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You’re approaching the True Ending ofPersona 4 Goldenas you wrap up the Yomotsu Hirasaka, the borderland between life and death. And now, all that stands between you and saving the small town of Inaba from the looming fog is Izanami, the actual antagonist behind the happenings in P4G.
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But it should come as no surprise that the final boss fight against a goddess won’t be easy, and with two dangerous phases to handle, you’ll want to prepare ahead of time – and that’s where we come in. For help beating Izanami and Izanami-No-Okami in P4G, we’ve got you covered.
This guide contains major spoilers for the end of Persona 4 Golden.
Izanami And Izanagi-No-Okami Battle Setup
Recommended Party
As this is thefinal battle, the choice in teammates should be made according towho on your team is the strongest. The fight ahead has very few exploits, souse your strongest teammateshere.
For us, that wasYosuke, Chie, and Yukiko.
If you’re on the path to fighting Izanami, then you’ll have experienced everyone’sthird awakeningsduring the Winter Event,so long as you’ve maxed their individual social links. This gives them anew attack, all of which prove pivotal to this battle.
Strength in this Fight
Heavy wind damage to one foe
Wind attacks do 50% more damage
Youthful Wind(only with a maxedsocial link)
Moderately restores the party’s HP, as well as raises their hit and evasion rates for three turns
Boosts the party’s hit and evasion for three turns
Severe physical damage to one foe
Diarahan(only at Rank 5bike skill)
Fully restores HP to one ally
Burning Petals(only with a maxedsocial link)
Severe fire damage to all foes
Concentrate(only at Rank 5 bike skill)
The next attack that deals fire, ice, electric, wind, or almighty damage lands with 250% attack power
Fire attacks do 50% more damage
Salvation
Fully replenishes the party’s HP and curses all ailments except downed or KO
Revives on ally to full HP
Bufudyne(only after reaching Rank 5 bike skill)
Heavy ice damage to one foe
Ice Boost(only at Rank 8 of hersocial link)
Ice attacks deal 25% more damage
Heavy physical damage to all foes that lands 1–3 times
The next physical attack deals 250% damage
20% chance to repel physical attacks
Dragon Hustle(only with a maxed social link)
Boosts all ally’s attack, defense, hit, and evasion stats for three turns
- Your mileage with Chie may vary, depending on how you’ve progressed her social link. Without work on her social link or bike skills, Chie’sstrongest ice attackwill beMabufu, for light ice damage to all foes.
Without advancing Chie’s social link or riding bikeswith her, we’d suggestbringing someone else, as Chie will be missing the things that make her effective in this fight.
Recommended Level And Personas
With this battle happening so late in the game,both of Izanami’s forms are Lv. 90.
However, since this is the final battle, once you begin, you’re out of time to grind anymore.Whatever level you are when you finish the dungeonpart of Yomotsu Hirasaka is the level at which you’ll fight Izanami.
Additionally, with higher player levels comemore powerful fusions. Some of P4G’s strongest Personas are limited to the uppermost levels of your experience, including several Personas who may help in this fight.
We have a guide to theMost Powerful Personas in P4Gfor you to consider when assembling your roster for the Izanami fight.
We found ourselves relying on bothHelelandTrumpeterfor the fight.
Helelis completelyimmune to fire, light, and dark. It alsoresists physicaland will learnRepel Windbeginning atLv. 91.
Meanwhile,Trumpeteris able torepel light and electricattacks andabsorb ice damage. It isimmune to darkandhas no weakness.
Massive almighty damage to all foes
Heavy fire damage to all foes
Fully restores the party’s HP and cures all ailments except downed or KO
Insta-Heal
Yu will recover from any ailment except KO on his next turn in battle
Repels wind attacks back at the user
Trumpeter
Debilitate
Lowers one foe’s attack, defense, hit, and evasion for three turns
Heat Riser
Boosts one ally’s attack, defense, hit, and evasion for three turns
Severe almighty damage to all foes
Marakukaja
Boosts the party’s defense for three turns
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Izanami And Izanami-No-Okami Affinity Charts
As if Izanami itself wasn’t challenging enough, this boss fight hastwo stagesto it, which see Izanami transform into Izanami-no-Okami for the final section of the fight.
Explanation
Str
This shadow is strong against this element, and attacks of this element dealless damage.
Wk
This shadow is weak against this element, and attacks of this element dealmore damage.
Rep
This shadow will repel attacks of this element,reversing the damageonto you.
Nul
This shadow will nullify attacks of this element, and as such, they dealno damage.
Drn
This shadow will gain health from attacks of this element, so attacks of thisheal the shadow.
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Affinities and Weaknesses
Skills and Attacks
Heavy fire damage to one foe
Heavy ice damage to all foes
Heavy electric damage to one foe
Heavy electric damage to all foes
Heavy wind damage to all foes
60% chance to insta-kill one foe using light magic
God’s Judgment
Chance to reduce each foe’s HP by half with light magic
Increases all foe’s susceptibility to both ailmentsandlight or dark magics
30% chance to inflict silence to each foe
30% chance to inflict poison to each foe
The next magic attack will deal 250% damage
Cancels stat penalties applied to the user’s party
Cancels stat bonuses applied to the opposing party
Agneyastra
Heavy physical damage to all foes that lands 1–3 times each foe
Hell’s Judgment
Chance to reduce each foe’s HP by half with dark magic
Moderate almighty damage to all foes
Heavy almighty damage to all foes that inflicts enervation
Heavy almighty physical damage to all foes
Reduces one foe’s HP to 1, and may inflict enervation
Summons to Yomi
Insta-kills all foes currently afflicted with an ailment other than downed or KO
Decreases one foe’s attack, defense, hit, and evasion for three turns
The next physical attack will deal 250% damage
999 points of almighty damage
Insta-kills one foe without dealing any damage
Izanami And Izanami-No-Okami Battle Strategy
First Phase: Izanami
The beginning of this final fight in Persona 4 Golden is straightforward enough - so much so that it almost seems too easy at first.
Don’t be lured into this false sense of security -conserve your SP as much as possiblein this phase of the fight, as it’s only the first.
Attack Izanami withheavy elemental magicto chip away at her HP, being mindful of her own slew of elemental damage as well. Herstatus ailmentinfliction may prove to be a nuisance, but so long as Yukiko hasSalvationtorestore HP and cure all ailments, you should be in good shape.
Helelalso knows Salvation if you’ve brought it to the fight.
This phase shouldn’t take too long, but once you get Izanami down to a low enough HP,stop attacking when you’re told that Izanami is impossible to hit.
This is the flag forthe second phase beginningin a turn or two, after Izanami chats to you some more. Until the second phase begins, youcan no longer hurt herfor this phase.
Use the time toheal the partyandreplenish everyone’s SP, since you’ll need it far more in the slog of the second part of this fight.Guardif you’ve got everyone in top shape, and wait for the next phase to begin.
This is thefinal battle in P4G, so don’t hesitate touse your HP and SP-replenishing items liberallyduring the fight.
Because of this, you may be wise tosave SP for damage-dealing moves and use items to healunless necessary (or for sake of curing ailments in addition to restoring HP)
Second Phase: Izanami-No-Okami
There are a few things to keep in mind as the battle shifts to the second stage:Izanami-no-Okami drains electric magic, and she nowattacks twice per turn.
Trumpeteris somewhat invaluable during this stage of the fight for itsDebilitateskill, which severelylimits Izanami-no-Okami’s damage output, as well asmakes damage inflicted on her more effective.
Even if she does useDekundato cancel your Debilitate, she’ll have towaste one of her turns doing so, so it’s still a viable strategy.
For a boss with this much strength and so many instant death skills on hand, you’ll want tomitigate the damage you takeas much as possible through Debilitate orany debuff skillsyour party has.
Healing is a critical part of this fight, as Izanami-no-Okami still has a massive damage output even when debuffed, especially if you’re attempting the fight with a lower player level.
We found it effective touse full party healing skills and items as often as possible.None of your items carry over into NG+, so an HP top-off for everyone never hurts!
Not only is the elemental damage a massive hazard for the team, but Izanami-no-Okami is much more hellbent oninflicting ailments onto the Investigation Team.
This can provelethalin this stage of the fight, as Izanami-no-Okami can and regularly will useSummons to Yomiwhile the team is inflicted with an ailment toinstantly killevery foeafflicted with an ailment.
Yu can dodge this withHelelactive when you’re not using Debilitate to cash in on theInsta-Healskill that allows him torecover from any ailment other than Down or KO on his next turn.
The rest of the team is still at risk of being killed with Summons to Yomi at this stage, but as always,the fight isn’t over for your team until Yu is knocked out, even if he’s the only one left standing.
At this stage, it’scritical to cure ailments as soon as possible, as you won’t know when Summons to Yomi is coming. If anyone is afflicted with an ailment, assume they’re at risk.
Additionally,healingis as important as ever, especially with Izanami-no-Okami knowing bothHell’s JudgmentandGalgalim Eyesto massively reduce your HP in a single move.
As long as the team is in good shape, keepbuffing the team as you debuff Izanami-no-Okamito make them more powerful while dampening her power, and lay into her withany elemental damage except electricto finish the fight in good time.
Final Stage: Thousand Curses
You’ll know the fight has been won when Izanami-no-Okami reaches a critically low HP and begins to castThousand Curses.
This looks dire, but it means you’ve won the fight! Simplywatch through the cinematicsto seehow Yu will handlethis seemingly-unbeatable adversary.
After the battle has been won, congratulations - you’veofficially beaten Persona 4 Golden!
