Persona 3 FES - Progress 7

The next 3 Tartarus bosses!

But before that, I have already decided on my go-team. That would be....

a) Akihiko Sanada

- His debuffs are quite valuable, and his electricity attacks are high as well.

b) Yukari Takeba

- She's just so cute :3 end-game skills include Mediarahan and Garudyne are needed.

c) Aigis

- A robot with all-rounder support skill and some pretty good attack skills. :D

So you won't be seeing what team I formed unless stated otherwise.

1. Statis Giant x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Laksmi (Mind Charge + Bufudyne, together with Null Slash)

So this is the one everyone hated about, and its no doubt that these guys are tougher to beat than Judgement Swords (Thankfully, minus Marakunda). Another 3-way boss to have all 3 members to be dead at least once. It started out quite bad (1 of them critted me with Gigantic Fist), but I managed to pull through in the end.

2. Phantom King (1st try)

Persona used : Laksmi (again), Raphael (Matarukaja buff)

Team used : Yukari, Aigis and Ken (Akihiko retired ._.)

I wanted to do this boss on the same day. Unfortunately, Akihiko had to retire by the time I reached that floor, so I subbed Ken in.

This boss is actually a joke, considering how painful it was during my previous 2 guardian battles.

3. Royal Dancers x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Siegfried (Vorpal Blade + Null Charm), Raphael (Matarukaja, Mediarama with Divine Grace, Mediarahan for SERIOUS emergency and Null Charm)

This battle wasn't as bad as I feared. Initially I keep in mind of," Eliminate 1 by 1", but it turns out that I can easily beat them using a charged Vorpal Blade, making this battle yet another joke. Still, like the Statis Giant I almost got killed by them right off the bat. (I got critted by their Heat Wave, got up, then 1 of them hit me with Primal Force.)

And then the unexpected battle!

Chidori (Persona : Medea)

This battle is yet another joke. Unfortunately, most of my Personas are weak to at least some elements. Siegfried? Not good, weak to Darkness. Raphael? Risky, again Darkness problem. Laksmi? Worse. She can use Agidyne which is Laksmi's weakness. Atropos? Good, no weakness to both elements, and I can use Garudyne with Mind Charge.

Persona 3 FES - Progress 6

First off, the full moon bosses

Fortune and Strength

Quite easy really, luckily I managed to speculate where to land on whenever Fortune does Wheel of Fortune. The funny thing is, I wanted to put Rage on him (after defeating Strength) and the damage goes up the roof. XD

Hanged Man

OK this is the only time I think I have little trouble with him. Not to say I'm dumb or anything (I used Thor to shield me from Akasha Arts and God's Hand, and also Titania for healing with Divine Grace), but this was the first time 1 of my team member got KO'ed (Aigis got critted by Akasha Arts), but otherwise its fine.

Then the Tartarus bosses

1. Hell Knights x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Koumokoten (Matarunda and resist Strike and Elec), Dionysus (Mediarama healing)

Team member : Akihiko, Ken and Junpei

These guys are quite okay, didn't hit as hard as I expected.

2. Mythical Gigas (1st try)

Persona used : Dionysus (Mind Charge + Ziodyne, quite effective)

Team member : Akihiko, Yukari and Mitsuru

Well, a Mind Charged Ziodyne proved to be quite useful here according to the GFAQs, but I completely forgot that he can sometimes use Maragidyne which happens to be Mitsuru's weakness. Still, its quite an easy 1-way fight unlike the previous 1-way boss. *ugh*

3. Judgement Swords x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Dionysus (Heal, resist both Elec and Slash) and Laksmi (Mind Charge + Bufudyne, plus Null Slash obtained from Chernobog if they think its funny to use Tempest Slash on me. Its very effective btw!)

Team member : Akihiko, Ken and Junpei

Oh my goodness. These guys are much much tougher than the previous 3-way bosses. In fact, I underestimated by how powerful these guys are based on what I see on Youtube videos. ._____.ll

I guess this is the first 3-way boss to have all other team members to be dead at least once.

They like to use Marakunda, Maziodyne and Tempest Slash (very painful!) so much that I had to put Akihiko into Heal/Support mode to let him use Matarunda on them. It wasn't very funny to have Ken and Junpei keep getting pounded by Maziodyne and Tempest Slash. Tempest Slash attack is by far the biggest threat (it hit Aki for 185 damage each with their buffs!) so it is kinda very difficult to keep them alive. Fortunately my Laksmi's Bufudyne is highly effective here. Still, I really hate these guardians even if I managed to do it on my first try.

Hint : Eliminating 1 by 1 was my highest priority!

Social Links

I have already MAXed out Chariot, Strength and Moon SLs so far.

Persona 3 FES - Progress 4

Starting with the Tartarus guardians first....

1. Arcane Turrets x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Leanan Sidhe (Bufu attack)

Team members : Mitsuru, Akihiko and Aigis

Another easy one. They're the last 3-way guardian to have a weakness.

2. Sleeping Table (2nd try)

Persona used : Flauros (Tarunda and blocks Fire), Saki Mitama (resists Fire and knows Mediarama. Zionga if I have an opening)

Team used : Junpei, Yukari and Ken

Second try after the initial try cut short due to out of time ._.ll

But this time I did a few changes. I levelled them up for abit again, then equipping them as follows:

MC Equipment

1h sword fused with Orobas, strongest current armor and an accessory to increase my Zionga damage.

Junpei Equipment

Wanna punish him abit with a red shorts (bathing suit) equipped on him :3

Yukari and Ken Equipment

My first try there, I REALLY question both of their HP ESPECIALLY with Yukari-chan. So I decided to equip them with the strongest current armor and accessories that increase their HP by 30%. Even so, without Tarunda their HP can get cut by 3/4 using Maragidyne or Megidola.

Strategy

Flauros (Tarunda) > Saki Mitama (Rakunda then Mediarama. Zionga if I have the opening). Junpei to Full Assault, Yukari and Ken to Heal/Support.

Turns out much better and none of them died, considering how hard this boss can hit with Maragidyne, Hamaon and Megidola ._.

Persona 3 FES - Progress 3

Hmm, well here we go again....

1. Full Moon Boss - Hermit

Persona used : Take-Mikazuchi (Getsu-ei plus shrug off Elec attacks), Leanan Sidhe (Media and resistance to Elec)

Team used : Shinjiro, Koromaru and Akihiko

Quite easy actually, I wonder why the full moon bosses are so much easier than Tartarus guardian bosses. (Then again, maybe Tartarus bosses are one way to test your ability to move to the next level.) All I did is to co-work with Akihiko for debuffs, then use Getsu-ei or Garula (using Kusi-Mitama, also resistant to Elec)

2. Tartarus Bosses

1) Magical Magus x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Lamia (Agilao and resistant to Ice)

Team used : Koromaru, Junpei and Yukari

Another easy one to do, the problem with them are endless Mabufulas ._.

2) Natural Dancer (2nd try)

Persona used : Yamata-no-Orochi (blocks Wind + Kill Rush), Power (resist against Wind with some debuff + Media)

Team used : Koromaru, Aigis and Yukari

First time I went in I used Mitsuru instead of Koromaru, ended in failure. Not that I was killed, but when they got charmed they used Diarama too much -_- so I decided to go back and sub Koromaru in place of Mitsuru.

Still, its a pretty messy battle (Yes I almost got killed by the charmed doggy), and at 1 point I had to use Soma to save myself. My tactic is to leave Koromaru alone if it got charmed, and more importantly, refrain from using Yamata-no-Orochi (Its weak to Slash). If either Aigis or Yukari got charmed I have to dish out a Dis-Charm ASAP. (Though, at 1 point I just let them be and thank goodness Yukari didn't use Diarama on that dancer ._.) Although tough, but again, no one ended up dead! Sweet!

Social Links:

Magician 6, Emperor 5, Hierophant 4, Lovers 3, Chariot 7, Hermit 4, Fortune 3, Strength 5, HM 1, Star 3, Moon 4

As for the parameters, I have all of them maxed before the summer vacation ends. Now to deal with the 135 dreaded boss. (Well I did try it once and it went pretty ok. I used Flauros to debuff (its immune to Fire), Saki Mitama to heal and Zionga, and maybe Ose (Yah I got him by accident fusion LOL!) to pound it with Garula. However, due to insufficient time I had to close it lol. But 1 thing for sure : my Yukari and Ken needs to seriously level up.)

Persona 3 FES : Further progress

1. Full Moon Bosses

Hierophant and Lovers bosses are peasy easy. The Chariot + Justice battle was interesting though. I did this on my second try because both of them died at different times and got Samarecarm'ed by another. (which isn't very funny)

2. Tartarus Bosses

a) Furious Gigas x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Fortuna

Team members : Mitsuru, Yukari and Junpei

Quite easy, since I looked into the order of turns and it seems that the Hulk Hogan copies will get their turns AFTER Yukari, so my strategy is to knock them down and AoA, then have Yukari knock them down and wait to waste their turns. When 1 of them got Charged and critted Junpei with Fatal End I was REALLY getting worried, nonetheless I beat them quite easily.

b) Fanatic Tower (1st try)

Persona used : Take-Mikazuchi, Oberon and Titan (Unfortunately, this boss knows Elec Break so I had a bit of trouble doing this.)

Team members : Akihiko, Junpei and Aigis

I heard that quite a number of people hated this boss, but I didn't find it as hard as it was. Now I know that Aigis is weak to Electricity (This guy uses Zionga and Mazionga coupled with an occasional Mind Charge), but she can hit pretty hard with Kill Rush so it leaves me with little choice ._. Also I noted that this is the 2nd 1-way boss to be defeated without having my team members dead. ^-^

Persona 3 FES - Another progress

Not so big for my progress, but here goes.

I forgot to mention about the Full Moon bosses so here you go.

1. Full Moon bosses

Priestess was easy, so does the Empress + Emperor bosses. The Personas I used for both battles are Orpheus for Priestess, and then Jack Frost for the second full moon bosses (He has Bufu and Sonic Punch)

2. Tartarus bosses

a) Golden Beetles x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Zouchouten

Party formation : Akihiko, Yukari and Mitsuru

It was a good idea for me to do some fusion experiments and I got Zouchouten which resists Strike and knows Zio. (Something that the beetles are weak against). But I didn't know they can also do Torrent Shot (Pierce), which almost killed poor Akihiko when I was close to defeating it. .____.

b) Intrepid Knight (1st try)

Persona used : Fortuna

Party formation : Same as above

Oh god, first a single boss with Garula and Magarula, now this?! Even worse, this guy knows Garudyne AND Mind Charge which hurts ALOT at low levels. -_-ll

My strategy is to put Akihiko to cast Tarunda on that knight to reduce his ATK, Mitsuru to spam Bufu (she did cast Marin Karin twice though), Yukari to heal and I cast Rakunda and Bufu (Thats her default skill). I'd like to play as healer as my Oberon has a default Media skill, but that would mean taking away my only protection against a 150-damage Garudyne. Still, its not a very easy job. 3 of them died at least once. Mitsuru died from a Mind Charged Magarula, Yukari got hammered with Kill Rush, then Akihiko died from a charged Garudyne and Kill Rush. (Yes he got KO'ed twice) I would've created Ghoul since its immune to Wind and strong to Kill Rush in case I had too much failed tries, but since I defeated it the first time (and thank goodness it didn't use Kill Rush on me), that isn't necessary anymore. What's more, Ghoul is weak to Light which the knight occasionally used (It missed Aki as soon as I revived him ._.) This is one of my very surprising achievement since I defeated this boss on my first try, so I'm happy enough to get past that nutter. (It took me 13 minutes though ._.)

On a side note, I cleared until floor 64 way ahead of schedule, leaving me with more space to level my stats and S.Links.

Hmm, Social Links status?

Magician 6, Hiero 4, Chariot 6, Hermit still at 1, Fortune 2, Strength 5

And my Charm status is MAX-ed out 1 month before the Lovers SL is available! Now concentrating on Courage and Academics (Yes the finals are coming soon....)

Persona 3 FES - Bosses and Social Links

Ooooookay, here are some of the bosses that I've gone through so far.

Tartarus Guardians

1. Venus Eagles x3

Persona used : Orpheus

They're peasy easy, but then again they are the basic bosses to handle. They're weak to Pierce (something Yukari can hit) so its a matter of bringing them down fast.

2. Dancing Hands x3

Persona used : Orpheus

This time they're weak to Strike but instead of AoA-ing, I let them waste their turn picking up (They do lose their turn getting up if they're knocked down, unlike in P4 where they still can make a turn unless they got Dizzy-ed). Overall its quite easy, just with their Magaru its abit dangerous :3

3. Rampage Driver (1st try)

Persona used : Ara Mitama (to protect me from Assault Dive) and Apsaras (Cadenza)

Ooh, this guys a nutter. Fortunately I have fused Ara Mitama way before and its strong against Strike. That guy likes to use Mazio though. This is the first guardian where I started to have a little trouble with.

4. Crying Tables x3 (2nd try)

Persona used : Apsaras (Bufu spam)

OK, here goes my own story. By the time I reached that floor, Yukari retired for the day, leaving me with only Akihiko and Junpei. Unfortunately, on my first try it doesn't seem to be too effective, so I decided to come back later. On my last blog post, by the time I came back for a second round, this time Junpei isn't free to come. So I had to do this 1-man down.

My strategy? Use Apsaras' Bufu and let both Akihiko and Yukari to target 1 of the tables.

5. Change Relic (2nd try)

Persona used : Alp (To outlast its Garula attacks. The damage is really crazy.)

Bah, I really don't like this guardian. Last boss they use Agilao, now this one uses Garula AND Magarula. First try I went with full party and Junpei got 1-hit KO with that thing using Magarula. What's more, my first Alp only has Sukunda and Bufu, and Akihiko kept on getting hammered with 100+ damage for each Magarula. I really didn't die there, but I find this too ineffective and troublesome. Poison Mist attack is also another headache to deal with.

Second try, I refused Alp. This time I replaced Bufu with Tarunda and its a big help (even though its still deals 80+ damage to Akihiko with Magarula). And, again I fight this one without Junpei, knowing that he cannot sustain the damage. My strategy is to use Tarunda and heal Akihiko if his HP falls below 110. Simply speaking, only he can do the real damage so I couldn't afford to lose him. Only when I have the opening I dish out 1 Agilao gem (Even that is also pretty ineffective). Its long (It took me 12 minutes, geez.), but it was defeated.

And oh, I used about 6 Dis-Poisons in this battle.

I've done the following SLs so far:

Magician (Kenji) Rank 4

Emperor (Hidetoshi) Rank 3

Hierophant (Old couple) Rank 3

Chariot (Kazuchi) Rank 4

Hermit (Online gamer) Rank 1

Strength (Yuko) Rank 3

If I can MAX out my Charm status before mid-July, I might be able to start the Lovers SL (That is Yukari-chan! <3) since now that its at rank 4 out of 6 ranks.

Persona 3 - A new beginning

Finally! I was able to get my hands on Persona 3 FES version just yesterday. Unlike P4 where I chose Easy Mode for the very first time (Cause I never played this before so better be safe than sorry! LOL!), this time I'm going for Normal Mode.

Currently my gameplay takes me close to the end of May 2009, and here are some progresses.

1. I just got back from defeating the fourth guardian in Tartarus, Crying Table x3. I was planning to do it with full party, but I indeed have forgotten to check whether any of my members are ill. As a matter of fact, last time I went in Yukari had to retire when I reached that boss so I decided to come back later with full party. And of all that, Junpei was unable to come so I had to do this 1-man down with Yukari and Akihiko. I'm going back to explore the upper floors later on, giving that I've been reminded that the next full moon is less than 15 days away..... Oh btw for that fight I used Apsaras and Ara Mitama.

2. I started the Magician (auto), Emperor, Chariot, Hermit and Strength so far. All are below level 3.

3. Currently my Charm is halfway to max now, while both my Academics and Courage are still at level 2.