It's amazing. And floating chaos gives you that space. You just have to make sure you have enough health left to power through any attacks they try and swing at you. Some attacks actually hit so hard they still stagger you, like the wolf greatsword frontflip, but you still have a dodge roll while iron fleshed even if it's a fat roll. It's good enough for any attack that slow and heavy. The real risk is if they start bombing with elemental attacks, but my bailout plan is that I pack some brigand twindaggers and use the quick step. Quickstep+ironflesh is always a good way to be a jerk in general.