I'm sorry, where did the internet hurt you today? Because if he was smerter like host and just climbed down, I would've gladly followed so I'm not sure why you come here capping about me needing tactics when I'm leeroy Jenkins 🥱🙄
3's, like, infamous for having the second worst pvp in the franchise, including Demon's Souls (guess first). 2's the one that everyone loves, but the -"soft-soul"- "Soul Memory"* system ruins it, in my opinion. Like, I get what they were trying to do with it "no invaders with +20 weapons at level 9", but that shit should of been heavily scrutinized during the idea phase of development. It really doesn't account for some "what if" moments, like if you die twice after collecting a boss's soul. Then you're in the higher "soul memory" bracket with zero "higher" souls to show for it in your stats, and it's not like there's a way to get that to go back down.
F.a.p. ring spams equals infinite stamina meaning just wait for them to r1 their stamina out, close your menu and kick. If encountered you should just go down or up don't fight on the ladder. You can counter it but it's a long paragraph to explain