QFT. I don't understand what all the fuss about Gate of Madness being so hard to Master is about.
for me its not killing shiro that's is madness. it's getting to him.... just so tidious.
back to original topic, stance remover and blindness works well when i hero/hench the mission. i brought melonni with [skill]ebon dust aura[/skill], koss with [skill]wild blow[/skill] and morgahn with [skill]"they're on fire!"[/skill] and [skill]anthem of flame[/skill]. the henches are melee.
i played monk so i simply removed the conditions from hero/henches when shiro spreaded it back to them.