Quote Originally Posted by Tavrobel View Post
Protect protects against Cross Cleave. If you even have 2000 HP on one character, you should be fine.

Alternatively, execute the ever-useful Aeon Overdrive tactic. This battle was designed for it. Not only do you get the free 9999 damage, but you get an extra few thousand because of the Mortivessel.
I think this was the only boss that killed me first time, and because I was overconfident and didn't use aeons. If you want to get ap for everybody though, you could just block the big attacks with aeons (even though they'll get banished) and then swap the characters back in. You should have plenty of spare aeons by now.

Poison is also a good tactic. Yojimbo isn't necessary.

By the way I think spoiler tags should still sometimes be used for eg. things that happen near the end of the game.