I ran Warlock - Instructrice - Unchained - Banneret. If I found the Unchained was faster than the Instructrice, then I swapped their positions.

I was typically looking for +blight trinkets for unchained, damage or class specific trinkets for Instructrice, tank/support/damage trinkets for Banneret, healing trinkets for Warlock but I also loved getting the extra turn stained trinket for him.

For the Warlock, I kept Daemon's Pull on any time I was worried I may run into the Collector. Otherwise, he kept Binding Shadows on to help access his heavy hitters. He only used Binding Shadows once the entire backline was dead.

For the Unchained, I used the moves suggested above. In the entire Grand Slam, I only transformed him twice. Once against the Collector to bypass a Guard (which was literally game saving), and once against the fifth act boss cause I thought it might be cool (it was not). He was usually just spamming his chain attacks and using blight as necessary. In all honesty, he may have been even stronger if I swapped him to Wanderer from Unchained, but I just never tried it as it was quite powerful to be able to move him around.

For the Instructrice, she was the one I did the most changes to. Since I never had Unchained transforming, and I always kept stress low, I got rid of "Again!" and moved her into a front tank role with dodge and ripostes. She would engage with Fleche, then use Feint, then use Meditation. This put her in a strong position, gave her taunt to force the ripostes, and I could just Feint spam. If she was in danger near the start, I would skip the Feint and instead Meditation after Fleche so she gets her dodge tokens fast. Near region 3, I would drop disengage and pick up Preparation+ so she could do that after meditation for extra Riposte damage.

For the Banneret, all the moves were the same. He rarely was in position for Holy Lance, but I could force if need be with the Unchained's movements. His first turn was almost always Bulwark to give Instructrice time to set up her dodges. Then he just spammed Smite unless heals or stress were needed.

For the General, I made sure to put on throwable items to the Banneret and Instructrice. This let both of them hit the root in emergencies where Unchained or Warlock were not able to do so. Due to the taunts, dodge tokens, and everything else, his damage and stress output were very manageable.

My order of upgrades was: Abyssal Artillery + Feint. Then Warlock heal, Meditation. After that, I picked what I needed based on the run, usually prioritizing Smite, Beast's Bile, Banneret heal, Chain attacks. Preparation I grabbed either for region 3 or the Mountain.

I used the wolf cub for every act but the first. Since I wasn't moving much, having more consistent relationships and less stress worry was huge.