Lavenza Boss Fight Solo Joker No DLC (Merciless) - Persona 5 Royal

[@bainz]

RNG involved summarized: Critical in Phase 1 (more Wind dmg/prevents Lavenza using Dekunda), Freeze Gun Technical, Dream Needle critical/ailment, and 2-3 crits in a row in Phase 3. And, a miss anywhere in Phase 1-3 requires a restart. (There's a 60% critical cap in P5R btw.) - 9:32 One thing I wasn't aware of when doing this, Endure and Enduring Soul can activate separately. So Endure can also be used here to save yourself up to 3 times (with Final Guard)

[@BlueYoshiGamer]

I took me a while on eazy mode with yoshitsune and 3 other party members

[@Pod-x4m]

@@SAsquirtle both I guess, you'll have to rely on rng on fight against lavenza for crits & similarly rng on high counter against Elizabeth to use armageddon before she heals (maniac mode on p3p).

[@bainz]

@@SAsquirtle Well, in P3FES, preparation for Elizabeth's fight is tougher cause you can't pick the skills you inherit (I only played P3 Portable). There's still RNG in Elizabeth's fight, so challenge battles w/ her are prob just as hard.

[@zacharyzorua9961]

Beat persona 5 royal/ or not With only black items since joker is the only one that can weild the black katana it'll have to be solo

[@robjoker3786]

@@Pod-x4m you can indeed beat Elizabeth/Teodore whitout RNG, but you need to create more Personas for this Fight, Elizabeth heals at 10k hp the first time then she´ll do it at 9k the second time, you just need to deal 20k damage before her 50th turn to use Armageddon, but because everyone goes for the High counter strat people think Elizabeth always use Diarahan at 10k hp.

[@justscrollinginthecomments7930]

7:46 9:58 10:41 Akechi got tired of waiting for the Showtime, so he just left

[@robo-raven2157]

He went to get some pancakes.

[@notreallygudetama]

"oh you're doing a solo run? ok i'll go eat something real quick"

[@annemoiaa]

@@KingXadien dayum bro how many pancakes did you make. - very late comment

[@ColeMeCrazy]

​@@KingXadien Fake Akechi wouldn't have left the house, but edgy Akechi would leave due to PTSD (Pancake Traumatic Stress Disorder).

[@memetillludie3537]

“Nothing personal.” “I bAIrlY sTarteD”

[@ChimeraX0401]

When Lavenza's chainsaw attack gets repelled I'm imagining her hitting joker then the chainsaw just bounces back to her and hit her head with it....

[@ElysiaPristine1]

Big oof

[@idesxtop]

Bonk

[@silentstorm4228]

Hearing “WHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHATWHAT” always makes me cackle omfg😂

[@Drapsy]

So true

[@SOMERANDOMPERSONNPC]

Funnier is Margaret in P3P getting critted by Mitsuru

[@ven_jokerx]

Right

[@nandemaikaitomotsukawarerunda]

6:47 for you

[@arsenelupshit8920]

@@SOMERANDOMPERSONNPC in p3p Its not margaret, Its elizabeth

[@genogamma13]

"I fired, then I missed, and I fired, missed again, fired again, missed; this went on for several hours. Then I got a popsicle from the fridge, I missed, grabbed a cabbage..."

[@chrisgaming3454]

“I tried to put it back in the fridge, I missed, I dropped it on the floor. Long story short, missed.”

[@KWCHope]

"Adachi came and tried to pick up the cabbage, he missed, he got angry and tried to shove me into the TV, he missed and tripped into the TV himself, grabbed another popsicle... missed"

[@genogamma13]

@@KWCHope "I got on the train to go to the arcade to increase my rank with Shinya Oda to stop missing, misssed, ended up at Tatsumi Port Island."

[@NewAgeRenegXde]

I see u are a person of culture as well.

[@LofiKush]

I don't know how I got here but I like it.

[@nestorreyes126]

Joker: No Akechi, this is a solo run Futaba: A what?

[@Alvasei]

U can solo twins without Futaba atleast

[@oinka]

It's like I said in Roblu's video, the planning that goes into these solo fights is nothing short of impressive, whether it's with dlc or not!

[@LuisGarcia-or3il]

This is some dedication and praying to be bless by the RNG gods. Good job!

[@Bunkerfreak_HD]

Joker: gets confused Detox: i got you homie

[@Galacta_Dragon]

Detox is the real mvp

[@paulgentili1425]

​@@Galacta_Dragon more like Maruki

[@ultima1033]

Lavenza: It appears lady luck was not on your side. *Next Round begins * Proceeds to be blessed by the Rng gods and solos boss. Joker: You were saying?

[@heyhey5462]

*One shot kill* *Resist* *One shot kill* *Resist* *One shot kill* *Resist* Lavenza: "You are like baby, watch this." *One shot kill* *Crits, ACTUALLY one shot kills*

[@robjoker3786]

Congratz man you finally did it, thanks for give me credit, I like your idea of give retaliating body to more personas in Phase 1 for extra damage, in Phase 4 you can add Endure for one save more

[@bainz]

Yea, it was thanks to your videos that I saw it was possible! Ah good to know that Endure and Enduing Soul can work separately, I wasn't sure and had seen some conflicting stuff online. That gives one more save later on during this

[@deadlychrissin3759]

It’s hard enough to solo but people are complaining about dlc wtf

[@AlsoFragment]

Some people want to see suffrage 😂

[@zackeresseisen6827]

Maybe they're jealous can't buy DLC

[@deadlychrissin3759]

Vox4l it’s hard enough with pay to win plus I didn’t run dlc personas on my first try

[@AlsoFragment]

Vox4l it’s still pretty hard with dlc, and my royale came with a free add on of almost all the dlcs

[@deadlychrissin3759]

Vox4l but I feel you

[@Korezawr]

So the strategy for phase 4 without DLCs is 5-10 minutes of "why are you hitting yourself" bullying?...Poor Lavenza She can't catch a break, first the abuse from her sister Elizabeth and from her beloved Trickster...

[@Fut_re]

The toughest of battles require the lowest of integrity.

[@nobleradical2158]

All's fair in love and war.

[@peronafanman]

Lavenza thinks she can't catch a break? She should try being Theo

[@megabusterm17]

If you try that in P3, Elizabeth just say 'outta here with that bullshit' and Megidolaons you back to the title screen.

[@seta1346]

@@megabusterm17 elle-p is a menace to society back then. i remember pulling up the calcu to estimate when will i pray to rnGod hoping that the damn high counter will proc on her at the right time. good times.

[@SaltyySythe]

6:49 someone remix that

[@loki6018]

Oh hey mr sythe

[@ellenhunter5531]

WE NEED IT (Rivers In The Desert pun) 😂

[@lewsi]

*korega. requiem. da*

[@Crimson_Screwball3446]

@@lewsi I see your a man of jojo as well...

[@shadowwhistle606]

@@lewsi you will never reach the truth

[@juanvelazco2179]

I wonder why doesn't the AI all out attack you after she hits your weakness. btw, I am honestly so impressed with both you and RoBLu for completing this challenge.

[@winterben5155]

It's because in each phase, you're given specific tasks like technical every turn or critical every turn. If you fail, Lavenza downs and All Out Attack you. It doesn't count if you're downed by weaknesses or critical.

[@juanvelazco2179]

@@winterben5155 ah interesting, I knew about the mechanics of this fight but what I didn't know is that she will only all out attack when you fail the set requirements. I think I got confused because while doing the twins solo every time they got a critical and downed me they would all out attack, just like you would in a normal encounter against shadows.

[@hilvystewy7298]

@@winterben5155 It does happens with the twins

[@yep1486]

Amazed you did it even with DLCs last time and now you wen't beyond, you trully are the King of Tricksters

[@nabeelnitro6447]

We not

[@thisisaname7145]

This was so cool! Everything was perfectly executed. Nice job!

[@price2camper]

I like how she hit herself more than she hit you

[@jackjohnson8305]

Everytime i think im done with playing P5R ( i played it since launch non-stop ) you come up with a new build then i gotta fire up the game again and start grinding lol thank you for all the content man.

[@WolfFistProductions]

All those Showtime's not being used hurt my soul.

[@charxeleon6313]

Not exactly a solo run if showtimes are used...

[@TheMyn00ts]

@@charxeleon6313 Then again, Futaba is helping soooo.... if we start these technicalities.... XD

[@charxeleon6313]

@@TheMyn00ts touché XD

[@otomeleifu]

Me too

[@Laevatei1nn]

@@TheMyn00ts you cant remove her so its technically all you can do to do solo

[@meowmal506]

I just bought the dlc since it was on sale and I still can’t beat her even with other team members lmao

[@kinglawson1749]

If its like the twins fight her skill usage isnt random once you notice the pattern fight becomes much easier

[@acworth5287]

I know this probably isn't useful now but its a lot of rng this fight it took me 3 tries

[@Encirous]

Her battle is more a matter of chance than skill, it took me like 30 or so tries to beat her normally because of me not having a high critical chance normally, you pretty much need a setup for her specifically to beat her

[@DigimonVids]

U very bad at the game then

[@meowmal506]

@@DigimonVids lmao stfu have you seen the other comments above.

[@JordanXVI]

"Next time Akechi" Turns Akechi down next time. Feels bad :( Great job!

[@o-z7407]

Feed akechi pancake and hell be alright

[@Deltalini]

Lavenza: I’ll show you my true power *concentrated megidolan* meanwhile in persona 3 Yukari: I’ll show you my true power *Diarhan*

[@chickennugget6684]

*Elizabeth chuckling in the background*

[@waltuh-bi6gw]

Mitsuru: I'll show you my true power. *M A R I N K A R I N*

[@catalyst539]

@@waltuh-bi6gw *Marin Karin misses*

[@Shippo7777]

This is great, and man was akechi desperate to help you lmao

[@DrkMegaman]

Akechi was more then ready to kill

[@burning_mat5307]

Akechi is always ready to kill.

[@sippins]

With dedication and hard work, anything is possible. That was impressive.. Cheers!~

[@sippins]

@Maaka Cross thank ya, didn't even noticed at the time of posting

[@yisacreative456]

it’s nice to see a high schooler beat up a middle schooler by screaming “persona”

[@N0ir..]

Joker: Uses hassou tobi Lavenza: WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?WHAT? WHAT?

[@rattyxoxo7397]

I never understood Lavenza's persona choice for phase 4. Like, Thor for Ice?? What? Other than that, congrats on achieving this feat thought to be impossible. You've just completed the hardest challenge of any persona game imo. Amazing!

[@Pod-x4m]

Hardest challenge on any persona game ? What about no armageddon challenge against Elizabeth in P3 ?

[@rattyxoxo7397]

@@Pod-x4m I dont remember much about Eliz. Could you elaborate on why she is difficult besides the 'no repel or absorb' rule?

[@Pod-x4m]

@@rattyxoxo7397 I said no armageddon challenge. Answering your question: In P3P maniac mode you'll have to rely on high counter rng to get her hp below 9999 before she uses diarahan after which you use fusion spell to finish her. If you miscalculate & use armageddon sooner then you will taste her favourite megidolaon spam until you die. Also there is turn limit (it is lower in maniac mode I don't exactly remember 40 I guess + you need to waste a bunch of turns casting infinity spell). Usually in normal mode after getting her to below 9999 2nd time (25 to 28 turns) she won't heal but in maniac mode she uses diarahan no matter how many times - meaning you need to rely on high counter rng to use armageddon on correct turn.

[@rattyxoxo7397]

@@Pod-x4m ok I stand corrected then

[@yourlocalmilkman916]

@@Pod-x4m thats imposible

[@GoldVortex]

WOW! Nice job! Here I was proud of uploading my solo fight to my channel the other day only to find out it *IS* possible without DLC... looks like I have my work cut out for me over these next few days!!!

[@bainz]

It's very RNG-reliant, but you got this!

[@GoldVortex]

@@bainz Thank you! I had worse RNG than I should have on my solo DLC run since I didn't do billiards, so I've learned to be especially patient. I've managed to finally rank up my technical hits and fuse Personas with all the skills I want, so now it's just a matter of grinding those fusion alarms for stats before throwing myself at the wall.

[@robjoker3786]

@@GoldVortex prepare to repeat phase 1, 2 and 3 a bunch of times, from my experience whit this strat you have like 10% of success rate

[@GoldVortex]

@@robjoker3786 Yeah. So far I've made it to the point where I'm required to use dream needle... I only did a few attempts because it took some time grinding up each Persona. I'll try to see if I can beat her by the end of tomorrow, since it's late my time, now.

[@GoldVortex]

@@bainz @RobLu L I did it! Thank you guys so much for the help/encouragement! It's up on my channel if you wanna see! :)

[@KiraBlackDragon]

N O T H I N G P E R S O N A L

[@Alibaba-id1cs]

He did it. He really did it.

[@Haroshyu]

*It wasn't Bainz that destroyed Lavenza, It was Girimehkala, The True Trickster*

[@WittingStudios]

Girimehkala being employee of the month as always.

[@jolynecujoh9518]

6:48 ... this is ... requiem.

[@RookieMistaked]

Underrated comment

[@danielip7154]

I like how Akechi is begging for showtime

[@Dansmtih7]

Joker: you call it resisting one shot kill, we call it *A DIFFICULTY TWEAK*

[@mavriiick]

10:41 I wonder, just who was that showtime with?

[@beter7733]

I believe it’s akechi. Happened to me in the Lavenza fight as well.

[@roadrunner2fastt]

It’s Akechi it’s him automatically

[@9crv]

Akechi but he got tired of waiting and didn’t show his face anymore

[@AYoutubeName]

Major kudos for only using Yoshitsune once instead of the usual Hassou Tobi spam you'd expect from solo challenges, AND for blurring the target's name at the end

[@hsnsjsahhahajsj1926]

She's only a little kid what can she do River in a dry land starts playing Joker: oh fu--

[@HaruTigerShark30]

I’m so sorry that you were put through such torture. But I’m glad it worked out in the end.

[@cammedina8652]

"No DLC" *Uses DLC skin* LOL but great strat btw! 🔥 Earned a sub

[@kankanquentinclips]

That DLC makes the game more fun bc u look good

[@haruokumura2977]

I love how during she deals damage to herself, you actually didn't kill her, she did

[@thebrasswarrior5473]

So technically the wildcards are the strongest things in the persona universe along with ryuji because he somehow lived through his momentos body getting destroyed and came back like it was normal.

[@ameladaptivedaydreamer949]

This battle is quite poetic..... The true enemy lies within the self xD

[@dariusd2934]

Damn thought this was impossible without myriad. Congrats

[@missasyan]

"Let's do this!" "Let's do this, Joker..." *haha no* damn tho soloing is hard enough already and without izanagi? hoooooo man and the rng gods

[@lixme304]

I love this because phase 4 is basically Lavenza hurting herself

[@masquerade3852]

You could have used endure or enduring soul to survive lavenzas one shot if you had it on any persona. And she doesnt resist wind in either stance in phase 4 so you could have had a repel all and spammed wind to pump out damage

[@dlunar1551]

Arsene had enduring soul so even without final guard they were fine

[@bluji7014]

Looking cool joker

[@tatzuyuu]

"So you can endure it" Nyeh you even die by your own skill btw 😢😢😢

[@WiffleYK]

HE HAS DONE IT! i need to work on this soon

[@Kaitopersonacontent]

Impressive I might make my own video doing this good up the good work you’ll get big my freind

[@dunnoausernamedunno5533]

This is really cool and I know you were going for an important strat but seeing you not use showtime physically hurt me.

[@ChoiShiki304]

6:48 Breakdance time, thank you Yoshitsune 😂 Can we also focus for a moment on how perfectly timed that ending was with the end of the song? 👀

[@mistahjenkins4826]

"Phase 4: Finish off Lavenza before she one-shots you." Oh, 'cuz you know... No pressure, or anything.

[@nesoukkefka1741]

Lavenza : Congratulations you defeated me. Joker : Actually you kinda defeat yourself.

[@Viewtiful_J]

She really does hit you with the "nuthin personnel kid"

[@Elsuya_Milo]

Bainz be like: "Are you challenging me, mortals?

[@juanvelazco2179]

ok so because I'm a masochist I decided to do this challenge so I might as well tell you how it went. First, it took me a total of 36 tries to beat Lavenza without DLC. I only got to the third phase 3 times out of the 36 tries and I only got to the fourth phase only twice. Here are the stats for how many times each Crit or tech attack hit: Phase 1 one-shot kill -> 21/34 = 0.5833 or 58.3% Since there is a cap of 60% for Crit in P5R this makes sense. Phase 2 Ice gun technical -> 12/21 = 0.5714 or 57.1% this percentage can probably increase if you have freeze boost on your "dream needle" persona, I only had ailment boost on mine. Phase 2 Dream Needle -> 3/12 = 0.25 or 25% This is by far the biggest wall in this fight. Phase 3 Sword Dance -> 5/5 = 1 or 100% (I made it to this point only 3 times: run 13th, 23rd, and 36th) run 23rd: I got pretty lucky with Crits in Phase 3, the only reason why I didn't make it to Phase 4 on run 23rd was because I got very unlucky with dodging Psy attacks so by the time I made it to Phase 4 I already had burned through Futaba and enduring soul. I didn't use Endure btw. run 13th: this fight was very weird, I got hit with a Crit at the beginning of Phase 2 from a one-shot kill so I was left with 300-ish Hp so after I hit the tech with the Ice gun Lavenza changed to Anubis as usual but she used a megidolaon instead of using an instant kill attack and left me with 50 Hp. The Crit from dream needle landed, used megidolaon on her, dodged the Nuke attack but since Futaba didn't heal before I had to use Sword Dance I was unable to continue. run 36th: I landed 3 Crits in a row, thanked the RNG Gods for this miracle, and continued to victory. Over all success rate -> 1/36 = 0.0278 or 2.7% yep this fight is difficult and if it wasn't for the fact that I got blessed with sword dance it probably would've taken me another 20 to 30 tries. GGs Lavenza P.S. Fuck dream needle

[@bainz]

Nice! Your crit and success rate are pretty close to what I had. Getting to Phase 3 and running out of HP has got to be the worst. But with enough perseverance, it's possible!

[@juanvelazco2179]

@@bainz yep it was awful, funnily enough if she would've killed me enduring soul would've activated leaving me with at full Hp to continue. However, even if this was the case I highly doubt I would made it to Phase 4 with Final Guard still active. I guess I will never know but at least I feel happy that I completed it the challenge .

[@tictacattk]

Finally, a fight with a strat worth making a video about. Props to you.

[@The_Hanged_Man_Arcana]

Where's yours?

[@odonodera]

Lavenza spamming ice skills like: end this already youre the true trickster

[@Bryan-mw4en]

0:44 did she just say sike?

[@DLCHT]

She actually says "Sorry"

[@mymusicplaylist2609]

Joker: Officer, I swear to you she keeps hitting herself

[@tuandungnguyen2025]

May I ask how u were healed to full health with being knocked down? Talking about 5:27 Also, your gun customization and making use of Vitality of the Tree to guarantee 100% crit chance is absolute genius

[@bainz]

Thanks! It was from Enduring Soul on the Persona

[@m_e_nere]

Now that's comedy

[@hagan2712]

Smashed it lad well fucking done

[@Ougerosity598]

6:49 Me, every time I engage with social media on any level.

[@holyelephantmg8838]

You gotta love how she specifically points out how the RNG just screwed you over.

[@shabonsong]

you absolute fucking madman. congrats dude!!

[@LunarPlushize]

burh a ad had came up after lavenza had finsihed her all-out attack

[@SaltyySythe]

That persona he said at the beginning

[@grinder4907]

So phrase four is basically: Lavenza: does anything Joker: why are you hitting yourself?

[@endergamer4545]

Bet you had fun grinding fusion alarms for this fight 🤣

[@Alvasei]

*laughs in level 99 and rank 7 ryuji*

[@CptObvious]

It's not that hard if you remember to get a Celestial Reading from Chihaya.

[@lemonadogirl4082]

People: complain about DLC use for a genuinely unfair and luck based challenge This guy: Aight fine, we'll do it your way

[@rxcio1978]

Looking cool Joker!

[@chloeyen2012]

he was able to hear our prayers

[@yoshifan2334]

Doing this solo, DLC or not is already a monumental task, so kudos on both counts. However, the shocking difference in the difficulty of the fight with DLC vs not does show that the DLC can make you giga broken with some investment

[@NicoTheCinderace]

Ooh, Joker! You're looking cool!

[@spectorb4980]

Final phase joker: "Why you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself?"

[@TheMyn00ts]

6:49 that's a lot of confusion in a couple of seconds XD

[@megachad1462]

6:41 and Lavenza goes uau uat uat uat uat

[@instinct3461]

Joker should be able to floor a child with a library book

[@NicoTheCinderace]

"I've barely started. c:" Lavenza in a nutshell.

[@shadowviper7176]

guys it's impossible to solo lavenza! because you have futaba there as well XD

[@chewswisely7365]

3:57 Satanael tho looks soo coool

[@misterbars9111]

Stop hitting yourself , stop hitting yourself

[@nohorny5372]

Lavenza: WHY WONT YOU DIE?!?!? Joker: RNG Son

[@its_bongos]

“We’ve barely started”

[@HoodieDragon]

As someone who doesn't own Royal and hasn't beaten Shido's Palace, this looks like a completely different game.

[@hollowbread3946]

Joker be like: Yeah I have Satan in my pockets, so what?

[@Sorcerer86pt]

Joker to Lavenza in last round: Stop hitting yourself...

[@nickbarlas5544]

Honestly this is probably how it canonically goes, Joker using the full power of his WC abilities to beat her, Lavenza always speaks as if she's talking to just Joker after all, she never hints towards your party actually participating in the fight.

[@weertangel7231]

Reflecting everything back almost feels like cheating, but then again, considering everything she's throwing at u, it seems fair.

[@masquerade3852]

Honestly i gave up on lavenza because i dont like min maxing(build up to boss just to one shot is kinda boring) but no matter how many times i run her my mates refuse to dodge even with evade, they always get ailments even with haru on the team, joker doesnt detox the one time its fatal if he keeps the ailment, i dont crit when i need to, basically anything that can go wrong does

[@GARGARFIELD.34]

Akechi:Lets do this joker Joker:Next time its a solo fight Second showtime Akechi:Lets do this joker Joker:...... Third one Akechi:....... Joker:........

[@chronoking9920]

Awesome 😎 video still haven’t beaten her try for 5 hrs she’s tough

[@jadebayoba7073]

4:43 why didnt u die to the cheater Megidolaon

[@djdaftduck]

Only when she uses Lucifer is it a one shot cuz she concentrates beforehand

[@Crashbmaster0]

Me: Soloing Lavenza is impossible. Mad scientists of the persona fanbase: If you're a weak bitch. *Sips Leblanc Coffee.*

[@amirgarcia547]

People are legit doing solo runs with no DLC on Merciless while I’m just struggling fighting her on normal with a full party lmao