Rules for this challenge is no materia allowed on allies, and they must be equipped with Enfeeblement Rings. No Gotterdamerung allowed. And of course no switching characters or giving allies commands. Everything else is fair game, even summons although I chose not to use them myself. Try to beat the mission with the fastest time possible, any character is allowed.

Build: Metal Knuckles for unparalleled raw physical damage. Even with double luck ups, Metal Knuckles crit about 30% harder than Purple Pains, and nearly as frequently. Chain Bangle mainly for the materia slots and also for high balanced defenses. And lastly Fury Ring, berserk status adds about 30% more damage to attacks and is essential to meeting many of the bosses damage checks.

Materia: Fire Materia linked to Elemental on Weapon, Healing, HP Up, Luck Up x2, Steadfast Block, Parry, ATB Stagger, and Skill Master. Bahamut for Summon Materia.

Regardless of what element you slot with elemental, your attacks will do 23% (when maxed) extra damage. Fire element is chosen purely for Shiva, who is impossible to stagger without it. Healing Materia for the sustain. Double Luck Up adds to your crit chance and is a considerable DPS boost. Steadfast Block is very important, not only does it reduce the damage you take but also builds your ATB and limit while blocking. Parry is important for mobility and eliminates knockback from blocking, also steadfast block also reduces the damage you take when you parry. ATB Stagger and Skill Materia are some of the best materia in the game and essential for one cycling bosses like Shiva and Fat Choco. I chose Bahamut as my summon purely for the stats, but with this being a speedrun I found summons in general were a time loss between the very long summon animations, ATB costs, and high magic resists of the bosses.