[Suzerain of Sheol]

I don't know if anyone's still playing this, but I need to vent.

So I'm on like my 8th playthrough now doing a dex/int build with Friede's greatscythe, and for a while it was going really well. Iudex, Vordt, Tree, Sage, Deacons, Abyss Watchers, and Wolnir all went down in one try each.

And then I just spent 7 hours and over 100 deaths on Pontiff goddamned Sulyvahn. I don't know what it is about that guy, but he is absolutely the hardest boss in the entire series for me. Nameless King is a joke comparatively.

So it was basically just hours upon hours of muscle-memorizing every single little goddamned twitch move he would make so I could perfect dodge. Ended up running both carthus rings and chloranthy with 26% weight for maximum ninja. By the end of it, I was pretty damned good at dancing around him but it just took forever. I don't know if they buffed his health/defense, or what, but I seriously had to whack him over 50 times with my scythe to finally kill him.

And from reading around online, apparently most people have a pretty easy time with him. I guess a shield really helps, but I'm allergic to those. Anybody else have a boss like that from this series?