(F U F) //EO (3/3)
(D R, F2 U' B2 D2 R2 D' R) //DR (9/12)
F2 U$% R2 U$% //HTR (4/16)
R2 F2 L2 F2 U2$ L2 F2 //LS (7/23)
$=w, %=E2 //Fin (2/25)

I kept on getting 4x after doing part 1 of VR... literally the worst.
U' L' B' U' B //EO (5/5)
(F2 D F2 L2 U2 D R) //DR (7/12)
(F2 R2 U F2 U) //HTR (5/17)
(B2& R2 B2 D2 F2& R2) //slice+2e2e (6/23)
&=w //LS (0/23)
and... I think the optimal slice solution is +3