Talk:Princess of Eternity/@comment-25326617-20150109034306/@comment-25577317-20150110001502

Can you keep everyone alive all the way into the boss fight? If you can and you can get an Aphrodite mutual, my strategy might work for you.

I've been bringing Eterna (SS lvl 1) and an "actual" delayer xSettia with the intention of having Eterna replaced by the helper. During the first two battles, I spend the bulk of my time charging my SS and getting combo activated either by answering off-color questions or answering on-color but slow enough to not activate AS. I don't worry status, and just let myself get poisoned and weakend. By the end of the third battle, Eterna's delay is ready to be used either against Vellet or the boss round. Assuming I don't meet Vellet, I'll use Eterna's delay to trigger the SS reflect and bring in my helper. This also has the added benefit of giving me more turns to take out the fodder spirits and bring Fala into rage. I then just make sure that Fala's delay clears before dropping the boss to ~50% so I can use xSettia's delay. Then I just finish off the boss before delay ends.

I've tried this strategy with various helpers and Aphrodite is the safest choice because she removes status and provides additional healing which can be useful if combo breaks. I prefer Carabosse though because of high offense, but that means I'm pretty much doomed if my combo breaks and I have to suffer through Fala's rage attacks. P&F or Pham are also good for decently high offense and an emergency delay.