Stall on the three green medium turtles and the green penguin [I believe those are stages 2 and 3?].What are the best places to stall btw?
Should I take damage from any enemies to stall longer?
Be careful not to take too many hits from the turtles, though, as having all three attack in a single round can take a decent amount of your life away [and you have to keep enough HP for Mihawk's pre-emptive as well as first attack, if you tank it with Alvida]. I usually let a green turtle hit me once, while carefully attacking the others so that I can stall as long as I can without taking a second hit. The green penguin I let hit me once, but mostly because he's so weak and can't survive that long [unless I get lucky and hit with a weakened orb].
My GP Usopp is max-skill, and my Coby V2 is nearly there, so I really don't need to stall that much. Alvida, I believe, is at skill level 2.