OMG. I can final beat Adamantoise without death spell in about 2 min while only upto chapter 13.
Fang(main)/Light/Vanille Char max lvl.
Paridigm:
sab/sab/sab
com/rev/rev
com/com/rev
equip:
Fang: Taming Pole tier 3 max, aurora scarf, sprint shoes, genji gloves
Light: Lionhart tier 3 max, aurora scarf, sprint shoes, Collector Catalog
Vanille: Bell Wand tier 3 lvl 26, aurora scarf, sprint shoes, Con Catalog.
Note: you can probably use any accessory for Light and Vanille. For me, when they can finally do something, buffs from the accessories have already worn off.
Strategy:
1) summon Bahomut as as fight begins
2) use auto for debuffs. Key is to when you see a buff land, cancel out current action (O button on PS3) and auto to put next debuff. Once you have 5 debuffs, curse, slow, deshell, deprotect and imperil, switch to com/com/rev and auto attack.
3) At some point turtle will staggered and rest of the party will come back, keep on auto attacking. Once staggered meter is almost gone, use Fang's whirlwind abilty. Afterward, switch to com/rev/rev.
4) Auto attack until turtle staggered. Switch to com/com/rev and finish him off. The last few hits will be a nail bitter before turtle gets up and can stomp you to death, but you should kill him before than.
