"That's right... I remember now... A sin that must not exist... How do I atone...?" ― Tatsuya
Tatsuya Suou is the protagonist of Persona 2: Innocent Sin and a major character in "Persona 2: Eternal Punishment".
Background[]
Persona 2: Innocent Sin starts when Tatsuya gets a letter from Lisa Silverman about a student from their school being kidnapped by the gang leader of Kasugayama High School. The letter instructs him to go to the Sumaru Prison alone if he wants the girl, Miyabi, to live. Lisa goes with him to face Eikichi and it's revealed that the letter was a ploy set up by Eikichi's friends to get Tatsuya to join their band, Gas Chamber. Lisa derides Eikichi, prompting him to fight them both with his Persona. Lisa awakens her Persona after being attacked by Eikichi, prompting Tatsuya to summon his Persona to attack the gang leader. All three then pass out and meet Philemon, who tells them about their Personas, and that rumors are becoming reality. Intrigued, Lisa decides to test calling the Joker to see if the rumor did come true, and tries, along with Ken, Takeshi, and Shogo, while Tatsuya, Eikichi, and Miyabi watch. However, in doing so their plans backfire, calling forth Joker. Joker angrily expresses his hostility to the party, and mentions that they once did something horrible to him. Joker then attacks the party, along with summoning demons. Although they manage to fend him off, they all become intrigued about Joker's words, and decide to investigate them.
Tatsuya returns as a major character in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. Following after the events of Innocent Sin, Tatsuya is the only one who recalls the memories that he and his friends had forged in the past. Set after the events of previous adventure, Maya instead takes the role of the silent protagonist. It is revealed in his scenario that he is actually borrowing the body of the Tatsuya native to the new reality in hopes of sealing Nyarlathotep away to atone for his mistake in not holding out for his promise to forget his friends. He also regrets his actions might have repercussions for the Tatsuya of the Eternal Punishment timeline when he fades away.
Stats[]
Attack Potency: Multiverse level (Fought against Nyarlathotep, who controls and embodies the entire Collective Unconsciousness alongside Philemon. Strong enough to leave a bruise on Philemon's cheek, who is equal to Nyarlathotep. Nyarlathotep has stated that all the souls of humanity return to and come from the Sea of Souls and the CU, and Philemon also stated that since the start, the nature of each human soul and a person's sheer willpower has enough potential to create new realities. Since Philemon and Nyarlathotep have watched over humanity ever since their conception, the souls within the CU must be over 107,602,707,791, and each human soul has the potential create entire realities within the CU. This means Nyarlathotep and Philemon must be maintaining and have absolute dominion over a realm with over 107 billion universes, making them easily Multiverse in power)
Speed: Massively Faster than Light+ (293 quadrillion times the speed of light)
Durability: Multiverse level (Should scale to his Attack Potency. Can tank hits from both Nyarlathotep and Philemon, who are the creators of all human souls that ever existed since the beginning of time, and each human soul have the power to recreate the entire universe)
Hax: Reality Creation (Can easily create a new universe just from thinking), Subatomic Disintegration (With the fusion spell "Atomic Breakdown"), Black Hole Creation (With the fusion spell "Black Hole", can create a singularity), Power Negation (With various status effect moves), Space-Time Manipulation, Sleep Inducement, Stat Augmentation, Enemy Stat Manipulation, Automatic Regeneration (Via Unknown Power), Damage Nullification (Limited to certain Personas and certain kinds of damage), Damage Absorption (Same case as with Damage Nullification), Resurrection (Both individual and on his allies), Healing (Both individual and on his allies), Death Manipulation (Depending on the opponent's vulnerability to light or darkness, able to be 100% effective), Paralysis Inducement, Emotional Manipulation, Nuclear Damage, Battlefield Removal (Via "Another Dimension" spell), Resistance against mental ailments (With various Personas), Durability Negation (Via various other fusion spells, Almighty spells and the fusion spell "All 1", which reduces all enemies' life to 1 regardless of defense), Time Stop (Via Apollo's "Nova Cyther"), Immunity to Existence Erasure (Is effectively a paradox, literally willed himself to become immune to existence erasure, can also exist in a nonexistent state)
Intelligence: Above Average. Considered to be a smart student in class. Can think up of a lot of complex battle strategies on the fly using his various Personas.
Stamina: High. Capable of fighting hordes of enemies back-to-back and exploring vast dungeons without any trouble, but may run out of SP to summon Personas.
Powers, Techniques, and Equipment[]
Powers[]
- Superhuman Physical Attributes: After unlocking the power of Personas that was granted to him by Philemon, Tatsuya is notably superhuman in all physical aspects, as he can fight against massive demons on equal footing.
- Rumor Reality Warping: By spreading a certain rumor across the town, these rumors can become true no matter impossible it may seem.
- Persona Summoning: Tatsuya's main ability consists of being able to summon his Persona, a powerful spirit of legend. Since his power was personally awakened by Philemon, the creator of Personas himself, he can summon multiple Persona with varying levels of power and skills.
- Arcana Affinity: Tatsuya's Main Arcana is The Sun, though he can also use other Personas of other Arcanas. Unlike the Protagonists of Persona 3 to 5, Tatsuya has affinities for each Arcana.
- Great: SP cost reduced by 25% and highest Mutation odds
- Good: SP cost reduced by 25% and high Mutation odds
- Normal: Normal SP cost and Mutation odds
- Bad: SP cost increased by 50% and reduced Mutation odds
- Worst: Cannot be equipped
- Tatsuya has Great Affinity with Fool, Hanged Man, Sun, World, Cup, and Sword
- Tatsuya has Good Affinity with Emperor, Chariot, Justice, Moon, Wand, and Coin
- Tatsuya has Bad Affinity with Hierophant, and Death
- Tatsuya has Normal Affinity with everything else
- Tatsuya has Worst affinity with character-exclusive Personas, like Maya Amano's Artemis
- Vulcanus: Tatsuya's initial Persona, whose Arcana is The Sun. Vulcanus is the god of fire and smithing in Roman mythology. He also has associations as a god of male fertility.
- Resistant to Nuclear, Light, Dark, Nerve, Mind
- Immune to Fire
- Weak to Water and Ice
- Moveset:
- Agi: Deal low Fire damage to one enemy
- Patra: Cure one ally's sleep and illusion ailments
- Flame Cut: Deal low Sword + Fire damage to one enemy
- Balzac: Deal Almighty fury ailment to one enemy
- Maragi: Deal low Fire damage to an enemy group
- (Mutation Skill) Dia: Recover low HP for one ally
- Vulcanus Prime: Tatsuya's Prime Persona, whose Arcana is The Sun. Is simply a more powerful version of Vulcanus.
- Resistant to Nuclear, Light, Dark, Nerve, Mind
- Immune to Fire
- Weak to Water and Ice
- Moveset:
- Agilao: Deal medium Fire damage to one enemy
- Me Patra: Cure all allies' sleep and illusion ailments
- Maragion: Deal medium Fire damage to an enemy group
- Fiery Fury: Deal low Sword + Fire damage to all enemies
- Tarukaja: Increase one ally's physical attack
- Agidyne: Deal high Fire damage to one enemy
- (Mutation Skill) Balzac: Deal Almighty fury ailment to one enemy
- Junnosuke Kuroda: Tatsuya's Ancentral Persona, whose Arcana is Fool. Junnosuke Kuroda is a ninja master and faithful servant to Tatsunoshin Suou during the Period of the Warring States (In-game lore).
- Immune to Thrown, Attack, Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Moveset:
- Poison Needle: Small Throw damage + Poisoned effect to an enemy (59% chance)
- Deadly Needle: Renders an enemy Unconscious (20% chance) [Throw-element]
- Fuuma Kotarou: Ultimate Persona of the Fool Arcana. Fuuma Kotarou is the name adopted by a leader of the Fuuma clan of ninjas during the Sengoku era of Japan.
- Immune to Thrown, Attack, Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Moveset:
- Fata Morgana: Puts a group of enemies under an Illusion (52% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Mighty Swing: Inflicts medium Sword damage to an enemy
- Blade of Fury: Inflicts small Sword damage to a group of enemies
- Vital Thrust: Renders an enemy Unconscious (20% chance) [Strike-element]
- Curse: Inflicts medium Dark damage to all enemies
- Death Bound: Inflicts small Sword damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Baptism by Thunder: Large Lightning damage + Electrified effect to a group of enemies. (30% chance)
- Unknown Power: Special-type
- Rangda: Ultimate Persona of the Magician Arcana. Rangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology.
- Resists Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ice, Electric, Nuclear, and Almighty
- Immune to Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Repels Sword, Shot, Strike, Thrown, and Attack
- Weak to Light
- Moveset:
- Scratch: Inflicts small Strike damage to an enemy
- Marin Karin: Renders an enemy Charmed (52% chance) [Mind-element]
- Megidola: Inflicts large Almighty damage to all enemies
- Medirama: Greatly restores all characters' HP
- Mudoon: Renders all enemies Unconscious (48% chance) [Dark-element]
- Recarm Dora: Sacrifice self to recover all Unconscious characters (25% HP)
- (Mutation Skill) Tetrakarn: Repels one physical attack that is targeted toward a character
- Unknown Type: Recovery-type
- Lakshmi: Ultimate Persona of the Priestess Arcana. In Hindu mythos, Lakshmi is the goddess of beauty, good fortune and love and is the wife of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti.
- Resists Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Light
- Moveset:
- Diarahan: Fully restores a character's HP
- Raku Kaja: Enhances a character's Defense
- Zandyne: Inflicts large Almighty damage to an enemy
- Sama Recarm: Recovers an Unconscious character, restoring full HP
- Trafuri: Retreats from battle without fail (does not work against some enemies)
- Dance of Bravery: Enhances a character's Attack and Magic Attack
- (Mutation Skill) Mediarahan: Fully restores all characters' HP
- Unknown Power: Recovery-type
- Gaia: Ultimate Persona of the Empress Arcana. Gaia is the mother earth goddess from Greek Mythology.
- Resists Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Earth, Light, and Dark
- Moveset:
- Magdyne: Inflicts large Earth damage to an enemy
- Freidyne: Inflicts large Nuclear damage to a group of enemies
- Wall of Earth: Nullifies Earth type attacks targeted toward the entire party (Until battle ends)
- Tetrakarn: Repels one physical attack that is targeted toward a character
- Rain of Arrows: Inflicts large Shot damage to all enemies
- Anger of the Earth: Inflicts huge Earth damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Diarama: Greatly restores a character's HP
- Unknown Power: Special-type
- Vishnu: Ultimate Persona of the Emperor Arcana. In the Hindu religion, Vishnu the Preserver is one of the three principle deities of the Trimurti (Hindu Triad) along with Brahma, the Creator, and Shiva, the Destroyer.
- Immune to Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Resists everything else
- Moveset:
- Bufudyne: Large Ice damage + Frozen effect to an enemy (50% chance)
- Diarahan: Fully restores a character's HP
- Maha Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to a group of enemies
- Blade of Fury: Inflicts small Sword damage to a group of enemies
- Hamaon: Renders all enemies Unconscious (48% chance)
- Megidolaonn: Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Sthiti: Recovers the condition of a character, fully restoring HP
- Unknown Power: Assist-type
- Brahma: Ultimate Persona of the Hierophant Arcana. Brahma is the deity that creates the universe in Hinduism and is part of the trinity of Devas called the Trimurti, alongside Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer.
- Weak to Sword, Strike, Shot, Thrown, and Attack
- Repels everything else
- Moveset:
- Bufudyne: Deal high Ice damage to one enemy
- Samsara: Deal Almighty mute and Mind panic ailments to all enemies
- Samarecarm: Revive and recover full HP for one ally
- Samakaja: Increase one ally's magical defense
- Megidolaon: Deal high Almighty damage to all enemies
- Alpha Blaster: Deal persistent Light damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Suristi: Revive and recover full HP for all allies
- Unknown Power: Revival-type
- Alice: Ultimate Persona of the Lovers Arcana. Some say that she is also based on a myth of an Aryan girl who died at a young age.
- Immune to Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Resists everything else
- Moveset:
- Scratch: Inflicts small Strike damage to an enemy
- Mediarahan: Fully restores all characters' HP
- Hypnotic Wave: Puts all enemies to Sleep (44% chance) [Nerve-element]
- Makarakarn: Repels one magic attack that is targeted toward a character
- Omega Cluster: Renders enemies Unconscious, starting with the weakest [Dark-element]
- Megidolaonn: Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Another Dimension: Renders all enemies Unconscious (40% chance) [Non-elemental]
- Unknown Power: Special-type
- Shiva: Ultimate Persona of the Chariot Arcana. In the Hindu religion, Shiva the Destroyer is one of the three principle deities of the Trimurti (Hindu Triad) along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
- Immune to Light, Dark, Mind, and Nerve
- Resists everything else
- Moveset:
- Ziodyne: Large Lightning damage + Electrified effect to an enemy (50% chance)
- Blade of Fury: Inflicts small Sword damage to a group of enemies
- Taru Kaja: Enhances a character's Attack
- Grydyne: Inflicts large Almighty damage to a group of enemies
- Death Bound: Inflicts small Sword damage to all enemies
- Nuclear Missile: Inflicts huge Nuclear damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Puraraya: Renders 1-3 enemies Unconscious. [Sword-element]
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Pallas Athena: Ultimate Persona of the Justice Arcana. Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, philosophy, justice, law, mathematics, strength, arts, crafts, skill and reason.
- Immune to Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Repels Sword, and Attack
- Moveset:
- Zandyne: Inflicts large Almighty damage to an enemy
- Mighty Swing: Inflicts medium Sword damage to an enemy
- Taru Kaja: Enhances a character's Attack
- Tetrakarn: Repels one physical attack that is targeted toward a character
- Deadly Burn: Inflicts huge Fire damage to all enemies
- Death Bound: Inflicts small Sword damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Divine Judgement: Large Light damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Unknown Power: Recovery-type
- Tishtoriya: Ultimate Persona of the Hermit Arcana. Tishtoriya, or Tishtrya, is a Zoroastrian Yazata associated with life-bearing rainfall and fertility.
- Resists Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind.
- Drains Wind
- Weak to Fire
- Moveset:
- Aquadyne: Inflicts large Water damage to an enemy
- Acid Rain: Inflicts medium Water damage to all enemies
- Soothing Melody: Partially restores HP to all characters
- Refresh Ring: Recovers a character's condition
- Alpha Blaster: Inflicts continual damage to all enemies [Light-element]
- Aquary Tide: Inflicts huge Water damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Makarakarn: Repels one magic attack that is targeted toward a character
- Unknown Power: Assist-type
- Gyokukou Joutei: Ultimate Persona of the Fortune Arcana. Known as the Jade Emperor, who has many names such as "Yu Huang Shangdi" or "Tiān Gōng". It is said that he was originally the prince of the kingdom of Pure Felicity and Majestic Heavenly Lights and Ornaments.
- Weak to Sword, Shot, Strike, Thrown, and Attack
- Resists everything else
- Moveset:
- Mighty Swing: Inflicts medium Sword damage to an enemy
- Magic Seal: Renders a group of enemies Mute (24% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Tetraja: Protects all characters from one attack of type Light/Dark
- Affectionate Prayer: Greatly restores HP to all characters
- Divine Judgement: Large Light damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Whirlwind Blast: Inflicts medium Throw damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Hieros Glupaine: Inflicts Light damage (depends on the power of the Persona) to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Defense-type
- Kohryu: Ultimate Persona of the Strength Arcana. It reigns over the Si Xiang - celestial creatures in Chinese constellation - namely, Baihu, Xuanwu, Qinglong and Zhuque - and is located in the center of the four beasts.
- Resists Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ice, Lightning, Nuclear, Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Weak to Strike, and Attack
- Moveset:
- Fire Breath: Inflicts Fire damage (depends on the level of the caster) to all enemies
- Transfixion: Small Attack damage + Unconscious effect to an enemy (20% chance)
- Blizzard Breath: Ice damage (depends on the level of the caster) + Frozen effect to all enemies (30% chance)
- Tetraja: Protects all characters from one attack of type Light/Dark
- Taru Kaja: Enhances a character's Attack
- Violent Rage: Inflicts medium Attack damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Sama Recarm: Recovers an Unconscious character, restoring full HP
- Unknown Power: Recovery-type
- Azazel: Ultimate Persona of the Hanged Man Arcana. Azazel is one of the Grigori in Hebrew lore. He was a fallen angel who was offered goats as sacrifices.
- Immune to Nerve and Mind
- Drains Fire, Water, Win, Earth, Ice, Lightning, Nuclear, Light, Dark, and Almighty
- Moveset:
- Heat Wave: Inflicts small Sword damage to a group of enemies
- Devil's Smile: Renders a group of enemies Furious (24% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Trial of Darkness: Large Dark damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Hypnotic Wave: Puts all enemies to Sleep (44% chance) [Nerve-element]
- Anger of the Earth: Inflicts huge Earth damage to all enemies
- Guillotine Fake: Small Sword damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (36% chance)
- (Mutation Skill) Chaos Element: Inflicts damage (depends on the level of the caster) to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Special-type
- Mot: Ultimate Persona of the Death Arcana. The Semitic god of death, who would continuously attempt to devour the god Baal every few years.
- Resists Nerve, and Mind
- Repels Light, and Dark
- Moveset:
- Magdyne: Inflicts large Earth damage to an enemy
- Mudoonn: Renders all enemies Unconscious (48% chance) [Dark-element]
- Mighty Swing: Inflicts medium Sword damage to an enemy
- Megidola: Inflicts large Almighty damage to all enemies
- Death Bound: Inflicts small Sword damage to all enemies
- Omega Cluster: Renders enemies Unconscious, starting with the weakest [Dark-element]
- (Mutation Skill) Megidolaonn: Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Suzaku: Ultimate Persona of the Temperance Arcana. The Zhu Que (朱雀) Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations (Si Xiang) along with Byakko, Genbu, and Seiryu.
- Resists Sword, Strike, Attack, Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Fire
- Weak to Shot, Water, and Earth
- Moveset:
- Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to an enemy
- Wingbeat: Inflicts small Attack damage to all enemies
- Fire Breath: Inflicts Fire damage (depends on the level of the caster) to all enemies
- Mahanma: Renders a group of enemies Unconscious (42% chance) [Light-element]
- Hieros Glupaine: Inflicts Light damage (depends on the power of the Persona) to all enemies
- Inferno: Inflicts large Fire damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Fire Wall: Nullifies Fire type attacks targeted toward the entire party (Until battle ends)
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Lucifer: Ultimate Persona of the Devil Arcana. Lucifer is a prominent figure in the various religions, with his most infamous act being rebelling against God and subsequently falling from grace.
- Immune to Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Resists everything else
- Moveset:
- Trial of Darkness: Large Dark damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Photon Cannon: Inflicts large Attack damage to all enemies
- Omega Cluster: Renders enemies Unconscious, starting with the weakest [Dark-element]
- Megidolaonn: Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies
- Another Dimension: Renders all enemies Unconscious (40% chance) [Non-elemental]
- (Mutation Skill) Chaos Element: Inflicts damage (depends on the level of the caster) to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Special-type
- Seth: Ultimate Persona of the Tower Arcana. Seth is the deity of deserts, storms and chaos and served as one of the greatest deities in Egyptian myth.
- Resists Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Water, Light, and Dark
- Moveset:
- Straight Slash: Inflicts small Sword damage to an enemy
- Aquadyne: Inflicts large Water damage to an enemy
- Mudoonn: Renders all enemies Unconscious (48% chance) [Dark-element]
- Maka Kaja: Enhances a character's Magic Attack
- Death Bound: Inflicts small Sword damage to all enemies
- Aquary Tide: Inflicts huge Water damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Trial of Darkness: Large Dark damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Fariedone: Ultimate Persona of the Star Arcana. Fariedone, also called Apam Napat ("Son of the Waters") is the name of an Iranian mythical king and hero who is an emblem of victory, justice and generosity in the Persian literature.
- Resists Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Repels Wind
- Weak to Earth
- Moveset:
- Ziodyne: Large Lightning damage + Electrified effect to an enemy (50% chance)
- Recarm: Recovers an Unconscious character, restoring some HP (25%)
- Twin Slash: Inflicts huge Sword damage to an enemy
- Refresh Ring: Recovers a character's condition
- Senpu Jin: Inflicts large Wind damage to all enemies
- Alpha Blaster: Inflicts continual damage to all enemies [Light-element]
- (Mutation Skill) Whirlwind Blast: Inflicts medium Throw damage to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Nannar: Ultimate Persona of the Moon Arcana. Nanna/Nannar is the god of the moon in Mesopotamian mythology.
- Resists Nerve, and Mind
- Repels Dark
- Weak to Light
- Moveset:
- Gryva: Inflicts medium Almighty damage to a group of enemies
- Maha Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to a group of enemies
- Maha Aquadyne: Inflicts large Water damage to a group of enemies
- Maha Garudyne: Inflicts large Wind damage to a group of enemies
- Maha Magdyne: Inflicts large Earth damage to a group of enemies
- Mediarahan: Fully restores all characters' HP
- (Mutation Skil) Trafuri: Retreats from battle without fail (does not work against some enemies)
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Virochana: Ultimate Persona of the Sun Arcana (Discounting Apollo). In Buddhism, Vairocana is the greatest of the "Dhyanibuddhas", the Five Great Buddhas of Wisdom. He encompasses the principle of "Absolute".
- Resists Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Fire, Light, and Dark
- Moveset:
- Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to an enemy
- Magic Seal: Renders a group of enemies Mute (24% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Divine Judgement: Large Light damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Rain of Arrows: Inflicts large Shot damage to all enemies
- Freidyne: Inflicts large Nuclear damage to a group of enemies
- Deadly Burn: Inflicts huge Fire damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Hieros Glupaine: Inflicts Light damage (depends on the power of the Persona) to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Recovery-type
- Satan: Ultimate Persona of the Judgement Arcana. Satan is a prominent figure in the Abrahamic religions, playing various roles in their literature. He may either be depicted as a rebel to the will of God, or as one who tempts mankind to commit sin to show God that mankind can easily be led astray from Him.
- Repels Sword, Shot, Strike, Thrown, and Attack
- Weak to everything else
- Moveset:
- Divine Judgement: Large Light damage + Unconscious effect to all enemies (50% chance)
- Photon Cannon: Inflicts large Attack damage to all enemies
- Alpha Blaster: Inflicts continual damage to all enemies [Light-element]
- Megidolaonn: Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies
- Nuclear Missile: Inflicts huge Nuclear damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Asteroid Bomb: Inflicts huge Almighty damage to all enemies
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Zhu Yin: Ultimate Persona of the World Arcana. Zhu Yin, also known as Zhulong, and Shokuin in Japanese, is a Chinese light and weather dragon deity that lives on Mount Zhōng, one of Heaven's gates to the North, - it appears as a 300 mile long dragon, with an elderly human male face instead of a draconic one.
- Resists Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Earth
- Repels Ice, Lightning, and Nuclear
- Weak to Wind
- Moveset:
- Poison Breath: Renders all enemies Poisoned (20% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Fire Breath: Inflicts Fire damage (depends on the level of the caster) to all enemies
- Mirage Breath: Puts all enemies under an Illusion (44% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Blizzard Breath: Ice damage (depends on the level of the caster) + Frozen effect to all enemies (30% chance)
- Megaton Press: Inflicts huge Attack damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Affectionate Prayer: Greatly restores HP to all characters
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Quetzalcoatl: Ultimate Persona of the Suit of Wands Minor Arcana. A Persona that can only be obtained via Mutation, Quetzalcoatl is an Aztec sky and creator god.
- Weak to Sword, Shot, Strike, Thrown, and Attack
- Repels everything else
- Moveset:
- Maha Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to a group of enemies
- Hypnotic Wave: Puts all enemies to Sleep (44% chance) [Nerve-element]
- Baptism by Thunder: Large Lightning damage + Electrified effect to a group of enemies (30% chance)
- Heat Wave: Inflicts small Sword damage to a group of enemies
- Deadly Burn: Inflicts huge Fire damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Makarakarn: Reflects one magic attack that is targeted toward a character
- Unknown Power: Recovery-type
- Dagda: Ultimate Persona of the Suit of Cups Minor Arcana. A Persona that can only be obtained via Mutation, Dagda is the supreme god in Celtic mythology. His name means "the good god," good as in good at everything, as opposed to morally good.
- Resists Sword, Shot, Strike, Thrown, and Attack
- Weak to Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ice, Lightning, Nuclear, and Almighty
- Moveset:
- Gigantic Fist: Inflicts large Strike damage to an enemy
- Raku Kaja: Enhances a character's Defense
- Maha Aquadyne: Inflicts large Water damage to a group of enemies
- Roar: Renders all enemies Furious (20% chance) [Almighty-element]
- Viper Smash: Inflicts huge Strike damage to an enemy
- Aquary Tide: Inflicts huge Water damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Diarama: Greatly restores a character's HP
- Unknown Power: Defense-type
- Futsuno Mitama: Ultimate Persona of the Suit of Swords Minor Arcana. A Persona that can only be obtained via Mutation, Futsuno Mitama is the personification of a divine sword in Japanese mythology.
- Repels Sword, Shot, Strike, Thrown, and Attack
- Weak to everything else
- Moveset:
- Mighty Swing: Inflicts medium Sword damage to an enemy
- Blade of Fury: Inflicts small Sword damage to a group of enemies
- Tetrakarn: Reflects one physical attack that is targeted toward a character
- Death Bound: Inflicts small Sword damage to all enemies
- Hamaonn: Renders all enemies Unconscious (48% chance) [Light-element]
- Alpha Blaster: Inflicts continual damage to all enemies [Light-element]
- (Mutation Skill) Freidyne: Inflicts large Nuclear damage to a group of enemies
- Unknown Power: Special-type
- Sarasvati: Ultimate Persona of the Suit of Pentacles Minor Arcana. A Persona that can only be obtained via Mutation, Sarasvati is the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts. Sarasvati has been identified with the Vedic Sarasvati River. She is considered as consort of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation.
- Resists Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Immune to Light
- Moveset:
- Medirama: Greatly restores all characters' HP
- Sama Kaja: Enhances a character's Magic Defense
- Dream Needle: Small Throw damage + Sleep effect to an enemy (42% chance)
- Sama Recarm: Recovers an Unconscious character, restoring full HP
- Magma Drop: Inflicts large Earth damage to all enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Dance of Bravery: Enhances a character's Attack and Magic Attack
- Unknown Power: Recovery-type
- Apollo: Tatsuya's Ultimate Persona, and his strongest among all of his Personas. As one of the Personas of The Sun Arcana, Apollo is the final and true Persona of Tatsuya Suou, whose power is beyond compare. One of the Twelve Olympians in the Greek mythology and also worshiped in the ancient Rome, Apollo was originally associated with arts, such as music and poetry, but was later transfigured into the god of the Sun, overshadowing Helios
- Capable of stopping time itself in a universal, possibly multiversal, scale with Nova Cyther
- Instrumental to the defeat of Nyarlathotep, and could hold its own against Philemon
- Immune to Fire, Nuclear, Light, Dark, Nerve, and Mind
- Resists Lightning
- Weak to Water, and Ice
- Moveset:
- Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to an enemy
- Gigantic Fist: Inflicts large Strike damage to an enemy
- De Kaja: Cancels an enemy's Kaja spell effects
- Freila: Inflicts medium Nuclear damage to a group of enemies
- Maha Agidyne: Inflicts large Fire damage to a group of enemies
- (Mutation Skill) Heat Kaiser: Inflicts huge Nuclear damage to a group of enemies
- Unknown Power: Attack-type
- Nova Cyther: Apollo's ultimate move, and can greatly damage even Philemon and Nyarlathotep, who are multiversal gods. This move halts time itself, except for the user. Inflicts huge Nuclear damage to an enemy
- Arcana Affinity: Tatsuya's Main Arcana is The Sun, though he can also use other Personas of other Arcanas. Unlike the Protagonists of Persona 3 to 5, Tatsuya has affinities for each Arcana.
- Reality Creation: All people have power over reality, but is dormant within their souls. Due to Tatsuya unlocking the power of Personas, his soul has unlocked the ability to easily create entire realities and new space-time universes and alternate timelines.
- Created a timeline where he never met Maya Amano, thus erasing his own timeline and all his memories of her and his other friends.
- However, Tatsuya literally defied this in the last second, which caused him to not be erased from existence due to the new timeline.
- Nyarlathotep's Mark: After the events of Innocent Sin, Tatsuya had this mark on his arm. It gives him a connection of Nyarlathotep himself, and it signifies his ability to resist existence erasure and memory wipeout, allowing his to remember even erased realities and timelines, as well as the ability to exist in nonexistence, and be able to escape from any void.
Techniques[]
- Fusion Spells: With multiple Personas, Tatsuya can fuse two skills to perform powerful Fusion Spells. Armageddon in particular can oneshot any enemy, even bosses, with the exception of the Bonus Boss Philemon and Nyarlathotep. Various Fusion Spells have many different kinds of hax, such as "Atomic Destruction", which literally states that the attack causes a subatomic breakdown, and "Black Hole", which summons a literal singularity
- Here is the complete list of Fusion Spells in Innocent Sin and in Eternal Punishment
- Unknown Power: Tatsuya's Personas can use Unknown Power, which can further help him throughout battles. Unknown Powers are special skills that are unlocked once the Persona gets a Mutation saying that an "Unknown ability [has been] awakened". Once this occurs, when the Persona-user's HP goes below 1/8th, takes over 3/4 of their health in damage, or dies, the Persona will do a certain type of Unknown Power. The effect will also differ if the compatibility between the Persona and its user is better or not.
- Here is the complete list of Unknown Powers in Eternal Punishment
Equipment[]
- Laevateinn: Tatsuya's most powerful Katana in Eternal Punishment, even more powerful than his most powerful Katana in Innocent Sin.
- Inflicts both Sword and Fire damage
- Has 180 attack power, and boosts wielder's Magic Attack by 60
- Born from a rumor that the Legendary Katana became Laevateinn
- Used by Surt from Norse Mythology
- Helmet of Eternity: Most powerful Head equipment in Eternal Punishment.
- Has 38 Defense, and gives the wearer a "Good" Evade Rate
- Guzei Armor: Most powerful Armor equipment in Eternal Punishment.
- Has 128 Defense
- Thule Greaves: Most powerful Leg equipment in Eternal Punishment.
- Has 39 Defense, and boosts wearer's Magic Defense by 40
- All-Round Earring: Best Accessory equipment in Eternal Punishment in terms of stats.
- Gives wearer a 15 point boost in all stats
- Items: Carries various items with him at all times.
- Has a variety of effects; from healing HP and MP, curing ailments, damaging enemies, etc.
- List of Items in Eternal Punishment
- Tatsuya's Lighter: Doesn't smoke, but keeps a lighter with him at all times.
- Gifted to him by his childhood friend Jun Kurosu
- Serves as an emotional link for him and his childhood friends
- Tatsuya's Motorcycle: In both Innocent Sin and in Eternal Punishment, "Other Side" Tatsuya owns a motorcycle.
- Pretty damn good at driving it
- Increases his movement speed
- Really skilled in both driving it and fixing it
Minor Feats[]
Attack Potency/Strength[]
- Can kill demons by himself, even without resorting to his Personas
- Capable of matching the Masked Circle members
- Can move planets with Fusion Spells
- Damaged Hitler, who at that time was the avatar of Nyarlathotep
Speed/Reactions[]
- Can dodge Zio spells, which are lightning-based
- Can dodge light-based attacks, like Hitler's Holy Ark attack
- Capable of perceiving Grand Cross, an attack that can move planets
- Kept pace with Joker and the Masked Circle
- Was able to surprise and punch Philemon, who likely transcends normal space-time
- Can ride a motorcycle pretty damn well
Durability/Endurance[]
- Can tank hits from various demons
- His variety of Personas give him a number of defense against an array of elements
- Has one of the highest Defense stats of all members in Innocent Sin
- Took hits from Joker and the Masked Circle
- Took hits from Philemon and Nyarlathotep
- Survived being erased from existence, and from his memory getting wiped out
- Can tank being near his own Fusion Spell, Grand Cross, which literally moves planets
Skill/Intelligence[]
- Quickly got used to being a Persona User right after Philemon granted him the power to do so
- Fought off the Masked Circle and Joker
- Masterfully uses the Rumor System to put things in his favor
- Fought legions of demons
- Fought against other Persona Users
- Faced his Shadow Self and won
- Smart enough to negotiate with demons
- Eventually foiled Nyarlathotep's plans, and he's basically a nigh-omniscient god who has watched humanity since its dawn
Powerscaling[]
- Nyarlathotep (Fought, kept up, and even defeated him)
- Persona 1 Cast (Persona 2 officially takes place after Persona 1, and Tatsuya can even fight alongside the Persona 1 cast in the games)
- Philemon (Managed to bruise him by punching his face, fought him as the final, most powerful Bonus Boss in Eternal Punishment)
Weaknesses[]
- Tatsuya is a living paradox after Innocent Sin, which may or may be not a good thing
- Cursed by Nyarlathotep after the events of Innocent Sin
- Limited MP pool
- Can be healed with Items
- Each Persona have different sets of strengths and weaknesses, and if he's unlucky, can get hit by a weakness of said Persona
- Hurting his Personas also hurts Tatsuya
Sources[]
Versus Compendium's Conclusions[]
Notable Wins:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches: