Quote Originally Posted by SaberMaxwell View Post
Then you have Purgation in 7s and Cthonic Vent in 8s doorboss which have the whole party practically hiking the arena multiple times, which is enough to catch any caster (except maybe smn) unawares without a TON of preparation, and even then I've run out of movement options in both, though the latter only when I'm forced to move after every dragon vent hop.
Summoner can get away by doing a Bahamut > Ifrit Opener and Swift Slipstream. They really are the ultimate ranged physical caster. Their damage is still pretty bad, RDM does better than SMN on the second boss but the DPS check is tighter on the door boss so SMN wins P8S just because of that.