Which member do you frequently use in P4?

[Enzo_Kensei]

I have to choose Naoto, but Yukiko and Teddie are my runner-ups! ^^

[persona3rocks]

I always use Yosuke :seesaw

opps i clicked the wrong one iwas gann click yosuke

[Ari]

I always use Yukiko, i haven't had Naoto for long.

[Zephyrous]

Yukiko is a GOD, almost to the point that shes broken. Her magic stat is huge and she gets some pretty awesome spells like Salvation as you progress

[Eternal Sin]

well i use kanji, yukiko, and teddie. Lots of healers FTW. I'd like to use different characters but i dont feel like leveling up 6 people simultaneously :P

[Oksweet]

I use the MC the most :O. Anyway. Naoto because she's a pimp. Yukiko because her magic stat is godly and yea she's the healer. I can't decide between Chie, because she she kicks stuff (galactic punt) or Teddie because his character over all is just awesome. Except when he walks in dungeons he SQUEAKS omfg thats annoying.

[earl437]

I use MC, Naoto, Chie and Yukiko just so I can check out all the chicks

[XenoAcid]

I've stuck with MC, Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko since the beginning.
I'm pretty sure for the second playthrough I'll use MC, Kanji, and Naoto fo' sho.

[Sseklebeast]

My final party consisted of Kanji, Naoto and Yukiko. I like the others too but those three are my favorite.

[Hamel]

Yukiko most of the times because he is an awesome healer with awesome magic
other than her I change around but it's mostly MC Yosuke Chie and Yukiko I feel that they balance eachother the best

[Iris]

Yosuke, Yukiko, and Naoto.

Yosuke's really balanced and I like having Dekaja handy at all times. Yukiko's skills are godly, although the fact that she keeps her weakness even after maxing her link is a little frustrating (but kind of necessary for balance, IMO, she'd be too broken otherwise). Naoto is a monster in random encounters, even if she can't dish out the pain quite as effectively in boss battles. And Naoto's my favorite, so I'd keep her around anyway.

[Soushi_Grapple]

My final party consisted of Kanji, Naoto and Yukiko. I like the others too but those three are my favorite.

Same here ;) It was hard to kick Chie out, though. Shes an awesome fighter. The whole reason I won one of the miniboss fights was because she kicked the boss out of battle so I could kill its healer-minion. ;)

[dragonlife29]

My party was the same the whole game after I got Kanji: Kanji, Yukiko, and Yosuke.

I'll never kick Kanji out; Yukiko's too awesome, and I always need a healer; Yosuke is a well-rounded and speedy beast. Like this, I have all the basic elemental affinities, with the MC switching between Ice and whatever else.

[Azriel Crusnik]

MC.
Yosuke
Kanji
Chie.

I see Rice was not added. The character not the food.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ Lol, you mean rise? XD yeah, because she's always with us. ^^

It's funny why no one bothered to you teddie. :D

[stray]

Most balanced party I've found is MC/Chie/Yukiko/Kanji. Chie is kind of underpowered late in the game, *but* she's a "1 more!" machine between criticals and Bufu skills, and Galactic Punt is awesome.

[Hydra]

Yukiko.... her SP tends to last the longest, and she's really the only true healer you have for a big portion of the game.

[Hamel]

Most balanced party I've found is MC/Chie/Yukiko/Kanji. Chie is kind of underpowered late in the game, *but* she's a "1 more!" machine between criticals and Bufu skills, and Galactic Punt is awesome.

Chie underpowerd?she did the most damage to the last boss
Power charge+heat riser(from MC)+God's hand

[Azriel Crusnik]

^ Lol, you mean rise? XD yeah, because she's always with us. ^^

It's funny why no one bothered to you teddie. :D

I know I was trying to make a joke since her name is similar to the food.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ Haha! Nice one! ^^

[stray]

Chie underpowerd?she did the most damage to the last boss
Power charge+heat riser(from MC)+God's hand

Well... not underpowered during boss fights. But dungeon crawling she's just really versatile more than powerful... and like the only character that seems to consistently wake up someone who's been knocked down dizzy. (rank 7+ skill).

I never got heat riser, but Matarukaja + Power Charge + God's Hand was win during final boss fights. Pretty much did nothing but physical attacks during the endgame.

[Violinzu_Hiromi]

Haha, Oksweet is right. xD His squeaks are sooooo annoying! D8

I <3 using Teddie though. I haven't rescued Naoto yet, so i don't know what she's capable of. Besides that, I use Yosuke alot.

[Azriel Crusnik]

^ Haha! Nice one! ^^

Rise is a good character, but her design in battle advise is annoying. although I like her way of speaking "straight to the point " type of way.

[Gen Eric Gui]

The only character I really don't like using is Kanji, and that's because he's got #### Magic and his Phys skills only hit one thing. If he had some other function, like debuffing, I'd use him a lot more.

The other characters I tend to use interchangeably, though Yosuke and Naoto are getting the most use(in % time they were available, that is.)

Hama and Mudo are so useful in this game, it's not even funny.

[Zambatoh]

Yukiko is a given. At any other time I use Kanji and Teddie. Before saving Rise I used Chie. Yousuke was my least useful character out of all of them.

[Thibodaux]

My final party was with Yukiko, Naoto and Teddie. I liked Chie and Yosuke, but I wanted to change them halfway through.

Since I never did start Kanji's S. Link, I didn't use him at all.

[FangzV]

I haven't gotten Naoto or Teddie yet, but I feel that Yosuke is my main man, mostly because he has the highest Social Link of my entire party. Yukiko is a definite second. I abuse her media skill. Chie I'm kicking out because of my main Personas having the same or much better skills. I think I'll end us using Naoto alot once I aquire her.

[Haseo]

My party was with Yukiko, Naoto and Yosuke. I liked Yukiko because of her healing skills xD and Yosuke because of his powerful wind attack xDD No Need to explain why I chose Naoto xD

[Gen Eric Gui]

I haven't gotten Naoto or Teddie yet, but I feel that Yosuke is my main man, mostly because he has the highest Social Link of my entire party. Yukiko is a definite second. I abuse her media skill. Chie I'm kicking out because of my main Personas having the same or much better skills. I think I'll end us using Naoto alot once I aquire her.

Don't ignore Chie completely. She may seem low powered now, but she really starts to shine later. Her late-game Phys skills can outdamage everyone except the MC.

Power Charge + God's Hand = 1k+ damage easy. Throw in Heat Riser/Debilitate and you're getting into crazy land. Toss her a Rudra Ring too for lulz.

[tokoshi_x]

Yukiko was mostly always with me, due to her awesome healing abilities. My final party consisted of Yukiko, Kanji, and Teddie. Didn't really use Naoto much since I failed to max her s.link. For my next playthrough I plan on mixing things up, although Yukiko will probably still be in my main party.

[soldat]

i will never use teddie, because he says "bear-sona"...
i will always use yosuke. he's the best of the best

[RiotJavelinDX]

I haven't gotten Naoto yet, but I always have Yukiko in my party.

[Azriel Crusnik]

I haven't gotten Naoto yet, but I always have Yukiko in my party.

be careful, for that can come back to haunt you.

[Enzo_Kensei]

Wow! I think everyone of us here probably can't resist Yukiko as a vital part of the party. Well, that said, its because of her healing abilities.

[Gen Eric Gui]

My final party doesn't have Yukiko in it. Brosuke, Naoto, and Chie all the way. MC is on buffing/debuffing/healing duty since he's the only character that can fill 2/3 of those roles.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ Hmmm... Thats a nice tactic too. ^^

[Satiety]

Yeah, Yukiko is the one I usually have by my side and the others, I keep alternating. I always like to have a healer all the time :p (plus the current weapon Yukiko have has a chance of confusing the enemies which is great in many ways)

[Las Lobos]

In the beginning it was Yosuke, Cie and my guy (obviously) but after getting Yukiko and Kanji it was; Chie, Yukiko, Kanji and my main guy. Then after I got Naoto on my team it was; my main guy, Chie, Naoto, and I switched between Yukiko and Kanji.

[Pibbman]

I pretty much stuck with Yosuke, Yukiko, and Chie. I never really bothered with Kanji, because I was usually the "electric" persona guy during the game. Teddie, I honestly need to try him out more. Naoto, I really like her character, but she's a massive SP hog and when I do my dungeon crawling, it's usually for VERY extended periods in which she usually only lasts the first quarter of it.

Yosuke, other than luck is pretty much the most rounded out Persona user, which is nice to have, but electric attack was a huge weakness of his which was exploited alot. Yukiko like others have said is the best healer in the game, and Chie for her Galactic punt. She didn't really truly become useful until she became high leveled.

I might consider using Teddie in place of Yosuke in the next round.

[mAn-kAt]

I am using Naoto, Kanji, Yukiko, and the Main character. I would use Chie, but she seems like she is a mix between Kanji and Yukiko, while Naoto has a decent spells, but as stated in the above post, she is one hell of a SP user. I would use Yosuke (I may use him in another playthrough). Teddie, on the other hand, just seems extremely out of place (Three high school students and one walking bear suit.) Also, the squeaky foot steps annoy the living hell out of me.

There is the slight problem of I have 2 missing elements (Kanji covers electricity and Yukiko covers fire) that my main character has to cover, but it is not that bad.

[Gen Eric Gui]

Naoto is only an SP hog if you use her Megido-class spells. She should only be using those + Mind Charge for bosses. Her Mudoon and Hamaon spells should be more than good enough for regular enemies, and if they resist then she's got Phys skills.

And I would argue that Teddie is the better Support character over Yukiko. Yukiko has more SP and gets Prayer or whatever, but Teddie gets Marakukaja and Matarukaja, which is more generally useful than the status heal you get off of Prayer. Plus it frees up the MC to use debuffs on the enemy since he won't have to buff the party.

The only real issue is that Yukiko gets better offensive magic, while Teddie is redundant to Chie, who is better offensively than him by a lot near the endgame.

[Eternal Sin]

teddie ftw. the only thing that bugs me is... why does he wear the damn suit in combat??! arrgh!

[Pibbman]

Naoto is only an SP hog if you use her Megido-class spells. She should only be using those + Mind Charge for bosses. Her Mudoon and Hamaon spells should be more than good enough for regular enemies, and if they resist then she's got Phys skills.


Although in my experience, she ALWAYS used megido attacks. She was just spamming it. I usually let my characters act freely though, because I think it adds an element of surprises in battle, not to mention it's a bit more "realistic" in a way.

[Gen Eric Gui]

D:

For a brilliant detective, Naoto has dumb AI then. I guess it's Mitsuru syndrome.

[Pibbman]

D:

For a brilliant detective, Naoto has dumb AI then. I guess it's Mitsuru syndrome.

Haha, don't get me started on Naoto. Everytime she speaks I think she feels really out of place, especially when you got the rest of the cast speaking like normal people, and all the sudden she pulls out words you only hear once in a full moon if you're lucky. xD. I like her character though, but I was disappointed about what she did for a certain school event....

[Platyphyllum]

The character I used the most was Naoto. For my first playthrough, all I used was the beginning party (Protagonist, Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko) but after trying her out on the second playthrough, she became my favorite. Mudo/Hama Boosts plus Mamudoon/Mahamaon = death to all regular enemies.

Mind Charge + Megidolaon + Matarukaja + Chakra Ring was also something that really helped me out in bosses. That, paired with Chie's Power Charge + Matarukaja + God Hand combo got me out of almost any situation together with Yukiko's healing.

[Gen Eric Gui]

I don't understand how people can just completely ignore half of the total party in games like this. It does not compute. All you're doing is making the game harder on yourself by limiting your options in battle.

I mean, after a while I began to see that Kanji wasn't going to be an asset to my main party, but he was still level 67 by the endgame. I just...does it not occur to you to use other characters, do you just hate the designs THAT much, or what?

[Hamel]

I don't understand how people can just completely ignore half of the total party in games like this. It does not compute. All you're doing is making the game harder on yourself by limiting your options in battle.

I mean, after a while I began to see that Kanji wasn't going to be an asset to my main party, but he was still level 67 by the endgame. I just...does it not occur to you to use other characters, do you just hate the designs THAT much, or what?

I did use other characthers
I just used Yukiko the most followed by Yosuke and Chie
I didn't use Naoto as much as she is an end-game characther

[Pibbman]

I don't understand how people can just completely ignore half of the total party in games like this. It does not compute. All you're doing is making the game harder on yourself by limiting your options in battle.

I mean, after a while I began to see that Kanji wasn't going to be an asset to my main party, but he was still level 67 by the endgame. I just...does it not occur to you to use other characters, do you just hate the designs THAT much, or what?

I think for most it's the fact that they dont want to keep going back to dungeons to keep everyone equal all the time, this holds especially true on the first playthrough because people want to see what happens next in the story.

Honestly, if you wanted a party of well rounded characters, MC, Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko is pretty much the best you can go, since healing, fire, ice, and wind is covered, which leaves only one element left for MC. Taking that into mind, it's not hard to see why people would stick with these people, or a other combination that is similar to what I described.

[Gen Eric Gui]

Well, I mean, you have to go back to basecamp anyway after a certain point to resupply and fuse personas, don't you? And after a certain point in the dungeons, you stop earning meaningful EXP, so why not trade out your team for others who are going to actually get something out of it?

And if they were just keeping a balanced team, then you can easily switch it up, such as including Kanji so your MC can do something other than spam Zio spells, or Teddie so your MC can have a break from party buffing, or Naoto so you can slap #### silly.

I mean, I can understand if you used the characters and decided you didn't like them (Like how I stopped using Kanji after Heaven), but I mean, I just do not fathom the idea of just picking the same characters for the whole game and never once even glancing at the others.

But maybe that's just me. I like to change things up and try all kinds of combinations in RPG's, so my team was constantly changing in P4 to adapt to various situations.

[Enzo_Kensei]

Does anyone like to use kanji here? By any chance? In my second playthrough, I'm trying to Switch from MC, Yosuke, Chie & Yukiko to MC, Kanji, Teddie and Naoto.

[persona3rocks]

dude that's a good idea. I should have done that i never used teddie much tho.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ I know ryt? I strongly believe, that they have their own strengths too...

[persona3rocks]

Another good point each character has a abitity, and weakness so u have to learn about the charater. So people who aren;t using the whole cast are just learning about the other 3 people in the group. If u know wat i mean.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ Yeah. Understood. ^^

[Executor51]

Yukiko, for obvious reasons.

High Magic Dmg, Healing Skills, SP Tank, <Insert More Factors here>

Plus she's just awesome.

[Gen Eric Gui]

^ I know ryt? I strongly believe, that they have their own strengths too...

Of course they do. Everyone except Kanji is pretty equally powerful.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ I know ryt? I strongly believe, that they have their own strengths too...

Of course they do. Everyone except Kanji is pretty equally powerful.

So Kanji doesn't have killer skills to match?

[Gen Eric Gui]

Everything he can do, Chie can do much better. His ONLY advantage is that he's got Matarukaja, but so does Teddie and the MC.

[Enzo_Kensei]

Ok. I see that. Thanks. Now, I'll just have to stop using kanji. ^^

[Gen Eric Gui]

Well, I mean, use whoever you like. I'm just saying I don't think he's very effective as a party member.

[sagamaru_93]

well mayb it depends what element your MC is best at?i mean in my case i have a strong loki to take care of foes tat r weak to ice,so i'll keep kanji to handle enemies who r weak against elec.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ I see. But I guess I already have a plan for Kanji though. Hehe...

[Eternal Sin]

kanji is great but the major problem is he doesnt get Power Charge, whereas Chie does. So for boss battles Chie > Kanji for physical damage. Personally im using Yo####sune's power charge + Brave Blade for 1500 ish damage on bosses.

[jin07]

snip

For me, I didn't look at the other characters too much because I was happy with my current team. I thought the original group worked very well together and the others didn't bring enough to the table. It wasn't just that I didn't like the other characters Personae and skills either. By the time I got them, my Social Links with the other characters were moving at a good clip and I wanted to max their links because I thought that would be more helpful than a balanced team where the levels and Social Links aren't as high. Plus, it leaves something for my second run through.


About the original topic:
Well, like I said up above, I stuck to the first group you get. However, I will always keep Yukiko around because her she's a great healer and fire user. Furthermore, I like to keep my MC flexible and not tie him down by being stuck in a support role.

[NoLimits]

MC, Yukiko, Chie and Yosuke, MC and Yosuke for support and damage, Chie for the massive damage dishout and God bless Yukiko for that mighty healing ability and a decent fire damage to boot! :D

[Reem]

my party
-Kanji
-Chie
-Yukiko

[Moé]

Saeko

[Eddie Van Helsing]

Yukiko is a GOD, almost to the point that shes broken. Her magic stat is huge and she gets some pretty awesome spells like Salvation as you progress

She's vulnerable to Ice, though, so you have to be careful with her. There's a reason the poor girl wears a cardigan all the time. :)

[Moé]

Yukiko is a GOD, almost to the point that shes broken. Her magic stat is huge and she gets some pretty awesome spells like Salvation as you progress

She's vulnerable to Ice, though, so you have to be careful with her. There's a reason the poor girl wears a cardigan all the time. :)
OMG SHE HAS A WEAKNESS NO OTHER CHARACTER HAS ONE OF THOSE

[Eddie Van Helsing]

OMG SHE HAS A WEAKNESS NO OTHER CHARACTER HAS ONE OF THOSE

Want some Preparation H to deal with the butthurt? Teddie also retains his weakness into the endgame. The other characters do not if you level their S.Links to max. There's nothing wrong with that, and I don't let it stop me from having Yukiko in the active crew at all times, but it is worth considering.

[Enzo_Kensei]

Saeko

Who's saeko?

[Pibbman]

Saeko

Who's saeko?

Isn't that the Devil social link?

[Reem]

Saeko

Who's saeko?

Isn't that the Devil social link?

i think its sayoko

[soldat]

question: currently, my party is consisting of Kanji, Teddie, and Naoto...am i totally screwed, or can this work, cause i used the other three in my first play through, so i wanted to try out the other three together...should i give up while i'm ahead?

[jin07]

question: currently, my party is consisting of Kanji, Teddie, and Naoto...am i totally screwed, or can this work, cause i used the other three in my first play through, so i wanted to try out the other three together...should i give up while i'm ahead?

You'll probably be fine. You do have your Persona Compendium to fall back on.

[Enzo_Kensei]

question: currently, my party is consisting of Kanji, Teddie, and Naoto...am i totally screwed, or can this work, cause i used the other three in my first play through, so i wanted to try out the other three together...should i give up while i'm ahead?

Hey man! We're practically the same! I'm using Kanji, Teddie and Naoto now, but same as you, I still need advices if this party could be effective enough.

And to piddman: yeah, its sayoko.

[soldat]

well, currently, i've found that the biggest problem is that Naoto and teddie have really bad endurance, so you either have to have MC be the type of character that hits hard and fast, or can pumped up the party really quickly. Also, since Naoto doesn't really have an element, MC has to be able to cast fire and wind spells if you wanna cover all the basics...but i find that switching between surt and korhyu that i fused that has garudyne works wonders

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ True. One advantage about Teddie though is that he has Matarujaka and the defense thing. I can make use of that. Kanji will matarujaka my party then Teddie will cast the defense one(forgot the name) and Naoto will then spam with megidolaon. One question though, does your kanji always hit the enemy with its physical skills? In my case, kanji often misses which is quite a pain and lastly, is your naoto an SP eater? or have you found a method to use her effectively without sacrificing that precious SP. Thanks in advanced. ^^

[PersonaUserRQ71]

Well, I picked Chie, but truthfully, I have to say I use all the girls more frequently than the guys. They seem like they are far more powerful to me. Yukiko's a beast with magic, Chie's follow-up attack owns, and Naoto's got both instant death skills, and the very powerful Almighty magic, though she can be a SP eater (Spellmaster would be very good for her if she could get it).

Any elements missing with the absence of Teddy, Yosuke, and Kanji are made up for with personas like Thor, Loki, and who I like to refer to as the "Angels of Death": Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, and of course Metatron (even in their fifties, Gabriel and Raphael are quite useful). I also have Ishtar to take some of the pressure off Yukiko for healing.

I actually keep about 8 personas and use the the other four slots for fusion purposes. I still don't have Lucifer yet. I have to collect some Yen so I can perform the necessary fusions.

However, Teddy is definitely better than Chie if you need some Ice magic, plus he's a good healer as well.

[jin07]

You can get around a party member being an SP eater if you give them the ring you find from defeating the optional boss in Heaven. That ring cuts SP usage in half for all moves.

[PersonaUserRQ71]

You can get around a party member being an SP eater if you give them the ring you find from defeating the optional boss in Heaven. That ring cuts SP usage in half for all moves.


Yeah, the Chakra Ring. I think I actually sold mine by mistake. I had just leveled up Ishtar (Ult. Lovers) to where she had Spellmaster, and I hadn't used Naoto too much (I didn't realize her potential until late in the game), so I replaced it with Confusion Hat, and on one of my extra-late nights where I was half-asleep during my playthrough, I must have sold it. Now I don't have it anywhere. :frown:

[Enzo_Kensei]

I heard that in rare chest in Magatsu Inaba carries chakra ring. I hope I could just snatch one. I'll give it to naoto and the other one for teddie. I'll be the healer of the group. Ishtar sure has cool healing abilities.

[Taroni]

usually Chie,Yukiko and Kanji (love hearing him go nuts before all out)

[soldat]

I heard that in rare chest in Magatsu Inaba carries chakra ring. I hope I could just snatch one. I'll give it to naoto and the other one for teddie. I'll be the healer of the group. Ishtar sure has cool healing abilities.

alright, so with Naoto, i used the moon popiri for her instead of the chakra ring. the moon popiri gives her 30% more chakra instead of cutting down on the cost. i do this because i tend to use her mahameon and mamudoon more then her megidoloan, and even if the cost to use that was 1/2ed, she'd still be spending 30sp a turn, and that's without mind charge. i just find it more useful to give her more sp then reduce cost. plus she still has her rare weapon, and even though it's not the most powerful, +5 to all stats is nothing to sneeze at

[Iris]

Reducing cost by 50% is mathematically more effective than having 30% more to begin with.

[septembervirgin]

Of course I had to use Teddie through the Heaven area & some of Adachi, but as I began to grow in wealth and power, I used less Teddie (because of his elemental weakness) and more of Naoto.

[Las Lobos]

kanji is great but the major problem is he doesnt get Power Charge, whereas Chie does. So for boss battles Chie > Kanji for physical damage. Personally im using Yo####sune's power charge + Brave Blade for 1500 ish damage on bosses.
haha it censored the sh(it)

Anyways yeah I was sad that Kanji didn't receive Power Charge, but Chie is a beast in the long run.

I dont remember if I replied to this thread but....

Yukiko, Chie, Kanji at first then from Heaven on Naoto, her Almighty is awesome possum especially with Mind Charge it's brutal. I like her critical to.

[Goldreaver]

OMG SHE HAS A WEAKNESS NO OTHER CHARACTER HAS ONE OF THOSE
Well, only she and Teddie have weaknesses so... you don't have much of a point.

Unfortunately, unless you want to play as the healer bitch, you MUST get one of those for your party.

[Tatsuya]

For those who are wondering, saeko is also the name of yuki's and tatsuya's teacher in persona 1 and 2.

Well chie never left my party after i got her, even mid-game she was pretty powerful, so she was my MVP after the MC, the rest of my party was usually yosuke and kanji, yosuke for his first strike ability and Hit/eva buff(man i can never remember these techs names>.>) and kanji because, well he has no weakness.

I'd have to say though that atlus balanced the characters pretty well, even the worst team can own anything in this game, that said i still say chie owns most other characters.

[Rin]

Hmm, I always tend to use my favourite character anyway, so I always bring Naoto along with me, just use her mind charge along with megidola or megidolaon! (Even though that costs quite a lot of SP). And she didn't have any weaknesses and strong or blocks light and darkness, so she'll never got any sudden deaths! Her status is quite balanced, and I like it that way. For the healer, I'll take along either Teddie or Yukiko. As for Kanji, he's too slow...

[Rin]

^ True. One advantage about Teddie though is that he has Matarujaka and the defense thing. I can make use of that. Kanji will matarujaka my party then Teddie will cast the defense one(forgot the name) and Naoto will then spam with megidolaon. One question though, does your kanji always hit the enemy with its physical skills? In my case, kanji often misses which is quite a pain and lastly, is your naoto an SP eater? or have you found a method to use her effectively without sacrificing that precious SP. Thanks in advanced. ^^

Hmm, I guess that's Marakukaja?
Yup, I totally agree with you about Naoto, I'll surely give that Chakra Ring to her, she really needs that. But, I didn't really use Kanji that much, he's too slow and often misses in his attacks.

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ The thing about Kanji is very true. He often misses the attacks and doesn't get power charge. I already used all of them and for me the most balanced party is MC, Yosuke, Chie and Teddie. Yukiko could also be a good bet but, she doesn't have matarujaka and marakukaja for additional support.

[midnight2128]

I have to agree with the whole chie owning thing...I used her for almost every boss fight unless phys. was totally useless. As for the other members, I usually try to balance out all of my characters to where their levels are equal. I think the biggest gap between them is about 4 levels. I'm at the endgame right now and I planning on using Chie, Yukiko, and Yosuke. Power Charge is never wrong, Salvation is well...., and Yosuke's hit/eve buff and dekaja is too valuable to me. To round things off, Debiliate is going to be my best friend for the MC.

[Rikuo]

Chie for all round awesomeness and killer skills.
Yukiko for best healing and hi evasion rates
Naoto for being the only character smart enough to use a gun and here almighty spells

[Hikaru_Katana]

I use Naoto, Yukiko, and Yosuke.

[jin07]

I'm just messing around in the second to last dungeon and I finally got around to trying out Naoto. I like her. She seems like a good dungeon character, but as everyone says, she's pretty much useless against bosses outside of Megidolaon + Mind Charge. Time to level up and give Teddie and Kanji a fair shot.

[Eddie Van Helsing]

I always use Yukiko and Chie. As long as you cover Yukiko's weakness to ice, she's a great healer and burninator. Chie rocks for physical attacks all the way through, and her Galactic Punt is extremely handy for getting rid of shadows that resist attacks but aren't worth the cost of Hama/Mudo skills.

[Goldreaver]

Chie, for her Attack UP, Power Charge and Physical attacks.
Yukiko for her healing skills and high magic stat.
Yosuke for her debuffing skill, mid level healing, above average magic stat and his evade/hit up.

Besides, if my character uses a persona with zio skills, we can make the weakness run on one turn.

[Rin]

^ The thing about Kanji is very true. He often misses the attacks and doesn't get power charge. I already used all of them and for me the most balanced party is MC, Yosuke, Chie and Teddie. Yukiko could also be a good bet but, she doesn't have matarujaka and marakukaja for additional support.

Yup! and one more thing, I couldn't really stand his magic status!! I feel like crying whenever I need to use his magic... Yukiko is quite good too, it's just that she didn't have any support magic, she can only heal... For me, I guess it'll be: MC, Naoto, Yosuke and either Yukiko or Teddie as a healer.
Naoto's cool, I guess she's the first character in Persona who's been able to use almighty skills, with hama and mudo skills together. Her battle style is cool too! And she uses a gun, but a different type than the one Aigis (P3) used, it's a lot cooler! (Oops, sorry, here I go again, I just really liked her!):tongue:

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ Hahaha. It's ok. No one could resist Naoto anyway. Just love her. ^^

[Saburo Hikari]

My favorite party has to be the second-years.

-Yosuke: Well rounded attack (With Wind damage amplifiers.) and support character.

-Chie: Damage-dealing monster after getting Power Charge.

-Yukiko: Damage dealer (Fire amps.) and healing. The healing part is enough to bring her into the end game battles, despite still having a weakness to Ice even after her ultimate Persona.

-Protagonist: ...Oh wait, I always use him.:p

-Rise: ...Shoot, she's always useful too! xD (On the field.)

Otherwise, I like these guys because:

-Teddie: Also well rounded.

-Naoto: Insta-death! And lots of SP in order to use those costly skills!


Which pretty much means that I don't like using Kanji, despite your expectation of his skill when you first get him. I don't like him mostly because he has low SP, like most people say.

[AC/DCmartin]

I always used Yukiko Amagai.But I used all the characters in the game.
My Dream Team is:
Yukiko Amagi
Naoto Shirogane
Teddie
I used Yuki and Teddie for healing/supporting and Naoto and MC for Atack/Support.

[calla12345]

kanji chie and yosuke

[Picchii]

Yukiko: Resident healer and occasional fire user (I'd tend to let my MC do the fire damage instead of her if it was needed).

Kanji: The heavy hitter. Alot of enemies were either vunerable to his physical or thunder attacks, or got a lot of health depleted. I liked using him because I could often flip-flop with his attacks; I wasn't just using SP all the time, and his attacks did a lot more damage for me than Yosuke or Chie's.

Naoto: Another heavy hitter. I also used her for times when enemies were weak to light and darkness, or weren't succeptible to any particular element.

and of course, the MC. Rise's automatic too, so she's a given.

[Ark]

I usually use Yukiko, Youske and Kanji. Naoto isn't great untill she hits 70, and Teddie dies way too easily to be anything useful.

[NekoShogun]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Best party I had was with Yukiko, Yosuke, and Chie. The original crew :)
I had to give Yukiko a HP up accessory so she could stand up againt some lethal attacks. I gave one to Chie as well since her skills usually eat up a lot of HP.

I always try to work Chie into any party tho.

[Reynard]

Mostly I kept it balanced, but I did favor Naoto. And once you got the item that halved the cost of magic skills, she became even more awesome. "Hey, let's see if any of these shadows are weak to darkness. No, but half died anyway. w00t!"

[Rin]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Best party I had was with Yukiko, Yosuke, and Chie. The original crew :)
I had to give Yukiko a HP up accessory so she could stand up againt some lethal attacks. I gave one to Chie as well since her skills usually eat up a lot of HP.

I always try to work Chie into any party tho.

I think you can handle Naoto's "super eat up SP" by giving her a Chakra Ring... (Even though I haven't got the item, due to my data's lost!!! :very_sad:) Her attacks are good too, so needn't use her magic too often unless you really need it. (It's my way anyway)

[Picchii]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Like Kanji, I often flip-flopped with both her physical/magical attacks. I only used her special abilities when there were too many enemies, her health was too depleated, or when I came across a shadow I'd have a hard time defeating otherwise. If you use her HP attacks, she tends to last a lot longer in battle--especially if you have a good healer on the team like Yukiko.

[Sorpheous]

Had to be Naoto. I loved~ mind charged megidolaons. ~(`_`)~

[AC/DCmartin]

Mostly I kept it balanced, but I did favor Naoto. And once you got the item that halved the cost of magic skills, she became even more awesome. "Hey, let's see if any of these shadows are weak to darkness. No, but half died anyway. w00t!"
I do the same thing,no all are weak to Dark but you're right,half die always!!!!

[BRASSKNUCKLES]

I use MC, Naoto, Chie and Yukiko just so I can check out all the chicks

Pervert!!!

I use Naoto Teddie (Hate how he squeaks when he walks in dungeons omfg so annoying)and kanji

[BRASSKNUCKLES]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Like Kanji, I often flip-flopped with both her physical/magical attacks. I only used her special abilities when there were too many enemies, her health was too depleated, or when I came across a shadow I'd have a hard time defeating otherwise. If you use her HP attacks, she tends to last a lot longer in battle--especially if you have a good healer on the team like Yukiko.



(kanji's a boy)

[AC/DCmartin]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Like Kanji, I often flip-flopped with both her physical/magical attacks. I only used her special abilities when there were too many enemies, her health was too depleated, or when I came across a shadow I'd have a hard time defeating otherwise. If you use her HP attacks, she tends to last a lot longer in battle--especially if you have a good healer on the team like Yukiko.



(kanji's a boy)
LOL you're right!!!!

[Rin]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Like Kanji, I often flip-flopped with both her physical/magical attacks. I only used her special abilities when there were too many enemies, her health was too depleated, or when I came across a shadow I'd have a hard time defeating otherwise. If you use her HP attacks, she tends to last a lot longer in battle--especially if you have a good healer on the team like Yukiko.



(kanji's a boy)
LOL you're right!!!!

Hmm?? I thought he's jsut comparing Kanji with Naoto...?
That's true, I don't really use her Mind Charged + Medolaon very much if I'm not really in front of the Hell's gate, better try to attack or use Physical skills, it worked out pretty good too... She's flexible!

[marto_motoko]

I always stick to Teddie Naoto and Kanji.

I just like that combination best, since they're the later-on squad, and not the main characters.

[Hikaru_Katana]

^ Hahaha. It's ok. No one could resist Naoto anyway. Just love her. ^^

I agree with you on that one. Naoto is irresistible.

[Picchii]

I would of loved to use Naoto more but since I didn't get to max her social link out, I didn't. Plus her skills eat up lots of SP.

Like Kanji, I often flip-flopped with both her physical/magical attacks. I only used her special abilities when there were too many enemies, her health was too depleated, or when I came across a shadow I'd have a hard time defeating otherwise. If you use her HP attacks, she tends to last a lot longer in battle--especially if you have a good healer on the team like Yukiko.



(kanji's a boy)
LOL you're right!!!!

I was reffering to Naoto. Read it again closely. XD

[BRASSKNUCKLES]

Hah oh sorry piichii
I normally used kanji naoto and teddie in my last game play but so far on my new one im useing teddie kankji and Chie

( i dont have naoto yet when i get her she'll always be used shes unresistable;) Dont all you boys think to i do hahah)

[Superkenon]

My team first time through was Yosuke, Chie and Naoto. And really, that's probably still my favorite combination.

[hibiki_takami]

My main team consists of Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko. I really don't see the need to change the team up at this point in the game (finished dungeon #4).

I'm currently going through dungeon #3 and defeating the "elite" shadow at the end of the level and leveling up Kanji and Teddie this way. It's 8/4 in my current run through the game.

[cyberfactor]

I use Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko. I haven't exactly tried out another combination, but they work so well. During boss fights, I normally have Chie attack every turn. Yosuke attacks most of the time, but I use him to buff and at critical points heal. Yukiko is my healer. She attacks whenever she can, but that doesn't come very often. As for the MC, he's my mian buffer. If he's not buffing, he's attack though. I actualy had whole boss fights go through with the MC doing nothing but strenghning allies, and weakining the boss.

[Swjb304]

Yukiko all the way

[darkcloudinc]

Hind sight is truly 20/20. I probably should've used Kanji instead of Yosuke on my second play through just specifically for is follow up attack of being able to KD more than a single opponent.

Anyhow, the main team for me is the first half that came into the game specifically for the reason that when the newcomers came into the scene, they were simply two to three levels below my current team.

Though, so far, I've like how powerful Naoto has came into the scene doing a fair amount of damage that would make me consider swapping Yosuke out.

So far, I've had Yukiko as primary healer and awesome fire damage.
Chie just for the fact of Galactic Punt, Power Charge + God Fist combo by which I'm still wondering why isn't it Almighty Damage?
Yosuke, I don't know why he's there. I guess because his level exceeded both Naoto and Kanji's when they came into being playable characters.
Protagonist serves mostly as support as either buffer, debuffer, or lead spiker in boss battles.

Now outside of boss battles, I simply have the protagonist do the most significant damage then send the rest of the team into phys damage thanks to Victory Cry.

This being my second play through, it wouldn't really have mattered since a lot of the major combat was taken care of by the protagonist with all the personas from the first play through covering all the elements.

I think I'll for now, get to the end of the Dec Dungeon and then have fun killing stuff with Naoto and Kanji.

Teddie pisses me off personally, its either his voice or the fact that he keeps making "bear" puns or the squeak his feet makes while running through the dungeon. Ugh.

[Rin]

Haha... I wonder why everyone felt disturbed by Teddie's squeaks in the dungeon...? I didn't seem to have any problem with that... At least he could become a healer with mediarama at first...

[Enzo_Kensei]

^ I was annoyed by it at first but as time passes by, it grew on me. ^^

[demonight234]

I always used Yukiko. I also used Naoto when I got her.

[Daroki]

My endgame party was Yosuke (mainly for his Dekaja skill), Yukiko (already been well established that her healing and ability to deal magic damage is pretty amazing) and Teddie (mainly for his defense up skill). Against bosses, it allowed for me to quickly pull attacking and defensive skills around the characters, and allowed my MC to spam debuffs on the bosses while Yosuke in a pinch could pull any buffs off of them.

No silly Warrior's Cry <> Heat Riser stuff from Chie, just a dedicated slow death march to bosses the party ran across. Of course for the next step, all characters will probably pull their full load of abilities and probably Chie'll get her chance to do silly amounts of damage to people. :)

[Arlyss]

My party was Yosuke, Yukiko and Kanji

Once I got them, I never felt it was necessary to change them, they were a great party

[The Liztress]

I like them all a lot but I always have Chie and Yosuke in my party. Chie's punt is just great (and you know... It has been a lifesaver.) and I dunno about Yosuke. He just grew on me.

[Jack Bros. Power Hour]

Teddie primarily, followed be Kanji, Yosuke and Yukiko. Chie and Naoto didn't get much use unfortunately, though Naoto was pretty good for going through dungeons and Chie I'm interested in using more next playthrough for Power Charge + God Hand.

[Lupinzero]

My party was Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko.

[Raidou11]

My party was Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko.

Same here.

[MileyWinters]

MC (lol)
Yukiko (Because, admit it, she's the best Healer)
Chie (Her God's Hand is awesome :D)
Naoto (Weeell, Naoto's kinda useless but CUTE AS HELL~!)

[BRASSKNUCKLES]

Naoto then kanji then chie

[Teclo]

I used Yosuke, Yukiko and Chie the most because they're the original group. The other characters never really seem to fit together as well as those three. However, Naoto replaced Chie towards the end of the game because Chie ends up with less useful resistances, weak elemental skills and an ability to damage groups that's worse than Naoto's. When Rise gets the ablility that regains your SP at the end of each battle, and if you equip Naoto with that accessory that reduces SP cost, you can just spam insta-kill spells or Megido-type spells and never run out of SP. If she Mind Charges, she's not as bad against bosses as people say.

I used Kanji and Teddie only a few times; most notably Teddie was very useful for the Void Quest boss.

[kelvinc]

I rotated between all-girls and all-guys near the end: Yukiko's massive magic damage was about the same as Yosuke and Teddie combined, so it made sense to split those two set apart. However, bosses always faced Yosuke, Teddie, and Yukiko. For those, I let myself become basically auxillary support with buffs and heals while the others spammed dyne spells.

[Medicatedsoap]

I used Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko through the entire thing. Never switched once and never felt pressure to. In hindsight, choosing Teddie over Chie might have been preferable (I had no idea Chie would stop learning bufu skills), but God's Hand and that other spell (name escapes me) + power charge were highly useful in the end, so heyoh.