Persona 5 Strikers - Fallen Snowman Black Frost Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat Fallen Snowman Black Frost in Persona 5 Strikers

Fallen Snowman Black Frost is the fourth Powerful Shadow mini-boss enemy the Phantom Thieves must defeat in Persona 5 Strikers (or Persona 5 Scramble). The mini-boss is encountered at Shibuya’s Jail, a Metaverse version of Shibuya, Tokyo. This shadow can only be encountered when Powerful Shadow Requests are made available by Lavenza starting on 8/24.

Clear All Powerful Shadow Requests

Below is a list of Requests that unlocks the Reaper secret boss battle. The Metatron Request is locked in the Post-Game also so you need to clear the main story first. We recommended defeating Powerful Shadows when you already unlocked Wolf as a party member in the game.

Trophies

Trophy	How to Unlock
A Helping Hand	Clear a Request.
Those Who Heed the Call	Clear 50 Requests.

Trophies List

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Information

Here is a breakdown of the mini-boss’ stats, strengths and weaknesses, and skills:

Black Frost Persona Stats and Skills

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Stats

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Strengths and Weaknesses

–	–	Resist	Resist	–	–
					Technical
–	Resist	Weak	Resist	–	Weak

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Skills

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Party Build

Here is our recommended party member setup against the boss. You can choose other party members except for Panther, Fox, and Queen.

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless), Zionga/Ziodyne or Mazionga/Maziodyne (Elec), Psio/Psiodyne or Mapsio/Mapsiodyne (Psy)	Has access to Fire, Wind, and Nuclear skills from other Personas obtained or fused. Can also play the role of healer, buff caster, and debuff caster. Can use Amrita Drop to cure allies when inflicted with status and mental ailments.
		Recovery: Diarama/Diarahan or Mediarama/Mediarahan, Recarm or Samercarm, Amrita Drop or Amrita Shower
		Buff: Matarukaja, Marakukaja, Masukukaja, Heat Riser, Charge, Concentrate
		Debuff: Tarunda, Rakunda, Sukunda, Debilitate
Skull	Captain Kidd	Damage: Megaton Raid or Deathbound (Phys), Zionga/Ziodyne or Mazionga/Maziodyne (Elec)	Has access to Physical and Electricity skills that Black Frost does not have resistances against. Inflicts Shock status ailment on Black Frost that causes it to take increased damage from Physical and Gun attacks. Can use a buff skill like Matarukaja to boost allies attack power in battle.
		Buff: Tarukaja or Matarukaja, Charge
Noir	Milady	Damage: Hysterical Slap (Phys), Triple Down or One-shot Kill (Gun), Psio/Psiodyne or Mapsio/Mapsiodyne (Psy)	Has access to Physical, Gun, and Psychokinesis skills that Black Frost does not have resistances against. Also, Physical and Gun attacks from Noir can deal Technical damage to Black Frost when afflicted with Shock status ailment. Can use an Ailment skill like Evil Touch or Evil Smile to inflict Fear on Black Frost. Can use an all-in-one buff skill like Heat Riser to boost an ally in battle. Can also use Amrita Drop to cure allies when inflicted with status and mental ailments.
		Recovery: Amrita Drop or Amrita Shower
		Ailment: Evil Touch or Evil Smile
		Buff: Heat Riser
Sophie	Pithos	Damage: Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Bless skills which Black Frost is weak against. Can use a debuff skill like Rakunda to reduce the enemy defense power. Can also use healing skills.
		Recovery: Diarama/Diarahan or Mediarama/Mediarahan, Recarm or Samarecarm
		Debuff: Rakunda or Marakunda

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Strategies

Here is a breakdown of the battle strategies against the mini-boss:

Carry HP and SP Recovery Items

Before engaging the boss, bring a stock of HP and SP recovery items. These items can be bought from accessible vending machines, food stands, stores, and restaurants. You can also buy ingredients from Sophia’s Shop and other real-world stores. Then, cook these ingredients for additional HP and SP items through Joker’s Kitchen.

Joker’s Kitchen Guide

Land Debuffs

Start the battle by landing multiple debuffs on Black Frost. Debuffs can be in the form of attack power decrease (Tarunda), defense power decrease (Rakunda), and evasion/critical evasion power decrease (Sukunda). These debuffs can be accessed by Joker (from Arsene and other Personas) and Sophie. Another option is by using Debilitate for an all-in-one debuff. This special debuff can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas).

Cast Buffs

Follow-up the debuffs with party members buffs. Buffs can be in the form of attack power increase (Tarukaja or Matarukaja), defense power increase (Rakukaja or Marakukaja), and evasion/critical evasion increase (Sukukaja or Masukukaja). These buffs can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas) and Skull. Another option is by using Heat Riser for an all-in-one buff. This special buff can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas) and Noir.

Avoid Elemental Attacks

Keep evading ice attacks like Mabufudyne and Diamond Dust from Black Frost. Otherwise, your character or party member may end up frozen and susceptible for upcoming technical damage from the boss. You may use subway station entrances and buses to block the attacks.

Cure Inflicted Ailments

If a party member got inflicted with an ailment such as Freeze, make sure that you have access to a Status Recovery skill called Amrita Drop or Amrita Shower to cure it. You can also use status recovery items to remove the status ailment if available. Status Recovery skills can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas) and Noir.

Deal Technical Damage using Phys, Gun, and Psy Attacks

When the boss is inflicted with a status ailment such as Shock, deal technical damage by using Physical and Gun attacks. You can also inflict technical damage when the boss is afflicted with a mental ailment such as Fear using Psychokinesis attacks. Switch between Joker, Skull, and Noir to avoid running out of SP.

Use Bless Attacks

Black Frost is weak to Bless attacks which Sophie and Joker can capitalize. Continue on using elemental attacks in order to break the shields and stagger the boss. Make use of narrow range elemental skills if you’re close and wide range elemental skills if you’re far from the boss.

Capitalize on Terrain Gimmicks

If Black Frost is near to a light post, you can use a Phantom Dash to deal additional physical damage to the boss. Maximize the damage dealt before it is able to retaliate.

Unleash Showtime Attacks

While engaging Black Frost, you may build up your showtime gauge. When it’s available, unleash the showtime attack against the boss. If Joker’s showtime attack is available, make sure he has the right Persona that can capitalize on the weakness of the boss. Also, there is a consumable item that will quickly boost your Showtime gauge build up so feel free to use it against the boss.

Fallen Snowman Black Frost Boss Video

Here is a boss fight video against Black Frost. The battle is already timestamped so you no longer need to browse through the whole video:

Other Bosses

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