Man, this boss fight is really hard. If you even want a chance to defeat her you will need a skill that has has a high chance on a critical hit. Using Kasumi is recommended for this battle Itemizing Yamata-no-Orochi when the fusion alarm is on ( you can start a fusion alarm every time at Chihaya's fortune reading after rank 8 for 20k yen ) will give you the One-Shot kill skill card. this skill combined with passive moves that increase critical hits can really help, Kasumi's sword dance skill also has a high critical hit chance which really helps. This guide is also helpful : samurai-gamers.com/persona-5/lavenza-secret-boss-guide/

Sheesh, you can hear both Justine AND Caroline in her voice the more the battle progresses. Some top notch voice acting.

lavenza: so you killed god Joker: yeah im super strong now Lavenza: NOW I SHALL TRY Joker: uh oh

6:53 W H A T W H A T W H A T W H A T W H A T W H A T W H A T W H A T

“Man the twins was bad in the base game and how they both had a turn but I’m sure that it’s one turn cause it’s just one” “gets two turns” *Gosh darn it*

14:11 - Lavenza: No time to eat, Skull.

23:54 WOW, you would have died if it wasnt for ryuji

i do like that her Personas get stronger as the fight continues. but when she pulls out Lucifer, it makes you wish it didn't.

When i saw her summon Lucifer and Concentrate i said to myself "Oh no". She's just like her sisters.

Somehow, Futaba just knows the perfect moments to step in- in this fight. What a homie. Oracle best girl. 😔

6:54 Diavolo after getting reset by Gold Experience Requiem

Lavenza using the chainsaw as a melee atack is so stupidly funny I love it

Joker: Yoshitsune! Hassou tobi! Lavenza: what what what what what what what what what what

19:23 Me:Hm... it's been a tough fight but I almost got her! Lavenza: *summons Lucifer to use Concentrate* Me: Oh Lavenza: *Proceeds to cast Megidoloan* Me: O h N o

Caroline and Justine after beating them: Hey, Inmate! *merge into Lavenza* Lavenza: I didn't hear no bell.

"Wow! I think I over prepared for the twins fight, it was just way too easy!" Lavenza: "Hello." "Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?"

Headpats are cool and all, but there's no way in hell that I'll risk it when the person in question has a FREAKING CHAINSAW!

13:55 I like it that how Skull got up, says 'You little...!', then gestures at Lavenza. Skull doesn't want to be messed with.

Yeah, the fact that this is on the EASIEST difficulty is....concerning haha.

Azathoth: I'm the hardest boss in Persona 5 Royal! Jose: No, I am! Lavenza: Amateurs. Azathoth & Jose: What was that, punk? Lavenza: AMATEURS.

2:47 Did.... did that Yoshitsune have Megidolaon?

13:57 best… Showtime… Ever! The reactions make it hilarious. and the way Max Mittelman delivers the lines, damn. That, “I’m trying to eat here”! Fucking killed me. Lol.

9:45 Well that went from 1 to a million

One tip I can give is to constantly keep her Debilitated. If you don’t want to use Akechi, you can get Debilitate for anyone except Kasumi from one of the Jazz Club Sundays in December. If she has negative stat changes, she will use Dekunda in place of some skills. That will make sure she doesn’t always get two turns to do things against you. Also, the first round is a test of affinities, so whatever element she last used, she will take the most damage from that elements opposite. So if she last used fire, use ice on her. Break skills are also a good thing to have, Faz had the right idea. Ren can keep up damage no matter what with Almighty, but it’s good to have a high damage party member helping whittle her down. For her phase where she’s like “use an ailment on me or your dead.” I reccomend freeze because it temporarily changes her physical affinity to normal. Combine that with a high phys damage member like Ryuji or Akechi, and I’ve done 4,000 to 6,000 to her in one strike after freeze.

Joker:Lavenza I'm Ready to fight you again Lavenza:Well then My Trickster..It's Round 2 then. Shao Khan:FIGHT!

19:33 so this is why Lavenza is so difficult

Joker/Akira: “I got one question - Is your master requesting this duel as part of my rehabilitation “

Lavenza: *uses chainsaw* Ann: OH MY GOD!

just imagine the japanese version "NANI NANI NANI NANI NANI NANI NANI NANI NANI NANI"

6:53 WHAT

We don't fight loli's we give them head pats Lavenza best girl since 2016

20:24 Lavenza kills Skull and she looks like she feels sorry for him

This video and the guide you linked ended up helping me a whole lot thank you!

Remember when we thought the Reaper was a hard boss?

I tried this fight for the first time and I got to the third stage. The one where you have to get a critical hit on every turn. I missed with Joker, used Morgana to heal, and used Makoto to give Haru an item to increase her critical. I used One Shot Kill with Haru and fucking missed. I turned off the game and questioned what life was all about.

MEGIDO-..

I mean giving the fact that I struggle a lot when I fought the twins, I don't even know how the fight with Lavenza gonna go for me. I fought with Maruki in the first play through and I can confidant telling you the twin fight is wayyyyyyyy harder than Maruki, oh boy I definitely gonna get wreck when I fight Lavenza

Lavenza is the only boss I haven't beat. Idk if I will even beat her. Like I thought jose is tough but lavenza is on whole another level. Comparing azatoth and yaldabaoth to lavenza makes those two looks like trash mob that can be insta killed by ryuji.

24:10 Oh My God!!! XD

I’m waiting for that one guy that solos Lavenza.

No one: Hassou Tobi: *What?What?What?What?What?What?What?What?*

Lavenza is no doubt incredibly difficult, especially with phase requirements sometimes needing pure luck to be met, but it’s significantly easier when you have an optimized team and setup. Just having high crit moves, Yoshitsune with Hassou Tobi, and Persona with Charge/Concentrate is barely enough to let you win. Before you even start the battle, have a Persona with Will of the Sword equipped. It’s bugged to make you start the battle with a free Concentrate, so you don’t need to waste a turn. I’d say to start the battle with Auto-skills but Lavenza immediately starts with Dekaja to nullify stat increases, so it’s a moot point. Have dedicated support Personas: They should only have support skills and passives that boost support or keep them alive longer (repels/drains are always good), no offensive skills. I have an Alilat with Vitality of the Tree (from Attis) and Thermopolyae, Charge, and Concentrate. Everything else is just Repels/Drains, so it literally can only be hurt by Wind and Almighty. Maria is my healer (and it’s the best healer by far with her signature skills) with Grace of Mother to reduce healing SP costs, Salvation, Holy Benevolence, Drains that cover her weaknesses, and passives that heal 40% every turn I have her equipped. My Yoshitsune has the Undying Fury trait (from Zaou Gongen), Hassou Tobi and Sword Dance for the high crit, with everything else being passives: Apt Pupil, Arms Master, and the rest being Repels/Drains. When Lavenza uses elemental attacks, she’ll take the most damage from the opposite element (ex: if she uses wind, use electric), so you can prepare a bunch of personas specialized for each element (have Intense Focus or Will of the Sword, Boost and Amp, Spell Master, Magic Ability, Ali Dance, and Repel/Drain for any weaknesses). If you just want a single Almighty Persona, fuse Satanael with Will of the Sword, Black Viper, and Megidoloan. The rest are passive Boost and Amp, Spell Master, Magic Ability, Tyrant’s Mind, and Ali Dance. This will give you the highest Almighty damage in the game.

Yusuke saying "I pour my soul into this bowl" made me laugh way more than it should've

I'm curious of how Omega will trivialize this boss fight.

So anyone want to know something *really* fun? Use Technicals until Phase 3. Literally just use say, Cybele with Gloomy Child and Lullaby or Gloomy Child Raoul and Phantom Show, then have someone (I suggest Mona) use Okumura’s target Concentrate on Joker, have Haru Psiodyne and then Baton Pass to Joker and use Megidolaon/Black Viper/Morning Star/Myriad Truths. Every turn until she gets to phase 3. Then, if you’re using Haru, Mona and Sumire, switch to a Persona with high Crit chance moves like Brave Blade or One Shot Kill because Technical doesn’t work anymore. Maybe Shock does but I don’t know for sure. Since Sumire has Brave Step basically every hit can Crit. One Shot Kill, Brave Blade, Miracle Rush, One Shot Kill. If anyone has Charge that’s good too but not necessary. Just keep whaling on her. Akechi’s Rebellion Blade in exchange for anyone not Sumire also works since you’ll likely have her knocked to the ground and then it’ll deal like, 3x damage

If Lavenza had screwdriver kun the Phantom Thieves would have no chance...

This was hard first time, but as soon as I understood the stat, I began to understand which party members to use and which moves work against her. I even got an All Out Attack finisher on her. I would have gotten a screenshot, if only capture wasn’t blocked.

I think what persona gets right about their boss fights is the ability to keep you on your toes but in an interesting way as to not bore you due to how long some of the bosses take to fight

Question Just kinda skimming though the battle and was curious if she uses any health stealing abilities when her health gets low? I mean I beat the reaper at 14 so I’m kinda excited to get to this battle around 3rd semester

Oooohh I'm thrill for this fight dayummm.... January is still a long way

The only time ive seen the break skill be useful

3:25 "hey futaba, our party is 3/4 angry and enraged, can you cleanse us plea-" "SUPER MOVE: ULTRAAAA CHAAAAAARGE"

I never tire of this song. Also, looking forward to this battle when I get there.

This fight is so hard that even Lord-san couldn’t win so easily.

I swear Lavenza your boss fight is just too hard smh. I'm surprised you managed to survive through it and defeated her!

Im glad I got to see this. Futaba came in clutch a few times haha and saying what multiple times was funny. That last bit of health seemed to take forever to go.

16:23 "...Perhaps I went too far." Lavenza said, as she saws Panther in half.

My favorite Lavenza quote is "what?- what?- what?- what?- what?- what?- what?"

These kind of fights should let you have everyone in the fight instead of just you and three teammates

I don't know if anyone here has encountered this but i softlocked my game on phase 4 of the lavenza fight and i don't know why it happened. I got a critical hit with sumire and knocked her down but then she attacked while knocked down and it locked up the game. she just kept looping the attack animation with those little knocked down stars above her head until i closed the game. All I've seen about it is one post on GameFAQs i think.

I like that the other members acknowledge her existence now

imagine not having concentrate on Ann lol

3 things: 1: I beat Lavenza just the other day with Joker, Ryuji, Haru, and Ann/Sumire! It was rough and took a number of attempts and some creating of specifically-made Personas, but I did it! 2: this video helped me do it, particularly the part where you never did the All-Out Attack after a Hold Up, instead going for a Baton Pass while Lavenza was downed. (I sure as hell would’ve never thought to do that!) 3: what weapons/accessories did you use? I’m particularly interested in what Ryuji’s holding, it looks really cool!

During the first phase, I had everyone play support while I let Joker deal 95% of the damage. Yusuke to buff everyone, Akechi to Debilitate, Sumire for her high critical attack and equiped with Ring of Greed to charge up Joker. Also plenty of items so anyone can heal.

U will need Joker, Ryuji (equip him with Ring of Greed), Makoto (equip her with Sword Dance Belt), and Kasumi (my opinion, just sayin). First/Third phase is where u will need to use Sword Dance to crit her. Then u will pass the baton to Joker to attack. Second Phase is where u will need to use ailment vials, and elemental items based on ailment used to hit her. Then pass the baton as usual, and attack. Fourth Phase is where u will try to take her down, using Charge/Concentrate/Heat Riser or Thermopylae, for u/ ur teammates, before Lavenza uses Lucifer to charge up/use a Megidolaon on u, possibly taking u all out.

24:09 imagine this scene in the anime. shes already unconscious, and Lavenza just pulls out a chainsaw " will you survive? " and proceeds to mutilate her.

one of the only instances you'll get to hear a full track

Did they create a new animation for yoshitsune?

Are the dlc bossfights for Yu and Makoto from the Japanese release in the western release of P5R? If so could you do a video on it?

When Lavenza attacked Violet with a Chainsaw it reminded me of that one comic I wish to forget

is it possible to fight her if I am on NG+ but in the first run I didn’t unlock the third semester?

I just got really lucky on mine today. She charged megidolaon and joker alone survived with 1 hp bc of endure and futaba, the mvp that she is, cast ultimate support so i won. (If you arent tracking, ultimate support revives all downs, fully heals and casts heat riser and brave step on the whole party)

14:03. This is hilarious! Ryuji just wants some food

I think it would have been cooler if when she summoned Lucifer she used Morning Star, cause you know it's stronger than Megidoloan

Kinda wish Minato and Yu were this difficult.

This fight is honestly super fun But that Critical Hit phase is an honest drag (even though I managed to finish it in roughly two rounds of player moves) Unfortunately for me, the only reason I legitimately beat it is because my Satanael had Enduring Soul I didn't count the turns in the final phase, so her Concentrate Megidolaon really hurt me

“Will you survive?” You slashed us with a freaking CHAINSAW, we’re lucky to survive at all

In the world of persona, you can make flipping book pages dramatic

I can't believe Lavenza had the audacity to interrupt beef bowl time.

Golden Experience Requiem: "Korega... Requiem... Da" Diavolo: 6:53

I’m looking at this footage and well...it seems you are able to make a good amount more mistakes with this boss compared to Justine and Caroline. Plus Mona would actually be good to use in this fight thanks to the healing and if I give him an item that nulls his weaknesses.

Like getting two turns fine whatever but she also gets to use the chainsaw after every single member goes for a time right there and if you didn't heal she could take out a party member pretty easily just with the chainsaw

You basically need the enduring skill card lavenza gives you Or just get endure

“I’ve barely started ^-^”

This was a nightmare on merciless. Hitting the damage cap in phase one was hard enough, but having to get a crit every turn during phase three was bullshit. Then in phase five you have to worry about her using concentrate followed by megidolaon for a one hit kill even when debuffed

I had a team full of 99 every stat personas including izanagi no Okami with full compendium and perfect movesets and this fight still took me 2 days to beat on merciless

19:25-Ok? 19:30-Oh Dear 19:33-OH DEAR

25k hp and freaking ohko megidoloan... God this gives me elizabeth PTSD.

19:35 didn't know i was playing persona 4 like seriously. Would Margaret be happy that she did a good one or upset that she didn't kill everyone?

This the most specific boss fight ever what the hell

FAZ u have any pointers or advice for the battle because I battled her lots of times and still I lose

If you're not gonna Matunda why not...just have Haru for the natural One Shot Kill. Sumire can also use Brave Step. That why Joker can focus exclusively on Charge + Hassou. And if you need a reprevial Haru can block all damage for that turn if necessary.

I understand why things are the way they are in games, to be balanced and fun, but let’s be honest, in reality, Futaba is SUUUUUUPER OP, like, here I’ll just give the entire team charge and concentrate at the same time, *enemy attacks* hah, no *activates final guard* oh you took damage? *ultimate support* if you had any control over Futaba this game would have literally zero tension, it’d be a cakewalk, and on top of her amazing character, that is why Futaba is and will always be best girl, thank you for coming to my TED talk.

The way Lavenza summons her persona reminds me of Marguerite

Im just happy i won this fight yesterday( Difficulty was Easy and i don't own DLC personas) I mainly used Satanael (gun build) and my party was Joker, Ryuji, Akechi, Sumi... Took whole day but was worth it

Are there any new personas to get for the compendium, if so, how many?

Best strategy in my opinion is get a almighty set up with satanael and block, reflect etc. bless and curse so you can prevent instakills get enduring soul and black viper lastly for joker get maria as healer, have akechi , sumire and morgana. Let joker do most of the with satanael using black viper, next akechi attacks or debilitates, morgana can get criticals heal and raise evasion and sumire is for criticals and some damage. when you get a critical baton pass to joker and either use concentrate or save concentrate to use black viper with the baton pass. lastlt get futuba's third awakaning and sleep vials. With all of this it shouldn't be hard just a little tedious.

Damn Lavenza spittin bars

"I barely started" But the battle's been going for like 20 minutes already-

the fucking chainsaw lmao