Die by the Sword/Strategies

The Gladiatorial Weapon monsters are not particularly accurate or hard-hitting. A ninja or thief should be able to avoid a large amount of attacks if they gear appropriately for evasion. A paladin or any character geared for defense will take relatively low damage.

A general strategy to this BCNM is to have a red mage bind and gravity one monster while 2 melee DDs take care of the 2 other monsters, then they take care of the red mage's monster. Paladin, Warrior, Thief, and other jobs who have easy access to all 3 damage types excel at the melee DD role. Jobs such as Monk, Ranger, Dark Knight, and Samurai are at a disadvantage because of their lack of damage-type options. DRG/WHM and PLD/Anything are the two jobs for this BCNM that do not need to use shadows. All other jobs will want shadows. There is an alternative strategy which uses three melees who each solo a weapon. This route is generally a little less safe due to the lack of Cures, but much quicker.