With the malenia waterfowl attack, it's one of those rare instances thst that it feels like the games philosophy of being able to beat these games however a player chooses, goes out the window when presented with an attack and mechanics that are incredibly hard to figure out on your own without looking shit up, if you werent already playing the game in a certain way/playstyle that would have better prepared you for/on how to affectively deal with waterfowl dance. But of course theres the counter arguement that it can be stopped or evaded/dodged by either most weapon arts, or through certain items like the frostbite lamp. Which you would never figure out unless you either experimented with them before or started to now against melania.