FCoB class requirements?

[PetiteMalFleur]

If your group have at least 1 Ninja, and if you punch things hard and fast enough, you don't actually need Paeons on all turns of FCoB. Especially T12 and T13, there are enough break points to recover TP.

Perhaps if their skill speed is low enough, so this is actually a gear dependant argument. Most groups require paeon at some point even with a ninja, including mine. However, my argument was why a bard's utility is just too good to forgo. Especially if it's in favor of taking a SMN instead. SMN will require ballad and having no bard will make them into dead weight halfway through the fight. (OP said he wants to bring two casters.)

Our bard has saved us from countless wipes helping us recover from avoidable deaths. Overall having one makes these turns so much more forgiving. There's a solid reason why they make up literally every group comp.