Can I prevent the Puppetmaster from putting me in an Iron Maiden?

In Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, the Puppetmaster (Chapter 2) has this awful ability in which he places a voodoo doll into an iron maiden, which then swaps places with you, leaving you to take the 130+ damage from said iron maiden.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening? If so, how?

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According to this Castlevania wiki article, you should be able to destroy the doll before he's able to place it in the iron maiden:

If he's within reach of an iron maiden, he will create a puppet in his hand, the player must strike the doll 3 times in Normal mode and more in Hard mode before he throws the puppet into the maiden, teleporting the player to that location and doing massive damage in the process.

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