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Imposing Skyscraper inPersona 3 Reloadis a towering boss that can be quite a challenge with its imposing presence and devastating attacks. However, with strategic use of The Jack Brothers Theurgy, and the right balance of offense and support skills, victory is within reach.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to harness the power of Almighty spell damage and capitalize on status ailments to turn the tide in your favor. From choosing the optimal role for your Protagonist to leveraging support Personas for team buffs, we’ve got you covered. So gear up and get ready to topple this skyscraping menace!
Imposing Skyscraper Affinities And Skills
The Imposing Skyscraper has an affinity chart with some tricky resistances. Its move pool is ready tokeep your team paralyzed with its status ailmentsand electrical prowess.
Affinities and Weaknesses
Attacks and Skills
Stagnant Air
A mist that will increase the chance of status ailments being inflicted on everyone on the battlefield
Does heavy Strike damage to all team members
Does medium Electric element damage to all team members
Ziodyne
Does severe Electric element damage to a single target
To start things off, Imposing Skyscraperdoes not have any weaknessesandresists both Wind element magic spells and Piercing physical attacks.
This bossabsorbs Electric-type damageand will heal if hit with Electric attacks.
This boss has a nasty move combination that it will attempt to use to keep your team from ever being able to move again.
Imposing Skyscraper will useStagnant Airtoincrease the chance that it will be able to stun youand your teammates with its Electric attacks like thearea-of-effect Maziongaand the devastatingsingle-target Ziodyne.
Once it has your team stunned, it will go in for the kill withHerculean Strike. This move isa powerful area-of-effect physical attackthat Imposing Skyscraper will use after it has shocked your team in an attempt to critically strike and Down your team. This loop can cause you and your team to bechained from one immobilizing status ailment to another.
Imposing Skyscraper Battle Guide
Here onfloor112 of the Yabbashah blockof Tartarus you will find the Floor Guardian, Imposing Skyscraper. Any enemy you come across without any elemental weakness will always be fought with the same two fundamental strategies:debuffing and boosting critical strike chances.
This boss’s entire strategy revolves around inflicting status ailments on you and your entire team.Bring items that can cure status ailments,such as Patra Gem, Amrita Gem, and Amrita Soda. You will need to use these items as soon as a status ailment is inflicted or else the fight will snowball in the boss’s favor.
Since this boss primarily uses electric-based skills, you will want to avoid bringing any team members who are vulnerable to Electric attacks. You shouldleave Yukari and Aigis out of this battle.
Bring Koromaru For His Revolution
Luckily for the team, Koromaru’s Persona has the powerful support skillRevolution. This skill will significantly increase the rate at which your team will land critical blows.
Since this boss cannot be knocked down normally, you will have to get lucky to All-Out attack during this fight.
Koromaru is not weak to Electric and can dish out some good Dark damage.
As soon as Koromaru’s turn comes around,your priority is to cast Revolution. On subsequent turns you can use his basic attack to try and get some critical hits of his own.
Akihiko And Mitsuru Will Debuff The Boss
For this fight, you should bring Akihiko for his skillTarunda,which willreduce the boss’s attack statfor three turns. He can also land devastating Strike attacks - which the boss does not resist in the hopes of knocking it down. Akihiko can alsopivot to the healer roleduring the fight if need be.
When the fight starts,cast Tarunda with Akihikobefore doing anything else. Afterward, he can go on the offensive until someone needs healing.
Mitsuru brings along with her the use of Ice-type magic to get around the boss’s affinities. She also has access toRakunda, giving her the ability toreduce Imposing Skyscraper’s defensefor three turns.
As with Akihiko,when the fight starts, cast Rakundawith Mitsuru. Afterwards, just lay into the boss with Ice attacks.
Use The Jack Brothers Theurgy
The Protagonist has access to the powerfulJack Brothers Theurgy, which can be especially helpful on bosses like Imposing Skyscraper, who have no innate weaknesses.
The Jack Brothers Theurgy does a staggering amount of Almighty spell damage and has avery high chance of inflicting Downon the boss, especially after it uses Stagnant Air. Use this to turn the tables on the bossafter it increases everyone’s chance of being inflicted by statuses.
The Protagonist has the freedom to choose from any role you see fit for this fight. Having a Persona with support skills to further buff your team should be considered.
One of the best Personas to choose from here is theJustice Arcana Robin Hood. This Persona gets theAlmighty spell Megido at level 38andResist Ailments at level 40.
