Good Lord the Lover's Boss is terrible

[PossessingSpirit09]

Unable to inflict status effects on, just a tedious endurance fight where you can and WILL get party wiped

Please tell me no other boss is like this...this boss was such bullsh*t to play through

The other bosses were hard, sure, but there was always one chip in their armor to crack; or they had a non-irritating pattern of attack.
But this one just straight one two combo you straight to death if you're not careful or lucky

lucky i had a mithras with absorb fire or i would've died 3 times over

Edit: this boss was the hardest and most annoying I've ever faced in all the persona games I've played so far bloody hell

[FlyingTorcensoredWhale]

If you bring Personas to substitute Yukari for Patra/Media (and not hopelessly underlevelled) it should be a breeze on anything lower than Merciless.

Mithras and Rakshasa should absolutely carry you for this. As long as you don't allow Charm to hang on anyone. Items are your friends also. In case both you and Yukari got Charmed and Akihiko/Junpei have to pick up the slack.

It's a preparations check, really. Not a difficulty spike.

[archonsod]

It's not that difficult. It's not the first boss you've faced with no weaknesses, nor will it be the last (although IIRC this is the first one you have theurgy available for, which kind of renders it moot). It also does in fact follow a pattern - largely charm then hit.
On top of FlyingTorcensoredWhale's advice, it can also be worth putting on critical boost charms if you have any - crit hits will still down the target even if they have no weaknesses, and since the bosses tend to have a higher health pool even a relatively small boost can make a big difference.

[Endora]

I confess I had problems with it at Merciless, got all my party wipped out because of the charm on the first try. Had to load a previous save to lvl up a little more and to have money to buy more dis-charm itens.

[Hymnos]

Originally posted by Endora:

I confess I had problems with it at Merciless, got all my party wipped out because of the charm on the first try. Had to load a previous save to lvl up a little more and to have money to buy more dis-charm itens.

Lmao this happen to me too,using Accessory to resist Charm didn't help either then I spend most of my money on dis-charm
Merciless difficulty is quite harsh TBH

[FlyingTorcensoredWhale]

Originally posted by Endora:

I confess I had problems with it at Merciless, got all my party wipped out because of the charm on the first try. Had to load a previous save to lvl up a little more and to have money to buy more dis-charm itens.

Well, I did mention Merciless for a reason :D

[Endora]

Originally posted by FlyingTorcensoredWhale:

Originally posted by Endora:

I confess I had problems with it at Merciless, got all my party wipped out because of the charm on the first try. Had to load a previous save to lvl up a little more and to have money to buy more dis-charm itens.

Well, I did mention Merciless for a reason :D

Yes, and it was exactly as you mentioned :)

[Yürei]

Something I liked about P3 that P4 and P5 didn't really have anymore. Items were used a lot more cause enemies used status effects more and you didn't have the paper fan mechanic in P5.

[Dank Sidious]

It's a bit of an annoying boss fights if you aren't prepared if RNG doesn't work in your favor.
It's still beatable but can get a bit to lengthy depending on what skills you have at that point.

[Endora]

I did beat it in the end, but as soon as I saved in the next day I let that save at it is. Maybe someday I'll take it again, but for now I'm tired enough. I won't pretend that I'm a gamer, so there is no point on useless anoyances.

[Tophat08]

skill issue

[Emmy]

Originally posted by Tophat08:

skill issue

agreed

[Endora]

Never said it wasn't :)

Maybe I'm just frustraded and, since even after beating the boss I'm still feeling frustration, certainly it's the player (me) that needs to lvl up, but for now I'll give it a rest.

[fender178]

With me on normal difficulty yeah the Lovers boss was indeed annoying especially that Heartbreak attack that she does that does more dmg when you are charmed on top of that one skill that she does that can charm your entire party. I used my usual party of Yukari, Mitsuru and Akihiko. One thing so far that I can't get used to is Mitsuru having Rakunda which is the skill that debuffs the defense of an enemy. I just kept using Rakunda on top of discharm items or the patra skill of Yukari's to get rid of being charmed and just kept attacking with Physical attacks with the Protag and Akihiko with Mitsuru using both Rakunda like I said earlier with bufla mixed in. And Used Yukari for healing and the occasional garula. I also mixed in the new attacks that need to be charged up and ended up defeating the boss using Yukari.

[FlyingTorcensoredWhale]

Originally posted by Endora:

Never said it wasn't :)

Maybe I'm just frustraded and, since even after beating the boss I'm still feeling frustration, certainly it's the player (me) that needs to lvl up, but for now I'll give it a rest.

You could lower the difficulty. It is mot a competition and nobody is judging your performance, really. I'd do just that if it affects your overall enjoyment of the game.

[fender178]

Originally posted by FlyingTorcensoredWhale:

Originally posted by Endora:

Never said it wasn't :)

Maybe I'm just frustraded and, since even after beating the boss I'm still feeling frustration, certainly it's the player (me) that needs to lvl up, but for now I'll give it a rest.

You could lower the difficulty. It is mot a competition and nobody is judging your performance, really. I'd do just that if it affects your overall enjoyment of the game.

Nope that's impossible since that player is playing on the hardest difficulty level and after you locked it in you CANNOT change it.