Surely this is meant to be a trick boss you’re supposed to lose against, like in Sekiro?
Or there must be an easy exploit right under your nose, as with Dark Souls' Taurus Demon?
If you playedNioh 2, you might remember being occasionally accompanied by an AI-controlled companion in several missions.
Some of this is down to some more forgiving changes from Nioh.
A crouch button would’ve been appreciated but it helps that your foes are also often very shortsighted.
Deflecting is where things get interesting.
Getting stomped by a boss with a morale of 20?
Then plant all the flags in that level so that your default morale matches theirs.
It’s almost like a dynamic difficulty setting, that in turn encourages you to explore each level thoroughly.