Qwarky | Elden Ring - fighting Tree Sentinel with only a Manor Towershield (don't do this) @Qwarky | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
The last six minutes of probably a 15 minute fight and what was probably my 5th attempt at this. I would get him to 2/5 health and he would stop doing the three hit combo that let me get a hit in, and just spams the shield bash and groundpounds over and over. Eventually he would shield bash while too close, break my block, stun me for ages, and shield bash me a second time just as I get up, killing me. It happened like 3 times. Keep away from the shield side I guess, keep circling to the left. Anyway, this is tedious, don't do this, but I'm glad he's finally dead. Your "reward" is a measly 3200 runes for all that trouble.

Also you can see the hitches that keep happening on my PC. It can be a bit rough when it freezes for a few seconds just as you're supposed to react to something. I can't tell if it's something they can patch later or if it's just 100% on my computer's side. Haven't come across this kind of hitching in any other game lately.