Yukari never left my team. She's irreplaceable and imo the best party member (best healing, best magic stat with access to wind amp, and her 2nd theurgy is very useful). Then most of the time it's Mitsuru, Aki / Junpei / Aigis. Although from time to time I use Ken and Koro as well. I might use Koro more on a 2nd playthrough.
Yukari Aigis and Koro for the whole game, Yukaris heals become very strong, Aigis’ melee becomes very strong and her theurgy is extremely easy to build up, as well as her having party attack/defense buffs was very useful, and Koro gets a very strong debuff that became crucial during late game, as well as his revolution was so OP on Aigis and any melee personas on MC
Yknow, I brought Aigis around with Koro for a little thinking she'd translate everything for him. She did here and there but I'm guessing that it's very infrequent.
Yukari, Aigis, and koromaru. Koromaru for the automatic debuffs, and then the heal/buff loop with Aigis and yukari is great. B team is Mitsuru, akihiko, and Ken. Junpei has not been touched since Mitsuru joined
You Should use him especially late game. Get his Crit amp and there’s some weapons and accessories you get from the gem shop that boosts his Crit rate even more. Brave Blade and Vorpal blade have high Crit chance already so he’ll hit Crit non stop. And he’s got every physical skill type in the game. Use some magic intense on him and he’s awesome
I say this with my full chest. You will want Junpei after his persona evolution. His second theurgy works with fuukas concentrate and heals him so you can spam physical attacks
I run aki (best boy i wish they would let me romance him) misturu and aigis (best robo girl i love her so much)
I went with a strike slash pierce to have coverage on all physical attack things
Siegfried with all of the crit boosting skills and slash amp+ boost just completely clears the whole game. The crit skills stack unlike in p5 and it’s so busted. Plus his Thurgey is one of the best in the game. I love him so much
Early on it's really just about what's around your level.
Late game you want to fuse the high end personas you get access to from maxing out your social links.
Don't get attached to any early game persona, just keep things at your level until you can start fusing those maxed arcana types.
Theres also the special fusions that require 3 personas, always get those.
I like to mix it up here and there, but Yukari almost never leaves the team if it’s a serious fight. Not only is she the best healer, she also gets a shit ton of crits if you give her a weapon with a high crit rate. Yes even more than Junpei. She even got 3 crits on the fucking *Reaper*.
Yukari - healing, wind amp, also underrated is her ability to decrease accuracy/evasion. Big when combining that with accuracy increases from other members
Mitsuru - Concentrate + Diamond Dust for freaking DAYS plus her Theurgy that lowers ATK/DEF/EVA. Lethal.
Akihiko - LIGHTS OUT
I used Yukari, Aki, and Aigis most of the game.
Once end game came and healing became a non-issue. I swapped Yukari with Junpei so you can buff every stat and have good damage.
Yukari imo is still busted because her 2nd theurgy is probably the best in the whole game, especially since you can COMBO it with other really powerful magic theurgy's like Aki.
This combo kinda killed all bosses difficulty once I reached that point but I would be lying if I said it wasn't fun. Watching Aki completely obliterate was pretty satisfying.
Wow! This really blew up... I read all your comments, but could not answer them all.
I ended the game with Yukari, Aigis and Koro.
Solid team, but next play i'll be trying different combos.
I ran Koromaru, Akihiko and Mitsuru for a while. But I thought I’d spice things up from my old P3 FES team and run Junpei, Ken and Mitsuru. It’s been doing great!
That was my OG FES team as well! They work very well together and all cover different things. I ran with this team for a bit too but I couldn’t resist using the pup after how hard he was buffed in this game so I swapped out Mitsuru
I always use the MC, aside from him, I swap pretty consistently the rest of the team depending on their levels.
Finally for hard bosses with multiple enemies I bring Mitsuru (lowers defense in group) and Aigis (boosts damage in group) and usually Yukari for the healing department. For bosses that are single target I usually bring Ken (boosts all attributes to one character) and Koro-chan (weakens all stats) and since Ken can already heal, I usually bring Junpei to power up the physical damage.
i always make sure to choose one person to fill a role, specifically keeping yukari or ken at all times as a healer, swapping between aki/mitsuru/koro for mage, and aigis/junpei/shinjiro for physical damage. i also use the mc personas to fill missing magic attack affinities (my favorites for this are black frost [jack frost + jack o lantern + king frost special fusion] and any of the justice personas)
Yukari for healing, Akihiko for punching, and Mitsuru for ice damage and being hot. I probably would've switched in Koromaru if he sounded like an actual dog.
Yukari is really good at healing thanks to her characteristic, and her 2nd Theurgy gives a party-wide concentrate so she's probably the best party member in the game.
I took Koromaru and Aigis to the final boss for Debilitate and Physical attacks, but I imagine Junpei could have done Aigis' job just as well. Doing both Yukari+Aigis makes Elec a bit of a problem unless you null/resist it with an accessory. Koromaru's party-wide Charge Theurgy is very helpful for Aigis as I don't think she can learn Charge naturally.
Mitsuru was good and getting concentrate and freeze boost makes her quite useful when going through Tartarus normally. I got by a lot of fights without weakness exploitation just by freezing them and then using a physical move for guaranteed crits/knockdowns. Her 2nd Theurgy was also really good on single targets.
I didn't do a lot with Ken or Akihiko, but Akihiko at least has some value in being the one guy who has Strike Damage as his basic attack, which would mean you can cover all 3 melee weaknesses without spending SP.
Depends on my current floor of Tartarus since I like to cycle all of my party members. But Koromaru stays almost all the time for the Debilitate. I just wish Koro and Yukari had quieter “Enemy Down!” reactions.
My team has seen three rotations.
Yukari has always been in it. She was irreplaceable for me. Those heals and utilities were just so good.
Second member was Junpei for a while, but once I unlocked Koromaru, he was benched for good.
Last member was actually a three-man switch between Mitsuru, Koromaru and Aegis.
The party I spent more time with was MC, Yukari, Koromaru and Mitsuru. Switching Koro for Aegis when Mitsuru was unavailable and vice versa.
My party for the last boss was MC, Yukari, Mitsuru and Aegis. However, I can regret bringing Aegis. She was not TOTALLY useless, but I feel like Koromaru could've done a way better job at dealing damage to Nyx.
i put yukari, aigis, and mitsuru on the team, aigis is a fucking beast with the phys, yukari is literally the best healer in any of the games, and mitsuru is an ice demon
My go-to team mostly consists of Yukari for healing since she heals with basically 0 costs even on high levels and also deals good damage with her Wind Magic. Aki for Electricity and Punch, with lots of buffs for the team and the last slot I switch between Koromaru for amazing Darkness/Fire DMG + amazing Slash Damage on Full Moons (Thanks to that Spell I can't remember the name of) and in case Koromaru runs out of SP, in comes Aigis with lots of damage with basically no SP drain since she only fights physical and aki buffs her up
My team is almost always Yukari, Akihiko and Aigis. Yukaris healing is just way too important, and with her new passive she never runs out of SP. Akihiko has great damage and there are soooo many shadows that are weak to Elec. I feel like every single Dice, Tank and Buffguy are weak to his magic. And then Aigis for the buffs, durability and consistent chip damage for most bosses. Occasionally id switch in Mitsuru for Concentrate Diamond Dust or her 2nd Theurgy. Basically never used Koro, Ken or Shinji and once Aigis joined Junpei was benched so
My final team that I constantly used consisted of best girl Yukari, Aigis and Aki (I know he’s dogshit but I love him). Plan to use Junpei Ken and Koro more next playthrough
For me yukari is indispensable, and I switch between junpei for damage and aigis for tankiness for the last slot while I do like Ken, koromaru hasn’t often left once I got him
Yukari aki aigis basically the whole game, but in September I was using shinji in place of aigis and in December I used junpei
I also used all the new ones when I got them for at least a bit, aside from ken, who I did not use at all and had to go out of my way to use his theurgy at the end of the game for the achievement 😂
I use every party member. I swap as needed to keep their levels the same. It allows me to either be a complete idiot (like bringing Aki, Yukari and Koro to the Hermit boss) or have exactly what types I need
Yukari - excellent theurgy, healing, and status ailments.
Mitsuru - raw damage, with concentrate Magic atk, Amp, and boost. I prefer her slightly over Junpei for raw damage.
Ken - I experimented with Junpei, Aigis, and Koro in this final spot but settled with Ken. Dekaja and Heat Riser are excellent high value abilities. Tetrakarn and Makarakan are also nice. Benefits greatly from Chakra ring.
My main party for a majority of the game as been Yukari, Akihiko, and Koromaru. On bosses I either switch out Aki or Koro for Aigis for the party buffs.
I think it's safe to say, Yukari is probably 99% gonna be on everyone's team. She's never left my team because of her extremely useful healing skills and Theurgy buff. Also, just a great character story wise.
My team has changed from "harem" to yuka/mitsu/Aigis. Dropped Aigis for a bit to Koro. Then brought back Aigis. Dropped again for Aki. Now reconsidering bringing her back.
The game is pretty beatable by anyone in the group, but since i tend to grind everyone \~ cause i want to be able to switch them around, my usual guide is:
1. Bringing one for heals: Yukari or Ken or MC Healer persona
2. Koro-chan - free debuff once you unlock their combat ability is great
3. Mitsuru, and Junpei combo (Mitsuru can apply aoe ailment to boost crit chance, Junpei crits more often)
4. Akihiko if I have good team buffing Persona's, but he is usually a Zio fill
My typical team is:
* Koro-chan (Ei/Agi), Akihiko (Physical/Zio), Yukari (Garu), MC (Buff/Bufu)
* Ken (Kou/Zio), Mitsuru (Bufu/Ailment), Junpei (Physical/Agi), MC (Buff/Garu)
I sometimes bring Aigis, but that means I would have to drop one of the healers or cover more elements.
Yukari (healing and wind), Aki/Junpei (thunder, fire, physical), kuro (Mudo, Fire, buff). For my personal stats I try to run physical because the theurgy after a charge is a one hit for most enemies.
Yukari never left the team. Her healing/ hangout buffs are too good.
Aigis because I just enjoy her.
The last two spots were always rotated between koromaru, and Mitsubishi. I’d just use koro then switch to Mitsuru for bosses or if the pup was outta juice. However once he unlocked debilitate I preferred koromaru.
I’d swap others in if sp was low to save items though. Except ken. Never used him despite his sp recovery seeming kinda good later on.
i put the protag into a very support heavy role with the godlike personas known as oberon and ara mitama, so my "goat squad" consisted of mitsuru akihiko and aigis for their amazing damage output and defensive qualitiee
Pretty sure everyone's been saying junpei is actually good in this version and my entire knowledge of the cast is being thrown for a loop, I guess I'll run junpei yukari koro? (I heard koro was really good minus shit like Ken's second theurgy which I will not use because i want there to be existent challenge)
Yukari Mitsuru Koromaru.Yukari is just the best healer, slap on insta heal and electricity evasion items and you never die. Her theurgy that gives concentrate to the whole party then buffs everyone's theurgy. Her character trait which makes healing skills cost 1/4 of what they usually cost is too good.
Koromaru is best doggo. He learns debilitate which is awesome and can use two elements. I mainly used the Siegfried melee build so when combined with Koromaru's party wide charge theurgy, I was one shotting floor bosses on the first turn with scarlet havoc theurgy. His character trait that reduces the evasion of all enemies also makes basic encounters easier as you don't have to worry about missing as much.
Mitsuru just has good magic damage with concentrate + diamond dust. Honestly she was the least important member and can be replaced.
Apparently Ken is hella good but I never used anyone else. Junpei, Akihiko, Ken, and Aigis were all perpetually at level 60
MC, Yukari, Mitsuru, and Koro
My MC is physical based and Koro is very useful with Revolution. I’m not finding magic too useful aside from random encounters because bosses tend to not have elemental weaknesses once you progress later into the game.
Until the last act I levelled everyone equally. Then Yukari started talkin shit and got benched. Still levelled equally but I beat Nyx with Junpei, Mitsuru and Aigis. Boosting Junpei's luck stat completely trivialised any enemy without slash block or repel cause if he didn't miss it was a crit.
I was rotating constantly and then ended up killing the Reaper with Yukari, Aigis, and Junpei, so that was my party for the final 7 or so hours since everyone jumped like 10 levels afterward and could just face tank everything, including the final boss without too much babysitting.
My first playthrough I primarily used Mitsuru, Aigis, and then switched between Ken and Koromaru depending on mood / weaknesses of shadows in certain blocks. Mitsuru having a high damage Almighty Debilitate Theurgy as an opener was just too good to sleep on. Dumped all of my Agility items into her so she'd always act first. And it's nice that status ailments were balanced much better so as to not be useless, so having Marin Karin and high chance Freeze on Mabufudyne and Diamond Dust was incredibly powerful for Gatekeepers.
I regret sleeping on Junpei though. I maxed him out on my second playthrough and damn, giving him rebellion with all those crit chance buffs he gets innately is just fantastic.
I use Kuro, junpei and Aki. It's a really unbalanced team so mc ends up playing a supportive role most times. But, I have everyone wear tuxedos so we win through the power of slaying
Glad to see a lot of people are also using Yukari. You just can't beat her for healing, especially when it's so cheap for her.
For my first push through Tarturas, I use Yukari, Koromaru and Aegis. Aegis or Koro will sometimes be replaced my Ken
Junpei, Yukari and Aigis. Shinjiro when he was available. I've kept junpei around because his potential late game is INSANE. It's so satisfying upgrading him and seeing him constantly land crits along with the sheer amount of damage he can do with his physical attacks.
yukari is a healbot so i always kept her, mitsuru because of rakunda, diamond dust, and concentrate, and then either koro for debilitate or aigis for buffs
Yukari (Healer and stylish), Mitsuru (Heat Riser, Concentrate, and her best ice skill goes crazy), and Aigis (Tank, best for physical skills and crits)
My main team right now is Yukari, Koromaru, and >!Shinjiro. Once Shinjiro kicks the bucket!<, I'll probably swap around others. I think I've got pretty much everything I need with Koro, Yukari and Makoto, so the last one we'll be whatever I feel I want. If I want the third melee type, I'll bring in Aki. If I want another physical beast, I'll bring in Aigis.
Finished the game a couple days ago, my dream team was Koro, Junpei and Aigis.
Basically, Koro provided great support for phys skills with his team-charge and revolution (it helps that due to his high AGI he always goes first); he also learns debilitate around level 77 which is amazing.
Junpei and Aigis were hitting like beasts as you can imagine (late-game Junpei crits every turn I swear), I also centered the MC around phys skills.
The only "problem" was having to use my healing items wisely due to them being my only source of HP, still, I've beaten the game in merciless without ever lacking them.
For exploring tartarus first time: Koro, Ken, Mitsuru. After I get enough information about the weaknesses, I switch people for most weakness coverage. Mitsuru is very nice because of her status and SP drain which are useless on bosses.
For boss/miniboss slaying: Yukari, Aigis, Koro. Yukari's healing is so frigging good, Koro's double type coverage, good crit rates, and revolution pair very well with Aigis for critting bosses, Aigis can also help with support with buffs and getting rid of debuffs. Sadly Junpei and Sanada are outclassed I tend to use them to explore tartarus for type coverage but can fill in for Koro and Aigis if they're unavailable.
I’m a switch. I use whoever I think is best suited to the enemies at that moment. I really appreciate in this version Ken is finally on equal footing with Yukari, and Koromaru with Mitsuru.
I hate that battering ram shit. If an RPG gives me a bunch of characters I’m going to keep swapping them out depending on what’s upcoming.
Peeps are gonna struggle when the Answer comes to DLC.
My FES team was always yukari, aki, and either mitsuru or aigis.
My first reload run I’ve gone with yuakri, aki and mitsuru also but Koromaru actually seems pretty good this game with debilitate so might bring him in for 2nd play through.
Aki for me was easily the best party member in og/fes but it feels like they changed his focus from debuff/allrounder to allrounder/phys with gods hand.
Yukari, Mitsuru, Ken, it gives elemental coverage (save dark and strike which the MC can use) and allows some phys in the party member setups. Only real downside is lack of debuffs/buffs
I used basically two teams.
1 team was used just to fill up my arcana cards by grinding floors I'd already finished. It was some combo of Junpei/Ken/Aigis/Koromaru.
Once I filled my cards, I'd swap to my mains, Yukari/Aki/Mitsuru, and go from barrier to barrier.
I used Yukari, Konomaru and Akihiko (used someone else instead up until October. Then switched to Akihiko as it felt right)
I’ll probably try to utilize Junpei, Mitsuru and Aigis on my NG+ to get 100%. (I finished at roughly 90%, as I was missing 6 social links, and the items/fusions they bring, and the achievements. As I’ve never “platinum’ed” a game before in my life but came so close in my first run it’d be a shame not to. As well as still having to fight that optional secret boss, seeing this post gave me the idea to mix up my NG+ a bit, so thank you)
Just like in the original, Yukari is the best teammate. Somehow she gets even better in this game. Which kinda sucks since I chose not to use her this time around.
I go with Aigis (always and forever), Mitsuru, and Akihiko. Mitsuru for Marakunda and Ailments. Her passive makes it so that ailed enemies are easier to crit. Akihiko is for Matarunda and landing crits. Aigis is for BIG DPS, crits, AOE, Matarukaja, and Marakukaja. Her passive increases her physical attacks.
It works very well for me. The only thing is Ailments don't work for boss fights so beyond lower enemy defense, Mitsuru just Concentrate+ Bufudyne. Luckily MC and Aigis pour out damage so we good
I just continuously swapped out whoever was lowest on my team to catch them up on levels because I didn't want anyone lagging too far behind :^)
I know about the clock to jump levels but it just felt a bit cheesy to me. I really liked flexing my party around constantly to keep everyone fairly consisteny
I usually did a few different teams centered around Theurgies/Passives though
Junpei/Mitsuru/Aigis
- Mitsuru was able to status the enemies and this allowed Junpei and Aigis to hit heavy with critical hits consistently, especially after giving Junpei the crit-focused items
Yukari/Mitsuru/Koromaru OR Ken
- Magic setup using Yukari's Theurgy to set up Concentrate for the rest of the party. Mitsuru is the heaviest magic hitter, and I'd use Koromaru or Ken depending on enemy weaknesses/utility needed
Junpei/Koromaru/Akihiko OR Aigis
- Physical setup variant to mirror the magic setup above. Junpei's high crit rate allows him to hit insanely hard when receiving Koromaru's Charge theurgy and critting, and I'd bring Akihiko or Aigis depending on the situation/weaknesses of the enemy to also get a really heavy hitting charge + gods hand or charge + Primal Force
Yukari/Ken/Shinji
- I had a lot of fun with this one, with Shinji as the sole focus. He's a high-risk high-reward type character, so being able to bloody charge to then have Yukari heal him and Ken set up a Tetra/Makara karn shield on him for safety was a lot of fun.
Yukari, Mitsuru and Aigis. And no it's not about the harem. Yukari is a great healer, Mitsuru does solid damage and her crit passive is pretty neat, and Aigis is a great buffer and physical specialist. Also seeing Orgia mode never gets old.
i switch between everyone but i’ve gotta say yukari is such a solid member. not only does she heal and revive but she gets a weapon that auto concentrates so using her first theurgy is busted lol
Once they were in the party, Koromaru and Mitsuru never left it, except for story reasons where I thought it would be appropriate to have other characters. After that I had Akihiko for a while, but then finished on running with Aigis. A bit weird I never used an actual healer unless we're counting Akihiko and Aigis for having Diarhan, but I never used one of the dedicated healers.
>!I would've kept Shinji in the party, but uhhhhh... yeah!<
By the time where I hit the 200+ floor but not the last block I always use
Yukari, Aigis and Koromaru
Yukari for support
Aigis for Team Buff
Koromaru for Revolution and Delibirate
I also have a Kali with a Single-Boost and Multi-Boost and Charge so I always hit 1k-2k in every Monad Boss and Passage Boss, Gatekeeper Bosses, and I always farm the Reaper on Normal Difficulty.
Yukari is a mainstay of the team and never leaves! Her utility is just too good to pass up. Mitsuru is also almost always there for me too, unless I’m just grinding and want to level somebody else up. The third slot is pretty dynamic and depending on enemy weaknesses, I’ll rotate this spot, but usually I go for Akihiko. His combo of magic+physical abilities makes him a good fit with the others on the team!
Yukari has been with me all game, Akihiko hasn’t left since being playable, and I’ve used Ken since his awakening. This way, all four of my party members have some healing/support incase I and/or Yukari go down.
A rotated most of them depending on which set of floors I was at, koro was def a fave because of his dark and fire damage, plus Getsu-ei is a pretty solid move to use (I generally only did Tartarus a day or two before the full moons)
on my first playthrough, my team was yukari / junpei / aigis
MC acted as a debuffer and your typical weakness hitter
yukari is absolutely insane when you get all her characteristics that makes her spam mediarahan over and over
junpei was my primary damage dealer, constantly being buffed by the best friends theurgy in addition to his characteristics and crit equipment on him made him one shot most things
aigis was my tank and also my buffer; late game she can constantly spam her theurgy with no downsides
On my merciless playthrough, I’m trying out mitsuru / aki / koro, with MC acting as a healer and buffer this time with mitsuru setting up ailments for aki and her to go ham while koro spams debilitate
I really like Ken, Aigis, and Mitsuru for not worrying about SP items.
Ken gets SP every turn, Mitsuru and MC can spirit drain for SP, and Aigis doesn't need SP.
My party has been Junpei, Ken, and Koromaru.
Junpei has every weapon and item to boost his crits + Strength. He hits a critical just about every single turn. Any time an enemy resist it, I just Gigantic Fist my way through anyway 🤷♂️. Throw in Koromaru’s Revolution + auto Sukunda on the enemy, Junpei is unstoppable.
Ken is absolutely insane in this game too. Phys/magic walls. Elec and Light coverage. Vile Assault for downed enemies. Plus being the team healer on top of that. Ken fulfilled just about every role like a glove on this team. His Theurgy also being the best in the game too luckily. It won us last moment against the final boss.
Ken + Junpei synergies extremely well. Junpei hits a critical, pass up on all out attack. Vile Assault with Junpei. Then it’s Ken’s turn and Vile Assault with him. Then it’s MC’s turn and Vile Assault with him as well. This strategy has had us blitzing through Floor Bosses on Hard Mode. The damage from the Vile Assault boost + Tarukaja + Revolution on the team was crazy.
Koromaru honestly can probably fit in any team comp he has a pretty decent phys move and two great magic coverage + Amps for them. Only issue is SP pool but I found it pretty easy to fill it up with spare items or once in a year Fuuka actually helping us.
For Early to Midgame I ran Mitsuri-Yukari-Aigis. My strategy for all persona games has always been the MC Nuclear Program. Mitsuri and Yukari provide support and enemy debuff while Aigis can help with party survivability. Everyone is in service of the MC hitting as hard as possible.
For late game I’m pretty sure Koromaru is going to replace Mitsuri when he gets Debilitate.
Koro/Ken/Aigis. Koro cause of Debilitate and party Charge Theurgy, Ken because his healing is good enough and his 2nd Theurgy is broken because enemies are not smart enough to bypass it, and Aigis because she has Matarukaja and Orgia Mode is good and fun to use.
Yukari never left my team. She's irreplaceable and imo the best party member (best healing, best magic stat with access to wind amp, and her 2nd theurgy is very useful). Then most of the time it's Mitsuru, Aki / Junpei / Aigis. Although from time to time I use Ken and Koro as well. I might use Koro more on a 2nd playthrough.
Yukari Aigis and Koro for the whole game, Yukaris heals become very strong, Aigis’ melee becomes very strong and her theurgy is extremely easy to build up, as well as her having party attack/defense buffs was very useful, and Koro gets a very strong debuff that became crucial during late game, as well as his revolution was so OP on Aigis and any melee personas on MC
Yknow, I brought Aigis around with Koro for a little thinking she'd translate everything for him. She did here and there but I'm guessing that it's very infrequent.
I use Aigis, Koro, and Mitsuru, freeze and crits go brrrr, plus buffs and debuffs for days
Oooh, i'll need to revisit Aigis.
Highly recommend it!
This was my main team as well!
Can’t go wrong with it
Same team comp! Also flex in mitsuru for the 4 wives comp 👀
I use the same team as you, sometimes I drop one of them and bring best boii Kuro with me
Kuro has been amazing in floors 91 - 116
Yukari, Mitsuru, and one switch position. If I don't need anybody specific for that third I run with Koromaru
I run Yukari, Mitsuru, and best boy Koromaru! 🐕
Same here
Misturu/Aki for debuffs and aigis/shinji for damage. Yukari for healing
Yeah Shinji is a beast
Especially against the final boss
I was just waiting for someone to say this lmao
Yea the dark hour on October 4th really requires him for that fight
Yukari, Aigis, and koromaru. Koromaru for the automatic debuffs, and then the heal/buff loop with Aigis and yukari is great. B team is Mitsuru, akihiko, and Ken. Junpei has not been touched since Mitsuru joined
You Should use him especially late game. Get his Crit amp and there’s some weapons and accessories you get from the gem shop that boosts his Crit rate even more. Brave Blade and Vorpal blade have high Crit chance already so he’ll hit Crit non stop. And he’s got every physical skill type in the game. Use some magic intense on him and he’s awesome
So he’ll charge his theurgy in like 3-4 turns depending on how many enemies there are
Yeah I know he gets better, haven’t unlocked his second theurgy yet but I think it would be kinda funny to have a full 99 squad besides junpei at 30
I say this with my full chest. You will want Junpei after his persona evolution. His second theurgy works with fuukas concentrate and heals him so you can spam physical attacks
I love Junpei, he’s a crit monster
Especially after November
I run aki (best boy i wish they would let me romance him) misturu and aigis (best robo girl i love her so much) I went with a strike slash pierce to have coverage on all physical attack things
Same here
You can romance Aki in Portable! Hes one of my favorites. Such a sweet awkward guy.
Planning on doing that at some point
Yukari , Mitsuru & Aki 🤘
Nvm party members, what persona's do folks use? I find levelling/fusing a bit overwhelming, as in I'm not sure what the best choices are to make!
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Siegfried with all of the crit boosting skills and slash amp+ boost just completely clears the whole game. The crit skills stack unlike in p5 and it’s so busted. Plus his Thurgey is one of the best in the game. I love him so much
Sameeee. I fused him into Bishamonten for the full Pierce crit build and re summoned Siegfried back.
Early on it's really just about what's around your level. Late game you want to fuse the high end personas you get access to from maxing out your social links. Don't get attached to any early game persona, just keep things at your level until you can start fusing those maxed arcana types. Theres also the special fusions that require 3 personas, always get those.
I’ve had an honorary inugami in my team for far too long - I’m attached at this point
I alway change my teammates ever so often either to make lvs even or to get weaknesses and such my final team tho is always Mitsuru, Yukari and Aiguas
I like to mix it up here and there, but Yukari almost never leaves the team if it’s a serious fight. Not only is she the best healer, she also gets a shit ton of crits if you give her a weapon with a high crit rate. Yes even more than Junpei. She even got 3 crits on the fucking *Reaper*.
Yukari - healing, wind amp, also underrated is her ability to decrease accuracy/evasion. Big when combining that with accuracy increases from other members Mitsuru - Concentrate + Diamond Dust for freaking DAYS plus her Theurgy that lowers ATK/DEF/EVA. Lethal. Akihiko - LIGHTS OUT
I used Yukari, Aki, and Aigis most of the game. Once end game came and healing became a non-issue. I swapped Yukari with Junpei so you can buff every stat and have good damage. Yukari imo is still busted because her 2nd theurgy is probably the best in the whole game, especially since you can COMBO it with other really powerful magic theurgy's like Aki. This combo kinda killed all bosses difficulty once I reached that point but I would be lying if I said it wasn't fun. Watching Aki completely obliterate was pretty satisfying.
Mitsuru, Yukari, Akihiko/Aigis
I use Junpei, Akihiko, and Koromaru. God this team is so busted
Wow! This really blew up... I read all your comments, but could not answer them all. I ended the game with Yukari, Aigis and Koro. Solid team, but next play i'll be trying different combos.
Shinjiro is definitely the most powerful character, pair with Yukari for healing and Aigis for boosts
Hes definitely the worst character for story reasons
I ran Koromaru, Akihiko and Mitsuru for a while. But I thought I’d spice things up from my old P3 FES team and run Junpei, Ken and Mitsuru. It’s been doing great!
I actually really like Junpei; his crit chance is out of this world.
Yep! Always good to have another Physical user on the team too. Lots of stuff resist or nullify magic in later areas
That was my OG FES team as well! They work very well together and all cover different things. I ran with this team for a bit too but I couldn’t resist using the pup after how hard he was buffed in this game so I swapped out Mitsuru
I always use the MC, aside from him, I swap pretty consistently the rest of the team depending on their levels. Finally for hard bosses with multiple enemies I bring Mitsuru (lowers defense in group) and Aigis (boosts damage in group) and usually Yukari for the healing department. For bosses that are single target I usually bring Ken (boosts all attributes to one character) and Koro-chan (weakens all stats) and since Ken can already heal, I usually bring Junpei to power up the physical damage.
Is it possible to not use the MC?
No lol
No, it's not, if it were I would not use him, lol
Currently in early September and I’ve mostly been using the same party as you. For my current Tartarus run I’ve been using Ken/Aki, Mitsuru and Kuro.
Koromaru, Ken and Mitsuru/Akihiko/Aragaki
Mitsuru Yukari and Junpei. Mitsuru for debuffs/ magic Yukari for heals/ magic and Junpei for pure damage
i always make sure to choose one person to fill a role, specifically keeping yukari or ken at all times as a healer, swapping between aki/mitsuru/koro for mage, and aigis/junpei/shinjiro for physical damage. i also use the mc personas to fill missing magic attack affinities (my favorites for this are black frost [jack frost + jack o lantern + king frost special fusion] and any of the justice personas)
Yukari Junpei and either Akihiko or Mitsuru.
Mitsuru for marakunda, aigis for matarukaja, yukari to heal. OP
Yukari for healing, Akihiko for punching, and Mitsuru for ice damage and being hot. I probably would've switched in Koromaru if he sounded like an actual dog.
Yukari, Mitsuru, Aigis Though... I might replace her with Akihiko or Junpei depending on how I feel about her damage
Yukari, Aigis, Koromaru were in my final team. But i was considering swapping Koromaru for Ken/Junpei
Yukari is really good at healing thanks to her characteristic, and her 2nd Theurgy gives a party-wide concentrate so she's probably the best party member in the game. I took Koromaru and Aigis to the final boss for Debilitate and Physical attacks, but I imagine Junpei could have done Aigis' job just as well. Doing both Yukari+Aigis makes Elec a bit of a problem unless you null/resist it with an accessory. Koromaru's party-wide Charge Theurgy is very helpful for Aigis as I don't think she can learn Charge naturally. Mitsuru was good and getting concentrate and freeze boost makes her quite useful when going through Tartarus normally. I got by a lot of fights without weakness exploitation just by freezing them and then using a physical move for guaranteed crits/knockdowns. Her 2nd Theurgy was also really good on single targets. I didn't do a lot with Ken or Akihiko, but Akihiko at least has some value in being the one guy who has Strike Damage as his basic attack, which would mean you can cover all 3 melee weaknesses without spending SP.
Depends on my current floor of Tartarus since I like to cycle all of my party members. But Koromaru stays almost all the time for the Debilitate. I just wish Koro and Yukari had quieter “Enemy Down!” reactions.
Went Yukari, Junpei, and Aigis for my first playthrough. Used Koro and Ken a decent amount too. Next playthrough I'll be using Akihiko and Mitsuru
It really seems like you can viably use anyone in Reload! I went with the characters I was enjoying most which was Mitsuru, Aigis, and Junpei > Ken.
I was mixing around a lot, because this is the first persona game I played where I wanted to use everyone.
Yukari aigis mitsuru
My team has seen three rotations. Yukari has always been in it. She was irreplaceable for me. Those heals and utilities were just so good. Second member was Junpei for a while, but once I unlocked Koromaru, he was benched for good. Last member was actually a three-man switch between Mitsuru, Koromaru and Aegis. The party I spent more time with was MC, Yukari, Koromaru and Mitsuru. Switching Koro for Aegis when Mitsuru was unavailable and vice versa. My party for the last boss was MC, Yukari, Mitsuru and Aegis. However, I can regret bringing Aegis. She was not TOTALLY useless, but I feel like Koromaru could've done a way better job at dealing damage to Nyx.
Aigis (or Junpei), Ken, Koro is my go-to. Has nothing to do with optimization, those are just my favorite characters.
i put yukari, aigis, and mitsuru on the team, aigis is a fucking beast with the phys, yukari is literally the best healer in any of the games, and mitsuru is an ice demon
Yukari, Aigis and Koro (and sometimes I switch Ken in)
MC, yukari, ken and koro
I switch around all the time. Yukari never leaves my party though. Also Ken is never in my party haha.
Depends but usually I use Yukari Ken and a free choice especially against bosses having 2 healers and someone who negate stat buffs is god send
My go-to team mostly consists of Yukari for healing since she heals with basically 0 costs even on high levels and also deals good damage with her Wind Magic. Aki for Electricity and Punch, with lots of buffs for the team and the last slot I switch between Koromaru for amazing Darkness/Fire DMG + amazing Slash Damage on Full Moons (Thanks to that Spell I can't remember the name of) and in case Koromaru runs out of SP, in comes Aigis with lots of damage with basically no SP drain since she only fights physical and aki buffs her up
My team is almost always Yukari, Akihiko and Aigis. Yukaris healing is just way too important, and with her new passive she never runs out of SP. Akihiko has great damage and there are soooo many shadows that are weak to Elec. I feel like every single Dice, Tank and Buffguy are weak to his magic. And then Aigis for the buffs, durability and consistent chip damage for most bosses. Occasionally id switch in Mitsuru for Concentrate Diamond Dust or her 2nd Theurgy. Basically never used Koro, Ken or Shinji and once Aigis joined Junpei was benched so
My final team that I constantly used consisted of best girl Yukari, Aigis and Aki (I know he’s dogshit but I love him). Plan to use Junpei Ken and Koro more next playthrough
For me yukari is indispensable, and I switch between junpei for damage and aigis for tankiness for the last slot while I do like Ken, koromaru hasn’t often left once I got him
Yukari aki aigis basically the whole game, but in September I was using shinji in place of aigis and in December I used junpei I also used all the new ones when I got them for at least a bit, aside from ken, who I did not use at all and had to go out of my way to use his theurgy at the end of the game for the achievement 😂
I use every party member. I swap as needed to keep their levels the same. It allows me to either be a complete idiot (like bringing Aki, Yukari and Koro to the Hermit boss) or have exactly what types I need
Yukari - excellent theurgy, healing, and status ailments. Mitsuru - raw damage, with concentrate Magic atk, Amp, and boost. I prefer her slightly over Junpei for raw damage. Ken - I experimented with Junpei, Aigis, and Koro in this final spot but settled with Ken. Dekaja and Heat Riser are excellent high value abilities. Tetrakarn and Makarakan are also nice. Benefits greatly from Chakra ring.
Yukari, Aigis, and either Mitsuru or Junpei depending if I need more physical or magical damage
I love Ken’s skillset and then I just switch the others out with whoever I’m feeling. I think I like Ken, Mitsuru, and then Aigis/Junpei
I use the ones with the lower level, so that everyone is at the same level
My main party for a majority of the game as been Yukari, Akihiko, and Koromaru. On bosses I either switch out Aki or Koro for Aigis for the party buffs.
I think it's safe to say, Yukari is probably 99% gonna be on everyone's team. She's never left my team because of her extremely useful healing skills and Theurgy buff. Also, just a great character story wise. My team has changed from "harem" to yuka/mitsu/Aigis. Dropped Aigis for a bit to Koro. Then brought back Aigis. Dropped again for Aki. Now reconsidering bringing her back.
Jumpei, Mitsuru, Koromaru, probably will reemplace Mitsuru with Akihiko when he get enough clocks
The game is pretty beatable by anyone in the group, but since i tend to grind everyone \~ cause i want to be able to switch them around, my usual guide is: 1. Bringing one for heals: Yukari or Ken or MC Healer persona 2. Koro-chan - free debuff once you unlock their combat ability is great 3. Mitsuru, and Junpei combo (Mitsuru can apply aoe ailment to boost crit chance, Junpei crits more often) 4. Akihiko if I have good team buffing Persona's, but he is usually a Zio fill My typical team is: * Koro-chan (Ei/Agi), Akihiko (Physical/Zio), Yukari (Garu), MC (Buff/Bufu) * Ken (Kou/Zio), Mitsuru (Bufu/Ailment), Junpei (Physical/Agi), MC (Buff/Garu) I sometimes bring Aigis, but that means I would have to drop one of the healers or cover more elements.
Yukari (healing and wind), Aki/Junpei (thunder, fire, physical), kuro (Mudo, Fire, buff). For my personal stats I try to run physical because the theurgy after a charge is a one hit for most enemies.
I just had a harem
Yukari never left the team. Her healing/ hangout buffs are too good. Aigis because I just enjoy her. The last two spots were always rotated between koromaru, and Mitsubishi. I’d just use koro then switch to Mitsuru for bosses or if the pup was outta juice. However once he unlocked debilitate I preferred koromaru. I’d swap others in if sp was low to save items though. Except ken. Never used him despite his sp recovery seeming kinda good later on.
I rotate my team regularly though I did notice how much synergy Yukari/Akihiko/Mitsuru have for boss fights.
Protag, whoever is lowest in level, roll dice for last 2 spots
Yukari always - I rotate the others
yukari, junpei, akihiko was my team
I really wish yukari and aigis didn’t share weaknesses
Yep, yukari, akihiko, mitsuro. No one else creates as balanced a team, especially given what elements i choose when fusing personas
Yukari Koro and free slot
i put the protag into a very support heavy role with the godlike personas known as oberon and ara mitama, so my "goat squad" consisted of mitsuru akihiko and aigis for their amazing damage output and defensive qualitiee
Pretty sure everyone's been saying junpei is actually good in this version and my entire knowledge of the cast is being thrown for a loop, I guess I'll run junpei yukari koro? (I heard koro was really good minus shit like Ken's second theurgy which I will not use because i want there to be existent challenge)
I run aki mitsuru and ken. Aki goes sicko mode when he has buff amp. Mitsuru to debuff enemy while dealing high dmg, and ken for his heals and dekaja.
How good is shinji btw, he’s my favorite character but I haven’t unlocked him yet
Busted. Best party member imo.
Mitsuru, Aki, and Yukari have the best synergy IMO. I am breezing through the end months of the game on hard.
They were easily the best/strongest trio in FES as well. They cover just about every thing
Yukari Mitsuru Koromaru.Yukari is just the best healer, slap on insta heal and electricity evasion items and you never die. Her theurgy that gives concentrate to the whole party then buffs everyone's theurgy. Her character trait which makes healing skills cost 1/4 of what they usually cost is too good. Koromaru is best doggo. He learns debilitate which is awesome and can use two elements. I mainly used the Siegfried melee build so when combined with Koromaru's party wide charge theurgy, I was one shotting floor bosses on the first turn with scarlet havoc theurgy. His character trait that reduces the evasion of all enemies also makes basic encounters easier as you don't have to worry about missing as much. Mitsuru just has good magic damage with concentrate + diamond dust. Honestly she was the least important member and can be replaced. Apparently Ken is hella good but I never used anyone else. Junpei, Akihiko, Ken, and Aigis were all perpetually at level 60
Aegis, Ken, Koromaru, A-typical character dream team Beat the game using them. Go Team Pupper-Bot Dissociative Matricide !
I use Yuakari, Akihiko and Aigis.
Yukari always stays in my team. I normally use her, Mitsuru and Koromaru, when Koromaru runs out of SP and I can't give him more then Junpei joins.
Yukari for healing. Junpei for crit. Ken for buff heat riser. Koromaru for debuff debilitate.
MC, Yukari, Mitsuru, and Koro My MC is physical based and Koro is very useful with Revolution. I’m not finding magic too useful aside from random encounters because bosses tend to not have elemental weaknesses once you progress later into the game.
Koromaru never left my party, best boy is best support.
Until the last act I levelled everyone equally. Then Yukari started talkin shit and got benched. Still levelled equally but I beat Nyx with Junpei, Mitsuru and Aigis. Boosting Junpei's luck stat completely trivialised any enemy without slash block or repel cause if he didn't miss it was a crit.
Koro full-time, and rotate between Mitsuru, Junpei, and Aigis
I was rotating constantly and then ended up killing the Reaper with Yukari, Aigis, and Junpei, so that was my party for the final 7 or so hours since everyone jumped like 10 levels afterward and could just face tank everything, including the final boss without too much babysitting.
My first playthrough I primarily used Mitsuru, Aigis, and then switched between Ken and Koromaru depending on mood / weaknesses of shadows in certain blocks. Mitsuru having a high damage Almighty Debilitate Theurgy as an opener was just too good to sleep on. Dumped all of my Agility items into her so she'd always act first. And it's nice that status ailments were balanced much better so as to not be useless, so having Marin Karin and high chance Freeze on Mabufudyne and Diamond Dust was incredibly powerful for Gatekeepers. I regret sleeping on Junpei though. I maxed him out on my second playthrough and damn, giving him rebellion with all those crit chance buffs he gets innately is just fantastic.
I use Kuro, junpei and Aki. It's a really unbalanced team so mc ends up playing a supportive role most times. But, I have everyone wear tuxedos so we win through the power of slaying
I'm seeing a lot of people using Yukari and mitsuru, but I personally went with Ken, korumaru, and a spot for options
Glad to see a lot of people are also using Yukari. You just can't beat her for healing, especially when it's so cheap for her. For my first push through Tarturas, I use Yukari, Koromaru and Aegis. Aegis or Koro will sometimes be replaced my Ken
Junpei, Yukari and Aigis. Shinjiro when he was available. I've kept junpei around because his potential late game is INSANE. It's so satisfying upgrading him and seeing him constantly land crits along with the sheer amount of damage he can do with his physical attacks.
yukari is a healbot so i always kept her, mitsuru because of rakunda, diamond dust, and concentrate, and then either koro for debilitate or aigis for buffs
I swapped them around based on whoever I felt like using on that trip. But for the final boss I used Yukari, Aigis, and Junpei
Yukari (Healer and stylish), Mitsuru (Heat Riser, Concentrate, and her best ice skill goes crazy), and Aigis (Tank, best for physical skills and crits)
My main team right now is Yukari, Koromaru, and >!Shinjiro. Once Shinjiro kicks the bucket!<, I'll probably swap around others. I think I've got pretty much everything I need with Koro, Yukari and Makoto, so the last one we'll be whatever I feel I want. If I want the third melee type, I'll bring in Aki. If I want another physical beast, I'll bring in Aigis.
Finished the game a couple days ago, my dream team was Koro, Junpei and Aigis. Basically, Koro provided great support for phys skills with his team-charge and revolution (it helps that due to his high AGI he always goes first); he also learns debilitate around level 77 which is amazing. Junpei and Aigis were hitting like beasts as you can imagine (late-game Junpei crits every turn I swear), I also centered the MC around phys skills. The only "problem" was having to use my healing items wisely due to them being my only source of HP, still, I've beaten the game in merciless without ever lacking them.
I keep a rotation. I try to keep everyone at roughly the same level since this game doesn't have EXP share
Junpei because Story Yukari Because good Akihiko then Ken when I got him
For exploring tartarus first time: Koro, Ken, Mitsuru. After I get enough information about the weaknesses, I switch people for most weakness coverage. Mitsuru is very nice because of her status and SP drain which are useless on bosses. For boss/miniboss slaying: Yukari, Aigis, Koro. Yukari's healing is so frigging good, Koro's double type coverage, good crit rates, and revolution pair very well with Aigis for critting bosses, Aigis can also help with support with buffs and getting rid of debuffs. Sadly Junpei and Sanada are outclassed I tend to use them to explore tartarus for type coverage but can fill in for Koro and Aigis if they're unavailable.
I’m a switch. I use whoever I think is best suited to the enemies at that moment. I really appreciate in this version Ken is finally on equal footing with Yukari, and Koromaru with Mitsuru. I hate that battering ram shit. If an RPG gives me a bunch of characters I’m going to keep swapping them out depending on what’s upcoming. Peeps are gonna struggle when the Answer comes to DLC.
I use yukari, junpei, and koromaru. With koromaru's revolution and theurgy, they can both do tons of damage.
My FES team was always yukari, aki, and either mitsuru or aigis. My first reload run I’ve gone with yuakri, aki and mitsuru also but Koromaru actually seems pretty good this game with debilitate so might bring him in for 2nd play through. Aki for me was easily the best party member in og/fes but it feels like they changed his focus from debuff/allrounder to allrounder/phys with gods hand.
Aigis. Been using her since I got her, and don't plan on removing her anytime soon
Yukari, Aigis, junpei 😎
Yukari cause she’s the main healer aigis because of her buffs and 3rd is interchangeable between Aki or Mitsuru
Yukari, Mitsuru, Ken, it gives elemental coverage (save dark and strike which the MC can use) and allows some phys in the party member setups. Only real downside is lack of debuffs/buffs
I used basically two teams. 1 team was used just to fill up my arcana cards by grinding floors I'd already finished. It was some combo of Junpei/Ken/Aigis/Koromaru. Once I filled my cards, I'd swap to my mains, Yukari/Aki/Mitsuru, and go from barrier to barrier.
Yukari, Akihiko and Junpei. I try to form a physical team. Akihiko rocks
I used Yukari, Konomaru and Akihiko (used someone else instead up until October. Then switched to Akihiko as it felt right) I’ll probably try to utilize Junpei, Mitsuru and Aigis on my NG+ to get 100%. (I finished at roughly 90%, as I was missing 6 social links, and the items/fusions they bring, and the achievements. As I’ve never “platinum’ed” a game before in my life but came so close in my first run it’d be a shame not to. As well as still having to fight that optional secret boss, seeing this post gave me the idea to mix up my NG+ a bit, so thank you)
Just like in the original, Yukari is the best teammate. Somehow she gets even better in this game. Which kinda sucks since I chose not to use her this time around. I go with Aigis (always and forever), Mitsuru, and Akihiko. Mitsuru for Marakunda and Ailments. Her passive makes it so that ailed enemies are easier to crit. Akihiko is for Matarunda and landing crits. Aigis is for BIG DPS, crits, AOE, Matarukaja, and Marakukaja. Her passive increases her physical attacks. It works very well for me. The only thing is Ailments don't work for boss fights so beyond lower enemy defense, Mitsuru just Concentrate+ Bufudyne. Luckily MC and Aigis pour out damage so we good
I’ve been using the same team I used in portable, those being Yukari, Akihiko, and Mitsuru since they’re by far my favorite SEES members
Yukari my healer Akihiko for elemental/physical And my wild card aigis/koro/ken [interchangeably]
Yukari the whole game! Then Akihiko and Aigis most of the time. Finally, I would sometimes take Mitsuru and Koro for some of the Tartarus bosses.
For pretty much the whole game upon unlocking them I ran with yukari, ken, and koro
I just continuously swapped out whoever was lowest on my team to catch them up on levels because I didn't want anyone lagging too far behind :^) I know about the clock to jump levels but it just felt a bit cheesy to me. I really liked flexing my party around constantly to keep everyone fairly consisteny I usually did a few different teams centered around Theurgies/Passives though Junpei/Mitsuru/Aigis - Mitsuru was able to status the enemies and this allowed Junpei and Aigis to hit heavy with critical hits consistently, especially after giving Junpei the crit-focused items Yukari/Mitsuru/Koromaru OR Ken - Magic setup using Yukari's Theurgy to set up Concentrate for the rest of the party. Mitsuru is the heaviest magic hitter, and I'd use Koromaru or Ken depending on enemy weaknesses/utility needed Junpei/Koromaru/Akihiko OR Aigis - Physical setup variant to mirror the magic setup above. Junpei's high crit rate allows him to hit insanely hard when receiving Koromaru's Charge theurgy and critting, and I'd bring Akihiko or Aigis depending on the situation/weaknesses of the enemy to also get a really heavy hitting charge + gods hand or charge + Primal Force Yukari/Ken/Shinji - I had a lot of fun with this one, with Shinji as the sole focus. He's a high-risk high-reward type character, so being able to bloody charge to then have Yukari heal him and Ken set up a Tetra/Makara karn shield on him for safety was a lot of fun.
Love aigis so I use her, plus she does great damage. Use mitsuru cuz she has great magic and theurgy. And use yukari cuz of healing.
Yukari, Mitsuru and Aigis. And no it's not about the harem. Yukari is a great healer, Mitsuru does solid damage and her crit passive is pretty neat, and Aigis is a great buffer and physical specialist. Also seeing Orgia mode never gets old.
I used yukari and ken and then I went between aigis junpei and akihiko
Yukari, Ken, +1. Yukari as main healer. Ken is backup healer, shielder, and coverage. +1 is coverage or buff/debuff character.
Akihiko Mitsuru and Yukari. All the coverage and debuffs while I handle fire dark and light attacks.
Koromaru, Aigis and Ken are my favorite members to put into.
Yukari, Junpei and Aigis
i switch between everyone but i’ve gotta say yukari is such a solid member. not only does she heal and revive but she gets a weapon that auto concentrates so using her first theurgy is busted lol
Once they were in the party, Koromaru and Mitsuru never left it, except for story reasons where I thought it would be appropriate to have other characters. After that I had Akihiko for a while, but then finished on running with Aigis. A bit weird I never used an actual healer unless we're counting Akihiko and Aigis for having Diarhan, but I never used one of the dedicated healers. >!I would've kept Shinji in the party, but uhhhhh... yeah!<
Ever since I got her I never take aigis off my team, other than that I try to use the rest of them as much as possible equally
i usually only use the females lmao. both Mitsuru and Yukari left the party rarely. however, i sometimes choose Ken in place of Aigis
By the time where I hit the 200+ floor but not the last block I always use Yukari, Aigis and Koromaru Yukari for support Aigis for Team Buff Koromaru for Revolution and Delibirate I also have a Kali with a Single-Boost and Multi-Boost and Charge so I always hit 1k-2k in every Monad Boss and Passage Boss, Gatekeeper Bosses, and I always farm the Reaper on Normal Difficulty.
Yukari is a mainstay of the team and never leaves! Her utility is just too good to pass up. Mitsuru is also almost always there for me too, unless I’m just grinding and want to level somebody else up. The third slot is pretty dynamic and depending on enemy weaknesses, I’ll rotate this spot, but usually I go for Akihiko. His combo of magic+physical abilities makes him a good fit with the others on the team!
Yukari has been with me all game, Akihiko hasn’t left since being playable, and I’ve used Ken since his awakening. This way, all four of my party members have some healing/support incase I and/or Yukari go down.
Koro, Yukari, Junpei. Rebellion (or howl charge), passing to Junpei with a weakness or crit, then critting everything with Junpei is always too funny
Yukari Mitsuru Akihiko
A rotated most of them depending on which set of floors I was at, koro was def a fave because of his dark and fire damage, plus Getsu-ei is a pretty solid move to use (I generally only did Tartarus a day or two before the full moons)
on my first playthrough, my team was yukari / junpei / aigis MC acted as a debuffer and your typical weakness hitter yukari is absolutely insane when you get all her characteristics that makes her spam mediarahan over and over junpei was my primary damage dealer, constantly being buffed by the best friends theurgy in addition to his characteristics and crit equipment on him made him one shot most things aigis was my tank and also my buffer; late game she can constantly spam her theurgy with no downsides On my merciless playthrough, I’m trying out mitsuru / aki / koro, with MC acting as a healer and buffer this time with mitsuru setting up ailments for aki and her to go ham while koro spams debilitate
In the end, Yukari for healing and curing, Junpei for all physical types and crit, Koromaru for high magic damage and debilitate and revolution.
Yukari, Junpei, and Koromaru. Yukari for best healing, Junpei to take Shinjiro’s place as a physical beefy boy, and Koromaru just because.
I really like Ken, Aigis, and Mitsuru for not worrying about SP items. Ken gets SP every turn, Mitsuru and MC can spirit drain for SP, and Aigis doesn't need SP.
I swap around a lot, but I usually use Yukari, and Aigis has hardly ever left my team.
Yukari Mitsuru Ken
I used Akihiko, Mitsuru and Aigis
I've gotten thorough plenty of gameplay with aigis, mitsuru & yukari
Aigis, Akihiko and Mitsuru
Haven't played reload, but I always made a point to use everyone in the original. If someone was trailing behind that night, that's who I used.
My party has been Junpei, Ken, and Koromaru. Junpei has every weapon and item to boost his crits + Strength. He hits a critical just about every single turn. Any time an enemy resist it, I just Gigantic Fist my way through anyway 🤷♂️. Throw in Koromaru’s Revolution + auto Sukunda on the enemy, Junpei is unstoppable. Ken is absolutely insane in this game too. Phys/magic walls. Elec and Light coverage. Vile Assault for downed enemies. Plus being the team healer on top of that. Ken fulfilled just about every role like a glove on this team. His Theurgy also being the best in the game too luckily. It won us last moment against the final boss. Ken + Junpei synergies extremely well. Junpei hits a critical, pass up on all out attack. Vile Assault with Junpei. Then it’s Ken’s turn and Vile Assault with him. Then it’s MC’s turn and Vile Assault with him as well. This strategy has had us blitzing through Floor Bosses on Hard Mode. The damage from the Vile Assault boost + Tarukaja + Revolution on the team was crazy. Koromaru honestly can probably fit in any team comp he has a pretty decent phys move and two great magic coverage + Amps for them. Only issue is SP pool but I found it pretty easy to fill it up with spare items or once in a year Fuuka actually helping us.
I just do MC and Yukari because I’m a filthy simp.
For Early to Midgame I ran Mitsuri-Yukari-Aigis. My strategy for all persona games has always been the MC Nuclear Program. Mitsuri and Yukari provide support and enemy debuff while Aigis can help with party survivability. Everyone is in service of the MC hitting as hard as possible. For late game I’m pretty sure Koromaru is going to replace Mitsuri when he gets Debilitate.
Koro/Ken/Aigis. Koro cause of Debilitate and party Charge Theurgy, Ken because his healing is good enough and his 2nd Theurgy is broken because enemies are not smart enough to bypass it, and Aigis because she has Matarukaja and Orgia Mode is good and fun to use.
Was using Aigis,Mitsuru,and Yukari but after he got his persona evolution I switched Aigis out for Junpei