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Persona 5: The Phantom X (P5X)

How to Get Shiva Skills, Stats, Weaknesses, and Resistances

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Shiva is a Saboteur Persona with the Psychic Affinity from Persona 5: The Phantom X. This guide provides an overview of the stats, skills, passive abilities, including how to get Shiva.

Shiva Basic Information

Overview

Preview Shiva Details
Shiva
Rarity ★★★★★
Affinity
Rank
Job/Role

Passive Ability

Karmic Alteration
Increase Atk 29.1%. Gain Wisdom at start of each turn (max 3). Activate even in reserve. Based on number of Wisdom spent, apply the following: 1: Increase this skill's Psy dmg 22%. 2: Decrease foe's Def 30% (1 turn). 3: Increase target's Psy crit taken rate 12% (1 turn).

How to Get Shiva

Acquired through Repression Medal Exchange

Repression-Medals-Exchange

Persona Seal Cost
Shiva's Seal
Repression Medal IV 400

How to Get
Repression Medal IRepression Medal I Floor I, II, III of Realm of Repression
Repression Medal IIRepression Medal II Obtainable after attempting all Persona dungeons
Repression Medal IIIRepression Medal III Floor VI, VII of Realm of Repression
Repression Medal IVRepression Medal IV Obtained from playing events such as Trials from the Sea of Souls

You can also acquire Shiva in the form its seal through the Challenge Rewards Exchange, provided that you've already obtained the Persona beforehand. Different Medals are used to exchange for different Persona seals depending on their rank. You can use these seals for fusions at the Velvet Room.

Persona Seal Cost
Pixie's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Jack-o'-Lantern's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Nigi Mitama's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Suzaku's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Nekomata's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Orobas's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Sudama's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Shiisa's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
High Pixie's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Makami's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Kushi Mitama's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Inugami's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Ippon-Datara's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Onmoraki's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Kodama's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Koppa Tengu's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Mandrake's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Agathion's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Bicorn's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Kelpie's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Saki Mitama's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Mokoi's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Koropokguru's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Andras's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Slime's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Hua Po's Seal
Repression Medal I 30
Apsaras's Seal
Repression Medal I 50
Thoth's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Mithras's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Kaiwan's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Mothman's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Phoenix's Seal
Repression Medal II 200
Pazuzu's Seal
Repression Medal II 625
Kushinada's Seal
Repression Medal II 625
Bugs's Seal
Repression Medal II 625
Kumbhanda's Seal
Repression Medal II 625
Dakini's Seal
Repression Medal II 625
Hecatoncheires's Seal
Repression Medal II 500
Girimehkala's Seal
Repression Medal II 500
Ara Mitama's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Jatayu's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Succubus's Seal
Repression Medal II 100
Obariyon's Seal
Repression Medal II 100
Angel's Seal
Repression Medal II 150
Matador's Seal
Repression Medal II 150
Fuu-Ki's Seal
Repression Medal II 160
Clotho's Seal
Repression Medal II 160
Black Ooze's Seal
Repression Medal II 160
Kin-Ki's Seal
Repression Medal II 200
Anzu's Seal
Repression Medal II 200
Zouchouten's Seal
Repression Medal II 250
Quetzalcoatl's Seal
Repression Medal III 3000
Oberon's Seal
Repression Medal III 4250
Cerberus's Seal
Repression Medal III 1000
Dionysus's Seal
Repression Medal III 4250
Nebiros's Seal
Repression Medal III 4250
Surt's Seal
Repression Medal III 750
Barong's Seal
Repression Medal III 750
Raja Naga's Seal
Repression Medal III 750
Black Rider's Seal
Repression Medal III 1000
Bishamonten's Seal
Repression Medal IV 300
King Frost's Seal
Repression Medal IV 300
Melchizedek's Seal
Repression Medal IV 200
Lilith's Seal
Repression Medal IV 300
Chernobog's Seal
Repression Medal IV 300
Yoshitsune's Seal
Repression Medal IV 400
Sandalphon's Seal
Repression Medal IV 400
Vishnu's Seal
Repression Medal IV 400

Shiva Skills

Inheritable Skills

Inherit? Skill Cost Tags
Dance of DestructionDance of Destruction 24 SP Psychokinesis / Multi-Target
Effect: Deal Psychokinesis damage to all foes equal to 100.0% of Attack. Spend all Wisdom stacks to activate Karmic Alteration effects.
Thief TacticsThief Tactics - Psychokinesis / Multi-Target
Effect: Deal 90.0% Atk Psy dmg to all foes and increase their dmg taken by 19.6% for 2 turns.
1 More: Deal Psychokinesis damage to 1 foe
Psy Boost IIIPsy Boost III - None
Effect: Increase Psychokinesis damage by 8.7%.
PsiodynePsiodyne 21 SP Psychokinesis / Single-Target
Effect: Deal Psy damage to 1 foe equal to 101.0% of Attack. Deal a Technical and increase damage by 45% for foes with a spiritual ailment.
MatarukajaMatarukaja 22 SP Buff
Effect: Increase party's Attack by 8.2%. For every 500 of the user's Attack, increase party's Attack by 0.7% more, up to 5.4%. Lasts for 3 turns.
Psycho BlastPsycho Blast 22 SP Psychokinesis / Multi-Target
Effect: Deal Psy damage to all foes equal to 59.6% of Attack. Deal a Technical and increase damage by 50% for foes with a spiritual ailment.

Some skills can be inherited when you use a Persona's Seal to train another Persona in the Velvet Room.

Skill Inheritance Restrictions

Persona of a certain affinity cannot inherit skills of a certain affinity, often times it is the natural opposite of its innate affinity.

Persona Affinity Skill Inheritance Restrictions
Cannot Inherit Gun, Fire, Ice, Wind, Electric, Psychokinesis, Nuclear, Bless, Curse Skills.
Cannot Inherit Physical Skills
Cannot Inherit Ice Skills
Cannot Inherit Fire Skills
Cannot Inherit Electric Skills
Cannot Inherit Wind Skills
Cannot Inherit Nuclear Skills
Cannot Inherit Psychic Skills
Cannot Inherit Physical and Curse Skills
Cannot Inherit Physical, Bless, and Recovery Skills

Shiva Base Stats

Base Level Stats

HP Attack Defense
267 74 33

Skill Web Rankings

Single-Target Damage A Multi-Target Damage B
Status Ailments S Support B
Constitution C Recovery D

Shiva Resistances and Weaknesses

Physical IconPhysical GunIconGun Fire IconFire Ice IconIce ElectricityIconElec
- - -
Wind IconWind Psychic IconPsychic Nuclear IconNuclear Bless IconBless Curse IconCurse
-

◯ = Weakness | △ = Resists

Most Personas will have a neutral resistance to an element; however, some elements will be more effective than others. This table shows the weaknesses and resistances of Shiva.

Persona 5: The Phantom X Related Guides

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List of All Persona

Personas by Affinity

PhysicalPhysical GunGun FireFire IceIce WindWind
ElectricElectric PsychicPsychic NukeNuclear BlessBless CurseCurse
Almighty IconAlmighty

Personas by Role

AssassinAssassin MedicMedic SweeperSweeper
StrategistStrategist SaboteurSaboteur GuardianGuardian

Personas by Rank

Rank I Rank II Rank III Rank IV
Rank V Rank VI Rank VII Rank VIII

All Psychic Personas

DionysusDionysus HecatoncheiresHecatoncheires KaiwanKaiwan
KohryuKohryu Leanan SidheLeanan Sidhe MatadorMatador
Neko ShogunNeko Shogun OkuninushiOkuninushi ParvatiParvati
Red RiderRed Rider ShivaShiva

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