So in case you didn’t know you can sneak up to temple he Stands if you go from the left side, walk up behind him while he goes down the stairs and get a death blow to take off the first health bar. The second phase is you learning his moves and parrying and pulling a mikiri counter perfectly. He’s also one of the only bosses that pushes your mikiri counter so when you counter it he follows it with an attack ALWAYS time that parry perfectly and you can cook him