Old Maid (オールドメイド, Ōrudo Meido)? is a boss-exclusive skill.
Effect[]
In Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, bosses infected with a Joker have access to Old Maid, which forces one random foe to cast JOKER, a spell that damages all allies.
In battle, Old Maid will infect a random target for 1 turn without letting the player know who is affected. If the infected is not defending but performing another command, they will cast the "Joker" attack on the rest of the party which deals moderate non-elemental magic damage. If the infected is defending, when their turn comes up, they will do nothing but the defend command will revert to "attack". The strategy against Old Maid is that upon its casting, change the command of all party members into defending (a short cut command "all defend" is available in the PSP version). Start the battle sequence and pause when one party member has passed their turn and check the command menu, if the command has been changed into "attack", it means they were the infected and the effect has expired so the whole party is safe to take action as usual.
| Game | Effect | Power | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persona 2: Eternal Punishment | Forces one random enemy to cast the JOKER spell. | - | - |
Skillset[]
Demons[]
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment[]
| Demon | Arcana | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Tatsuya Sudou | - | 20 |
| JOKER Ulala | - | 20 |
| JOKER Noriko | - | 26 |
| JOKER Ginji | - | 40 |
Trivia[]
- "Old Maid" refers to the classic poker card game of namesake. In most Asian regions, one Joker card is usually selected to be the "old maid", in other words, the unmatched card.
