Tear Solo - Abaddon (Unknown) | Tales of Abyss

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This boss isn't hard at all, but it can be extremely annoying. Let's start with the good part though. It is extremely slow, making it very simple to use spells. On top of that, the melee attacks it uses in phase 1 are pretty worthless. I use this extra time to try to set up more Invokes than I'd normally be able to. I wanted to go for even more of them, but the fight started to annoy me too much to keep trying it over and over.
The problem with this fight is the bosses phase one model... it covers up most of the spellcasting animation, making it very easy to miss the fact that it's casting. There's also no voice lines or noises to listen for outside of the default casting noise. It gets even worse to spot when you have attack animations and sounds covering things up even further. It is manageable if you pay close attention, but it's a problem that doesn't necessarily feel fair to me.
During phase 2, the boss gets much faster but it's still not a big issue compared to other bosses. I want to use the extension on Tear's 2nd Mystic as the boss is low enough HP to transition, since I'll be relying a lot more on melee damage for the 2nd phase. Otherwise, it's a pretty straightforward loop of opening the boss with Eclair and then going in for melee damage. I find it easier to do the phase this way compared to using mainly spells, but either way can work out.
Modifications:
Set TP to 999
Unlocked FSC/All Accessories early
Removed/Changed the party
Manually Adjusted Attack Stats