Need some advice for Dracula [Normal Difficulty]

[Kabirbd]

Hello. It's my first playthrough. I am playing solo. And kinda stuck at Dracula 2nd phase.
I just want some advice for the 2nd phase of the fight.

1. What blood should I use? I mainly used 100% scholar and warrior my entire run. And the problem I am having is that I can't seem to dodge for that long with my counter spell and dash. If rogue, then where should I find farm to get 100% quality rogue?

2. In the 2nd phase, he summons like red floating stone which covers a decent part of the area. Should I try to focus on Dracula only cause the stone seem to have a lot more hp than I expected?

3. While getting back, I got a orange greatsword. Is it a viable weapon to use against Dracula? I mainly used a longbow in my run. But it is a bit slow to attack and dmg the boss while dodging so many projectiles from him. So do you recommend a different weapon?
I also only have just one purple longbow. So should I try farm a different purple weapon at the very least before fighting again?

[theworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkZKahG7JM

On Normal almost every weapon and spell combo can work. Blood type is not important because he has very few moves where dodge is preferable to counter.

It's more about knowing how to react to his moves.

Crystals should be prioritized or it becomes very difficult to win, watch the video above, once there are 3 crystals it becomes obvious why.

[Kabirbd]

Originally posted by theworld:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkZKahG7JM

On Normal almost every weapon and spell combo can work. Blood type is not important because he has very few moves where dodge is preferable to counter.

It's more about knowing how to react to his moves.

Crystals should be prioritized or it becomes very difficult to win, watch the video above, once there are 3 crystals it becomes obvious why.

That's a beautiful run. Though I mainly played with longbow, so I am not good at melee, especially if I am switching between 2 melee weapons. But I am gonna give a try for dual counter spells. That seemed really helpful.

[Mad Engineer Kikoumaru]

I would suggest counter+shield for spells instead of 2 counters, the shields can block the four long range slashes Dracula does in phase 2, while a counter could leave you open to get hit by the third or fourth one unless you move properly, and is useful for a lot of the attacks where he shoots a lot of projectiles.

[Aetemes]

My personal opinion is you need to pick up a good quick attacking weapon. Longbow is a little too....slow lol, it's great for a lot of bosses, but it'll be painful at getting rid of the crystals I think. I mean it's totally doable, but if you want less pain overall I recommend Pistols/whip (especially legendary whip), with double counter's (I actually prefer frost shield/wall of the damned) and just buff your attack damage/speed, if you have Adam's shard that really amps your attacks too.

You can try sticking to one weapon pistols or whip all the way. Or!! I guess you can keep long bowing but use a different weapon for the crystals Scythe is an idea the E does decent focused damage and the aa is pretty decent.

[Kabirbd]

I defeated Dracula. It was honestly much less stressful compared to Adam. I did it on my 2nd try today. Rogue blood actually helped as one time I simply was able to move away from the grab without even dashing. I did it with the legendary greatsword.
Thanks everyone.