u/DuyHungPham1909

So I just got to the Guardian Ape, and from my opinion and others', it seems like this is a hard boss fight. Phase 1 is easy enough, you just have to be patient. But the problem with me is Phase 2, when he can deal damage through his scream + has very little stunned room to attack, leading to me having to deflect a lot more attack (which means more chance to get hit). With that, my health just decreased like crazy, so I had to use all the healing items including 1 Divine Grass as well as all the Ako's sugar and almost all pacifying agents I got.

Now I fear that if later there is a harder boss, and I got none of the good items with me, how am I gonna fight? Is there anyway to get more (many) good items like the Divine Grass, Gokan's Sugar, or Ako's Sugar? If not, should I try to save up my resources as much as possible, which means getting perfect fights using just Healing Gourd or plentiful items? (I kinda did the same in TLOU tho as it also had very limited items)

PS: This is my first soul game (1st time seeing the enemies respawning after rest + using items then dying means they were for nothing)

Edit: Thanks for all your help guys! I had finally defeated him with NO HIT lmao. After stopping playing for a few hours, I wanted to try 1 last attempt at 12am before sleep, but then it just clicked. During the fight, the "don't hesitate" advice many people gave me just pop on my head, so I didn't let the boss rest and just fircracker and full on parry his ass (he didn't even get to thrust once, which basically defeats his purpose as a mikiri counter skill check lol). Shout out to the guy who suggested doing deathblow followed by oil and flame vent, it really made the fight last for like 30s (Hope this post will still help new players facing 7 Spears)

I have completed Hirata Estate (Lady Butterfly defeated), and I encountered this boss right after Blazing Bull... And I died 5 times trying to take him on.

When should I take him on if not now? I really don't know because I almost beat him (ONLY 1 MORE HIT AND HIS POSTURE WOULD POP) last attempt, so I was thinking it's just I'm unlucky, but a lot of people say he is actually that hard. At what part of the story should I come back and fight him?

I actually don't mind trying again, but killing all the minions around is very time consuming, and the game just reminded me that dragonrot is still a thing :((

PS: Am I crazy that I found Lady Butterfly and 7 Spears the hardest bosses at this point of the story? It seems like people kinda agree 7 Spears is hard, but say Lady Butterfly is the easiest boss ever (which made me sad I struggled). I mean I beat other bosses pretty much 1 attempt although it's mostly because of the prosthetic tool