Who is the strongest party members so far?

[Redassassin]

I'm curious to see what party members everyone thinks is the best and worst characters to use in battle in this game so far. For me I think my tier list would be

S Tier: Unsure as I haven't used everyone long enough to figure out if there is a OP party member.

A Tier: Koro, Akihiko, Aigis, Yukari.

B Tier: Mitsuru

C Tier: Ken

D Tier: Junpei

F Tier: Shnjiro

Let me know where you guys think each character should go and why?

[Chopsteak]

Shinji felt a whole lot stronger in this version of Persona 3. I used Matarukaja on the party to boost attack, then had him use Bloody Charge and next turn Blade of Fury and he did 4 critical hits in a row. Even without the extra attack buff, Bloody Charge with Blade of Fury made shadows die. Such a shame we can't let him and Ken switch places.

[SKINLESSHEAD]

Shinjiro is very good. Just use alternate bloody charge and heat wave.

[Redassassin]

Originally posted by Get More Orbs:

Shinjiro is very good. Just use alternate bloody charge and heat wave.

Where you rank him on a tier list from F to S?

[SKINLESSHEAD]

Originally posted by Redassassin:

Originally posted by Get More Orbs:

Shinjiro is very good. Just use alternate bloody charge and heat wave.

Where you rank him on a tier list from F to S?

A, maybe? I used him for the two blocks he's available. I used him as a crutch since he killed everything so fast.

[Redassassin]

Originally posted by Get More Orbs:

Originally posted by Redassassin:

Where you rank him on a tier list from F to S?

A, maybe? I used him for the two blocks he's available. I used him as a crutch since he killed everything so fast.

I think that's a respectable placement with what I'm seeing from the other people who have posted on this thread. I honestly wish we had him in the party long so we could test his skill set against more enemies to see how strong or weak he is.

[Someone]

Originally posted by Redassassin:

Originally posted by Get More Orbs:

A, maybe? I used him for the two blocks he's available. I used him as a crutch since he killed everything so fast.

I think that's a respectable placement with what I'm seeing from the other people who have posted on this thread. I honestly wish we had him in the party long so we could test his skill set against more enemies to see how strong or weak he is.

I actually raised him to level 100 in that NG+ Dungeon where you fight Elizabeth, I don't know however if the remake still has that

[guzcor]

Every party member has their way of playing with them, it depends a lot in what do you plan to do.

Yukari is the best healer for a long battle and can heal ailments, also can debuff the agility, she is extremely frail but her theurgias charge fast, her first theurgia is her best way of attacking and her second is a full party concentrate.

Junpei does a lot of damage with criticals, his magic is awful, but he is extremely resistant and can heal himself with his passive and with his second theurgia, also can buff the whole party's defense and finally. He is the only who can use every type of physical attack.

Akihiko can debuff the attack and buff the agility, his magic is great, can evade his weakness, can heal a party member, his specialty is shocking enemies with electricity and do good physical damage. He and Aigis are the only ones who can attack more than one enemy with their theurgias.

Mitsuru is best magical attacker, has concentrate, a severe magic skill, her second theurgia does damage and debuff the target, she can debuff the defense and her attacks freeze most of the time the enemies, she crits a lot when the enemies has any ailment, her main problem is that she is frail and doesn't have much health like yukari.

Aigis is still a buffer, resist a lot, has enduring soul, her orgia mode theurgia does a lot of damage and her theurgia charges fast if she lands any physical hit, can resist any physical attack, has dekunda to undo any debuff, can heal a party member and nulls dizzy, can recover herself faster of ailments, her second theurgia is the second strongest physical move and doesn't have any second effect like orgia mode.

Ken is a jack of trades, his theurgia charges the fastest when he is low in sp, he recovers sp every turn, he covers light, electricity and pierce, his second theurgia is the best support skill in the game a full party samarecarm with a tetrakarn/makarakarn. Has dekaja, tetrakarn and makarakarn, also he gets heat riser.

Koromaru is a support to do more critical damage with revolution, has debilitate, has two theurgias from the beginning, its second theurgia is a party charge, can buff agilityt, can cover fire, slash and darkness, does a good magic damage. Koromaru is great but struggles with sp, as all of its skills consumes sp.

Shinjiro has an auto heat riser on himself, has bloody charge to do massives amounts of damage, gets endure and debilitate, his theurgia is the strongest physical attack, learns firm stance and regenerate 3

All of them are great but some party members have a better synergie between them like junpei with koromaru and aigis.

[Redassassin]

Originally posted by guzcor:

Every party member has their way of playing with them, it depends a lot in what do you plan to do.

Yukari is the best healer for a long battle and can heal ailments, also can debuff the agility, she is extremely frail but her theurgias charge fast, her first theurgia is her best way of attacking and her second is a full party concentrate.

Junpei does a lot of damage with criticals, his magic is awful, but he is extremely resistant and can heal himself with his passive and with his second theurgia, also can buff the whole party's defense and finally. He is the only who can use every type of physical attack.

Akihiko can debuff the attack and buff the agility, his magic is great, can evade his weakness, can heal a party member, his specialty is shocking enemies with electricity and do good physical damage. He and Aigis are the only ones who can attack more than one enemy with their theurgias.

Mitsuru is best magical attacker, has concentrate, a severe magic skill, her second theurgia does damage and debuff the target, she can debuff the defense and her attacks freeze most of the time the enemies, she crits a lot when the enemies has any ailment, her main problem is that she is frail and doesn't have much health like yukari.

Aigis is still a buffer, resist a lot, has enduring soul, her orgia mode theurgia does a lot of damage and her theurgia charges fast if she lands any physical hit, can resist any physical attack, has dekunda to undo any debuff, can heal a party member and nulls dizzy, can recover herself faster of ailments, her second theurgia is the second strongest physical move and doesn't have any second effect like orgia mode.

Ken is a jack of trades, his theurgia charges the fastest when he is low in sp, he recovers sp every turn, he covers light, electricity and pierce, his second theurgia is the best support skill in the game a full party samarecarm with a tetrakarn/makarakarn. Has dekaja, tetrakarn and makarakarn, also he gets heat riser.

Koromaru is a support to do more critical damage with revolution, has debilitate, has two theurgias from the beginning, its second theurgia is a party charge, can buff agilityt, can cover fire, slash and darkness, does a good magic damage. Koromaru is great but struggles with sp, as all of its skills consumes sp.

Shinjiro has an auto heat riser on himself, has bloody charge to do massives amounts of damage, gets endure and debilitate, his theurgia is the strongest physical attack, learns firm stance and regenerate 3

All of them are great but some party members have a better synergie between them like junpei with koromaru and aigis.

Pretty good summery of what everyone does. I never thought of Koro as a support role but I can see where you are going with this.

[lawjax]

The thing about this series is that eventually everyone's role becomes trivialized once you can afford to start fusing personas for desirable traits and skills. The usefulness of everyone else is a variable that only lasts until roughly 3/4ths of the game has been completed, or perhaps for as long as you want it to if you are one of those types to make the experience as tedious as possible for yourself. Alternatively, you can expend all of your incense on your companions and then suddenly any one of them can hold their own in most of the major fights in a playthrough on any difficulty.

As far as the characters themselves are concerned, none of them are useless. Each one has at least one thing going for themselves that the rest of the cast cannot cover. That said, were they all created equal? No. My vote for the weakest companion is Junpei by a country mile--he has full physical coverage and can dip into fire too, which sounds great until you realize that you can have Aigis and her party-wide buffs instead and that you yourself will always cover Slashing. Mitsuru and Koromaru also cover Slashing and offer better utility/better coverage; as if to add insult to injury, Koro also covers fire. I lastly take into account that Koromaru does whine and whimper; however, he still does not do half as much of either as Junpei, and so Junpei is almost always removed from my thoughtful considerations concerning team building.

Apart from Junpei, I have a hard time volunteering any other names for avoidance or irreplaceability. Akihiko makes an underwhelming first impression but he is the only striker that does it for free, grants company-wide tax evasion, and comes with an individual healthcare plan; Yukari offers the premium healthcare package; Ken is the golden child that could use a good smack upside the head but otherwise has a bright future ahead of him; and Shinjiro--well, Shinjiro has no future ahead of him, and I would still take him over Junpei.