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You’re in the home stretch ofPersona 3 Portableby the time you reach the trio of Fierce Cyclops guardians in the Adamah block of Tartarus. But given that they’re the penultimate guardians in the whole of Tartarus, you shouldn’t expect this fight to be a cakewalk – these shadows are capable of impressive physical damage.
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But with the right spread of teammates and the right Personas in your MC’s stock, you’ll get through the Fierce Cyclops guardians in no time. For help on anything you’ll need to make quick work of the Fierce Cyclops guardians in P3P, read on ahead.
This guide contains spoilers for Persona 3 Portable.
Fierce Cyclops Battle Setup
The three Fierce Cyclops guardian shadows can be encountered on244Fofthe Adamah blockof Tartarus.
Recommended Level And Personas
Interestingly, the Fierce Cyclops guardians are Lv. 71 (while the guardians before them were Lv. 72). If you wereappropriately leveled for the World Balance guardians, you’ll be just fine here betweenLv. 70-75.
Abaddonis one of the best Personas to bring to this fight, provided it’s reachedLv. 75beforehand. At Lv. 75, it will know the passive skillsNull Strike, Null Slash,andNull Pierce.
This spread of skills leaves it open only to takingelectric or almighty damagefrom the Cyclops enemies.
While it doesn’t innately know any elemental moves (which you can change withskill cards), with the Fierce Cyclops guardian shadowsprimarily physical attackers, Abaddon’spassive skills make it almost impossible to hit.
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
Mazionga
Medium electric damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict shock
Medium almighty damage to all foes
Vorpal Blade
Heavy slash damage to all foes that does 1.5x damage if the user is in Great condition
Severe pierce damage to one foe
Normal attack dealing slash damage
The user’s next physical attack deals double damage
Fierce Cyclops Battle Strategy
In your fight against the Fierce Cyclops guardian shadows in P3P, you need touse pierce, ice, and wind attacksto deal damage.
While they onlynullifyelectric, light, and dark magic outright,slash, strike, or fire will do chip damageat best due to their resistances. Stick to the more effective skills so as not to waste time or SP.
With Abaddon on your MC to protect them from the bulk of the damage,your teammates are your primary attackers. We’ve selected a spread of teammates for this fight who are capable of impressivepierce and ice damageto exploit Fierce Cyclops’ standard affinities to these attacks.
Thankfully, by this late in the game, all of your teammates ought to know theirheavy-level elemental attacks, and you’ll need to use them liberally during this fight to make quick work of it.
If these heavy elemental skills aremulti-target elemental skillsof the same elements, then even better!
The fight is pretty straightforward until the Fierce Cyclops guardians reach around20 percent of their total HP. Then, they’ll begin focusing onMaziongaandLast Resortas their attacks.
The best way to handle this is tofocus everyone’s attention on the guardian with the lowest HP.
The fewer times you’re subject to these two attacks, the better, sopick off the Fierce Cyclops shadows one by oneas their health begins to run out.
After the battle has finished, theJudgment social linkwith the Nyx Annihilation Team advances toRank 8.
