while the opponent is healing, quickly shoot them with your gun, they will go into stagger like when you "parry" and you can finish them off. what a beautiful way of punishment

blood starved beastlast night.... it was stupid easy since I summoned an NPC (Alfred) to come help with the fight

a) rifle spear's 2h R2 charge attack, its one of the safest long range melee attacks i ve seen so far, its tremendously useful against any kind of poison enemies that you dont want to get too close to.

b) given the boss is "blood-starved" you can toss a pungent blood cocktail somewhere, he will go there and lick it all up, while you let your weapon have its way with his asshole for a couple of strikes. rinse and repeat

Are they still secret passages through hidden passages through walls like in the previous souls games ?? And what was the strategy you used for the second boss at the beginning (the hunter with the pistol... he's so fast and i'm struggling...)
Thx !!

illusory walls only in the chalice dungeons, you have to hit them with a weapon. as for the 2nd boss, i just abused axe's 2h r2 charge attack over and over. once you re at the part where your weapon shines, he cant stop your attack even if he attacks you during it. you will lose some health in that case but will instantly regain it during your charge attack. if done right you can shave off a quarter of his health in one go.

Amelia

the altar in hunters dream

the hemwick witch boss if you continue onwards into the back room. the boss is in the forest area to the left of the staircase leading to the grand cathedral boss

After defeating Father Gascoigne, I returned to the area only to find another tough enemy. I wasnt even sure if it was another player at first. Does the area become some kind of PVP arena as I couldnt fast travel to the area at one point either.