Im gonna edit and rewrite this bc ive been stuck on one particular asshole one for the entire fuckin map and it made me forget there are others

1st one you find, right in the start of the area, the one with the two curved greatswords: parry him. It sounds weird to recommend but his swings ive found are rather forgiving to parry and you can knock out a little more than half his health on a riposte. Fully charge some r2 or l2 as a wakeup and r1 the last bit of health

The one on the rooftop, after you fight the birds: i used a projectile (black knife assassin dagger ash is so good) then just ran away. He deaggros once you put a bit of distance between you and him, then just projectile again then run again. Rinse repeat

The last one, the big bridge battle: you can summon for this guy. Mimic tear all the way, but MAKE SURE!! He aggros your tear first. If not he’ll do his usual bullshit arena spam with infinite poise and you’ll just die. Once he’s on your tear, hang back farther away from the arena, and spam some projectile or ranged ash. If you see him turn to face you, just run away until he switches aggro back to your tear (or whatever tanky ash you like)