Happy Caster/Strategies

Before entering, buff all party members with Stoneskin (Diamondhide) and Hastega (Diffusion - Refueling). Whenever you have 100 TP, set of a Light self skill chain (Chain Affinity - Savage Blade - Cannonball, enhanced with Cocoon). Forget about all other BLU magic, except perhaps Magic Fruit to keep the tank alive if you can spare the MP. A WHM (or at least /WHM) is imperative for this for Curaga when the flan uses Sleepga II (which it does often). Make sure all party members have reraise on (and don't expect your tank to live through the entire battle :). Our static got 5/6 victories (only losing the first attempt because we didn't exactly know what to expect) with a 5 member party (PLD/WHM, BLU/NIN, WHM/SMN, COR/NIN and NIN/WAR). Fights lasted about 6-8 minutes. --Demetress 23:52, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Having a BLU/NIN for this ISNM sure helps. Main task is to stun (Head Butt) the flan everytime it is possible and to interrupt the Tier III and IV -ga spells. Keep shadows up at all times.