Elden Ring: Messmer (sekiro build) (no rolls)

I didn't want it to end so soon and ended up deciding to not roll to prolong the fun. Okay you caught me, I technically did one get-up roll after he knocked me down late in phase 2 on accident at a time when rolling provided me no actual benefit :P.

Anyway, I discovered that certain weapon/shield types behave differently on block vs certain moves when experimenting with Messmer -- hence the switch to the ole large club (great katana resulted in more moves that put me into the special roll back animation). I couldn't find a way to prevent the stab-the-ground-from-the-air attacks from still knocking me back like that, so they're basically unpunishable since I wasn't rolling... oh well.

Last thing, the grab is super hard to dodge without rolling, he just didnt do it this run. I could only get it by jumping through/to the side of him going my right/his left, and not consistently.