well, except the meltdowns and the curse spikes i tried the sugestions but adel is just to friggin fast, he won't even let me use cerberus because he charges too slow, and yes the smashing blow and ultima are pretty much my doom if i don't have a big HP. i'm just gonna have to go back to Rinoa and junction everybody up real good + i can't get any meltdowns because i can't get out of lunatic pandora without rinoa.