The first boss fight you endure inPersona 4 Goldenthatisn’tagainst the shadow version of one of your friends will happen on Floor 5 of Yukiko’s Castle. Here, you’ll need to figure out how to get through something of a maze so that you can finally take on your first mini-boss: Avenger Knight.

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While it’s somewhat hard to get to him, the fight he puts up is even tougher. You’ll need to have done some training on the lower floors to take him on, but if you’re ready to fight Avenger Knight in P4G, then we’ll help you do it.

This guide contains spoilers for Persona 4 Golden.

How To Get To Avenger Knight In Yukiko’s Castle

When you get toFloor 5in Yukiko’s Castle, you’ll notice that the layout of the floor is basically just alarge ring shape.When you approach one of the doors throughout the hallway, you’ll find that the gametransports you away.

This makes it tough to get near the doors if you’re progressing through the dungeon normally, but the trick is toturn aroundso that you cango counterclockwisethrough the area.

yosuke, yu, and chie about to fight shadow yukiko’s avenger knight in persona 4 golden-1

After you’re teleported the first time, this is your chance. Do a 180 and head to the nearest door in that direction. Keep up this process until you find one that opens, which leads to the Avenger Knight battle.

Avenger Knight Battle Strategy

By now, you should be getting the hang of how affinities in Persona 4 Golden work: there are attacks shadows are stronger or weaker against in battle.

However, Avenger Knight changes things up on you a bit. He’sdamaged normallyby any elementexcept for fire.This is good news and bad news, as it does give him a weak spot, but the tricky part is thatyou may not have fire magicat your disposal yet.

yu casting a magic attack on avenger knight in persona 4 golden-2

If you’ve managed to grab anUkobachso far in Yukiko’s Castle, it’ll come in handy here, as itknows Agi innately.This means you’ll have a steady fire attack available.

If you don’t have Ukobach but do have askill cardforAgi, teach it to one of the Personas in your arsenal beforehand.

yosuke about to fight avenger knight in yukiko’s castle in persona 4 golden-1

Even if you are able to use fire magic, Avenger Knight can castRed Wall, which gives it a resistance to fire skill attacks for three turns.

If you don’t have fire magic or are having a hard time dealing with Red Wall, simplybeat on Avenger Knightuntil it goes down. It’s not strong against anything, meaning you can steal deal a good amount of damage to it without using fire skills.

Avenger Knight will still be putting up a fight, though. You’ll notice it usingPower Chargeevery now and again, whichdoubles damageon its next attack.

When this happens, it’s best to just use your turn to have everyone in the partyguardto mitigate how much damage they take from the incoming attack.

Outside these things, this is astraightforward fight. Deal more damage than you take, and Avenger Knight will fall in no time.

When it finally goes down, it dropsGlass Key, which can be used to open thelocked doorin thenorth part of Floor 5. That’s your ticket to carrying on, so head over there to continue ascending through Yukiko’s Castle!