Best Teams

Meta team comps by role: DPS core + support + sustain.

How teams work in P5X

A standard P5X team runs 4 frontline slots plus support: one main DPS (Assassin/Sweeper), a buffer or debuffer, and a healer or shielder. Match elements to enemy weaknesses for One More turns.

The 8 combat roles in P5X

Every playable character (and Wonder's equipped Persona) fills one of 8 roles. A well-built team usually mixes a damage role (Assassin/Sweeper) with a support role (Strategist/Elucidator) and a sustain role (Medic/Guardian), plus Saboteur to shred enemy stats. Virtuoso is a flexible all-rounder.

Assassin — Assassin Sweeper — Sweeper Medic — Medic Guardian — Guardian Strategist — Strategist Saboteur — Saboteur Elucidator — Elucidator Virtuoso — Virtuoso
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Fire Nuke Team

Fire AoE
Makoto Yuki5★
Makoto Yuki
Firecracker Yaoling5★
Firecracker Yaoling
Hatsune Miku5★
Hatsune Miku
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Assassin ×1 Sweeper ×1 Elucidator ×1

Makoto Yuki and Firecracker Yaoling stack Fire (Agi) damage across the whole enemy line while Hatsune Miku keeps their SP and buffs rolling. Give Wonder the Surt persona with Purgatory to add a second Fire nuke — ideal for wave clears and Burn-weak bosses.

Curse Control Team

Curse Single-target
Ren Amamiya5★
Ren Amamiya
Yaoling Li5★
Yaoling Li
Justine & Caroline5★
Justine & Caroline
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Sweeper ×1 Saboteur ×1 Virtuoso ×1

Ren Amamiya is the Curse (Eiga) carry; Yaoling stacks Curse debuffs and Justine & Caroline amplify the whole party. Wonder runs Dionysus with Ex Machina to layer more Curse pressure, making this the go-to team against single high-HP targets.

Physical Break Team

Physical Break
Ryuji Sakamoto5★
Ryuji Sakamoto
Kira Kitazato5★
Kira Kitazato
Mayumi Hashimoto5★
Mayumi Hashimoto
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Assassin ×2 Strategist ×1

Ryuji Sakamoto and Kira Kitazato bring heavy Physical (Kougi) hits to break guards fast, with Mayumi Hashimoto shoring up their damage and survival. Yoshitsune on Wonder adds a Physical finisher — a reliable core for enemies without a clear elemental weakness.

Psychokinesis Burst Team

Psy Burst
Haru Okumura5★
Haru Okumura
Seaside Tomoko5★
Seaside Tomoko
Manaka Nagao5★
Manaka Nagao
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Sweeper ×1 Medic ×1 Elucidator ×1

Haru Okumura delivers concentrated Psychokinesis (Psy) burst while Seaside Tomoko sustains and Manaka Nagao (Ange) buffs the line. Wonder equips Shiva with Starry Compass for extra Psy scaling — strong against Psy-weak elites.

Ice Control Team

Ice Freeze
Yusuke Kitagawa5★
Yusuke Kitagawa
Mio Natsukawa5★
Mio Natsukawa
Masaki Ashiya5★
Masaki Ashiya
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Sweeper ×1 Saboteur ×1 Guardian ×1

Yusuke Kitagawa is the Ice (Bufu) damage anchor; Mio Natsukawa amplifies and Ashiya keeps everyone alive against long fights. King Frost with All In on Wonder deepens the Freeze control loop — a comfortable pick for attrition bosses.

Nuclear DPS Team

Nuclear AoE
Makoto Niijima5★
Makoto Niijima
Chizuko Nagao4★
Chizuko Nagao
Hatsune Miku5★
Hatsune Miku
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Assassin ×1 Saboteur ×1 Elucidator ×1

Makoto Niijima carries Nuclear (Frei) damage with Chizuko Nagao feeding buffs and Hatsune Miku keeping resources topped up. Bishamonten with Arc Knife on Wonder assassinates the priority target — a flexible team for mixed enemy waves.

Electric Shock Team

Electric Single-target
Akihiko Sanada5★
Akihiko Sanada
Ayaka Sakai5★
Ayaka Sakai
Manaka Nagao5★
Manaka Nagao
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Sweeper ×1 Strategist ×1 Elucidator ×1

Akihiko Sanada is the Electric (Zio) carry, Ayaka Sakai amplifies his hits and Manaka Nagao (Ange) buffs the party. Thor with Cyclotron on Wonder chains more Shock — best when you need to melt a single high-defense boss.

Bless Sustain Team

Bless Sustain
Kasumi Yoshizawa5★
Kasumi Yoshizawa
Tropical Motoha5★
Tropical Motoha
Minami Miyashita5★
Minami Miyashita
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Assassin ×1 Sweeper ×1 Medic ×1

Kasumi Yoshizawa and Tropical Motoha deal Bless (Kouha) damage while Minami Miyashita heals through tough encounters. Dominion with Glimmer on Wonder adds Bless support and cleansing — a durable team for long or punishing content.

Wind Cyclone Team

Wind AoE
Frostgale Kotone5★
Frostgale Kotone
Tempest Riko5★
Tempest Riko
Yukari Takeba5★
Yukari Takeba
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Assassin ×1 Strategist ×1 Medic ×1

Frostgale Kotone is the Wind (Garu) AoE carry, Tempest Riko amplifies and Yukari Takeba sustains the line. Vishnu with Ex Machina on Wonder adds a Wind finisher — excellent for clearing grouped enemies quickly.

Almighty Flex Team

Almighty Flexible
Goro Akechi5★
Goro Akechi
Justine & Caroline5★
Justine & Caroline
Manaka Nagao5★
Manaka Nagao
Wonder5★
Wonder
Team roles covered: Sweeper ×1 Virtuoso ×1 Elucidator ×1

Goro Akechi deals Almighty (Megido) damage that no enemy resists, with Justine & Caroline and Manaka Nagao (Ange) stacking party-wide buffs. Yoshitsune with Plasma Blade on Wonder adds raw damage — the universal answer when you do not know the enemy weakness.

Official Role & Synergy Notes

Translated straight from the game's own English localization — not community guesswork.

Solo role notes

Morgana
Morgana

Morgana is a Medic with impressive fighting capabilities. When he uses his various skills, he gains Chivalry, which allows him to automatically heal allies who are low on HP when they act. His Highlight skill can even revive fallen allies, making him versatile in both offensive and support roles.

Shun Kano
Shun Kano

Shun is a Guardian with a varied skillset. He can heal allies, reduce the enemy's Defense, and also make enemies focus their attacks on him.

Kayo Tomiyama
Kayo Tomiyama

Tomiyama is an Elucidator who specializes in strengthening her allies' attacks. She can enhance her allies' Attack and damage dealt, and increase the effects inflicted on enemies with elemental ailments. As such, she works well with allies who can cause elemental ailments.

Yaoling Li
Yaoling Li

Yaoling is a Saboteur who can lower the enemy's Defense, and increase the whole party's damage dealt. She also has powerful attacks herself, and can even inflict Forget on enemies, making her useful in a variety of situations.

Tomoko Noge
Tomoko Noge

Tomoko is a Strategist who specializes in enhancing her allies' Attack. In addition to putting enemies to sleep and rendering them unable to act, she can also increase the enemy's damage taken, making her useful in plenty of situations.

Yukimi Fujikawa
Yukimi Fujikawa

Yukimi is a Guardian who specializes in protecting individual allies. She can provide shields, damage reduction and increased Defense to a single ally.

Miyu Sahara
Miyu Sahara

Miyu is an Elucidator who specializes in strengthening the allies' defense. She can provide shields and increased Defense to her allies, protecting them from powerful enemy attacks.

Haruna Nishimori
Haruna Nishimori

Haruna is a Strategist who excels at strengthening her allies' attacks. She can spend Childish Heart to raise allies' Attack and damage dealt, making her effective when paired with allies who have multi-hit attacks.

Suggested pairings (37)

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Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Yaoling can inflict debuffs on enemies, boosting Ren's Attack even further, making them an effective combo.

Ren's primary strategy relies on gaining Extra Actions and performing more actions, but with the more attacks he uses, the more SP he spends. Morgana has the ability to reduce SP costs for allies, so by having them in the same party, you can reduce the burden on Ren.

Shiratori has several skills that hit multiple times. By teaming up with Sumi or Haruna, who benefit from multi-hit attacks, you can create a more effective party.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Shiratori deals more damage to Windswept enemies, so try pairing him with another character like Morgana who can inflict the Windswept status.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Lufel can boost his allies' Fire damage. Kurotani can inflict debuffs on enemies and increase Fire damage. Ann has high attack capabilities. These characters can form a powerful team, and can become even stronger with Tomiyama's elemental ailment boosting capability.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. You can combine this with Tomoko's attack-boosting skills to also greatly increase Ann and Kurotani's Attack and create a hard-hitting team.

Tomoko's attack-boosting skills can increase the effectiveness of Ryuji's single-target attacks.

By leveling up Kotone's Resonance, her attacks will always land critical hits. Kamiyama also has an effect that further increases allies' critical damage—a combination that powers up the party's attacks.

Kamiyama's skills allow him to convert allies' HP into a shield. He can use it on Ryuji to reduce his HP, which increases his attack power. Miyu can provide extra shields to protect the party when their HP is low.

This party is made up of Phantom Thieves who are easy to recruit. They have a good balance of single- and multi-target attacks, as well as HP recovery. This is a versatile team ideal for players new to exploring the Metaverse.

Tomoko's attack-boosting skills can enhance Motoha's multi-target attack skills. These Phantom Thieves are easy to recruit, making this an ideal team for beginners.

Motoha is capable of attacking all enemies with multiple hits. Try teaming up with a Phantom Thief like Sumi, who receives benefits the more times his allies hit.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Motoha is good at Shocking enemies with her Electric skills, and Yui deals extra damage to Shocked enemies. This combination can strengthen the party's attack capabilities. Additionally, when combined with Haruna's abilities that strengthen her allies' attacks, these characters can form a powerful team and become even stronger.

Tomoko's attack-boosting skills can increase the effectiveness of Yui's single-target attacks.

Tomoko's attack-boosting skills can increase the effectiveness of Ren's multi-target attacks.

Minami has excellent healing and Max HP-boosting skills. She can also cure debuffs and increase the damage of allies when she heals them. Her support abilities can be useful in a variety of different parties.

Yukimi and Miyu can grant Yusuke a shield and increased Defense, improving his survivability. This also extends the duration of his damage boost effect from his Talent skill. This party combination has excellent attack power and endurance.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. As Yusuke and Kotone both excel at freezing enemies with Ice attacks, you can use this to decrease Yusuke's damage taken and more effectively damage enemies with Resonance effects.

Yaoling can lower the Defense of all enemies. She works well with Yusuke, a Sweeper who can attack all enemies at once.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Makoto can transform by collecting Tenacity, greatly enhancing her strength in battle. She can gain more Tenacity by attacking enemies with elemental ailments. Chizuko can reliably inflict elemental ailments on enemies, helping Queen gain Tenacity more quickly and increasing the effectiveness of their Nuclear skills. Together they can form an effective team.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Kamiyama can boost his teammates' Attack and critical damage, making Makoto especially more effective.

Yumi specializes in granting buffs to the entire party. She can also increase the effectiveness of specific damage attributes, so if you include multiple Phantom Thieves with the same attribute in the party, Phoebe's buffs will be maximized.

Ayaka can greatly enhance her allies' Highlights. She's an effective partner for characters with powerful Highlights, as she can boost their Highlight damage and instantly activate their Highlights.

Riko can inflict Insight on foes. Insight increases a foe's damage taken and can also decrease their down points. This allows 1 Mores and All-Out Attacks strengthened from Talents to be used more effectively. Plus, by when allies attack enemies with Insight, Riko can gain Intel stacks, which can be stored up to strengthen the effects of ally skills.

Ren is able to get Extra Actions, allowing him to perform multiple actions and make it easier for Riko to activate her Resonance. Additionally, Riko's ability to lower enemy Defense helps Ren deal more damage, making them an effective team.

By using Phantom Thieves with the same attribute together, you can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. After receiving healing, Tropical Motoha's abilities are greatly improved. Minami can heal allies and increase their max HP, making her a good partner for Tropical Motoha.

Seaside Tomoko excels at both healing and attacking and can inflict Sparks on foes. When enough Sparks stacks have been inflicted, she will activate Summer Reminiscence, healing allies and dealing Psy damage to enemies. Maximize the amount of Sparks by teaming up with allies who use multi-target or multi-hit attack skills. Seaside Tomoko also has powerful support abilities, allowing her to increase Attack and survivability of her allies. She can also weaken foes by decreasing their damage dealt and increasing their damage taken.

Seaside Tomoko can provide frequent healing to her teammates, which allows Tropical Motoha to shorten the cooldown of her own skills. Seaside Tomoko can also grant increased Attack to Tropical Motoha, letting her deal more damage to enemies. Tropical Motoha's multi-target attacks will allow Seaside Tomoko to activate Summer Reminiscence more quickly, making them a very effective pair.

Kitazato's attacks hit multiple times, allowing Sumi's Sonnet of Fate to activate more often. Also, Kitazato and Sumi's multi-hit attacks allow Haruna's powerful Attack and damage dealt buffs to reach their maximum, greatly increasing the strength of the entire party. Both Kitazato and Sumi can deal continuous damage to foes based on their max HP, making them especially effective against foes with high HP.

Kitazato's attacks hit multiple times, allowing Seaside Tomoko's Summer Reminiscence to activate more often. Also, Seaside Tomoko not only excels at healing and attacking, but can also increase ailment accuracy, increasing the success rate and damage of Kitazato's Bleed ailment. This makes them an especially effective combination.

Futaba is a Support Phantom Thief who can weaken foes. She can change enemy affinities, allowing her allies to adapt to a variety of situations. Also, she can boost party effectiveness by decreasing enemy Defense and increasing their damage taken. During battle, she can gain Analysis Progress when allies use skills or inflict weakness damage, and activate Data Storm when it reaches a certain amount. After Data Storm is activated, allies will receive stat boosts and shields, making her a valuable supporter.

Ashiya can grant incredibly resilient shields and reduce the risk of his allies being defeated. He also has excellent damage and ailment resistance-boosting abilities, making him suitable for a variety of teams.

Phantom Thieves who share the same Attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the status of the whole party. Ashiya can grant frequent shields to Yusuke, increasing his survivability. Additionally, Ashiya can raise Yusuke's Defense, significantly increasing his survivability and attack.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Seaside Tomoko can boost ailment accuracy, Attack, and damage, greatly boosting Haru's firepower. Additionally, Seaside Tomoko excels at healing and increases the survivability of her allies, making then an especially effective combination.

Yaoling can inflict multiple debuffs on enemies, greatly increasing the damage they take. This can significantly increase Haru's Attack, making them a highly effective combination.

Phantom Thieves who share the same attribute can create a Flames of Desire effect, boosting the stats of the whole party. Morgana can deal Wind damage, allowing Frostgale Kotone to gain more Spring's Vestige stacks. Also, with Frostgale Kotone's Talent skill, her own Wind damage will increase with more Wind-attribute allies in the party, further increasing her Attack. Additionally, Morgana can increase the survivability of the party by using his healing skills, making him an effective teammate for Frostgale Kotone.

Justine & Caroline can switch between multiple Personas during battle. This allows them to target several different enemy weaknesses, which makes them useful in a variety of situations.

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