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How to Git Gud

By ATA47

( Side note before you read: I am not making you use this guide, it is up to you to decide, I just want to share the best setup I have used for over 400+ hours spent on Dark souls, I have used a similar one since playing Dark souls 1, I have used it for speedruns and no bonfire/ no death runs, and I personally enjoy it and I think that playing with a keyboard only is better than with a mouse. Thank you for understanding.)
So you set off on your adventure and 2 minutes into the game, 3 old ladies are already making fun of you, you get invaded by twink characters, and you die over and over again until you lose your sanity, or simply, git gud.
This guide will show you how to really git gud playing only with a keyboard, and using nothing else.

Award

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Category: Gameplay Basics

Languages: English

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1 Apr, 2016 @ 2:07pm

2 Apr, 2016 @ 9:46am

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Guide Index

Overview

Key bindings

Second menu: Walking controls

Third menu: Camera controls ( Note: These are on the numpad)

Fourth menu: Item controls ( If you cannot recognize, those are the little things on your keyboard that we call " arrow keys")

Fifth menu: Action controls

Sixth menu: W/e menu

Closing act

Comments

Key bindings

Okay, so you go to the key bindings menu ( If you do not know how, open the menu while in game, two times to the left, press accept), and the first thing we see are the mouse options, we will not be changing anything here SO MOVE ON. From now on, follow my keybindings if you really wanna show 'em whos boss ( Feel free to make changes)

( This will be intense so leggo.)

Second menu: Walking controls

Walk - N
Run - WSAD
Dash/ Backstep/ Roll - Space
Jump - F
Auto- walk - Z
Auto- dash - X

Third menu: Camera controls ( Note: These are on the numpad)

Tilt camera up - /
Tilt camera down - 8
Tilt camera left - 7
Tilt camera right - 9
Reset camera/ Target lock/ Release - 5

Fourth menu: Item controls ( If you cannot recognize, those are the little things on your keyboard that we call " arrow keys")

Switch spells - ↑
Switch items - ↓
Switch left weapon - ←
Switch right weapon - →

Fifth menu: Action controls

Attack ( Right hand) ( R1) - 1 ( Numpad)
Strong attack ( Right hand) ( R2) - 2 ( Numpad)
Attack ( Left hand) ( L1) - 4 ( Numpad)
Strong attack ( Left hand) ( L2) - 6 ( Numpad)
Use item - E
Interact - Q
Wield right weapon two-handed - Left alt
Lock guard - 3 ( Numpad)

Sixth menu: W/e menu

Open Start Menu - Esc ( Escape key)
Open Gesture Menu - G
Move Cursor up/ down/ left/ right - Arrow keys
Confirm - Q
Cancel - Backspace
Toggle menu left/ right - Just put whatever you think it'll be good enough for you
Function 1 - E
Function 2 - P

Closing act

You've made it this far, now go out there and do the same in the world where even gingers hold souls, and rekt dem casul scrubs! ( Just jokes, don't get offended heh c:)

23 Comments

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Nabb 25 Oct, 2016 @ 1:50am

i gut gud

Lurkin Pink 19 Jul, 2016 @ 2:33am

Why would anyone play with keyboard controls? Good golly, that... Well, it SOUNDS hard. I've never tried it, but hey, Half-Life is too hard for me because of them.

MelancholicPanda 12 Apr, 2016 @ 3:35pm

I love this guide, But you should make a config for people to use, unless there is no config thing for DS2, I haven't looked in the folders yet.

ATA47 [author] 10 Apr, 2016 @ 9:15am

Mhm, that is right, executing hard attacks and controlling the camera, was really hard for me at the start, so since then I used the keyboard, and now I decided to share my setup! :)

DementiaPraecoXtra 10 Apr, 2016 @ 9:01am

According to this setup suggestion, if I understood this right, you really don't use a mouse at all?? Wow, respect to that.

Nothing wrong with the mouse namely, played very long myself and always do use it.

Suppose you know your keyboards.

Aileron 10 Apr, 2016 @ 1:08am

The comments section is going to be a crap fest of people saying that key board is valid and others saying that they are casuals, well not that it is not already.

ATA47 [author] 9 Apr, 2016 @ 10:15pm

Trusty Patches ;)

alexander 9 Apr, 2016 @ 3:26pm

is the thumbnail a picture of patches
and using a keyboard is 100% valid i do

Thomas Eichorst 6 Apr, 2016 @ 3:58am

>Attempts to give guide on how to git gud
>Uses a keyboard

Nothing to see here bois

ATA47 [author] 5 Apr, 2016 @ 9:58pm

If I didn't know how the game worked, I would have searched for a guide and not make one after 400 hours of gameplay.. ( that is just on steam only)

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