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We sure hope you’re well-versed in all things status ailments for this Persona 4 Golden bonus boss fight, because Escapist Soldier is more than capable of inflicting them onto you and the team. The optional boss fight at the end of your second run through Void Quest, this mega mech won’t be pulling any punches.
Between several physical attacks, a sneak dark magic insta-kill attack, and the ability to make damn sure you’re inflicted with ailments, Escapist Soldier is definitely no joke. For tips and tricks to help take out Escapist Soldier in Persona 4 Golden, check out our guide.
As a bonus boss, this guide assumes you've completed Void Quest the first time through and will contain spoilers for elements of Persona 4 Golden.
Escapist Solider Battle Setup
Recommended Party For Escapist Soldier
With so much potential damage ahead in this fight, having a healer is critical, especially one that can revive fallen teammates.
|
Teammate |
Strength in this Fight |
Effect |
Level Learned |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Teddie |
Bufula |
Medium ice damage to one foe |
Innate |
|
Ice Boost |
Ice magic does 25% more damage |
40 |
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Matarukaja |
Boosts the party's attack for three turns |
42 |
|
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Re Patra |
Helps one ally up if they're knocked down or dizzy |
Innate |
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Yosuke |
Garula |
Medium wind damage to one foe |
29 |
|
Wind Boost |
Wind magic does 25% more damage |
44 |
|
|
Power Slash |
Medium physical damage to one foe |
34 |
|
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Yukiko |
Mediarama |
Restores a moderate amount of HP to the party |
43 |
|
Diarama |
Restores a moderate amount of HP to one ally |
33 |
|
|
Recarm |
Revives one fallen ally to 50% HP |
26 |
|
|
Agilao |
Medium fire damage to one foe |
21 |
|
|
Fire Boost |
Fire magic does 25% more damage |
45 |
Yukiko's primary use in this fight should be as your healer, but if everyone is in good shape, Escapist Soldier still takes normal damage from Yukiko's fire magic.
With her Fire Boost, this can chip away a good chunk if healing isn't necessary that turn.
Recommended Level And Personas
With Escapist Soldier at Lv. 47, we'd recommend being between Lv. 47-50 for the easiest time in this fight.
Ice magic is your best bet for dealing the most damage to Escapist Soldier, so Black Frost being able to deal ice damage while being immune to dark magic is a win-win.
If you're more of a defensive Persona user, you'll have a bevy of physical and dark attacks coming your way, so bring someone who resists physical damage.
Baphomet is a solid choice for this, provided you level it to Lv. 50 first. At Lv. 50, it learns Dodge Physical to double your evasion against physical attacks. Its innate dark nullification is an additional bonus on top of this, making you truly tough to hit.
Escapist Soldier's Affinity Chart
Persona Affinity Table Key
|
Label |
Explanation |
|---|---|
|
Str |
This shadow is strong against this element, and attacks of this element deal less damage. |
|
Wk |
This shadow is weak against this element, and attacks of this element deal more damage. |
|
Rep |
This shadow will repel attacks of this element, reversing the damage onto you. |
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Nul |
This shadow will nullify attacks of this element, and as such, they deal no damage. |
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Drn |
This shadow will gain health from attacks of this element, so attacks of this heal the shadow. |
|
- |
Attacks of this element deal normal damage to the shadow. |
Escapist Soldier's Affinities
|
Affinities and Weaknesses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Phys. |
Fire |
Ice |
Elec. |
Wind |
Light |
Dark |
Almi. |
|
- * |
- |
Wk * |
- |
Wk * |
Nul |
Nul |
Str |
|
Skills and Attacks |
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Mudoon |
60% chance to insta-kill one foe using dark magic |
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Arm Chopper |
Light physical damage to one foe with a chance to inflict confusion |
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Blade of Fury |
Medium physical damage to all foes that lands 2–4 times |
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Mind Slice |
Medium physical damage to all foes with a chance to inflict confusion |
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Crazy Chain |
Medium physical damage to all foes with a chance to inflict rage |
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Foul Breath |
Boosts one foe's chances of being inflicted with an ailment |
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Stagnant Air |
Boosts all foes' chances of being inflicted with an ailment |
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* While Escapist Soldier is technically marked in the game as being strong to physical attacks, all physical attacks still do normal damage.
Meanwhile, both ice and wind magic do additional damage but will not knock Escapist Soldier down. It's still worth using them, though, to exploit the extra damage!
Escapist Solider Battle Strategy
Without a doubt the most major irritation you and the Investigation Team will face during this battle is with the status ailments that Escapist Soldier can (and regularly will) inflict.
It uses both Foul Breath and Stagnant Air regularly during the battle to add a layer of certainty to the additional effects of its physical attacks.
Confusion will make it so that your teammates attack one another while also possibly healing Escapist Soldier, and rage locks anyone afflicted into using their default physical attacks only.
Because of this, you'll want to keep Yukiko focused on healing and removing ailments as needed. Rage isn't as detrimental to the team as confusion, but both will see you wasting turns on moves that aren't as effective, prolonging the battle.
And while Escapist Soldier is primarily a physical attacker, don't forget about Mudoon. It has a 60 percent chance to instantly kill each of the members of the Investigation Team.
If Yukiko is taken out by a stray Mudoon, have someone else who survived revive her immediately with an item so that she can get back to work on patching up the team with SP.
Keep Yosuke and Teddie on offense throughout the fight, as their magic will do the most damage to Escapist Solider. Have them focus on magic attacks over physical.
One of the best uses for Yu in this battle, if you're not focused on outright damage, is using buffs, debuffs, and performing additional healing. Yosuke and Teddie will do a good amount of damage alone, and buffing them and debuffing Escapist Soldier will only increase that amount.
Overall, as long as you keep abreast of the status ailment, the fight is pretty outright. Take out Escapist Soldier for a sweet boost to your Courage stat.