Tell me anything that counters this?

[@WeirdTroll666]

Souls have always had a way to deal with things like this, just strafe around. Also, you can use some DoT like Black Flame tornado or Gold Breaker!

[@Elden_Armorer]

Kick aow, piercing fang, scythe with rkr hammer tailsman star fist and my favorite bhb with blindspot

[@Pot-Knight6195]

Kick AoW or Piercing Fang.

[@buddabudski1824]

maybe if you hadn't spent half the fight in the menu...

[@ThatPlayerThere]

Yeah… I def fucked up my menuing, especially when I tried to equip the misericorde, I was way too close.