Max had to pull himself together mentally as he could not afford to be distracted when facing the perfect warrior.
The clone's death dealt a big blow to his morale as he was just starting to enjoy the benefits of fighting an opponent two versus one before the clone's untimely and easy demise.
According to his original plan, the clone was supposed to exhaust everything in its arsenal.
The clone was supposed to pull out all single use moves, to risk his own HP and force the enemy to use [ Constant Regeneration ] and help Max build momentum.
However, with his death Max was suddenly put on the backfoot.
To say that the perfect warrior was 'Too Good' was an understatement and only high caliber fighters like the celestials could ever understand just how good he was as it was the small things about his battle style that made it so effective.
The perfect warrior's battle style was built around his incredibly resilient defense.