i play on keyboard, but i'm commonly regarded as a madman. most play it on gamepad.
in the past...darksouls 1-2, parts of sekiro and DS3 were monsterously un-helpful and/or downright shat upon to use keyboard and mouse. now it's a matter of changing one option to make the shortcut tips into keyboard, and you can play.
though i HEAVILY remap. i make space jump. shift run/dodge. q target e 'do the thing' and i use thumb mouse button for heavy attack, and other thumb mouse button for use special attack. voila. works great when you're playing an aim class (caster/archer) but....aim class isn't a strong part of the game. you lock on to serious shit anyway. and you can't really forever use cheap sniping to bypass hard content you have to....*dramatic pause* get gud.
i also use a mechanical keyboard which possibly makes a huge difference in getting dodge frames right.
