Nerf the first boss please , it is a big problem with PC to kill him , u need a controller
Roll towards him to avoid AOE strikes…
Be patient, and mindful of your stamina at early levels.
Don’t get greedy.
Do not try more than 2 slashes per engage to punish boss. Hell, even one DASH and slash may be best and avoid trying to do Combos at all.
This game is certainly best played on controller, but nerfing 1st boss, I don’t see how this is exclusive to a controller versus Mouse / Keyboard.
Same tactics at early lv still apply.
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Well I can disprove you there 
However, it would help a lot if the dodge would activate on button pressed, not on button released.
I am not sure if it needs a nerf or if it would get better by other balancing means. Right now the game is much harder at the beginning. “hard to learn, easy to master” If that changes, the first boss might also get less frustrating.
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200 hours in playing with K&M and i even beat the Echo Knight, no problem there, you have to try harder and instead of asking for a nerf memorize his movesets, use bombs, use oils and above all explore the whole area before engaging so you have levels to beat him, more stamina and health and the stat of your weapon of choice.
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Yes it need a balancing , i understant the Boss but the first Boss stole Gamingfun , if it the last Boss in the game Stronger as the first, this is normal but the first Boss is to strong he kill the gamefun!! i have the game given back , i wait for a Patch maybe after this i buy it again
This is the type of non-helpful annoying comment that everyone hates.
Go on… fold a piece of paper in half 8 times. If you cant do it… you only need to try harder.
It’s neither a problem, nor you need controller (for this or anything else in the game).
We can’t really be more helpful there’s plenty of ways to beat the first boss that you can just cheese alone. You can just throw bombs, it’s extremely weak to fire, and is easily staggerable as well. If this is your 1st soulsgame then you gotta not be greedy and learn to manage your stamina. If this isn’t your 1st soulslike combat game and you’re still complaining then that is entirely on you, the 1st boss is not THAT hard all things considered.
i recommend to wait for multiplayer
my first souls like game and i am on pc k&m, beat him first try, the main prob is ppl dont play it as a souls like, most of the ppl play it like a arpg/rogue like so they just keep spamming things instead of thinking about the play and fighting the boss and mobs. need to be careful and see the moves and fight according to it.
no need to nerf i would say buff it
Use fist.
You’ll find out it’s more useful than any beginning weapon
Found the first boss a good introduction to the game, practice and endurance.
Remember the game does say Soul-like, the first boss is always first impressions for players. Its good
Am i wrong? Can you adress the argument, all i said is he need to memorize the moveset and create a strategy, thats the whole thing with souls games, you have to learn, if you dont want because you are stubborn than fine, but the game will be harder.
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My first experience with the first boss was like, “are you serious?” After running around the corner and into that opening before the draw bridge about 30 more times, I began slowly gaining on him. Now, he wouldn’t have a chance against me. There’s no way to nerf the first boss and keep the game the way it is. If you think HE’S tough, you’re going to pull all of the keys out of your keyboard when you get to the last (so far) boss. I’m 100 hours in at max level and he kills me every time. Do I think that boss should be nerfed? Well, when he’s at 1/10th health and kills me - yeah, it crosses my mind. But when I smoke him, it’s going to feel good for a few minutes. And then, I’m taking a break. 
No, your opinion in itself is fine. It was only about the way of expressing it.