This is a List of all the changes given by the boss state in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
All characters deal more damage, have more health and gain more SP by a subjective variety, boss mode is not altered by being a shadow.
Boss mode is available in versus, online (given the right room settings), score attack (for ai only) and arena mode (with the skill "Fury of Yasogami").
List of Changes[]
| Character | Changes |
|---|---|
| Yu | Can cancel one special in to another, excluding Lightning Flash and Heroic Bravery.
Zio; Inflicts shock, Hits twice and "acts like a projectile with a speed increase and tracks to the enemy's position". Recover from using Ziodyne quicker. |
| Yosuke Hanamura | Sukukaja permanently active.
Unlimited air actions. Shippu Nagareboshi costs no sp when available (boost costs 25 SP) |
| Chie Satonaka | Power Charge always at level 3.
Recover faster from Dragon Kick and Gods Hand |
| Kanji Tatsumi | All grab attacks buffed.
Recover from Air Dive instantly. Primal Force & Sweep are faster and move further. Command grabs work past blocking and being hit. |
| Minazuki (Tsukiyomi) | Sword attacks can inflict Silence, Fear and Poison.
Recover faster from most moves. Throw double the amount of daggers. Possible combo in to Drain (Command Grab). Wings of Purgatory is unblockable. Dream Fog always activates. |
| Marie | Weather buffs are increased;
Sunny: Non-Awakening SP skills deal more damage. Cloudy: Summoning the Cloud present creates 2 instead of 1 and DP/Throw inflict Shock. Rainy: Passive HP gain. Snowy: Passive SP gain. Shining arrows sends out more projectiles. It's All Yours (A) hits more and inflicts Fear on hit. t's All Yours (C) inflicts Mute and Rage on hit. |
| Margaret | Health set to (around) 25K
Move faster. Cancel any move in to another. Gain an additional air action. All hits of 5A now go fullscreen and have a larger hitbox. 5B moves come out faster as well as causing wall bounce on hit. Margaret's Furious Action changes: Vacuums the opponent in, Can't be teched unlike her vanilla DP, Activates through blockstun, Always does 6980 damage regardless of combo scaling or any defensive buffs. |
| Sho (No Persona) | Inflict Rage, Panic and Charm.
Recover faster from most moves. |
| Naoto Shirogane | Certain moves decrease fate counter, excluding;
Persona moves such as 5D, j.D, 5C, j.C, Snipe, excluding SB Shots, the 5th shot and 6D (A/B/C/D during Aim Stance) & Blight, Anti-S SP Pistol. Hamaon and Mudoon. Gain SP significantly higher than other boss modes. Reload faster. 5A & j.A now place D Hair-Trigger Megido. C Hair-Trigger Megido is now unblockable. SB Hair-Trigger Megido now appears directly on the opponent's location. |
| Teddie | Fall faster
Additional air action. D normals throw 2 items, excluding 2D. Nihil Hand instantly teleports behind the opponent. Circus Bear rolls left twice and right once, while the D version rolls right twice and left once. SB version will roll 3 times in each direction. |
| Yukiko Amagi | Fire always at level 9.
Fire break recovers effectively instantly. Heavy phys throws three fans that bounce. |
| Ken Amada | Koromaru is immortal.
Koromaru can attack whenever. Gigantic Impact inflicts shock. Mediarama heals for more. |
| Yukari Takeba | All arrow attacks have a boomerang property when they go off screen.
B normals are always fully charged. |
| Labrys (Ariadne) | Permanent Red Axe level.
5B, 2B and DP (B+D) are faster and unblockable. |
| Mitsuru Kirijo | Any sword hit applies Freeze and Charm.
5B and 2B can "gattling" backwards into 5A to 2A. B Coup Droit now "crosses up." |
| Aigis | Permanent Extreme Orgia Mode.
999 bullets. All D Normals have the persona's counterattack happen immediately. Boost up to 4 times in the air. Boost out of DP recovery. Medigo Fire can be cancelled into itself with a damage increase. Multi Mounted Machine Gun Orion has increased damage. |
| Tohru Adachi | Start with Magatsu Mandala buffs.
Heat Riser buffs damage more. SP gain is noticeably higher compared to most other boss characters. Ghastly Wail does extra damage. |
| Elizabeth | Health set to (around) 25K.
Move faster. Gain an additional air action. Invigorate buffed massively. Immune to all status ailments but freeze. Hitbox of 5D and j.D have been enlarged significantly. Debilitate will now always trigger regardless of counter. Mahamaon and Mamudoon will always Instantly Kill the opponent, but has a slightly longer startup. Diarahan now fully heals. Ghastly Wail appears in 3 different spots dependent on version used: C version ~ Thanatos appears as normally. D version ~ Thanatos appears in front of the opponent on the ground. SB version ~ Thanatos appears in front of the opponent regardless of position, including airborne opponents. Megidolaon now only requires one hit to activate rather than 3. |
| Akihiko Sanada | Permanent Thunder Fists.
Permanent Level 5 Cyclone. Kill rush can be cancelled in and out of all other "rekka" moves. DP can be cancelled into specials. Cyclone Uppercut deals more damage. 5D stays on screen significantly longer and the vacuum effect is stronger. |
| Labrys (Asterius) | Asterius acts faster and deals more damage. |
| Junpei Iori | Starts with 9 runs and full bases.
B Normals shoot fireballs (5B, 2B, j.B) Fireballs count towards a base on hit or block. Super Inferno Homer can launch 2 fireballs instead of 1. Increased Victory Cry Health and SP Gain. Clean hits easier to pull off. DP can cancel into any other move on block (including DP). |
| Rise Kujikawa | Scan is always active.
Tetrakarn/Makarakarn are active at round start and will regenerate quickly after use. |