holy fuck no way, a fellow byonder.......

seliph

comparing p4 chars directly has been something ive wanted numbers for for a long time but i havent gotten around to doing

i just have no tasks at work and no internet access at my desk, so it gave me something to do while satiating my curiosity lol

Prior to that her leads are pretty negligible. She has a small damage lead over Chie and Yosuke but if you account for acc buffs and the fact Chie gets auto-Tarukaja it's a bit blurrier. Even Yosuke isn't that far behind

I still think healing will typically be valuable though so bench Yosuke lol

This being said her damage isn't actually that high..she has a pretty sizeable lead during Heaven because the characters closest to her in damage are Chie and Yosuke, both of which learned their last single-target phys skill ~30 levels ago

Once they learn God's Hand/Brave Blade she never catches up

-With an Ice Boost gun and Ice Amp accessory (which she can only get at the very end of the game) she will marginally outdamage Teddie, since she has Mind Charge...if Rise never charges the party. If she does, she loses still.
-Her only buff is Heat Riser, but 2 party members learn 2 buffs
(4/x)

Naoto's bafflingly terrible:
-She is the only character unable to cap her primary attack stat (magic), capping at 96
-With no boosts or amps her damage is pathetic at about ~18.12 damage per turn using Megidolaon.
-She can use equipment to get ice amp and boost, but that cuts her magic to 81
(3/x)

-Yosuke outdamages Yukiko once he gets Brave Blade. accounting for crits and a Rise party-wide charge, Yosuke needs only one charge to outdo Yukiko even if his equipment gives 0 stats
-With the above in mind the hardest-hitting party is Chie/Yosuke/Kanji, using the protagonist to Debilitate
(2/x)

cats out of the bag....