Combat system / Atreus (God of War (2018))

Started playing a new game +. The game has already passed but I want to return to the difficulty of the god of war and try my hand. But there were problems that I want to voice. The first problem is the static inactivity of Atreus. Those. when I press his ability and attack, everything is fine, but by himself, in helping with mobs, he does not take part in any way, he just stands aside and looks at me. In general, it is not critical, but I would like to hear a different opinion. The second is more serious. She surfaced when trailing the last Valkyrie. I will analyze the specific situation, so it will be easier. When the Valkyrie starts casting ice arrows that need to be blocked, I put a block, everything is ok with the first wave, I block and it’s normal, after that a shot flies out from which I need to dodge, the same seems to be all right and I dodge, and here’s the most incomprehensible moment, after evasion, I press the block again, I instantly press it as soon as kratos gets up, because the next portion of ice arrows is already flying, but it’s not a block that works for me, but a retaliatory strike, i.e. he reflects it into a Valkyrie and it turns out that I can’t dodge the last crystal because of the animation of this very reflection by the block, because until the cast ends I can’t take any action, and after the animation there’s not enough time. If I press the block for a very long time before the attack, then everything blocks as it should, but in the realities of the game, the attacks come at too short an interval and it turns out that I reflect and not block the blows / shots. It also interferes a lot in other moments, since at another moment you need to either roll or make some kind of cast, but I can’t, Kratos decided that he needed to repel the attack. Perhaps some kind of crystal that inserted clothes or something else contributes to this? I'll tell you straight away I watched the passage of many and raise the shield according to the timings exactly like me, but they have a hit block, I have a reflection. And besides, the first passage on an easy level did not give me such problems!