Quote Originally Posted by Mesarthim View Post
It's even more braindead than you think. Just buff yourself with moonflute, boost, etc and final sting typhon. You can buff yourself on ultros, use peculiar light+ toad oil too and self destruct. Then on the third act you'd just repeat what you did on act 1. If it doesn't kill you'd just hope for a direct hit/crit and typhon is instantly dead.

Even though you're killing yourself you don't fail as long as the boss dies. I got the three blue mage achievements within half an hour with trial and error after seeing the requirements.
Final Sting didn't work for me for some reason, even fully buffed. I had to use self destruct after doing a little damage to her. I actually enjoyed the Ultros fight after that, not to many hit points and imp song, while annoying if you let it go off, wasn't a one hit kill. Not to mention I learned Aqua Breath and am freaking loving that ability.

It isn't that I can't beat these things, its just that in many cases its frustrating to do so if you choose to not cheese them. Typhoon is a particularly frustrating example since you HAVE options that should allow you to survive but for some reason Squenix thought it was a great idea to have Fireball ignore that. Which leads to what, a thirty second cycle of constant Snorts and fireballs? Yes, it lines up with Steadfast and you have just enough time to spam white wind but even a second of hesitation or lag and you die.

Don't get me wrong, a lot of these fights are well designed. Just that the ones that aren't, make you pull your hair out in frustration.