Can You Beat Persona 4 Golden Without Using Skills?

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Persona 4 Golden challenge run completed, facing various difficulties with strategic item use and gameplay adjustments to overcome boss battles and progress through the storyline, culminating in a successful defeat of Izanami to finish the game. The epilogue reflects on characters' futures and the overall experience, encouraging future challenges of a similar nature.

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  • Persona 4 Golden was initially exclusive to PlayStation Vita but was later released on Steam in 2020.
  • The challenge of beating Persona 4 Golden without using any skills involves strategic item use, temporary difficulty adjustments, and careful planning to overcome obstacles.
  • Progressing through the game requires a focus on social links, strategic persona fusion, and effective item management to prepare for challenging boss battles and navigate the evolving storyline.

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  • How was Persona 4 Golden initially released?

    Exclusive to PlayStation Vita, later on Steam.

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Summary

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Persona 4 Golden: Skillless Challenge on Steam

  • Persona 4 Golden was initially exclusive to PlayStation Vita but was later released on Steam in 2020.
  • The challenge is to beat Persona 4 Golden without using any skills, limiting actions to attack, guard, persona, and item commands.
  • Rules include no skill usage, achieving the true golden ending, playing on hard difficulty, and no new game plus.
  • The challenge begins with naming the main character "Mike Tyson" and progresses through initial encounters and cutscenes.
  • The first major battle against Shadow Yosuke proves difficult due to the ban on skills, requiring strategic item use.
  • The challenge necessitates a temporary difficulty reduction to normal for the Shadow Yosuke fight due to its extreme difficulty.
  • After defeating Shadow Yosuke, the party progresses through the game, engaging in social links and preparing for the next dungeon.
  • The party faces Shadow Chie and Shadow Yukiko, utilizing elemental items and grinding to overcome challenges.
  • Manipulating fixed floors for guaranteed golden hand encounters aids in leveling up the main character before the first boss fight.
  • The boss fight against Shadow Yukiko involves strategic item use, exploiting weaknesses, and careful planning to emerge victorious.

14:57

Navigating Bathhouse: Loot, Bosses, and Strategies

  • Obtained over 40 life stones and 13 smart bombs, making the bathhouse more manageable.
  • Attempted the optional boss on the top floor, not weak to elemental damage.
  • Single target attacks were effective, but rampage attack was challenging.
  • Decided not to pursue the optional boss due to minimal rewards.
  • Restarted from floor 1 in the bathhouse to collect more loot.
  • Manipulated golden hands on floor 7 for extra levels and money.
  • Used smart bombs to defeat golden hands efficiently.
  • Prepared for mid-dungeon boss, who was manageable with strategic revival beads.
  • Explored the Velvet Room for a new persona, Cetanta, immune to electricity.
  • Fought Shadow Kanji, focusing on eliminating his companions first to weaken him.

30:27

Persona Fusion Strategy for Shadow Mitsuo Battle

  • Fused Narasimha in the Velvet Room at level 53, learning Autumn Mataruka, a skill card on this persona, by using the tattoo with Audemars Kukasha.
  • Narasimha is ideal for pre-buffing during random encounters due to the challenge of transferring many skills to the main persona.
  • Used Narasimha to fuse Kingo later, which possesses Automatic Kukasha, the last remaining AOE autobuff skill.
  • Skill cards for these skills cost eighty thousand each when purchased from Marie's.
  • Explored the Void Quest, finding it easier to farm enemies compared to the strip club due to fewer physical attack resistances.
  • Before facing the mid-dungeon boss on floor 7, returned to the Velvet Room to perform the first multi-fusion and obtain Tamlin.
  • Tamlin, a physical-oriented persona with no elemental weakness, was a suitable upgrade from Hanuman, offering desired stats and skills.
  • Battled the mid-dungeon boss, Killing Hand, focusing on eliminating the Almighty Hand quickly to prevent healing and utilizing ice attacks effectively.
  • Grinded for Magatamas on floors 5 and 6 in the Void Quest to prepare for the upcoming boss fight, finding the drop rate challenging.
  • Fused Kingu in the Velvet Room, equipped with Automasoku as a skill card, completing the necessary skills for the upcoming battle against Shadow Mitsuo.

45:27

Maxed social links lead to boss victory

  • The party's maxed out social links contribute to powerful damage, leading to a swift boss defeat before a significant explosion occurs.
  • Grinding on the last two dungeon floors is necessary to gather materials for equipment upgrades.
  • Encountering golden hands along the way boosts party levels, with Aobiaku at level 82 and the rest around 76-77.
  • In the boss battle, Oda nullifies elemental resistances with Element 0, necessitating maxed-out party skill ranks for evade spells to avoid attacks.
  • Dizziness from consecutive weakness hits poses a challenge, but manageable with healing items like purifying waters.
  • Returning home, Adachi is drunk, and Dojima is weary, hinting at future events.
  • Focusing on building social links, especially with Marie, and enhancing all-out attack damage through scooter dates with Resay.
  • Extracting the Endure skill card from Ganesha at the cafe and upgrading it to Enduring Soul for Biako.
  • Upgrading equipment at Didara's shop using materials obtained from grinding in the laboratory.
  • Progressing through the game's story, facing challenges like Teddy's hospital visit, a warning letter, and upcoming events like the school festival.

59:55

Unraveling the Mystery: Persona 4 Journey

  • Max out Marie's social links and visit the cinema with Kanji.
  • Plant more eggplants for insta-death protection before upcoming dungeons.
  • The fog thickens daily, Kanji discovers TV world glasses help.
  • Nanako's condition worsens, leading to a surprising turn of events.
  • Investigate Namatami, realize he's not the killer, back to square one.
  • Identify the real killer, protect Adachi if confidence is high.
  • Confront Adachi, chase him through the hospital, find his location in TV world.
  • Enter TV world dungeon, complete it late to maximize free time.
  • Encounter enemies immune to physical attacks, prepare elemental items.
  • Navigate through dungeon challenges, defeat mid-bosses, and reach final boss Amino Sagiri.

01:14:59

"Dungeon Enemies, Bosses, and Final Battles"

  • Two types of enemies in the dungeon: Stone Puncher and Lawless Fuss, drop Takus dealing 150 damage of a specific element.
  • Farming Takus for phase 2 of the boss fight, then fusing Metatron in the Velvet Room for specific skills.
  • Mid-dungeon boss on floor 7 nulls all elements but almighty, has high counter, but low damage output.
  • Marie fight in two phases, using Takus and elemental breaks to damage her, Metatron crucial for repelling attacks.
  • Final dungeon encounter with Marie transforming into Kuzumi no Okami, requiring elemental breaks and Takus for damage.
  • Kuzumi no Okami repels everything, necessitating breaks and Takus for damage, managing healing and reflecting damage.
  • Final dungeon battle with Izanami, using lightning magatamas and physical mirrors for damage, switching to smart bombs later.
  • Buffing party's attack, managing status elements with Amrita Solas, using myriad truths to defeat Izanami and finish the game.
  • Epilogue shows the aftermath, characters' futures, and reflections on the challenge run, encouraging future similar content.
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