tyrant 22 180
64
Racial / Auto Skill Physical Phys Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Mystic Mystic
Tyranny - Weak Absorb Resist Resist -
Command Skills
Mabufu
Passive Skills
Ice Rise *
I'm King Frost... the Tyrant! You're weak looking, ho! But I'll help you with my ice, ho!
Time to fuse, ho! Good timing! Fuse me with a skinny fellow so I can drop my belly, ho!


Devil Survivor 2

Race Level HP MP
Strength 14
Magic 11
Vitality 10
Agility 7
Tyrant 26 216
74
Racial / Auto Skill Physical Phys Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Curse Curse
Tyranny -- Weak Drain Resist Resist Null
Command Skills
Mabufu
Passive Skills
Ice Boost *
I'm a Tyrant King Frost! I'm a hee-strong king, ho! Now bow down before me, ho!
You're fusing away a king, ho? Who do you think you are, ho!? I sentence you to death!


Gallery

 
King FrostP3
King Frost as it appears in Persona 3 FES
 
Narukami persona07
King Frost as it appears in Persona 4 The Animation
 
Kingfrost
King Frost as it appears in Devil Children Red/Black Book
 
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King Frost's sprite in Shin Megami Tensei II
 
Imagine-KingFrost
King Frost as it appears in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
 
King Frost fusion IS
The King Frost Fusion Spell in Persona 2: Innocent Sin
 
King Frost firsted summoned in P4A
King Frost first summoned in Persona 4 The Animation
 
King Frost Card
King Frost as it appears in Card Summoner
 
King Frost Devil Survivor 2 (Top Screen)
King Frost as it appears in Devil Survivor 2

Trivia

  • His battle theme in Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is a slightly updated version of Dr. Thrill's theme.
  • King Frost is one of the few demons who uses a design originating from DemiKids on another franchise, and seems to be the de-facto design for any time a game uses models, most likely owing to the simpler design compared to the original King Frost which is used in games that use sprites.

See Also

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