The Persona Party Members Tier List

In this quick video I rank all the playable Persona character in a tierlist based on how useful and effective they are in battle. This video includes every playable character from all mainline Persona games, but no characters from spinoffs.

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[ragnarok-]

Like how nyarly feels bad sending a dog into battle but okay with sending a 10 year old into battle. Out of context it sounds hilarious

[TheBenjamin]

Ryuji in C is absolutely insane. He’s hands down the best physical attacker in P5. I mean, party wide charge alone should be enough to bump to B even if he belongs in A.

[patricklodge]

Yukiko has always been on my parry because she's simply the best character. She's so useful in every dungeon because she either hits weaknesses and heals or hits hard

[Dinomight]

Honestly feel like Yukiko should be S tier, that girl is a god and never left my party once 😂

[Takeshi_Fujiwara]

Kasumi and Akechi being so good but extremely limited in availability is the prime reason I wanted Royal on PC, so we could mod them into the party early. I wish they were playable in Strikers; didn't need our expect any story for them, I just wanted to use them.

[SoulBro]

Michel is a instant S Tier for me due to how sick his weapon and singing

[aisadal]

Honestly, Masao/Mark will always be my #1 favorite party member, if only because A, he was a fun character, and, B, his iconic catchphrase has stuck with me long after finishing Persona 1 PSP 🥰

_"Let's get funky!!!"_

[brappycap]

I cannot get down with ryuji in C. With agility buffs I've never had a problem with him missing and yusuke lacking power charge gives him a lower damage output. Plus shock in P5 is really broken, once you inflict it you've essentially won the battle since you can just keep getting crits back to back and spamming all out attacks

[urameshitrev]

I guess to give Haru some Credit, she learns the Karn skills (Her Ultimate Skill applying Both at once), the Gun & Psy Boost / Amps, She learns One-Shot Kill so you could in theory make her a crit spammer strength user or a Mage who deals tech damage with ailments.

Also yes, I agree, Koromaru is too precious to put on the Field.

[ShioSatou]

Ryuji in C?!?! I'd argue he's by far the best party member in the game, honestly. In a game dominated by physical skills over magic, he is by far the best physical attacker at late game, having both the best single target and the best multi-target physical skills of any party member. His trait is also capable of buffing not only himself but his allies' physical skills, making him strictly optimal for any physical-based party composition. His magic isn't even all that bad either, considering that his ultimate weapon gives Elec Boost by default without wasting a skill and he actually innately learns shock boost for ailment technical, while Yusuke doesn't learn freeze boost. All of this on top of his extremely good stats and his third awakening persona literally learning party-wide charge makes him without a doubt the best character in the game in my opinion.

Accuracy also really isn't a problem in P5 because player advantage is generally so high and skills don't even have low accuracy rates for the most party, with Sukukaja and auto-masuku always being an option for you anyhow.

[MinusBros]

One thing I found really cool about Tatsuya is that if you have a save file of Innocent Sin on your PSP, his stats from the endgame of IS carry over to Eternal Punishment, so my Tatsuya had 99 dexterity the moment I got him. Pretty cool touch if you ask me.

[Mk]

Ted is not A tier because he's strong. He is because he has so many buffs/debuffs that he allows MC to act more freely instead of using his turn to cast them himself.

[Scorpionspear]

I will say that using Koromaru and Ken together is a good combination- they cover four elements (six if you count the two physical methods they can hit- slash for Koro and pierce for Ken), both are pretty quick, and they both have a lot of power behind those attacks. Give them a Marakukaja to patch up their defense and they can work well with pretty much anyone else.

[luxraygaming]

Ryuji in C tier should be considered a warcrime, same with Haru. Ryuji has the best physical damage in the game, access to Matarukaja without Jazz Club, and gets a party wide Charge in the third semester. As for Haru, you can choose if you want her to specialize in Gun or Psychic damage, and Life Wall in third semester is insanely strong too. They're B tier at worst IMO, but they're my go to boss killers.

Edit: I don't mean for this to sound aggressive or anything, I just don't personally see them being as bad as you say they are.

[srg]

The Lisa/Ginko thing is a pun. Her last name is Silverman and silver in Japanese is Gin. The "ko" part I'm less sure of other than its a common girl name ending and depending on the kanji could mean "child" making her Silverchild instead of Silverman.

[markpaloma]

This is going to ignite every Persona page, group and i am all for it.

[marijnlastname]

Yukiko definitely deserves an S tier. She is definitely the most valuable party member in persona 4. Her healing is good but what really sets her apart in my experience is her sheer nuking potential. Kanji and naoto are good, but I think yukiko is definitely a step above them. Teddie deserves an A tier too, he's definitely just as useful as kanji

[ninenineninenine]

Mark is actually one of the better magical nukes believe it or not. There's a chariot persona early on that learns Megido and if you give it to Mark (which you should because it's his specialty) he's stronger than a dex maxed MC.

[Matthew-jbcc]

I remember going through P5 mostly with Yusuke and Ryuji. Since Yusuke gains Sukukaja he raises accuracy for the party. Then I just freeze or shock enemies and send them to oblivion with their high Phys skills and technicals. Makoto was also there mainly for support. Akechi was like three turned by a God Hand crit from Ryuji which was really funny.

[GranMaj]

Akihiko on B tier is criminal. I pretty much perma slot him through the game. You can't deny his range of utility especially if you are on first playthrough or if it is your firat persona game. Because he specialize in one of the core mechanic of megaten game, debuff.