Viper is highly overrated

From the legends that people tell about this boss from the official subreddit i was anticipating an absolutely brutal couple of hours of progression but i genuinely don't get all of the hype surrounding this boss after beating him just now. Took me 8 tries at the boss, and all of his attacks are EXTREMELY telegraphed. I was genuinely surprised, even in phase 2, at just how much i was not struggling on this at all.

I really feel like people who claim to have played Lies of P, and Sekiro (the 2 closest games for me personally that relate to this game) are either lying, or didn't parry in those games, somehow. I guess they played the entire game dodging or something. But for me, who loves parrying in video gaming, the first 5 attempts were just learning his moveset, and it was a breeze from then on.

In an attempt not to sound arrogant, I would highly recommend that you approach this game from a more parry central playstyle because it trivializes the "hardest" early game boss in the game, Viper.