Ambuscade/Battlefield Archive/Bozzetto Crusader/Strategies

Constant hate resets at low HP and a power-up mechanic for the smaller Orcs means kill the Crusader last.

Kill the Warlock first, regardless of difficulty.

Assign one person to remove the aura. If they fail at this, replace them. It's still possible to remove the aura during Invincible as long as you don't waste your TP doing zero damage when the aura isn't up.

The entire group should use Elshimo Pachira Fruit until the caster threats (Warlock, Hecteyes) are dead. The largest bursts of damage come from when the Defense Down from Shoulder Charge is on anybody, Warcry is up, and Veil of Disarray goes off.

It takes 2 dispels to fully remove the effects of Valorous Roar.

The Crusader has much higher magic evasion than its allies, but its Orcish Counterstance in particular seems impossible to remove. Maybe Stymie can get it done, but it can just use the move again.

If things ever go wrong towards the end of the fight it's easy to recover if you have a kiter. Bind anybody who has been charmed, bind the Crusader, and let people raise well out of range of its attacks. When charm ends, remove the aura, continue.

Simple 2-man with a trust tank and a bunch of support trusts. Weaker melee removes the aura while the other kills the Warlock, then the Pugilist.

2 fewer Orcs and no unsleepable Hecteyes makes this an enormous step down in difficulty from VD (which is mostly a DPS check). Dispel is still very useful for Shock Spikes but you can still overwhelm this fight with any mix of tank, damage dealing and attentive support for status removal.

The only real danger is the Crusader turning with both Warcry and Counterstance up. At low HP this is a common occurrence with the hate resets.

Warlock > Tamer > Hecteyes > whatever > Crusader.

Do not kill the Hecteyes before its master or everyone gets charmed.

Silence both the Hecteyes and the Warlock, tank the Crusader against a corner or a pillar, either sleep everything else or let your tank corral the bunch into one place.

The Reaver makes dispel much less optional for this fight. Both it and the Duelist have a lot of buffs to chew through.