Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-7751251-20130411235449/@comment-5264386-20130412030139

I had the same sort of difficulty with Artorias. I swear, I must have thrown myself at him at least 30 times, and died 30 times as a result. I was forced to solo him, since no-one seemed to put down summon signs. It was getting to the stage where I was going to rage-quit Dark Souls for good. But then, by some miracle, I defeated him out of the blue. All those deaths had amounted to a great victory.

So you see, in Dark Souls, death is good. Death is the tool which you can learn from your mistakes; learn the boss's moves, then strike back. I would recommend, then, doing a few "dummy runs", where you go into the boss room with the intention of learning his moves and how to avoid them. For example:
 * Strafing behind a pillar is a good away to stop his attacks for hitting, so long as you stand a bit away from it.
 * Upon entering the room, once you see him jump, roll forward. If you time it right, you should roll under his attack.
 * If you see him go to stomp, dodge at the last second. That kick is solely a guard-breaker, which he follows up with a slash combo.

Keep building up stuff like that, and good luck!