Evil Smile

Evil Smile is an Ailment skill.
==Effect==
In Megami Ibunroku Persona, Evil Smile is an enemy-exclusive Energy Drain skill. When used on a foe, it will inflict them with the Paralysis status ailment, and when it hits a foe that's already paralyzed, it'll reduce their level by 1. The foe doesn't need to have been paralyzed by this skill for the level-lowering effect to trigger and multiple levels can be lost in one fight. Not only will the level be reduced, so will the affected character's stats. The game keeps track of which stats each point granted on level up was spent on, and will revert those changes. The skill's affinity is Dark. The Tetraja skill will protect against the level-lowering aspect of this skill.
From Persona 3 onwards, Evil Smile has a chance of inflicting Fear in all enemies. The effects of the ailment vary between games.
Game 	Effect 	Status	Cost
Megami Ibunroku Persona 	Lowers LV + Paralyze (1 human foe) 	- 	-
Persona 3 	Instills Fear in all foes. 	40% 	10 SP
Persona 3 FESPersona 3 Portable	Instills Fear in all foes. 	35% 	10 SP
Persona 4Persona 4 Golden 	Instills Fear in all foes. 	30% 	12 SP
Persona 5Persona 5 Royal 	Inflict Fear (medium odds) to all foes. 	Medium	12 SP
Persona 5 Strikers 	High chance of Fear to a wide area of foes.	High 	10 SP
==Skillset==
===Party Members===
====By leveling up====
Character	Character 	Game 	Level
 	Koromaru 	Persona 3 	50
 	Shinjiro Aragaki	Persona 3Persona 3 FESPersona 3 Portable	39
 	Haru Okumura 	Persona 5 Strikers 	37
====By equipping accessories====
Party members are able to learn Evil Smile by equipping certain accessories:
Game 	Accessory 	Location
Persona 5 Royal	Retail Smile Mask	Tanaka's Shady Commodities
===Personas===
====Persona 3 / FES / Portable====
=====By leveling up=====
Persona 	Arcana 	Arcana 	Arcana 	Level 	Level 	Level
Persona 	P3 	P3F 	P3P 	P3 	P3F 	P3P
Nebiros 	Hermit 	Hermit 	Hermit 	Innate 	Innate 	Innate
Mot 	Death 	Death 	Death 	Innate 	Innate 	Innate
Thanatos 	Death 	Death 	Death 	Innate 	- 	-
Mokoi 	Devil 	Devil 	Devil 	- 	- 	Innate
Vetala 	Devil 	Devil 	Devil 	28 	28 	28
Incubus 	Devil 	Devil 	Devil 	Innate 	Innate 	Innate
Abaddon 	Devil 	Devil 	Devil 	Innate 	Innate 	Innate
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=====With Skill Cards=====
In Persona 3 Portable, the protagonist can use a Skill Card to teach Evil Smile to their Personas. It can only be obtained through certain means:
Persona
Mokoi
====Persona 4 / Golden====
=====By leveling up=====
Persona 	Arcana 	Level 	Level
Persona 	Arcana 	P4 	P4G
Legion 	Fool 	Innate 	Innate
Mot 	Death 	Innate 	Innate
Incubus 	Devil 	Innate 	Innate
Belphegor 	Devil 	Innate 	Innate
Baphomet 	Hunger 	- 	Innate
Niddhoggr 	Aeon 	- 	Innate
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=====With Skill Cards=====
In Persona 4 Golden, the protagonist can use a Skill Card to teach Evil Smile to his Personas. It can only be obtained through certain means:''
Persona	Method
Incubus	Chagall Café
 	
====Persona 5 / Royal====
=====By leveling up=====
Persona 	Arcana 	Arcana 	Level 	Level
Persona 	P5 	P5R 	P5 	P5R
Decarabia 	Fool 	Councillor 	37 	-
Legion 	Fool 	Fool 	- 	Innate
Skadi 	Priestess 	Priestess 	- 	Innate
Fafnir 	Hermit 	Hermit 	- 	Innate
Moloch 	Hanged Man 	Hanged Man 	Innate 	Innate
Macabre 	Hanged Man 	Hanged Man 	- 	Innate
Lilim 	Devil 	Devil 	Innate 	-
Pazuzu 	Devil 	Devil 	46 	48
Beelzebub 	Devil 	Devil 	Innate 	Innate
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=====With Skill Cards=====
The protagonist can use a Skill Card to teach Evil Smile to his Personas. It can only be obtained through certain means:
Persona 	Means 	Games	Games
Persona 	Means 	P5 	P5R
Decarabia	Negotiation 	✔ 	✘
Andras 	Electric Chair Execution(fusion alarm)	✘ 	✔
====Persona 5 Strikers====
=====By leveling up=====
Persona 	Arcana	Level
Black Frost	Fool 	Innate
Lilim 	Devil 	Innate
===Enemies===
====Encounters====
=====Megami Ibunroku Persona=====
Demon 	Order 	Level
Pairika 	Night 	27
Titania 	Fairy 	49
Girimehkala	Jaki 	53
Barbatos 	Fallen	56
Oberon 	Fairy 	57
===Enemies===
====Encounters====
=====Persona 5 / Royal=====
Shadow 	Persona 	Arcana 	Arcana 	Games 	Games
Shadow 	Persona 	P5 	P5R 	P5 	P5R
Quaking Lady of Shadow 	Skadi 	Priestess 	Priestess 	✔ 	✔
Sacrificial Pyrekeeper 	Moloch 	Hanged Man 	Hanged Man 	✔ 	✘
Coffin-borne God 	Mot 	Death 	Death 	✘ 	✔
Abyssal King of Desire 	Abaddon 	Judgement 	Judgement 	✘ 	✔
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==Trivia==
* There was a bug in the Japanese version of Persona 5 Strikers that allowed Evil Smile to ignore the target's Null Fear. This was patched in Ver.1.03.
==References==
Category:Dark Skills
Category:Ailment Skills
Category:Persona Skills
Category:Persona 3 Skills
Category:Persona 4 Skills
Category:Persona 5 Skills
Category:Persona 5 Strikers Skills