haha, i actually looked on the walkthrough straight after i made this thread. I beat the boss with ease and the behemoths and killer mantis' were surprisingly weak and couldn't lay a finger on me until i found a couple of behemoths which were berserk.

Thanks guys, and now i am so not looking forward to going inside Giruvegan. By the way--what level were you lot?

Levels for Hazzard:

Vaan-(51)
Ashe-(43)
Balthier-(43)
Basch-(43)
Penelo-(43)
Fran-(43)

Is this good levels, and what were yours?