It just takes some understanding and observation is all. Dark souls is not an inheritly difficult game. It is however a game that punishes you for your mistakes. Nothing is difficult just for the sake of being difficult, rather, everything is designed so that you can counter it by understanding it and learning from your mistakes. Dark souls rewards observant players, players who pay close attention to their surroundings, study their enemies and remember small details. Early on it's just timed blocking, dodging and attacking, but the formula gets mixed up in each area as you are provided new situations to get accusomed to, as you must do so in your own. That's not so say the game won't help you out. You just have to be ready to pay attention when the game is teaching you. For instance, the game will introduce new enemies to you, 1 at a timer each time, the enemy will be a good distance away, allowing you time to study it and understand it's moveset. That way when the game throws multiple ones at you later, you already should know how to handle them. The game is also rarely unfair in what it does. If a situation seems unfair, look for a way around it. There might be a side path, a shortcut, an evironmental effect that you can use to your advantage 99% of the time there is something to help you that an observant eye will catch. Though there are still times where the game is just unfair (looking at you, bed of chaos DS1). That's about it for now. Aside from the obligatory git Gud.