With stats like that, I bet you could have soloed him without the light orb. I've been able to solo him with the light orb at around 550 HP, but I seriously need to get more HP and MP in order to do it without the orb. I've tried like 10 times without the orb already... I keep dying every time I'm unlucky enough to have him use physical attack twice in a row. 350-400 damage = major hurting. Note: I'm talking about GBC version, I don't know if equipment differs between GBC and SNES.