Huge P5R spoiler for those who don't wanna get spoiled for the game's true ending. Here is how we can defeat Maruki without Joker losing a single point of SP, thanks to the combination of 8-Element Anubis with the lowest tier of elemental magic skills, God Maker Izanagi, and an Invigorate 3 accessory.
Izanagi's unique trait, God Maker allows Ryuji's trait (Chance to increase the party's Phys dmg by 1.8x) to activate more consistently and Akechi's (halves SP cost for support skills for the party) as well. It wasn't shown in the video but that's not all, Izanagi's trait also allows Yusuke's trait (Chance for the party to dodge incoming Phys attacks) and Sumire's (Chance of preventing the party from getting knocked down) to activate more often too. These 4 strength-based party members benefit the most from Izanagi's unique and broken trait.
About Anubis and why he is so special:
Anubis is the lowest level non-DLC Persona in P5(R) that has no weaknesses and can inherit every element.
All-target Strength spam plus 8-Element Anubis is inherently dominant against mobs in a system where:
(a) Strength skills are more damaging than Magic skills with boosts at all levels,
(b) Magic skills are more accurate than Strength skills at all levels,
(c) Strength skills plus healing out-of-battle costs less SP than Magic skills at all levels, and SP is scarce,
(d) Magic skills are more likely to Down than Strength skills, and the first Baton Pass is x1.5 damage, which is objectively relatively high at all levels (Critical, Relentless, and Element Amp are equally strong), which makes all-target Strength spam from allies even stronger, and
(e) Enemies rarely prevent Strength spam: there are several specific exceptions that Null Phys and only exist as elemental coverage checks and SP checks, in which case use ailments or Almighty.
TLDR: Anubis is the lowest level non-DLC Persona in P5(R) with no weaknesses that can inherit magic skills of every element, trivializing the turn economy from mid-game up until the final stages of the game.
Resources:
In-depth detailed information regarding 8-Element Anubis by saladbowl0123: docs.google.com/document/d/1f...
Analysis and justification of strength-based party members for the 8-Element strategy: docs.google.com/document/d/1Y...
Previous 8-Element Anubis video: • Persona 5 Royal - 8-El...
Chapters
00:00 Azathoth
04:26 Adam Kadmon
05:48 Party Builds
P.S. Adam Kadmon's second phase is scripted that the game doesn't let the players get game overed, hence why it's not covered in this video.
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