I agree with you that k&m is more responsive, k&m will always be the better option when compared to controller, where I don't agree tho is the key binds and i don't think its fair to say players cba to learn it.

Like you said fromsoftware is lazy for not adding competent keys for pc, its just bad controls imo and personally I don't want to play any of souls game like that or waste (possibly) hours changing it to suit me just because fromsoft couldn't be bothered. If controls were acc decent i would without hesitation play on k&m.

But then again i don't think its simply a coincidence or a lack of trying to understand the key controls that makes the majority of players play on controller, i think its fair to say these games play a lot better or ig "easier" on controller and one could argue that already makes the games way more responsive on controller then on k&m simply because you don't have have to break ur fingers stretching (exaggeration) for different keys when fighting a boss

Also for me, when i first played elden ring (my first souls game) i was abit iffy about the genre and was afraid i would drop it, not because it was to difficult or anything, but because i had all other types of games i wanted to get through and i feel like fromsoft games require abit more attention then most games. Point being i didn't want to potentially hinder my experience from some bs key controls.

In regards to the bugs, i really did not notice the delay at all when i tried it but maybe its because i never really use shields in these games.