This is just me sperging; but another thing apparently forgot, is that certain characters are more magically inclined than others, and/or not as useful as others. Victor isn't magically inclined and would be better served with a rune that does a powerful physical attack; giving him a magical casting rune is a mistake (in my opinion). I also usually put the Fire Run on Cleo and Water on Gremio, as Gremio is always with you for the first half of the game, and giving him Water makes him a pinch healer/support. Phil's just throwing orbs and shit at whoever, and I'm not saying it will bite him in the ass, but the dude needs to be able to just sit on things at times and not burn them from the start.
Even without the tech issues, he fucking stalls way too much. For fuck's sakes Phil, you're almost 6 hours into the game and just got the castle, how are you this fucking slow (I know, rhetorical, shut up).
Edit: Phil just got rocked by basic enemies in Lepant's house... one fucking Game Over already.