Persona games always center around a group of high school kids facing something much larger than themselves, and in Persona 3 Reload, assembling the right party for certain fights can be the difference between life and game over. Your teammates level up alongside you in Tartarus, fighting faithfully by your side.
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PostsAs you progress through P3R, you’ll not only power up the friends that are already in your active SEES team for crawls through Tartarus, you’ll also meet new SEES teammates and adding their various skills to your party to assemble one hell of a Full Moon Shadow operation crew.
Updated on Updated on September 14, 2024: With the launch of Episode Aigis and the arrival of a new Persona 3 Reload Party Member, we're back to update our guide to include info on Metis and her Persona Psyche.
This guide contains spoilers for Persona 3 Reload.
Yukari Takeba
Yukari may not have too much in the way of physical strength (which can be improved with the right, most powerful weapons), but what she lacks in might, she makes up for with a high Magic stat. A huge draw of Yukari is as a healer, since she learns several healing spells that recover HP during tough battles, heal almost every status ailment, and it's not far into the game before Recarm gives her the chance to revive fallen teammates.
On the offensive, though, Yukari's high Magic stat also means she deals pretty good Wind damage when she doesn't have any healing duties to attend.
Yukari's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Garu
Light Wind damage to one foe.
Dia
Restores a small amount of HP to one party member.
Patra
Dispels Distress, Confuse, Charm, Rage, or Fear for one ally.
-
Pulinpa
Chance to inflict Panic to one foe.
12
Media
Restores a small amount of HP to all party members.
14
Magaru
Light Wind damage to all foes.
17
Sukunda
Decreases one foe's accuracy and evasion for three turns.
21
Diarama
Restores a medium amount of HP to one party member.
24
Garula
Medium Wind damage to one foe.
27
Recarm
Revives a fallen ally with 50% of their HP.
30
Wind Break
Nullifies an enemy's resistance to Wind damage for three turns.
33
Me Patra
Dispels Distress, Confuse, Charm, Rage, or Fear for all allies.
37
Magarula
Medium Wind damage to all foes.
40
Mediarama
Restores a medium amount of HP to all party members.
43
Poison Mist
Medium chance to poison all foes.
46
Amrita Drop
Cures all ailments besides KO for one ally.
50
Garudyne
Heavy Wind damage to one foe.
53
Diarahan
Heals one teammate back to full HP.
56
Samerecarm
Revives one fallen teammate with full HP.
59
Masukunda
Decreases all foes' accuracy and evasion for three turns.
62
Amrita Shower
Heals all ailments except KO for all party members.
66
Magarudyne
Heavy Wind damage to all foes.
70
Mediarahan
Completely restores the entire party's HP.
74
Wind Amp
Boosts damage done by Wind magic considerable, that cna stack.
Junpei Iori
Brash, bold, and perhaps a little bit too flirty, Junpei Iori introduces himself as soon as you get to Gekkoukan High and wastes no time becoming a highly valuable teammate for his physical might.
Sure, Junpei has access to an expanding selection of Fire magic, but with his high Strength stats, it's typically in dealing physical damage where he shines the most. With physical attacks of all varieties on deck throughout Junpei's level progresson, stacking his attack list with HP-consuming physical damage moves may be a good play.
Don't neglect his Fire magic too much, though, since his offensive stats are fairly balanced in comparison to his teammates. This almost-as-steady grasp on magic damage means he's reliable when it's time to exploit enemy weakness, and paired with stat moves, Junpei is a pretty versatile teammate.
Junpei's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Power Slash
Weak Slash damage to one foe.
Agi
Light Fire damage to one foe.
Bash
Weak Strike damage to one foe.
10
Rakukaja
Increases one ally's defense for three turns.
13
Vacuum Slash
Weak Slash damage to all foes.
16
Counter
10% chance to reflect physical damage.
18
Assault Dive
Light Strike damage to one foe.
22
Maragi
Light Fire damage to all foes.
25
Torrent Shot
Weak Pierce damage to one foe that hits 2–4 times.
29
Agilao
Medium Fire damage to one foe.
33
Counterstrike
15% chance to reflect physical damage. (Does not stack.)
36
Fire Break
Nullifies all enemies' resistance to Fire magic for three turns.
40
Blade of Fury
Weak Slash damage to all foes that hits 2-4 times.
44
Shift Boost
Attack raises by 10% after another party member shifts to Junpei.
47
Gigantic Fist
Heavy Strike damage to one foe.
51
Marakukaja
Increases the party's defense for three turns.
54
Deathbound
Heavy Slash damage to all foes.
57
High Counter
15% chance to repel physical damage.
60
Agidyne
Heavy Fire damage to one foe.
67
Regenerate 3
Junpei recovers 6% of his HP after each of his turns in battle.
71
Brave Blade
Severe Slash damage to one foe.
75
Vorpal Blade
Severe Slash damage to all foes.
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PostsAkihiko Sanada
The incredibly popular championship boxer, Akihiko Sanada, has technically been in SEES longer than you have, but he formally joins your party on 5/23 as the team wraps their first school exams and heads into a new block of Tartarus.
With an incredible Strength stat powering up his selection of powerful physical attack moves when using his Persona, Polydeuces, it can be easy to overlook that he's also incredibly adept with Electric magic. He joins the team with Mazio, which may be your first access to multi-target moves.
And as an athlete with a penchant for keeping up his physical training, Akihiko also has great defense, accuracy, and evasion, bringing all the biggest strengths of his high-profile boxing career from the ring with him to dish out to the Shadows in Tartarus.
In terms of his affinities, Akihiko resists Electric moves, but he's quite weak to Ice.
Akihiko's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Zio
Light Electric damage to one foe.
Sonic Punch
Light Strike damage to one foe.
Mazio
Light Electric damage to all foes.
-
Tarunda
Decreases one foe's attack for three turns.
-
Sukukaja
Increases one ally's accuracy and evasion for three turns.
17
Shock Boost
Higher chance to inflict Shock when using Electric magic.
21
Sukukaja
Increases one ally's accuracy and evasion for three turns.
24
Diarama
Restores a medium amount of HP to one ally.
28
Zionga
Medium Electric damage to all foes.
32
Elec Boost
A passive skill that increases damage dealt by Electric moves.
35
Elec Break
Nullifies all foes' resistance to Electric damage for three moves.
39
Gigantic Fist
Heavy Strike damage to one foe.
42
Mazionga
Medium Electric damage to all foes.
46
Matarunda
Decreases all foe's attack stat for three turns.
51
Masukukaja
Increases the party's accuracy and evasion for three turns.
54
Ziodyne
Heacy Electric damage to one foe.
58
Diarahan
Heals one party member to full HP.
62
Evade Ice
Increases evasion against Ice magic.
67
Maziodyne
Heavy Electric damage to all foes.
72
God's Hand
Severe Strike damage to one foe.
75
Elec Amp
A passive skill to further increase damage done by Electric magic, that can stack.
You can take advantage of Akihiko's high Strength stat further with different weaponry throughout the game. Interestingly, you'll watch the boxing gloves you equip him with change during end screens in Tartarus.
Mitsuru Kirijo
While you'll begin Persona 3 Reload with Mitsuru Kirijo as your team's navigator while you're inside Tartarus, the further up you go in the tower, the tougher it becomes for her to contact you guys. And after the second Full Moon brings a new nav person to the team, Mitsuru joins your party on 6/13.
She and her Persona, Pentheselia, bring with them a strikingly high Magic stat to cash in on the wide array of spells Mitsuru brings to the battlefield. Her powerful Ice magic should strike fear into your enemies, especially since she joins the party with Bufula, the medium-damage dealing Ice move, and may once again be the first in your party to have access to one because of it.
Outside her chilling Ice magic, Mitsuru also has access to an array of status ailment-inflicting moves throughout her leveling progression. Providing the team with the ability to inflict ailments like Charm or Confuse can turn the tide of a battle against a Shadow who just won't let up. Outside that, she also picks up a few stat boost and healing moves along the way, too.
In battle, you'll find that though she's weak to Fire magic, she resists Ice.
Mitsuru's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Bufu
Light Ice damage to one foe.
Mabufu
Light Ice damage to all foes.
Rakunda
Decrease one foe's defense for three turns.
Marin Karin
High chance to inflict Charm one foe.
21
Bufula
Medium Ice damage to one foe.
24
Eerie Sound
Medium chance to inflict Distress to all foes.
27
Fatal End
Medium Slash damage to one foe.
30
Spirit Drain
Drains 20SP from one enemy and restores Mitsuru's SP with it.
33
Ice Break
Nullifies all foes' Ice resistance for three turns.
35
Tentarafoo
Medium chance to inflict Confuse to all foes.
38
Mabufula
Medium Ice damage to all foes.
41
Ice Boost
Ice magic deals additional damage.
47
Freeze Boost
Higher chance to inflict Freeze when using Ice magic.
51
Bufudyne
Heavy Ice damage to one foe.
55
Concentrate
The next magic attack deals more than double damage.
59
Marakunda
Decreases all foes' defense for three turns.
63
Ailment Boost
Ailments are more likely to be successfully inflicted.
67
Mabufudyne
Heavy Ice damage to all foes.
73
Diamond Dust
Severe Ice damage to one foe.
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PostsFuuka Yamagishi
Feeling more like a party member than she ever used to, your bullied classmate Fuuka Yamagishi takes over for Mitsuru following the second Full Moon operation to become your party's navigator as you continue to climb higher into Tartarus, able to help the team by guiding you along and scanning Shadows for their affinities.
Not only does this ability, Full Scan, provide a peek into what attacks most of your enemies will have access to, it also helps you prepare by showing you the Shadow's complete affinity chart. However, you'll need to wait one complete turn in battle and then expend 35 SP per scan to have Fuuka provide the reading.
However, Fuuka now learns additional support moves to help you further in Tartarus, like allowing you to become invisible to most Shadows (outside strong ones and Gatekeepers), buff your stats before a fight, and more. The downside of this is that Fuuka's support moves all cost SP, and you'll need to replenish hers like any other teammate with items if you'd like to use them for a longer period.
Fuuka's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Full Scan
After a full turn has elapsed in battle, Fuuka can completely scan an enemy, providing a full affinity chart.
20
Jammer
Shadows around Tartarus will not see you as you run around, an effect that only lasts on your current floor.
Note: Tough Shadows and Gatekeepers are the exception to this skill and can see you regardless.
25
Power Up
The team begins the next battle on that floor or the next with vastly improved stats.
38
Shock Noise
Renders all Shadows on the current floor of Tartarus Dazed at the start of battle.
51
Escape Route
Fuuka can bring the party back to the entrance of Tartarus at any time.
64
Tartarus Search
Fuuka can map the entire current floor of Tartarus, providing a full map and a shortcut to the stairs.
Aigis
After you've gone to Yakushima just before the summer break, you'll add a new teammate to your party upon arriving back in Port Island: Aigis, the anti-Shadow machine who's oddly drawn to your protagonist when you meet her at the beach.
She becomes a proper party member beginning 7/24, with the conversation triggering the next time you visit Tartarus after your return from the beach. When you add Aigis to your party, you'll have access to plentiful support skills to help buff the party during battle. While they start as single-target moves, leveling Aigis up graduates these to multi-target versions.
Offensively, it should come as no surprise that Aigis has a high Strength stat and a wealth of physical attack moves, both single and multi-target, and often capable of dealing almost every type of physical damage depending on the moves you have her keep as she levels up.
As an Anti-Shadow machine, Aigis resists Pierce damage, but man, does she deal it out herself with her default attack. Just be mindful of her weakness to Electric skills.
Aigis' Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Arrow Rain
Weak Pierce damage to all foes that lands 1-4 times.
Swift Strike
Weak Strike damage to all foes that lands 1-2 times.
Tarukaja
Increases one ally's defense for three turns.
Rakukaja
Increases one ally's attack for three turns.
Dekunda
Nullifies any stat defuffs for all allies.
30
Cruel Attack
Medium pierce damage to one foe, dealing more damage if the foe is Down.
33
Diarama
Restores a medium amount of HP to one ally.
36
Fast Heal
Aigis recovers from status ailments in less time.
40
Marakukaja
Increases the party's defense for three turns.
43
Myriad Arrows
Medium Pierce damage to all foes that lands 1–3 times.
46
Null Dizzy
Aigis cannot become Dizzy after attacks.
49
Matarukaja
Increases the party's attack damage for three turns.
53
Heat Wave
Medium Strike damage to all foes.
56
Diarahan
Heals one party member to full HP.
60
Insta-Heal
Aigis heals from a status ailment on her next turn.
64
Primal Force
Severe Pierce damage to one foe.
68
Enduring Soul
Aigis can survive one otherwise fatal blow with her HP fully restored.
72
Akasha Arts
Heavy Strike damage to all foes that lands 1–2 times.
76
Resist Phys
Aigis is now strong against all physical damage, nullifying Pierce entirely.
Koromaru
You'll meet Koromaru early in the summer in Persona 3 Reload, but on the night of 7/29, you'll dash to help Akihiko handle a Shadow only to learn that Koromaru already has - because Koromaru can use a Persona as well, and he did to defend Naganaki Shrine.
Koromaru moves into the dorms with you guys after he heals from the wounds he sustains in this battle, and he joins the party proper beginning on8/8. With him comes Cerberus, the infamous three-headed Hell Hound, capable of dealing solid amounts of Dark damage and able to use insta-kill Dark spells to handle foes in a snap.
Defensively, Koromaru is resistant to fire - which probably has to do with the Hell Hound thing - and is weak to Light magic.
Koromaru's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Eiga
Medium Dark damage to one foe.
Maeiga
Medium Dark damage to all foes.
Mamudo
Small chance to insta-kill one foe using Dark magic.
Maragion
Medium Fire damage to all foes.
Revolution
Increases the critical rate for everyone on the battlefield.
36
Mudoon
Medium chance to insta-kill one foe using Dark magic.
39
Getsu-ei
Medium Slash damage to one foe, dealing more damage near the full moon.
43
Virus Breath
Medium almighty damage with a chance to poison all foes.
46
Eigaon
Heavy Dark damage to one foe.
50
Soul Shift
Any ally Koromaru shifts to receives 5 SP.
53
Mamudoon
Medium chance to insta-kill one foe using Dark magic.
56
Maragidyne
Heavy Fire damage to all foes.
60
Tempest Slash
Heavy Slash damage to one foe that lands 1–2 times.
63
Masukukaja
Boosts the party's accuracy and evasion for three turns.
67
Maeigaon
Heavy Dark damage to all foes.
73
Dark Amp
Boosts damage done by Dark magic, that can stack.
77
Debilitate
Lowers one foe's attack, defense, accuracy, and evasion for three turns.
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After you meet him a few times around Port Island and he spends his summer staying with SEES at Iwatodai Dorms working with Ikutsuki to develop his potential, Ken officially joins SEES on 8/28.
Ken's first Persona is called Nemesis, and you'll find Ken relying on him often, even in his Theurgy attack. Nemesis has a broad range of abilities, specializing in Light magic but capable of dealing Electric damage, using a variety of support moves, and even occasionally capable of being left to healing duties during a fight.
As a Light Persona, though, Ken and Nemesis are weak to Dark attacks.
Ken's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Zionga
Medium Electric damage to one foe.
Kougaon
Heavy Light damage to one foe.
Mediarama
Replenishes a medium amount of HP to the entire party.
Makarakarn
Erects a magic wall that repels one magic attack.
Dekaja
Nullifies all stat buffs on all foes.
38
Makouga
Medium Light damage to all foes.
42
Tetrakarn
Erects a magic wall that repels one physical attack.
47
Samerecarm
Revives one fallen ally with full health.
51
Vile Assault
Heavy Pierce damage to one foe, dealing extra damage to a downed foe.
55
Ziodyne
Heavy Electric damage to one foe.
60
Mahamaon
Medium chance to insta-kill all foes using Light magic.
64
Mediarahan
Complete restores the party's HP.
68
Makougaon
Heavy Light damage to all foes.
72
Light Amp
Boosts Light magic by 50%, which can stack.
76
Heat Riser
Boosts one ally's attack, defense, accuracy, and evasion for three turns.
Shinjiro Aragaki
The final member of your group to join, and quite vocal about his disinterest in doing so, Shinjiro finally joins your team as a combatant after several months of badgering from Akihiko on 9/2, just a few days after Ken arrives. You may not have even gotten to try the younger of the two new additions out in Tartarus just yet before you've got another.
Bringing his Persona, Castor, who very closely resemble's Akihiko's Persona, Shinjiro is a true powerhouse of a teammate who specializes in strong Physical damage. The majority of his move pool is HP-based Slash and Strike moves that deal colossal amounts of damage, and he's even got the skills to power up his moves or endure fatal blows once per battle.
Interestingly enough, Shinjiro has no affinities - Castor isn't weak or strong against any element in particular, with each damage type doing normal damage to Shinjiro.
Shinjiro's Skills In Persona 3 Reload
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Fatal End
Medium Slash damage to one foe.
Blade of Fury
Medium Slash damage to all foes that lands 2-4 times.
Heat Wave
Medium Strike damage to all foes.
Bloody Charge
Shinjiro's next physical attack deals double damage.
Endure
Chance to survive an otherwise fatal attack with 1HP remaining.
41
Counterstrike
15% chance to reflect physical damage. (Does not stack.)
44
Regenerate 3
Restores 6% of Shinjiro's maximum HP after each turn.
Feel free to swap out teammates as the mood suits or the battle requires, but be sure to use the Clock in Tartarus to bring two teammates up to your level as you spend Twilight Fragments inside.
Metis (Episode Aigis Exclusive)
Exclusive to the Episode Aigis content included in the Persona 3 Reload Expansion Pass, Metis is another Anti-Shadow Weapon like Aigis. You'll have access to Metis as a teammate as soon as you're ready to begin exploring the first section in the Abyss of Time, the Malebolge door in the Desert of Doors.
Using weapons similar to Shinjiro, Metis deals Strike damage when attacking with her melee move. She's got great physical prowess in her Persona, Psyche, as well, with a higher Strength stat than Magic to bolster the number of Slash and Strike HP moves she learns along the way as you level her up with the rest of the group.
In terms of magic, though, Psyche still has great stats there, too, which gives more use to her single-target Ice and Wind skills. She rounds out her roster of moves with plenty of support skills, always eager to do what she can to help Aigis. Psyche has no weaknesses, which makes Metis a good choice for a majority of the fights in the DLC.
Metis' Skills In Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis
Level
Skill
Effect
(Innate)
Assault Dive
Medium Strike damage to one foe.
Fatal End
Medium Slash damage to one foe, low chance to inflict fear.
Bufula
Medium Ice damage to one foe.
Dekaja
Nullify stat boosts for all foes.
Tarukakja
Raise one ally's attack for three turns.
28
Marin Karin
High chance to Charm one foe.
31
Fast Heal
Metis recovers from ailments in half the time.
34
Garula
Medium Wind damage to one foe.
38
Herculean Strike
Heavy Strike damage to all foes.
42
Charge
Next physical attack deals more than double damage.
45
Deathbound
Heavy Slash damage to all foes.
49
Null Dizzy
Metis will not be impacted by the Dizzy ailment.
52
Gigantic Fist
Heavy Strike damage to one foe.
56
Matarukaja
Raise the party's attack stat for three turns.
59
Bufudyne
Heavy Ice damage to one foe with a chance to freeze.
63
Insta-Heal
Metis recovers from any status ailment on her next turn.
66
Garudyne
Heavy Wind damage to one foe.
69
Sexy Dance
Medium chance to to inflict Charm to all foes.
72
Akasha Arts
Heavy Strike damage to all foes that lands 1–2 times.
76
Enduring Soul
Metis may survive a fatal hit with her HP fully recovered.
79
Brave Blade
Severe Slash damage to one foe.
83
Resist Phys
Physical moves do less damage.
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