First lace fight

I just beat the first lace fight (I assume there could be another one more so no spoilers please), isn’t she literally just the exact same as Hornet Protector in HK

She does the same horizontal attack, she does the jump up and diagonal downwards attack, she has the same counter/parry mechanic as Hornet Sentinel, and she also has a circular AOE attack. She is a similar size to Hornet and is also very fast and agile, and just like Hornet she grapples away and you presumably fight her or encounter her later? The only difference is that Lace is a bit faster and doesn’t have a ranged attack.