Although your SEES teammates are capable of impressive damage outputs, inPersona 3 Portable, it’s up to your protagonist to cover any gaps in your elemental coverage. But with three kinds of physical attacks, six different elements, and almighty damage on top of it all, there’s quite a lot to keep track of as you fill out your P3P Compendium.

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We’ve compiled this guide to help you choose the best Personas for each element in P3P to help you cover it all, breaking down each kind of damage and helping you find the strongest P3P Personas for every element.

This guide contains slight spoilers for elements of Persona 3 Portable.

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A Note On Skill Cards

Below, we’ve detailed thestrongest P3P Personasbased entirely onwhat they know on fusion or will learn with level progression.

That said,Skill Cardsare invaluable in teaching Personasnew moves that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to learn, and you’renot restricted by elements or levelswhen giving a Skill Card to a Persona.

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Plenty of Personasgive Skill Cards upon reaching set levelsthat canteach another Persona one of the moves the first Persona knows.

You can see which move they’ll give you under their photo on their information screen. As soon as this Persona reaches the level listed, they’llgive you the skill cardmentioned on their info screen.

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Bysaving your strongest cards, you can Frankenstein something of a super Persona, sinceany Persona can learn any move by using the Skill Cardfor said move.

If this is your play style, the guide below offers a goodbase from which to begin using your Cards. The Personas below have thestrongest attacks of their innate elementalready, so they’ll only grow stronger from there with your use of Skill Cards.

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Best Slash Attack Persona

Your reward for completing theFool arcanaand seguing the SEES Team’s social link into the Nyx Annihilation Team in November is the maxing of the Fool social link, which comes with the ability to fuse its Ultimate Persona -Susano-o.

While there are a handful of other Personas that learn its most powerful move,Brave Blade, we gave this spot to Susano-o for itsaffinitiesandadditional physical abilities.

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Not only is Susano-oimmune to pierce damage, it alsoresists wind and electricity, and it learnsRepel StrikeatLv. 83. With these things combined, it makes Susano-ostrong against or immune to four damage types. ItsTetrakarncan cover slash and strike, too, if need be, offering additional resistances.

Meanwhile, Susano-o knowstwo slash attacks - Brave BladeandVorpal Blade- that are supplemented byRegenerate 3to keep the HP cost down on these skills.

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Vorpal Blade(Lv. 85)

Effect

Heavy slash damage to all foes that does 1.5x damage if the user is inGreat condition

Severe slash damage to one foe

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Vorpal Blade

Heavy slash damage to all foes that does 1.5x damage if the user is in Great condition

Regenerate 3

Restores 6% of the user’s HP before each turn they take in battle

Reflects damage inflicted by strike attacks

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Best Strike Attack Persona

AnotherUltimate Persona, you’ll gain access toMelchizedekafter completing the final ranking of yourJustice social linkwith eitherChihiro or Ken.

Although there are several fantastic striking Personas in P3P that learn God’s Hand, we gave the title to Melchizedek because of thevariety of his strike moves, hisaffinities, and hisheart item.

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God’s Handis P3P’ssevere strike damagemove, the best of thethree individual strike movesMelchizedek knows.Akasha Artsis also a great move, though, as it dealsheavy strike damage either once or twice to all foes.

This is all in conjunction withWeapons Master, whichdoubles damage dealt with a weapon.

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In terms of affinities, not only does itreflect light, it alsoresists strike damageas well as it dishes it out. While it does beginweak to dark magic, Melchizedek learnsRepel DarkatLv. 65to cancel this andredirect the insta-kill back to the user.

Auto-Mataru(Lv. 68)

Applies an automatic Matarukaja at the beginning of battle to increase the party’s attack for three turns

Null light

Severe strike damage to one foe

Akasha Arts

Heavy strike damage to all foes that lands either once or twice

Damage dealt by a weapon is doubled

Repel Dark

Reflects dark magic insta-kills back at the user and can potentially insta-kill them instead

Auto-Mataru

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Best Pierce Attack Persona

Shivais the only Persona capable of learning the strongest pierce damage-dealing move,Pralaya.And not only does Pralaya dosevere pierce damage to all foes, it also has a50 percent chance to inflict fear.

Equipped with a strayMaziodyneas well that may leave foesshocked, Shiva shines when allowed to dostatus ailment movesin addition to his pierce damage. He’s also able to useSexy Dance, which has a40 percent chance to charm each foe.

But Shiva’s help doesn’t end once the fight itself is finished. WithVictory Cry, you’ll findyour protagonist’s HP and SPhave both beenfully restored after battle.

Finally, Shiva is one of several Personas able to be fused to aNihil Weaponin order to craft a powerful new one. Fusing Shiva to one createsPinaka, which gives+10 to all stats.

Pralaya(Lv. 89)

Severe pierce damage to all foes with a 50% chance to inflict fear as well

Heart Item

Rundra Ring(Accessory)

The HP cost to use physical damage moves is halved for the wearer

What Makes Them the Best?

Pralaya

Victory Cry

Fully restores your protagonist’s HP and SP following a victorious battle

Enduring Soul

Fully restores your protagonist’s HP once during battle after an attack that would otherwise have killed them

40% chance to inflict charm to each foe

Best Fire Persona

Surtis theUltimate Persona of the Magician arcana, covered by your social link with eitherJunpei or Kenji, and can be fused beginning atLv. 52.

The only Persona capable of thestrongest fire magic attackin P3P, Surt’s access toRagnarokmakes it your heaviest-hitting fire-user. This move dealssevere fire damage to one foe, which is boosted when Surt learnsFire AmpatLv. 59, effectivelydoubling the damage.

And Surt not onlydealsfire damage, but it alsodrains fire damagedone by enemy shadows. Just beware of itsweakness to ice, and you’ll be in great shape.

Heavy fire damage to one foe

Null fire

Severe fire damage to one foe

Heavy fire damage to all foes

Strengthens fire magic by 50%

Best Ice Persona

Skadiis innately one of the strongest ice-using Personas in the entirety of the series. It can be fused beginning atLv. 80.

Once again the only Persona capable of learning a severe-level damage-dealing move of its element, Skadi learnsNiflheimatLv. 86.This hefty move not only doessevere ice damage, but it’s alsoguaranteed to freeze the enemyif the attack lands.

Like many other high-level Personas, Skadi isinitially weak to fire magic, but it will learnAbsorb FireatLv. 84to negate this.

Drains damage done by fire magic

Niflheim

Severe ice damage to one foe with a 100% chance to inflict freeze

Heavy ice damage to all foes

Boosts the damage done by ice magic by 50%

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Best Electric Persona

TheUltimate Persona of the Emperor Arcanareflected in your social link withHidetoshi at Student Council,Odincan be fused beginning atLv. 57.

Unlike the rest of the Personas that learn the severe-level moves of their element, Odin does not learn to negate hiswind weaknessat any point on his own.

Don’t let that stop you, though. Between accessories and cards, you can negate this damage on your own if it’s truly a hindrance.

Additionally, Odin can befused to a Nihil Weaponby visitingShinshoudo Antiques. This fusion will result in you receivingGungnir, Odin’sspear of legendfrom Norse mythology.

Boosts the damage done by electric magic by 50%

Increases the power of healing magic

Thunder Reign

Severe electric damage to one foe with a 100% chance to inflict shock

Maziodyne

Heavy electric damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict shock

Spell Master

The SP cost to the user for every magic attack is halved

Best Wind Persona

Though you’ll need to be patient, as it’s theUltimate Persona of the Fortune Arcanawith eitherKeisuke or Ryoji,Nornis well worth the wait.

When you fuse Norn beginning atLv. 62, it will already know itsmost powerful wind moveinnately -Panta Rhei, which dealssevere wind damage to one foe.

While you’ll need tomind its electrical weaknessat first, atLv. 69, Norn learns the passive skill,Absorb Elec, to change their electrical weakness into a steady way to restore its own health if attacked with electrical magic.

Regenerate 3(Lv. 70)

Severe wind damage to one foe

Heavy wind damage to all foes

Invigorate 3

Restores 7 SP to the user before each turn they take in battle

Boosts the damage done by wind magic by 50%

Drains damage done by electric attacks

Best Light Magic Persona

Not only is fusing it one of theVelvet Room requests, butDaisoujouis incomparable when it comes to light magic in Persona 3 Portable.

While the insta-kill magic can be helpful no matter who uses it, Daisoujou is a prime choice.Samsarais a multi-target version of a light insta-kill move that has a base45 percent chance of success.

This is only made more intense after Daisoujou learnsHama Boostonce it reachesLv. 59, whichdoubles the effectiveness of its insta-kill magic.

Not only doesDaisoujou block light magicand cannot be insta-killed by it, but it’s alsostrong against strike damage. While it does start offweak to darkness, Daisoujou learnsNull DarkatLv. 58to cancel this weakness.

Finally, Daisoujou knowsGrowth 3, meaning you don’t need to put it into battle in order for it to gain EXP after fights, as Growth 3gives Daisoujou EXP as if it had been in the fightregardless of whether it actually was.

Fully restores HP to one ally

45% chance to insta-kill all foes using light magic

40% chance to insta-kill one foe using light magic

Doubles the success rate of light insta-kill moves

Daisoujou cannot be insta-killed by dark magic moves

Growth 3

Daisoujou will gain the EXP shown on screen after each battle, regardless of whether it made an appearance in the fight

Best Dark Magic Persona

Another Persona requested of you by your Velvet Room attendant,Aliceis one of few Personas who isn’t the Ultimate of her arcana that isn’t made immediately obsolete by the fusion Ultimate Persona of her arcana.

This is because Alice is theonly Persona with access to Die for Me!, a skill which has a45 percent chance to insta-kill all foes with dark magic.

The likelihood of this being successful is doubled when she later learnsMudo BoostatLv. 62, whichdoubles the effectiveness of dark magic.

Doubles the effectiveness of dark magic insta-kill moves

45% chance to insta-kill each foe with dark magic

Alice will now reflect dark magic back at her attacker, possibly insta-killing them with the move

Steals 20 SP from one foe

40% chance to inflict fear to one foe

Best Persona For Almighty Damage

As theUltimate Persona of the Star Arcanareflecting your relationship withAkihiko Sanada,Helelcan be fused beginning atLv. 88.

This is a high barrier to entry, but the wait is worth it. In Persona 3 Portable, Helel is theonly Persona capable of learningMorning Star, which doesmassivealmighty damage. Helel learns this move atLv. 91.

Coupled with Morning Star, Helel also innately knowsMind Chargeto double the damage done by its next magic attack. This applies to Morning Star, too, so the combination ofMind Charge followed by Morning Starat Helel’s already high base levelcan be immediately lethal.

In terms of affinities, while Helel isweak to ice, itresists all physical damageon top of completelyblocking light damage. It can even learnAbsorb SlashatLv. 92, which allows it todrain slash damageinstead of simply resisting it.

You’ll even have access topierce and fire damage, as well as theSalvationskill to fully cure the party of ailments and restore their HP.

Drains damage done by slash attacks

Massive almighty damage to all foes

The user’s next magic attack deals double damage

Salvation

Fully replenishes the party’s HP and cures them of any ailments except Downed or KO

Orpheus Telos - Your Ultimate Persona

Though it requires quite a lot of work to unlock.Orpheus Telos is the Ultimate Personafor your protagonist in Persona 3 Portable.

Orpheus Telos isstrong against every element except almighty, meaning it takes negligible damage from each element in P3P.

There are, however, two caveats to fusing Orpheus Telos: you first need tomax every social linkin P3P, and thencreate Orpheus Telos’ move set yourself.

You unlock the ability to fuse Orpheus Telos after finishing your last social link. We’ve got a complete, separateguide to doing so, as this is no small feat in P3P.