pain isn't a physical attack. It's not nulled

Focus and Cheer *DO* work, I'm just uncertain about how they affect maxed stats (ie, rather weak (comparatively) auron yuna rikku going up against kottos. With protect and sentinel, auron would get pwnzed with EVERY of kottos' counters. But, with cheerx10, he'd stay alive. And, early in the game, cheering and focusing ten X (it doesn't seem to do any difference after that) will mean the difference between normal kill and overkill. So I used them quite a bit to expidite the levelling process around on mi'ihen.)