@teto I'll confess I have never fought IB Fatalis because I was done with the game by the time he came out. Alatreon was my final boss.
I did focus on tenderizing when it came to Safi Jiiva though, I ran SnS for it cause tenderizing with that weapon was actually fun.

I want to replay the game and actually go all in on hunting/soloing all the tougher monsters (except AT Kushala fuck him) but I've been putting it off.