[@Moonlit Sonata]I see, so by mitigating the dammage I presume you mean shifting the damage to a place like grazing his side, or clipping his shoulder, or hitting him at an angle that was not dead on. 

In any case, I am not complaining of the finnal result. I think what happend works very well for the story, and it's natural for him to be overconfident. 

I also never thought that Rostam and Gilles de Rais would be having quotes in common.