Can You Beat Persona 5 Royal on Merciless using only Physical Attacks? (Part 3 - Finale)

[@YourBudTevin]

Since gun is reflected by Tetrakarn, and Tetrakarn reflects all physical attacks, gun can reasonably be classified as a physical attack. I think you should've gone for it! Still, a really incredible run, and I don't know anybody else who would ever attempt anything this insane :)

[@NotClover]

facts

[@zazuleafer1685]

“E”

[@SaheelsCorner]

stream gang

[@clydu91]

spoilers for a 3 year old game

[@MrCbvfr12]

facts

[@gimmick9553]

During Sae's Palace, there is a slot machine that you can use to get chips. There is no limit to how many times you can use this machine and once you rig the big one, you cannot actually lose chips at this machine.

[@goon5665]

So it is possible!

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

Hmmm...this might be good info for a low-level playthrough, if it works...

[@gimmick9553]

@@steam-powereddolphin5449 I haven't tested it for myself yet. Pretty sure it is also tied to equipped Persona's luck stat(?) It affects several things. Problem is that Akechi gets his chips by betting on Joker but maybe the game plays the cutscene anyways or you can get away with getting all the chips yourself.

[@Screenments]

I have tried this and at one point every slot machine maxes out and says they're out of chips. Perhaps it's different in vanilla but in Royal I can confirm they all max out

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@Screenments Is it (still?) possible to get 100k coins without the Battle Arena, or are you still short when everything maxes out?

[@kooskoos1234]

True ending of Persona 5 Royal: Akechi runs for president then uses Megidolaon to kill literally everyone

[@chrisscott2824]

O.k here me out. Gun is still a physical attack by the games definition. By maxing out The tower Arcana (I forgot his name) you can bypass reflect. It is still possible to land a gun crit in merciless this does 3 times damage if I am correct. Using the strongest gun you can beat the rangda

[@lionofash7700]

I'm pretty sure he'll get stonewalled by Akechi or Shido after though.

[@kathrynjuetten3220]

@@lionofash7700you can use revered ammo and gun skills with Haru and joker it will take awhile but do able unless the tower confidant doesn't work on bosses

[@defaultknight4670]

But, In the first episode you said you’d use magic if you have literally no other choice.

[@Brazen992]

The run is still failed tho.

[@dubiousmage]

Wouldn't this fight fall into the "unless it's impossible to win a required battle with just physical" exemption you outlined in part 1? Required fight for progression (unless you do the slot machine exploit), unable to escape, can't do damage via physical, reflect, or ailments. Seems like this would be one of the few times you'd be allowed to use other moves, at least in this particular round of the battle arena, if only to keep the run going. That is assuming you would want to, of course. Not trying to sit here and tell you you're a slave to your audience and need to keep going on this run, but if you want to keep going I feel like this is exactly the scenario you planned the contingency for when you were outlining the rules.

[@ringdingdeath]

I was thinking about that rule when re-watching part 1

[@Kailith-Noxia]

I believe that the main reason this rule was foregone is because someone was stressed and burned out from all of the previous palaces, writing off of that despair, hitting a roadblock like that just completely killed him, especially considering he had built nothing in terms of magic. He was entirely physically leaned aside from forgetting to Jazz Club on 9/4

[@thehoovymaster]

wait wait wait wait! hold it! in the first video, you listed the rules of this challenge and it stated that one of the rules is "physical attacks only, UNLESS it's impossible to win with physical" if this fight is one that is required to progress the story and your sure you can't win this fight with only physical. with the rules stated you could just play this fight as normal then continue with only physical. but still it's your choice and I have to say, what a madlad for doing this challenge (and if your going to just try and beat the fight with anything you could also make it more challenging by only using the lowest level skills for only this fight)

[@PurpleCat64209]

2 words, break skills. Probably never gonna be seen but I'd love to see you retry this with break and reflect skills

[@jonahj9519]

Well, just do a minimum magic attacks run. That’s typically how these challenges work. When it fails you just break the rule a minimum amount.

[@sakura368]

i like how mishima was so npc they couldn't even see him

[@gwynhwyfar1321]

I enjoyed that this video was mostly memes. Especially liked that intro! I really wished you would've made it even farther, that was one hell of a ride.

[@tanookimariorocks]

Can you please continue this? You had a rule in place where you could use items if there was no other way

[@Enderlinkpawnu]

I am fairly certain that if it wasn’t the Ragda that ended the run, it would of been Shido Phase 1, since he repels physical and gun. I don’t remember if he uses magic you can reflect though, at least in that phase.

[@averyrealnamethatismyname9495]

I’m pretty sure he does use magic you can repel

[@lfvgamerbro]

0:00 I love how shitty wasn’t censored for the captions

[@lfvgamerbro]

In the end, Akechi is still a traitor, keep up the great work, maybe make part 4 regardless if you can’t defeat those shadows

[@Vee-the-letter]

a technical like shock or freeze completely bypasses phys repelling, the run can continue if there's a way to inflict em without doing damage

[@goon5665]

But he can't use shock or freeze because shock is only on lightning ATTACKS. Same goes for freeze

[@Vee-the-letter]

yeah i was hoping there was a way to, since there are status vials, but if there truly is no way to freeze without damaging then slot machine abuse really is the only way to continue

[@pocketmonsterhuntr]

So Shock does negate physical immunity? Been a while since I've played it so don't remember exactly

[@Vee-the-letter]

yeah, a shock technical will works its way around phys and gun immunities to the best of my knowledge, though basic attacks come with the risk the shock transfers to the attacker

[@aryamanbhandari8536]

wait WAIT , you can use ailment melee weapons

[@Lauren-tg5jj]

Now that Strikers is out I wanna do a physical only run in that game too...

[@damientheincin]

Me doing that 99% of the time: MY SKILLS EXCEED YOURS

[@ValunarTonix]

I wish you great luck beating it on Merciless, because enemies are given more resistances and immunities. Slime in the second jail is immune to both physical types.

[@arsene2099]

I never knew Atlus gave the Rangda's Null Despair in Royal , I remember killing them with Despair in normal Persona 5. Personally I thought the run was gonna end with the Abbadon Miniboss in the Mementos Depths but I also just remembered doesn't the Beast of Human Sacrifices (Shido) also Repel Phys? and even Gun too if you would have used that aswell so I guess it would have ended there.

[@xxUrek]

i think it is just that they are mini bosses and all mini bosses cant be killed via despair. like most mementhos bosses (with few notable exceptions) cant be affected by confusion, therefore only few can be used to grind money in vanilla.

[@azureskeith6417]

Lol Dude your hat is half of your body lol.

[@sergiodevivo16]

GIVE THIS MAN MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!!

[@RosyMiranto]

So... I think your might defeat those Rangas if you found a Rangda somewhere in the Palace before this

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

If what other people here have said about the big slot machine in the casino is true, then the run _would_ still be possble...until Shido. Since All-Out Attacks are technically Almighty-type even though they look physical, doesn't this mean that the Megido series should be allowable on the few occasions where Phys-only just isn't an option? (In other words, please un-retire the run even though it's technically not completely possible).

[@lordtoraxeus7663]

Couldn’t he just reflect Shido?

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@lordtoraxeus7663 The problem is that Shido's first phase reflects Physical himself and doesn't use any non-Almighty magic.

[@finndies1414]

Wait wait wait, what about that arcade kid confidant? There is one that lets you ignore gun attacks. Maybe try this.

[@JMunoz_103]

Its not a physical attack so I doubt he would use it

[@finndies1414]

@@JMunoz_103 ohhh I thought gun and phys were the same thing

[@dechuggs9129]

@@JMunoz_103 it is a physical attack Similar to slash, strike and pierce attacks in p3

[@JMunoz_103]

@@dechuggs9129 I’m pretty sure he stated in the rules of part 1 gun wasn’t allowed unless he changed im not sure

[@ever.4.n]

Okay…..if Akechi ran for president, I would support him wholeheartedly!

[@scoutboy25]

4:25 that was hilarious

[@goroakechi6126]

Prime Minister Akechi…actually has a nice ring to it.

[@Bacontaco-hn2eb]

Dope run bro good attempt

[@GavinFromWeb]

I like the ending of this video. Made me laugh.

[@hexy_boi]

wow this seemed like torture time to do gun only

[@yami_the_witch]

Doesn't repel fail if it repels twice ending up dealing damage? Or did it nullify damage for both parties?

[@Sheepscope]

Edit: realized the video already covered that. Derp. They weren't even affected by Fear, Foul Breath, or Stagnant Air? Sheesh! -What if you used a Rangda against their Swift Strike? How does Repel Physical react to damage dealt right back to the attacker?- Sorry for my ignorance, but I have a strong feeling there's a solution here that still follows your rules; it's something I've gotten from doing challenges of Pokemon. Still, nice Madarame strat, and I figured the designers wouldn't have accounted for someone running only one element, so congrats on you and them for getting this far!

[@Eternalwarpuppy]

If support skills are allowed, can't you use Curse Break to nullify their curse resistance and then reflect curse damage back at them?

[@aryamanbhandari8536]

I found out that you can put sleep on the rangdas and then use the shinya confidant to deal massive technical damage , you can still continue the run!

[@Screenments]

I'd have to use Gun but yes you are correct, I've been thinking about redoing the run but with gun attacks allowed

[@aryamanbhandari8536]

@@Screenments And if you were wondering how would it be possible to beat the first phase in that Shido battle , you just wait for a party member to be recovered from knockdown with charge so you can activate their showtime more frequently(the showtimes actually are affected by charge as well as concentrate) , so keep that in mind if your'e stuck👍

[@solbadguyreal1999]

10:11 i have been replaying this for the last hour why is it still funny

[@Secret0zv]

This fucking story telling is killing me!!! AHSDIOHGIOSEIOFWEIOSIOWEGH!!!!!

[@doodoodaadoo1]

What about a Phys and Gun run?

[@that_dude8411]

To easy one shot kill and riot gun are insane

[@kingdomofkings2570]

Still would get stuck on the same part

[@thesighinggamer5927]

I'm a year late but you could use the curse wall break skill to cancel the resistance curse and completely get rid of the repel effect and will make it a normal non weak element resistance like berith plus it is a persona skill that does not do damage to the target.

[@phdskyla5026]

Unfortunately, there aren't curse/bless/physical/gun "break" skills.

[@derpus78]

You forgot to say spoiler your gonna get copyrighted by Altus

[@HaHaHaHolowence]

* spoiler you're...

[@ashhh456]

@@HaHaHaHolowence they have a futaba pfp, don't mind them.

[@baileygore6686]

You can use Curse Break and then reflect it to get pass the rangda

[@baileygore6686]

Never mind I just realised curse break doesn’t exist

[@shrineofmitski3950]

You should’ve used items all though I can’t remember the rules you set up

[@derodefinitelyplaysgames]

I know it has been like 2 years, but if u Max out shinya, can u shoot the rangda?

[@cash_man4473]

IK IM LATE BUT WHAT ABT TETRA BREAK? It’s on Fuu-Ki in base p5

[@kathrynjuetten3220]

Out of curiosity could you beat persona 5 royal with only guns or is there not enough ammo for it?

[@Screenments]

You'd still fail at the Rangda part, even with Shinya's MAX confidant. No gun in the game has enough ammo to kill those two I don't think even with Iwai upgrades. Although, it'd probably be fairly close.

[@kathrynjuetten3220]

@@Screenments yeah too bad reserved ammo doesn't work on battle otherwise would work thanks for info though and i really liked the video thanks for the laughs and interest.

[@DJ7777BPM]

why didn't you make megido bombs at infiltration tools table?

[@ForgedinPrint]

For the enemies that ended the run, isn't there any kind of remove null debuffs you can get for physical?

[@ramenenjoyer5431]

A physical break item/skill doesn’t exist If there was he would’ve used it

[@Logan-d2v7p]

you couldve grinded the dice game?

[@myheroacademia4718]

Isn't there a null curse skill? You could use that to beat the shadows

[@adromea5628]

this is great, i'd say gun skills would count as physical since they use hp and all that but hey it's your run but dude, the way you pronounce 'Yusuke' physically harms me

[@sanstheskelepun7510]

did you try poison?

[@LesoTheGamerboy]

I think you should have still just used magic on that fight and finish the rest of the game phys only unless you didnt want to which i think is what happened. Also atleast in my country and most likely also Japan, the prime minister actually has more power than the president.

[@cruciblelord6326]

What about the meta verse items? Like the gale magatama and things like that it should allow you to defeat them.

[@supershadow2021]

It's mentioned in the rules on the first episode that those are disallowed. The party is never allowed to do anything that isn't the physical damage type

[@cruciblelord6326]

@@supershadow2021 yes I am sorry I remembered this later but forgot to edit the comment.

[@iasy217]

Way too Underrated

[@novelty_thief]

8:43 ...and despite working up until this point, Cringevits Dogma of physical moves being the only viable kind of attacks ended up being wrong and stupid anyway. Hey, that dude spent 5 hours shitting on a game he paid no attention to and never cared about. It's legitimate in every way to rub it in after it's factually proven that you cannot bruteforce through this game with physical only.

[@MohammadAhmad-sf6by]

What

[@novelty_thief]

@@MohammadAhmad-sf6by Some KZbinr named Cvit made an 5 h long review of P5. It's filled with mistakes and dishonest arguments. One segment was about the combat and how physical attacks are the "only viable Form of attacking".

[@Lolleman255]

it cant end here impossible

[@DCtheSoulChild]

Big Chungus 😂😂

[@nghtshft-studio]

Hey you probably don't know who I am I'm a new youtuber who loves persona and I wanted to try this run with a few tweaks to the rules I don't know if you'll ever see this but when I'm done I hope u check it out. I'll also give you full credit for this idea as well just felt like letting you know

[@Screenments]

Go for it

[@infernape100]

#Goroakechiforprez

[@mychemicaljulia]

amogus

[@sgfhgdjhkfjlklkfjhdj]

mad cuz bad