Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to make leveling less of a hassle.

Some are, frankly, pretty rad.

This handy feature serves as afast-forwardduring combat.

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In literal terms, then, this adds up to becoming atremendous time-saveron the road to leveling up.

Just take care not tooverindulgeon Rush, so to speak.

Itlimits your party’s actionssignificantly, after all, and any halfway-powerful foe will be a serious problem.

Screenshot and art from Persona 5 Royal.

You shoulddisengage from Rush modeat the first sign of trouble.

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Bear with us, here.

In Persona 3 Reload, much like in most games, might can make right.

Ambush mechanic tutorial for Persona 3 Reload

On PlayStation, this is done by pressingR1.

On Xbox, it’sLB.

Not only does it make leveling less frustrating; it makes the entire notion of Tartarus easier to handle.

Makoto Yuki summoning a Persona in the lowest levels of Tartarus in Persona 3 Reload

As you’ve no doubt noticed by now, quickness in combat means swiftness in Tartarus.

Let’s give you a cool example.

In the span of a single subsequent battle,the party member’s level shot up to 35.

Split image from Persona 5 Royal showing Joker with an NPC inside a shop, a close-up of Joker’s face wearing his white mask, and another NPC sitting down with a gift box in front of them

In a game with so many party members, this isinvaluable.

It’s on the tin, so to speak.

Pound for pound, they cough upfarmore EXPthan they do in, say, Persona 4 and Persona 5.

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Unless you’requiteoverleveled, they’revirtually guaranteed to get your active squad a level-up.

But consider how long it takes for Personas in Makoto’s stack to level up naturally.

The mightier your Personas can become, the hastier your fights become.

Clock striking midnight to initiate the Dark Hour in Persona 3 Reload

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Junpei Iori preparing to cast an Agi spell against Persona 3 Reload enemy Ruthless Ice Raven-1

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Downing the rare Precious Hand in Persona 3 Reload

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