Weirdly, this is exactly what it took for me to “break through” and start to understand how Souls games are supposed to be played. I was frustrated because I felt like I didn’t understand how to have fun in Dark Souls, and a friend was like, you should check out the balder sword it’s my favorite. And to this day, if I’m doing a dex build, I’m probably getting that sword. It’s so good; it has more or less a perfect moveset.
The second thing that made me really understand how to have fun in Dark Souls was to stop using shields.