Persona 5 Strikers - Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Boss Guide

Guide on How to Defeat Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu in Persona 5 Strikers

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu is the fifth Dire Shadow mini-boss enemy the Phantom Thieves must defeat in Persona 5 Strikers (or Persona 5 Scramble). The mini-boss is encountered at Kyoto’s Jail, a Metaverse version of Kyoto, the capital city of Kyoto 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

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Information

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

Yatagarasu Persona Stats and Skills

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Stats

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Strengths and Weaknesses

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

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Skills

*Boss attacks are based from the Persona version of the boss. To be updated if needed.

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Party Build

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

Member	Persona	Essential Skills	Notes
Joker	Arsene	Damage: Agilao/Agidyne or Maragion/Maragidyne (Fire), Bufula/Bufudyne or Mabufula/Mabufudyne (Ice), Freila/Freidyne or Mafreila/Mafreidyne (Nuke)	Has access to Fire, 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 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, Dekunda, Debilitate
Panther	Carmen	Damage: Agilao/Agidyne or Maragion/Maragidyne (Fire)	Has access to Fire skills which Yatagarasu is weak against. Inflicts Burn status ailment on Yatagarasu that causes it to take increased damage from 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
Fox	Goemon	Damage: Tempest Slash and Myriad Slashes (Phys), Bufula/Bufudyne or Mabufula/Mabufudyne (Ice)	Has access to Ice skills which Yatagarasu is weak against. Has access to Physical skills that Yatagarasu does not have resistances against. Inflicts Freeze status ailment on Yatagarasu 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 Nuclear skills that Yatagarasu is weak against. Has access to Physical skills that Yatagarasu does not have resistances against. Also, Nuclear attacks from Queen can deal Technical damage to Yatagarasu when afflicted with Burn and 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

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu 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 Yatagarasu. 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 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), 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).

Cure Inflicted Status Ailments

Observe the boss’ upcoming moves and evade Electricity attacks targeted to your character. By any chance that a party member got inflicted with status effects like 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).

Unleash Showtime Attacks

While engaging Yatagarasu, 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.

Use Fire, Ice, and Nuke Attacks

Yatagarasu is weak to Fire, Ice, and Nuclear attacks which Panther, Fox, Queen, and Joker can take advantage of. 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, 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. Likewise, when the boss is inflicted with a Shock status, use a Physical, Gun or Nuclear attack to hit it with Technical damage. Switch between Joker, Skull, and Mona to avoid running out of HP and SP.

Capitalize on Terrain Gimmicks

If Yatagarasu is beside a monument or lamp 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.

Sun’s Emissary Yatagarasu Boss Video

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

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