Down Shot used against the Reaper in Persona 5 Royal
Down Shot (ダウンショット, Daunshotto)? is a Confidant ability in Persona 5.
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Persona 5 / Royal[]
| See also: Confidant/Shinya Oda |
Down Shot is a Confidant ability unlocked by starting Shinya Oda's Confidant at Rank 1.
If the Confidant ability is unlocked, the protagonist has an option to use his gun to instantly Down one target. This attack does no damage to the target but ignores any shield and resistances they may have. It does not remove ailments from the target. Down Shot bypasses conventional accuracy checks, and can affect the Reaper and Mementos Requests targets, but will always miss if used against bosses or an already knocked down target.
In Persona 5, Down Shot uses up ammo corresponding to the number of rounds left in the magazine. For example, a weapon with 8 rounds will use up 8 bullets; since the protagonist normally has an overall ammo cap of 16, he can use Down Shot with said weapon twice. This cost can be reduced by unlocking Cheap Shot at Rank 6.
In Persona 5 Royal, it uses a special bullet separate from regular gunshots but is limited to once per infiltration. Cheap Shot now allows Down Shot to be used thrice per infiltration. Exclusively during the infiltration of the Depths of Mementos on December 24th, Down Shot's ammo can be indefinitely refilled along with the party's HP and SP by talking to Caroline (and later Lavenza) in front of the Velvet Room's entrances.
Persona 3 Reload[]
In Episode Aigis - The Answer , Down Shot is an ability used by Masked Boy, the final Monad super boss, a manifestation of Joker from Persona 5 summoned by the Abyss of Time.
Within "Heartless" difficulty, Joker will use this attack on Phase 9 (Turn 18) by first switching to Arsène. If Aigis is the only living party member, he will use Down Shot on her unless she is already inflicted with Down Status, in which case he will use Cruel Attack. But if there are other party members alive, he will use Down Shot on them. Since Phase 9 (Turn 18) is past Phase 5 (Turn 10), Joker has already used Will of Rebellion which means he has 3 attacks per turn and will use up to 2 Down Shots during this turn.
Trivia[]
- If the protagonist confronts the target of the "Winners Don't Use Cheats" Mementos Requests (Yoshikuni Nejima) while being unable to use the Down Shot, the protagonist's ammunition will be fully replenished for the battle.
- In Episode: Aigis, Heartless Joker's phase where he uses Down Shot is the final phase before Phase 10, where he switches to Satanael starts using Sinful Shell three times per turn.