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Final Fantasy XIII (2009)

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- No Stage 10 Crystarium
- No Tier 3 weapons
- No Dark Matter equipment (Kaiser Knuckles, etc.)
- No Death, summon, or Random: Instant Chain

Fang -- Venus Gospel *, Power Glove * (x2), General's Belt *
Snow -- Winged Saint, Aurora Scarf, General's Belt * (x2)
Hope -- Eagletalon *, Diamond Bangle *, Weirding Glyph *, General's Belt *

COM/SEN/RAV*
COM/SEN/MED
COM/SEN/COM
SYN/SEN/MED
SEN/SEN/SEN
SAB/RAV/RAV

Neochu's behavior:
- First strike attack (it is to your advantage to Retry if he hits Fang), then
1. Attack x4
2. Screech (high physical damage, removes buffs)
3. Pollen (low damage, onslaught of debuffs, Haste/Bravery on any Picochus)
- His main pattern is repeating Steps 1-3
- When his HP falls under 50%, he uses Seed Dispersal
- When his HP falls under ~10-20%, he uses Seed Dispersal
- If a Picochu Pleads for a certain length of time, he uses Pollen (never let this happen)

Therefore, my procedure is as follows:
- Eliminate initial Picochus asap
- Set Neochu up for damage without reducing his HP below 50% (I raise his chain to 250+% -- you NEED Imperil)
- Be ready for second (and third) wave of Picochus, IGNORE THEM (let Snow tank) to take out Neochu before next Screech
- Finish off Picochus

If you want to ask me why I don't use Vanille instead of Hope, the reasons are:
- Vanille heals more slowly
- Vanille lacks -agas which are great against Picochus
- Vanille lacks Vigor which helps to raise chain against Neochu

Hope's downside is his low HP, so I gave him a Diamond Bangle. Maybe you can go without one (or give him another General's Belt). His Lv 2 COM is also unnecessary because he doesn't spend much time in COM (using Offensive Screen is pointless when the Picochus are out).

This is certainly doable without shrouds, but you will scramble to finish off the Picochus before the first Screech. Start in Protection and buff before switching to Delta Attack. Shrouds give you more breathing room and you may not even need to Dispelga after the first Pollen.

Of course, there is always more room to push the threshold lower... I may try again if I feel like it.

Good luck!

By the way, this isn't to discourage you from using Death to complete the mission (in fact I recommend it to get Growth Egg as soon as possible). This is just for fun.

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