Disciplinary Crew - Beaten, but not Mastered. I could have S/L'd for a while to try to beat it, but ultimately I forgot to change one thing in my setup from the last time I attempted the fight (Bartz did not have his Wind SB equipped, so Raijin took longer than I wanted him to.). Ideally, I can kill off Fuijin before SG/SRS wears off, then not put it back up until Raijin bites the dust if I have that equipped. Will take some luck, but frankly less luck than trying to Blitz through Zatetsuken Counter and Firaga in Seifer's weak phase. Additionally, Seifer's Weak phase increases his defense by a significant amount, meaning no matter what I do I'm gonna spend longer chipping him down than I do with the other two mooks.
Setup was basically the same as last time with some minor changes, primarily not putting Dualcast on Bartz.
Zack (R5Aera Strike, R5Bio Strike), Start Sap Damage 1.2x (VII Zack's Glove, FFT So Kai Armlet, FFT Ares Zodiac Stone)
Bartz (R4Biora Strike, R3Thundaga Strike), If: Katana, Damage 1.2x, (VII Masamune, IX Strength Ribbon [protectga SB], VII Wolf Pierce)
Terra (R4Bioga, R4Blizzaja), Dualcast BM (VI Flame Rod, VIII Ten Gallon Hat, VII Keroboros Relief)
Mog (Faith, Curaga), Mako Wish Foundation (VI Holy Lance, II White Robe, XII Dr. Cid's Glasses)
Aeris (Shellga, Curaja), Increased SB Gauge (VII Wizard Rod, VI Oath Veil, X Memory Sphere)
Stonera Skin
I mentioned it before, but was unclear because I wasn't referring to WHICH Dualcast RM was shit. Bartz simply doesn't hit close enough to the damage cap for Dualcast Spellblade to be worth it. He deals 7800 damage or so with his spellblades with the Katana damage materia, but that goes down to 6200 (less during the weak phase) with the Dualcast RM, making it need to go off 7800/1600 = 4.85 times a battle to be worth it. By contrast, Terra deals 9000 or so with dualcast, meaning it only has to go off once for it to be worth it. It may be worth looking at Devotion for Seifer's weak phase, but ewww making Terra less durable then sounds awful.
Ideal plan seems to be,
SRS/Sun Bath/Shell/Faith, target down Fuijin.
Protectga, refresh Shellga/Faith/Sunbath before SRS runs out, Fuijin should be dead or dying when this happens.
Target down Raijin, using Bartz's Wind SB the next time his gauge fills. With luck, this happens like almost immediately. It did on the winning run anyway). Once I'm past this I'm home free, and hopefully two people healing and three people targetting weakness on Raijin should take him down, y'know.
Refresh buffs and SRS, take down Chicken Shit.
Win
Definitely wouldn't be possible without all three of my damage dealers having Bio-typed attacks, being able to target weakness on every Disciplinary Crew member is damn integral to the strategy.
Glanced at Ultima Weapon, I'll give it a couple shots but won't be too worried about finishing it.
Edit, mastered. Fight went just as planned. Seifer is still a bitch once my last srs wore off but hey I did it, that's the important thing
