Opponent is armed with a decently long sword and shield. You are armed with a cutlass, a shorter chopping weapon intended for use on the tight quarters of a ship's deck, and a free hand. As expected of sword and shield, they are likely about to attempt to beat or parry your weapon off-line and strike; therefore, the approach is...

The first few attempts are-- to Natalia-- obvious feints, intended to judge more carefully Link's spacing and what he considers a good place to use a shield bash.

When it becomes obvious that he's not going to rise to the bait-- that she'll have to commit-- she aims for a lunging mid-line strike that suddenly sinks down towards the thigh, aiming for-- if these were real blades-- a desperately nasty leg-cut.