Part 230: Akihiko Sanada

Finally. I was wondering how long after beating up Priestess I'd have to wait.

It's finally time for Punch punch punch shinji shinji shinji punch punch punch!

Akihiko Sanada


And his Persona, Rob Liefeld. Resistant to electric, weak to ice, high strength and magic, average agility and endurance, and poor luck. Uses electric magic and debuff spells.

Lv 12: Sonic Punch
Lv 12: Dia
Lv 12: Zio
Lv 16: Tarunda
Lv 21: Mazio
Lv 25: Rakunda
Lv 29: Zionga
Lv 33: Sukunda
Lv 37: Elec Boost
Lv 38: Diarama
Lv 41: Mazionga
Lv 47: Matarunda
Lv 50: Fist Master
Lv 53: Ziodyne
Lv 57: Marakunda
Lv 65: Diarahan
Lv 66: Masukunda
Lv 74: Maziodyne
Lv 76: Elec Amp

Akihiko is awesome. His punches are accurate and not too shabby in damage, and Fist Master makes his regular attack deal significant damage. And though he doesn't have Yukari's raw magic, Elec Boost and later Amp keep his Zio spells dealing nice damage. Having single-target healing just makes him needlessly versatile.

But what really makes Akihiko shine is that he has all the debuff spells. I cannot possibly overstate how useful this makes him. Tarunda blunts their offense, Rakunda sets up crazy damage numbers, and Sukunda can ensure physical skills hit or just make the boss just misses sometimes. The multi-target versions can cripple entire encounters, though they're expensive to use all the time.

If I had to attribute him weaknesses, it's that he only has two attacking elements, and without the skills he can't deal out massive amounts of physical damage. But look at those debuffs, combine it with a decent punch and good zios, and top it off with Diarahan, and Akihiko is probably the single most useful party member.