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Persona 5 Royaldramatically improved alotof things in thePersonaseries, and one of those overhauls was the combat system. Now more expansive and with even more elements than before, you’ve got plenty of options for the Thieves to dish up their damage.
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But with such a wide catalog of weaponry boosting either strength or stats, it can be overwhelming to attempt to find the best, but that’s where we come in! Whether you’re looking for raw offensive power in a weapon or a boost to your stats, our P5R weapons guide helps you pack the hardest punch.
This guide may contain slight spoilers for Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 Royal Weapons Overview
During the earliest stages of Persona 5 Royal, you’ll be relying on the stock atUntouchablesor theloot you find in palacesto equip the team. Each piece of weaponry has anattack stat, accuracy stat,and a potentialadditional effect.
Your Thieves all have two separate weapons to use for physical attacks – amelee weaponand aranged weapon. Melee weapons are things like swords and whips, while ranged weapons are your guns slingshots.
Melee weaponscan be usedindefinitely, while yourranged weapons require ammunition.
The weapons you get in these two ways are definitely good and will carry you through the earlier parts of the game, but as the story creeps on and the difficulty ramps up, you’ll quickly want to look formore powerful weapons in the late gameto accommodate.
Sacrifice Personas To Get Stronger Weapons
This is wherethe electric chair in the Velvet Roomcomes into play – in order to obtain the strongest weapons for you and your teammates, you mustsacrifice the Personas that yield said items.
During a fusion alarmin P5R, head to the Velvet Room, withdraw the requisite Persona if they’re not already in your stock, and select toItemize Persona. This will load the Persona you’ve chosen into theelectric chairand shock them to death, when they’ll leave behindany manner of items. Plenty of them leave behind weapons, and this is how you get thestrongest weapons in the game.
As you may suspect,stronger Personas yield stronger weaponswhen you sacrifice them.
This method of getting new weaponry willremove that Persona from your stockuntil you find, withdraw, or fuse it again, but it will also returnsome of the strongest weaponsin the entire game.
And although it’s Jokerperformingthese executions, you canuse the chair to get strong gear for your whole team.
How To Get The Ultimate Melee Weapons
Below, you’ll find the Personas you’ll need to sacrifice in order to obtain theheaviest-hitting melee weaponfor each of the Phantom Thieves.
316
98
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340
Reduces the chance of taking damage from dark magic
330
90
+50 SP
324
88
Boosts electric attacks
320
High chance to inflict freeze
High chance to inflict fear
95
Large boost to Makoto’s critical hit rate
345
86
+6 Magic and a high chance to inflict dizzy
360
High chance to inflict burn
365
High chance to inflict dizzy
We included both Paradise Lost RandPunish Dagger for Joker, sinceParadise Lost Rcan only be obtained in aNew Game Plus playthrough. It requires thefinal PersonaJoker obtains in the vanilla game -Satanael.
Therefore,you’ll have an easier time finding the Punish Daggerin your first game.
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How To Get The Ultimate Ranged Weapons And Guns
But don’t limit yourself to just melee weapons – you’re able to sacrifice Personas for some of theheaviest-hitting ranged weaponsfor each of the Thieves as well.
350
85
8
+6 to all stats
5
380
3
12
Medium chance to inflict despair
75
10
6
+11 to all stats
70
1
High chance to inflict shock
It’ll take some Compendium work in advance, especially since most of these arethe ultimate Personas of the listed social link, but these are some of the fastest ways to power up your team and deal more damage as you move into the endgame. Happy Thieving!
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