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Are you a fan of status ailments when battling your way throughPersona 3 Portable? We sure hope so, because the battle against the three Royal Dancer guardian shadows as you climb through Tartarus is absolutely jam-packed with them. Not only will the Royal Dancers try to inflict ailments onto your team, but ailments are also the quickest way to deal with them.
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Careful team choice and constant attention to status ailments will carry you through this tough, tedious battle. For help clearing the fight with the Royal Dancer guardians in Persona 3 Portable, follow along with our guide below.
This guide may contain minor spoilers for elements of Persona 3 Portable.
Royal Dancer Battle Setup
The fight against the Royal Dancer guardians takes place on201Fofthe Harabah blockof Tartarus.
Recommended Party
For this battle, you’ll all butneedto bringYukariandMitsuru. Akihikois a solid third choice to round out the party.
The bulk of this battle will see you dealing with and trying to fight throughstatus ailments.Each of the three Royal Dancers is able to inflictcharm, panic, or poison.
This is whyyou need Yukari for this fight, as she’s the most able to deal with these ailments in addition to playing the role of healer.
We recommendMitsurubecause theRoyal Dancers can be inflicted with panic. By usingTentarafoo, you may be able to stop the Dancers from doing much of anything.
Finally,Akihikowill not only have learned the passive skillFist Mastertodouble the effectiveness of his strikes, butMarakundawill reliablylower the Dancers' defense.
You’ll spend a lot of time curing ailments, soMarakunda makes the hits you do land count even more.
Recommended Level And Personas
The Royal Dancer guardians are Lv. 61, so we suggest reachingbetween Lvs. 60-65before attempting this fight. The more HP you’ve got before you’re made to deal with their status ailments, the better!
With charm, panic, and poison almost certainly all coming your way here,bring a Persona that resists status ailments. If you have to focus on one,block charm above all else, as charmed teammates canheal the enemyinstead of hurting them.
Yaksinimay be the only Persona your MC really needs to use here. Not only can itcharm the Royal Dancersitself, but it knowsMaragionfor a multi-target elemental move and knows bothSexy Danceandthe power-up move,Charm Boost.
TheHeart Itemyou’ll get fromNarcissusis an absolute blessing in this fight, since theNarcissus Floweris an accessory thatcancels the effect of charm immediately.
It may be best, though, toequip Yukari with the Narcissus Flowerfor this battle.
Since she’s how you’ll dispel charm for the rest of the team, you need tokeep Yukari from becoming charmed herself, as she may then instead heal charm for the enemy team.
Royal Dancer’s Affinity Chart
Below is the ailment-filled affinity chart for the Royal Dancer guardian shadows in P3P.
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
Medium strike damage to all foes
Severe pierce damage to one foe
Standard attack dealing pierce damage
Slightly replenishes the HP of one ally
40% chance to inflict poison to one foe
Poison Mist
35% chance to inflict poison to each foe on the field
40% chance to inflict panic to one foe
Tentarafoo
40% chance to inflict panic to each foe on the field
40% chance to inflict charm to one foe
40% chance to inflict charm to all foes
Patra
Cancels the effect of distress, fear, or panic for one ally
Cancels the effect of charm foe one ally
Cancels the effect of poison for one ally
Royal Dancer Battle Strategy
This fight is one of the longer and more irritating in Persona 3 Portable, as most of it is spentcontending with the ailmentsthe Royal Dancers can inflict.
Though all three are unpleasant,poison is the least offensiveduring this battle.Charmmight see your teamheal the enemyor evenattack their teammates, whilefearcan cause them toskip their turnaltogether.
Whilepoison depletes HPfollowing every turn you take in battle, it also, unlike the other two ailments,doesn’t stop you from attacking on your turn.
Of course, you’ll need to cure poison before long, but it may help tofight through the poisonfor a turn or two to keep up the offense against the Royal Dancers while you can.
Throughout the fight, you’ll need to spend a lot of timehaving Yukari heal and cure ailments.HerCharmdicancancel charmfor one ally, whileMe Patracancancel fear.
That leaves your MC to handle poison with either thePosumudiskill, if your Personas have it, or by usingDis-Poisonson your teammates.
And while they’ll be trying their best to inflict them on your, the Royal Dancers can be impacted byany ailment by fear and rage.
Though it is a bit frustrating that the Royal Dancers are also able of curing one another’s ailments throughout the fight,any turn they spend canceling effects is a turn they don’t spend attacking.
Therefore, it may be helpful to try tokeep the Royal Dancers impacted by charm or panic. They’ll focus on healing one another, and making them use Charmdi or Posumudi on one another will waste their turn.
The smoothest strategy we found for handling the Royal Dancers was touse multi-target attackswhile all three of them are on the field, thenswitch to single-target attacksonce you’ve gotten it down to one or two.
You’ll have stronger single-target attacks before the multi-target version, sowithout elemental resistance on the Dancers, you’ve got free rein to lob whatever elements are at your disposal.
Keep up the pattern ofcanceling your team’s status ailmentswith Yukari’s magic andlay into them while you canwith everyone else, and the Royal Dancer battle will be over in no time.
