Elden Ring | Maliketh - Reaped and parried (NG+2)

Funnily enough, I killed Maliketh on my second attempt on this playthrough, while I died more than twice to the Draconic Tree Sentinel right before his arena.
I decided to use a different weapon for every boss fight that I will record going forward, which led me to equip my scythe, a weapon I used for a while at the start of this playthrough.
For the second phase, I decided to the Blasphemous Claw to parry Maliketh's parryable attacks, just like I have on my first playthrough. It helped to shorten the fight, but I am confident that I still would have been able to finish this without relying on this tool. Still, those parries are quite satisfying.