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Nearly every Shadow inPersona 3 Reloadhas an Affinity weakness. Targeting this weakness will Down the enemy, opening them up to an All-Out Attack. As you climb higher in Tartarus, you’ll run into gatekeeper bosses with several Affinity resistances and no weaknesses. One example of these bosses is the Arcanist Decapitator, a gatekeeper boss on the first half of the Yabbashah Block. You’ll unlock the first half of the Yabbashah Block on July 18th inPersona 3 Reload.
Where to Find Arcanist Decapitator
Yabbashah Block (First Half)
You will find the Arcanist Decapitator on82Fof the Yabbashah Block in Tartarus. It is the second gatekeeper boss on the first half of Yabbashah, followed by the Ochlocratic Sands gatekeeper. You’ll want to use theteleporter on the 82nd Floortowarp back to the entrance and rearrange your team. You can also use this time to Fuse or Summon Personas that will help you battle the Arcanist Decapitator.
How to Beat Arcanist Decapitator
Arcanist Decapitator Weakness
The Arcanist Decapitator hasno weaknessesandnulls Ice and Wind. This means you’ll want to focus on hitting him withphysical attacksand try to score a critical hit. The Arcanist Decapitator is accompanied by theHeat Overseerand theSky Overseer. These Shadows have the following weaknesses/resistances:
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Although the Arcanist Decapitator will shake off Wind and Ice Skills, you’ll want to target the Heat Overseer and Sky Overseer’s weaknesses. This means you should bring a balanced team thatcan hit all Affinity weaknesses. BringYukari, Mitsuru,andAkihiko. As for the protagonist, you may have him equipped with Personas that canbuff/debufforexcel in Physical Skills. You may also want to have the protagonist with a Persona that uses Wind Skills to back up Yukari,who will be focused mainly on healing.
Have Fuuka cast Sylphid Aura before diving into the boss fight. This will raise your team’s Defense and Accuracy/Evasion for the first three turns.
verify you’re targeting the right enemy with the right Affinity Skill. You don’t want to accidentally heal an Overseer. When you manage toDownone Overseer, use the Shift feature to have someone target theother Overseer’s weakness. Instead of going for an All-Out Attack, use the1 Moreto attack an already-Downed enemy, orfocus your attacks on the Arcanist Decapitator. For this fight, you may want totake out the Sky Overseer and Heat Overseerbefore going after the Arcanist Decapitator.
The Arcanist Decapitator can use Agi-Skills, so if you’re using Mitsuru,equip her with Accessories that have Evade/Dodge Fire, or something thatreduces Fire damage. You’ll also need the same for the protagonist if he’susing a Persona with a Fire-Affinity weakness.
You can also use Akihiko to raise Attack with Tarukaja, or Yukari’s Sukukaja to increase Accuracy/Evasion. Mitsuru has Rakunda, which willlower the Defense of a target for 3 turns. If you have theRevolution Skill, you can cast this toincrease the critical hit rate of all allies and enemies. Since the Overseers and Arcanist Decapitators use Magic Skills, you won’t have to worry about them scoring a critical hit with physical attacks.
