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Yakuza: Like A Dragonlets you take on the legends of the Yakuza world, but you won’t have to do it alone. Ichiban Kasuga’s powerful group of friends are willing to help battle the most powerful bosses, dungeons, and construction equipment the world can throw at him.
While each party member brings their unique tools, skills, and flair to the table, certain individuals stand out as the best party members in Yakuza: Like A Dragon. You must combine their skills in the right balance to form the best party composition for your situation. Regardless of how far you are in the game, there are excellent party compositions available to choose from.
Updated December 16th, 2023 by Andrew Scariati:Forming the perfect party begins with first understanding Like A Dragon’s best jobs. Once you’ve identified the best jobs in Yakuza Like A Dragon, the fun part is deciding where your party members fit into each profession. Spend some time testing out your favorite combinations with this guide to find the best party in Like A Dragon for you.
How To Form Your Party
Editing Your Party
Firstly, to edit your party, enter the menu andnavigate to the “Party” option to pull up the edit screen.
From here, you’ll have a full visual overview of your current party members and can check afull list of their stats and available Job Skills.
Understanding Yakuza Like A Dragon’s best jobs is simple once you familiarize yourself with your allies' strengths and weaknesses.
You’ll notice two numbers next to your character: onthe left is your Job Rank,rightbelow the job’s symbol, whileyour overall level is on the right side, near your MP and HP.
How To Train Your Party
Each party memberis a valuable part of your team andshould be properly leveled upto ensure they know all the right skills.Use the Sotenbori Battle Arena to gain levelsat your own pace by challenging each set of five floors.
Change your party members' jobs to learn a variety ofelemental skills.
Male characterscan learn elemental skills from theHost(Ice),Foreman(Fire), andFortuneteller(Electric) jobs.
Female characterscan learn elemental skills from theHostess(Ice) andNightqueen(Fire) jobs.
Every job hastwo skillsthat can be used once unlocked,regardless of your current job.
Check theJob Skillsand find thesemarked by a red bubble.
You mustreach the required job levelto unlock the skill.
Leveling up your party members to give them access to the most skills is the best way to improve their power.
In addition,leveling up other jobs will give you permanent stat boosts, so there’s more to it than just earning a couple of skills.
Who Are The Best Party Members?
Your party is constantly expanding in Like A Dragon, soyou may not have access to every party member if you have not completed the game.
The final party member will beZhao, so know that once youunlock him in Chapter 11, you’ll have your full roster.
Eri Kamataki is a secret party member thatcan be unlocked by playing the Ichiban Confections minigame, located in the west of Isezaki Ijincho, north of Hamako’s bar.
Once you’ve assembled your full party,get to know these characters in particular, as they’ll be quite helpful.
Lovedrunk Typhoon
Healing or Agility
Saeko is your resident healerand can even debuff your foes to boot. Her Lovedrunk Typhoon reduces the defense of all enemies and has a chance to Charm them.
Her turns should focus on healing the party before anything else. Her attacks can pack a surprising punch,especially her Hostess skill, Ice Spreader.
Essence of Ladder Acrobatics
Magic or Agility
Zhao is arguably the hardest-hitting character in the game, competing with Joon-gi Han for that title.
Unfortunately, he is very frail, but his attacks are exceptionally powerful, especially hisEssence of Ladder Acrobatics which targets all foes and may knock out the last enemy hit.
He learns Fire skills naturally but benefits greatly fromFulminating Forecast(Electric skill, Fortuneteller).
Essence of Phantom Drive
Agility or Dexterity
Agilitywill allow Joon-Gi Han toperform actions more often, whileDexteritywill help him to be moreaccurate with attacks while also evadingthem more often.
Joon-gi Han and Zhao are somewhat similar in their glass cannon roles, but Joon-gi Hanoffers access to Bullet and Blade skills.
He also benefits from learning all elemental skills due to his high Magic stat. His variety of powerful attacks and self-buffs make Joon-gi Han a must-use party member.
What Is The Best Party Composition?
The best party composition in Yakuza: Like A Dragon will be entirely dictated by what activities you’ll be using them for. However,Ichiban should always have the Hero job, as it is simply that much better than the alternatives.
Some party members areexcellent choices when farming levels early onor fighting quick battles, whileothers excel in slower, longer fights.
Dealer or Clerk
Idol
Healer
This party isexcellent in the first half of the gamebut requires you to go out of your way to acquire Eri. However, this won’t take long as the minigame is fairly straightforward.
Homeless Guy or Fortuneteller
Gangster
Glass Cannon (High DPS, low HP)
This party is all about offense and nothing else. It’s best to use them when you’re over-leveled andrevisiting the Yokohama Underground Dungeon, or someplace else to farm experience.
Simply put, this is the best overall party in Yakuza: Like A Dragon, withaccess to immense power, healing, status inflictions, and more.
Once you put in the time to level up each member to learn all elemental skills, this will set the groundwork formaking the most overpowered party in the game.
An ideal fight will look something like this:
Even against the ultimate challenge, the True Final Millenium Tower, most battles will transpire exactly like this, though there will be exceptions to account for randomness (RNG).
In those cases,rely on keeping your party alive, as Saeko excels at keeping your party healthy, sothe heavy hitters can take control of any encounter.
