Persona 5 Strikers - Ryuji Sakamoto Guide

 Ryuji Sakamoto was once part of the Shujin Academy athletics team. He ended up in the Metaverse and managed to awaken his Persona Captain Kidd.

Becoming friends with the protagonist , he formed the Phantom Thieves with him to solve the strange cases that were occurring in Tokyo. After the events of Persona 5, he returns to his normal life. Later he will find himself once again involved in the new events that are upsetting the Metaverse . Ryuji decides to join the cause by returning to the Phantom Thieves.

In this guide we will go to see Ryuji's Persona, his stats, skills and combos to use.

Ryuji Sakamoto (Skull)

Codename: Skull

Initial Persona : Captain Kidd

Arcana : Chariot

Characteristics of Persona : Specialized in the use of Physical and Electric skills

Weapon: Staff Ranged

Weapon : Shotgun

Combat Style:  Can hit multiple enemies with its

ShowTime projectile weapons :  Uses a missile launched by his Persona to do massive area damage.

Person Captain Kidd stats

Arcane	Basic level	Power	Magic	Resistance	Agility	Luck
Wagon	1	4	3	6	4	2

Heredity	He reflects	Absorbs	Block	It resists	Weaknesses
Electric	-	-	-	Electric	Wind

Captain Kidd's skill

Elements	Skills	Cost	Effects	Level
Electric	Uncle	8 SP	Minimal electrical damage. Low chance to inflict Shock.	Innate
Physical	Lunge	10% HP	Minimal physical damage in one area.	Level 4
Support	Tarukaya	12 SP	Increases attack by 1 ally for a period of time.	Level 6
Physical	Header	10% HP	Average physical damage in an area. Medium chance to inflict Amnesia.	Level 10
Electric	Mazio	10 SP	Minimal electrical damage in a large area. Low chance of electrocution.	Level 16
Passive	Rebel Soul	Nobody	The special bar charges faster.	Level 20
Electric	Zionga	14 SP	Average electrical damage in one area. Low chance of electrocution.	Level 26
Physical	Lightning strike	18% HP	Minimal physical damage over a large area 2 to 4 times	Level 30
Passive	Upgrade Shock	Nobody	Increases the chance to inflict Shock.	Level 35
Passive	Lord of the attack	Nobody	Tarukaja automatically at the start of the battle.	Level 40
Electric	Mazionga	16 SP	Average electrical damage over a large area. Low chance of electrocution.	Level 43
Physical	Gigantomachy	24% HP	Colossal physical damage over a large area.	Level 46
Support	Matarukaja	24 SP	Increases the attack of all allies for a certain amount of time.	Level 48
Passive	Upgrade Electric	Nobody	Boosts Electric Attacks by 25%.	Level 50
Physical	Deadly attack	24% HP	Average physical damage over a large area 1 to 2 times.	Level 53
Electric	Ziodyne	24 SP	Heavy electrical damage in one area. Chance to inflict Shock.	Level 54
Electric	Maziodyne	26 SP	Heavy electrical damage in a large area. Chance to inflict Shock.	Level 60
Passive	Shrewd disciple	Nobody	Increases Critical Chances.	Level 65
Support	Charge	26 SP	Damage from next attack damage more than doubled.	Level 68
Physical	Agneyastra	24% HP	Average physical damage over a large area 1 to 3 times.	Level 70
Physical	Hand of God	25% HP	Colossal physical damage in an area.	Level 73

Recommended skills

Skull and Captain Kidd are very useful against normal enemies and some bosses, especially thanks to the abilities that inflict the “Shock” status.

Commands

Here are all the actions that Skull can perform in combat:

First name	Key	Note
Weapon	Hold L1 and then press R1	Shoot the Shotgun
Basic attack	▢	Can be used repeatedly to perform a total of 4 shots
Resilience	△	You activate Resilience which grants you a buff that reduces incoming damage from enemies
Swoop football	△ → △ (PS4) X → X (Switch)	Perform an air strike
Charged attack	▢ → pressed △ (PS4) Y → pressed X (Switch)	You can hold down the △ / X button to charge the attack

Combo

Here are all the combos we recommend to maximize damage in battle:

First name	Key	Note
Full Slash	▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → X (Switch)	Use the equipped Personae's ability at the end of the combo.
Combo with summoning	▢ → ▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → Y → X (Switch)	Use the equipped Persona's ability at the end of the combo.

Masterful Talents

Finally, the Masterful Talents useful for linking Skull's abilities with those of his Persona Captain Kidd:

First name	Key	Note
Under Tire	▢ → ▢ → △ (PS4) Y → Y → X (Switch)	You can continue chasing the opponent at the end of the combo using Captain Kidd's attack
Extreme Remedies	▢ → △ (PS4) Y → X (Switch)	Keep unleashing more attacks that will trigger a Showtime attack.
Sprinter		Passive to increase attack speed
Rebellious scream	△ (PS4) X (Switch)	Useful for extending the duration of Resilience

Showtime

Skull leaps into the air and with his spiked club hits the flaming missile launched by Captain Kidd going to damage the enemies in the blast radius.