On my first game she was pretty usefull, no doubt about that (and certainly has a good story), but on NG+, at least in the final fights, I mostly had just Riuji, Yusuke and Morgana in my team. XD
To be fair, he's barely on July, it's not that helpful compared to future advantages, if you want better information, look up the arcana advantages, you might be lucky and only get their arcana
VuVHO Just how the other guy said, i never really used her ability which is why i didnt mention her. Yea shes very useful to some, but i found my persona setup extremely effective and never really needed to switch. The only ability i used of hers was her level 9 one which lets you immediately escape from battle, which i used to farm the reaper. I didnt mention sojiro because i NEVER run out of sp since my entire party as SP Adhesive 3 accessories. But hey, this is all my opinion based on how i play, none of this is fact nor does it reflect everybody that plays the game
jerongordon Well i would say that if you dont have miracle punch. For those types of enemies, i use miracle punch then use the ability that increase my critical hit rate. But of course, if you dont have that Shinya is the way to go
For Sun confidant when u reached rank 10 u can Negotiate with higher level shadows. In order to fuse higher level persona u need to reach rank 10 with Strength confidant.
So at rank 10, you can fuse anything even up to level 99? That's pretty cool. Too bad you have to wait until late-game to get rank 10 for them. Gotta get Mishima to level you up faster then, I suppose.
T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. Woah woah woah, it ain't that easy my friend. Yes you WILL be able to fuse Personas that are any level higher than you, but that comes at a price.
T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. Yea just to put it in perspective. A lvl 60 persona would cost you around 98k if your not high enough lvl to get it by normal means
T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. Uh, you don't need to access late-game to maximize the Strength arcana. For me the requirements are: -Be lvl 55/60 -and have a ton of money. And to be sure do the mementos request that gives you High Counter skill card.
Old video, but Imma toss in my two cents anyway. In terms of usefullness 1.) Kawakami 2.) Takemei 3.) Whatever rank for party member that gets you status recovery. You'll get some good party perks along the way. 4.) Mishima 5.)Sun social link is pretty good Don't @ me.
Yes, Kawakami and Takemi are really good to level up fast (maybe not maxing out takemi, unless you want access to revive items) Sojiro, The Tower And The Sun are also good... Atleast make sure to max out Temperance and Death before heading into your first ng+
@@TheDwagonHD I haven't played new game plus but I did max out the tae and kawakami confidants on my first playthrough. Why should i max them about before ng+?
@@waifu27 because their perks carry over. So as soon as you unlock Temperance confidant ingame for example. You have access to the massage and other perks. Just saves/unlocks more time in your second playthrough. Just remember to speak to everyone on the "last day".
I would include Sojiro as well. He teaches you to make curry and coffee, which heals SP. And later in the game you can let Kawakami make the coffee and curry while you're doing other shit. I got a shit ton of SP healing stuff by doing that. :)
Yea, but when you buy the SP recovery accessory from Takemi, while in battle, you get 7 SP per turn. I rarely ever drastically get low on SP when my entire party has those accessories equipped. Yea, Sojiro is good, but once you get those accessories theres no point to wasting time with him unless you wanna max him out
Luciid Dreamz It's better to have accessories to cover their one weakness rather than give them SP, besides the one who uses the most is always yourself. Coffee is a must if you're grinding or just going through the dungeon.
Ummm what? I disagree. All of my party uses just as much sp as i do because i use baton pass effectively. Plus as you level them up, they learn moves that double and even triple their evasiveness against their weaknesses. So ill stick to having the sp accessories since they never get hit by their weaknesses anyway
Luciid Dreamz They don't learn evasion until late game or New game+ if you did it on easy. And how is it possible they spend as much as you? You shouldn't waste SP unless they have a weakness which your main guy always covers and usually 1 other teammate. The other 2 should be healer and support. SP recovery from both my playthroughs on hard then merciless have been pointless on anyone other than Joker. Because I don't waste it.
Ummm what? I play on the hard difficulty. If you know how to properly strategize you only need one healer. Your party begins to obtain evasive abilities around level 28. Whenever you're fighting a boss, you should debuff them in every stat, then go full power. Since the mc's powers are usually the strongest, its important to let other character hit the enemies weakness so that you can perform the stronger critical hits. Throughout both of my playthroughs, using the sp accessories, i have had no problems when dealing with enemies even if they have a strong attribute to my party. Maybe you're just no playing in a way that best benefits the party. Which isnt a knock at you because of course people have their own ways to play the game. But your method just seems like it takes more work than you actually need to perform well. Unless your on merciless, i dont see why you need 2 healers, and the mc has plenty of personas to teach support moves so you dont need a member dedicated to support either
Dope guide and Thanks! Man this game has a deep learning curve, I didn't think I would be reading as much as I am playing this; Enjoying it non the less.
the twins social link is broken when you max it out like i can fuse any fucking persona you want even when your level 50 and the persona you want to fuse is level 80 you just pay for it thats it
1) Kawakami (tons of extra time, in class, after dungeons, making coffee, doing laundry etc.) easily the most useful confidant 2) Chihaya (less wasted time leveling confidants) 3) Mishima (exp. boost for benched party so level evenly and faster) 4) Hifume (Turns combat into FFX style combat where can switch members in and out, plus makes escape easier.) 5) Sojiro (After you have Kawakami, you can have her make great SP restoring items (curry, coffee) for you and you don't have to waste time if you unlock Sojiro's skills. This makes palaces easier.) 6) Party Members (makes them all more useful in battle) Didn't max the politician on my play through, not as critical if you maximize strength confidant, which takes no actual time (just have to fuse the requested personas). That lets you fuse personas above your level and that is more important because those personas will have much better abilities than the ones you fight in dungeons.
gt3racer2187 Well you cant max out the strength confidant until level 51, so in my opinion that takes the most time out of all of them. The politician is really good once you max him. Being able to walk into a palace and capture every persona regardless of level is quite satisfying. I agree with everything else you mentioned though
Fair enough. Can't remember exactly when I got to 51. Probably around the end of the fifth palace. That being said, if I prioritized Chihaya, Kawakami, Mishima and even Sojiro (all at night), it would conflict with the politician and I probably would not have maxed him until I was at least level 51 then anyhow. ...Plus the other confidants aren't commies....The real benefits to sun over strength is that the above current level fusions could cost a decent amount of money and you can more easily complete the compendium by catching strong enemies sooner. Plus hanging with Sun gets a social stat bonus, which the ones I mentioned above (aside from Sojiro) do not.
i find sojiro's to be useless tbh, you don't need sp healing items once you get 100,000 yen for 2 sp adhesive 3's (one for akira, MC, and one for party to bounce around) more useful that way honestly
Excalibur I can see that. On my second playthrough Satanael really made it unnecessary, because it kills most things by itself till end game and restores all hp and sp each fight. Plus had SP adhesives on everyone.
I Agree, for Party-Member-Confidants, their level 1 confidant skill is a must. You can just increase them later on for the other skills. Here are my Confidant 1st Priority List: Kawakimi - The Teacher - She has the most helpful skills to provide and her Max skill helps a lot. Should Max her out asap. Yoshida - The Politician - For Collecting Personas. Should Max him out asap Takemi - The Doctor - For the Drugs. It's not what you are thinking ;). Sojiro Sakura - Get him to level 2 or even 4 early on the game for SP replenishment. Raise his level later. 2nd Priority: Mishima - for the team experience bonuses. Hifumi Togo - The Shogi Player - I only have her in level 3 as of now. I don't think I need the rest. but I'll get it soon because of here sidequest. Mifune - The Fortune Teller - Not really into her. Just raise there level later on if I'm not doing anything or simply because some of them will unlock a sidequest. For me the most useless is Ohya - the Journalist - for the bonus she provide. I never had any problem with stealth infiltration.
Indian American Sir Imkekie999 your Wrong sir....Mifune is the first name of Chihaya Mifune the Fortune teller... Hifumi is the first name of Hifumi Togo the Shogi Player.... read carefully
Personally I feel like sojiro (or whatever your overviewer what ever is called) would be a good pick cause he gives you sp items and then you can pair that up with the teacher so you can make sp items while doing other stuff
the teacher doesn't make it still after school when you leave a dungeon. she makes it so that you can still use your evening like normal after you leave a dungeon
The politician's best ability is level 10, but he seemed easier to level up compared to the other confidant's aye. AND i recommend getting the Gamer King in Akihabara, teaches you a move to knock down any opponents using a gun skill that you unlock with him, super handy for Shadow's that don't have a weakness and rely on Critical's to take down. I know i'm comin in late, but hey, ya never know.
Nice video, but there are a few missed points. At an early-ish rank, you can have Kawakami make coffee or do your laundry for you, so you don't have to spend your time doing that. And later on, she'll even be able to craft curry and infiltration tools for you. At rank 5, she extends her slacking off time to other teachers as well =) Also, with Sojiro's Confidant, you can make coffee for single target SP healing and curry for full party SP healing. Not as useful if you rely on the SP regenerative accessories, but for those who don't have or need them, this one's an absolute necessity. Also, each of the party members should be a focus for Confidant boosting, not just for Yusuke's skill card copying, but they gain some pretty strong powers later on, such as Endure and Protect. Not to mention the fact that at rank 10, all their Personas have a Second Awakening. As for party members in particular, I think Futaba should really be on the list too, simply because of the kinds of hacking skills she gains, like the chance of entering a battle in a Hold Up (really damn handy for those Treasure Demons that don't have any weaknesses to exploit)
I think maxing the twin wardens is more important than the speaker. the speaker lets you talk to higher level personas, the twins let you pay money to fuse higher level personas
temperance, sun, fortune, death. temperance for free time, sun for convincing higher lvl persona to join, fortune for social stats AND confidants, and death for sp or healing items. stars useful for battles due to money for ambushes done in one turn, running away instantly (useful for reaper trick) and such. yea, temperance and fortune are the best imo as well.
I think Yoshida is one of the most useful confidant because of how you can gain so much more stuff with him, get a persona instantly and be able to get personas which are a higher level than you which is very useful.
Also for battles and getting mad amount of exp i suggest getting The Shogi player to rank 10 in your first playthrough. When you get rank 9 (instant escape) or if you maxed her in your first playthrough, you get to keep the rank 9 perk. You just go into mementos during flu season. Wait for the reaper to show. Engage him, escape, engage again, do it untill he starts with the Despair effect, then just rush him, after 3 turns he will flee, giving you the win and 70k exp. I think you can encounter him once every floor during a single visit.
Toranosuke Yoshida (Man of the People) lets you negotiate with higher level shadows only. The twin wardens Justine and Caroline, when you max out their confidant, allow you to create higher level personas for a certain amount of yen.
I was leveling chihaya's confidant, I payed her the 100,000 and won it back the next day from the lottery :P I was pretty fortunate to have that happen.
The shogi player Hifumi is the best outside of your team because you can flee battle anytime and switch players during a fight. The kid in the arcade is my 2nd favorite because he levels up gun skills, your ability to carry more ammo and I love the hailing bullets after an ambush. Kawakami the teacher is actually a waste of time overall she cost me more money than her confidant relationship was worth. THE MOST IMPORTANT CONFIDANT are THE TWINS! Complete all their fusion tasks and you unlock the ability to obtain ANY LEVEL persona regardless of your current level including Satan persona you just have to pay for them!!
i would recommend getting ur /main/ party members to confidant 10. they get evade to their weakness. and at lvl9 they can take a fatal hit for joker ( if its a single target)
i really liked your video, not to formal and not to hard to remember and the style made me chuckle 1 or 2 times, great work and please keep the great content
your welcome mate! good content needs to be appreciated and since i just started the game yesterday i find this videos really helpful, quick and of course entertaining. you got a new sub in here!
Neue Perez yea but you cant max them out until lvl 51. And they dont really interfere with the other confidants. You can easily have a few confidants maxed before you're able to max out the twins
There is a confusion there. The Sun social link allows you to recruit a shadow that is higher level than you during Negotiation. To fuse a persona that is higher level than you, you would need to max out the Strength social link.
Level up the Phantom Thieves Members Social Links because they will have a new and stronger persona on rank 10.. they will mostly evade their weakness and they will block their main power..
Hey I know that this video is like 7 to 9 months old since the game released and that this is just your personal opinion and I'm cool and agree with it. I just feel that I should state I've realized what Ichiko Ohyo (Journalist) confidant perk is and believe that she doesn't need (that much) down talk as she receives as a confidant. I honestly say this because I felt that way when I got her for the first time during my first playthrough. I was too like each time she rank up i was like 'why are you even a confidant?? what do you do?! what do I benefit by hanging out with you?? You ain't got SHIT I want!!' but it just hit me just now after reading through her ability sheet and how they are written! Remember how when if to either became some badass op executioner at lvl 99 via reaper Flu exploit (I'm sure everyone did it at least once by now LOL) and after visiting either an earlier level in mementos or getting too close to an enemy that is weaker than your character level they run away from you in a panic? It goes towards that! If you read the abilities before this you would probably not get it (after all the game doesn't just spell it out for you) but once it happens and you keep doing her confidants it comes very clear! her articles help make you well known so that the public will know that you are both heroic and dangerous and so people will pretty much know not to fuck with you! It's very useful if for easier ambushes or if you're trying to avoid fighting every time an enemy crosses your path. And if you get it to level 7 or even max it out it works on higher level enemies! helping you to always have the jump on your opponents!!
jetstream014 The game already has that mechanic. If you are a certain amount of levels higher than an enemy (i believe its 10-15 levels but im not sure) they run away from you. Me being someone who grinded alot never had issues with that. So yeah, if you never are higher level than the enemies you encounter, it can be helpful. But it was virtually useless to me.
To be fair Futaba is pretty late in the game. That said she heals HP and SP at no cost, and she helps out a ton in combat. Id say she is better then Takemi - once she arrives.
I don't know id probably give it to shojiro the old man. mixed in with the teacher kawakami you can get powerful sp heal items, especially with the main character who later on gets very powerful but sp draining abilities
Not sure if it was luck, but just before i had to give her money i won 100k from the lotto. It's possible that doing her quest chain prior to entering the lotto gives you 100k. For quick cash, Level up the Sun Confidant and get the extra mugging skill, keep chain mugging personas who are weak to gun, so you can continually keep mugging (have a weak gun with high accuracy)
you forgot Sojiro you may want to establish a relationship with him too since SP items are a bitch to get sure you can go to vending machines but they only give you 5sp. Leblanc or Master coffee/curry gives you 30/100 sp
ladynikkie I didnt mention him because you can get sp recovery accessories from Takemi which recover 7 sp per turn in battle. You almost never need sp items if you have those accessories on
Luciid Dreamz yeah I like her too, I like to have back up SP items in case I screw up. im in the 7th palace and damn it's challenging lol but overall I do agree these are the most useful confidants.
i agree with your list they are the best confidants...One confidant i hate so much tho is sojiro i swear takes so long idk if its easy for u but man took me couple times to get that curry i aint trying to get that 6 no way...Mmm u should do the worst confidants for a video your choice but nice video just found u couple days ago love your vids so far great work on them.
Rose Sosa Mannnn Thanks alot, and yea sojiro takes so damn long to level up lmao. Its crazy how hard it is to get him up. And yea thats a good idea about the video,ill keep that in mind
yeah and really wow thanks for keeping that in mind hope to see it ima press the bell thing on so i know when u make a new vid....hey i see you didnt have a name for your team that part was annoying tho i cant think of names...but did you ever come up with a name? ever since your progress with the game.
Rose Sosa i just kept their name as the phantom thieves thats why it doesnt show. Im about to start new game + so i was gonna give it some real thought then lol
I avoided the politition but maxed most of the team members, kawamaki, Tae and mishima but i missed the Arcade kid completely basicly forgot about the twins the reporter i never talked to alot. the shogi player i got to like rank 6 with and the fortune teller i got to rank 5 with Iwa i got to rank 3
Really helpful :) I think In the video of the fight with the twins someone other than Joker was able to switch out players... is that true or did I miss something?
all the confidants are useful (except boss's and ohya's) and i highly disagree with you on party members, insta-kill is awesome, i forgot what special skill ann has, yusuke's is useful for cards like charge, makoto is good, futaba's is almost required, haru, don't know her special perks. most useful ones are definitely takemi's, kawakami, mainly for the laundry, iwai's, for better attack power, yoshida's is probably the best one honestly, mishima makes grinding a hell of a lot easier, and i guess hifumi, chihaya i feel like is kinda useless, unless you get the money perk which is fantastic honestly. and kawakami's name is easy to remember.
also, i'm seeing half of these comments saying who they prioritize, guys, it is possible to get 100% in confidants, take your time, no need to rush things. how much you wanna bet half of you went straight into a new palace as soon as it was ready to be infiltrated? i'm following a guide (i like to 100%, i feel its honestly necessary to enjoy the game to its fullest) and its honestly better following a guide than making your own choices, cause then you won't get much stuff, plus you need to plan ahead so there's that
you basically need to beat the game all the way through (100%, everything, including dialogue options) to enjoy a game to its fullest honestly, and it helps if you have a guide for the persona series
Siyual lol it doesnt matter, it's literally just a word. Thats just how i pronounce it, you dont have to like the way i talk, but Just enjoy the video like everyone else
Best certainly is Kawakami, for giving you the option to do stuff at night even after mementos, specially usefull in NG+. Also the character that surprised me the most with her story. Shame she is the only female that can't be romanced. XD Second best is the fortune teller. Helped me a lot in NG+ to get everyone on max. Specially Haru who for somer eason decides to allmost never show up... -_-
Can you make a list of all Social Links Ranked out in the menu screen? I really wanna see the layout for it it looks dope. Also as someone who is all about details and doesnt have the game I wanna see the small descriptions in it too.
How strict is this game on confidants compared to 3 and 4 ? I'm following a guide but I missed 1 rank of Ryuji's. I have to be rank 3, but instead I'm rank 2 chariot atm.
Some of this is incorrect though, with kawakami, even if you go into the metaverse you still come out in the afternoon, not after school but she makes it so you can act in the afternoon and not be tired. Also yusuke can't get skills from your persona's, all he does is duplicate skill cards. The politician also doesn't let you fuse higher level persona's, the strength arcana does that. Also kawakami can make coffee/curry for you and do your laundry so if you have a high enough rank with sojiro, she can make you high quality curry/coffee for sp recovery.
Izanagi The last skill you get from the politician is called Charismatic speech, which lets you form contracts with personas that are higher level than you, so idk what your talking about. Second, if you have a skill card of your skill, then yusuke can duplicate it, which is what is meant by " copying your personas skills". And third, after school was referred to evenings as well
Izanagi Another thing, if you have sp recovery items from Takemi for the whole party, you dont really need to worry about sp items, but i guess they are good to have
Yes Charismatic speech allows for contracts with higher level persona's but you also mentioned crafting as in fusing persona's as they won't allow you to fuse persona's that are higher level then you without a skill from the strength arcana. Also I thought you meant by copying your persona's skills as something similar to the cafe in persona 4 where you can get a skill card of one of your persona's skills.
Kawakami will make your Evening available after a Palace or Mementos run when u've maxed her confidant rank, not After School...
Time to reject a love.
Woah thats nice didnt know that😂
Im so annoyed when Mona keeps telling me to go to sleep
No mention of Hifumi? She lets you switch out party members in the middle of a fight just for rank 1 and rank 10 is even better.
On my first game she was pretty usefull, no doubt about that (and certainly has a good story), but on NG+, at least in the final fights, I mostly had just Riuji, Yusuke and Morgana in my team. XD
To be fair, he's barely on July, it's not that helpful compared to future advantages, if you want better information, look up the arcana advantages, you might be lucky and only get their arcana
hifume is the fortune teller
Dennis Lloyd Chihaya Mifune is the fortune teller. Hifumi Togo is the shogi player.
VuVHO Just how the other guy said, i never really used her ability which is why i didnt mention her. Yea shes very useful to some, but i found my persona setup extremely effective and never really needed to switch. The only ability i used of hers was her level 9 one which lets you immediately escape from battle, which i used to farm the reaper. I didnt mention sojiro because i NEVER run out of sp since my entire party as SP Adhesive 3 accessories. But hey, this is all my opinion based on how i play, none of this is fact nor does it reflect everybody that plays the game
Team members are probably the most important confidants to level up. They can save you from taking lethal attacks, and deal massive damage!
you forgot shinya, the arcade kid. his gun skills are crucial for catching and recruiting shadows with no elemental weaknesses and treasure demons
jerongordon Well i would say that if you dont have miracle punch. For those types of enemies, i use miracle punch then use the ability that increase my critical hit rate. But of course, if you dont have that Shinya is the way to go
The teachers name is Kawakami
Master Kawakami
I just remember her as becky
Kris Cross i always say "gimme dat becky" when she says "hiiii!" lol
Kris Cross lemme smash
Mokoto! She let's you see the skills of the enemies and the Futuba :) She's pure support and can help you a lot :)
THE FUTABA
Mokoto and The Futaba. 😂👌
The best buddy cop duo.
Way better then Makoto and Futaba.
Rank 7 is useless
I still call them "Social Links".
LeoKingdom69 And we needed to know that because?
Uhhhh... I wasn't speaking to anyone specific. I'm just saying that I still refer to the Confidants as Social Links. Thats all.
"Confidant" sounds cooler, but I think "Social Link" is more accurate.
It's more force of habit since persona 3
Nekonomicon just like how you still refer to Light/Dark and Absorb rather than Bless/Curse and Drain.
For Sun confidant when u reached rank 10 u can Negotiate with higher level shadows. In order to fuse higher level persona u need to reach rank 10 with Strength confidant.
So at rank 10, you can fuse anything even up to level 99? That's pretty cool. Too bad you have to wait until late-game to get rank 10 for them. Gotta get Mishima to level you up faster then, I suppose.
T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. Woah woah woah, it ain't that easy my friend. Yes you WILL be able to fuse Personas that are any level higher than you, but that comes at a price.
T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. Yea just to put it in perspective. A lvl 60 persona would cost you around 98k if your not high enough lvl to get it by normal means
David Trang You could, but you spend some money by boosting stuff like that
T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. Uh, you don't need to access late-game to maximize the Strength arcana. For me the requirements are:
-Be lvl 55/60
-and have a ton of money.
And to be sure do the mementos request that gives you High Counter skill card.
Old video, but Imma toss in my two cents anyway.
In terms of usefullness
1.) Kawakami
2.) Takemei
3.) Whatever rank for party member that gets you status recovery. You'll get some good party perks along the way.
4.) Mishima
5.)Sun social link is pretty good
Don't @ me.
Wut nao
Yes, Kawakami and Takemi are really good to level up fast (maybe not maxing out takemi, unless you want access to revive items)
Sojiro, The Tower And The Sun are also good...
Atleast make sure to max out Temperance and Death before heading into your first ng+
@@TheDwagonHD I haven't played new game plus but I did max out the tae and kawakami confidants on my first playthrough. Why should i max them about before ng+?
@@waifu27 because their perks carry over. So as soon as you unlock Temperance confidant ingame for example. You have access to the massage and other perks.
Just saves/unlocks more time in your second playthrough.
Just remember to speak to everyone on the "last day".
@@TheDwagonHD oh. makes sense
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Driving me crazy! But incredibly useful info no matter how you say it.
I got ryuji to 10 first I like him the most
Straight up he's the best character aside from the airsoft dealer
He's also the easiest
I would include Sojiro as well. He teaches you to make curry and coffee, which heals SP. And later in the game you can let Kawakami make the coffee and curry while you're doing other shit. I got a shit ton of SP healing stuff by doing that. :)
Yea, but when you buy the SP recovery accessory from Takemi, while in battle, you get 7 SP per turn. I rarely ever drastically get low on SP when my entire party has those accessories equipped. Yea, Sojiro is good, but once you get those accessories theres no point to wasting time with him unless you wanna max him out
Luciid Dreamz It's better to have accessories to cover their one weakness rather than give them SP, besides the one who uses the most is always yourself. Coffee is a must if you're grinding or just going through the dungeon.
Ummm what? I disagree. All of my party uses just as much sp as i do because i use baton pass effectively. Plus as you level them up, they learn moves that double and even triple their evasiveness against their weaknesses. So ill stick to having the sp accessories since they never get hit by their weaknesses anyway
Luciid Dreamz They don't learn evasion until late game or New game+ if you did it on easy. And how is it possible they spend as much as you? You shouldn't waste SP unless they have a weakness which your main guy always covers and usually 1 other teammate.
The other 2 should be healer and support. SP recovery from both my playthroughs on hard then merciless have been pointless on anyone other than Joker. Because I don't waste it.
Ummm what? I play on the hard difficulty. If you know how to properly strategize you only need one healer. Your party begins to obtain evasive abilities around level 28. Whenever you're fighting a boss, you should debuff them in every stat, then go full power. Since the mc's powers are usually the strongest, its important to let other character hit the enemies weakness so that you can perform the stronger critical hits. Throughout both of my playthroughs, using the sp accessories, i have had no problems when dealing with enemies even if they have a strong attribute to my party. Maybe you're just no playing in a way that best benefits the party. Which isnt a knock at you because of course people have their own ways to play the game. But your method just seems like it takes more work than you actually need to perform well. Unless your on merciless, i dont see why you need 2 healers, and the mc has plenty of personas to teach support moves so you dont need a member dedicated to support either
Yusuke can only copy skill card to a blank skill card. He cannot copy a skill from a persona to a card...
T Nator I don’t even use the copy card skill.
But yusuke's confidant is fun to max
What about the worst confidants? The reporter lady for example has pretty useless ability and unimteresting interactions.
Nuutti Kaartokallio ima gonna make a video about that, but im gonna do a money farming guide today
Nuutti Kaartokallio Sae is totally on the list tho, damn woman skill is a bunch of question marks lmao.
ohya's confidant is good, her perks not so much, it ruins the whole treasure demon thing :/
@Lebundon in royal since ammo refills the guns are actually pretty good but in og it’s useless yeah
Ugh, I miss the politician and I got the fortune teller late. I'll switch up on my second playthrough.
Yea Kawkami, The fortune Teller, and The Politician should be first priority
Having to decide who to level up has always been a difficult decision for me in Persona games. Thanks!
Dope guide and Thanks! Man this game has a deep learning curve, I didn't think I would be reading as much as I am playing this; Enjoying it non the less.
Yuki Mooooshima - "Cow"-fidant of Mooooooooon
Ryuji has one shot Kill (Only to under leveled) and in mementos its great af
the twins social link is broken when you max it out like i can fuse any fucking persona you want even when your level 50 and the persona you want to fuse is level 80 you just pay for it thats it
1) Kawakami (tons of extra time, in class, after dungeons, making coffee, doing laundry etc.) easily the most useful confidant
2) Chihaya (less wasted time leveling confidants)
3) Mishima (exp. boost for benched party so level evenly and faster)
4) Hifume (Turns combat into FFX style combat where can switch members in and out, plus makes escape easier.)
5) Sojiro (After you have Kawakami, you can have her make great SP restoring items (curry, coffee) for you and you don't have to waste time if you unlock Sojiro's skills. This makes palaces easier.)
6) Party Members (makes them all more useful in battle)
Didn't max the politician on my play through, not as critical if you maximize strength confidant, which takes no actual time (just have to fuse the requested personas). That lets you fuse personas above your level and that is more important because those personas will have much better abilities than the ones you fight in dungeons.
gt3racer2187 Well you cant max out the strength confidant until level 51, so in my opinion that takes the most time out of all of them. The politician is really good once you max him. Being able to walk into a palace and capture every persona regardless of level is quite satisfying. I agree with everything else you mentioned though
Fair enough. Can't remember exactly when I got to 51. Probably around the end of the fifth palace. That being said, if I prioritized Chihaya, Kawakami, Mishima and even Sojiro (all at night), it would conflict with the politician and I probably would not have maxed him until I was at least level 51 then anyhow. ...Plus the other confidants aren't commies....The real benefits to sun over strength is that the above current level fusions could cost a decent amount of money and you can more easily complete the compendium by catching strong enemies sooner. Plus hanging with Sun gets a social stat bonus, which the ones I mentioned above (aside from Sojiro) do not.
i find sojiro's to be useless tbh, you don't need sp healing items once you get 100,000 yen for 2 sp adhesive 3's (one for akira, MC, and one for party to bounce around) more useful that way honestly
Excalibur I can see that. On my second playthrough Satanael really made it unnecessary, because it kills most things by itself till end game and restores all hp and sp each fight. Plus had SP adhesives on everyone.
you mean brojiro?
I Agree, for Party-Member-Confidants, their level 1 confidant skill is a must. You can just increase them later on for the other skills.
Here are my Confidant 1st Priority List:
Kawakimi - The Teacher - She has the most helpful skills to provide and her Max skill helps a lot. Should Max her out asap.
Yoshida - The Politician - For Collecting Personas. Should Max him out asap
Takemi - The Doctor - For the Drugs. It's not what you are thinking ;).
Sojiro Sakura - Get him to level 2 or even 4 early on the game for SP replenishment. Raise his level later.
2nd Priority:
Mishima - for the team experience bonuses.
Hifumi Togo - The Shogi Player - I only have her in level 3 as of now. I don't think I need the rest. but I'll get it soon because of here sidequest.
Mifune - The Fortune Teller - Not really into her.
Just raise there level later on if I'm not doing anything or simply because some of them will unlock a sidequest.
For me the most useless is Ohya - the Journalist - for the bonus she provide. I never had any problem with stealth infiltration.
Indian American Sir Imkekie999 your Wrong sir....Mifune is the first name of Chihaya Mifune the Fortune teller... Hifumi is the first name of Hifumi Togo the Shogi Player.... read carefully
Personally I feel like sojiro (or whatever your overviewer what ever is called) would be a good pick cause he gives you sp items and then you can pair that up with the teacher so you can make sp items while doing other stuff
im stuff
Everyone forgets's ryujis insta kill
maxing out teammate confidant morphs their persona into something more powerful.
the teacher doesn't make it still after school when you leave a dungeon. she makes it so that you can still use your evening like normal after you leave a dungeon
I rank the usefulness of this video S tier. Thanks man!
The politician's best ability is level 10, but he seemed easier to level up compared to the other confidant's aye.
AND i recommend getting the Gamer King in Akihabara, teaches you a move to knock down any opponents using a gun skill that you unlock with him, super handy for Shadow's that don't have a weakness and rely on Critical's to take down.
I know i'm comin in late, but hey, ya never know.
Nice video, but there are a few missed points. At an early-ish rank, you can have Kawakami make coffee or do your laundry for you, so you don't have to spend your time doing that. And later on, she'll even be able to craft curry and infiltration tools for you. At rank 5, she extends her slacking off time to other teachers as well =) Also, with Sojiro's Confidant, you can make coffee for single target SP healing and curry for full party SP healing. Not as useful if you rely on the SP regenerative accessories, but for those who don't have or need them, this one's an absolute necessity. Also, each of the party members should be a focus for Confidant boosting, not just for Yusuke's skill card copying, but they gain some pretty strong powers later on, such as Endure and Protect. Not to mention the fact that at rank 10, all their Personas have a Second Awakening. As for party members in particular, I think Futaba should really be on the list too, simply because of the kinds of hacking skills she gains, like the chance of entering a battle in a Hold Up (really damn handy for those Treasure Demons that don't have any weaknesses to exploit)
I think maxing the twin wardens is more important than the speaker. the speaker lets you talk to higher level personas, the twins let you pay money to fuse higher level personas
Yeah, but Futaba Sakura...
temperance, sun, fortune, death.
temperance for free time, sun for convincing higher lvl persona to join, fortune for social stats AND confidants, and death for sp or healing items. stars useful for battles due to money for ambushes done in one turn, running away instantly (useful for reaper trick) and such. yea, temperance and fortune are the best imo as well.
I think Yoshida is one of the most useful confidant because of how you can gain so much more stuff with him, get a persona instantly and be able to get personas which are a higher level than you which is very useful.
Also for battles and getting mad amount of exp i suggest getting The Shogi player to rank 10 in your first playthrough.
When you get rank 9 (instant escape) or if you maxed her in your first playthrough, you get to keep the rank 9 perk.
You just go into mementos during flu season. Wait for the reaper to show. Engage him, escape, engage again, do it untill he starts with the Despair effect, then just rush him, after 3 turns he will flee, giving you the win and 70k exp. I think you can encounter him once every floor during a single visit.
Can't argue with this video at all. Very good tips for those unsure about who to spend their time with.
Tower confidant : when ability trigger *+100% Style*
Toranosuke Yoshida (Man of the People) lets you negotiate with higher level shadows only. The twin wardens Justine and Caroline, when you max out their confidant, allow you to create higher level personas for a certain amount of yen.
I was leveling chihaya's confidant, I payed her the 100,000 and won it back the next day from the lottery :P I was pretty fortunate to have that happen.
Yizhou Sun lmao good shit. Chihaya gives you that money back anyway though, so you basically got 200k
Luciid Dreamz lol yeah, I maxed her out yesterday, spent that 100,000 on sp adhesives. :P
The shogi player Hifumi is the best outside of your team because you can flee battle anytime and switch players during a fight. The kid in the arcade is my 2nd favorite because he levels up gun skills, your ability to carry more ammo and I love the hailing bullets after an ambush. Kawakami the teacher is actually a waste of time overall she cost me more money than her confidant relationship was worth. THE MOST IMPORTANT CONFIDANT are THE TWINS! Complete all their fusion tasks and you unlock the ability to obtain ANY LEVEL persona regardless of your current level including Satan persona you just have to pay for them!!
i would recommend getting ur /main/ party members to confidant 10. they get evade to their weakness. and at lvl9 they can take a fatal hit for joker ( if its a single target)
I think the Lion in Wizard Of Oz asked for more confidants. Thats how you say it right?
Futaba has pretty neat skills too.
Chihaya also boosts confidant relationships, so you don't have to waste time with Confidants unless you're leveling up a confidant rank
i really liked your video, not to formal and not to hard to remember and the style made me chuckle 1 or 2 times, great work and please keep the great content
IchigoKurosaki10 Thanks alot, it means alot to me to have someone react to my content in that way!
your welcome mate! good content needs to be appreciated and since i just started the game yesterday i find this videos really helpful, quick and of course entertaining. you got a new sub in here!
well if it's anything like persona 4 (time wise) then it should be possible to get all confidants maxed out in a single run through
The Twins are actually the best on your 1st playthrough. Maxing them will allow you to fuse Personas beyond your level.
Neue Perez yea but you cant max them out until lvl 51. And they dont really interfere with the other confidants. You can easily have a few confidants maxed before you're able to max out the twins
There is a confusion there. The Sun social link allows you to recruit a shadow that is higher level than you during Negotiation. To fuse a persona that is higher level than you, you would need to max out the Strength social link.
Temprence arcana (School teacher) "Becky", Sadayo Kawakamii.
Level up the Phantom Thieves Members Social Links because they will have a new and stronger persona on rank 10.. they will mostly evade their weakness and they will block their main power..
And be resistant to another one
Hey I know that this video is like 7 to 9 months old since the game released and that this is just your personal opinion and I'm cool and agree with it. I just feel that I should state I've realized what Ichiko Ohyo (Journalist) confidant perk is and believe that she doesn't need (that much) down talk as she receives as a confidant. I honestly say this because I felt that way when I got her for the first time during my first playthrough. I was too like each time she rank up i was like 'why are you even a confidant?? what do you do?! what do I benefit by hanging out with you?? You ain't got SHIT I want!!' but it just hit me just now after reading through her ability sheet and how they are written! Remember how when if to either became some badass op executioner at lvl 99 via reaper Flu exploit (I'm sure everyone did it at least once by now LOL) and after visiting either an earlier level in mementos or getting too close to an enemy that is weaker than your character level they run away from you in a panic? It goes towards that! If you read the abilities before this you would probably not get it (after all the game doesn't just spell it out for you) but once it happens and you keep doing her confidants it comes very clear! her articles help make you well known so that the public will know that you are both heroic and dangerous and so people will pretty much know not to fuck with you! It's very useful if for easier ambushes or if you're trying to avoid fighting every time an enemy crosses your path. And if you get it to level 7 or even max it out it works on higher level enemies! helping you to always have the jump on your opponents!!
jetstream014 The game already has that mechanic. If you are a certain amount of levels higher than an enemy (i believe its 10-15 levels but im not sure) they run away from you. Me being someone who grinded alot never had issues with that. So yeah, if you never are higher level than the enemies you encounter, it can be helpful. But it was virtually useless to me.
To be fair Futaba is pretty late in the game. That said she heals HP and SP at no cost, and she helps out a ton in combat. Id say she is better then Takemi - once she arrives.
The politician was the first one i maxed, for no particular reason, i just enjoyed the story. Of course his confidant is helpful tho
yo bruh thanks for the help. I'm in June still so this will help. I subbed be looking to see great content from you. keep it up. AsylumPrince out. 👍
Royal Asylum Universe thanks!!
I don't know id probably give it to shojiro the old man. mixed in with the teacher kawakami you can get powerful sp heal items, especially with the main character who later on gets very powerful but sp draining abilities
The teacher's name is sadayo kawakami
Great video thanks for the tip earned yourself a sub 👍
We all know we want to like ohya’s skills because they are the best
100,000 yen? Now, where the hell am I going to get that?
teppolundgren lmao when you get her to lvl 7 she discounts them, but go watch my money farming guide for help with money
just keep holding up demons and selling your items. you'll have it fairly easy
Not sure if it was luck, but just before i had to give her money i won 100k from the lotto. It's possible that doing her quest chain prior to entering the lotto gives you 100k.
For quick cash, Level up the Sun Confidant and get the extra mugging skill, keep chain mugging personas who are weak to gun, so you can continually keep mugging (have a weak gun with high accuracy)
Too much work. I just confuse bosses in Mementos with the Sandman persona.
I've got about 5 million yen now, and not much to spend it on...
teppolundgren this comment chain is two weeks old, but in the pursuit of fusing the ultimate personas, you will surely spend that money.
You have my inner voice. It’s scary
you forgot Sojiro you may want to establish a relationship with him too since SP items are a bitch to get sure you can go to vending machines but they only give you 5sp. Leblanc or Master coffee/curry gives you 30/100 sp
ladynikkie I didnt mention him because you can get sp recovery accessories from Takemi which recover 7 sp per turn in battle. You almost never need sp items if you have those accessories on
Luciid Dreamz yeah I like her too, I like to have back up SP items in case I screw up. im in the 7th palace and damn it's challenging lol but overall I do agree these are the most useful confidants.
What about futaba
Was about to say that. Futaba helps alot more than most people think
The politician won't be helpful if you do the reaper infinite exp glitch on flu season with Mishima Rank 10
you keep saying "confidence"
YuGiOhDuelChannel well aren't you smart
Thank you my dude, helpful video. I wouldn't mind a video on the romance options if its in the pipeline!
Stay tuned, because that video's coming soon
very helpful video, thank you
yo, this guy deserves way more subs
pharhurg I really appreciate that!
i agree with your list they are the best confidants...One confidant i hate so much tho is sojiro i swear takes so long idk if its easy for u but man took me couple times to get that curry i aint trying to get that 6 no way...Mmm u should do the worst confidants for a video your choice but nice video just found u couple days ago love your vids so far great work on them.
Rose Sosa Mannnn Thanks alot, and yea sojiro takes so damn long to level up lmao. Its crazy how hard it is to get him up. And yea thats a good idea about the video,ill keep that in mind
yeah and really wow thanks for keeping that in mind hope to see it ima press the bell thing on so i know when u make a new vid....hey i see you didnt have a name for your team that part was annoying tho i cant think of names...but did you ever come up with a name? ever since your progress with the game.
Rose Sosa i just kept their name as the phantom thieves thats why it doesnt show. Im about to start new game + so i was gonna give it some real thought then lol
I avoided the politition but maxed most of the team members, kawamaki, Tae and mishima but i missed the Arcade kid completely basicly forgot about the twins the reporter i never talked to alot. the shogi player i got to like rank 6 with and the fortune teller i got to rank 5 with Iwa i got to rank 3
Great video do more
Really helpful :) I think In the video of the fight with the twins someone other than Joker was able to switch out players... is that true or did I miss something?
persona-users max con-fuh-dawnt unlocks their final personas and arcana exp max brst and dying for you and stuff though..
all the confidants are useful (except boss's and ohya's) and i highly disagree with you on party members, insta-kill is awesome, i forgot what special skill ann has, yusuke's is useful for cards like charge, makoto is good, futaba's is almost required, haru, don't know her special perks. most useful ones are definitely takemi's, kawakami, mainly for the laundry, iwai's, for better attack power, yoshida's is probably the best one honestly, mishima makes grinding a hell of a lot easier, and i guess hifumi, chihaya i feel like is kinda useless, unless you get the money perk which is fantastic honestly. and kawakami's name is easy to remember.
also, i'm seeing half of these comments saying who they prioritize, guys, it is possible to get 100% in confidants, take your time, no need to rush things. how much you wanna bet half of you went straight into a new palace as soon as it was ready to be infiltrated? i'm following a guide (i like to 100%, i feel its honestly necessary to enjoy the game to its fullest) and its honestly better following a guide than making your own choices, cause then you won't get much stuff, plus you need to plan ahead so there's that
Excalibur >Following a guide because it's necessary to enjoy the game.
Git gud son.
you basically need to beat the game all the way through (100%, everything, including dialogue options) to enjoy a game to its fullest honestly, and it helps if you have a guide for the persona series
It's Not Confident.... its CON-FIH-DAWNT
The Guy Who Games Does it really matter? You know what im talking about right?
Luciid Dreamz yes, it does. Because it sounds like you keep saying "when you have confidence" which is something completely different...
Siyual lol it doesnt matter, it's literally just a word. Thats just how i pronounce it, you dont have to like the way i talk, but Just enjoy the video like everyone else
The Guy Who Games its con-fa-dant
Luciid Dreamz you did it because you didn’t know any better. Don’t say it like it’s an agent or a speech impediment
Thanks for the helpful info was nice to see others opinions :)
ArcticWolf no prob bro
Best certainly is Kawakami, for giving you the option to do stuff at night even after mementos, specially usefull in NG+. Also the character that surprised me the most with her story.
Shame she is the only female that can't be romanced. XD
Second best is the fortune teller. Helped me a lot in NG+ to get everyone on max. Specially Haru who for somer eason decides to allmost never show up... -_-
Ms. Kawakami can romanced actually
toongrowner1 Sae is the only female character that cant be romanced, you can def romance Kawakami because i have done it
Thanks a brunch, and for avoiding spoliers!!
Can you make a list of all Social Links Ranked out in the menu screen? I really wanna see the layout for it it looks dope. Also as someone who is all about details and doesnt have the game I wanna see the small descriptions in it too.
Kagura So you just wanna see what the screen looks like with all the confidants maxed out?
Thank u for info on the teacher I didn't know that I'm about to play it the second time
it seems like this guy has already ranked up a hell of alot of confidants how do you do this with only 1 playthrough
How strict is this game on confidants compared to 3 and 4 ? I'm following a guide but I missed 1 rank of Ryuji's. I have to be rank 3, but instead I'm rank 2 chariot atm.
Also what about futaba. Final guard , position hack, mementos scan. Maybe Prometheus.
I mean it's cooler than necronomicon.
Good tips for beginners 👍🏻
What about the arcade dude? Im playing new game plus right now ANd i just noticed who the polition was lol
Is this Afro from jumpforce?!? Nani?!?
thanks for the tips dude !
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nice! thanks you the tips
Thanks for the tips
thanks for not spoiling
I wish they were have develope tae takemi more her story is kinda plain....
I think Futaba and The twins are good too
I don't get it... Go to the red light district and spend lots of money and a guy still don't have fun... Sounds like a marriage.
Some of this is incorrect though, with kawakami, even if you go into the metaverse you still come out in the afternoon, not after school but she makes it so you can act in the afternoon and not be tired. Also yusuke can't get skills from your persona's, all he does is duplicate skill cards. The politician also doesn't let you fuse higher level persona's, the strength arcana does that. Also kawakami can make coffee/curry for you and do your laundry so if you have a high enough rank with sojiro, she can make you high quality curry/coffee for sp recovery.
Izanagi The last skill you get from the politician is called Charismatic speech, which lets you form contracts with personas that are higher level than you, so idk what your talking about. Second, if you have a skill card of your skill, then yusuke can duplicate it, which is what is meant by " copying your personas skills". And third, after school was referred to evenings as well
Izanagi Another thing, if you have sp recovery items from Takemi for the whole party, you dont really need to worry about sp items, but i guess they are good to have
Yes Charismatic speech allows for contracts with higher level persona's but you also mentioned crafting as in fusing persona's as they won't allow you to fuse persona's that are higher level then you without a skill from the strength arcana. Also I thought you meant by copying your persona's skills as something similar to the cafe in persona 4 where you can get a skill card of one of your persona's skills.
No mention of futaba? But she can save you from death and she gives buffs
Optional if you suck at the game.
@@multiream for long battles is useful
Kawakami is the teacher
It's känfəˌdant (Con-fih-dawnt), not känfədənt (con-fih-dint). It's the little things☆.
Con fi daunt is the pronunciation
Con-fi-daunt
Am pretty sure you have to hang out with mishima to rank him up
Victor Ochoa i never said you didnt. I said you dont have to hang out with morgana
Just saying but haru also gives you sp items