Okay here's the situation. My first playthrough save of FFXIII sits at the beginning of Chapter 12 and well I just don't have the will to continue on playing! This game has been maximum effort for minimum reward and as a result I haven't played it in months. On the other hand, as a big fan of the FF series part of me feels almost obligated to finish it!!!

Can anyone please offer up any tips for the boss at the beginning of Chapter 12 (last time I fought it, it was basically a stale mate, I couldn't kill it, it couldn't kill me) so that I might have some motivation to finish this game and at least see the story to the end!