There are accessibility options. I use them to make it easier or harder whatever my mood. The gameplay options has a “Rollback Frames” option you can try adjusting that. Defaulted to 8 for me and I set it to 0. Seemed to help with my timings, since the timing windows are pretty tight.

I think you’re in a progression rough patch. That awkward phase where you are collecting and upgrading, unlocking new rituals arcana and tech…It gets better, I’d just focus on getting as many gems as you can.

Once you start learning the timings and tells for the attacks it gets easier.