I'd heard so much about Minerva being the will of the life stream etc and how she is much stronger than any of the Weapons were but I have to say
THAT was not what I expected.
Reading the guides on GameFAQS it seemed like there was alot of preparation in fighting her. It was so easy! My set up is 99k HP, max stats with Zeidrich Genji Armor and Genji Help + that item that breaks damage limit or hp limit i dont remember.
I had no trouble with Minerva at all, I just costly punched her until she disappeared. All of her attacks did 20k damage at max (except for Ultima and her limit) I did have to keep reusing Phoenix Downs but I only died 3 or 4 times.
I am not disappointed though, she was a fun boss and you do become stupidly godly in Crisis Core so it is to be expected, I just thought loads of people found it hard to fight her? That was my first and last attempt.