This is a little late, since I've been preparing for Aigaion all week and haven't gotten a chance to get to it.

Before I get started, I just wanted to say congratulations to those of you who managed to beat Aigaion. For those of you who couldn't - keep your head up, your time will come one day!

As some of you may or may not know, I recently started a challenge for myself, and anyone else interested to complete all trials up to Octopus Teacher (including event trials) with a team of only main characters just to see how far we can go. This is not a guide by any means.

This challenge will exclude any side characters such as Charlotte, Luka, Fohlen, etc who we meet in the story but so not become permanent members of the party. Of course, no duplicates allowed.

Eligible units include: Rain, Lasswell, Fina, Lid, Nichol, Jake, Sakura and Dark Fina. For those of you without Dark Fina, you're welcome to use a Dark Fina friend for a party of six. Keep in mind that actually owning Dark Fina will not grant you any advantages in this challenge since you most likely won't find any friends using story unit leaders. If you need a Dark Fina friend, send me a PM w/ the build of your choice and I will try my best to accommodate you.

You can find the rest of the series including Gilgamesh, Dark Espers, and Echidna in the links below:

Main Character Challenge - Gilgamesh

Beasts of the Dark - Main Character Challenge

Echidna - Main Characters Challenge

The Octopus Teacher - Main Characters Challenge

Moving onto the main event - Dr. Cid & Famfrit! Here are the results:

http://imgur.com/a/N7cg6

Originally wanted to go in with a team of Rain, Lasswell, Sakura, Fina, and Lid (for her first appearance). However, I forgot to sub Lid in after taking out Dark Fina, and accidentally went in with four units instead. Nevertheless, Lasswell was able to carry through the fight (never thought I'd say that again).

Very easy fight overall, nothing too impressive. Here's an video of the entire fight if you're interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ePWoZc9o48

Please post your results, recommendations, strategies, etc. Any feedback is much appreciated