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As you ascend Tartarus inPersona 3 Reload, you’ll encounter multiple Gatekeepers that prevent you from moving to the next floor. Each of these mini-bosses is formidable, and it will take a good strategy to beat them. It’s a good idea to prepare before rushing into these battles, as you don’t want to lose any progress you’ve made in Tartarus by recklessly starting a fight.
The Chaos Panzer is the first Gatekeeper you’ll come across after more of Tartarus opens up in December, and they’re not alone. Here’s everything you need to know to beat them and reach the next floor.
Chaos Panzer Overview
When you reachfloor 188 in Tartarus, you’ll encounterChaos Panzer and two Resentful Surveillants. When paired together, these three shadows make a fearsome team.
While Chaos Panzerdoesn’t have any weaknesses, you’ll want toavoid using Agi and Garu skills, as they are nullified. Additionally,avoid using any Light skills, as they will reflect.
Chaos Panzer uses Pierce attacks, so bring Personas that canhandle taking lots of physical damage. Below is a breakdown of Chaos Panzer’s affinities and abilities:
Affinities and Weaknesses
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Attacks and Abilities
The next physical attack will deal more damage.
Vile Assault
Deal heavy Pierce damage to one foe (deals more damage to a downed foe).
Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes (1-3 hits).
Resentful Surveillant Overview
The Resentful Surveillant duo is difficult, though they areweak to Slash attacks. However, they willbuff and debuff throughoutthe battle.
Below is a breakdown of their affinities and abilities:
Decrease the defense of all foes.
Best Party Composition
The best party members to bring for this battle areYukari, Junpei, and Aigis. Yukari will take thelead for support, making sure that everyone’s HP stays high.Junpei can use slash attacksto knock down the Resentful Surveillant duo, and Aigis is a tank-like unit that can absorb damage and deal more physical attacks.
While you may bring Koromaru behind for this, he’s not the best fit as hisDark attacks will be nullified. While he can use slash attacks, you’ll likely want him to sit this fight out until he can be of more use. Also,leave Mitsuru outlest her weakness to fire be exploited.
How To Defeat Chaos Panzer
The first step to defeating Chaos Panzer is todefeat the Resentful Surveillant duo first. Removing their buffs will waste precious turns, so eliminating them is the best option. From there,use Theury attacks to deplete Chaos Panzer’s HP.
Whenever theChaos Panzer uses Charge, guard your charactersso that they survive. Above all,prioritize the protagonist’s HP. If it reaches zero, it’s game over.
Attack Mirror is a useful item for reflecting Physical Skills!
To avoid that, use debuffs to reduce the attack of the Chaos Panzer andbuff your party’s defense. Rinse and repeat until you’ve defeated the Chaos Panzer and can move on to the next floor.
