Talk:Daimon/@comment-24458380-20150427161502/@comment-25604735-20150428145530

One mage can do it alone. However, Daimon can still attack and interrupt the High Grapnel. Additionally, Daimon can initially target one of the mages interfering with the casting. If the Mages have more than one spell, they tend to cycle through them. So, even if High Grapnel is initially selected, the mages may decide to do something else later. And, of course, there's no guarantee that they'll select High Grapnel.

This video is intended for people who want to run up Daimon's back to his head and flail away but are put off by Daimon's rampaging. Since you only need one combatant to take out Daimon, you might as well use the two mages and ensure you have Daimon under control.

The pawns need not be of a high level. Just after I made this video, I took out two <50 mages to get Daimon bestiary knowledge. One had only High Grapnel equipped. The other had High Grapnel and Holy Affinity. The High Grapnel was just as effective.

Utilitarian is always good but is not essential. If the pawns have High Grapnel, they will use it as did the two <50 mages without bestiary knowledge and with inclinations other than Utilitarian.

I made about a dozen runs with the same team in the video. In about half of them, the mages prevented Daimon from rampaging at all. In the other half, Daimon began rampaging and was brought under control. In all instances, the mages were already in position for the second form and were able to get him under control immediately following the cut scene. Daimon can break the control of one mage. However, the mages tend to spread out and he can't break the control of both.

As a final comment, as I mentioned in the text, the battle takes a little longer because the mages are in defensive support roles and are not directly contributing to the damage. Here's a fight where all four party members are on offense and the fight is concluded in less than a minute. Daimon moves around a lot more. However, the offense is so overwhelming that the party defeats him without suffering damage. It is Hard Difficulty--Post-Daimon. First DD:DA playthrough: