Originally Posted by
SeeDRankLou
You can beat Paragon before Paragon can even make a move. Here is how....
Have all the girls on one of the two garment grids that gives the First Strike ability (either High Road Winds or Mounted Assault). Put Dark Knight, Warrior, Gunner and something else on it, putting Dark Knight next to Warrior. Have Yuna as a Dark Knight, with a Speed Bracer. Have Rikku as a Warrior. Have Paine as a Gunner, in critical health, with the Cat Nip and Speed Bracer equipped. You can manually put her in critical health by equipping her with the Bloodlust and the Wring, and then unequipping them.
When the battle begins, all of the girls will go first, which means Yuna will have the first command, then Rikku, then Paine. Have Yuna perform Black Sky. Have Rikku attack. Have Paine perform Trigger Happy (level 3). If you are good with the R1 button, you can get about 20 hits in (if you don't have the Speed Bracer on, the most you can get is 12 hits). In the time it takes Rikku to attack and Paine to perform Trigger Happy, Yuna will be ready to perform Black Sky, which will take Paragon out, without Paragon having time to do anything.
You win.