LogFAQs > #947963091

To avoid Zombie, equip Angel Rings. I think they're buyable in Mirage Village. To block Petrify, you need Ribbons; only Freelancer and Dancers can equip Ribbons, but Dancer learns an ability that lets other jobs use them too. Given that you've found Dancer to be too frail, this sounds like a job for Freelancer. (If your Freelancers are suffering from a lack of stats, master a physical job on them to bring their Strength and Vitality up. Magic's less of a concern, as most magical skillsets include a Magic increase.) And if you really need to get the first turn - for Hastega, say - equipping the Masamune will do that.

Reflect Rings shouldn't wear off, I dunno what's happening there. The Carbuncle summon would set Reflect and could be cast after Hastega, but of course you don't have that. There are ways to get the effect anyway, though like messing around with the Magic Lamp - its effects are not random.

Apparently, although Grand Aevis is subject to Slow in theory, in practice getting it to stick is near-impossible. So you need a way to inflict Slow that ignores the normal status checks; that comes from the command you get through mastering Cannoneer; Turtle Shells produce a Slow effect. In theory, you could also use !Mix to level someone up a billion times or invoke the Bard's levelling song (as I recall, status accuracy is basically Base Hit Rate + Your Level - Their Level - Their "Magic Evade") to increase your chance of getting Slow to stick, but it seems to me that if you're struggling to stay alive then you don't have that kind of time.
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