Buffing Paladin's Burden was a mistake

[ArVrok]

I assume he got a health buff because it took forever to down him last night. I wouldn't mind this if not for how often he's programmed to call lightning strikes. Fifteen more seconds spent disengaging from an otherwise decent duel. There were even two instances in the fight that he called down a second set of strikes just as the first one ended. Not exactly riveting gameplay. At least the boss of the Empyrean has the decency to call her rain of arrows only once (unless that's also been changed this patch).
Was I missing something? Can you end the attack early, akin to parrying Hushed Saint's jousting or the Lightreaper's dragon's lunge?

[PostalGibbon]

Did not notice anything different i am fourth play through killed him with Pieta +10 buffed with holy weapon.
I think he called lightning strike 3 or 4 times in my fight did not notice it would have taken longer to kill him to prior play through's.
This is of course new game not new game+

[ArVrok]

Were you playing the current patch that came out a couple days ago? I had a +8 Fallen Lord's Sword buffed with Adyr's Rage and Infernal Weapon. He definitely had more health than usual and the lightning attack seemed more frequent than my three prior files (also new game 0). I could also swear he was healing more than before too, but I like that for encouraging a more aggressive fight anyway. The lightning, on the other hand, does the opposite, which is why I found fighting him so obnoxious this time around. I hope this isn't the devs' idea of a fun way to make the fight longer. The health buff is fine, but that attack is antithetical to any semblance of enjoyment or challenge.

[Scriggleton]

I finally just beat him. What I hated was how frequently he was healing! I just couldn't outlast him. It was very difficult to git a hit in before he finishes his healing animation when using a heavy weapon. I finally started to make progress when I just abandoned heavy attacks altogether. In the end I beat him because he got stuck in the wall, but it was not fun.

[Saki]

at last in ng+0 he is not a problem xD need try him in +1 +2 or +3 someday^^