u/Sunflower35420

So, I wanted good blood gems but don't have ps+, which led me to making the foolish choice of creating a pthumeru ihyll root chalice with all additional rite offerings, and the very first room is a ton of dogs, a ton of enemies, and of all things, the bloody crow of cainhurst. I kinda brute forced my way through bcoc the first time, any tips for fighting him alongside a ton of other enemies?

Edit, locked tf in and got the door open, thanks for the tips!

So, I've been making my way through chapter 9 (incredible btw) and I can't help but feel like this game is taking more brainpower than actual skill with a controller, every level takes way longer for me to figure out than to perform once I've figured it out, and I just wanted to hear the community's thoughts lol