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You’ve watched as they watched you inPersona 3 Portable, serving as a constant thorn in the SEES Team’s sides, but now, you’re finally able to take on Takaya Sakai and Jin Shirato of Strega. They’ll interrupt you on your final Full Moon Operation to try to take you on themselves, hell-bent on stopping you from stopping the Dark Hour.
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While the fight isn’t too hard, there are definitely some tips you should know before you take them on. For some pointers on how best to handle the fight with Takaya and Jin on the Moonlight Bridge, follow along below!
Although we’re focused on the combat behind the battle, this guide may contain slight spoilers for Persona 3 Portable.
Takaya And Jin Battle Setup
You’ll bump into these two Strega members on your way to battle Arcana Hanged Man for yourfinal Full Moon Operation. They’ll interrupt you on the way and demand a battle before you go.
This guide is for thejoint battle with Takaya and Jin on 11/3. We’ll have separate guides for when you battle the two individually at the end of the game.
Recommended Party
For this battle, we recommend bringingJunpei, Koromaru, and Akihiko.
With Jin throwing his grenades to deal fire damage instead of physical damage,Junpei and Koromaru’s fire resistanceswill be of great help here. This provides them coverage from one of Takaya’s four primary elemental moves as well.
Junpeiwill learnBlade of Furyto dealmedium slash damage to all foesatLv. 50, which may be of great use in this battle, as neither Takaya or Jin have physical resistances.
If you focusKoromaru’s fire magicatTakaya(since Jin repels fire), you may be able to use Koromaru’sfire boostpassive skill that he learns atLv. 48toincrease damage done by fire magic by 25 percent.
Between that,Counterstrikeoffering a 30 percent chance to repel physical attacks, andMarakukajato increase your defense,Junpei is all but a givenfor the fight.
We recommendAkihikoto round out the party in this battle for a few reasons. His primary uses here should bedebuffing the enemiesandexploiting his strengthto beat on Takaya and Jin.
If he’s reachedLv. 50, he’ll have learned the passive skill,Fist Master, whichdoubles damage dealt by Akihiko’s physical attacks.
Recommended Level And Personas
With both Takaya and Jin beingLv. 53when you fight them, you’ll want to bearound Lv. 50to stand your ground against them.
Without any weaknesses that you and the team can exploit, you’ll be left towhittle down Jin and Takayawith your normal spread of moves.
But with that covered pretty well by your teammates, you may want toplay your MC as the healerfor this battle. The offensive parts are more than covered by the team, and with few options on your teammates for healing spells, it may fall to you to keep everyone alive.
Any healers you havewith limited elemental weaknesseswill be good choices here, with multi-target healing spells typically taking priority over single-target ones.
For offensive Personas,Surtis a great choice, since it knowsDeathboundinnately. Deathbound dealsheavy slash damage to all foes,meaning you’ll hit both TakayaandJin in a meaningful way.
The only hiccup with this plan is thatSurt is the ultimate Persona of the Magician arcana.
You’ll need to havemaxed your social linkwith eitherKenji or Junpei, depending on which protagonist you’ve chosen, before you may fuse it.
Jin And Takaya Affinity Charts
Below, you’ll find full affinity charts for both Takaya and Jin for their shared fight on the Moonlight Bridge.Be careful using multi-target attacks, as the two have different strengths and weaknesses.
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
Bufudyne
Heavy ice damage to one foe with a 10% chance to afflict freeze
Ziodyne
Heavy electric damage to one foe with a 10% chance to afflict shock
Heavy wind damage to one foe
Standard attack dealing pierce damage
Medium almighty damage to all foes
The user’s next magic attack deals double damage
Standard attack dealing fire damage
Medium fire damage to all foes
30% chance to insta-kill one foe with dark magic
40% chance to insta-kill one foe with dark magic
Tarukaja
Boosts one ally’s attack
Jin’s fire attack comes in the form ofhis hand grenades,which replace his physical attack and deal fire damage instead.
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Takaya And Jin Battle Strategy
When the battle first begins, we’d recommend youtake out Jin before Takaya.
While Takaya is clearly the ringleader here, Jin can cause some real problems for your team with hisdark magic insta-kill moves. Especially if he uses the multi-target version, it’s entirely possible you’ll lose a teammate or two.
Bringing a fewHomunculican help counteract this.
The other irritation with Jin is that he’ll regularly useTarukajatoboost Takaya’s attack.And with Takaya already having the -dyne versions of every elemental spell, you definitely don’t want him stronger than he already is.
Both of your foes have1,500HPyou’ll need to deplete before they fall. If you’re not able to exploitmulti-target moves(that aren’t Agi, to avoid Jin’s affinity for it), thenfocus on Jin before focusing on Takaya.
Once one goes down, it’s a fairly straightforward fight.They’re strong, but they fight pretty clean, so there aren’t many surprises to the battle.
Simply grind down their HP before you listen to them refuse to surrender to you, losers even in defeat, and then head onto the night’s real attraction:your final Full Moon Operation.
