[Icemage]

Medicines are absolutely essential to winning. I think my group used 3 Vile Elixir(PLD, PLD via bazaar transfer, WHM), 1 Vile Elixir+1 (PLD), a few super-ethers(SMN), a bunch of yagudo drinks and around 3 stacks of mulsum (WHM, PLD), plus some random stuff like echo drops (PLD) to win. PLD, RNG, SAM, BRD, WHM, SMN.

PLD weapon of choice here is Earth/Terra Staff, not Wind Staff. For a Ninja, evasion is king. For a Paladin, the -20% damage + 4/5 VIT is more effective.

You don't lose much if you have WHM + BRD vs. RDM. Only thing RDM offers that the WHM + BRD combination doesn't have is Gravity, which is a non-issue in this battle. WHM60 with AF1 body and the appropriate staves (Ice, Earth) can Paralyze and Slow both Omega and Ultima pretty reliably. With WHM you also get access to Viruna, Stona and Erase in this battle, but you need a smart WHM who knows what they're doing and can manage their MP while removing many, many different status effects.

Haste is very important on main tank vs. Omega, but it's mostly useless against Ultima since his Slow effect overrides Haste.


Icemage