Can You Beat Persona 5 Royal Using Only Gun Damage? (Attempt 2: The REVENGE) 

“Local Teens who previously threw Molotovs at God now shoot guns at a mentally unstable therapist.”

I absolutely love that you call every girl 'best girl' except Ohya, thank you for being correct

Joker's neutral special is Gun. And it's all he needs.

Shiki Oji is the unseen ultimate boss of early-mid game.

Dude it cracked me up so bad when you called every single girl "best girl" and then it's just "Ohya"

Seeing haru hiding behind the date while walking to school is both exciting and terrifying

1:20:00 sometimes the only guns you ever need are *these* guns

The funniest (but darkest) parts about any challenge video is how they describe shiho in the begining

It is only natural that after spending the entire game shooting things, even when your guns are taken away, you exercise your right to Bare Arms.

I've never minded making exceptions for things that are otherwise literally impossible, it's more fun to see minimalist than keeping strict to the rules. I like how you still made those exceptions fit as best you could, too, using items that could be classified as guns in concept when you couldn't use actual guns or gun skills. A solid run, I enjoyed it a lot.

1:12:32 "Having to ditch Drain Physical did hurt quite a bit" Me after seeing Drain Curse is still there to be changed: 😧

this run is really just the quote "I'm gonna defeat you with the power of friendship, AND this gun I found!!!"

Ironically, Triple Down does more damage and is more accurate than One-Shot Kill, but has a lower crit (and lower variance), but both are two of the best attacks in the game. Also, for those who were wondering, Scathach is pronounced "Skah-hah".

Of all the P5 runs I’ve watched, I think you’re the first to use the ‘Great Vegetables’ meme…. OFFICIALLY MY FAVE ❤️

Also, for that last part where there's a fistfight with Maruki... "Too close for missiles, time to use the guns"

Great work, I remember watching the original video so long ago, it's great to see it was possible as long as you used stun items, the rest of the run was very do-able.

I'll forgive you throwing away Drain Phys over Drain Curse just because this was such a nice redemption of this run, great run and extremely nailbiting at times!

Honestly one of the most satisfying feelings this game gives me is dumping a full clip into an enemy. Followed by the interface overall makes it so interactive love the dynamics

besides needing it for the quest, setanta gets charge which is insanely useful for how early it is available

Why does Kaneshiro's palace theme make me bop every time?

I dunno if you take suggestions, but I think it could be fun to have a challenge that is "Can a bunch of normal kids beat [Insert game, probably P5 Royal]" Basically, play through the game, but you are not allowed to use your persona powers. For added challenge, maybe try and avoid power gaming the passives, resistances and stats, but that's up to you. Anyway, your allowed to use any items you want, any party members you want, any weapons you want, etc. Everything is legal except using your persona.

Persona 5 if it took place in the US

Amazingly done! Persona if Joker was an American exchange student be like lol

Nice to see you return to this and Complete it. The time spent on this must of been insane.

This run is just "Defeating God with the Power of Friendship.... AND GUNS!"

7:20 Bro what 😂 on my first playthrough i was like if those characters aren't in the main cast then somethings wrong with me😂😂 especially with Haru. The moment i saw her i knew this one gets into the party at some point

This was an amazing redemption. Awesome challenge

I fucking hated Okumura's boss fight, and accidentally rage quit when my last save was before I'd finished exploring the palace (and don't my grinding to be at an appropriate level). Luckily I wasn't doing a challenge run, so I used baton passed Akashic Arts to make the entire fight into a joke

Hey Ragnar, I’m happy that you found a way to get that one challenge that got away! Looking forward to the next one.

Thank you for this! I was really looking into a second part trying again the challenge, it's so interesting to see this videos bcuz I love gun dmg on persona and I love people doing the shinya oda confidant :D

this looks the most smooth i’ve seen persona gameplay (prolly playing on pc i have no idea

Another trick I learned to face the reaper. If you have the Ring of Gluttony equipped to someone in your party, he will only use two skills. Concentrate and Megidolaon. The damage is manageable and it can't do any 1 Mores.

29:01 Ah yes, the Daneshiro method 😆

1:08:43 fun fact, in the game's code Sinful Shell actually counts as Almighty Damage soooooo

Ok as someone who played Persona 5 quite a lot I never knew if the reaper ambushes you that he gets only 1 attack per turn.

Damn, "knowing your heart" seems rlly practical!

In vanilla P5, you originally could have cheesed the 1v1 with shido by using makarakarn. But in P5R they gave megidoloan to shido so you wouldn’t be able to do that anymore.

Been waiting for the runback

This is the first video I've seen on your channel and I really enjoyed it! Going to definitely check out some of your other stuff. Nice job!

absolutely incredible video, i feel like i’ve found a hidden gem

Everyone's a critic until Joker starts channeling his inner Spike.

1:12:18 ... You're gonna get Tyrant's Pistol... right?

Oh, I never knew that about the Reaper, it's actually easier when you're the one ambushed? I wonder if they set it this way so newer players trying to flee the Reaper didn't have to endure two actions.

Scat hatch? That's what I call my ass!

This run was super entertaining, good to see you win on the second attempt! Just FYI, based on how Joker pronounces the names I think Scathach is "scaw huck" and Cu Chulainn is "coo coolin"

From a straight man, best girl is obviously Ryuji.

I can't believe you called Haru "forehead girl" 😵

Is there a reason you didn't abuse fusion alarm + gallows fusions to max out your stats? I think that becomes available after the 2nd palace.

Haru definitely is the second most useful person then

34:30 also my favourite cutscene. Joker not even fazed

FOR HIS FXXKING NEUTRAL SPECIAL

29:07 you can also use this technique at saes palace with the ganeshas and on average you should get 200k per battle

i usually chose morgana for sending out on retreve missions on boss fights. For instance the crown...majority of the time he succeeds on getting the crown

Joker during the final fight against Maruki: "I may not have my pistol anymore, but all that fighting gave me these guns."

7:26 i only noticed that like 140h in, such a neat detail!

Also known as the neutral special run

Nice job! How long did this take?

48:30 well it didn’t lie it is a one-shot kill

Did you know that the enemies respawn at the beginning of Kanoshiro's palace if you go outside the castle and return? That seems way faster than saving and restarting the game!

YOU CAN FIGHT JOSE?

I like all the persona games but p5 has have a special place in my heart

Oh shit I didn't know there was a joker and sumire showtime, I rlly wish I had gotten her to lvl 5 before the start of the 3rd Semester, i only got rank 4 in the end sadly...

This was a fun challenge to watch

I liked when you shot enemies with your gun

SHOWTIMES CAN BE TECHNICAL?

I can assume why reaper gets 2 if you ambush, while he only gets 1 if he ambushes you: To basically make sure the player walks up to seeing the reaper, and realize what they've done without straight up *killing* the player.

in the kamoshita fight your gonna want to send out morgana

This looks more like a viable strategy instead of a challenge run.

Haru's vegetables are so good, I regret not investing in them in my first couple playthroughs of Royal. When you 1 shot yourself off that Valkyrie in Sae's Palace, I chuckled because I got reminded of when Yusuke 1 shot himself on my Hard difficulty, Act Freely run. I facepalmed so hard then I laughed at him, especially since Yusuke literally cannot do anything because Aliat repels Phys/Gun and Drains Ice, so he started guarding. Speaking of how annoying Dekaja is, Ann LOVES that skill on Act Freely, almost as bad as Morgana with Pulinpa.

the fact that my fight against maruki without any restrictions like yours took the same if not more time

ah yes the best spell in the game *gun*

"We'll kill God with the power of friendship...and these guns we found"

The "great vegetables" part killed me and maybe all of Joseph Anderson's fans

For my Irish mental health: it's pronounced "koo kull-in"

1:12:36 "There are other more important skills" You left Drain Curse, which he already naturally does. You drop Drain Phys for a factually useless skill.

I've been doing a Phys+Gun+Phys-Almighty run on Merciless (not recorded), plus reflected attacks because Screenments allowed them in his Physical-only attempt. It's probably been easier, but I still have a few things I want to mention: -Grinding in Kamoshida's Palace was TOUGH, at least until I got to the end. -I forgot to get the Riot Police E before entering Madarame's Palace, and this would likely have made the entire thing easier (except Shiki-Ouji, which was the only savage shadow I didn't have the allowable means to beat within the palace it appears in). -I was on the fence in regards to allowing ailments from dedicated spells (as opposed to only allowing ailments from Phys/Gun attacks that have them as secondary effects), but the Arahabaki fight sealed the deal in favor of allowing them (especially considering that I didn't yet have the aforementioned shock gun for potential repeated all-out attacks). -I think Kaneshiro's Palace was mostly smooth for me, aside from possibly a fatal mistake or two I don't remember in detail (unless I'm confusing it with my EXP/Money penalty Merciless run on PC). -In Futaba's Palace, I was thinking that Alilat would be impossible with my rules...but I forgot that it casts Bufudyne, and then I realized I had access to Ice Break and even Makarakarn (itemized Clotho during an alarm) and Retaliating Body (I had/fused a Kin-Ki with this) plus Spotlights to make Joker an easy Bufudyne target. It took a few attempts to get the pattern right, but I beat it eventually. -In Okumura's Palace, I used a similar strategy for taking down savage Girimehkala since it casts Agidyne regularly; however, I only brought one additional party member for this, unlike with Alilat where I brought four. The member of choice was Ann; even though I forgot her Fire Break, her Dormina came in handy for delaying Giri's first Agidyne until I was ready to start reflect it for optimal damage. Unfortunately, after the first one, I forgot to switch back to my auto-buff Persona before the barracks bot fights; this made them rather deadly to everyone who wasn't Joker. I reloaded and switched back after defeating Giri again, and they were so much easier the second time. Plus, slightly better Critical luck. -The Okumura boss fight was surprisingly easy, considering I was going at it with mostly Triple Down and Apt Pupil on two members, plus Revolution for further Criticals. I did bring Makoto and she ended up doing a large amount of damage to one wave with Flash Bomb technicals. -For Sae's Palace, I put it off as long as possible to max the Tower confidant link and get the Hanged one to a high rank. Before I went in, I bought From Heaven and gave it the mega receiver. When I got to the Rangda fight, I used Marakunda, Charge, switched to my Gun Boost+Amp Girimehkala before attacking, used all three of my Down Shots, and then unloaded. I think I had maybe 2 bullets left after that, which I feel was cutting it pretty close even after everything else. -In Shido's Palace, I fused a support-only Trumpeter before leaving, and I finally maxed out the Strength confidant, thus unlocking VIP Treatment. I wasn't initially planning to use it seriously for anything other than alarm accidents, but...my first attempt at the Beast saw only ~1k damage from a full clip. I was bracing myself for the idea of a long grind, but I got the idea to fuse Metatron and trigger another alarm to get Nataraja EX for its power and all-around stat bonus. I spent way too much time customizing builds for Personas I might not even use this time around, and this basically cost me all my money. Over several more alarms (because I didn't get the ideas all at once), I got the Regent R accessory, plus the Auto-Maraku and Auto-Masuku skill cards for my Potent Hypnosis Rakshasa (who I fused with Auto-Mataru after getting an Isis with a gun build from an alarm accident way earlier). -When I next attempted Shido for real, I used all my Charge items in hopeful preparation for the second phase while setting up Joker's piercing gun attack, only to end up needing to recast buffs and debuffs several times. Morgana took a hit that I didn't heal him from at some point, and then...the Beast charged, telegraphing Arm of Destruction. I had everyone except Joker guard, and right after the attack hit...Morgana was suddenly ready to initiate a Showtime, which I had believed was my only was through this phase before setting up the piercing-gun strategy. So I accepted it, and it hit for over 2k damage because of the charge (I don't quite recall if it was the one with Ann or the one with Haru, the latter of whom was also in the party; Haru was also charged, if that did anything). And when Joker unloaded his gun for real, it only ht for maybe 1.1-1.2k, which wasn't as hard as I was hoping...but with the Showtime damage, it was enough to FINALLY push to phase 2! At this point, I pretty much didn't need to worry about losing this fight because everyone was level 60+ and I was pretty well-prepared for everything else. My aforementioned Girimekhala also has Retaliating Body and Makarakarn, which I put to good use in the 1v1 portion of the fight. -Updates to come, as I'm not finished yet. But if I do this run again, I might try it on Hard instead of Merciless.

Extremely interesting challenge! Its really fun seeing someone actually good at the game, and the amount of pre planning needed to complete this challenge. Cant wait for more stuff from you in the future!

Its funny that his gun playthrough goes better than my other playthroughs ;-;

Attempt 2: Electric Boogaloo.

I forgot just how good this game is until I watched this video. I’m going to need to go back through and finish new game +

You should have said when you don’t have you guns you might as well use your guns

I read the title and was like "no, even in royal with refills every battle, no." Then I remembered gun SKILLS exist and I'm an idiot

So beautiful the ending is shooting a gun

Bassically Persona 5 in SMT 1 mode:

Great video! The hour went by in a flash.

We'll beat out enemies with the power of friendship and these guns we found!

For his neutral special he wields a Gun

Persona 5 A. (For america)

The shiro joke was absolutely wild 💀

Madarame's Palace theme "A Woman" is my favorite song in Persona 5.

a thing you missed is being able to buy hustle s from the sports store all the time so the early game could have had increased crit chance.

Now try it in p1 😈

Love the fact that I stumbled into this video “best girl ____…..oh and Ohya” 😂😂

on the part where you have to send someone to get kamoshida's crown, it only works when you send morgana

10:51 good call

The right way to say it is “coo cull-in” he’s a big legend in Ireland

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Y’know. I came from another video where you pronounced Cú Chulain weird, but it’s Celtic so there’s a million pronunciations so I figured it might’ve been a different one. Then I heard the way you said it in this one. Hey, you learn something everyday. You learned how to say some Celtic names

I love using gun damage in this game

It took me until watching this video to learn that there a way to fuse personas higher level that you 😭