fully agree with OP, there seems to be no counter other than having the PERFECT set up and basically cheesing.
I believe they upped the difficulty on this fight also since I started honour mode, imo they went FAR to far, this isn't a souls game.
to everyone saying it was easy, your genuine psychopaths and I don't believe you, you've cheesed or prepared so much it may as well be considered cheesing yes i could haste everyone with a thousand hastes and filled the room with barrels but that's obviously not how the game "should" be played, i don't want to feel like im cheating, i want it to feel earned, and as your so blasé about it i doubt you feel like you "really" beat it either
re playing the game 9 times all the way to this point just to feel like a toddler fighting paddy the baddy is Bull.
my preparation was do ALL quests and get all decent items, i was lvl 9 ish. and had a decent amount of scrolls and potions.
please larian take the edge off this,
also i think it may be too easy on normal mode but honour its ridiculous
