That’s why you gotta just use the adept guard instead. I mostly kid since the timing is super tight but it does feel amazing when you nail the timing, ngl.
This dragon is like 4 times the size of an elephant, even though it's a flying creature, realistically with those proportions it should weight around 30 tonnes (18-25 meters long, wing span basically equal to it's body length and the wings being much more solid than your average flying creature, also it being able to withstand the forces of supersonic flight means its body must be some ultra dense and tough bio matter, bones like titanium, etc).
Yap pre mhw dive didn't have s all the way till you got up... Its only the actual diving part of the animation like when your character is in the air which means duving is not a "save me" button it has to be perfectly times as you would an actual dodge only a bit more forgiving... Emphasis on the "bit".... Which contributes along with other factors to people saying 5th gen games are much easier