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Persona games always center around a group of high school kids facing something much larger than themselves, and inPersona 3 Reload, assembling the right party for certain fights can be the difference between life and game over. Your teammates level up alongside you in Tartarus, fighting faithfully by your side.
As you progress through P3R, you’ll not only power up the friends that are already in your active SEES team for crawls through Tartarus, you’ll also meet new SEES teammates and adding their various skills to your party to assemble one hell of a Full Moon Shadow operation crew.
Updated on Updated on June 12, 2025:With the launch of Episode Aigis and the arrival of a new Persona 3 Reload Party Member, we’re back to update our guide to include info on Metis and her Persona Psyche.
This guide contains spoilers for Persona 3 Reload.
Yukari Takeba
Yukari may not have too much in the way of physical strength (which can be improved with the right, most powerful weapons), but what she lacks in might, she makes up for with ahigh Magic stat. A huge draw of Yukari is as ahealer, since she learns severalhealing spellsthatrecover HPduring tough battles,heal almost every status ailment, and it’s not far into the game before Recarm gives her the chance torevive fallen teammates.
On the offensive, though, Yukari’s high Magic stat also means she deals pretty goodWind damagewhen she doesn’t have any healing duties to attend.
Dispels Distress, Confuse, Charm, Rage, or Fear for one ally.
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Decreases one foe’s accuracy and evasion for three turns.
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Dispels Distress, Confuse, Charm, Rage, or Fear for all allies.
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Decreases all foes' accuracy and evasion for three turns.
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Junpei Iori
Brash, bold, and perhaps a little bit too flirty, Junpei Iori introduces himself as soon as you get to Gekkoukan High and wastes no time becoming a highly valuable teammate for hisphysical might.
Sure, Junpei has access to an expanding selection ofFire magic, but with hishigh Strength stats, it’s typically in dealingphysical damagewhere he shines the most. With physical attacks of all varieties on deck throughout Junpei’s level progresson, stacking his attack list withHP-consuming physical damage movesmay be a good play.
Don’t neglect his Fire magictoomuch, though, sincehis offensive stats are fairly balancedin comparison to his teammates. This almost-as-steady grasp on magic damage means he’s reliable when it’s time to exploit enemy weakness, and paired withstat moves, Junpei is a pretty versatile teammate.
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15% chance to reflect physical damage.(Does not stack.)
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Shift Boost
Attack raises by 10% after another party member shifts to Junpei.
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Regenerate 3
Junpei recovers 6% of his HP after each of his turns in battle.
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Akihiko Sanada
The incredibly popular championship boxer, Akihiko Sanada, has technically been in SEES longer than you have, but he formallyjoins your party on 5/23as the team wraps their first school exams and heads into a new block of Tartarus.
With anincredible Strength statpowering up his selection ofpowerful physical attack moveswhen using his Persona,Polydeuces, it can be easy to overlook that he’s also incredibly adept withElectric magic. He joins the team with Mazio, which may be your first access to multi-target moves.
And as an athlete with a penchant for keeping up his physical training, Akihiko also hasgreat defense, accuracy, and evasion, bringing all the biggest strengths of his high-profile boxing career from the ring with him to dish out to the Shadows in Tartarus.
In terms of his affinities, Akihikoresists Electricmoves, but he’s quiteweak to Ice.
Increases one ally’s accuracy and evasion for three turns.
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Elec Amp
A passive skill to further increase damage done by Electric magic, that can stack.
You can take advantage of Akihiko’s high Strength stat further with different weaponry throughout the game. Interestingly, you’ll watch the boxing gloves you equip him with change during end screens in Tartarus.
Mitsuru Kirijo
While you’ll begin Persona 3 Reload with Mitsuru Kirijo as your team’s navigator while you’re inside Tartarus, the further up you go in the tower, the tougher it becomes for her to contact you guys. And after the second Full Moon brings a new nav person to the team,Mitsuru joins your party on 6/13.
She and her Persona,Pentheselia, bring with them a strikinglyhigh Magic statto cash in on the wide array of spells Mitsuru brings to the battlefield. Her powerfulIce magicshould strike fear into your enemies, especially since she joins the party with Bufula, the medium-damage dealing Ice move, and may once again be the first in your party to have access to one because of it.
Outside her chilling Ice magic, Mitsuru also has access to an array ofstatus ailment-inflicting movesthroughout her leveling progression. Providing the team with the ability to inflict ailments likeCharm or Confusecan turn the tide of a battle against a Shadow who just won’t let up. Outside that, she also picks up a fewstat boost and healingmoves along the way, too.
In battle, you’ll find that though she’sweak to Fire magic, sheresists Ice.
Spirit Drain
Drains 20SP from one enemy and restores Mitsuru’s SP with it.
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Fuuka Yamagishi
Feeling more like a party member than she ever used to, your bullied classmate Fuuka Yamagishi takes over for Mitsuru following the second Full Moon operation to become your party’snavigatoras you continue to climb higher into Tartarus, able to help the team by guiding you along andscanning Shadows for their affinities.
Not only does this ability,Full Scan, provide a peek into what attacks most of your enemies will have access to, it also helps you prepare by showing you the Shadow’s complete affinity chart. However, you’ll need towait one complete turnin battle and then expend35 SP per scanto have Fuuka provide the reading.
However, Fuuka now learns additional support moves to help you further in Tartarus, like allowing you tobecome invisibleto most Shadows (outside strong ones and Gatekeepers),buff your statsbefore a fight, and more. The downside of this is thatFuuka’s support moves all cost SP, and you’ll need to replenish hers like any other teammate with items if you’d like to use them for a longer period.
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Full Scan
After a full turn has elapsed in battle, Fuuka can completely scan an enemy, providing a full affinity chart.
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Jammer
Shadows around Tartarus will not see you as you run around, an effect that only lasts on your current floor.
Note:Tough Shadows and Gatekeepers are the exception to this skill and can see you regardless.
Power Up
The team begins the next battle on that floor or the next with vastly improved stats.
Shock Noise
Renders all Shadows on the current floor of Tartarus Dazed at the start of battle.
Escape Route
Fuuka can bring the party back to the entrance of Tartarus at any time.
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Tartarus Search
Fuuka can map the entire current floor of Tartarus, providing a full map and a shortcut to the stairs.
Aigis
After you’vegone to Yakushimajust before the summer break, you’ll add a new teammate to your party upon arriving back in Port Island: Aigis, the anti-Shadow machine who’s oddly drawn to your protagonist when you meet her at the beach.
She becomes a proper party member beginning7/24, with the conversation triggering the next time you visit Tartarus after your return from the beach. When you add Aigis to your party, you’ll have access toplentiful support skillsto help buff the party during battle. While they start as single-target moves, leveling Aigis up graduates these to multi-target versions.
Offensively, it should come as no surprise that Aigis has ahigh Strength stat and a wealth of physical attack moves, both single and multi-target, and often capable of dealing almost every type of physical damage depending on the moves you have her keep as she levels up.
As an Anti-Shadow machine, Aigisresists Piercedamage, but man, does she deal it out herself with her default attack. Just be mindful of herweakness to Electric skills.
Cruel Attack
Medium pierce damage to one foe, dealing more damage if the foe is Down.
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Enduring Soul
Aigis can survive one otherwise fatal blow with her HP fully restored.
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Resist Phys
Aigis is now strong against all physical damage, nullifying Pierce entirely.
Koromaru
You’ll meet Koromaru early in the summer in Persona 3 Reload, but on the night of 7/29, you’ll dash to help Akihiko handle a Shadow only to learn that Koromaru already has - becauseKoromaru can use a Personaas well, and he did to defend Naganaki Shrine.
Koromaru moves into the dorms with you guys after he heals from the wounds he sustains in this battle, and hejoins the party proper beginning on8/8.With him comesCerberus, the infamous three-headed Hell Hound, capable of dealing solid amounts ofDark damageand able to use insta-kill Dark spells to handle foes in a snap.
Defensively, Koromaru isresistant to fire- which probably has to do with the Hell Hound thing - and isweak to Light magic.
Getsu-ei
Medium Slash damage to one foe, dealing more damage near the full moon.
Boosts the party’s accuracy and evasion for three turns.
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Debilitate
Lowers one foe’s attack, defense, accuracy, and evasion for three turns.
Ken Amada
After you meet him a few times around Port Island and he spends his summer staying with SEES at Iwatodai Dorms working with Ikutsuki to develop his potential, Ken officially joins SEES on8/28.
Ken’s first Persona is calledNemesis, and you’ll find Ken relying on him often, even in his Theurgy attack. Nemesis has a broad range of abilities, specializing inLight magicbut capable of dealingElectric damage,using a variety ofsupport moves, and even occasionally capable of being left tohealingduties during a fight.
As a Light Persona, though, Ken and Nemesis areweak to Dark attacks.
Vile Assault
Heavy Pierce damage to one foe, dealing extra damage to a downed foe.
Heat Riser
Boosts one ally’s attack, defense, accuracy, and evasion for three turns.
Shinjiro Aragaki
The final member of your group to join, and quite vocal about his disinterest in doing so, Shinjiro finally joins your team as a combatant after several months of badgering from Akihiko on9/2, just a few days after Ken arrives. You may not have even gotten to try the younger of the two new additions out in Tartarus just yet before you’ve got another.
Bringing his Persona,Castor, who very closely resemble’s Akihiko’s Persona, Shinjiro is a true powerhouse of a teammate who specializes instrong Physical damage. The majority of his move pool isHP-based Slash and Strike movesthat deal colossal amounts of damage, and he’s even got the skills topower uphis moves orendure fatal blowsonce per battle.
Interestingly enough,Shinjiro has no affinities- Castor isn’t weak or strong against any element in particular, with each damage type doing normal damage to Shinjiro.
Restores 6% of Shinjiro’s maximum HP after each turn.
Feel free to swap out teammates as the mood suits or the battle requires, but be sure touse the Clock in Tartarus to bring two teammates up to your levelas you spend Twilight Fragments inside.
Metis (Episode Aigis Exclusive)
Exclusive to the Episode Aigis contentincluded in the Persona 3 Reload Expansion Pass, Metis is another Anti-Shadow Weapon like Aigis. You’ll have access to Metis as a teammate as soon as you’re ready to begin exploring the first section in the Abyss of Time, the Malebolge door in the Desert of Doors.
Using weapons similar to Shinjiro, Metis dealsStrike damagewhen attacking with her melee move. She’s got great physical prowess in her Persona,Psyche, as well, with ahigher Strength stat than Magicto bolster the number ofSlash and Strike HP movesshe learns along the way as you level her up with the rest of the group.
In terms of magic, though, Psyche still has great stats there, too, which gives more use to hersingle-target Ice and Wind skills. She rounds out her roster of moves with plenty ofsupport skills, always eager to do what she can to help Aigis. Psyche hasno weaknesses, which makes Metis a good choice for a majority of the fights in the DLC.
Medium Strike damage to one foe.
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Medium Slash damage to one foe, low chance to inflict fear.
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Heavy Ice damage to one foe with a chance to freeze.
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