In the last patch, Piece by Piece made a big comeback.
I this patch, atleast for me, the comeback still is reclaim.

90% success rate (give or take some given how poor SE's rng seems to work), means you can retry less then optimal synths. if it fails, it probably would of given you garbage anyway if you got to the point of using reclaim in the first place.

This will minimize the amount of field demi 3's you burn through.

I've been forgoing steady hand on the PbP steps (it has a high success rate anyway) for the extra CP. If a PbP fails just bail.

With the extra CP and a lucky ToT you can fit in an extra WN or what have you phase to, give you a few extra touches. If you have fewer then 8 stacks of IQ in the end phase, I usually just bail and try again. As far as I can tell, there is no way to 100% without excellent state in the end, but trying to ensure 8+ stacks will give you the best chance otherwise.