Healing Rod is funny 

Healing Rod ignores defense, and this applies to the rages as well. If Gogo got a basic attack he would have healed Goddess instead of damaging her.
Why Silver Lobo instead of Stray Cat? Because I was trying to make a strat that could be used regardless of what you got on Gau. Silver Lobo was used over Exocite because Exocite is weak to lightning. Hornet would also work I think. Cat Scratch would hit for 9999 pretty much every time however, so there is a significant improvement.
As a side note, Healing Rod will apply the heal to the actual rage ability on the mobile version. Not sure how it works on other versions though.