FF13 Hope% Cid Raines+Menu(Fortisol)

Описание: The Fortisol strat changes up a good bit, though it still just looks pretty close to the old any% version of the fight. Being able to use Lightning makes the fight faster since she casts faster and it also cuts out the need to menu after the fight, since Light and Sazh are already set up with equips. It also means that there are 4 different menus for the fight depending on shrouds, with 2 main branches for said menus depending on if the fight is using Sazh(no Fort) or Light(Fort). This video shows the Light(Fort) branch of the menus, like how the Shroudless fight showed the Sazh(no Fort) branch.

The main things of note here is that interrupting Raines with spells is no longer possible due to the lack of Vigilance, so I go for a slightly different string of Thunder-Water-Thunder instead of Fire-Water-Fire. I also try to get Lightning to use her Attack on the ground in stagger since her midair Ruins are slow.

This fight is the second priority for a bonus Fortisol(with the first one being skipping the ch7 chest(though honestly the Fort fight is a significant consistency boost it may be worth getting the ch7 chest for Raines even with a bonus Fort)).

As a side note, this is the only fight where I voluntarily use Lightning, and it is contingent on getting a bonus Fortisol.