Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-11023317-20130620005425/@comment-216.58.69.226-20130727014850

It depends on whether you're good at dodging them at melee range. If you start as a thief, you can use the bandit dagger to bleed them for 30% of their HP after 6 hits or so. When strafing them, always move towards your left (their right), because they breath lighting from their left to right.