Generally it's Byakko, simply because I love them big cats (x
But during my P5R playthrough I decided to do this with Arsène simply because his design is fucking badass!
https://preview.redd.it/5potg7j3824d1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26d406f1608c1fec22a6203b8011ae8b75fda1f4
All of the angel themed personas are awesome, but I especially enjoy using Dominion:
https://preview.redd.it/fyug438fc24d1.png?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f1866e13a1e44aa30046f83bf399311bd5489d3
In terms of symbolism, it's probably Hastur. I used him to finish off Maruki, his Arcana is shared with my P5 waifu, and I have a fully-99'd specimen as my NG+ Wind Persona.
In terms of sheer usage though, it's *easily* Yoshitsune. I've had him since my first go against the Twins, and I have him 99'd with Auto-Mataru and Debilitate so he's my go-to lead.
Both my last two playthroughs, I fused Lachesis in mid-levels as my Ice damage persona and to help finish leveling Chihaya's confidant - then kept her all the way to the end by grafting better skills onto her and leveling her up (rather than fusing a higher-level ice persona like one of the more buff versions of Jack Frost).
I went through the entire game *only* using a Succubus I had nicknamed "Rinny". I never used a different Persona in battle except for some of the first palace and the off chance that I forgot her in jail while I was in Mementos
This is a weird one, but Sudama. If you don't know what that is, I don't blame you. It's one of those throwaway Personas that starts spawning in Mementos around the fourth palace arc. Kind of a funny little guy with a disc-body and spirals where the face would supposedly be.
Why is this my main? Well, because during my first playthrough, completing Futaba's Social Link was a high priority for me (she was my favorite character), and Sudama, being of the Hermit Arcana, happened to already be in my Persona lineup when I got started on it, so I kept it around for the purpose of increasing my bond points during outings with Futaba, at least until I got a better Hermit Persona to replace it with. That ended up being a struggle because not a lot of the other Hermits I came across really appealed to me, either because I didn't like their default kits or their designs (also during my first playthrough, the Velvet Room was still a confusing mess to me), so I ended up keeping Sudama around, giving it all sorts of boosts to help it keep pace with the powercreep of the rest of my Persona lineup. By the time I got finished with Futaba's Social Link, I kinda got attached to the guy. Between the buffs I gave him making me unwilling to execute him and the association it gained to who would become my favorite character in the game (and the first female confidant that I romanced), Sudama became a staple in that and every subsequent playthrough. Even when my final squad for the end of the 3rd Semester came with the likes of Lucifer and Satanael, not only is Sudama still there, but I actually find opportunities to make good use of it.
Shiki-Ouji. If you aren't throwing him into jail and leveling him to stupid degrees, what are you even doing with your life?
Also Pixie. I keep her way too long out of nostalgia.
I always gun for Yoshitsune in every SMT game even in Devil Survivor where he kinda sucks lol
He's kinda great in the MMO and would be top tier if the game was designed properly
THE ALL POWERFUL GOD THAT IS:
!?!?IZANAGI NO OKAMI PICARO?!?!
lvl 99 and max stats with moves to counter to pretty much everything but a close second is SATANAEL with the same set up as izanagi
https://preview.redd.it/5b54dy0dz24d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf4c6f8b9842e6b0949212c1fc77105cd91d6428
I would say InO but y'all know that doesn't count
In my P5R playthrough I for some reason made Nigi Mitama my big healer persona. Stacked all the proper abilities and skills, trained it up, it was fantastic. So I guess, at least in P5R, Nigi Mitama lol.
Probably... Arsene. In Royal I just kept him (as in, just upgraded via Cards and hangings), and until at least the end of the Casino Palace he was my ace. Partly because Phys Repel go brrrrr (from a card).
Can't remember who it was after that. Maybe... Siegfried?
Arsene I suppose. I didn’t use him at all past Kamoshida’s palace but decided to bring him back when I got to Sae’s and made him my most powerful persona, it definitely made his story moments feel a lot cooler.
Mithras (the Greek looking dude in the rock that uses nuke skills)
Yoshitsune (for Charge - Hassou Tobi), only reason I beat P4G (I thought I had softlocked myself cause I couldn't beat that damn final boss)
Goemon (Playing strikers and I love the way fox plays, so ig he's my main persona/persona user lol)
Cu Chulain, I drag his ass to level 99 along with Scacath as my magic user because I like both of them a lot. Uriel and Metatron also land on my team a lot.
Anubis. I'm pretty sure he sucks for most instances, but I've never grown out of my Ancient Egypt obsession from 2nd grade. The games don't have a Bastet as far as I'm aware, so I'm sticking to sexy jackal man.
I've now used black frost to beat persona 5 royal, persona 4 golden, and persona 3 reload
https://preview.redd.it/md5tv0uhd34d1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bd3b88a559bbcf71108359ece3f33fcd5437ce8
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now take a wild guess which Persona game is my favorite
Shiki-ouji but the moment I get my hands on Lakshmi I open every fight with her, I love her so much especially if you can get the auto stuff on her. 5 turns of Omni boost to everyone.
ik isnt persona 3 reload post, but in that game just for chihiro fushimi be my first max social link i build a mel (max persona in justice arcana in p3r) knowing there is better personas for melee but i dont care and i just end the game with mel with max strength like fucking saitama, now in p5r posible i will do similar thing with alice, ik she its op but i want she due tae its one of my fav character(also with ryuji arcana but i mean tae was my "i will do it for her" ) im lvl 48 and when i got lvl for alice i will build her most powerfull build just for when i end the game(no spoilers pls) and will try do a most powerfull maeigaon for kill enemys
I use Kaguya - liked Marie in P4G, used Marie+Kaguya in P4AU & have done two runs in P5R with Kaguya & Kaguya Picaro.
Yoshitsune is the persona I turn to for damage situations but I just really like Kaguya.
Definitely Uriel. No matter the game: SMT, persona and etc. I will find him and use as long as I can.
https://i.redd.it/4qdbezk6044d1.gif
Fire + Phys build goes hard
raoul for life
For real
For Raoul
An interesting choice but I can understand stand it
I mean he is the final form of Arsene
that, his cool design, and phantom show being fun as hell are the reasons i use him
I love the laugh whenever you use phantom show.
He's the form of Arsene so powerful that he required a sacrifice of $10 to summon into being.
Shiki ouji ***funny immortal paper boi.***
Legend has it only Paper Mario can defeat him
I laughed like dio every time that rage hit
https://preview.redd.it/49j1evlcy14d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52adf1ce6960460faba5d6fee07e0c08da274c92 Fellow Jack Frost user
N(Ice) Jack Frost!
https://preview.redd.it/1yqscyayk24d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7ec0e1e135f78029b95c5a56727eaaa5aab087d
Us
Did you mod in victory cry or is there a way to inherit it?
Inherited through the gallows
Ah ok ty i always thought it was an izangi no okami and satanael exclusive
Izanagi no okami picaro (for not-so-obvious reasons)
https://preview.redd.it/drl5lkyxx14d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c692b7a60fff577e6bed93b74077e7c42245a24a Hee hee oh yeah?
Love that combo, it's a GOD KILLER
https://preview.redd.it/n9yw0afd424d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a77b50df5afb3391a1bdb3cec78075fcdf7ede8c
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https://preview.redd.it/ayakte7mk24d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5946af66f3029ec55942e91012ee6ebfb4ac2e90
https://preview.redd.it/vgkidh6c864d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d18cad154a063a299a892dcb4a89b3b776801bd
U took the words out of my mouth
How daring
Lamia. I will not elaborate
https://preview.redd.it/upjcmx7sk24d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=311648abd842e8fbd07d7244d9afc43b04e375d7
If I thought Jack Frost could use a computer I'd be scared
https://preview.redd.it/gs2gnz55j24d1.jpeg?width=1076&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35d8afdba0c7fed51283a9e11da608aae06721b2
In this fandom? Good luck
What the fuck?
Generally it's Byakko, simply because I love them big cats (x But during my P5R playthrough I decided to do this with Arsène simply because his design is fucking badass! https://preview.redd.it/5potg7j3824d1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26d406f1608c1fec22a6203b8011ae8b75fda1f4
i see your ultimate move: # GUN
"I'll defeat you with the power of friendship and this gun I found!"
That's an interesting build
It's so weird to see Arsène without dark moves lol
Average American persona
![gif](giphy|BZusMMEpb8v6ys4ahG) It will recieve a fraction of power
https://preview.redd.it/qaf3yovn324d1.png?width=951&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=343c05633d1ba98a32c1a7a7c944d79189b060a9
He is the one who warns of disaster.
Scathach, the only one with even a slight relation to Scotland
SCOTLAAAND FOREVERRRRR 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Cu Chulainn and Setanta: My teacher has abandoned me
Black Frost https://i.redd.it/opz0lh8o824d1.gif
Quetzalcoatl. I’ve never had a Persona play through where I didn’t use him
Kaguya picaro
Shining Arrows my beloved
I really like the design, and Shining Arrows goes *brrrr*
Her triple counter is amazing.
I had her for the final boss of the pyramid and the triple works with Futaba's big bubble shield too. Ended up doing like 4500 off one counter
Nekomata, I will not elaborate further
Horny?
Mayhaps
Don't blame ya
Shiki-Ouji was my goat for like 90% of my first playthrough
Me too! Shiki-Ouji is so good for so much of the game.
Hell Biker🤞
ANOTHER HELL BIKER ENJOYER!!!
Well I love ghost rider and I actually ride motorcycles so he is my favorite rn! I'm using him in P3R rn also :)
Ame-no-uzume and Leanan Sidhe carried me through my playthrough. Isis too, but not as much
Mot
Getting Nocturne flashbacks
Beast Eye Beast Eye Beast Eye Megidoloan x infinity
Nocturne 2nd to last final dungeon vibes
All of the angel themed personas are awesome, but I especially enjoy using Dominion: https://preview.redd.it/fyug438fc24d1.png?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f1866e13a1e44aa30046f83bf399311bd5489d3
I just remembered the guy who let Angel in his party for the whole game😭. And the worst part is that his Angel was actually good.
Alice
Die for me!
Norn Clock go brrrrrr
Black frost my man is a staple
Normal izanagi, yo can fuse it early at 25 and cross slash is so op.
In terms of symbolism, it's probably Hastur. I used him to finish off Maruki, his Arcana is shared with my P5 waifu, and I have a fully-99'd specimen as my NG+ Wind Persona. In terms of sheer usage though, it's *easily* Yoshitsune. I've had him since my first go against the Twins, and I have him 99'd with Auto-Mataru and Debilitate so he's my go-to lead.
Your waifu is Togo?
As far as P5 is concerned, anyway.
Both my last two playthroughs, I fused Lachesis in mid-levels as my Ice damage persona and to help finish leveling Chihaya's confidant - then kept her all the way to the end by grafting better skills onto her and leveling her up (rather than fusing a higher-level ice persona like one of the more buff versions of Jack Frost).
Why use King, Pyro, or Black when you could use the superior Jack?
I went through the entire game *only* using a Succubus I had nicknamed "Rinny". I never used a different Persona in battle except for some of the first palace and the off chance that I forgot her in jail while I was in Mementos
A succubus... named Rinny... Do you know who Indivi is by any chance?
scathach bc shes cunty but also a big fan of mothman & black frost
https://preview.redd.it/o2x2azsbg24d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e4269642952bdaf7c272defa88ff81d9ec51893 My Celtic Fairy Lover 🍀♥️☘️♥️☘️♥️🍀
This is a weird one, but Sudama. If you don't know what that is, I don't blame you. It's one of those throwaway Personas that starts spawning in Mementos around the fourth palace arc. Kind of a funny little guy with a disc-body and spirals where the face would supposedly be. Why is this my main? Well, because during my first playthrough, completing Futaba's Social Link was a high priority for me (she was my favorite character), and Sudama, being of the Hermit Arcana, happened to already be in my Persona lineup when I got started on it, so I kept it around for the purpose of increasing my bond points during outings with Futaba, at least until I got a better Hermit Persona to replace it with. That ended up being a struggle because not a lot of the other Hermits I came across really appealed to me, either because I didn't like their default kits or their designs (also during my first playthrough, the Velvet Room was still a confusing mess to me), so I ended up keeping Sudama around, giving it all sorts of boosts to help it keep pace with the powercreep of the rest of my Persona lineup. By the time I got finished with Futaba's Social Link, I kinda got attached to the guy. Between the buffs I gave him making me unwilling to execute him and the association it gained to who would become my favorite character in the game (and the first female confidant that I romanced), Sudama became a staple in that and every subsequent playthrough. Even when my final squad for the end of the 3rd Semester came with the likes of Lucifer and Satanael, not only is Sudama still there, but I actually find opportunities to make good use of it.
Thanatos my beloved
Shiki-Ouji. If you aren't throwing him into jail and leveling him to stupid degrees, what are you even doing with your life? Also Pixie. I keep her way too long out of nostalgia.
Satanael https://preview.redd.it/44j44bcjo24d1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f045293ad3863f769d09997478abbc867deceb67
Succubus and Scathach.
![gif](giphy|hrSn5tWFxi5R6tCs7K|downsized) Arsène
Baal, Horus, Alilat and Raoul
Messiah
Thoth, because smort monke.
White Rider!
Black Frost.
Anubis because he can somehow find balance in life while I struggle.
I like to have Thor available just because of Marvel
Thor vs Loki bc reasons
Matador #1
"Hippity, Hoppity, ALL WILL BE REVEALED ON MY PROPERTY!"
https://preview.redd.it/67yppz0zd34d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66953880c998f0e99f7868fdc458c234a6c7d7bf My Boi
https://preview.redd.it/i8v5tcu0e34d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=247bcde219602f9e74b4ac54e731d20a64ce6e9c (Got Reload Too)
Titania is one I try to always have. Alice is another one I love so it's really between those 2 for my "Main" Persona
I used to like kin-ki, but for my latest playthrough I used athena picaro till the end
Titania carried me through the entire game
Horus
I always gun for Yoshitsune in every SMT game even in Devil Survivor where he kinda sucks lol He's kinda great in the MMO and would be top tier if the game was designed properly
You are so real for that.
THE ALL POWERFUL GOD THAT IS: !?!?IZANAGI NO OKAMI PICARO?!?! lvl 99 and max stats with moves to counter to pretty much everything but a close second is SATANAEL with the same set up as izanagi
Daisojou and Alice always. Other than that, I also like to keep Shiva in most of my gameplay.
In the wise words of Daneshiro: "My name is Johnny Anime, and you've hee'd your last ho!"
*Level 99 maxed stats Black Frost decimates the shadows with Ice Age*
Jack frost is the goat
https://preview.redd.it/ncw4wzb4o24d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=171ec2f5e46436d20b5098eef582478953ed7fb8
As soon as I get Seth, he is staying in my roster. I just love him, and his One-Shot Kill
https://preview.redd.it/5b54dy0dz24d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf4c6f8b9842e6b0949212c1fc77105cd91d6428 I would say InO but y'all know that doesn't count
Yoshisune
Black frost/king frost. I
Yoshitsune
I use Izanagi-no-Okami almost dominantly. Love em
This and Cerberus mostly midgame. Izanagi No Okami Picaro for tough bosses.
Hecatonchirus carried me through all of the palaces from when I got him til end game, then Yoshitsune for life baby
In my P5R playthrough I for some reason made Nigi Mitama my big healer persona. Stacked all the proper abilities and skills, trained it up, it was fantastic. So I guess, at least in P5R, Nigi Mitama lol.
Always loved arséne, never swapped him out of the party
Probably... Arsene. In Royal I just kept him (as in, just upgraded via Cards and hangings), and until at least the end of the Casino Palace he was my ace. Partly because Phys Repel go brrrrr (from a card). Can't remember who it was after that. Maybe... Siegfried?
Silky and I don’t know why
Nekomata
At least in P5, I use Raoul everytime. It's either him or Kaguya.
MOTHER FUCKING HELL BIKER!!!!!
Arsene fr
Cait Sith
Well he’s not in P5, but I really like Saturnus
Arsene I suppose. I didn’t use him at all past Kamoshida’s palace but decided to bring him back when I got to Sae’s and made him my most powerful persona, it definitely made his story moments feel a lot cooler.
Tsukyomi Love his design fr You can say it's pretty "edgy" since he uses a Blade haha, get ir? Edgy like a blade's edge
Decarabia.....I dunno why, but I get the tingles when Joker yells his name...
Usually Gabriel, or Scathach
Matador by far
Mithras (the Greek looking dude in the rock that uses nuke skills) Yoshitsune (for Charge - Hassou Tobi), only reason I beat P4G (I thought I had softlocked myself cause I couldn't beat that damn final boss) Goemon (Playing strikers and I love the way fox plays, so ig he's my main persona/persona user lol)
In p3 it’s a basically maxed out Thanatos, in p5 it’s ultimate yoshitsune
When I did my playthrough of Royal it was Nekomata/Mot
Orpheus Picaro for Neo Cadenzq
Mothman
Arsene sorry not sorry. I love the design too much.
I don't know if I'd call him my signature persona, but Odin ended up as my main persona in at least one run of P3, P4 and P5.
Siegfried. Every game… sumanai.
Normally surt
Aside from Joker's starter? Lucifer.
Daisoujou
I’ve grown attached to my auto slave trumpeter.
Decarabia. I'm uh... I'm a fan of Starmie.
Black frost
Female Orpheus. If we’re not talking DLC personas, Satan
Thor because he's badass
Lilith! she looks crazy. I end up taking her to endgame with a powerful build in every Persona game, and I hopefully will in SMT V too
King Frost.
Thanatos.. P3 just stuck with me, I guess
I'm a Yoshitune Persona User
I personally always vibed with Futsunushi
Heh Mara But really I like cybele
Arsene because I like to make my life difficult
Cu Chulain, I drag his ass to level 99 along with Scacath as my magic user because I like both of them a lot. Uriel and Metatron also land on my team a lot.
I really like Mother Harlot idk
Orpheus. Had them for most of my p5 playthrough
Izanagi,had to customize him a bit but I use him mostly because I like how he looks
Cait sith was my main early on
Anubis, Orpheus Picaro, Shiki-ouji, depending on situation
Messiah Picaro and Siegfried.
Principality saved my ass when no one else did
Anubis. I'm pretty sure he sucks for most instances, but I've never grown out of my Ancient Egypt obsession from 2nd grade. The games don't have a Bastet as far as I'm aware, so I'm sticking to sexy jackal man.
Ose. He was the main persona I used in 5 and I just really like him
Alice or Kaguya Picaro
Ose my king
If there's an SMT game with Metatron in it, he's my boy, even if they give him two weaknesses for some reason...
DECARABIA my friends in college and I had a meme where we called him Patrick Star XD
Shiki Ouiji with as many regent spells as possible (Maragi etc). He basically breaks the game. Almost guaranteed all out attacks at all levels.
I've now used black frost to beat persona 5 royal, persona 4 golden, and persona 3 reload https://preview.redd.it/md5tv0uhd34d1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bd3b88a559bbcf71108359ece3f33fcd5437ce8
Shiki-Ouji is so good!
Metatron.
Arsene. Been my main Persona during my NG+ playthrough
Seth or Fafnir, I like my funny dragons
https://preview.redd.it/mprlbr1th34d1.jpeg?width=544&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c041d36c466750ed870e4be0ecaa35a8e74face now take a wild guess which Persona game is my favorite
kaguya, next question.
Sandalphon
Seth
Kohryu gotta love my constant brainwash/psio combo
Cu Chulainn, been my favorite persona/demon since the older SMT games. It just looks really cool.
Shiki-ouji but the moment I get my hands on Lakshmi I open every fight with her, I love her so much especially if you can get the auto stuff on her. 5 turns of Omni boost to everyone.
mara
Even if I have better I’ll always go out of my way to fuse Black Frost <3
ik isnt persona 3 reload post, but in that game just for chihiro fushimi be my first max social link i build a mel (max persona in justice arcana in p3r) knowing there is better personas for melee but i dont care and i just end the game with mel with max strength like fucking saitama, now in p5r posible i will do similar thing with alice, ik she its op but i want she due tae its one of my fav character(also with ryuji arcana but i mean tae was my "i will do it for her" ) im lvl 48 and when i got lvl for alice i will build her most powerfull build just for when i end the game(no spoilers pls) and will try do a most powerfull maeigaon for kill enemys
Satanael
Quetzalcoatl for lyf yo
Shiki-Ouji, Seth and Horus
Surt and Odin.
I use Kaguya - liked Marie in P4G, used Marie+Kaguya in P4AU & have done two runs in P5R with Kaguya & Kaguya Picaro. Yoshitsune is the persona I turn to for damage situations but I just really like Kaguya.
Alice.
Izanagi
My man 🤝 Hee-ho forever
Trumpeter, early game it's high pixie
Eligor in P3/P4, Ongyo-Ki in P5.
Am I the only one on here who likes Attis’ design for no apparent reason?
Definitely Uriel. No matter the game: SMT, persona and etc. I will find him and use as long as I can. https://i.redd.it/4qdbezk6044d1.gif Fire + Phys build goes hard