any one know how to beat pantha i can never get her weak enough to use the special move i always lose before that
Wait until you've learned the special staff spin after training in the field where you lose to Terra about five times or so.
[See my previous post for the staff spin if you don't have it already.]
Then, it's just a matter of attacking aggressively, block when she's charging the first time, but the second time, you attack.
After that, use the scroll up back function to rewind a move if you mess up against Pantha,
block, then keep trying to go for the special move when you get her health down past halfway.
It took a lot of tries for me to do it.
If I'm describing this wrong, then someone should let me know. This is how I managed to defeat Pantha.