Persona 5 Strikers - Complete Guide To Bonds

 

The Bonds system in Persona 5 Strikers refers to the skills that can be acquired from the special menu and can vary from statistical upgrades to upgrades in battle . Additionally, these skills can also be leveled up by spending points earned by winning battles, completing certain requests or from certain story events . Additional Bond skills will be unlocked as you progress through the game's main story.

The Bonds system will automatically unlock on 27/7. Open the "Menu" and look for the "Link" option. After reading an in-game tutorial, you can start purchasing skills. Only 15 bonding skills are available at the start, but more will be unlocked.

All Bond skills

Here is a list of all bonding abilities, including their effects:

Bond Skill	Effect of skill
Upgrade HP	Increases maximum HP of the whole party +5 HP per level
Upgrade SP	Increases maximum SP of all party +3 SP per level
Upgrade Strength	Increase Fr for the whole group. Affects the damage of physical attacks Fr +1 per level
Upgrade Magic	Ma increases for the whole group. Affects the damage of magic attacks But +1 per level
Upgrade Stamina	Increase Rs for the whole group. Affects defense Rs +1 per level
Upgrade Agility	Increase Ag for the whole group. Influence crit / Ag evasion +1 per level
Upgrade Luck	Upgrade Fo for the whole party. Influence prob. evas. critics and alterations Fo +1 per level
Passing technique	After a relay race, the special bar fills up faster Fills up faster and faster per level
Help Harisen	Increased chance of activating Regenerative Harisen More chance per level
Oracle regeneration	Whole party recovers HP and SP at the end of the fight. Increased HP and SP recovery per level
Martial arts	Increases damage from Persona physical abilities and Major damage from physical abilities per level
Spiritual arts	Increase damage from magical skills of Persona and Major damage from magical skills per level
Tactical arts	Increase prob. to inflict ailment via skill of Personae Maggiore prob. to inflict ailment via skill by level
Supporting limbs	Increases the duration of bonus and penalty of Personae skills Increases the duration of bonus and penalty of skills per level
Spirit of the joker	Increases chance of masks manifesting Increased chance of masks manifesting per layer
Lurking	Restores HP to the whole party after a successful ambush Increased amount of HP recovered per level
Phantom striker	Increase damage when you perform a Major Phantom Flick damage per level
Avenger	Dodging an attack can generate a much stronger counterattack. Greater counterattack damage per level
Ammunition accumulator	Increases the ammo of the whole group according to the firearm. Increased number of ammo per level
Show professional	Increases the damage of Special attacks. Increased damage per level
Spiritual blow	ANCHORS 1 make the attacker recover SP; assaults on the whole team. Major SP recovery per level
Conscious buyer	Snatch bargains at Sophia's shop More discounted items per level
Metaverse physician	Increases the effect of healing items Increased effectiveness of healing items per level
Forge me	TIES level up faster Level up faster and faster per level
Bandit	Increases chance to get items at the end of the battle Better chance per level
Cutter	Increases the money earned at the end of the battle. Increases the money earned per level
Burglar	Allows you to pick chests of higher difficulty Allows you to pick chests of increasingly greater difficulty per level
Starred Chef	Allows you to cook dishes with stronger effects Allows you to cook more and more dishes per level
Treasure hunter	Increases chance of encountering Treasure Demons Increased chance of encountering Treasure Demons per level
Rummager	Spare parts are found more often Increased chance of finding spare parts by level

The best Bond skills to prioritize

Not all Bond skills will be available from the start, some will unlock over time, so if you don't have any of the recommended skills yet, it just means that as soon as you unlock them, you should prioritize them.

Bond Skill	Why give it priority
Forge me	This is the one you have to give highest priority, as the higher its level, the more Bond experience points you will get from battles, requests and story events
Spirit of the joker	The higher the level, the more likely the enemy personae will release their mask, so we can not only get new Personae, but also farm Persona Points that can be used to level up our Personae
Oracle regeneration	Especially in the early stages of the game we will have several problems in the management of HP and SP, so the sooner we enhance skills that allow us to recover them, the better
Spiritual blow	For each ANCHOR 1 and assault we will recover SP, (they are two mechanics that we will almost always use) it is better to take it to the maximum as soon as it unlocks for the same reason listed above
Cutter	Often we will find ourselves with many things to buy and little money, having a skill that allows us to get more money at the end of the battle will help us a lot.
Metaverse physician	We will often find ourselves short of SP and will be forced to use items to restore them, so having a skill that enhances the effectiveness of healing items will be of great help
Treasure hunter	Increases the likelihood of finding Treasure Demons in prisons, a very useful skill especially in the endgame to make money
Starred Chef	With this ability it will be possible to cook more complex dishes that restore a lot of HP and SP and will help us a lot during the exploration of the prisons and during the fights.
Conscious buyer	It will allow us to have many discounts in Sophia's shop and sometimes the possibility of buying rare ingredients such as "Fine coffee beans"