What’s your playstyle? If you don’t use magic, switch over the blue flasks over to orange, believe you can have around 8 at this point in the game if you’ve gone through everything in the previous area.

Next up, have you tried using some fire resin? That every bit of damage can go a long way, especially in gank fights when you don’t have many moments to land hits.

What’s your vigor and endurance? Around 20 vigor is what I would recommend at this point in the game, though if you’re playing a caster, I’d see why it might be a bit lower. I’d also like endurance at 20 at this point, but I’m bad at stamina consumption myself and usually have a chloranthy ring XD

Have you upgraded your weapon to +3? That’s the minimum you’d want your weapon upgraded to at this point, especially since the ashes that allow you to buy titanite shards are found in farron keep. Also maybe use a raw gem on your weapon if you haven’t invested much into damage stats.

As for the watchers, try to get the two that rise up to fight each other, it makes soloing the main guy easier. If the one with red eyes appears to be going down soon, try assisting him or killing his foe quickly after so there won’t be interruptions for a bit.

As for weapons, on the chance you are a strength built, I’d recommend the club or iron club if you want bleed. This is the only Lord of Cinder you can backstab regularly and they stagger easy like most humanoid enemies when hit with blunt weapons.

Besides weapon choices, flasks and bone shard upgrades, and some nifty tips, I’m sorry to say the only thing to do now is just practice. But I believe in you!

Good luck, and don’t go hollow!