not even that just get close and keep spamming combustion i found that to on my last playthrough. Granted i think many of you are thinking the battle is to be about difficulty when it clearly isn't. You get that from the music,setting, and the plot.

No, I was fully expecting a weak, Hollowed Gwynn. Over the game, they build Gwynn up like a god, or some ominpotent being. When you finally get to the Kiln of the First flame, you realize he is just a husk of a man whi sacrificed all he had to maintain the fire. That is why I always link the flame. It is such a beautiful game.