i gave this a blind test run and.... died halfway through crom...

in fact, i lost raphael in 2nd wave due to the middle enemy nuking me for 25k, same thing happened in wave 4 which killed off metatron (raph's replacement)... but given those 1 orb enemies keep putting up high def buffs that also cause reflect damage.... i think i'll have to rearrange my strategy...

but nice to know that with enough atk down, i can get crom to nuke me for around 8k... meaning if i can get my normal lineup to her (mordred, raph, sol, tsuki, and diana), i might be able to survive with my HP topped off (and maybe both amaru and tiamat summoned for safety). everyone is packing over 10k HP (Sol at 14k) if i happen to take a friend hecatonchires. and quite frankly, i might need the HP.... can't get anymore on my grid without replacing a weapon (every weapon with defender is at skill lv 20 with my entire grid as high leveled as it'll get) or another accessory.