Yeah, it is a bit silly. I have a 63 Human short sword at the moment running around fighting enemies and hitting them for 0. I have to prostasia myself and then degenerate and tarnish them before I can actually kill them.
It's annoying if I break the chain for a second they fucking cast prostasia on themselves and I have to re-enfeeb and blah blah. It's horrible with such a small MP pool and limited supply of items to even get through the normal areas in some parts. Especially if you have to backtrack.