The dragon's sanctum can be brutal because of those damn phantoms you need to destroy there armour to make them alive again so that way yo can kill them! once you destroy the armour they will never be phantoms again!
The other method is what i used use a great shield to sort of push them into bottomless pits or places that require you to climb a ladder as you can see these guys don't know how to climb ladders LOL!
Lastly make sure you have an bow and arrow AND some bombs to reach those switches AND get the dragon stone as well as the eternal key!
I didn't explore all of the dragon sanctum yet but we are mostly done with it!
PS:Next time we have a bit of a choice I can do the challenge area or continue going through the dragons sanctum.
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