Persona 5 The Phantom X Best Characters: Who to Invest In (2025 Edition)
Wondering which characters are worth your resources in Persona 5 The Phantom X (P5X)? With regular tier updates and new releases, prioritizing your best pulls and upgrades will massively impact your team’s power. Here’s the latest consensus for must-invest units and their strengths, with supporting tier list sources for the November 2025 meta.
Top-Tier Picks (SS, S Tier)
Character
Role
Why Invest
Rank Source
Futaba Sakura
Navigator/Support
Implants weakness for any element, top buffs, enables complex strategies. Must-pull and game-changing for all content (Game8)
Marian
Healer/Support
Best healer, boosts max HP, heals/HoT, buffs damage, removes debuffs. Staple in high-level content (TRLST)
Queen (Makoto)
Nuke DPS (All-around)
Consistent AoE, hits hard, reliable in all formats (PCGamesN)
Chord
Strategist/Buffer
Access to Highlights, boosts DPS units, single-target buffs vary per team (TRLST), YouTube S+ rank
Tropical Motoha
DPS (Bless, ST/AoE)
Incredible burst, self-sufficient survivability, remains meta after recent buffs (TRLST)
Soy
Guardian/Tank
Strong taunt, HP/defense boost for party, freeze effects, meta-relevant even in JP (PCGamesN)
Joker
DPS (Curse AoE/ST)
Early best DPS; unmatched Curse AoE. Remains top if invested, with “Will of Rebellion” stacks (PCGamer), Game8 leader
Invest first in Futaba, Marian, Queen, Joker, and Tropical Motoha for long-term meta success. Guard and buffer picks like Soy, Chord, and Leo can make your teams more durable and flexible. Always keep an eye on tier updates, JP and global meta shifts may bump certain units higher, but these characters are safe investments for all main and event content!
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