Ok, let me preface by saying I've tried not to cheese any bosses. I'm on NG, soul level 60, and trying to melee him down. I have tried EVERYTHINGcleaver, blessed mace, dragon longsword, two-handed, one-handed, no armor, heavy armornone of it matters. I get him to 75% health, he starts charging me, and I die horribly. I can't roll around it, I can't block it, it's like once he starts running and uses that downward chop, it is literally all over. Maybe I'm just not that good at the game, but I was able to beat the False King so I thought I knew a thing or two about rolling and melee. I was wrong. I've probably spent the better part of this day trying to kill this bastard.
What in the world did you guys do to kill him? The videos I see have people using overpowered equipment (one guy was doing around 300 dmg per hit; I average 50 with the freaking cleaver) and somehow managing to corner him. If I try to corner him, EVER, he rolls and chops and ruins my face. Then I back off and try to heal and he runs and chops and whee look at the archstone.
I don't think I've ever been so frustrated in my life.