Was lady ethereal nerfed?

Hi, Souls like player here, I was looking at this game, and the art style really tempted me to try it. I was a bit skeptical about it at first, becouse there are a lot of posts saying lady ethereal was borderline unfair, i tought to my self, welp gona play in standard and then when i reach her lower to story mode.
I just got done with her and that was such a good fight! I never once felt the game being unfair, like some said hitboxes this and that. 20 minutes and it was over... Consort Radhan took me 5 hours in the dlc haha. I also loved the whole segment of the dream land, wow the artstyle is next level in this area...! So i tought, maybe it was nerfed, but i cant find anything in the web... Anybody can help me?