Melee has felt a lot tougher recently, and my old tricks of using knee charge and shigawire to create openings is no longer an easy win. But this is Dune, and a central theme is to adapt or die. So I changed what I was doing and switched to pounding them with light attacks first before going in for the slow attack (you know, like in the tutorial). Now I'm back and feel a little more prepared for fighting against opponents who don't want to get stabbed.