[RiceBall]

Maybe it because I'm playing the game on medium difficulty but I didn't need to use any pots or weapons enhancements from the moment of the inn battle until the beast fight. I've dumped three bronze talents total in aard. It generally knocks everything down, great for crowd control. Needed one swallow pot to keep me alive during the beast fight while I ran around waiting for my endurance to recharge so I could aard it. Are you trying to keep abigail alive during the entire fight? She can't be killed only knocked uncouscious for the duration of the battle. If you find the battle too hard, hand abigail over to the villagers, they'll help during the boss battle. Most forum post I've seen believe you have to keep abigial alive.

You can save right before the beast fight and after the cutscene if your quick with the f5 button