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At last, the time has come in to fight Nyx head-on and stop the impending arrival of The Fall, which would end all life on earth as we know it. After unwittingly bringing about The Fall in the🌠 first place, it’s now up to you andﷺ your faithful teammates in SEES to reach the top of Tartarus before the end of January so you can meet Nyx head-on.
But this fin🗹al fight is undeniably more complicated than any you’ve had so far, though, so for help taking down Nyx at the end of P3P, read on ahead.
This guide contains critical spoilers for ♈each of the st♎ages of the final battle against Nyx Avatar in Persona 3 Portable. Reader discretion is advised before reaching the final battle.
How To Use This Guide
While we usually provide a central affinity chart for our boss battles, the final fight against Nyx is much different.
This is because Nyx will change its arcana after you've defeated each phase of it in the fight. The battle against Nyx will see it cycle through 14 unique battle stages altogether.
Therefore, we've broken up Nyx's affinity charts between arcana, as each phase has unique affinities and attacks, and will advise on each stage individually following said stage's affinity chart.
Additionally, Nyx will not deviate from the pattern of arcana as they are listed below. There's no wild-card element to this fight, so follow the guide below in order to defeat P3P's final boss.
The final thing to keep in mind is that Nyx has 1,500 HP in every stage but the last. Once it's transformed into Arcana Death, the final stage will have 7,000 HP instead. This means you'll consistently need your strongest attacks of every element to keep ꩵyour head abov✃e water in the battle ahead.
TheGamer's Persona 3 Portable Affinity Chart Key
Label |
Explanation |
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Str |
This shadow is strong against this element, and attacks of this element deal less damage. |
Wk |
This shadow is weak against this element, and attacks of this element deal more damage. |
Rep |
This shadow will repel attacks of this element, reversing the damage onto you. |
Nul |
This shadow will nullify attacks of this element, and as such, they deal no damage. |
Drn |
This shadow will gain health from attacks of this element, so attacks of this heal the shadow. |
- |
Attacks of this element deal normal damage to the shadow. |
Nyx Final Battle Preparation
Nyx is the last of three battles you'll need to win on 1/31 to prevent the coming of The Fall, and, as the main antagoꦉnist of the game, the battle with Nyx is 🌼the hardest fight you'll have encountered yet.
Recommended Party
We kept the same party for the entirety of the endgame battles: Yukari, Akihiko, and Aigis.
Each of the three were leveled to the point that they were no longer learning new moves, since their final skills are some 🙈of their best.
However, the main point of the final battle is that you ought to bring whoever on your team is strongest. Nyx will absolutely not be pulling punches, and it can attack using every physical or m♍agic type🧸 of move.
Whoever is coming with you, it's best to delegate roles in the party early. For us, we used Yukari primarily as a healer with help from her high-magic Garudyne, Akihiko was great for debuffs and powerful Ziodyne skill, while Aigis was primarily on buffing the team with the occasional physical attack when the group was in good shape.
The team is more effective if you visit the police station before the endgame fights to equip them with accessories to cancel everyone's weaknesses.
Giving Nyx as few weak spots to exploit✅ in this fight ܫis the best help you can give yourself.
Regardless of your party setup, your team needs a healer for this fight. Nyx is capable of a massive damage output, so don't leave yourself unprepared to he🅘al or revive teammates.
Since this is the last fight and your items don't carry into a NG+ save file, feel free to use any and all items to heal during the fight.
All party members can use consumable items on thওeir turns regardless of if they know healing magic, either for themselves or on others.
Recommended Level And Personas
Since you won't have time to train after taking down 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jin Shirato and subsequently 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Takaya Sakaki on the way up, you'll enter the battle with Nyx at whatever your level was after the fight with Takaya.
Without more time to grind, you need to go into 1/31 absolutely prepared. You'll earn some EXP for fighting Jin and Takaya, with the option 🐻to go back to the Velvet Room before the fight with Nyx.
And with so much on the line in this battle, you'll do well to bring your highest-level Personas. Since Nyx has a little bit of everything in its affinities, you'll need to cover all gaps left by your teammates.
Additionally, Nyx can use every kind of magic and physical move, so the more Personas with nullifications or resistances that you can bring into the battle, the better.
Nyx does not have a weakness in any of its battle stages, so your focus needs to be on avoiding elements it nullifies or drains.
Therefore, any Personas with severe-level damage moves are your best choice for offensive Personas.
If you managed to fuse Orpheus Telos, now is an excellent time to use it, since it resists all attacks except almighty.
Helel cannot be fused until Lv. 88 after you've maxed your 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star social link, but if you've got access, it's a great choice, since Primal Force and Morning Star will both serve you well in outputting damage.
In a similar vein, Lucifer can use Brave Blade and Megidolaon to put the hurt on Nyx in the fight. It's available beginning at Lv. 89 following the completion of the Jud💦gment arcana with the Nyx Anni🌄hilation Team.
Nyx will do its best to begin inflicting status ailments on your team, which will primarily be fear, poison, panic, and charm.
You can use your team to dispel this as needed, but bringing Personas with status ailment immunities will only serve you well in the coming fight.
The main goal of the Nyx battle in P3P is to adjust your strategies as Nyx's affinity changes.
Be conscious not to waste moves on skills that won't work, as this fight can regularly take upwards of an hour for players to complete even with a full offensive strategy, ❀depending on difficulty settings and the level of their protagonist.
Arcana Fool
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Fool
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Arcana Shift |
Ch♛anges Nyx's affinities to that of the next arcana in the sequence |
This is Nyx's primary form. The only move it knows in this form is Arcana Shift, which it performs immediately, so your time with this stage of the 𒁃fight will be brief.
Arcana Magician
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Magician
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
- |
- |
Drn |
- |
- |
- |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Agi |
Light fire damage to one foe |
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Maragi |
Light fire damage to all foes |
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Agilao |
Medium fire damage to one foe |
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Maragilao |
Medium fire damage to all foes |
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Agidyne |
Heavy fire damage to one foe |
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Maragidyne |
Heavy fire damage to all foes |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Fire Break |
Cancels a foe's resistance to fire magic and 😼reverts it to normal |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's affini🌄ties to that of the next arcana in the s🔯equence |
With fire magic at the forefront of this stage, you'll need to avoid ice-based Personas to keep Nyx from exploiting a weakness.
Avoid using Agi skills to keep up your damage output. Be sure you're buffing and debuffing consistently,💜 especially during the first few staꦰges of battle.
Arcana Priestess
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Priestess
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Drn |
- |
- |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Bufu |
Light ice damage to one foe with a 10% chance to🉐 inflict freeze |
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Mabufu |
Li🤪ght ice damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict freeze to each |
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Bufula |
Medium ice damage to one foe with🀅 a 10% chance to inflict fre🐼eze |
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Mabufula |
Medium ice damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict freeze t💖o each |
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Bufudyne |
Heavy ice damage to one foe with aဣ 10% ✅chance to inflict freeze |
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Mabufudyne |
He༒avy ice damage to all ⛎foes with an 8% chance to inflict freeze to each |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Ice Break |
Cancels a foe's resistance to ice magic and reverts ⛦it to normal |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's affinities to that of the next𝔍 arcana 𓄧in the sequence |
Like the Magician stage, Arcana Priestess will focus on one element, choosing ice magic for this stage.
Proceed like you did with Arcana Magician, avoiding using ice magic in an offensive way and being sure to keep Personas weak to ice out of battle.
Arcana Empress
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Empress
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nul |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Garu |
Light wind damage to one foe |
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Magaru |
Light wind damage to all foes |
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Garula |
Medium wind damage to one foe |
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Magarula |
Medium wind damage to all foes |
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Garudyne |
Heavy wind damage to one foe |
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Magarudyne |
Heavy wind damage to all foes |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Wind Break |
Cancels a foe's resistance to wind magic and reverts🍷 it to♏ normal |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's affinities to th🐭at of the next arcana in the seque♑nce |
Again, we've got another elemental stage, with this one preferring wind magic.
Avoid offensive wind magic, and skip using Personas weak to wind.
Arcana Emperor
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Emperor
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nul |
- |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Zio |
Light electric damag🎶e to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict shock |
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Mazio |
Light electric💫 damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict shock ꦇto each |
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Zionga |
Medium electric damageꦛ to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict shock |
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Mazionga |
Medium electric damage to all foes with an 8% chance to inflict shock toꩵ each |
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Ziodyne |
Heavy e🦩lectric damage to one foe with a 10% chance to inflict shock |
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Maziodyne |
Heavy ꦯelectric damage to all foes wi💞th an 8% chance to inflict shock to each |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Elec Break |
Cancels a foe𒁏's resistance to electric magic and reverts it to normal |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's affinities to that of the ne🍌xt arcana in the sequence |
The final of our single-element stages, Arcana Emperor uses exclusively electric magic.
Stay away from Zio skills while being sure to brace anyone weak to electricity.
The team we recommended above may be difficult in this stage, since Yukari and Aigis are both weak to electric magic, and Akihiko's offensive electric skills won't do anything here.
If you're using our recommended party, use this phase to have everyone heal and use their buff/debuff moves. While they're keeping the party in top shape, your MC can be your primary offense until Arcana Emperor goes down.
Arcana Hierophant
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Hierophant
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
Nul |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Rep |
Rep |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Fatal End |
Medium slash damage to one foe |
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Cruel Attack |
Medium pierce damage to one foe that does 1.5x damꦛage if the foe is downed |
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Vile Assault |
Heavy pierce damage to one foe that does 1.5x ꦑdamage if the foe is downed |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Rebellion |
Increases the cri💃tical hit rate for every combatant on the field |
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Revolution |
Greatly increasesꦓ the critical hit rate for every combatant on the field |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's affinities to that of the next arcana in the seque🧔nc♎e |
With not one but two attacks that do additional damage to anyone who's downed, it's imperative to use Personas without a pierce weakness.
Even the most careful planning may be negated by Rebellion or Revolution, but the good news about those skills is that the increase applies to everyone on your team as well as Nyx.
You'll get four attacks for every two that Nyx gets, so try to combine this with Aigis using Matarukaja to really do some damage to Ny🅠x before it can do the same to you.
Arcana Lovers
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Lovers
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nul |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Holy Arrow |
Light pierce damage to one foe꧅ with a 25% chance to inflict charm |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Pulinpa |
40% chance to inflict panic to one foe |
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Tentarafoo |
40% chance to inflict panic to all foes |
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Marin Karin |
40% chance to inflict charm to one foe |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's af🤡finities to that of the next ar🌳cana in the sequence |
In this stage more than ever, you'll need to focus on curing status ailments as soon as possible.
Panicked party members may opt to skip their turn to attack, while charmed teammates will either attack the party or even use healing spells on Nyx to replenish its HP.
Yukari is the ace in the hole for this stage, since she knows both Me Patra and Charmdi to handle these ailments.
Outside this quirk, Arcana Lovers is all about doing the most damage possible with anything but wind magic.
Arcana Chariot
Nyx Affinity Chart: Arcana Chariot
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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Slash |
Strike |
Pierce |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
Nul |
Nul |
Nul |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Nul |
Nul |
- |
Skills and Attacks |
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Heat Wave |
Medium strike damage to all foes |
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God's Hand |
Severe strike damage to one foe |
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Almighty Attack |
Heavy almighty damage to all foes |
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Power Charge |
The next physical attack will deal double damage |
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Arcana Shift |
Changes Nyx's affinities to that of the ne🧜xt arcana in 🌠the sequence |
Though not an outright weakness, Arcana Chariot takes 50 percent more damage from elemental magic.
With Nyx getting two moves each turn, Arcana Chariot will spend most of its time casting Power Charge on its first move, followed immediately by one of its damaging moves to cash in on the boost.
While you can't do much to protect the party outside of guarding if someone is low on HP, using a Persona that resists strike damage renders your MC almost impenetrable i꧋n this stage.