Yeah I used a lot of defend for that very reason too. Drain, defend, drain, go berserk with the multicast thing when needed, or to finish off a boss.
- Harpy/fairy crafter: The item I exchanged for was whatever one requires the red augment item.
- Slog play: I wouldn’t worry about it, honestly. That’s mostly just a problem with single-actor battles since there’s just fewer things to manage (only one hp pool, only one set of skills, etc)