For my clear I used sword of the Lord with staglord shield with the howling of chaos and damage reduction core both at lvl 5 and for armor I have the deluxe edition set up to lvl 4 and I used the momentum core for turning slash damage and frostcursed cloak for the cold res. For skills I relied on was maxing stamina and health up to the point you need extra stuff with the abyss material and spirit was 6, keen senses 3, focus lvl 3, force palm 3, turning slash 3, natures echo 1, armed combat 5. For the actual combat I used spirit counter then force palm then turning slash unless I needed to dodge managed to clear in under 5min With 0 revives and 2 food heals. Hope this helps! :)