I've never had a problem with the spike boulders. It was usually the bats. But much like that secret area at the end of Rupture Farms just before entering the FFZ for the first time, it took me quite a while to realize it's much easier to just jump across the gaps. Every time I did the roll and hoist method I'd get clocked by a boulder or a bat would go off course and fuck me up. Jump, duck, jump, duck, jump.
Also, this game and all it's puzzles kind of revolve around timing. If the bats didn't have a set course it would take away the whole timing aspect and you'd just have to hope you were fast enough to make it over those gaps and escape the bats before reaching the next screen. But wait! There isn't a 'next screen' this time around because it's going to be side scrolling. If you find what's currently in place incredibly difficult, the bats not having a set course would amplify that difficulty.
Edit:
Can't you just chant or talk to the slog to get it's attention? Every time I run into a slog and it doesn't respond to walking I just say hello or some shit and it comes chasing at me.
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