Those don't look like functioning eyes, but rather just adornments, engravings that give no tactical advantage (except maybe drawing attention a heavily armoured area). Instead, I always thought his eyeline might be the slit right along the bottom of the face. That'd give him a proportionate head and neck.
Hydras can jump.
Wait what now?
It's probably the most obscure DS1 knowledge I know of. Anyway, here you go, jumping hydra