If you’re playing Persona 5 Royal, you’ll want to know what skills Makoto can learn from her Persona, as well as which ones are most worthwhile to keep. This guide will help make sure that your Makoto is the best Makoto she can be and is taking full advantage of her persona at the end of the game.
Persona 5 Royal Makoto Persona Evolutions
Like every other character in the game, Makoto has 3 different evolutions for her Persona: Johanna, Anat and Agnes.
Johanna is received at the start of the 3rd palace, when Makoto awakens her persona in Kaneshiro’s Palace.
Johanna is upgraded to Anat when Makoto’s Priestess Confidant is maxed out to level 10. Johanna also gains the Evade Psy ability.
Finally, Makoto’s final Persona, Agnes, is obtained by speaking with Makoto during the bonus semester in January. Agnes gains the skill Checkmate, which is a multi-target Debilitate, and her trait is upgraded to Gaia Blessing, which gives the party a 50% improved chance of inflicting Shock/Burn/Freeze.
Makoto’s Best Endgame Build
Makoto, like everyone else, has 8 skills to pick from, and you want to make sure you have the best build possible. The top tier skills are:
| Atomic Flare | Nuke Boost |
| Mafreidyne | Nuke Amp |
| Mediarahan | Evade Psy |
| Checkmate | Marakukaja |
These are all skills that Makoto learns naturally. You may want to hang onto Flash Bomb instead of Marakukaja since it’s her only physical attack, but I find Marakukaja to be more useful generally.
As for an accessory, I highly recommend either a Crystal Skull R or an Orichalcum R to combine with her best gun for an obscene stat boost. Her final gun + an Orichalcum R leaves her with +17 to all stats, which is pretty insane.
Persona 5 Royal Makoto Persona Skills
| Skill | Cost | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frei | 4 SP | Light Nuclear damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | Innate |
| Mafrei | 10 SP | Light Nuclear damage to all foes. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | Innate |
| Vajra Blast | 14% HP | Medium Physical damage to all foes. | Innate |
| Diarama | 6 SP | Restore Medium amount of HP of 1 ally. | Innate |
| Rakukaja | 8 SP | Buff defense of 1 ally for 3 turns. | Innate |
| Makajama | 5 SP | High Chance of inflicting Forget to 1 foe. | Innate |
| Freila | 8 SP | Medium Nuclear damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | 24 |
| Energy Shower | 8 SP | Cure Confuse/Fear/Despair/Rage/Brainwash of party. | 27 |
| Flash Bomb | 19% HP | Medium Physical damage to all foes. Low chance of Dizzy. | 31 |
| Dekunda | 10 SP | Negate all debuff effects of party. | 34 |
| Defense Master | Auto | Automatic Rakukaja on user at start of battle. | 36 |
| Mafreila | 16 SP | Medium Nuclear damage to all foes. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | 38 |
| Mediarama | 12 SP | Restore Medium amount of HP of party. | 41 |
| Nuke Break | 15 SP | Suppress innate Nuclear resistance of all foes for 3 turns. | 43 |
| Nuke Boost | Auto | Strengthen Nuclear attacks by 25%. | 45 |
| Marakukaja | 24 SP | Buff party defense for 3 turns. | 48 |
| Freidyne | 12 SP | Heavy Nuclear damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | 50 |
| Diarahan | 18 SP | Fully restore HP of 1 ally. | 54 |
| Mafreidyne | 22 SP | Heavy Nuclear damage to all foes. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | 59 |
| Mediarahan | 30 SP | Fully restore HP of party. | 65 |
| Nuke Amp | Auto | Strengthen Nuclear attacks by 50%. | 71 |
| Atomic Flare | 48 SP | Severe Nuclear damage to 1 foe. Technical dmg: Burn/Freeze/Shock. | 75 |
Additionally, Anat gains the skill Evade Psy automatically when she’s obtained, and Agnes grants the skill Checkmate, which casts Debilitate on all enemies.
Anyway, that about does it for the best skills for Makoto and her Persona in Persona 5 Royal. Be sure to check out the Games Section for more articles like this, and click here for more content related to Persona 5 Royal.
