That thrust R2 is pretty nice. Also fuck that second pursuers volley attack I had already killed Midir previously for another series of kills I'm working on ; since I was too lazy to make another character to face him I revived him with CE to fight him again. Because of how the game flags work, the game had noted that I already received the drops in this playthrough, which is why I didn't receive Midir's drops upon his death. That excepted, the bossfight itself is the exact same.