Best Panther (Ann Takamaki) build guide in Persona 5: The Phantom X

Ann Takamaki returns as Panther in Persona 5: The Phantom X to lend her support to the new rag-tag team of Phantom Thieves. She is one of the best characters in the game, significantly making the core part of the fire team. Her persona, Carmen, has some of the best fire-based skills in the game, and the best part is that she can be obtained for completely free.

This guide will contain how to properly build Ann Takamaki or Panther in Persona 5: The Phantom X.

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Best Revelation Cards for Ann Takamaki (Panther) in Persona 5: The Phantom X

Ann prefers the Strife as her Revelation Card Set in Persona 5 X. This set not only provides you with bonus fire damage, but also increases attack if the enemy is weak to the element. This set can be obtained by challenging the Words of Feuds Revelation domain challenge in the Metaverse.

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Here are the main stats that you are looking for, Ann Takamaki or Panther in Persona 5: The Phantom X.

• Moon: Damage%
• Star: Crit Rate
• Sky: Attack%

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Best Weapons for Ann Takamaki (Panther) in Persona 5: The Phantom X

Ann has two weapons that she can use. You can obtain her 5-star weapon very easily by completing the 2nd page of the Plans tab.

• 5-star - Rosethorn (At Rank 1): Increase Fire damage by 24.2%. When La Vie En Rose is active, inflict Burn on 1 random foe. Increase Fire damage by 25.5% for each Burning foe. Maximum of 76%.
• 4-Star - Masquarade Ribbon (At Rank 1): Increase Attack by 12.0%. When attacking a Burning foe, increase Attack by 23.7%.

As stated before, you can obtain the 5-star weapon very easily as a reward, and you can utilize this to make Ann even stronger.

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Skill Priority

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Ann's Persona, Carmen, can deal AoE fire damage, allowing you to quickly defeat enemies who are weak to fire. Here is how you should upgrade her skills:

• Skill 3 > Skill 1 > Thief Tactics > Skill 2

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Best teams for Ann Takamaki (Panther) in Persona 5: The Phantom X

Given that Ann deals fire damage, a mono-element composition is the way to go when it comes to creating a team for her.

Key + Cattle + Okyann

Wonder's Personas

• Baphomet - Fire Damage Taken
• Dionysus - Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage
• Surt - Defense Down
• Dominion - Attack Up, Damage Up

If you want to run a hypercarry team with Ann in Persona 5 X, you can replace Cattle with Leon. This will reduce sustenance, but will allow you to buff Ann's damage.