S. Closer
Motoha Arai (Tropical)
/Bless/Sweeper
★★★★★
Introduction
Motoha Arai (Tropical) is a 5-star Bless character in Persona 5 X. Motoha Arai (Tropical)'s weapon type is Water Ball and role is Sweeper. Faction: Wonder's Team of Phantom Thieves.
On the combined Persona 5 X tier list Motoha Arai (Tropical) is A tier, 12th of the 45 characters ranked, from where 2 community tier lists put Motoha Arai (Tropical).
Other Bless characters in Persona 5 X: Kasumi Yoshizawa, Minami Miyashita, Minami Miyashita (Beachflower), Shoki Ikenami, Shoki Ikenami (Notte) and Yukimi Fujikawa.
What Motoha Arai (Tropical) does
An HP-trading Bless attacker. Surf 'n' Shine spends 15% of her max HP to hit all foes for 159.7% and puts her in Summer Hype (29.3% more damage, 9.8% crit rate), while Summer 'Splosion and her Highlight each give back 20% max HP. Max HP above 8000 turns into Attack, up to 1920.
Profile
Motoha Arai (Tropical)'s full name is Motoha Arai. Motoha Arai (Tropical) carries the title "S. Closer". Motoha Arai (Tropical) is voiced by Zhu Que Cheng in Chinese and Hondo Kaede in Japanese. Motoha Arai (Tropical) was released on 22 September 2025.
Skills
6Blue Sunrise
Multi-Target · 20 SPEffect: Deal Bless damage to all foes equal to 87.8% of Attack. If Summer Hype is active, spend 10% of Motoha's max HP to deal bonus Bless damage to all foes equal to 29.3% of Attack.
Summer 'Splosion
Single-Target · 20 SPEffect: Deal Bless damage to 1 foe equal to 136.6% of Attack and restore 20% of Tropical Motoha's max HP. If Summer Hype is active, deal bonus Bless damage to 1 foe equal to 34.2% of Attack.
Surf 'n' Shine
Multi-Target · 20 SP · Cooldown 1 turnEffect: Immediately enter the Summer Hype state, which lasts until the end of Tropical Motoha’s next turn. Spend 15% of her max HP to deal Bless damage to all foes equal to 159.7% of Attack. Summer Hype: Increase critical rate by 9.8% and damage by 29.3%.
Highlight
BlessEffect: Highlight: Deal Bless damage to all foes equal to 195.2% of Attack and restore 20% of Motoha's max HP. If her HP is above 50%, increase Highlight damage by 25%. 1 More: Deal Bless damage to 1 foe.
Energy Overload!
Effect: When Tropical Motoha receives healing, increase damage by 30% for 2 turns.
Outshine the Sun!
Effect: During battle, increase Motoha's Attack by 24 points for every 100 points of max HP above 8000, up to 1920.
How to get Motoha Arai (Tropical)
Only unlocked by pulling S. Closer via Gacha Banner
