P3R Party Member Tierlist 

So after reading some comments it seems I misunderstood how Akihiko's Characteristics work, sorry about that. His Characteristic just states that it "increases the effects of buffs on himself". I thought this simply EXTENDED the time buffs lasted on him like how Wealth of the Lotus worked in P5R. Instead it seems it actually increases the amount he is buffed by compared to everyone else. With that in mind I would put him probably in A tier with the physical attackers. I think people are overestimating how much this matters since it only puts him in striking (lol) distance of the MC's damage potential. However this obviously makes him better than I thought and brings him in line with most of the other party members. In my defense they mistranslated how to charge his Theurgy gauge charged and nobody in chat pointed this out to me. Not even the people who no life the game and finished the game in a week. Which means this is a common misperception or the game didn't clearly explain how it worked. Obviously though I want to give good info though so I'll pin this comment with the correction.

Shinji is S when he's with you stomps every floor

For anyone that says Akihiko sucks in this game, thats far from the truth; he is by far the best damage dealer you have; the problem is you have to be aware of and utilize weapons you get from the antique shop. He gets a weapon that gives Strike Amp on it, which greatly increases his physical damage. No other character gets that buff You also have to factor in his passives, which you brought up for everyone but him it looks like. The effects he gets off of the 3 buffs (attack/defense/agility) get a multiplicative increase when they are applied to him. They do not have to be applied mid battle, as long as he is buffed in some way, his passive activates. Examples include an auto-buff persona from the MC or give him an accessory that gives him auto-tarakuja at the start of the battle. Not to mention his theurgy gets the bonus increase at the start of his turn as long as he has a buff equipped; so if he does by MC or an accessory, his theurgy charges the fastest out of everyone. Just with his endgame weapon and an attack buff equipped; Gods Hand legit hits harder than most if not all non-MC Thuergies except his own. But he isnt just good endgame; as far as mid game goes he can get an elec amp accessory far earlier than other characters get their respective elements, so midgame his damage will mainly be from electrical attacks; but he is still hitting just as hard. So overall, while Akihiko doesnt get any notable buff/debuffing skills; he instead is THE damage dealer of the team, and is a top tier party member. Also Defense Down on Mitsuru is all you ever need on her to be a mainstay as that gives such a huge damage boost, esp for Akihiko. You could have MC do that job if you want but MC will prob be better off setting himself up for phyiscal damaage /targeting weaknesses. Yukari's Mind Charge Theurgy also pairs well with Akihiko's Theurgies, and Mitsuru if you use her.

I refuse to ever remove Junpei from my party because he's da man

Something to note about Akihiko is he is the only party member with a basic attack type of strike. So whenever you run into enemies with a strike weakness he's a nice way to getr all-out attacks off without spending hp or sp. Not a huge plus to him with the MC easily being able to cover and healing being plentiful, but something that one might want to take into account.

Fun fact: both of akihikos theurgys have less power than ziodyne/maizodyne. 💀

Mitsuru's great to keep around for random Tartarus fights since her characteristic makes it even easier to crit enemies you ambush and her theurgy charges really quick.

When Fukka’s theurgy upgrades, she basically adds an aoe charge and concentrate to the mix.

Is there any merit to running yukari and Ken together? It might seem overkill, I was thinking those 2 and aigis lmk what you think

You can set Kens Sp low via Hp equipment (Equip Hp - Use Healing Skill -Unequip Hp -repeat). He also has faster Theurgy Charge than Yukari and its actually fast enough be be spammed (so no need to really save it just pop it off). He also generally does more Damage than Yukari despite what her Mag may suggest. (The only point where Yukari does more is the period where she has access to Wind Amp accessories and Ken doesn’t but even then its a negligible amount).

Fuuka is literally the best navigator no other navigator can do as much as she does. Also her theurgy upgrade just has a chance of better buffs and recovery

Never let bro cook again 😂

nah, i used to be a akihiko hater but he's the only party member that can even come close to MC's damage with God's Hand, not to mention his high magic and strength really boost both of his theurgies in comparison to someone like junpei who's second theurgy hits like a feather because of his low magic stat

nah you're actually COOKED for this

Bro Akihiko literally is the best damage dealer in the game not counting the mc. Strike amp weapon, strike boost accesory, elec boost and amp. Not to mention buffs have a greater effect on him thanks to his traits. No one can compete with Akihiko's mid to late game potential.

wow, does Akihiko not even get a multi target physical attack? that's rough

Akihiko and mitsuru being THAT low is actually insane. I see mitsuru as A tier, aki at A/B and junpei at C

Hell biker and the lvl 74 magicians persona get bloody charge

Its crazy how ALL of these rankings are wrong except Yukari and MC 😭

The strongest party I had was doggo, junpei and ken. No other party is as strong as this. Crit machine, crit machine buffer (doggo) and full heal plus shield every 3 turns (ken) is absolutely bonkers. Yukari hardly makes it to A tier compared to that. Sorry. Physical damage is different league over magic, thats why yukari is way worse then you believe sir.

Or yall could be me and just say fuck it and have no debuff cures because u never use yukari because shes so rude to junpei and doesnt know how to like ever not be annoying. So you just hope to god an ailment misses ur mc so u can amrita shower

My guy, Akihiko has better damage buffs than MC in this game. I’m crying (Also crying at the fact Ken and Yukari are at S)

This list is good except aki is way to low and jumpei and shinjiro is way to high all 3 should be switched and mistsuru in my opinion is A tier junpei and shinjiro are the worst in the game junpei really only gets attacking moves like pierce and slash but not like it really matters since aki just does it better. All he really got going for him is a defense buff but again aki does it better. Being able to crit does help him tho

My tier list of the party members: 1. Yukari: With Healing Apex she can heal allies all the time she want and she charges her Theurgy every time she heals someone, which is the fastest character in charging her Theurgy, her wind skills are really good and she can give Concentrate to all the party and my favorite Persona girl in the franchise ❤❤❤💖💖💖👑👑👑 2. Koromaru: His dark and fire skills are really good, he has Debilitate to decrease all the enemy stats, Power Howl to give Charge to all allies, Revolution to increase the critical rate and he charges his Theurgy attacking the enemy weakness. 3. Ken: A really versatile character, Divine Intervention is easily the best Theurgy in the game without counting the Armageddon, he has Heat Riser to increase all the stats of one ally, Tetrakarn and Makarakarn. 4. Aigis: She's resistent to all the type of physical attacks, which is good, her characteristic increase the damage of her physical skills and she charges her Theurgy making physical attacks and with her Orgia Mode she becomes dangerous. 5. Fuuka: Her navigator skills are so much better than in the original and all her random buffs are so good, giving Heat Riser to all allies, Charge and Concentrate to all allies and completely restore and revive all allies with all the HP and SP. 6. Junpei: With his characteristic, he can become a critical hit machine, sadly that's the only thing good for him, his magic stat is really low. 7. Akihiko: He's not a bad party member, his electric and physical skills are still good and he's able to heal allies. 8. Mitsuru: She's the strongest magic attacker, but is not really well done, her characteristic is probably the worst, because the ailments in strong enemies and bosses are completely useless and she has Concentrate, but Yukari can give Concentrate to all the party members, so this doesn't make sense, sorry Mitsuru fans. 9. Shinjiro: He's a good party member, but just because you can only use him in one month is the reason why is in the bottom.

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Akihiko learn tarunda, akihiko best character

time to make a case for yukari being bad and mitsuru being good healing is so whatever in most fights. and fights you do need healing for items generally replicate it. not even like a lot of items either. they are cheap, you get a bunch from tartarus, and not every fight requires healing. outside of straight healing yukari...doesn't do much? poison bow is pretty great early on. group concentrate is good but comes VERY late. other than the she heals and does chip damage. also when ken joins hes better by like every metric and i also don't think ken is particularly good outside of divine intervention. mitsuru is more or less a rakunda bot. but mitsuru casting rakunda in a lot of fights (hierophant, lovers, chariot/justice, lots of midgame tartarus fights) is doing more than yukari or junpei can with their whole kit at that point in the game. she has other positives too. ailments while not useful for the whole game have their niche in the first half. she gets bufula pretty early so her damage output when she joins before you have access to super strong physical skills is pretty good. she falls off as the game goes on because she just can't keep up in damage and her skill list is so bloated with ailments and physical skills that just aren't very useful. but even then in a context where you say aren't grinding then just being able to cast rakunda is pretty good. you don't need to give her any special equipment for her to lower enemy defense, where as ken really wants light boost, junpei really wants slash boost, etc. mitsuru is not going to hit big flashy numbers vs endgame enemies but if you consider her contributions throughout the entire game i think shes really good and in a context where you don't grind shes one of the best characters in the game sorry for wall of text