Inb4 fell for the Bloodborne meme

>inb4 fell for the Bloodborne meme

How the fuck do you beat this guy? I've grinded up to level 32. Every battle goes the same:
>No damage
>Get to ~25% health
>Fucking poison cloud hits you from opposite side of room
>SLOW POISONING
>Try to use antidote
>Surprise motherfucker he's right behind you
>50 attack combo
>YOU DIED

It's all fine until he does that faggot ass poison attack that could hit you from the next continent. What the fuck do I do Sup Forums? I really want to like this game but my god this thing is annoying.

no time to help

get good

so, first things first, calm down

move to his right. his hitbox is shit, you can literally slow walk to his right and never get hit by his attacks.

second, beast blood cocktails and fire paper and oil and molotovs.

third, if you really need help, go ask /bbg/ they love to coop

I beat him on my first try with the steak driver

Why don't you just summon someone , it's more fun that way anyhow

it isnt even hard why do u suck a games nerd

Like just walk to the left.

Because if OP has to summon someone he'll feel like he has a small lil weiner and is not worthy.

Learn to parry with your gun. Blood-starved has extremely fast animations but he does a lot of them at once, which makes getting the visceral easy.

Buy Gascognie's armor, it has tons of poison resist.

>Light your saw cleaver on fire
>Walk to the left and press R1 occasionally

You can avoid BSB's attacks most of the time just by walking to the left (its right) when you're close, there's no need to even dodge.

lol the health buff deters me from going that route. I don't feel like smacking this thing for 2 hours.

The first time I beat BSB was via a coop, he was so shit that I had to carry him throughout the fight but it just felt so good, I'll never forget how it finished.

Just summon someone, OP.

>lol

I'm gonna deter you from breathing if you don't stop

Just summon the npc in front of the church, he can probably solo the boss
Also you can watch a speedrun and check out their techniques, like abusing the papers and using the saw cleaver to the fullest

Thank you for the advice, I've been trying the viscerals but if I read the animation wrong- then I'm fucked.
Does walking around it actually work like the Cleric beast? I've tried dodging to get behind it, but it leaves you too open for attack.

>I've tried dodging to get behind it
Dodging behind him when he attacks just gets him too far for you to land hits, walking to his left fixes this.

>current year
>not laughing out loud

But for real, thanks for the help. I gave up on the NPC too quick.

alright I'm gonna give it a shot. Any advice on avoiding getting poisoned seemingly out of nowhere?

>Any advice on avoiding getting poisoned seemingly out of nowhere?
I never did manage to avoid the slow poison, I would say just bring a lot of antidotes.

>dodge left
no really, that's all there is to it
the fight is a fucking joke

OP here, if anyone is still on this thread I just beat that thing! Thanks for the help everyone. Cool what Sup Forums can do when it's not all shitposting

congrats!

Posting from my phone now, but thanks!

You're an alright fella in my book

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You're like DSP. Sup Forums beat the boss for you.

Buy gas coins set
wear gas coins set
I agree that the poison thing is fucking gay as shit but if you wear that set it will give you more than enough time to slaughter BSB before the poison does any serious damage
alternatively, learn to parry