Huh... I dunno then, maybe I was think of a diff combo then. I was goin off of what Zidane had said in the Mega Combo thread. Oh well, I'll still take the added damage though.
I tried doin it with out the lv2 214D~C and they were able to tech right before J.214B every time. And if you do 5C(2) you need to do Lv2 as well (According to our all powerful Mod)
Actually it's not a typo, besides the extra damage it increases untech time making it easier to do combo's or do combo's you couldn't do with out it.
5B>3C>214D~C(2)>5C>j.CX5>2C>4D~D>j.214B# doesn't work with out the level 2 of 214D~C