Is this boss optional or not?

Makes my game crash on phase 2 :/ what am I supposed to do to beat that.

Bruh this bosses health bar is enourmous

attack the foot with the rope

game crashes when I skip the second phase cutscene

Boss is not optional, has 2 phases, massive health bar, if you are crashing on phase 2 make sure you are off your horse before activating the cutscene. I would recommend hopping off just before half hp and getting those last couple of hits on foot

anybody know what im supposed to be hitting on the second phase

Attack his left food until it cracks and keep attacking it for bonus damage, When he tries to erupt flames from the ground just look down and avoid the incoming flame bursts (sometimes you can even keep hitting his foot for free). At around half hp he rips off whats left of his leg and fully awakens. For his 2nd phase i highly recommend staying close but not exactly under him since you just want to minimize his magic attacks (which are incredibly hard to dodge) and dodge his slow/easy melee strikes. You can punish most of his melee attacks and he takes bonus damage on his wrists (plus jumping heavies can hit multiple parts of him in one swings, like his head and arm at once). Just sayin his 2nd phase was long as all hell and i bet theres some sort of gimmick to hit his real face somehow since he takes forever to kill even with a 19+ heavy greatsword (~50 str)

Any tips, been using +18 claws, got him to low health and ran out of flasks