uhh the days they used to give me problems... ;) don't worry once you learn how to predict them it'll be a walk in the park

I recommend Ice(-3) or water(-1) (dragon(-4) would be best but i can tell you can get that yet)

Bring plenty of flash bombs,bombs,traps(Shocks -Pit falls to catch with),healing items and Tranq bombs (if you plan to catch)

personally i use Hammers the abiltytoknock'emloopy allways seems to help but that includes getting close to the head sodo this at your own risk...

You use LS? mabeytry to cut the tail it'll knock the range for the Tail swipe down quite a bit. and here is a hint to tell the diffrence between a charge and a fireball, when he is going to shoot a fireball he will turn around Slowly and when he is going to charge he will trun around quickly so maby this will help...

Head is the place to hit to score major damage.

happy hunting