Persona 4 - Final Status

The final status before facing the final boss of Persona 3 FES.

Social Links :

Fool - SEES (Rank MAX) (Reward : Susano-O)

Magician - Classmate A.K.A Kenji Tomochika (Rank MAX) (Reward : Surt)

Priestess - Fuuka Yamagishi (Not started) (Reward : Scathach)

Empress - Mitsuru Kirijo (Rank MAX) (Reward : Alilat)

Emperor - Student Council A.K.A Hidetoshi Odagari (Rank MAX) (Reward : Odin)

Hierophant - Old Couple A.K.A Bunkichi and Mitsuko (Rank MAX) (Reward : Kohryu)

Lovers - Yukari Takeba (Rank MAX) (Reward : Cybele)

Chariot - Swim/Track/Kendo Team A.K.A Kazushi Miyamoto (Rank MAX) (Reward : Thor)

Justice - Treasurer A.K.A Chihiro Fushimi (Not started) (Reward : Melchizedek)

Hermit - Online gamer (Rank 4) (Reward : Arahabaki)

Fortune - Art/Photography/Music Club A.K.A Keisuke Hiraga (Rank 8) (Reward : Norn)

Strength - Team Manager A.K.A Yuko Nishiwaki (Rank MAX) (Reward : Siegfried)

Hanged Man - Girl at the shrine A.K.A Maiko (Rank MAX) (Reward : Attis)

Death - Mysterious Boy (Rank MAX) (Reward : Thanatos)

Temperance - Transfer Student A.K.A Bebe (Not started) (Reward : Yurlungur)

Devil - Businessman A.K.A President Tanaka (Rank MAX) (Reward : Belzeebub)

Tower - Strange Monk A.K.A Mutatsu (Rank MAX) (Reward : Chi You)

Star - Rival Athlete A.K.A Mamoru Hayase (Rank MAX) (Reward : Helel)

Moon - The Gourmet King A.K.A Nozomi Suemitsu (Rank MAX) (Reward : Sandalphon)

Sun - The Dying Young Man A.K.A Akinari Kamiki (Rank 1) (Reward : Asura)

Judgement - The Nyx Annihilation Team (Rank MAX) (Reward : Messiah)

Aeon - Aigis (Rank 7) (Reward : Metatron)

Final Equipment for my go team:

MC Equipment : Deus Xiphos (ultimate weapon fused with Michael), Tome of the Void (Abaddon's heart item)

Akihiko Equipment : Dragon Fangs (Found this on a rare chest), Tome of the Void

Yukari Equipment : Yoichi's Bow, Lightning Gloves (Thor's heart item)

Aigis Equipment : Pandemonium, Omega Drive

Current Persona : Cybele, Kohryu, Daisoujou, Seth. (I may change my mind though, currently I still have not defeated Takaya.)

Persona 4 - Progress 9

My final leg of "The Journey"!

1. World Balance

Persona used : Daisoujou, Seth.

Whooh, not easy even if I have pretty much some Personas that don't give any weakness away. I used Seth all the way for Mind Charge + Ragnarok, and also switch to Daisoujou to heal up for some time.

After it reaches half its health (with just 1 Ragnarok, it dealt 1k damage.), it went using Megidolaon, then Mahamaon a few times consecutively. 1st one killed Yukari, Aigis revived her. 2nd one came, all my members gone dead, I used Balm of Life on Aigis. 3rd Mahamaon missed Aigis, she again revived Yukari, which immediately followed up by her unfortunate demise in the 4th Mahamaon, which Aigis had to revive her (again) before all my members come back by the time it used Megidola instead.

2. Fierce Cyclops x3

Quite easy, though I ignored my member's health abit and Aigis was smacked to death by one of the cyclops' normal charged attack.

3. Jotun of Grief

Easy as always, using Magic Mirror will save your butts cause it will reflect Infuriate spell and just use Megidolaon/Primal Force instead.

Also, I could only finish MAXing out 5 more Social Links before the 31/1 Promised Day deadline. Namely, I MAXed out Hanged Man first, then when winter vacation was over I MAXed out Emperor Social Link. I was thinking that if I can balance between Aigis and Mitsuru for their individual Social Links then I could do it, but then I was wrong. 21/1 was a special event in which I can't do anything about it. Thus, I decided to abandon the Aeon Social Link at rank 7 and MAXed out Empress and Star Social Link instead. Also, it was also a very close call to MAX out Tower Social Link as well in the evenings. (Did it on the evening of 30/1, whew!) Also, I abandoned the Fortune Social Link at rank 8 completely before realizing the fatal mistake. If I had known I would've MAXed that out as well to bring the count to 13.

That will mean my final count of MAX Social Link on my first playthrough is 12 out of 19 Social Links. It was still really good as non of my non-MAX Social Link was on reverse. (And I intended not to let that happen.)

MAX Social Links : Magician, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hanged Man, Devil, Tower, Star, Moon. (Exclusive of Fool, Death and Judgement)

Non-MAX Social Links : Hermit (rank 4), Fortune (Rank 8), Sun (Rank 1, yeah I started this very late.), Aeon (Rank 7)

Social Links not initiated : Priestess (Fuuka), Justice (Chihiro), Temperance (Bebe)

Now that I have reached the climax of the story with the encounter of Nyx herself, be prepared!

Persona 3 FES - Progress 8

Sorry for the real long wait, my PS2 spinner stopped working 3 weeks ago and I only sent it to repair after my sis' wedding was over (that was 3rd April), and now awaiting the repairs to be done.

So, I went to my friend's house today and restarted again. Managed to cover some things before retiring cause my friend wanted to go out. XD

1. Reckoning Dice (1st try)

Persona used : Siegfried

Easy peasy.

2. Noble Seekers x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Siegfried

Another easy one, Siegfried's Vorpal Blade with Power Charge really hurts. 1.3k per person anyone? XDDD

3. Carnal Snakes x3 (1st try)

Persona used : Hariti, Daisoujou (Mediarama or Mediarahan for a dangerous situation)

Believe it or not, this was one of the battles that I had quite a struggle with. Not because they are hard, but because of a bad strategy I used for this fight. Firstly, they know Mudoon attacks, so its risky to use Raphael and Siegfried, my key Personas. So pretty much had to melee them one by one while leaving poor Yuka-tan down (she's hit by their Mudoon attacks twice in a row.), then revived her again when 1 of them is defeated. It is a really draggy fight, about 14 minutes or so.

Also, I did this floor on the same day as well, still surprised that none of my choice members are tired yet after reaching that floor AND after the boss fight (then again, I kinda rushed there a little by skipping alternative floors lol.), so I thought might as well.

Social Links

I've also been working with my Social Links more, so here goes. I already maxed out Magician, Hierophant, Lovers and Devil Social Link, and now my Star, Emperor and Hanged Man Social Link is close to MAX out. Once the 3 of them are done, I'll concentrate on Empress and maybe Aeon Social Link if possible. So that increase my MAX Social Link count to 7/18 (Not including Fool, Death and Judgement which can be MAXed based on storyline.) I'm not sure whether I can increase the count to about 14/18 (Fortune is also quite close to MAX, and maybe I can work on Tower Social Link at evenings.), but its worth a try.

So basically the Social Link ranks are:

Magician MAX, Empress 3, Emperor 9, Hierophant MAX, Lovers MAX, Chariot MAX, Hermit 4, Fortune 8, Strength MAX, Hanged Man 8, Devil MAX, Tower 6, Star 9, Moon MAX.

Current key Personas under my belt : Seth, Raphael, Hariti.

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.)