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Hello all, I just finished my first lunatic run and, having found it to be fairly easy, am eager to have a go at Apotheosis. However, there are certain limitations I would impose on myself, and unfortunately, I think I my current pairings my prohibit me from meeting these limitations. First and foremost, I do not want to use LB (I'm willing to make an exception for the purposes of avoiding spotpass characters when possible). I would like to avoid dlc in general (though I don't mind using brides/dread fighters), and minimize bot usage. I'd also like to use less optimal children whom I like (e.g., nah, laurent) in meaningful combat roles. Finally, I'd like to avoid a physical avatar if feasible. From the research I've done, I'm unsure if my current pairings would allow me to pull this off. Furthermore, as this is a lunatic playthrough (i.e., high internal level cap), I'm concerned that fixing the mess that is my current skill distribution will take an annoying amount of grinding. I am considering doing another playthrough to get better pairings and maybe correct skills quicker, but I don't want to grind out a team literally from scratch unless I know it is possible to beat Apotheosis's secret path with it. As I have no actual experience with Apotheosis, I am also wondering if I should grind out my current lunatic file and give it a go, even if I do need to start another file. My current situation is as follows: *=intention to replace -Olivia!Lucina, GF/Vantage/SFaire/Astra(would replace with luna obv)/Aether -Libra!Owain, GF/Vantage/Av+10*/Renewal*(replace w/vengeance?)/Despoil*(replace with hex?) -Chrom!Inigo, GF/Vantage/Av+10*/Patience*/Armsthrift* -Gaius!Cynthia, GF/Luna/Sp+2/Sol*/Relief* -Stahl!Severa, GF/Vantage/Av+10*/Luna/Armsthrift* -Vaike!Gerome, SBreaker/Str+2/Renwal*/Pass*/Tantivity* -Lucina!Morgan(f), GF/Vantage/Aether*/Av+10*/Armsthrift* -- MU is +sp -skl -Gregor!Yarne, SBreaker/Vantage/Armsthrift*/Sol*/Patience* -Lon'qu!Laurent, Vengeance/Vantage/TFaire/Mag+2/Focus* -Ricken!Noire, Luna/Vengeance/Skl+2*/Pavise*/Lifetaker* -- no GF :/ -Donnel!Nah, GF/Counter*/Sol*/Armsthrift*/Patience* No Brady or Kjelle yet. None are married save Lucina. In Summary: -If this situation is salvageable given my self-imposed limitations, how should I proceed from here? I am aware of different main strategies for Apotheosis (VV enemy phase combat, rally/rescue/GF player phase, etc.), which would be more optimal/possible for my situation? -If this situation is not salvageable, should I still max out the team to get a feel for Apo before attempting to build a new team? Thanks very much in advance for any advice/help you guys can give me. I don't mind failing many times as long as I can get through eventually. -edited for brevity(still very wordy)-