Persona 5 Strikers: How to Beat The Reaper - Ultimate Guide

Continuing with Persona 5 Strikers, but this time we will tell you how to beat the reaper.

Who is the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers?

Before telling you how to beat the reaper, the first thing you have to know is that, reaper is the secret boss characteristic of Persona. But why is it secret? Because of how difficult it is to find, but in addition to this it is difficult to overcome. But luckily today we will be telling you how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers.

How to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers?

First you should know that in order to find this enemy, you will have to have completed the game at least once. This as it is locked behind the post game content. The signal that will tell you that you have accessed this content is when Lavenza informs you that a sinister presence has appeared, and that you will have to show your strength before you can face it.

For this you will have to defeat more powerful versions of almost every boss in the game in the form of Painful Past Requests. Which you will be able to access after completing the standard Painful Past Petitions at least once 100 percent. For this you can use the same strategies that you used to initially to kill them.

You should know that we have divided this guide on how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers in several parts, which will allow you to understand it in a faster and easier way.

How to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers? - Preparation

After having met the above requirements you will have to summon La Grim Reaper, for which you will have to accept the request "Knocking on death's door", in the request list after defeating the last improved boss.

Accepting this request will give you access to a notification that the Grim Reaper has appeared in the last room of the Okinawa Jail.

But before you go anywhere, we recommend buying and cooking as many group healing items as possible, so run to Sophia's shop and buy as many supplies as possible.

It will also be necessary for all party members to be at least level 75.

And we recommend getting Sophia and Zenkichi into combat, so that they can heal or resurrect party members and improve party stats respectively.
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We also recommend that Joker brings a character that nullifies at least one type of magic on hand, to protect you from the common attacks of the Grim Reaper, and for this Seth, will allow you to complete the request "An ebony god descends" and is immune to the fire magic.

Make sure you have the Avenger skill to the maximum, to cover yourself from the attacks and can make powerful counterattacks.

Also make sure your group has the best equipment available and so do you.

Having all this clear, you will have to go to the final room of the Okinawa Prison, to find The Grim Reaper, the most difficult boss in the game.

Our guide on how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers, is divided into two phases just like the battle, both phases are complicated, but knowing what to do will be very simple.

How to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers? - First phase

On how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers, when starting the first phase, this boss will use multi-level and high-level magic attacks from all elements.

Psiodyne and Freidyne will attack you with bursts.

On the other hand, Magarudyne causes the whirlwinds to cross the battlefield.

Maziodyne and Megidolaon will blow you up from above

While Maeigon will make you cross the battlefield leaving explosions in his wake.

Also, during the first phase he will use Focus to double the damage dealt by each of his magic attacks.

At this point, the best you can do is get close to Joker and follow an attack pattern with his four hit combo, for which you will have to press the Square, Square, Square, Triangle combo and dodge to the side or away from him immediately. Which will allow you to stay away from his attacks, or at least evade and counterattack if you have the Avenger ability to the maximum.

Most of them fire after a second charge, so you'll need to time your dodge maneuvers well to get as many counters as possible.

It is useful to equip a Persona who is immune to an element, and this way you can catch your breath during at least one of the attacks and deal some extra damage before dodging again.

On the other hand, Zenkichi possesses the ability to increase heat in Joker, allowing you to improve your statistics for a short time and thus deal more damage and greater resistance to blows.

From this point on, you will have to dodge all the incoming attacks while still executing yours, and remember to restore the group's HP with healing spells.

You will know that the second phase of the battle when the reaper's health has been reduced by half.

How to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers? - Second stage

On how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers, in the second phase, when you see the boss turn bright orange, you will know that his attacks have been boosted and he will be able to use the Riot Gun skill, which will allow him to shoot pistol bursts at you, which They will kill you if they hit you.

The key here is to wait for him to point his gun at you and dodge to one side or the other when you hear the next shot coming, until the burst is over.

During the second and final phase, her movement set and behavior patterns will be maintained from the first phase, so you can use the same strategies unless she starts loading her riot gun.

So repeat the strategies when you need them and keep attacking until you finish off this boss and you will finally have solved the question of how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers.

 That's all you have to know about how to beat the reaper in Persona 5 Strikers, we hope that now that you know, you can take down this powerful enemy as soon as possible. Remember also, that like this guide on how to beat the reaper, we have much more content about Persona 5 Strikers, which we recommend you review.