>>123818296Okay, so the cue for his attack came well in advance right?
I ran as fast as my cloth rag wearing ass could possibly run, and I tried this over and over, TOWARDS him, LEFT of him, RIGHT of him, and AWAY from him. He slammed his tentacle down and I would be hit by the flames that came down around his tentacle, every single time, no matter where I ran.
So I unequipped my rags, spent some humanity to upgrade the nearest bonfire to 20 estus, took a look through my inventory for the highest fire resistance gear possible and realised the stuff I grabbed the first time I fought him was the best.
I fought him by chugging estus when necessary and attacking him like crazy.