FUCK. ROM.
Goddammit, this fight is pissing me off.
The normal one was fine, but the chalice dungeon one just kills me out of fucking nowhere even though I have 2 AI buddies to divert it's attention.
Once I kill all the smaller spiders, it shouldn't be a problem so long as I keep my distance, but I can't handle it's fucking meteor strike attack, even though I have the highest possible arcane defense I can make with my clothes and runes. If it hits from off screen while I'm preoccupied, I'm done. And it's not difficult in a fun way like the other bosses were, it's just annoying because I'm playing exterminator while the fucker is taking potshots at me while I'm not looking.
Fuck this boss.
Edit: And another thing. Why am I fighting fucking ROM of all enemies? He's a fucking Great One! He was holding up the boundary between the word and nightmare or whatever the fuck was going on! And now you're telling me we just had another one of him sitting in the attic? A STRONGER one? I would have thought that this game, of all games, would know not to take it's narratively significant bosses and use them as bland enemies for the player to fight