re: Torment Jenova
D240: 17.39
D280: 20.82
D??? First attempt: 77%
Team:
Aerith (LM1+LM2): R2 Hastega, R3 Curada, Mako MIght (USB2)
Cloud (LM1+LM2): R3 Tornado Strike, R3 Raging Quadstrike, Truthseeker (USB1/USB2/AOSB), double wind boost
Shelke (LM1+LM2): R3 Entrust, R5 Wrath, Ace Striker (no SB)
Zack (LM1+LM2): R5 Life Siphon, R4 Ripping Blast, Battleforged (CSB/BSSB)
Cait Sith: R3 Dispel, R2 Enfeebling Jitterbug, DMT (BSSB)
Magicites: Tiamat (+L15 Wind Boon), Gizamaluk (+L10 Fire dampen), Earth Guardian (+L10 Earth dampen), Evraes x2 (+ L5 HP Boon/L8 Fast Act).
Tons of incoming AoE damage. I had Last Stand proc at least 5 or 6 times. Made a number of mistakes in D???, like allowing EX Soldier to elapse before firing off AOSB, which capped the damage at 300,000. Lost Cait Sith and Shelke around 35 seconds with only about 55% damage done, plugged on for another 18 seconds or so.
Those tentacles are no joke. If you can't sub-30, you pretty much need to kill them because the damage pile up is too much. And man, running without Shellga is booty. But I can't see an alternative, since those Fire/Ice/Thunder spells are piercing, as is Incubus Ultima (7000+ to everyone, not sure if Jitterbug had worn off or not). Incubus Shadow Flre is not though. Argh.
Only one run so far, but Cait Sith BSSB doesn't look useful for this fight. He's RW/Magicite/Dispel bot, and he only gets one or two turns of BSSB commands before it wears off, and I can't refresh it cause it will mess up Cloud. Sigh.