2.6 Phototaxis, but without 6-Star Units Pt 4: Who Are You (Reverse: 1999)
Team: Baby Blue (R10 / P5), Dikke (R10 / P5), Tennant (R10 + Elucidation / P5), The Fool (Maxed Out + Overindulgence), Yenisei (R10 / P4), Apple (Insight 2), Lorelei (R4 / P5), Charlie (R10 + Genuinity / P5)
Charlie is basically the perfect, non-6 Star DPS for this fight. Doesn't get punished by the stage (which dislikes you using Reality DPS), gets Afflatus advantage as a Star unit, also has a Dispel to deal with the pesky free dodge enemies get every turn.
I also thought the Fool is kinda neat in this fight. He's an underrated tank in Phototaxis since he can refresh his "enter battle" tankiness buff by being swapped in and out, and I think he's kinda okay with Genesis shield counter.
Speaking of shields, I ended up using Cognitive Dissonance / the shield and life loss themed power up for the first two stages. It seemed like the perfect excuse to run shield characters like Diggers and Ms. Moissan. Unfortunately neither got a lot of play, especially in stages 3-4 which definitely amped up the difficulty.
I at least managed to clear stage 4 with Cognitive Dissonance, but I wasn't pleased with the length / final number of rounds (I'm not a fan of overly long clears tbh).