Merciful Clergyman

Merciful Clergyman is a boss in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.
==Appearances==
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Boss
**Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P3
**Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P4
==Profile==
===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
Merciful Clergyman, deployed by Chronos to guard one of Rei's items, appears on the final floor of the Group Date Cafe: The Big Day. After the Wedding events, it jumps forth and appears before the protagonist and the person he's "married." The rest of the Persona users quickly arrive to aid them. After defeating it, the party is able to open the chest it was blocking, which contains a toy ring. Merciful Clergyman also drops the key item Torn Bible when defeated. Torn Bible is used to create the Focus Earring accessory.
==Strategy==
Merciful Clergyman knows two Elemental attacks, ailment inflicting skills, and Vow, which prevents certain actions. Breaking a Vow results in getting hit with Holy Wrath, which will not only inflict damage, but Bind an ally's Strength, Magic or Agility. Even if the attack or skill against the Vow misses, it still counts as breaking the Vow.
Unlike Queen of Hearts, Merciful Clergyman is weak to Electricity, which means party members such as Akihiko and the P4 hero, who specialize in Electric attacks, would be useful. Sub-Personas that know strong Electric skills, Patra, or Me Patra would also be useful, since Merciful Clergyman may inflict Panic, Paralysis or Magic Bind on the party. However, this can be avoided this by using Holy Blessing, which can prevent any ailment from affecting the party once for three turns.
After the first turn, Merciful Clergyman will use Vow to forbid the party from performing one of four actions: "Attack," "Skills," "Items" or "Leader Skills." After Merciful Clergyman loses about half its health, it will begin to make two Vows instead of one, limiting the party's choices even further.
The key to keeping track of which action is forbidden is checking the color of the coffins that surround Merciful Clergyman. Depending on the color that the coffins glow, a certain action is considered forbidden (red = "Attack," Yellow = "Skills," Green = "Items" and Blue = "Leader Skills"). You do not need to memorize which action corresponds to which color, because the colors on the battle menu will correspond to each action.
As long as you keep track of Vow and avoid any status ailments, this battle should not be as difficult as with the Queen of Hearts.
Poison does not fall under Vow's limitations, and thus will greatly speed up the battle by doing large amounts of damage during turns where party members cannot act.
==Stats==
===Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth===
== Battle Quotes ==
* "Little sheep who flout God! I'll make you take your vows!" (75% HP)
* "Men! Women! Amen! You do not believe in the word of God? That is a SIN! Lost sheep, I tie you up! More vows! More penance!" (50% HP)
* "Did you hear the voice of God!? Believe and you will be saved! If not, the sin is thine! It's too early to go to His side! Mercy is a virtue! Welcome the salvation of agape!" (25% HP)
* "Glorious!" (When attacking)
* "Hugh!" (When attacking)
* "Oh yes!" (When attacking)
* "Prepare to clean your souls tonight!" (When using Silent Song/Binding Cry)
* "This vow blossoms!" (When using Vow)
* "Forced vows!" (When using Vow)
* "Vow to me that you won't strike!" (When forbidding Attack)
* "Vow to me that you won't use skills!" (When forbidding Skills)
* "Vow to me that you won't use items!" (When forbidding Items)
* "Vow to me that you won't be bossy!" (When forbidding Leader Skills)
* "Just vow to me all manner of things!" (When forbidding 2 actions)
* "I will lead you, little sheep! Your divine punishment is death!" (When a Vow is broken for the first time in a turn)
* "Now it's time for repentance!" (When using Holy Wrath)
* "Ugh!" (When attacked)
* "Ow!" (When attacked)
* "This... Can't... Ngh... No..." (Upon being defeated)
== Gallery ==
Merciful Clergyman Official Artwork PQ.jpg
Persona Q Side P3 Merciful Clergyman.jpg|Merciful Clergyman in Side: P3
Persona Q Side P4 Merciful Clergyman.jpg|Merciful Clergyman in Side: P4
== Trivia ==
* According to Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P4, the coffin that the Merciful Clergyman rides on acts as his navigator, being responsible for analyzing his enemies and predicting their attacks, just like Fuuka and Rise.
** Similarly to Fuuka and Rise, the guardian's coffin cannot predict attacks aimed to the navigator itself.