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By the time you’re on the way to the August Full Moon operation inPersona 3 Reload, you’ll have the hang of how these battles work by now. The one at the beginning of August sees your team heading to an underground bunker in search of the Shadows.
You’ll be facing two powerful Shadows in this fight, like you did with Emperor and Empress, but this time, the two Shadows can combine into one Shadow that’s vastly more powerful than the sum of its parts. You’ll need to defeat both Chariot and Justice at once in this P3R boss fight.
This guide contains spoilers for the August Full Moon in Persona 3 Reload.
Chariot And Justice Full Moon Battle Overview
Recommended Party And Level
Since you’ll need to break through several different resistances in this battle, it’s helpful tobring teammates who know the elemental break skillfor the element they use to deal damage. Keeping these moves with your teammates helps them tonegate any Shadows' elemental affinitiesand allow your teammate to hit them using the elemental attacks.
But magic isn’t the only element to this fight - you’ll also need to deal a good amount ofphysical damage, too, which means you’d do well tochoose teammates with balanced strength and magic statsfor this fight. This time, you’ll havemore teammates to choose from, so you’ll need to be a bit more selective for this boss fight than you have been for previous Full Moon operations.
As for your level, we recommend beingaround Lv. 35for the smoothest time in the fight ahead.
Aigis
It’s helpful tobring Personasin your own stock whose attacks match those of your teammates for this battle. Normally, diversifying your stock is advised, but make the most of skill break moves in this fight by doubling down on damage types.
When it’s time to break the Tank-Form’s resistances, having a teammate who knows their own elemental skill break move allows them to attack the Shadow, but it opens the door for you to deal damage of the same type on your own turn, too.
Affinities and Weaknesses
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Attacks and Skills
High-Explosive Shell
Medium Pierce damage to one foe. Must be be charged for one turn.
Armor-Piercing Shell
Medium Pierce damage to all foes. Must be charged for one turn.
Splits into two individual Shadows, Arcanas Chariot and Justice.
Light Strike damage to all foes(lands 1-3 times).
Restore
Revives the Justice Shadow if you don’t defeat them both on the same turn.
Medium Pierce damage to all foes(lands 2-4 times).
Revives the Chariot Shadow if you don’t defeat them both on the same turn.
Unite
Combines with Justice to become the Tank-Form Shadow again.
Make good use of your Theurgy skillsto deal as much damage to both Chariot and Justice at the same time as possible.
Another good way to deal with this is tohave a teammate use their elemental skill break move on Justiceso that subsequent multi-target elemental moves deal damage to both Shadows at once.
Chariot And Justice Battle Guide
Tank-Form Shadow Battle
When the Full Moon operation begins on8/5, there will be some chatter among SEES before you head out for theabandoned underground facility, which is where you’ll find the Full Moon Shadows waiting for you. After a chat with Strega, you’ll find yourself in a long corridor.Head down this hallwayin the only direction you’re really able,following the treadmarks, but be sure toinvestigatethe area for loot you can grab along the way.
Eventually, when you reach the end of the hall, the boss battle will begin. Initially, you’ll be taking on aTank-Form Shadow, which confuses Fuuka’s readings on the Shadows, as she’d sensed two coming into the fight. Sincethis form has no weaknessesto exploit, useelemental skill break movesto counter its resistances to deal damage.
Periodically throughout the fight, you’ll see that theTank-Form Shadow targets one teammate specifically. This teammate isguaranteed to be attacked on the Shadow’s next turn, so it’s best to have them guard on their turn to minimize the damage they take. Allowing them to take damage that will often be Critical opens the door for a dangerous One More from the Shadow that will still target and likely kill the same teammate.
To avoid this dangerous combination, it’s better to wait a turn to continue attacking than it is to inflict some damage using the targeted teammate, at the cost of said teammate’s life.
Additionally, if you’re told the Shadow isloading grenades, you’ll need tohave every party member guardto mitigate the massive damage coming their way when the Shadow fires.
The goal in this section of the fight is todamage the Shadow enough that it separates. Keep your eyes on everyone’s Theurgy gauges and use them as soon as they’re available, especially if someone’s damage type matches one of the skill break moves you used - it grants extra damage for exploiting the affinity.
Defeat Chariot And Justice In The Same Turn
After the Tank-Form Shadow separates, you’ll come face-to-face with theChariot and Justice Shadowsindividually - Chariot is the tank body, while Justice is the winged turret. Fuuka notes that Justice is the weaker of the two, so once you regain control, you’ll need to work ondefeating the Shadows in the same turn.
The caveat is that it’s pretty tough to effectively deal multi-target damage without a Theurgy move here, sinceChariot and Justice have opposite affinities. The tank portion, Chariot, will take damage from magic, while the turret, Justice, takes it from physical moves instead, both being strong against the other type of damage.
If you’re too close to defeating one Shadow but the other still has too much health to go down on this turn, if you may’t damage the healthier Shadow, it’s best to wait out the turn by either healing, buffing, debuffing, or guarding - don’t risk killing one Shadow before you’re confident you can handle them both at once.
Should you defeat one before the other and the turn ends,one of the Shadows will revive the otherif it didn’t also go down in the same turn. Because of this ability, you’llneed to defeat them on the same turn. This doesn’t mean in the same attack - especially not with their opposing affinities - but both will need to be KOed before it’s the Shadows' turn to attack, lest they revive the other.
After they both go down, you’ll earn your EXP and rewards - the Chariot and Justice Major Arcana cards to add to your Shuffle Time deck from here on out. Watch the cutscenes that play out after the Shadows have been defeated, and the mission will be a success.
