i used the warp thing and it works the best. but this guy is still hard...i almost had him too. i'm basically trying to level them up in the waterway. but i dont know if thats going to help because the attack power comes from what kind of weapon your wielding which means, i have to move on with the story in the game and wait for better weapons to come out...which i dont want to do because its a bitch to run away from like 391919 marboros and a white moose coming after you to leave the damn waterway.