PERSONA 5 ROYAL: EVERY PARTY MEMBER RANKED!

Storyline (high level)

• Persona 5 Royal centers on Joker and the Phantom Thieves as they fight enemies and corrupt institutions through infiltration, exploration, and combat.
• The video’s tiering/ranking focuses on party-building choices across the game, especially how different characters become available at different points (many end up strong or weak depending on when you obtain their best skills).

Gameplay highlights & key ideas discussed

• Party composition matters, because Royal has a large number of playable characters (lots of options vs. other mainline entries).
• Characters are ranked using three core functions:
  • Damage
  • Support
  • Resource Management (mostly SP efficiency and how well the character “keeps working” over long fights)
• A major mechanic emphasized:
  • Technical attacks: combining ailments and skill effects to trigger high-impact “technical” hits.
  • Psychokinesis is highlighted as especially useful for technical-related play (due to its value for inflicting/triggering technicals).

Strategies / key tips mentioned

• Ailments are underrated in Royal, and you should use them to gain combat advantages (including technicals).
• In endgame, the value of certain support types can drop if you obtain them too late—e.g., defensive/support skills may become less impactful once you already have access to stronger endgame options.
• SP hunger matters: skills that cost a lot of SP without strong payoff are less valuable.
• Some characters are “must run” because they provide:
  • consistent status coverage,
  • strong AoE damage,
  • and/or top-tier party-wide buffs/debuffs/healing.

Character ranking (as covered in the subtitles)

Lowest tier (Worst): A ketchi / Robin Hood-type character (spelled inconsistently in auto-subtitles)

Why ranked worst

• Available too briefly/too late for most players to fully benefit.
• Lacks standout strengths (described as “jack of all trades”).
• Too many options feel underwhelming: often reduced to single-target style usage.
• SP-heavy ailments/skills are called inefficient compared to better options.
• Some late/dominant skills are described as overkill or situational, especially against the final boss setup.

Overall takeaway

• Even if technically usable, the video argues it’s inefficient compared to alternatives.

Next low tier: Kumi (spelled inconsistently; likely “Kum…/Cumi”-type character)

Why ranked low

• Joined extremely late (final dungeon mentioned).
• Damage and support are described as only “barely better” and still underwhelming.
• Weakness/defensive vulnerability noted (curse-related issues leading to potentially instant-fail situations).
• Trait described as too little, too late to matter meaningfully at that stage of the game.

Overall takeaway

• Framed as disappointing because she doesn’t outperform later-game alternatives.

B tier (Short section): Mona / Morgana-type healer

Why ranked mid

• Very simple kit: primarily healing and status cure support.
• Damage is not the point; the value is reliability.
• Presented as early-game essential and always helpful via status/heal utilities.

Overall takeaway

• “Basic but effective” makes him worth using.

A tier (Favorites / strong): Haru Okumura

Strengths

• Balanced gun + psychokinesis style, keeping damage respectable.
• Access to a highly valued mechanic: technical synergy (via psychokinesis/ailment interactions).
• Gets strong endgame support/heal options (party-wide defensive/heal concepts mentioned).
• Has party ailment curing (described positively).

Weaknesses

• Joined later than some competitors (timing problem).
• Support portion is considered limited until higher tier Personas.
• Trait is called niche for modern Persona gameplay (ailments aren’t frequent enough to matter).

Overall takeaway

• Very strong, but not top because of acquisition timing + trait niche.

A tier (Also compared): Yusuke

Strengths

• Strong physical lineup, good timing (obtained earlier than Haru).
• Has freeze/ailment-related potential highlighted as a win-condition when it lands.
• Some endgame Persona skill is praised as extremely impactful.

Weaknesses

• Falls off once your roster expands (compared to Haru, described as less “keeps up” with late-game options).
• Support described as weaker relative to top support characters.

Overall takeaway

• Great early/mid-game, less dominant later.

“Actually too good” tier (Best team): Makoto + Ryuji (order: Ryuji, then Makoto in the subtitles)

Makoto Niijima (presented as the best support / magic utility core)

Why top

• Strong AoE and magic damage.
• Very good support toolkit: curing ailments, heals, buffs/debuffs.
• Noted for party-wide debilitation turning fights in your favor quickly.
• Trait described as strongly synergistic with the game’s ailment-heavy advantages.
• Endgame performance remains good despite possible expensive skills, because she has strong SP sustain.

Overall takeaway

• “Nearly perfect unit” in functionality.

Ryuji Sakazuki (presented as main nuker / physical king)

Why top

• Simplest plan: use physical skills to nuke.
• Has a powerful trait that boosts physical damage (scales from chance early to stronger late version).
• Resource advantage: physical is framed as more efficient because it uses HP rather than SP.
• High HP means better durability.
• Late game gets stronger “charge” style nuking and party-wide charge.

Overall takeaway

• Extremely easy to use and consistently strong all game.

Final note on other “best” mentions

• Joker: described as “wild card” and potentially best or worst depending on player skill; his power depends on how you build/play.
• Futaba: described as “broken” because buffs/heals/utility are always valuable regardless of how you play.

Gamers / sources featured (at the end of the video subtitles)

• Min boy yandere Gogeta (creator / speaker)
• Mentions in the subtitles (not separate sources): Joker, Futaba (characters, not external sources)
• No other external gamers/streamers are explicitly listed beyond the creator handle above.