Persona 5 Strikers - Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat Fratricidal Destroyer Seth in Persona 5 Strikers

The Fratricidal Destroyer Seth is the first Powerful 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. 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

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Information

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

Seth Persona Stats and Skills

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Stats

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Strengths and Weaknesses

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

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Skills

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Party Build

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

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless), Bufula/Bufudyne or Mabufula/Mabufudyne (Ice), Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke)	Has access to Bless, Ice, 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 or 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
Fox	Goemon	Damage: Tempest Slash and Myriad Slashes (Phys), Bufula/Bufudyne or Mabufula/Mabufudyne (Ice)	Has access to Physical and Ice skills that Seth does not have resistances against. Inflicts Freeze status ailment on Seth 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
Queen	Johanna	Damage: Sledgehammer or Flash Bomb (Phys), Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke)	Has access to Physical and Nuclear skills that Seth does not have resistances against. Also, Nuclear attacks from Queen can deal Technical damage to Seth when afflicted with Freeze 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
Sophie	Pithos	Damage: Kouga/Kougaon or Makouga/Makougaon (Bless)	Has access to Bless skills which Seth 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

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth 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 Seth. 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), Fox, 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) only.

Dodge Gun and Curse Attacks

Observe the boss’ upcoming moves and evade upcoming Gun and Curse attacks targeted to your character. Seth’s gun attacks have high critical rate so it could down your character immediately. Use Amrita Drop or Amrita Shower to cure the status effect.

Use Bless Attacks

Seth is weak to Bless attacks which Joker and Sophie can capitalize on. 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 Seth is beside the ice crystal or broken pillar, you can use a Phantom Dash to deal additional physical damage to the boss. You may also inflict status effects such as Freeze to the boss by chance.

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. Switch between Joker, Fox, and Queen to avoid running out of HP.

Unleash Showtime Attacks

While engaging Seth, 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.

Fratricidal Destroyer Seth Boss Video

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

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