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This fight takes place at Shakuras, the Dark World. It's a rather open layout, which means there's plenty of space in the air for Ridley to fly around. This leads into my team's strategy, as we make Ridley and Bahamut fly around being big dragons causing chaos, leaving the other team distracted and open to Zeratul warping in and ganking the other team. Protoss communicate with their thoughts, like the Andalites in Animorphs. He can inform the dragons when he's in position without anyone else being aware that he's there. Gordon has the best ranged options on the other team, so he's a prime candidate to be distracted get ganked by Zeratul. Zeratul becomes visible after his first attack, but if they start focusing Zeratul, they aren't paying attention to the giant dragons. This is when Maria jumps in and takes out Pamela. In Bloodborne, blood and fire attacks are distinct from physical attacks, so Maria's blood and fire attacks from her later phases will hurt Pamela. She has either a warp or a very fast charge, so she can hang back a bit and jump in when it's good for her. Bahamut won't stick around for the whole fight, but his parting gift is a Mega Flare that only Raiden has a chance of surviving.

Meanwhile, Cloud and Vivi are hanging back a bit playing support. Cloud has already buffed Ridley and Bahamut with Regen, Protect, Shell, and Haste, and both Cloud and Vivi have Slow to hit Raiden with. After Zeratul clears out the enemy ranks, Cloud can play healer/buffer, while Vivi can hit Raiden with spells like Slow and Poison. Zeratul also has a neat ability called Singularity Spike, which also causes a slow effect if it hits. Raiden's good, but he's not good enough to parry an attack from an invisible guy while Raiden's under the effects of Slow and fighting a giant space dragon.

Another issue with Raiden is that he mostly fights by parrying, while Ridley loves using energy based attacks that you can't parry. Raiden will be forced to dodge rather than parry, and with Ridley's speed buff and Raiden's speed debuff, it's going to get tough for him.

Basically, Zeratul thins out the other team's numbers (and Maria takes care of Pamela with her fire and blood), which turns this into a raid boss against Raiden. Ridley is the tank, Cloud is the healer, Vivi is the debuffer, Lady Maria is the support fighter and Zeratul is the assassin. It'll be a tough fight, but I'm confident that my team comes out on top.

TL;DR: Double Dragon distraction, allowing Zeratul to gank. Cloud has heals and buffs, and Cloud, Vivi, and Zeratul all have debuffs. Ridley uses energy attacks that Raiden can't parry, and should have a speed advantage thanks to the buffs and debuffs. It becomes a raidboss, and my team is well equipped to win such a fight.