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This is usually me, but definitely wasn't after Malenia and Consort Radahn. Miserable fights.
Agreed, mostly. Like Malenia, once I learned, I really liked as a fight... except for, y'know... Waterfowl... the one thing that's not learnable and ruins the entire rest of the fight. Consort was similar, I ended up learning Phase 1 hitless, just from the sheer number of repeated tries, and kinda sorta appreciate it now. But Phase 2 is actual dogshit.
You know what works stupidly well? Get the biggest shield in the game, and a poke weapon.
You can poke through Malenia's self-heal. It takes a little longer than dodging, but it's far safer.
Consort Radahn with a big shield is a joke. Took 4 minutes, two tries. The first try failed because I didn't see where he was coming from when he did his nuclear sky bomb attack.
I hear you! Still haven't gotten around to beating Malenia. It's just too much. Though that's my stance of many of the Elden Ring bosses, really.