Persona 3 Reload: How to Fuse Atavaka

Ultimate Personas can be fused after you've obtained their respective key items. If you're going for a complete compendium in Persona 3 Reload, you'll want to spend as much free time as possible on Social Links. Since you'll be juggling more than 20 Social Links, you may not unlock these Personas until late-game. Among these are Atavaka, the ultimate form of the Strength Arcana, and a worthy candidate if you need a Persona that uses Physical Skills.

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How to Unlock Atavaka

How to Get Kid's Letter Key Item

To fuse Atavaka, you'll need the Kid's Letter key item. This can only be obtained by reaching Rank 10 in the Strength (Yuko Nishiwaki) Social Link. You will have the chance to unlock Yuko's Social Link after you've reached Rank 2 of the Chariot (Kazushi Miyamoto) Social Link, which unlocks automatically on 4/23. As the protagonist leaves school, he'll see Yuko by the shoe lockers. Ask to walk her home to unlock Rank 1 of the Strength Social Link.

Key items obtained from Social Links will carry over into NG+.

Atavaka Fusion Recipes

How to Get Atavaka

Although Atavaka is an ultimate Persona, he's obtainable via regular (Dryad) fusions. Atavaka's base level is 72, so you'll want the protagonist to be at the same level or higher. There are various ways to create Atavaka, but here are just several Fusion Recipes you can try for yourself:

Persona #1	Level	Persona #2	Level
Thor (Chariot) Yabbashah (93 - 118)	23	Hell Biker (Hanged) Complete Shinjiro's Linked Episodes and get the Incomplete Form key item. This will unlock Hell Biker's fusion in the Velvet Room.	27
Legion (Fool) Yabbashah (93 - 118)	26	Queen Medb (Lovers) Yabbashah (93 - 118)	28
Setanta (Star) Yabbashah (93 - 118)	29	Baphomet (Devil) Tziah (119 - 144)	30
Mithras (Chariot) Yabbashah (93 - 118)	24	Flauros (Hierophant) Special Fusion: Forneus (Emperor), Berith (Hierophant), and Eligor (Tower)	33

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More Information About Atavaka

Atavaka Skills, Stats & Heart Item

Atavaka mainly has Physical and Passive skills that further enhance his attack stat. Even if you never use Atavaka, you'll need to level him up to get his Heart Item, the Wisdom King's Locks. These are required for making the Soldier's Flag or Aura Dog Suit armor at Mayoido Antiques.

The Soldier's Flag is an Accessory that adds +100HP to it's user.
The Aura Dog Suit can only be worn by Koromaru. It provides 380 Defense, +5 Endurance, and Nulls Light.

If you use Atavaka in battle, you should familiarize yourself with Atavaka's Stats and Skills:

Strength	63
Magic	37
Endurance	64
Agility	39
Luck	35

Slash	Strike	Pierce	Fire	Ice	Electric	Wind	Light	Dark
-	-	Null	-	Weak	-	-	Null	-

Skill	Level	Description
Brave Blade	Innate	Deals severe Slash damage to one enemy.
Maragidyne	Innate	Inflicts heavy Fire damage to all enemies.
Null Dizzy	Innate	Prevents the user from being inflicted with the Dizzy status ailment.
God's Hand	74	Deals severe Strike damage to one enemy.
Auto-Mataru	75	Increases the party's Attack at the start of battle. This effect lasts for 3 turns.
Mediarahan	77	Fully restores the HP of all active party members.
Firm Stance	79	User cannot dodge attacks, but incoming damage is reduced by half.

Recommended Skills for Atavaka

To cover Atavaka's Ice weakness, you may consider Resist Ice. On 12/10, you can trade x10 Opal for a Resist Ice Skill Card at Mayoido Antiques.
Arms Master is another useful Skill. It's a Passive Skill that will reduce the cost of HP when using Physical Skills.
You can also teach Atavaka the Ali Dance Skill, which greatly reduces the accuracy of incoming attacks (does not include status ailments, such as Poisma).
You're likely to use Yukari or another Persona for your healer, so swapping out Mediarahan for another Physical Skill or even a Passive Skill that amplifies Atavaka's Attack is recommended. Also, despite Atavaka's low Magic stat, you may want to keep Maragidyne, as it can be used to Down most opponents that use Ice Skills. Remember that Atavaka's only weakness is Ice.