Woke up thinking about the concept of a 1000 year old sorceress and thought "wow" and then i realised it's cuz i fell asleep reading the wiki of Yennefer. Zero original thoughts
One piece of advice I would give newcomers to Elden Ring is try parrying attacks. You'll be surprised how many can be and even if you wiff it's classed as a partial block, lessening damage. If you watch the enemy it's just as their weapon begins to move towards you.