I used the basic starter shards for most of the game. It wasn't until the special bosses that I changed it up. For some I had Psy with basic SWD damage, Nut and Freya with superstartpower thingy, then Bubba and Fynn with stronger heals. Another variation I frequently used was Shauna instead of Bubba. Our laughing buddy was the first fight I used three mega-shards, giving one to Psy as well, so that two of the adds were gone by early second turn, and the third was often dispelled. Desert tent battle was the only one I used four on, adding it to Bubba to use at the start.

Bubba and Fynn were my most used characters. Shauna was the character I would swap Bubba out with if I needed an additional big heal instead of a smaller AOE one. I used Psy in about half the fights of the game. My early party was significantly different to my late game one. Early one I used Scruffington for thieving and either Fox or Pumpkin depending on the fight, or sometimes both. By late game Freya's and Nut's limit breaks were too strong to ignore. I used Life Siphon to build them up quickly, which I later adapted into my Psy strategy, too.

The hardest fight was the one just after reaching the key, which took me several hours.