Tactician mode made me approach combat with more trickery. Stand back from sight cones and drop oil/blood/rain all over the ground surfaces/ladders/staging areas. Engage with a character who can chameleon/play dead (preferred) and buff after effects. Healing will engage the healer. Now you can position + buff other characters outside of combat then engage before c/d expire. On tactician this can make a big difference. [Spoiler] Like the gheist room on vengeance. Buffed tanky type uses ladder. Make sure clear minded and high phys/magic defence + invis. at round end. Next char. uses pyramid to teleport in to combat round buffed. Hard fight but fun )