[KCD2] No matter how hard I try, I can't pull off combos in ACT2

I love the idea of combos in training. They give such beautiful flowing animations and unique finishers. That said: I will maybe, with luck, pull off a single combo in a big fight and it usually comes at a detriment to my health because I have to try evrth I can to force it to happen.

EVERYTHING interrupts you. The enemy blocking, dodging, or most commonly just simply dieing before I can finish, or even swinging into my own swing so I accidentally perform a Masterstrike instead. I think the only combo I can pull of somewhat reliably is False Edge because NPCs struggle with Blow from below to blow from Above... and then 2/3 of the time they are either dead after that, dodge back, or I fuck up my strike from the left. And thats the easiest one. Everything else I need to embark on a full on quest to see the animation, Slaughtering 50 bandits before one lets me do 4 chained strikes without something going wrong. And playing hardcore really doesnt help, when i yank my mouse left and my dear Henry still prefers to strike from the top.

For the Record, I have 25 in Warfare and Swords and 30 in every main stat. Kinda sad how they implemented this whole elaborate system only for it to almost never be used. Or maybe I am just terrible at it but idk, in training I can pull it off reliably. Do we have any combo Masters around?