Persona 5 Strikers - Monarch of Snow King Frost Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat Monarch of Snow King Frost in Persona 5 Strikers

Monarch of Snow King Frost is the third Powerful Shadow mini-boss enemy the Phantom Thieves must defeat in Persona 5 Strikers (or Persona 5 Scramble). The mini-boss is encountered at Sapporo’s Jail, a Metaverse version of Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. 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

Monarch of Snow King Frost Information

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

King Frost Persona Stats and Skills

Monarch of Snow King Frost Stats

Monarch of Snow King Frost Strengths and Weaknesses

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

Monarch of Snow King Frost Skills

Monarch of Snow King Frost Party Build

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

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Agilao/Agidyne or Maragion/Maragidyne (Fire), Garula/Garudyne or Magarula/Magarudyne (Wind), Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke)	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, Dekaja, Heat Riser, Charge, Concentrate
		Debuff: Tarunda, Rakunda, Sukunda, Dekunda, Debilitate
Mona	Zorro	Damage: Dormin Rush (Phys), Garula/Garudyne or Magarula/Magarudyne (Wind)	Has access to Physical and Wind skills that King Frost does not have resistances against. Also, Wind attacks from Mona can deal Technical damage to King Frost when afflicted with Burn status ailment. Can use a debuff skill like Masukunda to reduce the enemy evasion/critical evasion. Can also use healing skills.
		Recovery:  Diarama/Diarahan or Mediarama/Mediarahan, Recarm or Samercarm
		Debuff: Masukunda
Panther	Carmen	Damage: Agilao/Agidyne or Maragion/Maragidyne (Fire)	Has access to Fire skills which King Frost is weak against. Inflicts Burn status ailment on King Frost that causes it to take increased damage from Wind and Nuclear attacks. Can use a debuff skill like Tarunda to reduce the enemy attack power. Can also use healing skills.
		Recovery: Diarama/Diarahan
		Buff: Concentrate
		Debuff: Tarunda or Matarunda, Dekaja
Queen	Johanna	Damage: Sledgehammer or Flash Bomb (Phys), Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke)	Has access to Physical and Nuclear skills that King Frost does not have resistances against. Also, Nuclear attacks from Queen can deal Technical damage to King Frost when afflicted with Burn status ailment. Can use a buff skill like Marakukaja to boost allies defense power in battle. Can also use healing skills.
		Recovery: Diarama/Diarahan or Mediarama/Mediarahan
		Buff: Rakukaja or Marakukaja, Dekunda

Monarch of Snow King 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 King 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), Mona, and Panther. 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 Queen. Another option is by using Heat Riser for an all-in-one buff. This special buff can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas).

Cure Inflicted Ailments

If a party member got inflicted with an ailment such as Freeze or Dizzy, 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 or mental ailment if available. Status Recovery skills can be accessed by Joker (from other Personas).

Use Fire Attacks

King Frost is weak to Fire attacks which Panther 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 King Frost is beside the movable ice block, you can use a Phantom Dash and shove it towards the boss in order to inflict a mental ailment.

Deal Technical Damage using Wind and Nuke Attacks

When the boss is inflicted with a status ailment such as Burn, deal technical damage by using Wind and Nuclear attacks. You can also inflict technical damage when the boss is afflicted with a mental ailment using Psychokinesis attacks. Switch between Joker, Mona, and Queen to avoid running out of SP.

Unleash Showtime Attacks

While engaging King 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.

Monarch of Snow King Frost Boss Video

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

Other Bosses

All Jail Monarchs

Lock Keepers

Powerful Shadows

Dire Shadows