Speedrun update: cleared Anor Londo 2 hours in. Decided to go for SPOILERSif afterwards, he gave me quite a lot of trouble. Beat him on the 6th try, turned out patience was the key. Now I'm 4 hours in and I've defeated Nito (solo). Next up I might warp to the Daughter of Chaos to upgrade the pyromancer's flame; something I bet I'll need when I get to Seath and the Four Kings.

My main issue so far is I don't really have any powerful weapons. Drake Sword loses it's usefulness quickly. The lighting spear does decent damage but doesn't have swing attacks. I made a fire claymore at Vamos when I passed him, but even with that it took ages to take SPOILERNito down. A Black Knight Sword would save my day I think.

My other problem would be SPOILERnot having enough Humanity to unlock the Lost Izalith shortcut. That might cost me a lot of time.

Either way, I'm still on schedule for the 8 hour target.