Persona 5 Strikers - Guide To Makoto Niijima

 Makoto Niijima was the student council president at Shujin Academy , has now completed her studies and pursued a law degree. His big dream is to be able to work with the police to solve various crimes together with his sister Sae Niijima .

In Persona 5 Strikers, he returns to join the Phantom Thieves again due to recent events related to the Metaverse.

in this guide we will go to see Makoto's Personae, its stats, abilities and combos to use.

Makoto Niijima (Queen)

Codename: Queen

Personae Initial : Ioanna

Arcana : Popess

Peculiarity of Personae : Specialized in the use of physical and nuclear abilities

Weapon: Tekko (Fists) Ranged

weapon : Revolver

Fighting style : Uses a melee  style through the his powerful punches combining each attack with his nuclear-type abilities, finishing off enemies with his Revolver.

Person Statistics

Arcane	Basic level	Power	Magic	Resistance	Agility	Luck
High Priestess	4	5	6	5	9	6

Innate	He reflects	Absorbs	Block	It resists	Weak
Nuclear	-	-	Nuclear	Cursed	PSI

Skill of the Persona

Elementary	Skills	Cost	Effect	Level
Nuclear	Frei	8 SP	Light nuclear damage in one area. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Innate
Recovery	Dia	6 SP	Restores a small amount of HP of 1 ally.	Innate
Support	Rakukaja	12 SP	Temporarily increases defense by 1 ally.	Level 5
Nuclear	Mafrei	10 SP	Light nuclear damage in one area. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Level 10
Recovery	Average	14 SP	Restore slight amount of HP of party.	Level 13
Physical	Piercing mallet	10% HP	Medium Physical damage to a narrow range. Medium chance of Dizzy.	Level 16
Recovery	Diarama	16 SP	Restores a medium amount of an ally's HP	Level 18
Nuclear	Freila	14 SP	Average nuclear damage in one area. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Level 21
Physical	Blinding bomb	12% HP	Average physical damage in one area. Low chance of Vertigo.	Level 24
Passive	Defense Lord	It is not	Rakukaja automatically at the start of the battle.	Level 27
Support	Marakukaja	24 SP	Temporarily increase party defense.	Level 31
Nuclear	Mafreila	16 SP	Heavy nuclear damage over a large area. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Level 34
Recovery	Mediarama	32 SP	Restores a medium amount of party HP.	Level 37
Passive	Upgrade Nuclear	It is not	Boosts Nuclear Abilities by 25%.	Level 40
Support	Dekunda	6 SP	Removes stat penalties for all allies	Level 45
Nuclear	Freidyne	24 SP	Heavy nuclear damage in one area. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Level 51
Recovery	Diarahan	40 SP	Restore all HP of an ally	Level 53
Nuclear	Mafreidyne	26 SP	Heavy nuclear damage over a large area. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Level 58
Recovery	Mediarahan	68 SP	Fully restore party HP	Level 64
Passive	Amplify Nuclear	It is not	Boosts Nuclear Abilities by 50%.	Level 68
Nuclear	Mushroom cloud	36 SP	Severe nuclear damage. Technical damage: burning / frozen / electrocution.	Level 72

Recommended skills

Ioanna's nuclear abilities deal more damage against enemies with burning, frozen, and paralysis status, making Makoto and his Persona great choices when paired with Ann , Yusuke, or Ryuji .

Commands

First name	Key	Note
Revolver shot	Hold L1 and press R1	Shoot with the Revolver
Basic attack	▢	They can be combined up to 6 times
Detonation	△	Normal and special attacks with Ioanna trigger temp. nuclear explosions
Upright	▢ → △ (PS4) Y → X (Switch)	Throw enemies into the air.

Combo

First name	Command Input	Note
Crash with front wheel	▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → X (Switch)	-
Summons Ioanna to use a nuclear ability	▢ → ▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → Y → X (Switch)	Frei Mafreila Mafreidyne
Guide Ioanna through the enemies	▢ → ▢ → ▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → Y → Y → X (Switch)	-
Outburst of fists	▢ → ▢ → ▢ → ▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → Y → Y → Y → X (Switch)	Sledgehammer Flash Bomb

Masterful Talents

First name	Key	Note
Furious surge	▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → X (Switch)	Perform a chained attack after ▢ → ▢ → △ / Y → Y → X
Pilot of the Divine School	△ (PS4) X (Switch)	Blast △ / X powers Ioanna's speciali / X special attacks.
Tenacious spirit	△ (PS4) X (Switch)	/ X Blast enhances / X Special Attacks in melee.
Nuclear reaction	-	Triggering a STILL 1 or chained attack automatically triggers Detonation

Showtime

Makoto gets on board his Persona, Ioanna who becomes a motorcycle for the occasion. After a couple of drifts, Makoto takes off and swoops at enemies in the surrounding area.