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Opinions on Persona 5 Social Links+Other
Okay so basically all of these are just my opinions on gameplay and such, and how I like to judge the characters from Persona 5. These were also first posted on a discord server, so, here goes.
Ryuji: Good if you have Charge and a heavy hitting phys move. Does electric attacks too but those aren't too strong, so he's just mainly a good hitter. Doesn't have any special outside of mementos/palace skills when ranking up but I love to have him on my team at all times. Wouldn't switch out with Makoto IMO. Good for adding attack buffs.
Ann: Good if you have Concentrate and and fire moves. Does fire moves as a priority. Blazing Hell is a godly move. Last healing move she gets is Diarahan, which fully heals one ally. No outside stuff outside of mementos/palace when ranking up. Wouldn't swap her out for anyone.
Morgana: Rly good healer. You automatically rank him up throughout the story. I swap him out for Makoto when I get the chance. Wind moves are his specialty with also a move that can knock down shadows. Don't personally like him as much but sometimes I swap him into the party if needed for healing.
Yusuke: Don't exactly use him in my party due to him being somewhat weak. Tried using but his ice attacks really didn't get us anywhere, but good for accuracy/evasion buffs I believe. His social link is good for getting skill cards for your personas, so that's the main reason why he usually gets to max in my playthroughs. He's never in my party. (If there's any way to get him stronger, please tell me. I'd like to try using him sometime.)
Makoto: Good for defense buffs, nuke attacks, and heavy hitting. She gets healing moves but they aren't as good IMO. I really don't have anything good to say about her. She has no outside skills out of the palaces/mementos.
Futaba: RANK HER TO MAX AS SOON AS YOU CAN. She's a great navigator, honestly. She'll give you buffs in battle and restore hp and sp. She'll also swap out dead party members for healthy ones during battle. She has no skills outside of mementos/palaces.
Haru: Great for Heat Riser and heavy hitting with psy attacks. Pretty sure she's a decent hitter with phys but I can't remember if she has any on her. I swap her out for Makoto the second I get her. She's just great for boss battles. Love her. She grows vegetables that will heal sp/hp.
Akechi: Ranks up during story. Don't bother buying any gear for him. He's good with debilitate when you have him, so he's good for the twin battle, so I recommend doing the twins and getting to lvl 99 when you have him if you wanna do that. You lose him after Sae's palace so don't get any gear for him unless you plan on using him for the Sae boss battle or twins, or just her palace in general. You never get him back on the team. and getting to lvl 99 when you have him if you wanna do that. You lose him after that palace so don't get any gear for him unless you plan on using him for the the boss battle or the secret battle, or just her palace in general. You never get him back on the team.
Now onto outside of palace/mementos social links:
Sojiro: Great social link for the curry and coffee unlock. Sucks that you have to wait a bit to get the rest of his social link up, though.
Takemi: Great for the medicine and SP Adhesive. Recommend getting her social link up for cheaper prices and more medicine/items. Those are important.
Iwai: Great for the guns/armor/weapons. Also Recommended getting her social link up for cheaper prices and being able to customize guns.
Chihaya: I never had a use for her in any of my playthroughs. Her abilities are good for the readings, though. It's great for deepening bonds with your other confidants, so that's a plus. Just be prepared to loose 100,000 though.
Ohya: Her abilities are great, especially if you have trouble sneaking around palaces. As she ranks up, the power of her ability increases until each time overnight, your security level drops to 0. So, if you're still learning how to sneak around and not get caught at this point, she's a good one to rank up.
Shinya: Down shot is a great ability to have. It lets you fulfill a mementos request, and it's great for shadows you want down, but have no weakness to anything and Morgana just isn't getting it knocked down. It also increases the number of bullets you can carry, and you can set off a warning shot to scare shadows in an interrogation. Great confidant.
Hifumi: Her abilities are amazing, honestly. It allows you to swap out party members, allows a chance for a backup member to do a follow-up attack, allows you to 100% escape enemies. It's a really great confidant to rank up when able to.
Mishima: The only thing I dislike about his confidant is that you have to do the mementos requests to rank him up. That's the only thing. The fact that his confidant will GREATLY increase the amount of EXP earned each battle, and allows backup members to earn EXP too, is great for people who keep swapping out party members. I love it.
Yoshida: His social like is nice for when I really need items/money or trying to complete the compendium. That's all I really have to say.
Sae: Don't have an opinion since her social link doesn't give any benefits, but her social link ranks up during gameplay.
Igor: Ranks up during gameplay. Need I say more? It's nice because his social link will greatly increase the arcane bursts and give you more persona slots.
Kawakami: Her social link is the best. Her ability to do your laundry, make you coffee, make you curry, AND give you a massage when you come back from mementos/palaces is amazing, honestly. Best confidant to have if you really need to get all that night stuff done.
And that's it. Thanks for reading. This is also my opinion about all the characters, so please don't- uh- get mad at me or anything-
Yusuke: Don't exactly use him in my party due to him being somewhat weak. Tried using but his ice attacks really didn't get us anywhere, but good for accuracy/evasion buffs I believe. His social link is good for getting skill cards for your personas, so that's the main reason why he usually gets to max in my playthroughs. He's never in my party. (If there's any way to get him stronger, please tell me. I'd like to try using him sometime.)Low lvl Yusuke is weak, but if you lvl up him right, he can be a good hitter like ryuji with good buffs, accuracy/evasion and also physical reflect, which is useful in a lot of battles ~
Oh, thanks. Might try using him instead of swapping him out for Makoto this run.Yusuke: Don't exactly use him in my party due to him being somewhat weak. Tried using but his ice attacks really didn't get us anywhere, but good for accuracy/evasion buffs I believe. His social link is good for getting skill cards for your personas, so that's the main reason why he usually gets to max in my playthroughs. He's never in my party. (If there's any way to get him stronger, please tell me. I'd like to try using him sometime.)Low lvl Yusuke is weak, but if you lvl up him right, he can be a good hitter like ryuji with good buffs, accuracy/evasion and also physical reflect, which is useful in a lot of battles ~