Persona 5 Strikers - Harlot of Desire Lilith Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat Harlot of Desire Lilith in Persona 5 Strikers

Harlot of Desire Lilith is the third Dire 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.

Clear All Dire Shadows

Below is a list of all Dire Shadows in the game. The Archangel Dire Shadow is locked in the Post-Game so you need to clear the main story first. We recommended defeating Dire Shadows when you already unlocked Wolf as a party member in the game.

Trophies

Trophy	How to Unlock
Who Dares Wins	Defeat a Dire Shadow.
The Most Daring of All	Defeat all Dire Shadows.

Trophies List

Harlot of Desire Lilith Information

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

Lilith Persona Stats and Skills

Harlot of Desire Lilith Stats

Harlot of Desire Lilith Strengths and Weaknesses

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

Harlot of Desire Lilith Skills

Harlot of Desire Lilith Party Build

Here is our recommended party members against the boss. We do not recommend adding Skull, Mona, Panther, and Fox to your party.

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke), Psio/Psiodyne or Mapsi/Mapsiodyne (Psy), Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Curse from Arsen, Nuclear, Psychokinesis, and Bless 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
Queen	Johanna	Damage: Sledgehammer or Flash Bomb (Phys), Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke)	Has access to Nuclear skills that Lilith is weak against. Has access to Physical skills that Lilith does not have resistances against. 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
Noir	Milady	Damage: Hysterical Slap (Phys), Snap or Triple Down (Gun), Psio/Psiodyne or Mapsi/Mapsiodyne (Psy)	Has access to Psychokinesis skills that Lilith is weak against. Has access to Physical and Gun skills that Lilith does not have resistances against. 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
		Buff: Heat Riser
Sophie	Pithos	Damage: Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Bless skills which Lilith 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

Harlot of Desire Lilith Strategies

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

Carry 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 Lilith. 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 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) and Noir.

Use Psy, Nuke, Bless, and Curse Attacks

Lilith is weak against Psychokinesis, Nuclear, Bless, and Curse attacks so a composition of Queen, Noir, Sophie and Joker is enough. 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.

Cure Inflicted Status Ailments

By any chance that a party member got inflicted with status effects like Freeze or Burn, 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).

Capitalize on Terrain Gimmicks

If Lilith is beside a traffic 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 Lilith, 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.

Harlot of Desire Lilith Boss Video

Here is a boss fight video against Lilith. 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