Persona 5 Royal - Top Skills Damage Comparison

Comparing the 3 best damage-dealing skills in P5R: Izanagi-no-Okami's Myriad Truths, Yoshitsune's Hassou Tobi and Kaguya's Shining Arrows. Expand the description for more info on the damage cap and how other Personas might stack up.


- What is the whole damage cap thing about?

In P5 and P5R, there is a 100% damage cap for boosting skills. If you have Boost+Amp+Magic Ability, you would expect to have 2.34x damage (1.25*1.5*1.25). However, boosts are capped at 100%, so those 3 skills at most would give you a 2x multiplier.

- Do traits exceed the damage cap?

Yes, they normally do. However, it has been found that Pagan Allure, Satanael's original trait, that strengthens magic attacks by 50%, does NOT exceed the cap. So if you already have Boost+Amp+Magic Ability, you will not see extra damage from Pagan Allure. However, Mighty Gaze can exceed the cap, so that is why it is on Kaguya. See YouTuber Sodium Cat's video, Mighty Gaze vs Pagan Allure, for evidence on this:    • Mighty Gaze or Pagan Allure: The Dama...  .

- If Shining Arrows does 4-8x light damage and gets the benefit of the Boost+Amp+Magic Ability, how is it not stronger than Hassou Tobi, 8x light damage, which does not get any boosting passives?

It's important to know that "light" is just a subcategory for how much a skill does, not all skills that do light damage are equal. It's the same way with Colossal skills like God's Hand, Brave Blade and Sword Dance, they all do slightly different damage. So 1 "light" hit of Hassou Tobi is stronger than 1 "light" hit of Shining Arrows. That's why Hassou Tobi is still a bit stronger overall.

- Who's the best damage-dealing Persona after this?

Satanael with either Black Viper, God's Hand or Riot Gun, because of his unique skill Tyrant's Mind. I don't have Satanael's stats at 99 yet, but approximately, with all relevant traits/boosts:
Myriad Truths would do ~2.6x more than Riot Gun Satanael
Hassou Tobi would do ~1.3x more than Riot Gun Satanael
Shining Arrows would do ~1.15x more than Riot Gun Satanael

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