HOW DO I BEAT GUARDIAN APE

this bossfight is the STUPIDEST shit EVER. you have such an insurmountably small window to hit him, his hitbox is terrible, he does a lot of damage, and compared to any other boss in this game, hes AWFUL. no cool sword to fight him, no. hes just a big fucking monkey running around giving you ZERO ZERO ZERO time to dodge him. it makes me want to quit this game.

someone help. all the cheese guides (or guides in general) are either bad, or theyre playing on NG+

edit: might i add, the only time i can do damage is right before he bodyslams me to the ground.

it doesnt make me think “man this is so hard, i need to get better.” like geni did. it makes me think “wow this boss is god awful and it makes me want to quit because its genuinely not fun and doesnt utilize anything ive learned properly.”

HOW DID THEY ALLOW THIS INTO THE GAME

edit: i was overreacting. he isnt that hard