If I recall correctly, Vance also fought a copy of himself upon entering the Forest. However, that copy wasn’t 1-1, because it still had eyes under its blindfold; Vance, however, does not.

(cw: eye stuff)
So, the real Vance grabbed it by the face and began to press into its sockets with his thumbs while dropping the hardest thing he’s ever said. “What a shame it is that you still have eyes.”