As you head off to face the last Full Moon Shadow during the November Full Moon Operation in Persona 3 Reload, you’ll first need to contend with two large, consistent thorns in the SEES team’s sides – Takaya Sakaki and Jin Shirato of Strega, coming to try to stop your operation.
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PostsThese two don’t want SEES to eliminate the Dark Hour, appealing that having Personas isn’t a bad thing and implying that SEES is selfish in their desire. You’ll need to pick the right party members to avoid them exploiting weaknesses to take Takaya and Jin out before facing the Shadow.
Takaya And Jin Full Moon Operation Overview
When you head out to begin the twelfth and final Full Moon operation with the battle against Arcana Hanged Man on 11/3, Fuuka tells the group she senses two additional presences - remaining Strega members, Takaya and Jin.
You'll choose your party at the dorm like normal, but when you head to the Moonlight Bridge to dispatch the Shadow, you find them there before you, ready to give it everything they've got to stop you from stopping the Dark Hour. After some more prose from Takaya, it's time to battle the two of them at once.
Takaya And Jin Full Moon Party Recommendations
Aigis
- Powerful physical damage, to which Takaya and Jin have no resistances.
- Using these HP-based moves charges Aigis' Theurgy gauge faster.
- Party-wide buff skills that can help boost the team's stats during battle.
- Her Theurgy, Orgia Mode, prioritizes heavy damage moves for three turns.
Yukari
- Healing magic for both individual party members and the entire team at once.
- Using her healing magic charges Yukari's Theurgy gauge faster.
- Me Patra or Amrita Drop to handle any potential Confusion Jin may inflict.
- Good Wind magic, learning Garudyne at Lv. 50.
Akihiko
- Strong Electric magic, learning Ziodyne at Lv. 54.
- Powerful physical damage that draws on his HP instead of SP.
- Party-wide buffs for your team.
- Buffing the team charges Akihiko's Theurgy gauge faster.
- Party-wide debuffs for Takaya and Jin.
- His Theurgy is a multi-target move, able to hit both Takaya and Jin at once.
Takaya's Affinity Chart In P3R
Affinities and Weaknesses
Slash
Strike
Pierce
Fire
Ice
Elec.
Wind
Light
Dark
Almi.
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Repel
Drain
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Attacks and Skills
Eigaon
Heavy Dark damage to one foe.
Maeigaon
Heavy Dark damage to all foes.
Hamaon
Medium chance to insta-kill one foe using Light magic.
Kougaon
Medium Light damage to one foe.
Gigantic Fist
Heavy Strike damage to one foe.
Jin's Affinity Chart In P3R
Affinities and Weaknesses
Slash
Strike
Pierce
Fire
Ice
Elec.
Wind
Light
Dark
Almi.
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Repel
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Repel
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Attacks and Skills
Heat Riser
Boosts one ally's attack, defense, accuracy, and evasion stats.
Flash Grenade
Deals physical damage to all foes with a chance to inflict Confuse.
Frag Grenade
Deals Fire damage to one foe using Jin's Strength stat.
Lightning Grenade
Deals Electric damage to one foe using Jin's Strength stat.
If Jin uses Heat Riser, it'll be on Takaya instead of himself so long as Takaya is in battle.
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PostsTakaya And Jin Battle Guide
When the battle first begins, everyone on your team gets one action before Takaya and Jin get theirs, so knowing their affinities and moves ahead of time with our charts above is helpful to avoid wasting time. In general, you'll need to avoid Fire, Light, and Dark magic, but everything else damages these two normally.
Jin is the weaker of the two but often spends his turns using his buff moves to help Takaya instead of himself, a devoted follower if ever Takaya had one. Takaya, meanwhile, will perpetually be on the offensive, meaning you'll need to concentrate on inflicting heavy damage to move this fight along.
An additional frustration for this part is that not only does Takaya use insta-kill skills that can immediately KO a teammate if they land, but Jin's Flash Grenade attack has a high chance of leaving your teammates Confused. Having not only Homonculi on hand, but also moves or items that dispel Confusion are essential.
CloseAfter you've chipped away and depleted roughly a quarter of their health, the pair reveal to your team that they can also perform Shifts, allowing them to take better advantage of striking your team's weak points to inflict maximum damage in tandem exactly like your team.
During this stage, it's more important than at any other point in the battle to be selective about the Personas your protagonist is using. Careful teammate selection protects your partners, but your protagonist carries the affinities of the Persona he currently has equipped, so be mindful that that Persona isn't weak to Fire, Light, or Dark magic.
Not only will that offer Takaya a weakness to exploit, but with him using insta-kill spells and weakness to Light and Dark magic seeming to factor into how effective those are, don't leave yourself vulnerable to potentially fatal attacks.
As long as they're not exploiting your team's weaknesses, though, Takaya and Jin will still only get their regular turns, so don't let them hit your weaknesses and you'll force them into an outright exchange of damage. From there, lay into them with everything you've got and sit back for the finishing cutscene before heading onto fight Hanged Man as you originally planned.
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