Yang bossfight

Just got to this bossfight, probably at my tenth or so attempt, does anyone else hate it like I do? I'm all for a challenge and i've loved the difficulty level so far in this game, but cmon. I went through the whole game really just focusing on getting good at dodging and less on parrying and it seemed like that's okay and there was never a sequence where I was like "oh I should've learned how to parry" until THE FINAL BOSSFIGHT. You have like barely any opportunities to punish, and it takes like ten minutes for me to get past his first phase alone. Really hating this final boss. The final boss is supposed to feel like this grand finale and for me it's just exhausting and feels like a chore. I'm just doing it because i've made it this far already. Anyone else?