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The last door guardian boss Shadow fight you’ll encounter is against Neo Minotaur and its support Shadow Rebellious Cyclops as you near the endgame content of thePersona 3 Reload: Episode AigisDLC story. There are only two of them, but they deal conflicting damage types, and they hit pretty hard.
Good Electric damage is essential to gaining the upper hand in the Neo Minotaur and Rebellious Cyclops fight in Episode Aigis, since not many other kinds of damage are all that effective here. Akihiko and Ken both have a last chance to shine in this final boss Shadow fight!
Rebellious Cyclops And Neo Minotaur Affinities And Attacks
Since you’ll be dealing with both physical and magic damage in the fight against Neo Minotaur and Rebellious Cyclops in Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis, you’d do well to have access to healing magic, since you’re definitely going to take some damage in this fight.
Affinities and Weaknesses
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Attacks and Skills
Bufudyne
Heavy Ice damage to one foe, with a chance to Freeze.
Mabufudyne
Heavy Ice damage to all foes, with a chance to Freeze.
Diamond Dust
Severe Ice damage to one foe, with a high chance to Freeze.
The next magic attack deals more than double damage.
Invigorate
Heals a good amount of HP on each turn taken in battle.
Neuro-Slash
Medium Slash damage to all foes, with a chance to inflict Confuse.
Charge
The next physical attack deals more than double damage.
You’d definitely be wise to come with everyone’s Theurgy gauges charged for this battle, especially if you’re bringing our recommended team! Akihiko can deal great Electric damage and has a high chance of inflicting Shock, Yukari can either attack or bolster the team’s magic attacks with Tranquility, and Ken’s Divine Intervention is critical for reviving fallen teammates and supporting the team.
How To Beat Neo Minotaur And Rebellious Cyclops
The caveat with Neo Minotaur is not only its limited ability to take damage, but that it hassevere single-target Fire and Ice magicmoveswith Inferno and Diamond Dust, respectively. Depending on the fusions you’ve been making so far in the Velvet Room, you may not even have these moves yet yourself, but you’ll need to deal with them all the same.Give Aigis a Persona resistant to one or both of these elementsto keep her safe during the battle.
When it comes to the support Shadow in the Neo Minotaur fight,Rebellious Cyclops deals impressive physical damage, so you’d do well to be able to either evade or counter this back at the Shadow to land some free chip damage instead of taking a hefty hit. This means you’ll need tohandle heavy and severe-level attacks, both physicalandmagical, so come prepared to heal!
An annoying feature you’ll come across in this Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis boss fight is thatNeo-Minotaur has an Invigorate skill, which heals it a considerable amount after every turn it takes in battle. This pauses when it’s impacted by a status ailment like Shock, which makes your ability todeal Electric damageeven more critical in this fight.
Thankfully, Ken scratches the need for both Electrical damage and healing, so he’s all but essential to the fight. Since you’re not dealing a lot of physical damage during this battle, you may safelykeep Ken on offense unless he has to heal the team, since Kala-Nemi is outputting some pretty good Electrical damage. This allows Akihiko to effortlessly switch between dealing stronger Electric damage and buffing the team’s evasion and accuracy (boosting his Theurgy gauge in the process).
If you’ve got the team healed, buffed, and ready to attack, it’s a good time touse Yukari’s support Theurgy skill, Tranquility, during this fight. She’ll be able toboost the next magic attack of everyone on the team, so if Akihiko, Ken, and Aigis are all squared away to deal some heavy Electric damage on their next turns, boosting their magic attack power is a quick way to end the fight against these tricky Shadows.
Rewards For Defeating Neo Minotaur In Episode Aigis
Finally, your final door guardian boss Shadow fight in Episode Aigis! You’ve still gotplenty of game left to playyet, but there are a few rewards to grab before moving onto the endgame fights. Like the last battle, you’llneed to have collectedsix total Twilight Fragmentsin order to open both of the reward chests, which contain:
Additionally, you’re receiving your finalMajor Arcana cardwith theHanged Man Major Arcana Cardentering your Shuffle Time deck after this fight. It allows you to gain one Incense, chosen at random, which is an immediate way to bolster one Persona’s stats without any extra work. It’s good for powering up Personas that are good but not great, as well as for doubling down on an already powerful stat.
