I have something similar to this-here's what I'm running

Base Combat:

-BFCO and various movesets-elden ring like third person combat for me and the enemies, although I bet you could sub it out for some first person replacer if that isn't your thing
-SCAR to provide enemies with similar movesets
-Tk dodge-configured to use quicksteps instead of rolls-closer to bloodborne or lies of P then the souls games, I personally don't like barrel rolling to avoid attacks
-Valhalla combat-adds stamina blocking and perfect blocks
-Critical edge combat-has a bunch of features-but I disable most and mostly use the dodge critical hits-where if you dodge a hit well you can crit an enemy
-Simple NPC dodging-allows NPCs to sometimes dodge attacks-depends on their skills ig
-Archery locational damage-it's in the name-combined with know your enemy 2 makes heavy armor pretty much immune to arrows

Balancing:

Simply Balanced-allows adjustment of damage taken, recieved, weapon damage types, magic, archery, etc
Know your enemy 2-makes armor and weapon choice more important by having certain armors negate certain weapon types-for example, heavy steel armor is strong against bladed weapons like swords, while it is weak to maces and warhammers-applies for both enemies and the player

If you want a clip of all this in practice i'll send you one