Malinatar
Lord Nagafen Raider
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You can counter-thrust without guard and I'm pretty sure you can outright block it as well without guard, but I rarely straight block since it takes away from damage.
Most of the non damage set perks (earplugs/tremors/windproof/guard etc) are negated by good play since you can block, roll or shoulder charge immunity them or just rocksteady/evade mantle.
For solo play I agree, but in any form of group, I'm not good enough predicting/timing the counter attack iFrames due to the variability of monsters movement in particular ping ponging between range and melee, switching targets and also having other melee doing minor knockbacks is a huge pain in the ass.