yeah, the dedicated tank character kind of get thrown aback by the high HP/DEF ones in the end :s
when I noticed that affinities mostly replaced MND, I went ahead and used my skillpoints for them. I didn't think that I'd be raising my ATK / MAG for my nukers anymore anyway (I still did, but that's an entirely different story). it took a lot of time, but it paid off. now even Flandre has 600+ on 2 of her affinites that aren't fire. and 500+ for the other 3. But I don't think anything beats my reimu in that. I build her so that he doesn't require switching out, ever, if I use her in a boss battle. 2nd highest speed of anyone (2nd only to aya) and MND/DEF high enough to not receive more than 10% damage of her health. with affinities of 800-900. just in case, for the winner. I don't plan on switching her out in that fight. as for the exoskeletons: I have a lot of them, just as I have badges and dresses, as I said before. I don't think there's a character in my team that doesn't have at least 2 of thos items. but I have to admit that I have more dresses than anything else, really.
well, I don't use yukari, but I think using Reimu's first turn to buff defenses isn't silly, as long as she is faster than WINNER. but rather than planning to go for defenses, I was thinking about raising my attack power. 100 million is a lot to take down and with 4.5 million steps, it'll take forever, knowing that he can heal himself. so I was thinking of raising MAG and ATK to 100 with ran, instead if relying on defenses too much. if I can deal8-9 million with a gun or one last judgement, I can take him down quickly, no?
I will not ignoring any defenses, of course, but it seems to me that prolonging this fight will just make it tedious.
my ran should be able to take everything winner throws at her, since I did build her as a MND tank, similar to how I'd have raised a yukari, as well as Reimu can.
Ran is a useful character, indeed, but here, too, I think she's slightly overrated and if you rely on her too much, it could end bad if you lose her through some unfortunate accident, which is what I am trying to prevent: I don't want to rely on anyone buffing me or something, so that I don't end up helpless when she dies. the only exception is reimu, because I didn't feel like getting more than one healer, which is also the reason why she's build like 3 tanks and aya. lots of defenses, massive affinies and high speed, slightly higher HP than usual, too. she's almost a god...if just her furmulas weren't such a lackluster, lol.