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Persona 3 Reloadwill have players exploring the Dark Hour and trying to climb to the top floor of Tartarus. Every few floors will be a difficult enemy known as a Gatekeeper, with these fights acting as checkpoints while exploring.
Persona 3 Reload: 10 Tips To Survive Tartarus
Tartarus will be the main dungeon in Persona 3 Reload, and players will spend a large portion of the game there; here’s how to survive.
While these fights won’t be as difficult as the Full Moon boss fights, they can still be quite challenging and will require players to think outside of the box and change up their strategy to win. The Controlling Partner and Dependent Partner are the Gatekeepers on the 91st floor of Tartarus.
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Controlling Partner & Dependent Partner Weaknesses
This fight can be difficult to get anAll-Out Attack,as the affinities for these enemies vary greatly. The Controlling Partner will be the more difficult enemy, as it hasno weaknesses and nulls Strike, Slash, Light, and Dark attacks.The Dependent Partnernulls all types of magic attacks but is weak to Piece attacks.The best party for this fight is theProtagonist, Yukari, Akihiko, and Aigis.
Persona 3 Reload: Classroom Questions & Answers (In-Progress)
Every few days of Persona 3 Reload will have the main character called on in class to answer a question; here are all the answers.
How To Defeat The Controlling Partner & Dependent Partner
These enemies will help each other, giving healing and buffs to make the fight much more difficult. To make it easier, the firstfocus will be on the Dependent Partner.Have a Persona with a Pierce attack on the Protagonist and use that ability andAigis' Cruel Attack to deal lots of damage to the Dependent Partner when downed.Yukari’s bow will also offer additional pierce damage, butshe’ll also need to focus on healing.
HaveAkihiko lower the enemy’s attack with Tarundawhenever they buff it to keep their damage output reasonable while also trying tofish for critical attacks on the Controlling Partnerwith his physical abilities. Even if this doesn’t work, thedamage from Cruel Attack will be multiplied on the downed enemyand eventually take out the weaker Dependent Partner.
After the Dependent Partner has been taken out, theControlling Partner won’t act for the next two turns as it mournsthe loss. This is anideal time to use Aigis’Theurgyand buff her attack to deal loads of damage to the Controlling Partner. Continue to utilize piece attacks to fish for critical hits while using All-Out Attacks when available, and this fight will be over soon.
Persona 3 Reload: What Day Does Each Party Member Join
Persona 3 Reload will have multiple characters joining S.E.E.S to help fight shadows during the Dark Hour; here’s when each one joins.
