Still can't beat Okumura

[peter]

Is there a right way to play this? I'm pretty lost... Tried it about 35 times lol.

Any help is awesome! Thank you so much :)

[Master_Jedi170]

Its annoying but you can use a guide. I used different persona which helped achieve my goal. Skull helped me a lot by stunning most of the droids which gave me a chance to inflict more damage.

[lily]

I recommend, if you're not already playing this way, switching the game difficulty to Merciless- your enemies will do more damage, but so will you, especially with baton passes. This was the only way I was able to beat the green robots. I also recommend looking up a guide showing the enemy robots weaknesses. What I recommend is doing single enemy attacks against the bots' weaknesses and baton passing, with the final baton pass to Joker in order to do the strongest attack against all enemies. Rinse and repeat. Also recommend having a strong healer on hand, and someone for buffs/debuffs can help. But there are more detailed guides out there.

[永久に]

If you still have some free day left, craft some single target element attacks items (No need to be the powerful one, you only need them to use for weakness > 1 more > baton pass). Try to use strong multi target spell/attack while in 3rd Baton Pass since it's hilarious strong.

[Yílõng Má]

Learn how to Baton-Touching.

[Poufee]

I had a lot of trouble with this fight in hard mode but what I had done was obtained and crafted a bunch of elemental items (stuff like Air Cannons for example) then with that you can use any character to start a baton pass chain regardless of having their weaknesses. It’s still a very tough fight doing that though.

[Lizzie]

After dying around 15 times and rage quitting once, coming back and trying again 5 more times i gave up and at that point i couldnt be bothered in beating okumura normally so i just bought izanami picaro from the compendium and spammed the allmighty attack until everything died

[Soul in Shadow]

Try grinding levels for a little while and possibly upgrading your personas. The first time I fought him I was rather under-levelled, meaning even using the recommended strategies I simply couldn't do enough damage in time to clear the later waves before they get restored.


This fight is as much a numbers check as it is a test of your understanding of how baton passes work

[Yílõng Má]

Originally posted by Poufee:

I had a lot of trouble with this fight in hard mode but what I had done was obtained and crafted a bunch of elemental items (stuff like Air Cannons for example) then with that you can use any character to start a baton pass chain regardless of having their weaknesses. It’s still a very tough fight doing that though.

You don't really need damage items beside few Psy Magatamas (even 2 are enough). For any other elements, use your party members and Joker.

[Nodnarb]

just beat him the other night.

heres my big tip, have all party members who can't target a weakness for whichever wave use one of the items that corresponds with the enemies weakness.

keep doing that and baton passing until you get the 4th and final baton pass on joker, where you then use an AOE move that targets weakness, and then again with your once more.

the big black bot is just a slug fest, he has no weakness, BUT he is susceptible to multiple moves that allow technicals.

once you beat him, you're in the clear. Goodluck!

[44RONCENTIN3L4]

feel you bro

[rapidecesoir]

The fight checks your understanding of the baton pass. As long as you land a hit on a weakness or a technical attack on a foe that wasn't knocked down yet, you'll be able to perform a 1 more or a baton pass. Each baton pass increases the power of the selected party member.

The most problematic foes are the green robots. They are weak to Psy and Curse.

Assuming you have only one day to beat Okumura, here are the most precious options :
- Haru must be on your team. You are sleeping on a free baton pass otherwise.
- Any party member able to buff you. Some buffs are available through items like the will seed rings.
- Joker will ideally have a Persona able to do a multitarget Psy/Curse attack.

This fight will be easier if you have Psy/Curse throwables in your bag. They will count as an attack and allow you to perform a baton pass with party members that usually won't have access to Psy/Curse moves. You want to use single target attacks on the first hits in order to reach the highest baton pass level you can afford. Remember : once an enemy is knocked down, he won't give you another opportunity.
You can use Joker (or Haru if she has somehow better stats) to land the final multitarget hit that will trigger the hold-up. I don't remember if all-out attacks scale with baton pass and/or buffs. I'd try to go back (press B during the hold-up) and make another multitarget attack to be safe. Repeat until you're done.

If I remember the fight correctly, the robots can be affected by ailments. Elemental ailments trigger a technical if hit by Nuke, special ailments will do the same with a Psy attack. Don't forget to include Makoto in your party if you go for this strategy.

If you are playing on normal, try to set the difficulty to merciless. Merciless increases the damage delt by technical hits, and hits on weaknesses. As this is exactly how you want to play for this fight, you'll actually have an easier time.

If you have time to spare, play darts with your friends. This will increase their baton pass bonuses.

[pnp29]

You need to use 3 time-baton pass' multiplied damage in each turn. To beat each wave within two turns. The damage from baton pass will be triple. Use elemental damage items to single enemy for party member who doesn't have elemental damage the enemy weak to.

[Yílõng Má]

Originally posted by pnp29:

You need to use 3 time-baton pass' multiplied damage in each turn. To beat each wave within two turns. The damage from baton pass will be triple. Use elemental damage items to single enemy for party member who doesn't have elemental damage the enemy weak to.

Whole party Baton Touch isn't needed till the last 2 group waves.

[It´sAllAimAssist]

most annoying part of this fight for me isn´t even the fight itself but the run up to it since I didn´t have the right setup or items stocked.

[Yílõng Má]

Originally posted by It´sAllAimAssist:

most annoying part of this fight for me isn´t even the fight itself but the run up to it since I didn´t have the right setup or items stocked.

You don't need any items beside maybe 1 or 2 Psy Magatamas. Baton Touch is the key.