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When the clock strikes midnight inPersona 3 Reload, the Dark Hour begins, and Gekkoukan High School turns into a mysterious tower called Tartarus. You and your team of Persona users are entrusted with the task of exploring the tower and defeating the enemies lurking within, called the Shadows.
While you will often find Shadows scurrying about on the different floors of Tartarus, there are some Shadows that stand their ground on certain floors, preventing you from proceeding forward without a fight. These Shadows are called Gatekeepers, and they’re more powerful than the Shadows that you fought before them. One such Gatekeeper Shadow is Servant Tower, and you’ll encounter it on the 47th floor.
The Servant Tower Overview
When you reach the47th floor, you’ll find the Gatekeeper calledServant Tower. This Shadow is accompanied bytwo Enslaved Cupids, and you’ll need todefeat all of themin order to proceed to the next floor.
One unique feature of this battle is the Servant Tower’s ability tosummon more Enslaved Cupids, should you defeat one of them before the Servant Tower.
You’ll need to take note of theirstrengths and weaknessesin order to defeat the Shadows quicker and toprevent the Servant Tower from summoning Enslaved Cupidsrepeatedly.
Affinities Explained
Each Shadow will have acertain affinity to different attacks. You can discover their affinities bytesting out different attackson them or byanalyzing themusing Fuuka’s Persona.
Description
Weak
Attacks of this damage type arevery effectiveand willknock the target down.
Resist
Attacks of this damage type areineffective againstthe target and will have reduced damage.
Repel
Attacks of this damage type will berepelledby the target and willhit the attacker instead.
Attacks of this damage type arenullifiedby the target.
Absorb
Attacks of this damage type arenot effectiveagainst the target and willheal them instead.
Servant Tower Attacks And Affinities
The Servant Tower can performa number of attacks and abilitiesthat make it a formidable foe.
Melee
Dealsweak strike damageto one foe.
Performing an analysis of the Servant Tower will reveal that it hascertain affinitiesto various attacks.
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Enslaved Cupid Overview
The Enslaved Cupid has several abilities that allow it toprovide the Servant Tower with ample support.
It also has the capability todeal medium damage, which makes it dangerous forPersona-usersweak against wind.
Provoke
High chance toenrageone foe.
When it comes to affinities to damage types, the Enslaved Cupid isweak to electric damage.
You won’t know if an enemy is weak against a certain attack typeduring your first turn, and Fuuka can’t make afull analysisuntil your next turn. That being said, you can spend your first turncasting debuffson the enemy, orcasting buffs on yourselfand your team.
Best Team Composition Against Servant Tower
The Servant Tower is only weak againstdark-type attacksand willnullify, repel, or resist the rest.
to knock it down, verify youhave a Persona that can deal dark damage. You should also have someone on your team as well who can dealsignificant physical-type damage.
While the Servant Towerrepels electric damage, the Enslaved Cupids supporting it areweak against that type of damage. As a result, you should make use of someone who can dealsingle-target electric-type damage, likeAkihiko.
Remember that the Servant Towerrepels electric damage, so you shouldn’t cast electric attacks thattarget all enemies. You’ll end uphitting yourselfif you do so.
One element you need to take note of in this fight iswind-type damage. Enslaved Cupids can castGarula, a wind attack,on one foe. Also, Servant Towerresists wind damage.
Junpei’s Persona, Hermes, isweak against wind, so you shouldleave him behind. Even if he is a great physical-type damage dealer, he’ll have to guard against wind attacks just toprevent getting knocked downand giving the enemy an extra attack.
Remember that when you get knocked down by an attack you’re weak against,the enemy will be able to take another turn. You’ll also beunable to join an All-Out attack. In order to prevent getting knocked down, you can perform aguard, but this will takeup your turn.
Yukariis good to keep on your team because of her Persona’sresistance to wind-type damage. That being said, Servant Towerresists wind-type damage too. Instead, keep Yukari on as asupport teammatewho willheal allies and possibly inflict conditions on the enemies.
You can also keepMitsuruon your team; but take note that Servant Towerresists ice damage. You can instead have her usephysical damageorinflict conditions.
When it comes to the Personas you should have on yourself, make sure that you don’t equip one that’sweak to light damageto prevent getting knocked down by Servant Tower’sMakouga.
The Persona’s affinities only apply to youwhen you have that Persona equipped. When you switch the Persona you’re using during the battle, you’re equipping that Persona andtaking on its affinities.
You should also prevent equipping a Personaweak to wind damageto prevent getting knocked down by the Enslaved Cupids’Garula.
It’s recommended to have a Persona that cancast electric damage on a single targetso that you canknock down the Enslaved Cupids. Also, have a Persona with you that candeal dark damage to knock down the Servant Tower.
Remember that Enslaved Cupid caninflict rage or confuse conditionson their foes. Bring a Persona or an item with you that cancure those conditions for this battle.
How To Defeat Servant Tower
The fight against Servant Tower can beresource-drainingif you allow it to continuesummoning Enslaved Cupids.
When a new Enslaved Cupid is summoned,its health is at max.
Try not to focus too much on dealing damage to the Enslaved Cupids. As much as possible, you want todefeat the Servant Tower first.
Of course, attacks thattarget all of themis also a good idea. You can usephysical-type damage that targets all the foes, since the Enslaved Cupids and the Servant Tower have a normal affinity to this type of damage.
You should also aim to performAll-Out attackson them to deplete their health at the same time. Have a Persona-user cast eitherelectric damage to the Enslaved Cupidordark damage to Servant Tower.
Knocking one of them down will allow you totake another turn. Use an attack they’reweakagainst on your next turn. Do the same thinguntil every foe is knocked down, then performan All-Out attack.
Hitting a knocked-down foe with their weakness again on your extra turnwon’t grant you another extra turn. You’ll need toknock down a different foein order to have an extra turn again.
You can also spend your earlier turnsgiving yourself buffsthat willincrease your defense and your evasion. That way, you’ll be takingless damagefor a few turns.
Your early turns can also be spentinflicting debuffs or conditions on the enemy. That way, you’ll be able to focus ondealing damage later on. If your ally becomesenraged or confused, try tocure them as quickly as possibleso that you canprevent losing turns.
