Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-76.31.167.209-20140829222359/@comment-25173123-20140907071627

Best advice I have for you is to find the Hidden Body sorcery and use it during your encounters. It greatly reduces the ability for Black Knights to effectively combat you. Reducing their reaction to all of your attacks greatly. Giving you the upper hand in the battle.

I have been using it to farm Black Knights in the Kiln and found it the most effective means of me dealing with them quickly and with littlest chance of failure. (note: this does not mean stand in front of the Knights and think they won't react. Simply means that your ability to hit them while circling them will produce a much better outcome due to their reaction to your hits being muted.)

Test it out and see if it helps you?