I'm going insane.

Don't get me wrong; I can kill him. I've killed him using many various methods. I just can't five star the bugger, no matter what I do (I've managed four stars a good couple of times, mind you). I went to the trouble of obtaining a Golden Watch so that this would be easier, seeing as it doubles the time and all, and it's helped (when it decided to start working).

So... I have double the time and the "skill" to bring it down. But...

A little big...:


WTF is this? I was a whole thirty-five seconds faster than the target time! Does anyone have any tips for me?

I was using a party of Snow (maxed Solaris), Lightening (maxed Helter-skelter) and Fang (maxed Glaive), using the following paradigms:

Snow/Light/Fang
SEN/COM/COM
SEN/RAV/COM
COM/COM/COM
SAB/COM/COM
MED/MED/MED

Snow, being the SEN for most of the battle has a Pain Deflector (49%) and something of the same type which prevents Fog (49%). Fang and Light have strength boosting items, health boosting items, Genji Gloves, Fang with a Golden Watch and Light with a Collectors Catalogue. Everyone is maxed out in the Crystarium.

I've tried the Daze trick, but it's pointless - it lasts no more than three seconds, and takes forever for it to hit again. -_-

If possible, I don't want to upgrade weapons to the third tier just yet.

Also, is it possible to cast a successful Death on it?

Thanks for any help.