You see him drop a sword from str loss.

You're probably right about the enlarge, but you can't say his timing was off for bash. I mean you can't tell how long your bash will lag till they make their next move. You don't know if its trip lag, or more. If its more you want to bash again ASAP for complete command denial. If its trip lag sure you'd be better off waiting, but as I said by the time you find out its too late.