I have no patience, so I played it again.
Turns out, being able to struggle free from grabs is a bigger deal than I thought.
I forgot, succeeding in grab escapes lets you continue with your action.
With just a few hours, not breaking goblin crystal, grinding to level 50+ and 3k atk power, I bulldoze the boss easily.
The cost of getting a virgin loss perk on dogs, or possibly goblins, prolongs the grind of minutes into hours.
Just get the virginity loss perk of a human enemy.
I somewhat regret committing to an ironman run. Shoulda just loaded from that random 1% chance of failure proccing..
I pray something is done about how all that works, it's a complete landmine for anyone unfortunate enough to not read this.
The difference in where you get it changing the game's challenge on such a drastic extreme just hurts.
So my saves. 14 is the boss fight if you want to experience that. The second boss is a forced defeat?
Saves 12 and 20 if you want to see some of the extremes of how hard fighting dogs can get.
(You can win fights. A normal person should not be required to understand how to. Don't mash your head into this wall.)
((Especially from save 20.))
(((Also maybe I'm just bad or missed something that should have been obvious. If that exists, please tell me.)))