If you are struggling but enjoy the game just use a guide to make sure you are finding all the possible items you missed along the way and then most of Act 2 and 3 becomes incredibly easy.
Highly endorse following a guide if things get frustrating. There's a lot of stuff in this game that would've easily added 20 hours of gameplay to find if I hadn't looked up a guide.
Phase 2 of widow has been the most challenged I’ve been yet. Makes me not want to continue. Been trying to for a month and I’m stuck cause all my rosaries are there. I’ve watched videos, read guides, everything. I can get to phase 2 easily in this fight, but just cannot beat phase 2.
I take it you don't have any Silkeaters to get your rosaries? Even if not, it might be worth just leaving them. They get much easier to grind later on.
My advice? Don't get hit. jkjk. That's the most useless and annoying thing I usually used Wanderer's Crest for bosses. DO get hit, hit back while invulnerable, get silk, heal up
Ok, I’ll try it: I can’t beat radiant Markoth, I’ve been at this for hours. I only have two radiant bosses left and it’s him and Absrad
I didn't look up anything, definitely spent a lot of time wandering around hitting walls with my sword