Only one Tartarus guardian fight remains between you and the endgame content ofPersona 3 Portable, but don’t think that Jotun of Grief will go down without a fight. Impervious to most of your team’s magic and nearly impossible to damage physically, you’ll need some careful planning ahead of time in order to get through the fight with Jotun of Grief.

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But with the best team combination and a safe Persona on your protagonist, you’ll soar through the battle with ease. For help dealing with the Jotun of Grief guardian in Persona 3 Portable, our guide below has you covered.

As your final Guardian of Tartarus battle, this guide will contain spoilers for Persona 3 Portable.

ken, aigis, yukari, and the female protagonist of p3p on one of persona 3 portable’s all out attack screens

Jotun Of Grief Battle Setup

This final guardian fight against Jotun of Grief takes place on252Fofthe Adamah blockof Tartarus.

Jotun of Grief is a Lv. 73 shadow, so our previous recommendation for the Fierce Cyclops battle to reach betweenLv. 70-75before the fight still stands.

As for your MC’s Personas, you’ll definitely need someoneimmune to rage, as rage makes each teammateattack twice per turn using physical damage.

an example build for uriel in persona 3 portable

And with your MC the only one in the above-mentioned party setup who doesn’t default to pierce damage for physical attacks, you’ll need tocure rage on your MC immediatelyif they’re not able to nullify it.

Urielis the highest-level Persona to knowNull Rage.It’s of theAeon arcanaand can be fused beginning at Lv. 63.

jotun of grief casting megidolaon on the party in persona 3 portable

Be careful, though, of Uriel’sHigh Counter, which has a50 percent chance to reflect physical attacks. You’ll be fine if it’s Primal Force, but a defaultstrike attackfrom Jotun of Grief that gets reflected willheal the shadow.

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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aigis using her standard pierce attack against the jotun of grief guardian in persona 3 portable

Affinities and Weaknesses

Skills and Attacks

yukari about to cast wind break to cancel jotun of grief’s wind resistance in persona 3 portable

Severe almighty damage to all foes

Severe pierce damage to one foe

Standard attack dealing strike damage

Doubles the opposing team’s susceptibility to ailments for three turns

35% chance to enrage each foe

Decreases all foes' attack

Decreases all foes' defense

Decreases all foes' hit and evasion rates

The next magic attack deals double damage

Jotun Of Grief Battle Strategy

One of the biggest things to keep in mind during the guardian fight with Jotun of Grief in P3P is that, past it totally nullifying light and dark magic,Jotun of Grief absorbs any attacks except pierce and almighty, so it will absolutely exploit a party that isn’t prepared to deal with its specific affinities table.

It tries to useInfuriateto take advantage of any teammates who do physical damage other than pierce, asrage makes each teammate attack twice per turn with their standard physical attacks.

Anyone other than the party setup we listed above can absolutely be exploited through this, asany physical damage other than pierce heals Jotun of Grief.

With the right team setup, though, you canallow anyone but your MC to remain enraged. Aigis, Yukari, and Ken all dopierce damageas their physical attacks, and this physical damage is the only one actually able to hurt Jotun of Grief.

Throughout the fight, continue usingpierce attacksas your primary offense.

This is where Yukari’sWind Breakskill comes in - when it’s used, both she and the main character can usewind magiceffectively forthree turns, giving you another element to use against Jotun of Grief.

The fight proceeds in this way until Jotun of Grief is on the ropes, at which point it will stop trying to enrage the team and focus on usingMind Chargefollowed immediately byMegidolaonto try its best to wipe the team right at the end.

You’ll need to pay sharp attention tohealing the teamduring this stage, asalmighty damage cannot be blocked.

Whenever this attack pattern happens, have yourhealersjump into action tokeep the team in good shapeas you take out the last of Jotun of Grief’s HP to finish the fight.

Upon completion of this battle, theJudgment social linkwith your Nyx Annihilation Team reachesRank 9, which thencompletes automaticallyupon reaching theblockade at 254F.