As usual. A very thorough and detailed explanation by Shiva_!
I just used the basic tactic and used raw skill; it was stressful but sooner or later i was gonna beat him. I could feel it. The only thing that pissed me off was when he used Renew and made me have to waste so much Phoneix Downs on him.
But i made it back when i sold some loot and racked up 50 of them!!!!