For while I was trying to kill him solo. Almost did, once. I died when he was writhing. That death pissed me off because I'd only just before that wasted my last haste scrol. If I'd been hasted he'd probably have died.

He also had Anazu and would wait at area borders spamming "bash lithodora". Got me that way a couple times. Eventually I got paranoid enough to scan ahead every time I walked across an area border, but that was somewhat late in the game.