Thank you! When this duel started in the game I instantly came to youtube to find a solution as I afraid I'd have to fight the countess again if I lost. I messed up once when "Perish" switches to counter in the 2nd phase of the fight, but managed to beat him on my first try thanks to you!
Wait, I'm so confused. :33 you say whenever he says Perish you want to attack, but later at 3:05 you say counter and there's other examples of this too.
I was confused by this too. If you still need help, it changes once it enters the second phase of the duel. There’s some charts online for the actions as well but I think if you follow his verbal cues it should work.