fire claws have lot of physycal defense but they are vulnerable to black magic and the hydra... well i kill him only whit my more used tactics (to call it like that)
for me 1-2 minutes long just have agile exposure max ad destroy and predator form do predator form later exposure and later destroy keep doing this and you will beat him before predator form vanish
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