Confidant abilities in Persona 5 Royal offer a wide array of passive bonuses and active skills that sificantly enhance your gameplay experience, both in and out of combat. Understanding these benefits is crucial for optimizing your playthrough and achieving your goals.
Combat-Focused Confidants:
- Ryuji Sakamoto (The Chariot): His abilities focus on physical prowess and survivability. "Fast-Acting Escalation" (Rank 1) adds a chance to Shock on critical hits. "Hit-and-Run" (Rank 5) allows for automatic escapes. "Bodyguard" (Rank 7) lets him take critical hits for Joker. Maxing his Confidant boosts All-Out Attack damage.
- Ann Takamaki (The Lovers): Ann's abilities enhance magical attacks and party support. "Charm-Charming Attack" (Rank 1) adds a chance to Burn on critical magical hits. "Second Demeanor" (Rank 5) allows her to act as a decoy. Maxing her Confidant also boosts All-Out Attack damage.
- Morgana (The Magician): Morgana's abilities focus on critical hits and status ailments. "Lucky Punch" (Rank 1) adds a chance to Sleep on critical physical hits. "Wind of Charm" (Rank 5) inflicts Dizzy on critical magical hits. Maxing his Confidant boosts All-Out Attack damage.
- Yusuke Kitagawa (The Emperor): Yusuke's abilities enhance critical hit rates and damage. "Critical Wave" (Rank 1) increases critical hit chance on physical attacks. "Counterstrike" (Rank 5) allows him to counter physical attacks.
- Makoto Niijima (The Priestess): Makoto provides excellent support and healing. Her abilities improve healing spells and grant defensive buffs. "Mediarama" (Rank 5) heals the party moderately. "Mediarahan" (Rank 10) fully heals the party.
- Haru Okumura (The Empress): Haru's abilities focus on debuffs and critical hits. "Soulful Support" (Rank 1) allows her to use items on the party. "Flash Bomb" (Rank 5) can inflict Despair.
- Goro Akechi (Justice): Akechi's abilities are powerful offensive buffs and debuffs, particularly useful in later game and NG+.
Non-Combat Confidants:
- Sojiro Sakura (The Hierophant): Ranks up grant access to better coffee and curry, which restore HP and SP.
- Tae Takemi (The Death): Ranks up allow you to buy more powerful healing items and eventually revival items from her clinic.
- Munehisa Iwai (The Hanged Man): Ranks up unlock new and improved firearms for Joker, and eventually allows for customization options.
- Sadayo Kawakami (The Temperance): Her abilities allow you to do laundry (restoring SP) or make coffee/curry during class time, effectively giving you free actions.
- Shinya Oda (The Tower): Ranks up unlock new shooting range challenges and better gun customization options.
- Hifumi Togo (The Star): Ranks up grant bonuses to Persona fusion, such as increased EXP for fused Personas.
- Chihaya Mifune (The Fortune): Her abilities allow you to manipulate luck and fortune, which can be used to boost social stat gains or increase item drop rates.
- Caroline & Justine (The Strength): Ranks up unlock more challenging Persona fusion requests and allow for more advanced fusion techniques.
Prioritizing Confidants that al with your playstyle and goals will sificantly enhance your efficiency and overall enjoyment of Persona 5 Royal.