Phantom Powerhouses: Persona 5 The Phantom X Top 10 Characters Ranked!
- Understanding the Game’s Mechanics
- 10: Makoto Niijima – Nuke Queen
- 9: Kasumi Yoshizawa – Bless Support Star
- 8: Summer Closer – Simple yet Deadly
- 7: Rin – Fire Goddess in a Red Dress
- 6: Haru Okumura – Psych Powerhouse
- 5: Wind (Akechi) – Crit Buff King
- 4: Phoebe – Attack Buff Navigator
- 3: Futaba Sakura – Weakness Wrecker
- 2: Cord – Highlight Spam Rockstar
- 1: Monica – The Ultimate Support
Who are the Persona 5 The Phantom X TOP 10 CHARACTERS you need to dominate Patch 4.0? Persona 5: The Phantom X is hitting its stride, and with the global launch and new characters like the Persona 3 protagonist dropping soon, it’s time to know who rules the roster. Our Persona 5 The Phantom X TOP 10 CHARACTERS guide on GGGAMER.net ranks the best DPS, supports, and navigators to build your dream team. From free-to-play gems to whale-tier legends, we’ve got the lowdown for every Phantom Thief. Let’s jump into the Metaverse!
Understanding the Game’s Mechanics
Before diving into the Persona 5 The Phantom X TOP 10 CHARACTERS, let’s break down the basics. The Highway system lets you unleash powerful Highlight attacks after charging, but they’re on a three-turn cooldown. Revelation Cards are a grind to optimize, boosting your character’s skills. Awareness levels (0-6) change performance, but we’re sticking to Awareness 0 for simplicity. These mechanics shape who shines in Patch 4.0.
10: Makoto Niijima – Nuke Queen
- The first one who has 5 stars.
- She is the DPS and single target.
- gathers 5 stacks for tenacity, then she goes to Iron Will Install and does huge damage to the enemy.
- Each time she goes to the Iron Will Install, she gives 6% less damage for 3 times (max 18%).
- Iron Will Install gives her +40% attack turn and +20% Defiance for 2 turns.
9: Kasumi Yoshizawa – Bless Support Star
- she have 4 mechanic: Agile Step، Brief Step، Posture، Dancing Partner
- In Dancing in Hand she chose a teammate as Dancing Partner and it give them bouth +32% attack and +32% defeance for 3 turne
- When the Dancing Partner uses a Persona skill, Kasumi performs a follow-up attack.
- First Skill: Used to gain 1 stack of Brief Step.
- Unique Ability (Masquerade): Activates after acquiring Brief Step. Allows you to perform his Highlight without consuming the Highlight gauge.
- Third Skill: A single-target Bless attack whose damage is increased in Masquerade state.
- Summary: Has very good damage and support capabilities. Can perform Highlight for free and has a unique role, as no other Bless character possesses this.
8: Summer Closer – Simple yet Deadly
- Mechanics: Enter True Summer Install state and use his AoE (area-of-effect) or single-target skills.
- If his HP is above 50% of maximum, his skills become enhanced.
- Summary: The simplest and most stable character on this list. Just pair him with a Healer and Nuke Damage.
7: Rin – Fire Goddess in a Red Dress
- Mechanics: Centered around the Iron Flower Dance Install state, which can be activated every other turn.
- Third Skill: Using it enters the Flower Dance state, which converts his Melee attack to Fire and increases his damage and Technical Damage.
- First Skill: Grants increased Crit Rate, which is crucial for most characters.
- Highlight: Increases the damage of his Fire-element Melee attack by 20% for 2 turns.
- Summary: Requires almost zero setup, very similar to Summer Closer. Has high damage and deals passive damage through Burn. Simple and effective.
6: Haru Okumura – Psych Powerhouse
- Mechanics: Requires managing Thermal Customization and Spread Customization.
- First Skill: Grants Thermal Customization.
- Third Skill: Grants Spread Customization.
- Each time he consumes a stack of these, he gains a permanent Buff: 1 stack for status resistance, 2 stacks for attack and defense, and 3 stacks for extra Crit damage.
- Once he has obtained the stacks, his second skill becomes a Psy skill, which is his main source of damage.
- Summary: Good at the start of battle, but the longer the battle goes on, he quickly gains Buffs and easily becomes one of the best DPS in the game.
5: Wind (Akechi) – Crit Buff King
- Mechanics: His Buffs stack based on the number of hits performed, so he performs well in both AoE and single-target teams.
- Advantage: His presence eliminates the need for the support Persona, Wonder, which is typically required in all teams. This allows you to bring another Persona for additional support or damage to your main party.
- SP Consumption: Has no SP (Skill Points) issues because his skills recover SP, and he spends SP on buffing your main DPS.
- Summary: One of the most valuable party members in the game because he is useful in almost any team. Everything he does involves buffing the most crucial stats a DPS needs.
4: Phoebe – Attack Buff Navigator
- Mechanics: Simple. Dramatically increases the party's attack. Raises attack power, skill damage rating, and all other good Buffs.
- Summary: Has an effective role. The reason she is in the "God Tier" is that the remaining Navigators are incredibly strong.
3: Futaba Sakura – Weakness Wrecker
- Weakness Damage: The base damage multiplier for hitting a weakness is 1.25x. Futaba's third skill can increase it to 1.45x.
- First Skill: Reduces enemy defense.
- Third Skill: Performs the above effects (increases Weakness Damage and reduces enemy defense). This skill is not permanently available.
- Analysis Mechanics: Each time party members attack, her Analysis percentage increases somewhat, and upon completion, her third skill becomes available.
- Summary: The ability to increase Weakness Damage and reduce enemy defense is always useful, making her a very strong character.
2: Cord – Highlight Spam Rockstar
- Mechanics: Despite being an older character, he is still one of the best in the game. His damage output is not very high.
- Third Skill: Allows an ally to perform their Highlight for free without using the Highlight gauge and also increases Highlight damage by about 80%.
- Summary: Extremely strong. Any character can benefit from this, especially Kasumi, who needs Highlight for damage. This skill allows allies to use Highlight without consuming the Highlight gauge and without triggering the three-turn cooldown. He is easily the best non-Navigator character in the game.
1: Monica – The Ultimate Support
- First Skill: Increases damage dealt by all allies and gains 4 stacks of Holy Song.
- Third Skill: Used after collecting Holy Song stacks, increasing all allies' attack by 11% and their Penetration by 10%.
- Myriad Song: This mechanic makes her the best character. It can be used immediately at the start of battle, but it's better activated after other Buffs are active.
- Myriad Song: Gives a character one extra special turn. After that turn ends, the character returns to the state they were in at the start of that turn.
- Example: If Cord's third skill is ready, activating Myriad Song on him allows him to use his third skill, perform Highlight, and then his turn resets so he can use his third skill again!
- Summary: This mechanic is incredibly powerful. She is the best character in the game and is a bloated character (overloaded with abilities). She can also heal a bit (about 1500 HP) with her second skill.
