Hello again. Honkai Star Rail 2.1 kept me a bit longer than expected.
Following up the OP Pixie I posted, we have what I'd like to call the "Lore-Accurate Arsène" build. Basically, we give the poster Persona of P5 (as a YouTube comment lovingly calls him) the treatment he deserves. A.k.a. I may or may not be a bit too invested in this guy.
I like Arsène's design too much and I've always wanted to make him OP and play him the same way you would any party member Personas. Besides, I don't think canon Ren/Joker would neglect Arsène like that. I mean, it's HIS Persona you're talking about lol
Anyway, if you're like me and happen to also be a fellow Arsène enjoyer, this Curse/Gun hybrid build is for you.
Disclaimer
This is an end-game, almost NG+ build. If you're still on your first playthrough and not far enough into the game, your final build may not look like mine. Second, if you cannot find certain Personas required for the build, specifically Cerberus, make sure to complete Lavenza's Powerful Shadow requests then come back.
Build Showcase
☆ Just like before, I will give you the skill list, starting with spells he learns innately (Yes, he actually has proper skill progression in P5S):
* Maeigaon (lv 62) - Most powerful Curse spell in the game.
* Riot Gun (lv 95) - One of the strongest spells in the game.
☆ As for skills we need him to inherit from fusion, we have:
* Curse Amp - 50% Curse DMG Bonus
* Gun Amp - 50% Gun DMG Bonus
* Spell Master - Halves SP cost for spells. Mainly to offset Maeigaon's SP cost.
* Enduring Soul - Revive with full HP when KO'd. Mainly to give myself full free heal in case of a one-shot.
☆ This build requires 2 skill cards (unfortunately):
* Curse Boost - 25% Curse DMG Bonus. Can stack with Curse Amp.
* Technical Adept - Increases damage for Technical hit, allowing Riot Gun AND Maeigaon to hit even harder. I will explain why in a bit.
With that out of the way, let's make ourselves THE Pillager of Twilight himself.
Base Materials
For this fusion, you'll need to have the following as your base:
☆ Lv 90 Alice for Spell Master
☆ Lv 59 Cerberus for Enduring Soul
☆ Lv 58 Nebiros for Curse Amp
☆ Lv 58 Trumpeter for Gun Amp
Again, feel free to adjust the path to suit your needs and available skill cards.
The Fusion Path
First Half: High Pixie with Curse Amp & Gun Amp
Starting with Nebiros, the route goes:
☆ Nebiros + Trumpeter = Thor
☆ Thor + Shiisaa = Slime
☆ Slime + Succubus = High Pixie (1)
Second Half: Bugs with Spell Master & Enduring Soul
For Spell Master, we'll start with Alice, then fuse her into Mokoi. This will be your base for Spell Master moving forward. As for Enduring Soul, fuse Cerberus into Slime.
The route then goes:
☆ Mokoi + Kikuri-Hime = Silky
☆ Silky + Jack-o-Lantern + Andras = Archangel
☆ Archangel + Slime = Pisaca
☆ Pisaca + Pixie = Bugs (2)
The Skill Card Portion
Curse Boost and Technical Adept can drop from chests (or enemies drops on Merciless) in the Osaka Jail and Sapporo Jail respectively. May the RNG gods bless your pulls.
Conclusion
And with that, you'll get yourself one powerful Arsène who will serve you well as your main Curse Persona even into the most difficult fights of the game. This is probably the most fun I've had building a Persona and I can't wait to do more of that in future Persona games or even SMT (looking at you, SMT V Vengeance).
I'm afraid that's all of the original builds I have for now. I'll still come back one day with another build, should I get my hands on P3 Reload or even SMT V Vengeance.
Edit: Or maybe I'll post my own Yoshitsune build? I mean, I'm not quite a fan of physical Personas in this game, mainly due to how little ives that directly buffs physical spells and crit rate buffs that are normally in P5R, but we'll see lol
Until then, this is Minty, g off.
Peace Out! :)
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