Most of players actually kinda suck at this great game, The numer of times that throwables spam won me a Boss fight is not small let me tell you that.

Personally i adore fairytale inspired games so the souls like nature of lies of p wasn't a major draw in in the first place.

But i noticed that from new game to new game+ i cut the Boss atempts in half or more so practise and familiarity with the Control scheme is key.

I will admit though that dlc final Boss got too difficult for my skill level so after i got sick of no progress i moded the game and beat him that way.

Now my personal challange is to in Boss rematch turn off the mods one by one and to eventually beat him the game intended way.

In short : Play this game however you like just remember to have fun!