Quote Originally Posted by saevel View Post
We've run into problems with SMN's actually surviving to use SS. Our SMNs tend to be outside of the melee party where their vulnerable to all his stupid moves. The 15 foot range on pet commands further screws with us.

Also we have incredibly bad luck with picking the wrong one. We now plan on killing both clones at a minimum, sometimes more. The most I've ever seen up is four clones, usually after a sudden implosion when we've tried to kill it to fast.
Have your PD smn bring a vile elixir/+1. Your non-PDed smns should be able to recover from the first volley by the time the PD SMNs Shock Squall wears.