Summary
InPersona 3 Reload, players will have to gather many Personas in their battle against shadows to cover as many weaknesses as possible, which will help to prevent enemies from gaining the upper hand on the battlefield. All Personas start with one or more abilities, known as innate abilities, and hold vast potential for growth.
Personas expand upon the repertoire of physical, elemental,recovery, and passive abilitiesas the player grinds out levels through combat against bossed or fighting shadows in Tartarus. Leveling up is an important aspect for any Persona, but there are those that benefit more than others thanks to specific skills that they can learn, some of which players should make a top priority.
Negate a Weakness
Learned Abilities:
Just as shadows have certain weaknesses, so do Personas, which usuallyare opposite elementsto the types of damage they deal. For example, Jack-O'-Lantern has an affinity for fire and is weak to ice as a result.
Players struck by a weakness will be knocked down, giving shadows a chance to take an extra turn, just like when the player hits a weak point. As such, a skill that can allow the player to dodge their weakness can come in clutch, which Jack-O'-Lantern can learn at level 19. Though this seems like a lofty level to achieve for a lower level Persona, it is definitely worthwhile if it allows players to avoid an attack that would otherwise knock them down.
Utility Abilities to Regain SP
Leanan Sidhe is quite a useful Persona to recruit thanks to her recovery and utility abilities, which can help players get out of sticky situations where they are losing health andsuffering from status ailments.
Starting off with two healing abilities innately, Leanan Sidhe can go on to learn Spirit Drain, which allows players to regain precious SP, a very finite resource that can run out all too quickly while trying to grind out levels in Tartarus. This skill helps players continue exploring, making the most of each of their Tartarus explorations. Players will also gain other abilities, such as Me Patra and Marin Karin, which will help them dispel certain status ailments or charm foes to gain a temporary ally.
Withstand an Insta-Kill Attack
At higher levels inPersona 3 Reload, players will start encountering enemies that have abilities that caninsta-kill their characters. If it happens to party members, they will be down a man until the fight is over or until they are resurrected with items or abilities. But, should an enemy target the player character and succeed, it’s game over.
This is why leveling up the Persona Oberon is imperative, as once they reach level 19, they can automatically survive a dark insta-kill attack that would otherwise have cut their run short and may have lost them precious hours of grinding.
Unlock Mastery Over Death
Available to recruit in the Arqa block of Tartarus, Principality is a valuable Persona to have thanks to the Light abilities it possesses, as players will encounter many shadows that are weak only to light.
But what is perhaps the best part of leveling up Principality is acquiring the Recarm skill, which allows the player to resurrect a fallen companion and get them back in the fight. It is more beneficial toprevent character deathin the first place, but sometimes, shadows get the jump on players and target weaknesses, which can quickly lead to death before players even have the chance to heal. At least with Recarm, characters don’t have to stay dead long.
Access Powerful Physical Abilities
Physical abilities can be amongthe best skillsinPersona 3 Reloadthanks to the massive amounts of damage they deal, the chance to inflict status ailments on some, and the fact they use the wielder’s HP rather than their SP, which drains much more quickly and is harder to restore than HP.
Yakshini gains access to one of the best physical abilities of all time at level 37, which is Deathbound. Not only that, but they gain Multi-Target Boost at the previous level, which works fantastically together since Deathbound targets multiple foes at once. With only one damage-dealing innate skill, players need to ensure they level up Yakshini quickly so they have more attacks to play with.
Unlock Skills that Deal Mass Amounts of Damage
Uriel is a late-game Persona players can gain by fusion and is perhaps one of the most useful to have, especially if one dedicates the time to level them up, as Uriel gains access tovery powerful passive, physical, and elemental abilities.
At level 63, Uriel learns Heaven’s Blade, a particularly powerful physical skill that deals heavy damage to a single foe, with an increased chance of the hit being critical.
