Persona 5 | Defeat The Reaper Without Joker? 

I imagine the team is just going "Why aren't you fighting!?" and Joker simply says "It'd be unfair for the reaper" as the Reaper has Vietnam flashbacks to previous videos

I love how they just started smacking him when he was low

Fire resistance nullifies BUFUDYNE

Reaper: Please, don't. Do nota beat the crap out of me again... Joker: I won't. Reaper: Thank goodness. Joker: *Power of friendship will.*

That finisher in which everyone just used normal attacks and ganged up on the reaper was almost cinematic. It looked cool.

The fact that Ryuji and Ann have Concentrate and Charge, yet the AI commits Unsee and act as if these moves don't exist. *The AI is worse than Ubisoft's.*

Ann came clutch dodging every ice attack

"Sorry guys my controller died"

Morgana: *literally in love with Ann* Also Morgana: *always raises Ryuji first*

Take a shot every time morgana’s miracle punch doesn’t crit

Igor: The power of your current bonds with allies are quite strong. Even without your assistance it would seem your teammates are capable of withstanding any challenge ahead of them. Joker: Definitely, the reaper wasn’t even a challenge. I DOUBT there could be something harder than that. Caroline and Justine: Good Evening INMATE. Joker: ...................

Reaper: You're not gonna torture me, are you? Joker: *chuckles* Of course not. That's their job. *points at Panther, Skull, and Mona*

But ever since either SMT or Persona 3 it's automatically game over if the protagonist is KO'd So in this battle Joker is essentially the Trainer and his teammates are the Pokemon

Me: oh he's gonna fight ok let's see what strategy he's gonna use Phantom: imma set them to act freely and set it to merciless ya know for fun Me:time to grab the popcorn

Before watching this video I thought you can actually remove joker from the party and use others into a full 4 party, I feel stupid by not knowing that Now I feel stupid that I thought that I could remove joker

Meanwhile back in 2009 Minato one shots the reaper by just Armageddon

Repear: **To insta kill everyone** Futaba: *NO*

"It's best not to let the AI act freely, as it can make some pretty questionable choices" - Morgana uses Miracle Punch for damage - Anne ignores Blazing Hell - Ryuji uses God's Hand.. but only at max hp - Morgana heals everyone when they're already at almost max hp - Entire party doesn't have the sense to kill the *Reaper* sooner than they did

These battle osts are always perfect

Joker? I can't sleep. YOU KNOW WHY?! *_THE REAPER KEEPS ON CRYING THE ENTIRE NIGHT ABOUT HOW HE IS A DISGRACE TO HIS FAMILY AND HOW MUCH HE IS A FAILURE. HIS BROTHERS ARE FEARED BY ALL, YET HE GETS BEAT WITH EVERY PERSONA IMAGINABLE, THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP, AND CAN DIE BY A DAMN COLD. HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GIVE THE POOR GUY A BREAK. HE IS CLINICALLY DEPRESSED, AND I HEARD HIM MUTTER ABOUT "A NEW USE FOR HIS CHAINS". PLEASE BRING HIM TO TAE AND LET HIM GET THE HELP HE NEEDS._*

Please tell me you're going to keep doing these challenges and showcases when Royal comes out

Nice video as aways. I'm impressed that everyone could beat the Reaper without Joker. But, Ann and Morgana had healing skill, so it was safe. Difficulty is going to be with Makoto, Haru and Yusuke.

Even Mitsuru knows how to use Mind Charge, how come Ann doesn’t do the same...

Ryuji did the final blow, as expected from Best Boy Sakamoto.

5:40 the song timing MMMM

Things that would make life easier if the AI knew: Ryuji and Ann had Charge and Concentrate, respectively. Morgana's Garudyne deals more damage than either Miracle Punch or his melee attack. Ryuji's better off spamming God's Fist up until he's roughly half HP.

So it is possible, nice Hella underrated channel bruh

I remember when Phantom had 400 subs, look at him now, all grown up

Dear Ann and Ryuji USE CHARGE AND CONCENTRATE

morgana's clutch saves though

Skull: take God's hand my strongest atack Joker: ok skull lemme buff you Skull: nice now i use ziondyne :D

Officially my new favorite Persona channel- Honestly, I can just imagine if Joker remembered all the times he went through new game plus and stole the Reaper's lunch money- Reaper: Cowers in fear at seeing Joker again. Joker: Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you this time. Reaper: Relief- Joker: I'm too good to neat on you anymore, so *they* are going to do it for me while I watch. Harem(and rest of team): Lines up for their chance to beat down the Reaper. Reaper: Fear intensifies. It's no wonder he isn't immune to despair in this game, there likely isn't a single boss that's gotten more disrespect than him, he knows what's gonna happen when Flu season rolls around. XD

Still really wanna see the Holy Grail one...

Morgana spammed that Miracle Punch more than anyone could hope to spam PK Fire XD

Imagine having to buff morgana cause we all know he'd get creamed immediately

I like how the intro is copyrited 2020 now, it's a nice touch

Can you defeat the Reaper WITHOUT your Persona

Joker: Reaper: Mom I'm scared come pick me up

They can do but it will take them forever and 2 days, even with God tier support lmaooo

Up next: "Can you beat the Reaper without the Reaper?"

IMPOSSSIBLEEE -oh nvm

Imagine this but against the Twins.

I never knew those camera angles when it comes to the act freely Also does this mean when you play with one character battle menu on direct commands it means that Joker is asking them to do that? Like, Joker: Ann, use your persona! **summons persona** Ann: Ok leader what do i use?! Joker: Actually no, use an item Ann: an skill one? Cuz i could heal y'know... Joker:Actually no, defend yourself Ann:why?! The enemy is going to die on this hit! Joker:Actually use your persona! Ann: **Leaves the party**

14:26 If the anime had used and improved version of this instead for the all-out-attack I wouldn't be mad.

One challenge I thought was interesting was fighting the Twins with their own personas(as in,all the personas they use when attacking you). I saw someone suggested it in one of Omega's videos on the Twins fight(I think).

Damn Morgana coming in clutch

I just finished Persona 3 FES today, the AI has improved a lot.

well it seems your subs count has grown alot since last time i was here great job phantom

I still don't know why the reaper loves Yusuke so much. If I remember correctly NicoB, (a blind LPer) also had the same thing happen. I wonder why?

You lost me when you said you could support, but reeled me back in with the act freely

Firstly, damn. You get a lot of mileage out of those unused Joker lines. Second, the spell master and almighty amp skills come from network fusion right? I'm curious as to how you actually go about getting those on a single Persona. Lastly, typical. Of course the A.I. wouldn't touch the charge skills. Lol

That last attack was so cocky

Bruh. You read my mind with this video. Yooo!

alternative title: Fighting the reaper but joker is roleplaying futaba and its actually persona 3

Tip: it’s actually better to let the reaper ambush you. Whenever he attacks he only gets one attack, but since you’re doing challenges like this it would make more sense for you to still do it this way to make it more challenging

oh god, now it's in p5, why must p3 haunt me

Take a shot everytime Ryuji doesn't use a physical attack and Morgana's Miracle Punch doesn't crit

in the end. why were they just attacking, they had plenty of sp XD

3:48 perfectly matched with the chorus

This is making really wish I Believe was also in the original P5. Also great musical timing at 9:54

I actually love that song you put in this video

In my first playthrough of persona, I was afraid to go AFK in mementos because of the reaper but now I learned. *Don't Fear the Reaper*

Imagine bringing Mitsuru somehow and after all the years she's still spamming Marin Karin

I liked that I believe playing it being my favourite song

Been watching for a bit now. This is the first one to get a laugh out of me. Subscribed.

Jeez! Your challenges are on parr with DismArchus’s! Think you could fight the Reaper/Twins with only the DLC Personas?

Joker teammate kills reaper while joker support em and eat popcorn

You the entire time: SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,SHINING ARROWS,

Reaper: oh f here i go again Joker: today the council will decide your fate

Nice video! Seriously your intro is amazing! That editing. Best intro I've ever seen.not exaggerating

you know what, you've shown your worth... I am thou, thou art I, with the wings of rebellion thy break thy chains of captivity... you've gained the subscriber confidant.

I'm just gonna sub now because these videos are just hella interesting just for the facts alone in them, not to mention doing the challenges.

pretty impressive to believe that my first ever p5 playthrough was with the act freely on every one and only with dlc personas... dark times they were

Reaper: I am strongest shadow ever Flu: you should have wore a mask

Poor Ryuji died like ten times in the past twenty minutes.

When I read "without Joker" I understand it as "without Joker's ingerention". What if he couldn't do nothing, only defend as if he really wasn't there?

Bulling to reaper XD

Those insta kills attacks mustve given you a mini heart attack every time the reaper used them.

You should have made Joker guard or wait to be more challenging and basing it solely on the AI.

I remember leaving a comment on a previous video Phantom had made about a week ago, wondering why he only had 883 subs. Now this- *3.09K subs* This DOES put a smile on my face👌

Joker buffs so technically he’s helping quite a lot (buffs are huge in this game)

i like how they use phys attacks at the end its oddly cinematic

Wouldnt thermopylae have better use in this situation?

You use the light theme for youtube? You’re bloody insane mate.

Im not a big smt or persona fan, but i still subbed to your channel because of how cool your videos are

I believe playing in the background was a very good decision

Seeing the AI heal each other was really cute idk

"that should have done it!" no, morgana, a miracle's hand won't kill the reaper

Panther got back up! Start the counterattack! Panther: Heal

You're growing subs at a really fast rate now Phantom, congrats. Before we know it you'll be at 5k. Btw have you seen the Phantom Strikers intro? It's so stylish

At 3:48 I found the fact that they all healed each other so precious for some reason, like they truly do care about each other? Oh and the fact that Morgana healed Ann first was hilarious.

morgana and miracle punch is persona 5's version of mitsuru and marin karin

the editing of joker and arsene is pretty fire

I'm curious to see how the team would do truly without joker. What if you were to equip a persona with every skill slot occupied by drain type passives along with regenerate 3 and the inability to aid your teammates. The only two win conditions would be joker's survival and the death of the reaper. Good video and as always keep up the good work!

hears act freely *violent flashbacks to mitsuru trying to charm the god of death*

1:28 - Atleast in P3 people used diffrent commands too! Act Freely is almost suicide most of the time. (on bosses mainly)

Next episode will be beating persona without living

this looks really fun to do

Now that's what a call a true persona gamer