Persona 3 Reload features the return of the Reaper, a beloved foe that initially appeared in Persona 3. This is how you overcome it.
Persona 3 debuted with The Reaper, a unique shadow that would appear on a Tartarus floor if you lingered too long and would follow you until you departed. The goal was to keep you moving so you wouldn’t get bogged down collecting supplies and farming shadows for too long. Of course, in Persona 3 Reload, the Reaper reappears in all its glory.
The Reaper is an enemy you can’t hope to vanquish the first time you encounter it in Persona 3 Reload, much as in the original game and its sequels. But a group with sufficient strength and the appropriate tools may take on and vanquish this formidable foe. Indeed, there’s an end-game skill that may make taking down The Reaper an easy task.
Overall Advice For Persona 3: Reload’s Reaper
Reaper appearances follow a specific formula:
- On level 62, the Reaper first makes an appearance during a prearranged scene. If you wait too long after that, it can emerge on any floor.
- The size of the floor affects how long it takes The Reaper to arrive; larger floors have a longer duration than smaller ones.
- The timeframe for special levels, such as all-rare shadow and darkness floors, is shorter than usual.
- About fifteen to thirty seconds before the Reaper materializes, Fuuka will alert you.
- The screen’s borders will be covered in a crimson filter as the Reaper hunts you down.
- The Reaper has the ability to pursue you up many floors, unlike in prior games. Using a one-way teleporter, slipping past a Monad door, or ascending to a guardian floor are several ways to end the hunt.
- You cannot strike the Reaper from behind since it confronts you at all times. You can, nonetheless, ambush it from the front.
- The corners of the screen will become green after you’ve defeated The Reaper. The Reaper continues to spawn on new floors despite this filter.
How to Beat The Reaper in Persona 3 Reload
The Reaper is a formidable foe who is right up there with the game’s ultimate bosses. It is capable of using Megadolaon, the greatest instant-death skill, and -dyne skills for every element. It also possesses a few physical abilities, and it enjoys using Vile Assault to follow up a successful weakness hit. It can also employ heat riser, dekaja, charge, and concentrate, as if all of that wasn’t enough. To top it all off, The Reaper can do two turns at once, something that not even most bosses in Persona 3 Reload can accomplish.
Positively, the Reaper is equally vulnerable to all types of attacks since it lacks elemental affinities. If you think you can afford the HP, it’s recommended to concentrate on your physical abilities because the Reaper is also susceptible to critical strikes.
You should wait until January if you plan to take on The Reaper. By then, your group ought to be formidable enough to take it on, and it also helps to have a respectable supply of Homunculi or other items that render immediate death abilities invalid. Utilizing buffs and debuffs is also important if you want to limit how much damage the Reaper can deliver at once. If you have to decide between enhancing the party’s offense and defense, prioritize the defense.
It’s also important to remember that The Reaper doesn’t always target the vulnerabilities in your team, even though it may use any element. The Reaper can completely waste a turn by using an element that a character is resisting or nullifying to attack them. More often than not, the Reaper also seems to love employing dark talents.
A further helpful tip is to stay away from Ambushing the Reaper. The Reaper is too fast for you to beat in a single round unless you adopt the Armageddon tactic, and after your ambush round, it will probably take four rounds to finish.
Lastly, throughout the battle, you should utilize all of your theurgies. The Reaper’s massive HP may be greatly diminished by the additional damage they inflict, and powerful abilities like Trickster can cause particularly strong damage.
Along with a ton of experience points, defeating the reaper grants you the bloody button required for one of Elizabeth’s requests. Then, during Shuffle Time, you can get even more experience points by selecting Wands, as The Reaper deals Jacks (or Queens with Arcana Burst enabled) regardless of the floor you face it on.
How To Easily Beat The Reaper in Persona 3 Reload
The ultimate Fusion Spell, Armageddon, is your prize if you fuse Satan and max out the Star Social Link to get access to Helel. Armageddon deals all enemies, regardless of kind, 9999 damage. This is more than enough to destroy the Reaper and eliminate Nyx in her ultimate form.
The protagonist’s HP and SP both decrease to 1 after Armageddon; however, there are workarounds for this drawback. Your only true loss if you defeat The Reaper while this talent is active is an empty Theurgy gauge because the Victory Cry skill refills your HP and SP to 100% at the end of a battle.
In order to level up your persona and gather the Soul Sea materials required to craft the ultimate weapons for your group, you may also combine Armageddon and Victory Cry. To ambush a regular adversary, just switch to the persona that hasn’t yet lost its item, use Armageddon on The Reaper, and then switch to the persona with Victory Cry. Your HP and SP will return once you win, allowing you to start afresh.
Just keep in mind to constantly try to ambush The Reaper when it arrives and to fully charge the protagonist’s Theurgy gauge before beginning a fresh battle with it. Although it might be risky to allow it to take four turns at once, this is not an issue when you can eliminate it with one hit.