Then imagine adding magic into the equation in tangent with him being really intimidating when he [i]does[/i] manage to monologue. I feel like the fight would be really emotionally/psychologically confusing.

One moment you'd be taking him seriously and the next he's asleep and still countering your moves or outright beating you into the ground. Then he's awake again and he's intimidating, but he offsets that intimidation with randomly falling asleep.

So he's unpredictable and emotionally exhausting to deal with because you keep going between taking him seriously and wondering why the hell he's falling asleep xD