Contrarian King

Contrarian King is an optional Shadow boss in Persona 4.
==Appearances==
*Persona 4 / Golden
==Profile==
===Persona 4===
The Contrarian King is an optional boss that appears in the boss chamber of Yukiko's Castle on May 1st. Defeating it will allow access to the Suzaku Feather weapon for Yukiko Amagi and greatly increase the protagonist's Courage.
==Stats==
===Persona 4===
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==Strategy==
Contrarian King drains Fire, blocks Wind attacks and resists Physical and Almighty attacks. It can use Hysterical Slap, Marakunda if it manages a Critical Hit, and the Rampage skill, which has enough power to take out the party in a single cast.
Use Electricity and Ice attacks to bypass its resistances, the party should have Tarunda and Sukunda for this fight as well as a Persona that resists Physical attacks if possible. Have Yosuke cast Sukukaja on the party members and use the protagonist to cast Tarunda and Sukunda to weaken him. This will decrease the chance of him hitting the party with Rampage. If the party is successful then Rampage should only hit about 50% at a time. Bring plenty of Revival Beads because the protagonist will likely need to revive those that were KO'd. Equipping the protagonist with a Persona that resists Physical attacks will help ensure his survival. If not, any Physical Mirrors the party has picked up can be used.
Another strategy if you are playing P4G, instead of Sukukaja, is to have Chie use Rebellion (Social link rank 2 ability) on a party member of your choice, and fish for a Critical to knock it down. However, do not accept the All-Out Attack, as the Contrarian King will take reduced damage from it. Instead, continue pummeling it with more physical attacks until it becomes Dizzy. This frees up a turn to heal or re-apply (de)buffs; if your party is already in good shape at that point you can continue the assault.
==Trivia==
*Contrarian King is notorious as its Rampage attack seems to be stronger than normal. Many players have been defeated by it just because it chooses that attack one too many times in succession. Furthermore, it always starts the battle by casting Red Wall, in an attempt to trick new players into thinking that it is weak to Fire.
*Some people say that Inflicting the Contrarian King with the "Down" or "dizzy" status will increase the odds of it using the Rampage attack. But there is no evidence to support it and many have won by keeping it down.