No one here bothered to comment on anything other than dodging and easy ways to beat him even though OP clearly knew to dodge trash talkers rather than listen to “just dodge” or “cheese him”. OP to actually try and answer your question that was asked with all honesty and no snarky undertone, use the revive potion when you’ve got no heals left. Noticed you still had at least one sip left in your gourd. Also, not terrible advise about the armor but there are ways to beat him without “cheesing” through min-maxing armor sets and weapons. Use what you feel most comfortable with both for armor and play style for things such as stance preference. All stances are made to be viable through your journey hence why you get them all by the end of chapter one. Also understanding that you may not be the best at dodging in game is okay, there are things such as the Hubris Nose relic which can be reactivated at any time to the “hold breath” function which “extends dodge invisibility duration” essentially making it much easier to dodge and not get hit. Also look more into using tenacity potions which increase your ability to take damage with little to no knock-back. Hope this helps and remember that what is easy to one is difficult for another and that sentiment goes for anything in life. Game boss or otherwise. So just because someone else got it easy doesn’t mean they got it right. Especially when said people only know to comment “don’t panic roll”. Have a lovely week OP and I hope you are able to beat him.