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During your first encounter, to get the character ability, as the guide says?
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No. Once you reach his lifebar at low, the cutscene triggers. Also there is no ability there. Unless there was before the Enhanced Edition upgrade. Like the Draugir trophy, which was removed from the game in a later update.