Must be just people that optimized entirely for PVP then and some bad luck then. To put in perspective I got invaded by a fully kitted out Giant Dad in the depths of all places.
dark souls 3 passion run
The Black Phantoms from the gravelord covenant still only appear only on NG+. Their weird choices for covenants are still there, the only real change is that you can turn in multiple covenant offerings at once (which is a good thing at least). I understand why but it's still kind of upsetting because Dark Souls 1 had some of the most baffling decisions when it comes to the covenants. Like Princess Guard which doesn't even have leveling up in it or actual rewards for joining it, it just enables you to find two miracles you find elsewhere in the game. But they needed to make it a Covenant for some reason. And of course the good miracles that you'd want to go FTH for (Sunlight Spear, Darkmoon blade) are covenant-locked i.e you can't switch from the covenant the miracle belongs to or you can't use it.
Its probably one of the few bosses that there are no guarantees you will beat them no matter your experience level because so much of it is dumb luck you don't get smashed or blocked by the dogs as soon as you start.
Just look up the firebomb trick on YouTube and how to do it.
