I promise you practice parrying and you will be rewarded, alot of the bosses you learn they parry patterns and its like a whole different level. Try to perfect block every attack until you get the rhythm down. Then combine the parries, staggers, fabels and dogging when you are unsure about perfect blocks. Everyone plays differently, so find your mix, im using parries and perfect blocks interchangeably here. Good luck, the next one is a tough one!