Null Break not working in raids

So I’m using Doom and going against Meastro. I have Null break and every time I finish a combo I should place a placebo buff so I can then use a special and place an armor break.. problem is the placebo buffs won’t place.. I can’t seem to ever attach an armor break so when I punish his heavy or specials I can only gain 1 favor at a time.. I run out of time and only able to ever gain about 15 favor
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