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Spells in Trails aren't super instantaneous, you can't just have the whole buff/debuff suite up super quickly. One of the reasons a lot of them do double duty is because they're part of an ongoing fight and their damage is incredibly important, and not just something you precast/recast like Final Fantasy buffs. So while Josh and Estelle have access to the whole suite it's one of those things where I don't think it's fair to assume they have all their buffs all the time. Also they do wear off at medium time length and need to be reapplied. Josh was pretty good at this, iirc, especially with his time manip shit. But it's something to take into account.

As far as the actual battle goes, hm. I think a lot of it comes down to who Joshua tries to First Strike. (in caps, cuz he has a skill for it.) If it's Alucard I think they're gonna struggle a lot, if it's Link it's more advantageous... but both Alucard and Link have very strong defensives. I do think Josh has a solid chance of getting behind Link and if he does that would go really well for him. Estelle is gonna get up into melee and start thwacking people. I think she's a good match for Link in melee, Alucard is again a little bit trickier. I don't think she can take him straight up.

Can the Brights tag-team Alucard? maaaaaybe. Actually leaning towards a yes, but with Link there backing him up they have to split their attention into two duels, (and specifically a duel of Estelle v Link and Josh v Alucard) use their ambush perfectly (josh is good at this though) and it seems like it's just gonna be a lot harder for them than the other way around.

Going with Alucard after a real tough fight. The Brights get Link, but I think they don't got enough in the tank to slay the vampire man afterwards.