Joker is a highly sought-after DPS in Persona 5: The Phantom X. The curse damage can cause havoc in the match. Teaming with the proper allies, having the perfect weapon, revelation card, and more will make the damage-dealing worse for the enemies. Fun only comes after you pull Joker into your game. Here is a complete best Joker build guide for Persona 5: The Phantom X.
Joker Overview for Persona 5: The Phantom X
Joker is the absolute best unit you can pull in Persona 5: The Phantom X, next to Panther. In Phantom X, Joker is an AoE damage dealer that focuses on dealing curse-based or Zuwon damage. In-game, Joker is stated as a Dominate: “He is good at AoE attacks and can target multiple enemies”.
Joker’s biggest strength is his Curse damage, and his weakness is his Bless damage. Any enemies carrying a curse weakness will take huge damage from Joker, but avoid pulling out Joker against enemies that can resist curse-based attacks.
Joker Skillset
Treasonous Will is the highlight of Joker, as it allows him to gain an additional turn. You must be at 60% of your life at the end of the turn to gain one Will of Rebellion or Fury. Once you collect 3 Fury stacks, you will get an additional turn.
Active:
- Fearless Oppression: AoE damage attack that has a 20% chance to add Support and Treasonous Will for 1 Life.
- Ominous Omen: Unlike the last skill, Fearless Oppression, Ominous Omen is a single-target damage-dealing skill.
- Doom Pursue: The best thing about this skill is that it does 25% extra damage to debuffed enemies. On an additional turn, it deals an extra 25% more damage. After stacking 3 Fury, execute Doom Pursue to deal a massive amount of damage, adding the Additional Turn from Treasonous Will.
- Combat Arts: This will be the ultimate attack, the Highlight of Joker. Save the attack to deal huge damage in the fight.
Passives:
- Revenge: The stack of Will of Rebellion or Fury will gain damage.
- Gluttony: On your additional turn, you will deal bonus damage.
Fearless Oppression will be the go-to move to deal AoE damage while at the same time gaining a good amount of Treasonous Will to pull Doom Pursue. The passives and debuffing from other teammates will raise the Joker’s attack.
Upgrade Skills: We will focus on the AoE aspect of the Joker, since it is an AoE Curse Damage Dealer. So, level up Fearless Oppression first and foremost, the second upgrade would be the Doom Pursue, and finally, Combat Arts and Ominous Omen.
Best Weapon Choice for Joker
Phoenix will be the best choice for Joker, as it greatly influences the damage dealt by the Will of Rebellion stacks.
Phoenix (5-Star): A better choice compared to Machete Knife, here Joker will deal 30% attack power as a basic buff compared to 12% on Machete Knife. When you gain Will of Rebellion for Treasonous Will, you will deal 10% more damage for two turns (Max stack at 3). The next attack damage will also get an increase of 23%.
Machete Knife (4-Star): Joker will deal 12% attack power as a basic buff and an additional 19% if the enemy has a debuff. Levelling the weapon will increase the damage-dealing percentage to the enemy.
Revelation Cards For Joker:
Here we are going to choose the Revelation Card that enhances the strength of the Joker, which lies in its Curse-based damage-dealing abilities.
- Interference (Sun/ Moon/ Star/ Planet): 10% Curse damage increase and a 20% skill damage to enemies with debuffs.
- Focus on Attack, HP on the primary stats. Damage bonus, Critical Damage, Critical Rate, and Defence.
Optimal Team for Joker
Here, when you are building an optimal team for the Joker, focus on elevating the curse-damage potential of the Joker with his teammates.
- Best Team Build for Joker: Joker + Leon + Rin + Okyann
- Second Team Build for Joker: Joker + Rin + Mona + Okyann
- Third Team Build for Joker: Joker + Rin + Mona + Puppet
Follow our guide for a detailed look at the best team building on Joker. Aligning with the proper teammate will enhance the Joker’s damage and survivability.
