Menace was what I forgot about until this clear, on account of Panic Smoke 4 being so good. The AoEs are solid as boss killing tools though, if you can afford not to have healing on your special
Yeah, I was grateful for a way to keep Arden in the action, without him being attacked by Alear early. I was originally just planning to wear Alear down with AoE chips, and eventually finish him off when his allies were still around, but I managed to get him to leave the battle to chase Dorcas, before I ever figured out how to chip him enough times for that