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Encountering Golden Hands in Persona 4 Golden is a common occurrence in various dungeons, both in the open world and lurking within chests. These formidable foes progressively increase in strength with each dungeon, consistently posing a significant challenge.

Despite their difficulty, defeating Golden Hands yields substantial experience points (XP), making the effort worthwhile. Happiness Hands, the Golden Hand variant found in Yukiko's Castle, present an early-game obstacle. This guide details how to overcome them.

Happiness Hand Affinities in Persona 4 Golden

Happiness Hands exhibit significant resistance to all elemental attacks.

The key to defeating Happiness Hands lies in exploiting their vulnerability to physical attacks. While Almighty attacks are typically effective against Golden Hands, this strategy is unavailable early in the game. Happiness Hands inflict minimal damage, often idling during their turn, but they will flee if given the opportunity.

A weakness exploit or critical hit will trigger their escape. When facing multiple Happiness Hands, prioritize focusing down a single target, as defeating even one before they flee is a considerable accomplishment at this stage.

Strategies for Defeating Happiness Hands in Persona 4 Golden

The most effective approach involves fusing Orobas, a Persona possessing the Hysterical Slap skill. This skill delivers two hits and has a chance to inflict the Rage status effect. A Raged Happiness Hand will continuously use its basic attack, preventing its escape. Orobas can be fused using:

• Apsaras + Forneus
• Apsaras + Slime

Before engaging a Happiness Hand, ensure your party is fully healed. Concentrate solely on using HP-consuming physical attacks. Have Yosuke utilize Sonic Punch, Chie employ Skull Cracker, and the Protagonist use Hysterical Slap repeatedly. Success hinges significantly on luck due to limited early-game options, but defeating a Happiness Hand provides a substantial XP boost at low levels.

Crucially, avoid using an All-Out Attack unless you're certain of a kill; otherwise, the Happiness Hand will recover and flee.