Persona 5 Tactica: One More And Triple Threat Explained

Persona 5 Tactica, the latest entry in the Persona 5 series (don't look at me like that, we both know Persona 5 is basically its own series now), offers its players a lot of familiar sights and sounds, and its combat system borrows a lot from its parent Persona 5. But a lot was also changed in the transition to top-down tactics gameplay, and you'll quickly find that even mechanics that have similar names to ones in Persona 5 work very differently in Tactica.

The most significant changes were made to the One More and All-Out Attack mechanics, and you'll need to familiarize yourself with these new versions of them if you want to make the most of your time with Tactica. But if the game's explanation of them was too confusing for you or you've forgotten parts of it already, let me give you a refresher!

Persona 5 Tactica: One More Explained

"Oh, I know this one!", you might say to yourself at this point. "You just hit an enemy with a physical critical hit or magic that matches their elemental weakness to down them and get a bonus turn, right?" Well, kind of, but not really. See, random critical hits and elemental weaknesses aren't a thing in Persona 5 Tactica. So your usual methods of getting that bonus turn won't work.

What do you need to do instead? Well, it all has to do with the game's cover system. A unit that moves behind cover gains the Resistance status, and any unit that has the Resistance status cannot be downed. Conversely, any unit that does not have the Resistance status can be downed by any attack. And evenwhen enemies are behind cover you can remove their Resistance by using melee attacks or Skills on them.

There are certain enemy types whose Resistance works a little differently. For example, the Revenger types have Resistance at the start of their turn no matter where they are, but lose it after you trigger their Counter Skill with any attack. So whenever you encounter a new enemy type you should check if they have special Resistance behaviors — you might just find some new One More combo opportunities that way!

Later on in the game you unlock another way to gain One More: When one of your units knocks an enemy off a ledge and another one of your units is positioned below them, they'll automatically execute a Follow-up attack, shooting the enemy on their way down and granting the first unit a One More. However, every unit can only use a Follow-up once per turn (or twice if you've upgraded that ability in their Skill tree).

Still too confusing? Let me break it down further. You can down an enemy in these situations:

• The enemy is not in cover at all and just sort of standing out in the open. Free cannon fodder!
• The enemy is in cover, but was just hit with a melee or magic attack by one of your teammates. Go in for the kill!
• The enemy is being knocked off a ledge, and a unit below them is ready to greet them with a Follow-up.

Every time one of your units downs an enemy they gain One More, letting them essentially take another turn. You can't stack One More with AoE abilities, but you can chain One More turns by consecutively downing enemies, letting a unit One More their way across the entire map if you line things up just right. But keep in mind that enemies can down your units and gain One More as well. So don't leave your units out in the open!

Persona 5 Tactica: Triple Threat Explained

All-Out Attacks, meanwhile, have been completely replaced by a new team finisher move called Triple Threat. Here's how it works: Every time you down an enemy with a unit, any unit with One More gets the opportunity to use Triple Threat. This move deals a certain amount of the team's combined damage output to every enemy within the triangle between your units' positions.

Sounds complicated, right? But don't worry, the game gives you a visual aid any time Triple Threat is available, showing you which enemies it would hit at any moment. Andyou can freely reposition any unit that hasn't used their turn yet to cover as many enemies as possible! Any unit with One More can activate Triple Threat, but only they spend their turn activating it, so you can position the others as you like before moving them back behind cover afterward.

There's a catch though: There must be at least one downed enemy inside the triangle to activate Triple Threat. This means two things: You'll want to choose your targets to down carefully so you have more flexibility with your triangle spreads, and you'll usually want to avoid downing enemies with attacks that kill them outright.

Using Triple Threat effectively is a matter of finding the right balance: Do you spread out your units to cover more ground, or do you stick together to down enemies more reliably? And which unit do you use Triple Threat with? It's an incredibly powerful ability, so try to get a good feel for how it works.

One More and Triple Threat are key to Persona 5 Tactica's combat system. Now that you're (hopefully) more familiar with how they work you should be able to complete any Mission in the game in no time at all!