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Minami Mayashita (codename: Marian) is one of the premier Medic characters released inPersona 5: The Phantom X. Together with her Main Persona, Thalia, she stands out as a healer capable of providing sustained healing, removing negative statuses and debuffs, increasing max HP, and granting team buffs. As one of the newestPhantom Idolsadded in Version 1.1 of P5X Global Server, she is an important sustain and support unit for any team composition where survivability is a priority.
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This guide provides an overview of Marian and her Main Persona, Thalia, inPersona 5: The Phantom X, including a summary of her combat specializations and recruitment conditions. Also, this page covers the Phantom Idol’s suggestedPersona skills, preferred Awareness skills, recommended Space and Revelation Cards, appropriate Medical Kit weapons, and best teammates by combat role. Furthermore, this Marian build guide offers the best Normal Personas to summon and Dagger weapons to use forWonderwhenever he teams up with Marian and Thalia in battle.
Marian and Thalia Overview
Before leveling Marian and her Persona, Thalia, you should learn about her combat abilities and specializations.Here is Marian and Thalia’s character summary information, including how to get her into P5X.
Marian Phantom Idol Information
Marian Phantom Idol Overview in P5X
Minami Miyashita
Medic (Healer)
Main Persona
Weaknesses
Availability
Marian Combat Specializations
How to Recruit Marian
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Thalia Persona Skills and Priorities
Upgrading Thalia’s Persona skills will boost her healing capabilities and damage bonuses.Here are Thalia’sPersona skills, including their priorities:
Thalia Persona Skills and Effects
Persona Skill
Skill Cost
Skill Type
Persona Skill Effect
Nurse’s Light
Single-Target Bless Skill
Healing Grace
Single-Target Recovery Skill
Compassionate Cure
Multi-Target Recovery Skill
Thief Tactics
Highlight Skill
Health Comes First
Passive Skill
Peace of Mind
Thalia Persona Skill Priorities
Here are the suggested Persona skills to level up for Thalia in order of importance:
Skill Number
Skill Priority
Compassionate Grace
★★★★ (Very High)
★★★ (High)
★★ (Medium)
Marian’s third skill, Compassionate Grace, is an essential skill in her kit.Getting this skill leveled up will help in sustaining your party through healing, especially when you are clearing single-player and competitive game modes.Also, having Compassionate Grace increased will also boost the HP Pool of her teammates.
To optimize the HP Pool gain of Marian’s third skill, ensure that the main stats and substats of her card set contain HP% boosts and Flat HP boosts.
Thalia Persona Skill Rotation
Here’s the recommended Persona skill rotation for Thalia:
First Turn
Second Turn
Third Turn
Fourth Turn
Marian’s skill rotation consists of spamming her third skill, Compassionate Grace, during each turn.She only uses Healing Grace when she needs to remove status effects, save SP, or obtain one Diagnosis Stack in battle. She uses her Bless Skill, Nurse’s Light, to deal Bless damage to foes or to reduce defense when equipped with a Departure-Dominion card set. She also gains a Diagnosis Stack after using this offensive skill.
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Marian Awareness Skills and Priorities
Obtaining duplicate copies of Marian will enable her skill enhancements and bonus effects.The following are Marian Awareness Skills, along with their priorities:
Marian Awareness Skills and Effects
Awareness Skill
Awareness Level
Awareness Skill Effect
Nurse’s Oath
Angel in White
Clinical Care
Practical Care
Nursing Practice
Undying Devotion
Guardian of Life
Marian Awareness Skill Priorities
Here are the must-have Awareness Skills for Marian, in order of priority:
Awareness Skill Priority
Aim to get at least one extra copy of Marian to unlock her Pierce or Penetration Buffs at A1.Getting Marian to A2 is not urgent, but vital for her second skill, Healing Grace, to heal more than one ally in battle with less SP cost.
Before attempting to get an extra copy of Marian, you should target her 5-star weapon, Angel’s Heart, first to unlock the Defense Buffs for her allies.
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Best Card Sets for Marian
Even as a healer, Marian still has a variety of card sets to choose from.Here are recommendedSpace and Revelation card setsfor Marian and Thalia, along with their optimal main stats and substats:
Trust and Abundance Card Set (Buff Support Healer Card Set)
Active Card Effects
5★ Trust Card
5★ Abundance Card
Marian’s Trust and Abundance card set is ideal for mid- or late-game content. This card set can be used for clearing single-player modes like Velvet Trials and competitive modes like Nightmare’s Gateway. Furthermore, pairing this Space Card and Revelation Cards will help in beating powerful elite foes and main story bosses.Lastly, this card set stands out for its capacity to raise Marian’s HIGHLIGHT charge in battle.
Marian should be the only one in the party carrying Abundance Cards during battle.
Departure and Dominion Card Set (Debuff Support Healer Set)
5★ Departure Card
5★ Dominion Card
Marian and Thalia can choose the Departure and Dominion card set as an alternative. This card set can also be used to complete single-player and competitive game modes, as well as to defeat powerful shadows encountered in Cognitive Palaces and Mementos.Unlike other card sets, this combination of Space Card and Revelation Cards will help in reaching her optimal 15,000 HP baseline stat.
When another party member has Abundance or Prosperity Cards equipped, Marian can use this card set as an alternative.
Faith and Love Card Set (Pure Healer Card Set)
5★ Faith Card
5★ Love Card
Marian could use the Faith and Love cards as her first card set in Persona 5: The Phantom X. This healing-focused set is ideal for finishing early main story content and clearing the first battle stages of single-player or competitive game modes. The Faith and Love card combo can also be used to take down early elite enemies and main story bosses.This card set is essentially the default set for healer units.
When you get better card sets for Marian, you may assign the Faith and Love card set to other healing troops like Cattle and Mona.
Marian Card Set Main Stats and Substats
The following are the suggested major stats and substats for Marian’s Space Card and Revelation Cards:
Card Main Stats
Planet Card
Recommended Main Stats
Card Substats
All Space and Revelation Cards
Recommended Substats
Marian’s suggested mains stats and substats revolve around HP and SP percentages.Speed is also important because she needs to get ahead of your Main DPS and Sub-DPS in terms of action order.As previously stated, she must attain at least 15,000 HP to make the most of her skill set.
If you’re still farming for the HP main stat of Marian’s Moon and Planet cards, you can rely on the Outgoing Healing Bonus and Speed main stats temporarily until you can replace them.
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Best Weapons for Marian
Marian’s Medical Kit weapons help to increase her healing output and damage bonuses.Her bestweaponsare as follows:
Marian Weapon
Marian Weapon Effects
5★ Angel Heart
4★ Hymn of Life
Marian’s 5-star weapon, Angel Heart, focuses on increasing the HP Pool. While her 4-star weapon, Hymn of Life, is more focused on healing bonuses. you may start with Marian’s Hymn of Life weapon and wait for her Angel Heart to become a 50/50 standard weapon under the Arms Deal banner after a few version updates.If Marian becomes a standard character in the game, you can purchase Angel Heart for 10 Purple Salamander Coins from Munehisa Iwai’s weapon shop.
The availability of Marian’s five-star weapon, Angel Heart, as a completion reward in Lufel’s Business Plan has not yet been announced or confirmed by the Global, JP, or SEA servers.
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Best Wonder Weapons for Marian
Wonder’s dagger weapons also provide Marian and Thalia with additional combat benefits.Her suggestedWonderWeapons are as follows:
Wonder Weapon
Wonder Weapon Effects
5★ Glimmer
Wonder’s All-In dagger is the standard weapon for Marian-based teams. This dagger increases the party’s defense and allows Wonder to serve as the team’s backup healer.If you want to focus on offense and deal more Bless damage, Wonder’s Glimmer or Crystalline Relic dagger is another choice. Instead of defensive buffs, you may empower your teammates' attacks and complement Marian’s Damage Bonuses and Pierce Buffs in battle.
Wonder can obtain the Glimmer or Crystalline Relic dagger weapon from the Destiny Land Shop after a few version updates.
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Best Wonder Personas for Marian
Marian and Thalia can benefit from Wonder’s Normal Personas during battle.Her favored Normal Personas are mentioned below:
Early Game Normal Personas
Normal Persona
Signature Skills
2★ Apsaras
Strategist
3★ Girimehkala
3★ Yatagarasu
Endgame Normal Personas
Signature Skill
4★ Dionysus
4★ Succubus
5★ Baphomet
5★ Dominion
Marian and Thalia benefit from Normal Personas that can provide buffs and debuffs, as she will be spending the majority of her turns on sustaining her party.Debuff skills would also assure her party’s survival when she ran out of SP to heal the party and had to rely on her single-target healing skill, Healing Grace, instead.
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Best Teammates for Marian
Marian and Thalia have a plethora of teammate options in Persona 5: The Phantom X.Here are her preferred teammates per combat role:
Marian Recommended DPS Teammates
Best DPS Characters for Marian in Version 1.0
5★ Johanna
5★ Apseudes
5★ Captain Kidd
As an all-around healer, Marian can also work with 4-star DPS units such as Mont, Fleuret, Closer, and Sepia.Her damage buffs will be better for them if she has Penetration Buffs available at A1.
Best DPS Characters for Marian in Version 4.0
5★ Makoto Yuki
5★ Mont • Figure Skater
5★ Closer • Summer
5★ Orpheus
5★ Cendrillon
5★ Terpsichore • Figure Skater
5★ Harpyia
4★ Awilda • Summer
As of Version 4.2.1, Marian is still a serviceable healer who works with any DPS unit specializing in single-target or AoE damage.She is also effective in mono Bless teams, such Violet. Furthermore, she synergizes well with HP-scaling damage dealers like Summer Closer.
If you’ve already obtained Marian at A1, her Penetration Buffs can be used with DoT teams led by Messa and Berry.
Marian Recommended Support Teammates
Best Support Characters for Marian in Version 1.0
Buff Support
Debuff Support
4★ Ampelos
5★ Meng Po
4★ Erytheia
Marian is a flexible healer who can work with any 5-star or 4-star support allies, such as Riddle, Leon, and Moko, who excel in buff skills. Also, debuff supports like Rin, Vino, Key, and Soy.
Marian excels with Strategist and Saboteur units that use HP-scaling support skills, such as Leon, Key, and Soy.
Best Support Characters for Marian in Version 4.0
5★ Wind • Vast
5★ Chiyome • Vast
5★ Calliope
In Version 4.2.1, Marian now has support teammates like Turbo and Luce, who can also give Pierce or Penetration Buffs in battle.
Marian Recommended Navigator Teammates
Best Navigator Characters for Marian in Version 1.0 and 4.0
5★ Oracle (Navi)
Buffs, Healing, and Extra Turn
Debuffs, Shields, and Weakness Implant
Debuffs and Healing
Buffs and HP Boost
Buffs and Shields
Buffs and Status Effects
5★ Euterpe
5★ Necronomicon
4★ Chiyome
4★ Nemertes
4★ Cleodora
Marian and Thalia have no preferred background support characters in the early and later versions of Persona 5: The Phantom X.However, she will have a less prominent role as a healer when Wind and Ange come out, as both Navigator characters can also provide healing in combat, although on a smaller scale.In addition, Ange can also curenegative statusesinflicted by enemies.
Marian works very well with Phoebe since the Elucidator unit can also increase the HP of her team.
Building Marian effectively will significantly increase your team’s survivability in Persona 5: The Phantom X’s turn-based battles. As a Medic unit, she provides her team with sustained healing and protection from negative statuses and effects. Together with her main Persona, Thalia, she can extend the max HP of her allies and provide penetration buffs if the player obtains more than one duplicate copy of her from her limited banner.
Although Marian is not a damage dealer, she can still deal Bless attribute damage when needed to obtain Blessing and Diagnosis stacks for her team. Also, her card sets and Medical Kit weapons grant buffs and an additional healing boost, making her the best pure healer in P5X. Whether you’re taking down elite enemies and difficult bosses or clearing game modes such as Nightmare’s Gateway and Metro of Desire, you’ll always need a reliable Marian by your side.
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