Why would I need to mention Cocoon? Cocoon is amazing on the machine gun, but that's basically it. As far as the raid goes, when do you need the raid weapons for the raid? Black Spindle is by far the ultimate choice up to the Sisters where Touch of Malice then takes over. I mentioned Qullims as being the best of the bunch, so that will sit in your arsenal, but nothing else is "required" or "god tier" to do the raid. I definitely stand by my breakdown of the weapons.