Ultimate Persona

An ultimate Persona or advanced Persona is a Persona formed when an individual undergoes a great change or gains a new sense of resolve. These Personas are among the strongest that their users can summon and typically represent gods or similarly powerful entities as a result. As their users continue to develop, ultimate Personas can gain new forms or fuse with initial Personas, as seen in Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal, respectively. In most games, ultimate Personas come with signature skills and more powerful resistances.
In Megami Ibunroku Persona through Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, these Personas are gained all at once with only a few exceptions, representing steps the respective parties take together. From Persona 3 onward, second awakenings are more character-specific and are often prompted by story, Social Link or Confidant events.
Initial Personas can gain the same amount of strength as ultimate Personas. This only occurs when the Persona-user in question rejects their second awakening.
==Appearances==
*Megami Ibunroku Persona
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
*Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload
*Persona 4 / Golden
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
*Persona 5 / Royal
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
== Profile ==
===Megami Ibunroku Persona===
The ultimate Personas are fused by adding certain Totems to fusions that result in a Persona whose Arcana is the same as the ultimate Persona's Arcana, and can only be equipped by the character they belong to. The totems are gained towards the end of the game, though the exact method depends on the route.
In the SEBEC quest, if the protagonist performs good deeds throughout the quest, when he meets with his other self in the Alaya Cavern, the other self will reward him with the totems.
In the Snow Queen route, the protagonist has to trade Ambrosia gained from defeating the Tower bosses with Raiho during the final dungeon. If the harder towers are completed before the easier ones, more Ambrosia will be given.
Character 	Arcana 	Persona 	Lvl	Totem
Protagonist 	Emperor 	Amen Ra 	62 	Rosetta Stone
Maki Sonomura 	Priestess	Verdandi	61 	Pasque Flower
Kei Nanjo 	Judgement	Yamaoka 	60 	Amber Glasses
Masao Inaba 	Chariot 	Susano-o	59 	Purified Water
Yukino Mayuzumi	Empress 	Durga 	57 	Bisonskin Drums
Yuka Ayase 	Magician 	Frey 	59 	Stuffed Deer
Eriko Kirishima	Judgement	Michael 	62 	Judgement Contract
Hidehiko Uesugi	Justice 	Tyr 	54 	Victorian Rune
Reiji Kido 	Death 	Mot 	58 	Babylonian Coffin
===Persona 2===
====Innocent Sin====
Most of the ultimate Personas are gained after defeating Joker in the Caracol if the party found the corresponding mask at Mt. Iwato (the Red Eagle Mask for Apollo, the Yellow Owl Mask for Hades, the Pink Azas Mask for Venus and the Blue Swan Mask for Artemis).
Having Apollo, Venus, and Hades equipped at the end of the boss battles against their reverse counterparts in Leo Temple, Taurus Temple, and Scorpio Temple respectively will change the Personas' resistances:
* Apollo's weakness to Dark will turn into an immunity. His resistance to Nuclear will be upgraded into an immunity. He'll still be weak to Water and Ice, but the amount of damage he receives from those elements will be reduced.
* Venus' weakness to Dark will turn into an immunity. She'll go from taking neutral damage from Elec to resisting it. Her weakness to Ice will be upgraded into taking neutral damage from that element. She'll still be weak to Wind, but the amount of damage she receives from it will be reduced.
* Hades' weakness to Dark will turn into an immunity. His weakness to Nuclear will be upgraded into taking neutral damage from it. He'll still be weak to Fire, but the amount of damage he receives from that element will be reduced.
Yukino retains Durga as her ultimate Persona, which is obtained if she comes to terms with Shunsuke Fujii's death and stays with Tatsuya's party at the Caracol. Jun Kurosu's ultimate Persona is Chronos, obtained by equipping Hermes during the Aquarius Temple's boss fight and then mutating it once it reaches maximum rank.
Character 	Lvl.	Persona	Requirement 	Location 	Unique Skill
Tatsuya Suou 	53 	Apollo 	Obtain the Red Eagle Mask on Mt. Iwato, then defeat Joker. 	Caracol 	Nova Kaiser
Eikichi Mishina	57 	Hades 	Obtain the Yellow Owl Mask on Mt. Iwato, then defeat Joker. 	Caracol 	Bloody Honeymoon
Lisa Silverman 	57 	Venus 	Obtain the Pink Azas Mask on Mt. Iwato, then defeat Joker. 	Caracol 	Foamy Lover
Maya Amano 	51 	Artemis	Obtain the Blue Swan Mask on Mt. Iwato, then defeat Joker. 	Caracol 	Crescent Mirror
Yukino Mayuzumi	44 	Durga 	Accept Fujii's death and stay with the party. 	Caracol 	Thunder Inferno
Jun Kurosu 	57 	Chronos	Equip Hermes during the Aquarius Temple boss fight, then mutate at MAX Rank.	Velvet Room	Cross Fortune
====Eternal Punishment====
Except for Tatsuya, who has already obtained his ultimate Persona, Apollo, before the beginning of the story, all other characters' ultimate Personas require the party to obtain the Material Cards from Mt. Iwato and then summon them in the Velvet Room manually. This gives the party the freedom to apply a magic card and stat boost card during the summoning. The ultimate Personas in Eternal Punishment are slightly less powerful and useful skill-wise than in Innocent Sin, but consume less SP.
Character 	Lvl.	Persona 	Requirement 	Requirement 	Location 	Unique Skill
Character 	Lvl.	Persona 	Tarot cards 	Material card 	Location 	Unique Skill
Maya Amano 	63 	Artemis 	Moon (252) 	Silver Bow 	Mt. Iwato 	Crescent Mirror
Ulala Serizawa 	62 	Astria 	Star (248) 	Ortyx 	Mt. Iwato 	Twinkle Nebula
Katsuya Suou 	63 	Hyperion 	Justice (189) 	Ancient Sun 	Mt. Iwato 	Justice Shot
Baofu 	61 	Prometheus	Hanged Man (244)	Bronze Ring 	Mt. Iwato 	Wiseman Snap
Eriko Kirishima	76 	Gabriel 	Judgement (304) 	Lily 	EX Dungeon 2-A	Release Jail
Kei Nanjo 	75 	Yamaoka 	Hierophant (225)	Amber Eyeglasses	EX Dungeon 2-C	Guardian Hammer
Tatsuya Suou 	62 	Apollo 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	Nova Cyther
===Persona 3===
The ultimate Personas are evolved forms of the initial Personas gained throughout the story, based on their operator's character development. Following a story-specific prompt, each character individually experiences a personal resolution, which brings about the metamorphosis of their initial Persona into their ultimate Persona. The ultimate Personas are listed below in order of metamorphosis.
Gameplay-wise, ultimate Personas nullify what element their previous forms were resistant towards, with sole exception of Messiah, who repels Light and is weak to Darkness while resisting all magic (except Almighty). The party member's ultimate Personas can also gain more skills by leveling up compared to their initial Personas.
In any instance where a scenario continues from the end of the Journey (such as the Answer and the Persona 4 Arena series of games), all surviving members of SEES have their ultimate Personas by default, if applicable.
Character 	Persona 	Prompt 	Resolution
Akihiko Sanada 	Caesar 	Death of Shinjiro Aragaki 	To face everything head-on
Ken Amada 	Kala-Nemi 	Death of Shinjiro Aragaki (and failure to exact revenge)	To live for his mother and Shinjiro
Fuuka Yamagishi 	Juno 	Natsuki Moriyama transferring schools 	To protect those she is connected with
Yukari Takeba 	Isis 	Receiving her father's true message 	To fulfill her father's wishes by fighting against the Dark Hour
Mitsuru Kirijo 	Artemisia 	Death of her father 	To carry on her father's legacy
Junpei Iori 	Trismegistus	Death of Chidori Yoshino and fusion of Hermes and Medea 	To live for Chidori
Aigis 	Athena 	Choosing her own purpose 	To "live" and decide her own fate
Makoto Yuki / Kotone Shiomi	Messiah 	N/A 	N/A
Shinjiro Aragaki (who dies protecting Ken), Koromaru and Metis do not gain ultimate Personas. The protagonist can only obtain their ultimate Persona by fusion upon completion of the Judgement Social Link.
===Persona 4===
The awakened Persona , like in Persona 3, are evolved forms of the initial Personas. Unlike in Persona 3, these Persona are obtained by maxing out the respective party member's Social Link.
Gameplay-wise, awakened Personas nullify whatever element their normal forms were previously resistant to, all the while gaining a resistance towards another element. The only exception to this is the protagonist's ultimate Persona, which resists Physical, Fire, Ice, Electricity, and Wind Skills, though it also loses its previous form's Darkness nullification, being neutral to Light and Darkness.
Character 	Persona 	Requirement
Yu Narukami 	Izanagi-no-Okami	Unlock True Ending*
Yosuke Hanamura	Susano-o 	Max out S.Link Magician
Chie Satonaka 	Suzuka Gongen 	Max out S.Link Chariot
Yukiko Amagi 	Amaterasu 	Max out S.Link Priestess
Kanji Tatsumi 	Dairoku Tenmaou 	Max out S.Link Emperor
Rise Kujikawa 	Kanzeon 	Max out S.Link Lovers
Teddie 	Kamui 	Max out S.Link Star
Naoto Shirogane	Yamato-Takeru 	Max out S.Link Fortune
*The protagonist automatically gains his own ultimate Persona, Izanagi-no-Okami, during the final battle in the True Ending, but it cannot be used in normal gameplay until a certain fusion is performed on a New Game Plus file after obtaining the True Ending.
====Golden====
Persona 4 Golden offers new, third-tier Personas for every character (except for the protagonist, who still gains Izanagi-no-Okami during the final battle in the True Ending and can only be used in normal gameplay upon fusion in New Game Plus). Unlocking these Personas grants the respective Persona a unique ultimate skill. To unlock these ultimate Personas, the protagonist must first max out the corresponding teammate's Social Link, and then speak with them for another Social Link meeting at any point after 1/10 to evolve their Persona further. Most of the third-tier Personas for the Investigation Team are named after extensions of their gods' names (Yosuke and Teddie), alternative readings of their names (Kanji and Rise), or epithets revolving around them (Yukiko and Naoto), with Chie's third tier being wholly untied to her ultimate Persona.
Gameplay-wise, these new ultimate Personas now absorb whatever element their awakened forms had previously been nullified towards, while most of the third tiers promote the resistance their second forms had into a nullification, exceptions being Takeji Zaiten (who now resists Phys) and Yamato Sumeragi (who has no drain affinity, instead repelling Light and Darkness). 
As a result of the party's respective Social Links having unlockable skills as the protagonist progresses through them in Golden, ultimate Personas now gain an evade skill towards the element they are weak against when the Social Link is maxed out, lowering their chances of them being downed, with sole exception to Yamato-Takeru, who doesn't have a exploitable weakness and so learns Invigorate 3 instead. Third-tier Personas also grant each party member's ultimate skill upon awakening.
Character 	Persona 	Ultimate Skill 	Effect
Yu Narukami 	Izanagi-no-Okami 	Myriad Truths 	The word of power that banishes all the world's curses and falsehoods.
Yosuke Hanamura	Takehaya Susano-o	Youthful Wind 	Moderately restores party's HP and raises Hit/Evasion rate for 3 turns.
Chie Satonaka 	Haraedo-no-Okami 	Dragon Hustle 	Increases the party's Attack, Defense, and Hit/Evade.
Yukiko Amagi 	Sumeo-Okami 	Burning Petals 	Deals severe Fire damage to all foes.
Kanji Tatsumi 	Takeji Zaiten 	The Man's Way 	May inflict Down/Dizzy on all foes.
Rise Kujikawa 	Kouzeon 	Complete Analysis	View foe's skills and elemental affinities, even those you have not tried.Overrides Full Analysis
Teddie 	Kamui-Moshiri 	Kamui Miracle 	Anything could happen...
1. All allies and/or all foes' HP and SP fully recovered;
2. All allies and/or all foes downed;
3. All allies and/or all foes inflicted with random status ailment;
4. Nothing.
Naoto Shirogane	Yamato Sumeragi 	Shield of Justice	Shields the party from all damage once.
=== Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth ===
All ultimate Personas from Persona 3 and Persona 4 are revisited in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. When both protagonists reach a Level 55, Margaret will make a request challenging only the protagonists to a fight. When emerging victorious, Margaret notes that a change has occurred within the both of them, with Orpheus transfiguring into Messiah, and Izanagi transfiguring into Izanagi-no-Okami. Margaret states that due to the power of the two Wild Cards coming together and facing a battle to the death, the protagonists will obtain even greater power, and because the Wild Card has extended to their companions, their Personas will be able to evolve as well if their level is at a certain point (Level 55 or higher). Shinjiro and Koromaru ask Margaret if it is possible for their Personas to remain the same so that they can never forget what they have done, or failed to do; Margaret tells them that if they focus on keeping their same Persona, it should be possible for them to stay the same while they gain new power.
On evolution, most Personas gain a new resistance. The two protagonists get the most out of the evolution due to resisting most attacks and shedding a weakness. In addition to new resistances, an ultimate Persona learns a unique skill that fills in the unused 4th slot in their skill set.
Character 	Persona 	Special Skill
P3 hero 	Messiah 	Debilitate
P4 hero 	Izanagi-no-Okami	Heat Riser
Yukari Takeba 	Isis 	Tornado Boost
Junpei Iori 	Trismegistus 	Golden Gemini
Akihiko Sanada 	Caesar 	Conqueror Title
Mitsuru Kirijo 	Artemisia 	Punishment
Aigis 	Pallas Athena 	Aegis Shield
Koromaru 	Cerberus 	Deadly Vanguard
Ken Amada 	Kala-Nemi 	Target Boost
Shinjiro Aragaki	Castor 	Whirlwind Swing
Yosuke Hanamura 	Susano-o 	Death Needle
Chie Satonaka 	Suzuka Gongen 	Furious Fists
Yukiko Amagi 	Amaterasu 	Inferno Boost
Kanji Tatsumi 	Dairoku Tenmaou 	Uprising
Teddie 	Kamui 	Amrita
Naoto Shirogane 	Yamato-Takeru 	Powerhouse
Fuuka Yamagishi 	Juno 	Oracle
Rise Kujikawa 	Kanzeon 	Into the Void
===Persona 5===
The ultimate Personas, like in Persona 4, are evolved forms of the initial Personas gained through maxing out the party member's Confidant relationship. All of the evolved Personas are described as trickster deities in-game.
Gameplay-wise, ultimate Personas nullify whatever element their normal forms were resistant to, all the while gaining a resistance towards another element. They also gain an evade skill towards the element they are weak against, lowering their chances of being downed. The only exception to this is the protagonist's ultimate Persona, which drains Curse and nullifies Bless while being resistant to all other attacks (except Almighty).
Character 	Persona 	Requirement
Ren Amamiya 	Satanael 	Unlock True Ending
Morgana 	Mercurius 	Max out Magician Confidant
Ryuji Sakamoto 	Seiten Taisei	Max out Chariot Confidant
Ann Takamaki 	Hecate 	Max out Lovers Confidant
Yusuke Kitagawa	Kamu Susano-o	Max out Emperor Confidant
Makoto Niijima 	Anat 	Max out Priestess Confidant
Futaba Sakura 	Prometheus 	Max out Hermit Confidant
Haru Okumura 	Astarte 	Max out Empress Confidant
Goro Akechi does have another Persona, Loki, but it is not an ultimate Persona and he summons it when he is no longer a party member, meaning it is not playable.
====Royal====
Persona 5 Royal, like Persona 4 Golden before, offers third-tier Personas. During the awakening process, the character's initial and ultimate Personas fuse together. All third-tier Personas are named after either the original names of the fictional characters their initial Personas represent or the historical basis for the same.
In order to trigger the evolution of any of the party member's third-tier personas bar Morgana, Akechi and Sumire, their confidants must be maxed and the protagonist must be invited to their homes for a talk during specific dates, starting with Ann Takamaki during January 13th. (Morgana's will automatically awaken on January 10th.) During that meeting, they will all apologize for so easily accepting the reality of Takuto Maruki and lament failing to protect the protagonist while he was risking his life for their sake. They then swear to him that they will deal with their grief and move forward, awakening their third tier persona by fusing their initial and ultimates. Triggering a third-tier awakening causes time to pass, as is the case for Confidant events.
Sumire will awaken her third-tier Persona during the day if her Confidant is fully maxed, after thanking the protagonist for his aid, and Akechi, if the conditions for the True Ending have been fulfilled, will awaken to his Persona if the protagonist refuses Maruki's final offer.
Both Akechi and Sumire's third-tier Personas will evolve on February 2nd, but due to the fixed schedule for that day, they can only be viewed and used on February 3rd, where combat is last available. This applies to New Game Plus as well. This means these Personas can only be used in combat in Maruki's Palace, most obviously against the final boss, though the party may still engage in normal enemy encounters and participate in Velvet Room Challenge Battles during this time.
The protagonist's third-tier Persona, Raoul, is only obtainable by purchasing the DLC for it. 
Gameplay-wise, most third tier Personas possess the same defensive abilities as their ultimate Personas. The exceptions are Raoul (who nullifies Curse but is weak to Light), Hereward and Ella (who are respectively granted resistances to Psychokinesis and Nuclear skills, respectively). Third-tier Personas also grant each party member's Ex skill upon awakening.
Character 	Persona 	Ex Skill 	Effect
Ren Amamiya 	
Satanael	Sinful Shell 	A bullet made from the Seven Deadly Sins that can pierce even a god.
Ren Amamiya 	Raoul* 	Phantom Show 	Inflict Sleep (high odds) to all foes.
Morgana 	Diego 	Miracle Rush 	Medium Physical damage to all foes. High critical rate.
Ryuji Sakamoto 	William 	Fighting Spirit 	Multiply party's next Physical attack damage by 2.5.
Ann Takamaki 	Célestine	High Energy 	Multiply party's next Magic attack damage by 2.5.
Yusuke Kitagawa 	Gorokichi	Hyakka Ryouran 	Increase party's Attack, Defense and Agility for 3 turns.
Makoto Niijima 	Agnes 	Checkmate 	Decrease all foes' Attack, Defense and Agility for 3 turns.
Futaba Sakura 	Al Azif 	Ultimate Support	Fully restore HP (including revival if necessary) and cure all ailments of party except for special status.
Haru Okumura 	Lucy 	Life Wall 	Erect a shield on all allies to repel 1 (non-Almighty) attack.
Goro Akechi 	Hereward 	Rebellion Blade 	Colossal Almighty damage to 1 foe. Stronger against downed targets.
Sumire Yoshizawa	Ella 	Masquerade 	Severe physical damage to one foe two times.
*The protagonist's ultimate persona in-game is Satanael, while his third tier persona, Raoul, is DLC exclusive
In Royal, both Akechi and Sumire also receive ultimate Personas. Akechi is a unique case since his is technically an alternate initial Persona, but is treated as an ultimate Persona for the sake of gameplay. Takuto Maruki also gets an ultimate Persona, Adam Kadmon, though he is not playable.
Character 	Persona	Requirement
Goro Akechi 	Loki 	Unlock "True Ending"
Sumire Yoshizawa	Vanadis	Max out Faith Arcana
=== Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth ===
All ultimate Personas from Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5 appear in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth. Special Screenings number 42 through 45 each yield a Sooty Film on completion, which the party brings to Elizabeth to initiate a fight with one of the Velvet Room attendants. When the party completes all four fights, all four protagonists will obtain their ultimate Personas. Everyone else's Personas will be able to evolve as well if they reach level 55; for party members already above that threshold, the evolution takes place the next time they level up. Shinjiro, Koromaru and Akechi are exceptions, and will instead have a powered-up version of their Personas.
On evolution, a character's Persona will gain new resistances. The protagonists stand the most to gain from this evolution, as their ultimate Personas shed most of their weaknesses and resist multiple elements. Akihiko, Ken, Kanji, Naoto, and the P5 cast will upgrade their innate resistance into an immunity; Akechi also loses his weakness to Curse in the process, while Naoto gains a resistance to Fire. Shinjiro and Koromaru will not change their resistances or weaknesses on evolution.
Each character's Persona has a unique skill that isn't learned by anyone else. When their Personas evolve to their ultimate form, that skill will automatically upgrade to a stronger version. If that unique skill was deleted or never learned, the party member can have the upgraded unique skill overwrite any of the Persona's other skills. The Navigators do not learn any new skills on evolution, instead, two of their in-battle support skills will have their costs reduced by 1.
Character 	Persona 	Special Skill
P4 hero 	Izanagi-no-Okami	Protecting Sword
P3 hero 	Orpheus Telos 	Judgment Card
P3 heroine 	Messiah 	Telepathic Bond
P5 hero 	Satanael 	Revolt Vanguard
Morgana 	Mercurius 	Trick Step
Ryuji Sakamoto 	Seiten Taisei 	Revenge Style
Ann Takamaki 	Hecate 	Mistress Lash
Yusuke Kitagawa 	Kamu Susano-o 	Snack Expertise
Makoto Niijima 	Anat 	Unlimiter
Haru Okumura 	Astarte 	Axe Bulwark
Goro Akechi 	Robin Hood 	Detective's Ban
Yosuke Hanamura 	Susano-o 	Kunai Dance
Chie Satonaka 	Suzuka Gongen 	Counter Bash
Yukiko Amagi 	Amaterasu 	Mirage Dance
Kanji Tatsumi 	Rokuten Maou 	Machismo Barrier
Teddie 	Kamui 	Invincible Bod
Naoto Shirogane 	Yamato Takeru 	Cost Reduction
Yukari Takeba 	Isis 	Intercept Fire
Junpei Iori 	Trismegistus 	Called Shot
Akihiko Sanada 	Caesar 	Sonic Rush
Mitsuru Kirijo 	Artemisia 	Empress Pierce
Aigis 	Athena 	Aegis Shielding
Koromaru 	Cerberus 	Paradise Stroll
Ken Amada 	Kala-Nemi 	Great Unity Link
Shinjiro Aragaki	Castor 	Effortless Style
Futaba Sakura 	Prometheus 	Zero Shift
Final Guard
Rise Kujikawa 	Kanzeon 	Encore
True Analysis
Fuuka Yamagishi 	Juno 	Healing Tide
Oracle
==See also==
*Initial Persona
*Prime Persona
*Reverse Persona
*Ancestor Persona
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