Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-5613590-20131207024439/@comment-96.48.25.0-20131207032807

IIRC, you can totally ignore him if you want. If you must kill him, a little bit of magic is always good in a DS player's arsenal. An Ivory catalyst + some heavy soul arrows would do nicely. I am going to assume this is your first run? What is your build now and what gear are you using?

Catacombs is a completely independent area, so you don't need to go there now since it's an area that can be ignored until much later (say Anor Londo). If you are looking for the second bell, that's near the Swamp area. There are also many shortcuts in the game, espcially with areas like Catacombs, which you can just fall down at specific pts.

Why are you going down there anyway? Kindling? Fire upgrade?