Arsène is a Persona in the Persona series. It is the initial Persona of the protagonist of Persona 5, Ren Amamiya.

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Origin

Arsène is named after the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, created by French author Maurice Leblanc in 1905. Arsène Lupin is featured in many novels and short stories, flouting the law but sometimes helping others. Famously, this gentleman thief outwitted Leblanc's version of peerless fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, though later published versions used the pastiche name Herlock Sholmes. Arsène has a legacy full of tribute characters and media adaptations inspired by his character and exploits, including the repeated outwitting of detectives.

Design

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Gameplay

Persona 5

Name Level
Arsene 1
Strength
2
Magic
2
Endurance
2
Agility
3
Luck
1

Arcana C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost

Inheritance Electric Chair Item
Fool

Curse Arsène's Cane
Resistances
                     
WkWeak WkWeak StrStrong
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances
Dizzy Confuse Fear Forget Hunger Sleep
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Rage Despair Brainwash Burn Freeze Shock
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Eiha 4 SP Light Curse dmg to one foe.
  Cleave 6% HP Light Phys dmg to one foe. 2
  Sukunda 8 SP Decreases Accuracy/Evasion for one foe for 3 turns. 4
  Dream Needle 8% HP Light Phys dmg to one foe. Medium chance of Sleep. 5
  Adverse Resolve Increases Critical rate when surrounded. 7

Persona 5 Royal

Name Level
Arsène 1
Strength
2
Magic
2
Endurance
2
Agility
3
Luck
1

Arcana C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost

Inheritance Electric Chair Items
Fool

Curse   Arsène's Cane   The Great Thief Stick (FAFusion Alarm)

Fusion Quote "I am the pillager of twilight—Arsène! You need my help once more? Very well, use my power wisely."
Resistances
                     
WkWeak WkWeak StrStrong
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances
Dizzy Confuse Fear Forget Hunger Sleep
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Rage Despair Brainwash Burn Freeze Shock
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Trait
Pinch Anchor After a Baton Pass, allows use of skills only available when surrounded.
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Eiha 4 SP Light Curse dmg to one foe.
  Cleave 6% HP Light Phys dmg to one foe. 2
  Sukunda 8 SP Decreases Accuracy/Evasion for one foe for 3 turns. 4
  Dream Needle 8% HP Light Gun dmg to one foe. Medium chance of Sleep. 5
  Adverse Resolve Increases Critical rate when surrounded. 7

Persona 3 Reload

Name Level
Arsène 23
Strength
17
Magic
17
Endurance
14
Agility
18
Luck
11
Location Special Fusion Tam Lin x Jack-o'-Lantern x Neko Shogun
Arcana Shuffle Time Fusion Condition Inheritance
Fool Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1 Dark A
Resistances
                 
WkWeak RsResist
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1.25 ×0.50
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Eiga 8 SP Deals medium Dark damage to 1 foe. Innate
  Fatal End 10% HP Deals medium Slash damage to 1 foe. Low chance of inflicting Fear. Innate
  Dark Driver Automatically strengthen Dark skills by 75%. Can stack. Innate
  Evil Smile 10 SP Medium chance of Fear to all foes. 24
  Vacuum Slash 14% HP Deals weak Slash damage to all foes. 25
  Maeiga 16 SP Deals medium Dark damage to all foes. 27
  Survival Trick Automatically survive 1 magic instakill attack with 1 HP remaining. 29

Episode Aigis

Name Level
Arsène 23
Strength
17
Magic
17
Endurance
14
Agility
18
Luck
11
Location Special Fusion Tam Lin x Jack-o'-Lantern x Neko Shogun
Arcana Shuffle Time Fusion Condition Inheritance
Fool Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1 Dark A
Resistances
                 
WkWeak RsResist
×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1.25 ×0.50
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Eiga 8 SP Deals medium Dark damage to 1 foe. Innate
  Fatal End 10% HP Deals medium Slash damage to 1 foe. Low chance of inflicting Fear. Innate
  Dark Driver Automatically strengthen Dark skills by 75%. Can stack. Innate
  Evil Smile 10 SP Medium chance of Fear to all foes. 24
  Vacuum Slash 14% HP Deals weak Slash damage to all foes. 25
  Maeiga 16 SP Deals medium Dark damage to all foes. 26
  Survival Trick Automatically survive 1 magic instakill attack with 1 HP remaining. 27

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Name Level HP SP
Arsène 1 6 1
Strength
10
Magic
8
Endurance
10
Agility
9
Luck
6
Arcana Type
Fool Mag
Resistances
                 
WkWeak WkWeak StrStrong
Skills
Skill Cost Description Level
  Single Shot 16 HP Light Phys attack that pierces to the back row. Innate
  Eiha 6 SP Light Curse attack. (1 enemy) Innate
  Dream Needle 6 HP Light Phys attack, with medium chance of Sleep. 2
  Rebel Vanguard 3 SP Significantly raise critical rate for 1 turn. (1 row) 9
  First Star Raise damage dealt when attacking before all enemies act. 14
  Eiga 14 SP Medium Curse attack. (1 enemy) 24
  Assault Shot 28 HP Medium Phys attack that pierces to the back row. 27
  Punishing Bite 40 HP Medium Phys attack, higher damage if target is bound, but dispels Bind. 34
  Maeiga 36 SP Medium Curse attack. (All enemies) 38
  Death Needle 32 HP Medium Phys attack, with high chance of Poison. 42
  Eigaon 32 SP Heavy Curse attack. (1 enemy) 48
  Return from Yomi Medium chance of HP restore when near KO. Affected by healing boosts. 53
  Broadshot 68 HP Heavy Phys attack that pierces to the back row. 59
  Maeigaon 52 SP Heavy Curse attack. (All enemies) 64
  Oneshot Kill 92 HP Severe Phys attack that pierces to the back row. 70
Unison Skills
Skill Cost Description
  Lightning Duo Skill by two wild card team leaders: Joker / P4 Hero
  Double Trigger Skill by two mature wild cards: Joker / P3 Hero
  Wildcard Order Skill by four wild cards: Joker / P3P Heroine / P4 Hero / P3 Hero

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Persona 3 Reload A Persona that granted power to a hero in another story. He is a being based off the main character of Maurice Leblanc's novels, Arsène Lupin. He appears everywhere and is a master of disguise.
Persona 5 A being based off of the main character of Maurice Leblanc's novels, Arsène Lupin. He appears everywhere and is a master of disguise. He is known to help law-abiding citizens.
Persona 5 Strikers A being based off of the main character of Maurice Leblanc's novels, Arsène Lupin. He appears everywhere and is a master of disguise. He is known to help law-abiding citizens.

Game Appearances

Persona 5

Arsène is present in the Casino prologue as ‘???’ during the battles, with only the skills Eigaon and Brave Blade.

When the protagonist watches Shadow Kamoshida order Ryuji Sakamoto’s death, Arsène speaks to him before the protagonist awakens.[1]

During the initial fight with two Shadows, Arsène encourages the protagonist to do what he wants.[2] Later, the player may use Arsène in fusion, for which he has special dialogue.

Persona 3 Reload

Arsène is included as DLC in Persona 3 Reload, available through the Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
  English Arsene Persona 5
Arsène Persona 5 Royal
  Japanese アルセーヌ Arusēnu Arsène
  Simplified Chinese 亚森 Yàsēn Arsène
      Traditional Chinese 亞森 Yàsēn Arsène
  Korean 아르센 Areusen Arsène
  Russian Арсен Arsen Arsène

Gallery

References

  1. "Arsène: What’s the matter? Are you simply going to watch? Are you forsaking him to save yourself? Death awaits him if you do nothing. Was your previous decision a mistake then? […] Vow to me. I am thou, thou art I… Thou who art willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name, and release thy rage! Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thine own, though thou be chained to Hell itself!." Persona 5.
  2. "Arsène: I am the rebel’s soul that resides within you. […] This power of mine is yours! Kill them however you want. Run wild to your heart’s content!" Persona 5.