I finished the prologue after dying once to the end boss, and it left me kind of weary for the potential future of my experiences with the game.

I attempted a melee build and had a harder time with positioning/outdamaging the boss when it heals so much more often vs swapping to a ranged bow build and literally not getting hit once. Is this how the game is going to play out? Are melee builds just doomed to have a harder time as opposed to going range?