nope. I was slowly nipping away some giant armor knights health when I got ambushed by two others and immediately killed. kinda realized I had no business there atm. or maybe I need to man up.
If you stick to the left it's easy to avoid them. You'll have to run away from one, and around another, but you should get past them with no problem.
Might want to make sure you have a Homeward Bone handy. It can be a bit tough getting past them on the way back.
So I took a three month break and just started this up again. I'm at the wolf boss getting my ass kicked and I kinda forget how summoning works. In order to summon someone I need to be human right? Then I just click on their summoning sign?
I'm also still using the stupid Drake Sword. I have a Black Knight Greatsword but it's much too slow and unwieldy for my type of play style, what weapon should I be heading for? Are lightning weapons still the bees knees?
Edit: Also, how should I act as a host. I remember hearing something about healing your summons somehow?
Yeah, you need to be in human form, and just activate any summoning signs. It might be tough to summon people to fight Sif though, because of invading Forest Hunters, and a lot of people place their summoning signs down to help people troll Forest Hunters. I'd suggest playing offline until you get to the bridge leading to Sif, then go online and see if there's any summoning signs on the ground.
On my first playthrough, I used a Titanite Catch Pole for a while, which was nice because it's very powerful and has nice range, but it's also a rare drop from Titanite Demons.
I also used a Silver Knight Straight Sword from the knights in Anor Londo, which was my most used weapon for playthrough 1 until I could finally make Quelaag's Furysword.
Uchigatana, Iaito, and Washing Pole are all good for dexterity builds if that's what you're going for.
And yes, Phantoms can only heal themselves with a Miracle or Humanity, and usually rely on the host to heal them with an Estus Flask. Also, I'm pretty sure Phantoms only receive a fraction of the healing from an Estus Flask as the host does, so keep that in mind.