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This article covers information on Chie Satonaka as a party member, including uses and strategies in Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden.
Overview[]
Chie joins the party on April 17th after Shadow Chie has been defeated on the early floors of Yukiko's Castle.
Although more fragile than other party members, Chie has moderately high offense, wielding physical attacks to back it up. Her offense can further be sharpened in accuracy from her Agility stat, and she can land Critical hits more often due to her higher Luck.
Chie has a mild Ice specialization, being the party's first access to Bufu skills. She upgrades to Bufula and Mabufu while complementing them with Ice Boost but largely abandons this in favor of her physical repertoire once Teddie takes over as the Ice specialist of the group. Her support lineup is sparse, as she only has Tarukaja to her name but she can pick up Power Charge to make her one of the most devastating physical attackers of the Investigation Team.
One of Chie's biggest weaknesses is her midgame, where she has a large 23-level gap between Gale Slash and Heat Wave and a larger 29-level gap between Black Spot and Rainy Death. The moment she earns Power Charge is where her physical damage goes through the roof, with Rainy Death and God's Hand soon to follow.
Chie is strong against Ice and is weak against Fire.
If the protagonist maxes out Chie's Social Link, her Persona Tomoe will evolve into Suzuka Gongen. This will nullify her weakness to Fire and will let her block Ice. Additionally, her Agility will be mildly buffed.
Chie competes with Kanji Tatsumi over the role of physical DPS - Kanji regularly puts out more raw damage with a higher Strength stat and can boost it with Matarukaja, while Chie can deal out devastating numbers from her Power Charged God's Hand. Who to use would generally be up to the player's preference and the boss's skill set.
| Pool | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| God's Hand | Mabufu | In P4, Chie is the only party member with access to both a Severe-level physical skill and Power Charge. Mabufu and Bufula are retained to hit weaknesses. Tarukaja is Chie's best non-passive skill beyond these points. Chie's general lack of strong skills beyond these points was addressed in P4G. |
| Agneyastra | Tarukaja | |
| Power Charge | High Counter | |
| Bufula | Ice Boost | |
Persona 4 Golden[]
In Golden, Chie gains additional skills to open up different avenues for combat performance. She picks up Auto-Tarukaja and Apt Pupil to give her more consistent damage-per-turn and crank up her critical rate. Bufula and Ice Boost are now tied to her Social Link, and advancing the link also bestows Rebellion and Revolution to solidify her status as a crit-dealer to contrast Kanji's raw physical repertoire. Her Bike Skills grant her Hama and Hamaon as an alternate way to exploit weaknesses, and rounds off her Ice lineup with Bufudyne.
If Chie's Social Link has been maxed out, during Winter, it's possible to talk to Chie and evolve her Persona to Haraedo-no-Okami. This will make her able to absorb Ice and block Light. However, her weakness against Fire returns, even with Suzuka Gongen in this version. Chie also learns Dragon Hustle, which buffs the Attack, Defense, and Hit/Evasion of all allies for 3 turns, effectively acting as a (very costly) party-wide Heat Riser.
Since Chie and Kanji now share access to Power Charge, there is greater competition between them over the physical bruiser role. Chie does have multi-target physical attacks that Kanji lacks, a greater critical rate, and can hit two elemental weaknesses as opposed to Kanji's one; however, Kanji carries a better supportive repertoire for boss fights given his access to Matarukaja, Masukunda, and Mediarama.
| Pool | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| God's Hand | Mabufu | In P4G, Chie is the 2nd strongest physical attacker, and the best multi-target physical user, thanks to her access to Power Charge and God's Hand/Agneyastra. Bufu and Mabufu are retained to hit weaknesses. Auto-Tarukaja improves her dungeon crawling abilities, and Apt Pupil is a great benefit in the midgame (granting Black Spot a 70% critical rate) that remains useful with God's Hand (effective 30% critical rate). |
| Agneyastra | Apt Pupil | |
| Power Charge | Auto-Tarukaja | |
| Bufu | High Counter | |
| Pool | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| God's Hand | Apt Pupil | In P4G, Chie is the 2nd strongest physical attacker, and the best multi-target physical user, thanks to her access to Power Charge and God's Hand/Agneyastra. Bufula is used to hit weaknesses, and Ice Boost keeps it somewhat useful. Auto-Tarukaja improves her dungeon crawling abilities (1st turn boosted Agneyastra will cripple many encounters). Apt Pupil is a great benefit in the midgame (granting Black Spot a 70% critical rate) that remains useful with God's Hand (effective 30% critical rate). High Counter is dropped for Evade Fire, a considerably stronger defensive skill competing for the slot. |
| Agneyastra | Auto-Tarukaja | |
| Power Charge | Ice Boost | |
| Bufula | Evade Fire | |
| Pool | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| God's Hand | Hamaon | In P4G, Chie is the 2nd strongest physical attacker, and the best multi-target physical user, thanks to her access to Power Charge and God's Hand/Agneyastra. Bike rides give Chie access to Bufudyne, which helps keep her Ice damage relevant; and Hamaon, for further dungeon crawling utility. |
| Agneyastra | Apt Pupil | |
| Power Charge | Auto-Tarukaja | |
| Bufudyne | High Counter | |
| Pool | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| God's Hand | Apt Pupil | In P4G, Chie is the 2nd strongest physical attacker, and the best multi-target physical user, thanks to her access to Power Charge and God's Hand/Agneyastra. Bufudyne is used to hit weaknesses, and Ice Boost improves it considerably. Auto-Tarukaja improves her dungeon crawling abilities (1st turn boosted Agneyastra will cripple many encounters). Apt Pupil is a great benefit in the midgame (granting Black Spot a 70% critical rate) that remains useful with God's Hand (effective 30% critical rate). High Counter is dropped for Evade Fire, a considerably stronger defensive skill competing for the slot. |
| Agneyastra | Auto-Tarukaja | |
| Power Charge | Ice Boost | |
| Bufudyne | Evade Fire | |
| Pool | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
| God's Hand | Apt Pupil | In P4G, Chie is the 2nd strongest physical attacker, and the best multi-target physical user, thanks to her access to Power Charge and God's Hand/Agneyastra. Bufudyne/Bufula (depending on Bike Ride investment) are used to hit weaknesses. Auto-Tarukaja improves her dungeon crawling abilities (1st turn boosted Agneyastra will cripple many encounters). Apt Pupil is a great benefit in the midgame (granting Black Spot a 70% critical rate) that remains useful with God's Hand (effective 30% critical rate). High Counter is dropped for Evade Fire, a considerably stronger defensive skill competing for the slot. Dragon Hustle is an extremely potent buff, but its enormous cost (150 SP!) restricts its use to Boss encounters in practice. |
| Agneyastra | Auto-Tarukaja | |
| Power Charge | Dragon Hustle/Ice Boost | |
| Bufudyne/Bufula | Evade Fire | |
Base Stats[]
Note: These are the base stats for Level 99.
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Second Awakening Stat Changes[]
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Extra Skills[]
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