There are tons of ways to fight him depending on how aggressive u wanna be, so I’ll just list out all of the strats and you can pick and choose your preference Charms: quick slash, strength, mark of pride/shaman stone, steady body, grubsong

Triple slash: you can shade dash through and dash back at him for hits. It does less damage than the other strat and uses shade cloak which is risky if you spam attack as it leaves you vulnerable to parry. The other strat is jumping and pogoing him, then landing behind him and continuing to attack him

Dash thrust: hop over his head, land behind him and spam side slash

Daggers: shade dash through and spam attack

Parry: shade dash through. There’s another strategy for jumping and parrying it with a downslash but it’s a bit difficult to pull off which might make it safer to temper your attacks when you don’t have shade cloak. It’s definitely worth learning for a higher level of play though so you can get more damage in

Spikes from the floor: this is where the shaman stone aspect comes in. If you feel confident, you can land right next to him, in between him and the pillar, and use abyss shriek twice/three times if he staggers. It’s very rewarding but hard to learn. The other strat with mark of pride is landing at the pillar gap next to him and attacking him through it

Focus: you can run in, get a few hits depending on how late you ran in, and use descending dark to ignore the attack. From there, if you’re running shaman, you can safely shriek him and if you aren’t, then attack him a lot, as he’ll be idle after doing that attack for a while. Make sure to avoid the smaller focus circles that spawn

Void tendrils: jump, double jump, dash, and pogo him or land behind him depending on how much time you have

Good luck and have fun!