Persona 5 Strikers - Snake King Raja Naga Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat Snake King Raja Naga in Persona 5 Strikers

Snake King Raja Naga is the second Dire Shadow mini-boss enemy the Phantom Thieves must defeat in Persona 5 Strikers (or Persona 5 Scramble). The mini-boss is encountered at Sendai’s Jail, a Metaverse version of Sendai, a city in Japan’s Tohoku Region.

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

Snake King Raja Naga Information

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

Raja Naga Persona Stats and Skills

Snake King Raja Naga Stats

Snake King Raja Naga Strengths and Weaknesses

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

Snake King Raja Naga Skills

Snake King Raja Naga Party Build

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

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Agilao/Agidyne or Maragion/Maragidyne (Fire), Bufula/Bufudyne or Mabufula/Mabufudyne (Ice), Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Fire, Ice, 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, Dekaja, Heat Riser, Charge, Concentrate
		Debuff: Tarunda, Rakunda, Sukunda, Debilitate
Panther	Carmen	Damage: Agilao/Agidyne or Maragion/Maragidyne (Fire)	Has access to Fire skills which Raja Naga is weak against. Inflicts Burn status ailment on Raja Naga that causes it to take increased damage from Nuke 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
Fox	Goemon	Damage: Tempest Slash and Myriad Slashes (Phys), Bufula/Bufudyne or Mabufula/Mabufudyne (Ice)	Has access to Ice skills which Raja Naga is weak against. Has access to Physical skills that Raja Naga does not have resistances against. Inflicts Freeze status ailment on Raja Naga that causes it to take increased damage from Physical, Gun, and Nuclear attacks. Can use a buff skill like Masukukaja to boost allies evasion/critical evasion in battle.
		Buff: Sukukaja or Masukukaja
Sophie	Pithos	Damage: Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Bless skills which Raja Naga 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

Snake King Raja Naga 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 Raja Naga. 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), Panther, 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 Fox. 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 Shock, 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).

Use Fire, Ice, and Bless Attacks

Raja Naga is weak to Fire, Ice, and Bless attacks which are Panther, Fox, 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.

Deal Technical Damage using Phys, Gun, and Nuke Attacks

When the boss is inflicted with a status ailment such as Freeze, deal technical damage by using Physical, Gun, and Nuclear attacks. Likewise, when the boss is inflicted with a Burn status, use a Nuclear attack to hit it with Technical damage. Switch between Joker and Fox to avoid running out of HP and SP.

Unleash Showtime Attacks

While engaging Raja Naga, 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.

Snake King Raja Naga Boss Video

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

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