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As you’re climbing to the end of Tartarus as you near the big finale ofPersona 3 Portable, you’ll have a slew of Guardian battles to get through first. World Balance is the third of five, but this middle-most fight will certainly pose a challenge to anyone unprepared.
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Exploits that normally help during elemental battles will trigger World Balance to attack even harder, so you’ll need to be smart with your elements, skills, and buffs to take out World Balance. For all the info you’ll need to handle World Balance in Persona 3 Portable, the guide below has you covered.
This guide contains spoilers for end game content of Persona 3 Portable.
Recommended Level And Personas
World Balance is a Lv. 72 shadow, so you should aim to bebetween Lv. 70-75for this fight, especially as this is your last real chance to grind before the final battles at the end of January.
For Personas, World Balance requires a large elemental damage output to handle, soanyone with -dyne level elemental skillswould be a good choice - andthe more resistances they have, the better.
World Balance can also useevery elementagainst you, so prepare a Persona stock withas few elemental weaknessesas possible.
This is a great time to use yourUltimate Personas, as they’ll often have thestrongest moves of their elementwhich dealsevere damageinstead of just heavy. We’ve listed a few options below.
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Ragnarok- severe fire damage to one foe
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Niflheim- severe ice damage to one foe
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Thunder Reign- severe electric damage to one foe
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Panta Rhei- severe wind damage to one foe
Skadispecifically is a good choice, as it learnsAbsorb Firejust before Niflheim todrain fire attacksthat would otherwise be weak spots.
And withWorld Balance exploiting weaknesses, having as few as you can is always good.
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 fire damage to all foes
Bufudyne
Heavy ice damage to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict freeze
Mabufudyne
Heavy ice damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict freeze to each
Ziodyne
Heavy electric damage to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict shock
Maziodyne
Heavy electric damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict shock to each
Heavy wind damage to one foe
Heavy wind damage to all foes
Mahamaon
35% chance to insta-kill each foe on the field using light magic
Mamudoon
35% chance to insta-kill each foe on the field using dark magic
Heavy almighty damage to all foes
Severe almighty damage to all foes
Standard attack dealing pierce damage
Drains 20 SP from one foe
Sharp Student
Passive skill that decreases the odds of sustaining a critical hit
World Balance Battle Strategy
The fight against the World Balance guardian in P3P proceeds in three phases– World Balance shifts its damage focusin stages betweenelemental,light and dark, and ultimately acombination of elemental and almightydamage.
you’re able to estimate when World Balance will switch tactics, too, to help your team prepare – it happens aftereachthird of its HPhas been depleted.
It’s worth noting thatWorld Balance will actively target weaknessesduring all three of these stages, so be sure you’re keeping an eye on the affinities of the Persona you’ve currently got active. The fewer weaknesses it has, the better.
And whileMagic MirrorsandMakarakarnare usually great choices for element-based enemies,World Balance will spam Megidolaonif you attempt to reflect its damage back.
Regardless of when in the fight you use one of the above,World Balance will then use nothing but Megidolaon on each turn until the fight ends.
Your best bet for this battle is to rely ondoing your own elemental damage, as World Balance takesreduced damage from physical attacks. Keep up this barrage of elemental skills until you’ve finished the battle.
Following the fight,the Judgment social linkwith your Nyx Annihilation Team rises toRank 6.
