Pulling the Strings/Puppetmaster

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ENM Information

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 * Pulling the Strings
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 * Mine Shaft #2716
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Foreword
This guide is intended to provide information on the Pulling the Strings ENM for Puppetmasters. Instructions on how to get to the ENM are already covered in the general information for the ENM so I will not include that here.
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Consumables

 * Brought 2 Pamama au Laits but only had time to use one.

Food

 * I used sole sushi for my run. In retropect, evasion food would have probably been better such as Jack-o'-Lantern.

Automaton
Using the pup guide for the level cap 75 fight, I took the suggestion to have the automaton tank with Valoredge. Attachments you will want to have are at a minimum:
 * Strobe
 * Flashbulb
 * Shock Absorber

The Method

 * Enter.
 * Eat your food.
 * Upon entering the ENM you lose your sub job and are capped at level 60 so check your gear to make sure that all the equipment you need is actually equipped.
 * Use your Reraise item if you brought one. In my expereience, it would not make a difference with the 20 min recast on Activate.
 * Use Activate.
 * Take the next 3 minutes to prepare. Your automaton will not use stoneskin until it has been active for 3 minutes.
 * As the timer reaches 3 minutes, start using your maneuvers and head down towards the arena.
 * You will want a fire maneuver, light maneuver, and earth maneuver in order to get provoke, flash, and stoneskin up as soon as possible.
 * At this point, I used Overdrive and set my automaton to fight the NM.
 * Shortly after you use deploy, the NM will summon his automaton.
 * Make sure your automaton has the NM's attention and focus on killing the automaton first.
 * By the time you kill his first automaton, the NM should be at about 75% HP.
 * Join your automaton in fighting the NM.
 * Try and keep up a dark maneuver for Cannibal Blade.

The Problem

 * The NM will spawn a second automaton shortly after the first dies. He spawned the Sharpshot frame and it made short work of me.

Disclaimer

 * This strategy did not work for me. Please edit/add any strategies that worked for you.
 * Perhaps adding a few hi-potions would have worked, but I would like to see this done with the least amount of money as possible.