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When it comes to spin-off titles likePersona 5 Tactica, the tactics-based game that uses the beloved Phantom Thieves fromPersona 5, there’s quite a lot to live up to. In carrying on a name as prestigious as Persona, Tactica had its work cut out, and while the differences between the games is enjoyable, they left us with some questions.
Whether you’ve got questions about difficulty settings, DLC content, game mechanics, or skill unlocks, we’ve definitely got the answer for you in our Persona 5 Tactica FAQ guide. Use these pointers to assemble better parties and have fun kicking ass!
Is There NG+, And What Carries Over If So?
Afterdefeating Salmaelin your final showdown and watching theemotional end-game scenesfor Persona 5 Tactica, so long as yousave your Cleared datain its own save file, you can access New Game Plus whenever you’d like!
To do so, simplyload your Cleared save, and you’ll begin Persona 5 Tactica over from the very start of the game.
However, several things from your finished first run will carry over into your New Game Plus, such as:
If you’re interested in playing the game back through again, starting in the DLC, or just going back to sweep up any missed goals orPersonas from your first run, NG+ in Persona 5 Tactica is the fastest way to get them.
Can You Change The Difficulty?
Unlike in Persona 5, where you were relatively set on your difficulty if you chose anything other than the easiest option,you can change the difficulty throughout Persona 5 Tacticaif you find you’ve chosen the wrong one at the start.
Are you having too tough a time kicking the ass you need to before you can reach the next stage? Or, inversely, are you a way better fighter than you remembered and the Legionnaires are proving too easy? Justswitch your difficulty from the menu at the Hideoutat any time throughout the story’s campaign.
The five difficulty levels are:
There’s no prize for finishing the game on any specific difficulty, so don’t be afraid to play with which setting works best for you!
Higher-level difficulties typically requiremuchmore careful Sub-Persona, Skill Tree, and party formation planning, so it may be best to save this difficulty setting for once you’re comfortable with the game’s mechanics.
What Is The DLC For Persona 5 Tactica?
You’ll see it directly on the game’s load screen when you first launch Persona 5 Tactica, but Atlus released a few batches oflaunch day DLCfor the game.
The most major one,Repaint Your Heart, is anentire story arcthat seesAkechi and Kasumiboth rejoin the group, and you’re able to add them to yourparty setupsin the normal game after defeating their DLC.
Should you beat the Repaint Your Heart DLC before the main Persona 5 Tactica campaign, you canuse Akechi and Kasumi in your partylike normal, but they’ll be notedly absent from any group conversations at the Hideout.
Team up with your Persona 5 Royal characters once again to clear additional challenge stages with tougher, stricter completion metrics and confront a new boss in this colorful DLC pack.
Additionally, outside the Repaint Your Heart DLC, there are also DLC packs forPicaro-level Personas from the protagonists of other Persona titles, special weaponry, and more for an additional cost.
When Should You Play The DLC?
The Repaint Your Heart DLC is technically aprequel to the main storyof Persona 5 Tactica, but with how involved the gameplay can be, it may be better towait until you have the mechanics of the gamedown comfortably.
When you first begin the Repaint Your Heart DLC content, there’s not much in the way of tutorial - youfight often and earlyin the DLC, so it’s for the best that youcome prepared with tactical battle knowledge and an understanding of the game’s mechanics.
There’s no technical “right” time to begin playing the DLC, but we’d advise at least getting through the first Kingdom.
This way, you have a full grasp on the game’s core mechanics and won’t be surprised by any of the challenging bonus battles ahead in the DLC.
How Many Kingdoms Are In P5T?
Instead of palaces as dungeonsin Persona 5 Tactica, you and the Phantom Thieves will be battling your way throughKingdoms. Throughout the story,each major boss has their own Kingdom.
With four main bosses, you’ll come across:
In all, within thefour major Kingdomsin Persona 5 Tactica, you’ll need to get through52 Missionsof fierce battle and ass-kicking to reach the end of the game.
Finishing every quest in each Kingdom allows the fusion of special Personas inaccessible without 100 percenting each Kingdom, so if you’re going for Compendium completion, be sure to get to questing!
Why Are The Phantom Thieves Glowing On The Party Select Screen?
When you go to switch active party members between missions, you’ll notice that any Phantom Thieves you didn’t use in the last battle before this have a light blue outline around their character portrait on the party select screen.
This means that those party members are inPeak Condition, which they reach any time theyweren’t used in the fight beforethe one you’re about to bring them into.
When a character has reached Peak Condition, it means they’ll perform a bit better in their next battle withhigher max HP and SP than they normally havein battle.
You can still use party members more than once in a row even when they’re not in Peak Condition, but their stats will be as normal instead of the boost received from Peak Condition.
How Is Persona 5 Tactica Different From Persona 5?
There are plenty of differences between Persona 5 Tactica and the regular Persona 5. For instance, in the regular game, you’ve got a full party of four once you’ve got access to enough Phantom Thieves, but in Tactica, outside when Toshiro joins forces with you, you’ve only gotthree party membersto work with.
And it ties in directly to the biggest change between games - in P5T, you truly do need tofight more tactfullythan in the regular Persona games. Additionally, that fightdoesn’t need to include Jokerthis time, either.
Where you may simply charge into battle and use careful affinity knowledge to knock out shadows in P5, Tactica requires that you sort out things likeCover, removing enemiesfromCover, usingOne MoreAttacksto move across the board again, and more.
Thankfully, an added change in Persona 5 Tactica that makes this all a bit easier, though, is thateveryone can equip one extra Persona, but just be aware thatPersonas work a bit differentlyin P5T.
Each Persona hasone unique skill, and each can receive a secondary skillpassed down from a parent Personaupon fusion.
Sub-Personasonly ever have two skills max, but these can be anything frompassive abilitiesthat boost your fighting game,healing or support skillsyour Thieves don’t normally have, or bonusattack skillsthat call ondifferent affinities.
Is There Romance In Persona 5 Tactica?
Unlike Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal which feature full Confidant arcs with every character Joker meets during his year in Tokyo, P5T hasno romance or friendship mechanicto worry about.
Gone are the slice-of-life segments you got to enjoy between palaces in P5R. While you can stilltalk to the party at the Hideout to gain additional informationabout the task ahead, there are no individual relationship metrics in Persona 5 Tactica.
How Do You Unlock The Last Skill?
Throughout Persona 5 Tactica, when you’re unloading your GP into the precious skills in your Skill Tree that make battling that much easier, you’ll notice thateach Phantom Thief has a locked skillat the bottom of their Skill Tree.
These fall into theirunique Persona’s attacksin the left column, all the way at the bottom under the single and multi-target variants of their elemental affinity attacks.
You’ll need tounlock these final skills manually, and they’re completely possible to miss if you’re not doing the game’s optional Quests along the way.
Once you’ve reached theSalmael Kingdomtoward the end of the game,open the Quest menu from the Hideout, and Lavenza will tell Joker about thethree special trialsshe prepared for each of the Thieves to truly test their might.
These challenges all haveset party membersyou’ll need to use, but finishing each trial unlocks the final skill in the Skill Tree for each of the Phantom Thieves in Persona 5 Tactica.
These will always besevere-level attacks that use the affinity that Thief has used throughout the game, and they typically impact a relatively large area.
Unlocking these skills before your final fight with Salmael can help make the lengthy battle sail by a little faster.
How Do You Reset A Skill Tree?
If you’re having second thoughts about how you’ve built up one of your Phantom Thieves, don’t worry - you canreset anyone’sSkill Treeat any timeand rebuild it again as you see fit.
Whenlooking at one character’s Skill Tree, you’ll see a handful of button options at the bottom of your screen, and one of them willwipe the Skill Tree entirelyand revert it to a fresh slate.
From here, you can either rebuild the Skill Tree manually in accordance with what you need (sometimes movement is valued over outright strength in these Missions!), or opt to let the gameautofill the Skill Tree for you.
This option tends to distribute your GP relatively evenly, with some poured into almost every column and very seldomly fully powering any one attack or ability.
If you’re committed to max power, it may be for the best if you build your Skill Trees manually to offset the balance of the autofill.
