Persona Enemies Guide: Shadows, Bosses, Human Enemies

The Persona series has been going for more than 25 years now, with hundreds of enemies across its series. This Persona enemies guide is here to offer you a glimpse at most of the enemies that you are going to face in the game and what they are all about.

We are going to focus the Persona enemies guide on introducing you to shadows in the series, noting the story bosses that you fight throughout the main story of some of the games, and also talking about the unique enemies that you can also fight in the series like human enemies and more.

Bottom Line Up Front

The Persona series has established a formula so far throughout its six mainline games, and it has to do with the shadows that you fight across the series. The shadows are the names for the demons that come from the Shin Megami Tensei series and are featured in the Persona games. Each one has its resistances and weaknesses, which are crucial to dealing the most damage and winning fights.

In addition to the regular shadows, there are story bosses that are challenging enemies to defeat. There are even human foes in some games. Lastly, some special enemies are unique to certain competitions, like the Golden Shadows in 3/4 and the Treasure Demons in 5.

What are the Persona Enemies?

The enemies in the Persona series boil down to four main categories that you need to know about: the regular shadows, the story bosses, human foes (usually included in the boss enemies), and the extraordinary shadows. These four main categories essentially encompass the entirety of the Persona enemies that you would ever face in the mainline games.

To help with this, we are going to break down every single aspect of the Persona enemies in this guide, letting you know about all of these categories and what they do. We are even going to break down specific boss fights and give you some tips for how to best defeat those enemies.

Shadows Explained

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First among the categories is the most extensive group of them that are known as shadows. If you’ve played the Shin Megami Tensei series, also from developer Atlus, that birthed the Persona franchise afterward, you will know the shadows as demons from there.

However, in the Persona games, they are known as shadows, and this is likely because the series is about the manifestation of the other-self, which is the Persona. The shadows are a form of that and represent the darker side of humanity and something that is in the shadows.

What is important to note about shadows is that they are the basic and most common enemies that you will fight in the games. They include enemies that are based on mythology legends folklore and more. They are across a wide range of variety, levels, and rarity, too.

Some enemies may be early ones that you encounter at the beginning of a game and are super weak and not too useful, while others might be saved for the later dungeons in a Persona game. Shadows are also divided up across various Arcana, which are the different categories that they fall under.

Arcana is based on the Tarot cards and their various forms like Death, the Empress, Lover, and so on. Players cannot only fight these shadows but collect most of them as well, adding them to their arsenal for use in battle. To help with this, we are going to list off all of the shadows that you will encounter across the series.

With games starting with 3 and later, there is the Compendium that includes all of the shadows that you can collect. Most of these include the shadows that are featured in Persona 1, Innocent Sin, and Eternal Punishment as well. There are a lot of shared shadows across the series but some games have unique ones of their own.

Full List of Persona 3 Shadows

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Here are all of the Persona 3 regular shadows that you will come across throughout the long journey through the hundreds of floors of Tartarus:

  • Orpheus
  • Legion
  • Ose
  • Black Frost
  • Decarabia
  • Loki
  • Susano-o
  • Hermes
  • Trismegistus
  • Nekomata
  • Jack Frost
  • Pyro Jack
  • Sati
  • Orobas
  • Rangda
  • Surt
  • Lucia
  • Juno
  • Apsaras
  • Unicorn
  • Sarasvati
  • Ganga
  • Parvati
  • Kikuri-hime
  • Scathach
  • Penthesilea
  • Artemisia
  • Leanan Sidhe
  • Laksmi
  • Hariti
  • Gabriel
  • Mother Harlot
  • Skadi
  • Alilat
  • Polydeuces
  • Caesar
  • Forneus
  • Oberon
  • Take-Mikazuchi
  • King Frost
  • Raja Naga
  • Kingu
  • Barong
  • Odin
  • Castor
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  • Omoikane
  • Berith
  • Flauros
  • Hokuto Seikun
  • Ananta
  • Daisoujou
  • Kohyru
  • Io
  • Isis
  • Pixie
  • Narcissus
  • Queen Mab
  • Saki Mitama
  • Titania
  • Raphael
  • Cybele
  • Palladion
  • Pallas Athena
  • Ara Mitama
  • Chimera
  • Zouchouten
  • Ares
  • Oumitsunu
  • Nata Taishi
  • Koumokuten
  • Thor
  • Nemesis
  • Kala-Nemi
  • Angel
  • Archangel
  • Principality
  • Power
  • Virtue
  • Dominion
  • Throne
  • Melchizedek
  • Moros
  • Yomotsu-Shikome
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  • Naga
  • Lamia
  • Taraka
  • Kurama Tengu
  • Nebiros
  • Arahabaki
  • Hypnos
  • Fortuna
  • Kusi Mitama
  • Clotho
  • Lachesis
  • Atropos
  • Norn
  • Cerberus
  • Valkyrie
  • Titan
  • Jikokuten
  • Hanuman
  • Narasimha
  • Kali
  • Siegfried
  • Medea
  • Inugami
  • Take-Minakata
  • Orthrus
  • Vasuki
  • Ubelluris
  • Attis
  • Loa
  • Pale Rider
  • Samael
  • Mot
  • Alice
  • Thanatos
  • Nigi Mitama
  • Mithra
  • Genbu
  • Seiryuu
  • Okuninushi
  • Suzaku
  • Byakko
  • Lilim
  • Vetala
  • Incubus
  • Succubus
  • Lilith
  • Abaddon
  • Beelzebub
  • Eligor
  • Chu Chulainn
  • Uriel
  • Bishamonten
  • Seiten Taisei
  • Masakado
  • Shiva
  • Chi You
  • Nandi
  • Kaiwan
  • Ganesha
  • Garuda
  • Saturnus
  • Lucifer
  • Gurr
  • Yamata-no-Orochi
  • Girimehkala
  • Dionysus
  • Chernobog
  • Seth
  • Sandalphon
  • Yatagarasu
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Jatayu
  • Horus
  • Metatron
  • Vishnu
  • Asura
  • Anubis
  • Trumpeter
  • Michael
  • Satan
  • Messiah

Persona 4 Shadows

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Here are all of the shadows that you will be able to encounter and collect in Persona 4:

  • Abaddon
  • Alice
  • Alilat
  • Alraune
  • Amaterasu
  • Ame-no-Uzume
  • Ananta
  • Andra
  • Angel
  • Anubis
  • Anzu
  • Apsaras
  • Ara Mitama
  • Arahabaki
  • Archangel
  • Ardha
  • Ares
  • Asura
  • Atavaka
  • Atropos
  • Attis
  • Baal Zebul
  • Baphomet
  • Barong
  • Beelzebub
  • Belial
  • Belphegor
  • Berith
  • Black Frost
  • Byakko
  • Cerberus
  • Chernobog
  • Clotho
  • Cu Chulainn
  • Cu Sith
  • Cybele
  • Daisoujou
  • Decarabia
  • Dis
  • Dominion
  • Eligor
  • Flauros
  • Forneus
  • Fortuna
  • Futsunushi
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  • Fuu-ki
  • Gabriel
  • Ganesha
  • Ganga
  • Garuda
  • Gdon
  • Genbu
  • Ghoul
  • Girimehkala
  • Gorgon
  • Gurr
  • Hachiman
  • Hanuman
  • Haraedo-no-Okami
  • Hariti
  • Helel
  • Hell Biker
  • High Pixie
  • Himiko
  • Hitokotonusi
  • Hokuto Seikun
  • Horus
  • Hua Po
  • Ikusa
  • Incubus
  • Ippon-Datara
  • Ishtar
  • Isis
  • Izanagi-no-Okami
  • Izanagi
  • Jack Frost
  • Jatayu
  • Jinn
  • Jiraiya
  • Kaguya
  • Kaiwan
  • Kali
  • Kamui
  • Kamui-Moshiri
  • Kanzeon
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  • Kartikeya
  • Kikuri-Hime
  • Kin-Ki
  • King Frost
  • Kingu
  • Kintoki-Douji
  • Kohryu
  • Konohana Sakuya
  • Kouzeon
  • Kumbhanda
  • Kurama Tengu
  • Kushinada
  • Kusi Mitama
  • Lachesis
  • Laksmi
  • Lamia
  • Leanan Sidhe
  • Legion
  • Lilim
  • Lilith
  • Loa
  • Loki
  • Lucifer
  • Mada
  • Magatsu-Izanagi
  • Mahakala
  • Makami
  • Mara
  • Masakado
  • Matador
  • Melchizedek
  • Metatron
  • Michael
  • Mithra
  • Mokoi
  • Mot
  • Mother Harlot
  • Mothman
  • Narasimha
  • Narcissus
  • Nata Taishi
  • Nebiros
  • Neko Shogun
  • Nidhoggr
  • Nigi Mitama
  • Norn
  • Nozuchi
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  • Obariyon
  • Oberon
  • Odin
  • Omoikane
  • Ongyo-ki
  • Oni
  • Orobas
  • Orthrus
  • Ose
  • Oukuninushi
  • Pabilsag
  • Pale Rider
  • Parvati
  • Pazuzu
  • Phoenix
  • Pixie
  • Power
  • Principality
  • Pyro Jack
  • Queen Mab
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Raja Naga
  • Rakshasa
  • Rangda
  • Raphael
  • Rokuten Maoh
  • Saki Mitama
  • Samael
  • Sandalphon
  • Sandman
  • Sarasvati
  • Satan
  • Sati
  • Saturnus
  • Scathach
  • Seiryuu
  • Seiten Taisei
  • Senri
  • Setanta
  • Seth
  • Shiisaa
  • Shiki-Ouji
  • Shiva
  • Siegfried
  • Skadi
  • Slime
  • Sraosha
  • Succubus
  • Sui-ki
  • Sukuna-Hikona
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  • Sumeo-Okami
  • Suparna
  • Surt
  • Susano-o
  • Suzaku
  • Suzuka Gongen
  • Sylph
  • Take-Mikazuchi
  • Take-Minakata
  • Takehaya Susano-o
  • Takeji Zaiten
  • Tam Lin
  • Taotie
  • Taowu
  • Thor
  • Thoth
  • Throne
  • Titan
  • Titania
  • Tomoe
  • Triglav
  • Trumpeter
  • Tzitzimitl
  • Ukobach
  • Undine
  • Unicorn
  • Uriel
  • Valkyrie
  • Vasuki
  • Vetala
  • Virtue
  • Vishnu
  • White Rider
  • Xiezhai
  • Yaksini
  • Yamata-Orochi
  • Yamato Sumeragi
  • Yamato Takeru
  • Yatagarusu
  • Yatsufusa
  • Yomotsu-Shikome
  • Yoshitsune
  • Yurlungur
  • Zaou Gongen

Persona 5 Shadows

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  • Arsene
  • Pyro Jack
  • Pixie
  • Mandrake
  • Agathion
  • Bicorn
  • Incubus
  • Saki Mitama
  • Silky
  • Kelpie
  • Succubus
  • Genbu
  • Obariyon
  • Berith
  • Hua Po
  • Mokoi
  • Koropokkuru
  • Andras
  • Slime
  • Regent
  • Jack Frost
  • Koppa Tengu
  • Apsaras
  • Kodama
  • Angel
  • Onmoraki
  • Ippon-Datara
  • Kusi Mitama
  • Inugami
  • Queen’s Necklace
  • Makami
  • High Pixie
  • Eligor
  • Shiisaa
  • Archangel
  • Nekomata
  • Orobas
  • Sudama
  • Leanan Sidhe
  • Oni
  • Matador
  • Suzaku
  • Yaksini
  • Nigi Mitama
  • Stone of Scone
  • Nue
  • Shiki-Ouji
  • Orthrus
  • Phoenix
  • Fuu-Ki
  • Sandman
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  • Naga
  • Rakshasa
  • Sui-Ki
  • Koh-i-Noor
  • Anzu
  • Kin-Ki
  • Jikokuten
  • Flauros
  • Clotho
  • Isis
  • Lamia
  • Choronzon
  • Setanta
  • Ame no Uzume
  • Principality
  • Take-Minakata
  • Pisaca
  • Black Ooze
  • Orlov
  • Neko Shogun
  • Ara Mitama
  • Zouchouten
  • Decarabia
  • Lilim
  • Jatayu
  • Mithra
  • Mothman
  • Lachesis
  • Arahabaki
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  • Emperor’s Amulet
  • Thoth
  • Kaiwan
  • Belphegor
  • Anubis
  • Legion
  • White Rider
  • Unicorn
  • Hell Biker
  • Mithras
  • Atropos
  • Kikuri-Hime
  • Hariti
  • Hope Diamond
  • Power
  • Red Rider
  • Ose
  • Daisoujou
  • Kushinada-Hime
  • Kumbhanda
  • Hecatoncheir
  • Yurlungur
  • Queen Mab
  • Pazuzu
  • Ananta
  • Okuninushi
  • Valkyrie
  • Girimehkala
  • Scathach
  • Fortuna
  • Rangda
  • Bugs
  • Byakko
  • Koumokuten
  • Horus
  • Crystal Skull
  • Sarasvati
  • Dakini
  • Narcissus
  • Seth
  • Barong
  • Norn
  • Garuda
  • Pale Rider
  • Ganesha
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  • Skadi
  • Cerberus
  • Raja Naga
  • Titania
  • Parvati
  • Kurama Tengu
  • Yatagarasu
  • Baphomet
  • Surt
  • Black Rider
  • Trumpeter
  • Melchizedek
  • Moloch
  • Lilith
  • Dionysus
  • King Frost
  • Seiryuu
  • Chernobog
  • Nebiros
  • Forneus
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Thor
  • Hanuman
  • Yamata-no-Orochi
  • Oberon
  • Black Frost
  • Bishamonten
  • Cu Chulainn
  • Dominion
  • Vasuki
  • Belial
  • Siegfried
  • Lakshmi
  • Throne
  • Mot
  • Cybele
  • Mara
  • Abaddon
  • Baal
  • Ongyo-Ki
  • Sandalphon
  • Futsunushi
  • Kohryu
  • Asura
  • Kali
  • Gabriel
  • Raphael
  • Alice
  • Yoshitsune
  • Mother Harlot
  • Zaou-Gongen
  • Sraosha
  • Uriel
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  • Odin
  • Attis
  • Shiva
  • Vishnu
  • Ardha
  • Beelzebub
  • Ishtar
  • Mada
  • Chi You
  • Michael
  • Metatron
  • Satan
  • Lucifer
  • Satanael
  • Kaguya
  • Izanagi
  • Izanagi-Picaro
  • Kaguya-Picaro
  • Orpheus
  • Orpheus-Picaro
  • Ariadne
  • Magatsu-Izanagi
  • Magatsu-Izanagi-Picaro
  • Tsukuyomi
  • Tsukuyomi-Picaro
  • Asterius
  • Asterius-Picaro
  • Thanatos
  • Thanatos-Picaro
  • Messiah
  • Messiah-Picaro

Special Shadows Explained

Of the shadows that you can encounter in Persona, there are some special ones that you can fight. These shadows were introduced in Persona 3 and have been featured in every mainline game since then. What is important about them is that they offer great rewards if you can take down these special foes.

Golden Shadows: Persona 3/4

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Persona 3 kicked off the trend of having special shadows that you could encounter in the middle of dungeons. They are vastly different from other ones and notable for their distinct appearance. In the case of Persona 3 and its sequel, Persona 4, this came in the form of the Golden Shadows.

What is different about the Golden Shadows in Persona 3 is that they will run away from the player, unlike the usual enemies that you find in dungeons. If you can get to one before it gets away, you will be able to battle it. The problem, though, is that these Golden Shadows run away after a couple of turns.

To make matters worse, they are quite agile and able to dodge most physical attacks. As such, magic and ranged weapons are the recommended abilities that players should be used against them. If you can defeat one of the Golden Shadows, you can earn coins for money, weapons, and even some medals for a side quest.

The Golden Shadows are also in Persona 4 and its Golden variant but the difference is that they will not run from you upon sight, which is great, in Persona 4. Unfortunately, they do run, though, in the Golden remake. In Persona 4, defeating one of these quick enemies will grant you a chest key as well as lots of money.

In Golden, you will receive lots of money for defeating them since keys for locked chests are handled a bit differently in that game.

Treasure Demons: Persona 5

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In Persona 5, the Golden Shadows are traded out for the new Treasure Demons. These are rare enemies that you can encounter in the Palaces in that game. Treasure Demons are powerful, highly resistant enemies that can only be taken out with mostly critical hits.

Persona 5 Royal helps out the Treasure Demon process by adding weaknesses for almost all of them. Treasure Demons are difficult to take out but they can drop valuable items and money if you can defeat them. Furthermore, you can add them to your party if you can down them using a critical hit or one of their weaknesses.

Unfortunately, Treasure Demons cannot be used in combat. The main purpose for them is filling out the Compendium, which is the compilation of all Personas that you can get in a particular game and fusion as they are great fusion materials for gaining new Persona allies.

Persona Enemy Weaknesses Explained

One major part of fighting enemies in the Persona series is figuring out their weaknesses. Weaknesses are one of the crucial elements of mastering turn-based gameplay and winning in fights, especially against the tough bosses that you will encounter.

Every Persona and character in the series has its own set of elemental weaknesses and strengths. It can vary from shadow to shadow but it generally revolves around the basic statuses for elements. There is neutral where there are no changes whatsoever, weakness where that element will do more damage, and resistance.

Finding out which each shadow has is very important to defeat them. If you use an element that a shadow is resistant to, it will do less damage, for example, or, worse, the shadow could heal itself with that damage or even throw it back at you.

But if you use the right element that a Persona is weak to, you will land a more powerful hit and activate the bonus turn in the Press Turn system. With this system, utilizing an elemental weakness or landing critical hit grants an extra turn in battle.

That is why it is important to analyze an enemy and know its status so that you can take advantage of gaining extra turns to defeat them. In Persona 5, though, that bonus expands as you will be able to down the enemy, which is not just a grant for allowing for powerful attacks but negotiations, too. That is one of the best ways to gain new Persona allies in combat.

Bosses

But there are some shadows that you are not able to add to your party in the games. Some of the most notable unobtainable enemies that you fight against are the story bosses in the Persona games. You might be able to obtain some bosses through fusion later on but these are required fights that you cannot run from, unlike normal shadows.

Bosses are the hardest enemies in the Persona games, forcing you to use everything at your disposal. They are some that are required to proceed in the story while others might be optional to certain dungeons or quests. Regardless, these boss fights are the ultimate enemies and the biggest challenge possible.

What is great about fighting bosses, though, is that many of them have weaknesses and their strategies to them. Even more than the usual shadows that you fight in battle, knowing these elemental weaknesses is crucial to winning those fights and continuing with the storyline.

To help with this, we are going to break down all of the main story bosses that you will face across the entirety of Persona 3-5, letting you know what you should use to beat them. However, what you need to keep in mind is that there are some possible spoilers because of this.

I am going to keep the spoilers out as much as possible but there is no getting around the names of some of these characters you fight. If you do not want spoilers for a specific game (or any of them at all), be sure to turn back now.

Persona 3 Bosses

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Persona 3 has a lot of story bosses that you fight throughout the game. With most of the games, there is a gimmick that is associated with them and in the case of Persona 3, the boss enemies are fought at the end of every month in the story. Here’s what you need to know about the Persona 3 main story bosses and the weaknesses that you should know about.

Arcana Priestess

What is notable about the first story boss that you fight in Persona 3 is that you have a time limit in this dungeon, including this fight. Save plenty of time, especially in harder difficulty modes, to defeat it. Unfortunately, Priestess is pretty tough since there are no weaknesses but it also reflects ice moves and is immune to both light and dark.

Emperor and Empress

The catch with these two double bosses is that they are opposites of one another. For the Emperor, it is weak to all elements (fire, ice, electricity, and wind) but is immune to everything else. For the Empress, it is weak to the three physical elements but immune to everything else.

Hierophant

With the Hierophant, this is another main story boss enemy that has no weaknesses. You should not use light or dark since it is immune to those or electricity since it will repel that and damage you in return with your attacks.

Lovers

The Lovers is similar to the other main story bosses so far in that it is immune to both light and dark. There are no other main traits about this shadow, though, so just use your best attacks.

Chariot and Justice

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In this double battle, Chariot is immune to both light and dark, and that is it. For Justice, it is also immune to both light and dark elemental types.

Hermit

The Hermit continues the same trend of being immune to light and dark but adds the ability to drain electricity. Do not use this at all costs since it will replenish the health of this boss enemy with any electric attacks you do.

Fortune and Strength

For this next double battle, Fortune is the standard immune to light and dark, and that is it. On the side of Strength, it is the same situation.

Jin Shirato and Takaya Sakaki

This is where the spoilers start to kick in as you fight human enemies for the first time in this boss battle. It is a double battle against two humans. In the case of Jin Shirato, he has no notable weaknesses and can repel both dark and fire attacks. In addition, he is immune to the light.

For the main villain, Takaya Sakaki simply is immune to dark attacks and will repel the light ones.

Hanged Man

For the next boss, we have the Hanged Man who has powerful attacks and the standard resistances of immunity to both dark and light.

Chidori Yoshino

Another human fight here, Chidori has immunity to light and dark and can drain fire attacks.

Jin Shirato

In this fight, you take on Jin again and the elemental strategies are the same.

Takaya Sakaki

For the final fight against Takaya Sakaki, the elemental strategies are the same.

Nyx

The final main story boss of Persona 3 is Nyx. It is simply immune to both light and dark so use your best attacks here.

Persona 4

The gimmick for Persona 4 is that there are dungeons that are found in the TV World. In each of these dungeons that you go to throughout the story of the game, there are different bosses that you will fight.

We will divide this one up by the different dungeons that you visit. This also includes the dungeon that was added in Persona 4 Golden.

Shadow Yosuke

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Shadow Yosuke is the first boss in Persona 4 and is immune to light and dark. He is also resistant to physical attacks but is weak to electric so be sure to use that as much as possible.

Yukiko’s Castle

Shadow Chie is immune to light and dark and resistant to physical. But she is weak to wind, so be sure to use that. Shadow Yukiko is immune to light and dark and will drain fire.

Steamy Bathhouse

Against Shadow Kanji, watch out for his immunity to both light and dark attacks.

Marukyu Striptease

When you face Shadow Rise, simply watch out for her immunity to both light and dark. Against Shadow Teddie, though, he is immune to light, dark, resistant to almighty, and drains ice.

Void Quest

Shadow Mitsuo is resistant to almighty, physical, and immune to light and dark.

Secret Laboratory

For Shadow Naoto, she is immune to light, dark, and resists fire.

Heaven

Kunino-Sagiri is immune to both light and dark.

Magatsu Mandala

Tohru Adachi is immune to light, immune to dark, and resists physical attacks. Ameno-Sagiri blocks both light and dark.

Hollow Forest

For Marie/Kusumi-no-Okami, she repels light and dark and is resistant to physical attacks.

Yomotsu Hirasaka

Izanami is immune to both light and dark and resists physical attacks.

Persona 5

In Persona 5, the dungeons receive an upgrade to be known as Palaces. Each Palace is ruled by someone who is the target for the Phantom Thieves that you play as in the game.

Here are the weaknesses and strategies for each of the main bosses that you fight in the various Palaces, including the exclusive one in Persona 5 Royal.

Kamoshida

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Kamoshida has no notable weaknesses or resistances.

Madarame

Madarame also has no notable weaknesses or resistances.

Kaneshiro

Kaneshiro has no notable weaknesses or resistances.

Wakaba Isshiki

The key here is to down Wakaba and then deal as much physical damage as possible.

Okumura

Okumura has no notable weaknesses. Watch out for his additional bots.

Niijima

Niijima has nothing notable.

Goro Akechi

Goro has nothing notable.

Shido

Shido repels both physical and gun attacks.

Holy Grail Yaldabaoth

Yaldabaoth has no notable weaknesses or strengths.

Persona 5 Royal Final Palace

The final boss of Royal is

FAQs

Question: How do you knock down enemies in Persona 5?

Answer: When it comes to knocking down enemies in Persona 5, this is one of the most important aspects of that game that you should know about. Knocking down an enemy allows you to use an All-Out Attack, which is extremely powerful and can devastate most normal enemies.
At the same time, knocking down an enemy will also allow you to negotiate with the shadow and add them to your team. As such, it is a valuable way of gaining new shadows in Persona 5. As for how you do it, what you need to focus on are the critical hits and elemental attacks that work best against that enemy.

Critical hits are mostly chance-based so they are a bit unreliable at times but elemental attacks are more guaranteed. Once you know what a shadow is weak to, use that spell against them (such as Agi or Garu) and you will be able to instantly knock them down. This is the most sure-fire way of making this feat happen.

Question: Does Persona have demons?

Answer: No, Persona does not technically have demons. At least, in most games, it does not. This is because Shin Megami Tensei, the parent series behind the Persona franchise, calls its version of shadows demons. However, in this series, they are known as shadows only.

However, while the Persona series technically does not have its shadows known as demons, there are demons in certain cases. For example, Persona 5 has the special Treasure Demons that we previously went over in the main enemies guide. Treasure Demons are named as such, despite being shadows, and are enemies that you can defeat for valuable resources. But they are one of the few examples of demons in Persona.

Question: Who is the traitor in Persona 4?

Answer: This question, specifically, is a huge spoiler that you should be aware of. If you have not played Persona 4 or its Golden variant, you should turn away now. This is not a question that any newcomers to Persona 4 should ever read.

That said, if you are still here and would like to know more about the traitor in Persona 4, continue reading. The traitorous enemy that is the main villain in Persona 4, too, is none other than Tohru Adachi. Adachi is an investigator and the seemingly goofy dude who is looking into the serial murders in the town of Inaba.

However, it turns out that Adachi is surprisingly the serial killer behind everything and the one that is causing the murders while simultaneously acting like someone who is trying to solve the situation. If the player is not able to figure out that Adachi or someone else is the real killer at one point in the story when it seems that the case is solved, they will receive a bad ending.

Conclusion

This Persona enemies guide is here to give you the best chance when it comes to taking down the enemies that you fight across the series. Hopefully, this gives you a helpful way of knowing what enemies are in each of the later games in the series and how to take down the main ones that you battle.

If you’re looking for more help when it comes to the Persona series, we have other guides that are here to assist you in your long journeys in these deep and rich games. Be sure to take a look at our general Persona gameplay guide to better understand the turn-based system and how it all works.

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