Elden Ring - Divine Beast Dancing Lion, but I can only attack by Guard Countering with a weapon

Continuing this challenge run from the base game, I brought over my Guard Counter character to the DLC and will be doing most bosses and all of the remembrance bosses on this run 😄 I debated whether I wanted to use the deflect tear for this run or go naturally like in the base game and I decided that I do and I will. It’s made specifically for guard counters and I think it’ll be fun both learning precise block timings and when to guard counter (:
This boss could be a little tricky to get safe guard counters on at times but he also does have plenty of openings. I also never saw any attack that would knock me back when countering either which was nice. Phase 1 is definitely the easiest for openings and usually always went pretty fast. In phase 2 the wind and ice phase have some good potential openings but for the lightning phase it’s just way too risky to punish most attacks because of the random lightning strikes that happen. While I still enjoy this fight I still think lightning phase is still the worst for this reason lol
Basic Challenge Rules
- I can only attack the boss off of a Guard Counter. No normal attacks, melee or magic or consumables are allowed
- An exception is that I am allowing myself to riposte a boss if they are poise broken. The poise break is a reward for consistent Guard Counters so I feel I should take the free damage
- Deflect tear is also being used now