Persona 5 Strikers - Skull Character Guide

Character guide for Ryuji Sakamato or Skull of Persona 5 Strikers (P5S). Included also are his persona, skills, combos, master arts, and showtime attack.

Skull Character Guide

Formerly part of the school’s track team. Ryuji once got trapped in the Metaverse and was able to awaken his Persona. He befriended the protagonist and became a Phantom Thief. After the case was settled, Ryuji resumed a normal life albeit continuing to fare poorly in his studies. He continues to seek for justice and doesn’t hold back against his enemies.

Skull capitalizes off of his hefty attack and defense, allowing him to charge in battle. He wields blunt weapons to crush enemies that come near and fires the shotgun, the latter can be charged to amplify the damage.

Skull Character Information

Real Name	Ryuji Sakamato
Code Name	Skull
Starting Persona	Captain Kidd
Tier Rating	A Tier
Persona Strengths	Physical Skills, Electricity Skills, Buff Support Skills
Melee Weapon	Blunt weapon
Ranged Weapon	Shotgun
Combat Style	Sprays multiple enemies with bullets.

Skull Battle Rating

Skull’s Captain Kidd Persona Information

Ryuji’s initial or starting persona Captain Kidd specializes in physical and electric attacks. The latter can also inflict shock on enemies as an added effect.

Captain Kidd Persona Stats and Skills

Skull Best Skill Loadouts

Here is our recommended skill loadouts for the Skull’s main Persona, Captain Kidd:

Balanced End-Game Loadout

This is loadout centers on Captain Kidd as a damage dealer and buff support party member.

Element	Skill	Cost	Effect	Requirement
Physical	God’s Hand	25% HP	Colossal Physical damage to a narrow range with high chance of Critical hit.	Level 73
Electricity	Maziodyne	26 SP	Heavy Elec damage to a wide range. Rare chance of Shock.	Level 60
Support	Charge	26 SP	Next physical attack inflicts 1.5x damage.	Level 68
Support	Matarukaja	24 SP	Buff party attack power for a certain period of time.	Level 48
Passive	Critical Boost	None	Increases chance of inflicting Critical hits.	Level 65
Passive	Elec Boost	None	Strengthen Elec attacks by 25%.	Level 50
Passive	Shock Boost	None	Enhance chance of inflicting Shock status.	Level 35
Passive	Rebel Will	None	Improves rate for increasing Showtime Gauge.	Level 20

Electric Skills

Captain Kidd’s lightning attacks are ideal for taking on normal enemies and even bosses. When an enemy has been inflicted with shock, go on the offense and stack as much damage as you can.

Skull Battle Information

Skull Battle Commands

Command	Input	Notes
Shotgun Shot	Hold L1 then press R1	Fires shotgun.
Blunt Weapon Attack	▢	Can be used repeatedly to perform a total of 4 hits.
Guts	△	Activates guts which reduces damage.
Simple Trick	△→△ (PS4) X→X (Switch)	Performs an aerial attack.
Charged Attack	▢→hold △ (PS4) Y→hold X (Switch)	You can hold down the △ / X button to charge the attack.

Skull Battle Combos

Command	Input	Notes
Combo 1	▢→▢→△ (PS4) Y→Y→X (Switch)	Uses the equipped persona’s skill at the end of the combo.
Combo 2	▢→▢→▢→△ (PS4) Y→Y→Y→X (Switch)	Uses the equipped persona’s skill at the end of the combo.

Skull Master Arts

Command	Input	Notes
“Gun Skipping”	▢→▢→△ (PS4) Y→Y→X (Switch)	You can continue pursuing the opponent at the end of the combo using Captain Kidd’s attack.
“Useless Push”	▢→△ (PS4) Y→X (Switch)	Continue unleashing multiple slam attacks that will trigger a Showtime Attack.
“Sprinter”	–	Useful for increasing attack speed.
“Spirit”	–	Use to prolong Guts duration and damage reduction time.