Yeh so I decided it'd be nice if we could compile strategies people have been using overall to beat certain bosses, especially at much lower levels than the boss is.
Right now I need help figuring out a good strategy for my party against Gil Snapper a level 37 Adamantoise with 89k HP:
Ashe, Vaan and Basch : Level 24
Fran and Penelo : Level 19
Balthier : Level 17
My general strategy was to go in with ranged gear (which I've never really used up until now) but it seems that I can only get off one round of shots before he just walks up and kills my guys. He also have a move which he can do while up close which is called Flattening which does AoE of about 1000, needless to say this kills most of my party. So how do you all deal with mobs that are much higher levels than you? I've tried casting Immobilize and Disable, even Slow but he resists them like a motherfucker so it's a waste of MP.
I did a quickening combo in one fight and it took off roughly 1/4 of his HP, which is about right since 20k is about a quarter of his HP. But I can't get off 4 quickenings combo for 20k I don't think. I did manage to get the Basat guy to tank him for awhile too but that also failed because eventually he decided to come after my party. Please help
Oh ya, forgot to mention all my characters have their 3rd quickenings so I have the triple MP as well as the ability to pull off sick quickenings for easily over 20k. Thanks for any suggestions for strategy for this retched Gil Snapper in advance.