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Everything you and the rest of the SEES Team have been working for so far inPersona 3 Portablehas led to this – the final Full Moon Operation. After a brief detour to handleTakaya and Jinfrom Strega on your way to the fight, it’s finally time to take on your last super-powerful shadow and get rid of the Dark Hour once and for all.
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But as the final Full Moon shadow, the Hanged Man is definitely not going down without a fight. For help with the Hanged Man and its Devious Mayas, follow along with our guide below.
As the final of your Full Moon Operations, we avoid them where we can, but this guide may still contain spoilers for Persona 3 Portable.
Hanged Man Battle Setup
You encounter Arcana Hanged Man on11/3, almost immediately following your battle with Takaya and Jin from Strega.
Thankfully, you’re able to restructure your party before engaging in the second fight of the night.
Recommended Party
For this battle against Arcana Hanged Man in P3P, we usedJunpei, Yukari, and Aigis.
We detail our battle strategy much more a bit further down in this guide, but you’ll want plenty ofstrong physical and wind movesin this battle.
Junpeinot only has plenty of options forphysical attacks, but he’s also gotMarakukajato boost the team’s defense and aresistance to fire magic, which may come into play in the battle ahead.
Not only canYukarihelp here with her amplewind magic(that’s bolstered by herhigh magic stat), Yukari also makes for one of the besthealerson the team.
Finally, whereAigisshines is in herpowerful physical moves. She can also help withbuffing the teamin the fight, but attacking is where she shines.
Aigis learnsHeat WaveatLv. 51, which dealsmedium strike damage to all foes, and you’ll be relying on multi-target physical and wind moves in this battle.
Additionally,Fatal Endcan help as well once Arcana Hanged Man is downed and in range.
BothYukari and Aigismay face trouble from theRight Maya, who knowselectric magic.
If you’re unable todispatch all three Mayas at once, focus on the Right Maya first to keep the two of them safe.
Recommended Level And Personas
Without any time to grind after the battle on your way here, yourlevel from the fight with Takaya and Jinwill carry over (unless the EXP from that battle leveled you up).
We recommended beingaround Lv. 50for that fight, and with Arcana Hanged Man atLv. 54and each of the Maya statues atLv. 48, you’ll be in pretty good shape. If you survived the battle with Takaya and Jin, you’ll be fine for the Hanged Man.
We wound up usingThorto handle the Devious Maya enemies quickly and neatly using theVicious Strikeattack that Thor knows innately upon fusion to dealheavy strike damage to all foes.
Partnered with its high strength stat, our Thor was able to kill all three Mayas with a single Vicious Strike.
Thor is an ultimate Persona. Before you can fuse him, you’ll need to havemaxed outyourChariot social linkwith eitherKazushiorRio, depending onyour protagonist.
If you don’t have access to Thor yet,let Aigis and Yukari handle the Mayasif you don’t have a similarly helpful multi-target move. It may take them a bit longer than Thor, but they’ll still get the job done.
Without Thor, bringany Persona with good physical and wind movesto contribute to those weaker spots, and you’ll have no trouble.
Hanged Man P3P Affinity Chart
Below, you’ll find full affinity charts not only for Arcana Hanged Man itself, but the three Devious Maya shadows that it will continue to summon until its defeat.
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 strike damage to all foes that lands 1–2 times
Severe strike damage to one foe
Standard attack dealing strike damage
Summon
Re-summons three Devious Maya statues if all are missing, or replaces one if at least Maya remains
Armed and Ready
Sacrifices one of the Devious Mayas in exchange for dealing heavy almighty damage to all foes
Left Maya’s Skills And Attacks
Standard attack dealing slash damage
Medium fire damage to one foe
Center Maya’s Skills And Attacks
Bufula
Medium ice damage to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict freeze
Right Maya’s Skills And Attacks
Zionga
Medium electric damage to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict shock
You’ll be fighting all four at one point or another, so come prepared to handle everything.
Arcana Hanged Man Battle Strategy
How To Take Out The Devious Mayas
One of the first things to keep in mind for your battle against Arcana Hanged Man is that,when the shadow is hanging, you cannot hit it.
To get it down, you’ll need to handle the threeDevious Mayastatues first. Consult the charts above, aseach Maya has a slightly different affinity.
This means that you may have ahard time using multi-target movesin one ofthese three elements, depending on which of the Mayas are still alive when you use it.
However, you’ll need toget rid of the Mayas to get Hanged Man to fall.
Once it’s on the ground, you can thenattack Arcana Hanged Manbefore it hangs itself again andre-summons the Mayasto effectively restart the cycle.
The fastest way around Maya’s mismatched affinities is to focus onphysical, wind, or almighty attacksin this fight, especially if they’remulti-target versions.
The Mayas aredamaged normallyby anything they don’t directly nullify, so a powerful attack of one of these elements could possibly take them all out at once.
Keep your eye out for Hanged Man’s use ofArmed and Readyas well when the Mayasarein play.
Arcana Hanged Man can opt tosacrifice one of the Mayasto hit your team withheavy almighty damage, an element against which you can’t really block.
How To Deal Damage To The Hanged Man
However,Hanged Man fallsinto your team’s attack range onceall three Mayas are gone. When it falls, it automatically sets you up for anAll-Out Attack, so lay one on it to begin your direct assault strong with a good chunk of damage.
After the All-Out Attacked, Hanged Man willstay on the ground until it re-summons the Mayas. Unless you’re in dire straits,focus on attacking while it’s downto deal as much damage as possible while you can and save healing for later.
This is youronly chance to damage Arcana Hanged Man directly, so lob your heaviest attacks at it during this stage of the battle.Hanged Man is damaged normally by everything but light and dark, so use this to your advantage and use your strongest spells.
However, it won’t be long before the Hanged Man usesSummonto bring back the Mayas andget itself back in the air, beginning the entire process again.
This means that the trick to the battle is in itsrepetition. Once you have apatterndown forgetting rid of the Mayasand thenlaying into Hanged Man, simply repeat it as needed until the final Full Moon shadow finally goes down.
Congrats ondefeating your final Full Moon shadow! Strap in for some cutscenes after the battle is done, though, asthe second part of P3Pis only just beginning…
