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Time of India
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- Time of India
Ann Takamaki in Persona 5 The Phantom X: Best weapons, teams, skill priority, and more
(Image via Sega) Ann Takamaki in Persona 5: The Phantom X gameplay is the fiery-hearted Panther who is a fan-favourite. The Phantom Thief is the powerhouse that specializes in devastating fire attacks. With her Carmen Persona, she dominates the battles with some high-damage AoE skills and also burns effects. Veterans and new players alike can harness her potential. Understanding her optimal gear, skill progression, and team synergies is key to dominating Metaverse. Let us dive within building Ann for maximum impact. Best weapons for Ann Takamaki to ignite the battlefield Ann thrives with her fire-boosting weapons, which can enhance her damage output. To equip her right would amplify her strength quite immensely. Her top choice remains 5-star Rosethorn, which can increase fire damage by approximately 24.2%, and she inflicts burn on enemies, too. If La Vie En Rose remains active, fire damage will escalate further as per the burning foes, capping at a max 76% boost. Note: Rosethorn weapon remains accessible early through the Plans tab. It can synergize with her unique mechanics perfectly. For a much more accessible option, the 4-star Masquerade Ribbon of Ann would also raise her attack by 12% and add approximately 23.7% to it when attacking the burning enemies. As Rosethorn remains obtainable early via in-game rewards, it is the preferred pick to maximize her firepower. Complementing the armament is the Strife Revelation Card Set. It can be found in the Words of Feuds domain challenge. The set is tailor-made just for Ann, the Panther, and delivers bonus fire damage and additional attack boost when exploiting the enemy's weaknesses. Give priority to stats like Damage% (Moon), Attack% (Sky), and Crit Rate (Star) on the cards. The combination would ensure her spell would hit with an overwhelming force, melting all enemy defenses. Ann Takamaki's team tactics and skill focus Building around Panther would mean embracing a mono-fire team to achieve peak efficiency. The core lineup here would pair her with Cattle and Key, who have proven to be exceptionally potent. The trio would leverage the fire synergies and enhance team cohesion and damage output. ANNS FLAMES ARE STILL BURNING! UNIT REVISIT! | PERSONA 5: THE PHANTOM X Players who seek more explosive results can swap Cattle with Leon and create a hypercarry setup. It would definitely sacrifice some sustainability but would push Ann's damage ceiling dramatically high. Some Personas of Wonder, like Dionysus (Crit Rate/Damage) or Surt (Defense Down), can further amplify the offensive pressure of the team. To master, Ann needs strategic skill upgrades. Her Persona, Carmen, even offers some potent fire abilities. Ensure priority is given to enhancing Trifire (Skill 3) at first. The potent and single-target burn skill will become more devastating against the weakened foes. Then focus on Skill 1, Crimson Rose. It is Ann's powerful AoE attack that even buffs her own strength. The Thief Tactics would follow, as the Highlight attack can deliver some massive AoE fire damage and offer crucial short-term damage buff. Skill 2, Falling Sun, while it remains useful, rounds out the priority list here. Unlock Ann Takamaki's full potential The unique Passion mechanic and La Vie en Rose (LVR) state of Ann state remain central to her kit. To deal fire damage can build Passion stacks. At 4 stacks, she can enter LVR, quite significantly giving a boost to her attack. To understand the rhythm remains vital. Her awareness level can unlock power enhancements, including party-wide attack buffs during the LVR, some potent follow-up attacks, as it would end, and some substantial damage increase per Passion stack. While the passive boosts come from the duplicates, they do solidify her position as the top fire unit. Ann, in short, is the cornerstone character. To obtain it is quite straightforward, but building her effectively can unlock the path of destruction through mid- and early-game. Also, to equip Rosethorn, use the Strife set and pair Ann with Key and Cattle while giving priority to Trifire and Crimson Rose upgrades; the players could unleash the character's full and fiery fury on any foe who dares to stand within the way of Phantom Thieves. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Metro
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
New Persona annoucement due this week but prepare for disappointment
Atlus has confirmed that a new Persona title will be unveiled on Thursday but despite what fans hope it's almost certainly not Persona 6. Persona 5 will be 10 years old next year. In that time there's been innumerable spin-offs, as well as a remake of Persona 3 and rumours that Persona 4 will be getting the same treatment. What there hasn't been any word on though is Persona 6. It was eight years between Persona 4 and 5, so even taking longer development times into account this isn't unusual, but it's frustrating for fans that literally the only thing we know about Persona 6 is that its main colour is green, rather than the red of its predecessor. Hopes rose today that maybe there'd finally be a reveal, as Atlus announced a livestream for a new Persona unveiling, but instead of Persona 6 it's just yet another Persona 5 spin-off. Persona 5: The Phantom X is a free-to-play live service game from Chinese publisher Perfect World, that has already been available in open beta in China since last April. It features a completely different Phantom Thief team but with similar gameplay to Persona 5, albeit streamlined for smartphones and filled with microtransactions. In short, it's probably the last thing fans wanted but presumably the annoucement this week is for the full release in Japan and (probably but not definitely) the West. Some fans have tried to convince themselves it is for Persona 6 but not only is the colour scheme and art style clearly that of Persona 5, but the owl emoji is a reference to the character Lufel, who is the game's equivalent of Morgana from the main game. If you have to see it all for yourself, the livestream takes place on Thursday, May 15 at 3pm BST. The YouTube video for the stream is already live and features artwork that makes it very clear that this is Persona 5: The Phantom X and not Persona 6. More Trending Sadly, there really is no clue as to when Persona 6 will be revealed, although when it does arrive it's expected to be multiformat, including for Xbox and the Switch 2. Given the critical and commerical success of Metaphor: ReFantazio, Atlus is in no rush to say or do anything about Persona 6, but the further we get away from Persona 5's original launch date the more likely an annoucement gets. It's possible Atlus may use one of the not-E3 summer showcases to unveil it, but it's just as likely they'll reveal it via one of their own events. There may even be a tease in the livestream on Thursday, but that seems unlikely. Perhaps the main question now is whether Persona 4's remake will be announced and/or released before Persona 6. Considering there's more evidence for its existence than for the sequel, that's probably quite likely. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Horizon Zero Dawn 3 scheduled for 2027 as a cross-gen PS6 game claims rumour MORE: Nintendo Switch 2 could be being sold at a loss claim analysts MORE: GTA 4 remaster coming to PS5 this year claims insider
