Looking to try Hamlet Defense

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I also have Tricks of Trade from ALC level 30, which gives an additional 20% and could set bold endeavor from LTW 30 which guarentees success for the next action with a rapid. That would be 6 steps, but not quite sure if that'll get it quite to 100%.

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I also have Tricks of Trade from ALC level 30, which gives an additional 20% and could set bold endeavor from LTW 30 which guarentees success for the next action with a rapid. That would be 6 steps, but not quite sure if that'll get it quite to 100%.

A plain success on a rapid is going to be no more than 20% in my experience. It's great when going for HQ with something like Greater Calling (guarantees 48-60% total progress with 0 durability loss and only takes one slot). So that'll be Culmination + Rapid (30-40) + Grand Design (20) + Tricks of the Trade (20) = 70-80% in 4 steps. Bold Endeavor + Rapid won't quite finish it. Getting ARM45 or GSM45 would let you 5-step from that. I think you're going to be sitting at 7-steps without some other killer ability, but that's not a huge problem if you're one of the two DoHs doing Attack Up. Only the Defense Up person really needs to be 4 or 5 step, because if a wave hits while Defense Up is down it takes full-time curing from one WHM to keep the middle Front Line Militia Archer up.