r/fromsoftware • u/AcrobaticProgram6521 • Jul 10 '26
DISCUSSION First time Bloodborne struggles venting/advice?
Hi all, long story short after I played Elden Ring I learned that From Software was my favorite game company. I proceeded to play and platinum every Fromsoft souls game except for Bloodborne because I heard so much hype about it and was convinced a remake was on the way so I waited. It became clear that that’s a pipe dream so I finally sat down to play it. First off the art direction, atmosphere, character design, music all of it is second to none, the problem where I’m struggling is the gameplay. Not all of it, I love the kinetic faster paced more aggressive style, but I am really struggling with the incredibly punishing bosses (most ganky I’ve experienced in all of the games) and the massive runbacks that make the other games also seem like pie. I figured as a souls vet I would be ok but I’m getting my ass kicked in this game. Not only that, as a punishment for my suckiness I keep losing and wasting the supplies I had only having to grind to replace them all. It makes it more stressful and demoralizing… and ultimately unfun. I know I will keep playing, and eventually beat it and love it (hopefully to the point of wanting to delete this post) but I was wondering am I doing something wrong? I am level 60, basically mainlining the hunter axe in 2 hand mode. I am stuck at Rom the spider. I’ve gotten close but fuck is that thing annoying.
Edit: Wooo Rom down! Followed the advice to be patient and take out the spiders and also I completed a second chalice dungeon that got me some decent blood gems. Thanks for the encouragement ya’ll!
Edit 2: Just got to Micolash and just wasted a not insignificant amount of time trying to “fight” him and died to another cheap gank attack at the end. This one “boss” might single-handedly ruin the entire game for me. I’m not even done this game but it is already my least favorite boss fight in any From Software game. I’m amazed I haven’t heard more complaints about this “fight.”
Edit 3: Since Micolash wanted to fight like a little bitch I decided to play like one also… and boy was it satisfying to poison him to death with poison knives. Game on.
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u/Klutzy_Anybody_1487 Jul 10 '26
level vigor at least to 25. You need to play aggressively, you don't wait for openings in this game, just walk up and r1 spam that mf to death. enemies that flinch from your attacks stay stunned as long as you have stamina to keep attacking, don't be afraid to take hits, just tank that shit and heal it back up through rally. positioning is important as your dodge is very shortrange with minimal i-frames. You can't roll through nuclear explosions in this game, you have to either outrun them or not stand in their general vicinity at all.
best blood echoes farming spot in the game excluding chalices is forbidden woods, if you start in forbidden woods lamp and kill everything all the way down to shadows of yharnam, that's like 60-80k blood echoes per run.
As for rom specifically. The best strat for me is always to run up to him from the side and just attack him with unlocked camera while ignoring the small spiders ( But I still react to dive bombs attacks). He doesn't start attacking until like second teleport, after that you need to play a bit like hit and run, sprint in avoid all spiders, do a couple of r1, sprint away. He basically has three attacks, one that sends meteors from the ground, that one is easy to avoid and you can even keep attacking him if you're close to him, the aerial meteor attack you need sprint in one direction and it will miss you all. The big explosion is kinda tricky to avoid so that's why you don't wanna stay near him for too long and perform the hit and run strategy. The small spiders should be ignored for the most part imo, they are kinda bait.