[Ziero]

I've done countless promys (and I mean countless, I've been doing these for my LS ever since it came out and I think the only people who aren't past them are people who never show/pre 30), so I can honestly say full Shade wouldn't be that great. Even the HQ stuff gives minimal bonuses, as 5 Eva on a War or Pld won't do much. Even with an Emp pin, a solid +10 Eva, I still have trouble evading anything DC+. At most, get two pieces as that will work just as good, and leave you with plenty of room for Kampf.

Now as far as general experiences go, I always prefer to have a Pld main tank in these things. It lets the DDs focus on DDing and the healers focus on one tank. The first few floors won't really matter about tanks, but the fourth floor and the boss fight, I always felt it best to have everyone do a single job at peak efficiancy.

Having said that, at *no* time throughout the climb should a prepared party *ever* have trouble killing the Weepers and Wanderers. You should be able to tear through them all with no effort. Which means, if you have a choice between risking aggro against a Seether/Promy specific mob or a single Weeper/Wanderer, you go to the Weeper/Wanderer. In fact often times it's best to specifically run through them to clear the path, bringing them past any danger points to be killed(a good example of this is the 4th floor on Holla).

Also, yes. Everyone will need Anima. At least Hysto and Psyco. No excuses for not getting them now. At all. You probably won't use them all, but you can always sell what you don't use. And make sure you have a clear order in which to use them, people understand the order and how long to wait between using them. I've seen many times people would throw them all out in a row with no wait effectively wasting the anima.