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Persona 5: The Phantom X (P5X)

How to Increase Damage

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Persona 5 Phantom X How to Increase Damage

Increasing damage in Persona 5: The Phantom X (P5X) will allow players to take on difficult content in the endgame. Learn how to increase damage and see the contents that requires high damage in this guide!

How to Increase Damage

How to Increase Damage






Train and Acquire Better Personas

P5X - Wonder can equip different Personas

You must obtain better Personas and train them to increase your stats, which will also increase the damage you can inflict in battle. You can farm Personas and their upgrade materials from the Realm of Repression!

Persona Tier List: Best Personas for Wonder

Upgrade Your Characters

Battle Enemies
Upgrading your characters will allow them to deal more damage in battle. Increase their level and skills until you hit the limit to reach their highest potential in the game.

Leveling Guide: How to Level Up Fast

Equip Better Weapons

Persona 5 Phantom X - Weapon Selection

You can equip better weapons for your characters, including Wonder, to increase their attack and amplify their damage further. You can get new weapons from the Airsoft Shop and Weapon Banner.

List of Weapons

Upgrade Wonder Skills

Persona 5 Phantom X -  Skill Tree
It's best to always upgrade Wonder's Skills once they become available. This will ensure that Wonder doesn't fall behind in terms of damage. You can get the materials for upgrading Wonder's Skills by putting new Personas in the Compendium and completing Velvet Trial levels.

Schema Guide: Best Skills for Wonder

Cook and Eat Food

Persona 5 Phantom X - Food Buffs
You can cook and eat food to increase your damage in battle. Specifically, it's best to make and eat the Sweet Kinako Mochi as it can increase your attack power.

Cooking Guide: Best Food Recipes

Unlock Thieves' Den Buffs

Persona 5 Phantom X - Thieves Den

You can unlock tons of damage buffs inside the Thieves' Den. Earn P Medals and unlock those buffs to increase your damage every time you enter a battle.

Use Skills to Apply Buffs

Apply Buffs

You can use skills to apply buffs to your characters to increase their damage during battle. Most of the buffs can be acquired from Assist Characters, but some characters may also apply them.

You can also apply debuffs that can decrease the defense of the enemies to increase your damage.

Explot Enemies' Weaknesses

Weakness
You can increase the damage of your characters in battle if they hit the enemies' weak spots. They will be able to do 1 More and All-Out Attacks when they knock down the enemies in battle.

Make sure to check their weaknesses before and during the fight to prepare your best Characters and Personas.
Combat Guide: Attributes and Affinities

Content that Requires High Damage

Palaces

P5 Phantom X - Confronting the First Palace Boss
Palaces will require you to have better stats and damage when you reach the late game. It will be hard for you to progress in the palaces if you characters' damage are lacking, especially against bosses.
List of All Palaces

Velvet Trials

Persona 5 Phantom X - Velvet Trials
Velvet Trials converts your damage into points, which helps with clearing the objectives. Higher levels in Velvet Trials will also require you to have high damage as the enemies' HP will increase exponentially.

Nightmare Gateway

Persona 5 Phantom X - Nightmare

Nightmare Gateway is a Guild content where you need to accumulate enough points and rank well to get rewards. You can get points if you do tons of damage on the raid boss.
Nightmare's Gateway Guide

Mementos

Mementos Enigma

Mementos have strong bosses that will require you to have high damage to defeat them. Retreat and give your team some training before heading back into Mementos if you're lacking in damage.

Persona 5: The Phantom X Related Guides

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Beginner's Guide

Game Mechanics

How to Reroll Leveling Guide: How to Level Up Fast
Social Stats Guide: How to Max Stats Fast Stamina Guide: How to Restore Stamina
Pity Explained: Banner Pity Rates Dating Guide: Is There Romance?
Schema Guide: Best Skills for Wonder Daily Tasks
How to Link Your Account and its Benefits Fusion Guide: How Does Fusion Work?
How to Get Action Points Multiplayer Guide: Is There Co-op?
Guild Guide: How to Join Companio and Benefits How to Edit Profile
Friend System: Friendship Points Explained How to Use Third Eye
Realm of Repression Guide: What to Prioritize? Metro of Desire Event: Content and Duration
Stats Guide How Does Fast Forward Work?
How to Use Items How to Save
Best PC Settings and Keyboard Bindings Workbench Guide
Mindscape Guide Trial of Thorns Guide
Tasks Guide S-Level Guide

Combat Guides

How to Change Turn Order How to Build Up Highlight
How to Guard and Increase Defense Combat Guide: Attributes and Affinities
How to Perform All-Out Attacks How to Increase Damage
How to Increase Damage Status Effects Guide
Assist System: How to Do One More -

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Activities Guide: How Does the Calendar Work? Shichi-kun Quiz Answers and Rewards
How to Read Books Cooking Guide: Best Food Recipes
Fortune Telling Guide: Effects and Schedule -

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Batting Cage Guide: How to Hit A Home Run Soccer Club Guide
Music Club Guide Fishing Guide
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Currency Guides

Battle Pass Guide: Should You Buy The Pass? Lufel's Business Plan Guide and Rewards
Daily Login Guide: Events and Rewards Money Guide: How to Get Yen Fast
How to Get Konpaku Gems All Free Items

FAQs

How to Get Preregistration Rewards What is the Protagonist's Name?
Is There Controller Support? Daily Reset Timer: When Do Dailies Reset?
Do Choices Matter? P5X vs. P5R: Story and Combat Differences
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