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Persona 4 Goldensees Yu and the Investigation Team battling your way through the world inside the TV to save the residents of Inaba, and the next up on your docket is another friend – Naoto Shirogane, the “Detective Prince” who came to Inaba to help local police solve the series of disappearances.
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But Naoto’s got parts of herself she needs to confront before she can formally join your Investigation Team for the remainder of the game, but recruiting her gives you access to brand new magic afterward. For help taking down Shadow Naoto, read on ahead with the guide below.
Though we focus on combat in our boss shadow guides, this article may still contain spoilers for the plot of Persona 4 Golden.
Shadow Naoto Stats And Attacks
Below, you’ll find a complete table listing all of Shadow Naoto’s attacks and affinities for the battle against her in Persona 4 Golden.
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
(takes 125% damage)
Skills and Attacks
Heavy fire damage to one foe
Heavy fire damage to all foes
Heavy ice damage to one foe
Heavy ice damage to all foes
Heavy electric damage to one foe
Heavy electric damage to all foes
Heavy wind damage to one foe
Heavy wind damage to all foes
Severe physical attack damage to one foe
Naoto’s next magic attack hits with 250% power
Raises one ally’s attack, defense, and hit/evasion for three turns
Reduces one foe’s attack, defense, and hit/evasion for three turns
Reflects one physical-damage move back at the attacker
Reflects one magic-damage move back at the attacker(except almighty)
Cancels stat penalties on the user’s party
Cancels stat bonuses to the opposing party
Galgalim Eyes
Drops one foe’s HP to one, with a chance to inflict enervation
Mute Rate
Reduces one foe’s HP and SP, with a chance to inflict silence
Cancels all elemental resistances on all enemies
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Shadow Naoto Battle Strategy
The majority of your fight with Naoto’s Shadow is apretty straightforward exchange of damage, but she does have a few moves of which you’ll want to be especially wary during the battle.
Possible the most irritating of her moves,Galgalim Eyeschops yourHP down to onewhen it hits, and has a non-negligible chance of inflictingenervation.
This status changehalves your stats, making your offense and defense both significantly worse.
Technically speaking, Galgalim Eyes usesalmighty magic, making it all but impossible to avoid. You can avoidenervation with passive skills, but the damage itself is unavoidable.
Mute Ray
A multi-faceted attack,Mute Raywill hurt if it hits. Not only does itsap some of your HP and SP over to Shadow Naoto, but you also run the risk of being afflicted withsilence.
Silence renders the party member afflicted with itunable to use their Persona. If they don’tdefault to physical moves, they maywaste turns trying to use magic.
The HP and SP are easy enough to recover, but be sure todeal with silence early, as it can and will rob you of a precious few turns.
However, by deploying aMagic Mirroror castingMakarakarnat just the right point, you canreflect Mute Ray back at Shadow Naoto.
The status affliction is the same to her as it is to your team. If Mute Ray hits Shadow Naoto, thenshe can’t use her Persona, either.She may waste turns trying, or she may default to her buffs and debuffs.
Element Zero
Element Zerois likely where you’ll run into trouble with this fight, as this movecancels your elemental resistances, making every offensive magic move fair game for Naoto.
When this happens,all your affinities are changed to regular, meaning that any move can hit anyone. This is when it’s more pivotal than ever tohave a healer in the party, as youwillbe taking damage here.
A good way to handle Shadow Naoto is by havingsomeone castingbuffs and debuffsin conjunction with their attacks.
Naoto’s Shadow has a fewmoves that can boost her stats, and in a fight where she’s already dealing a lot of damage, you definitely don’t want her hitting you any harder than normal.
Recommended Party Setup
For the fight against Naoto’s Shadow in P4G, we’d recommend bringinga healer, Kanji,andeither Yosuke or Chie. No matter who’s with you, we suggest being aroundLv. 50-55to deal with Shadow Naoto.
If eitherYosuke or Chiehave theirsecond-form Personas,choose them over the other, as both of their final Personas will havechanged affinities.
Yosuke’sevolved Persona,Susano-o, has no electric weakness, resists fire, and nullifies wind magic entirely. On the other hand,Chie’sevolved Persona,Suzuka Gongen, has no more fire weakness and now nullifies ice instead of just resisting it.
Regardless,Kanji is something of a must, as you’ll likely find that he doesmost of the damageduring this fight.
This is because, while Shadow Naoto doesn’t have anyweaknesses,she does have ahidden soft spot against electric attacks.
Naoto’s Shadow takes125 percent damage from electric moves, so while it’s not a full weakness, it’s definitely something to exploit in the fight.
As forYukiko or Teddie, their elemental magic will be of no limited here, butas ahealer, she’ll be a main feature on your team.
Shadow Naoto has-dyne skills of every affinityand is more than capable oftargeting your team’s weaknesses, so don’t be afraid to have your healer focus solely on your team’s HP instead of Shadow Naoto.
Yukikowill learnAmritawhen you’ve reachedRank 6ofher social link, which can cure status ailments for your party.
Teddie, on the other hand, will learn it when he reachesLv. 61.
Finally, your best bet foryour own Personaswould be to bring one thathas no elemental weaknesses. The majority ofShadow Naoto’s attacksareelemental in nature, so being able to hold your own against magic is pivotal.
And since she has a full range of magic with which to attack your party, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when she may use what if she’s not targeting a weakness. If you can help it, simplydon’t give her a weakness to targetwhen Element Zero isn’t active.
And if you candouble that upwith aPersona that knows electric magic, even better!Tam Linis a great example, but you may’t fuse it until you’ve reachedLv. 53, so be prepared.
