>>107911788She figured out his weakness
>it works for fewer turns than the other enemies.I think it lasts longer actually, he has a special weakness to it and the game mentions it if you look around.
>sky high defense that is only halved if you flip him overThere is a trick to that too, you can target is tail instead of his shell to bypass his defense after flipping but it isn't the default target and you might not think of it. A bit like how you need to target the head instead of the shell on the Lavos Spawns in chrono trigger.