Mission54 The bigger they are.. Gigantaur

[Souj]

So, I went into this fight, and I think this is the 1st fight I'm actually going to need help with...
I can't seem to do much damage to him.. I can only attack him for the 1st 1 or so, before I have to SEN/MED/MED just so my party doesnt die.
The real sucky thing is, I can't get any debuffs to land on him. not even with Vanille and her Marborol wand. Provoke doesn't even land most the time. I have to spam it maybe 3 full ATB gauges worth, and then, he keeps me Pain'd until provoke wears off, where he then proceeds to kill off my other members.
I only have 2 30%+ Pain resistance, but it doesnt help much. The speed at which he uses 10k needles makes any percentage resistance pointless, especially when I can't keep Provoke on it.
And apparently, I'm stuck up on this cliff till I beat him, so I cant upgrade or buy anything else.
I'd like to not have to reload a game from a previous save. I have to be doing something wrong or missing something simple, because no other hunts have given me this much trouble.


hmmm.. no debuffing/buffing, just sen/rav/med sen/med/med seems to be working. it's just really slow for how little hp he has, and very messy.
beat him.. 1:52 target time... 13:20 actual time... definitely doing something wrong lol

[Atreides]

it took me a few tries to get this too. Basically I did the same as you, put pain resistance on everyone as well as physical resist items, but only like 1 of each per person.

The other 2 accessories I made sure everyone had Random: Instant Stagger and went in with RAV/RAV/COM (but I was maxed on the crystarium so you could probably try with RAV/COM/SEN or RAV/MED/SEN) and I just spammed Army of One until someone proc'd stagger within the first 2-3 rounds of battle, otherwise I just restarted.

I think hope actually died 2 rounds into my fight, but Fang/Lightning finished it off and I got 5 stars. I don't even think it's possible to 5star without instant stagger anyway.

[Souj]

Where's the instant stagger piece come from btw?

[Atreides]

any 2 of the following weapons or accessories:

Weapons:
Hauteclaire/Durandal
Lionheart/Ultimate Weapon
Rigels/Polaris Specials
Procyons/Betelgeuse Customs
Unsetting Sun/Midnight Sun
Alicanto/Caladrius
Heavenly Axis/Abraxas
Taming Pole/Venus Gospel

Accessories (yes 2 accessories work, even 2 of the same):
Survivalist Catalog
Hunter's Friend
Energy Sash (I had like 4 of these)
Speed Sash
Champion's Badge

Alternatively if you had Fang's Dragoon Lance and Hope's Simurgh (lol Hope Tanking) and 4 Kaiser Knuckles (which you probably dont lol) you can trigger "Ethereal Mantle", which prevents all physical damage, but precludes magical (but not item) healing.

[Kenshiin]

Equip your characters with the instant stagger synthesis and keep retrying with Com x3 till you get it to proc. Fight should end in less than a minute.

[Bloodwraith]

You're not stuck on the cliff... there is a mission stone right behind you, just re-accept the mission for that stone and the yellow marker for the Cactuar fight goes away.

[Eggroll]

The best way to do it from my experience, and get 5 stars, is to use the 2 buff shrouds and have someone capable of casting enfire in your default paradigm. Once everyone has enfire, switch to com x3 and you can chew through him in a matter of seconds. There is a bit of a luck element though, sometimes he'll only attack the character your controlling and give you a quick game over, or hit your entire party with pain and fog.