Ren Amamiya in Persona 5 The Phantom X: Best weapons, teams, skill priority, and more

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28-06-2025

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Ren Amamiya, the legendary Joker, has officially joined the fray in Persona 5: The Phantom X as a powerful, limited 5-star character. As an iconic leader of Phantom Thieves, the character wields a signature Persona, Arsene, and brings a devastating Curse damage potential.
The players who seek to maximize their impact here need team synergy, the right gear, and skill focus, too. The guide here breaks down some essentials to build Ren to an ultimate Sweeper.
Best arsenal for Ren Amamiya to deal maximum damage
Ren excels as the Curse Sweeper and specializes in powerful multi-target assaults. The core strength here remains in Arsene's ability to unleash dark energy waves. For amplification of destructive potential, the weapon choice here is crucial.
The top-tier option would be Phoenix Dagger. The 5-star weapon here quite significantly boosts Joker's attack (30%) and offers escalating Curse damage buffs (10% per stack), as he would build Will of Rebellion stacks, thereby culminating in the hefty damage spike.
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Note
: At three stacks, Ren Amamiya's next attacks gain a 23% additional damage boost. It makes the character a devastating force.
For players who have no access to this limited weapon, 4-star Machete would be the strong alternative—raising attack by 12% and increasing damage by 19.1%.
It leverages Ren's tendency to exploit debuffed foes, offering substantial attack increases against weakened enemies.
Team and skill focus for building efficient Joker
Crafting the right team would unlock Ren's full capabilities. The premium setups would pair him perfectly with Leon, Rin, and Okkyan with the Personas of Wonder like Alice, Surt, and Dionysus. They specialize in curse vulnerability, defense down, and crit buffs, respectively. The contribution keeps the focus on maximization of critical hit potential Curse vulnerability and overall damage output via strategic Persona selections like Dionysus and Alice.
The accessible free-to-play alternative can use Moko (replacing Rin) right alongside Okkyan and Leon, thereby achieving some similar support goals. Rin can be obtained after some specific milestones and is highly recommended as the character can synergize quite exceptionally well with Ren's mechanics.
For skill priority in Persona 5, leveling Phantom Omen Skill 3, at first for the potent single-target damage and then stack generation, after Trickster's Plunder Skill 1, for the reliable AoE, will be a better move.
The Thief Tactics come next, with Skill 2, the Arsene's Chains, receiving investment at last due to Extra Action scaling of it.
Optimize cards and combat flow
Beyond teams and weapons, Revelation Cards remain vital. Ren thrives with the 4-piece Ruin set. The combination can directly amplify the Curse damage and give a boost to skill power. When farming cards, give priority to Damage% on the Moon slot, Attack% on the Sky slot, and Crit Rate on the Star slot for optimal results.
Understanding Ren's unique awareness effects is also the key to combat flow. The core mechanic of the Joker revolves around gaining Will of Rebellion stacks, quite particularly when damaging foes below HP of 60%. Reaching 3 stacks would trigger invaluable Extra Action. A high awareness level would further refine it, reducing SP costs on the extra actions, thereby enhancing damage against the specific targets, adding potent follow-up attacks, and making Ren the relentless force on the battlefield.
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