Follow-Up Attack

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Follow-Up Attack is a recurring battle mechanic in the Persona series.

Overview

Follow-Ups are attacks that down enemies. They were introduced as a battle mechanic in Persona 4. When the protagonist downs an enemy and gains a One More, there is a chance that a party member will ask if they can use the One More to perform a follow-up attack and down another enemy.

Mechanics by Game

Persona 3 Portable

Follow-Ups were added to Portable. Here, they are called Co-ops, and involve the protagonist plus the party member attacking an enemy together to down it.

Persona 4

This section is in need of research.
Reason: Not sure about the effects and targets. The P4G guidebook, the datamine sheet, and just gameplay footage all conflict with each other on some of these.

After reaching Social Link rank 3, party members will start asking if they can perform follow-ups. The effect of each party member's follow-up varies. In the Japanese game, all of them are named Name's Follow-Up. In the English localization of the game, all of them have unique names.

Party Member Follow-Up Effect
Yosuke Hanamura Yosuke Strike Crits a random enemy
Chie Satonaka Galactic Punt Instantly kills a random enemy, or crits if it's a boss enemy
Yukiko Amagi Fan Assault Crits a random enemy with a chance to cause Dizzy
Kanji Tatsumi Atomic Pressure Crits random enemies
Teddie Wild Ways Crits a random enemy
Naoto Shirogane Ultra Trigger Crits random enemies with a chance to cause Dizzy

Persona 4 Golden

Golden introduces two new kinds of follow-up attacks. These are also unlocked when reaching Social Link rank 3 with the respective party members.

The first is an Almighty damage combo move which triggers when two specific party members are in the party together and an All-Out Attack has failed to kill the enemies.

Characters Combo
Chie and Yukiko The Green Sacred Dragon & the Red InnkeeperJP / Twin DragonsENG
Teddie and Yosuke Junes Bomber
Kanji and Naoto Beauty and the Beast

The second is called a Cavalry Attack, which is performed by a party member who is not in the current party. They will ride in on their scooter (or pedal bike or roller skates in the case of Kanji and Teddie respectively) and perform an attack with the same effects as their regular follow-up.

Persona 5

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Trivia

  • If Chie's Galactic Punt gets a critical hit on a regular non-boss enemy, it may show a damage indicator for 32767 damage somewhere on screen.[1][2] In computer science, 32767 is the highest possible value for a signed 16-bit integer value.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese 追撃 Tsuigeki
出張追撃 Shutchō tsuigeki
Follow-up
Follow-up trip

References

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Cited
  1. "Galactic Punt usually just instakills without displaying damage, but if it also crits, it displays 32,767 damage. That's 2^15 - 1 damage, or the highest possible signed 16 bit integer value." ReichardTheThird, Critical Galactic Punt does 32,767 damage. Published July 16, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2024. Reddit. Video.
  2. Phoney, Persona 4 Golden - Damage numbers for Galactic Punt.. Published April 18, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2024. YouTube. Video.