To hold a weapon with 2 hands instead of one - Hold E and left click (unfortunately no way to change this setting)

I can't thank you enough for this. I am a 50 year old PC gamer who trying this series out for the first time. I feel like a parkour master playing Dying Light 2 but in this game I was accidentally drinking my potions, auto-targeting people and getting killed. To be honest I was questioning my life of gaming since playing Ultima 1. Your key bindings are ace mate! Cheers!

Cannot believe I didn't see the option for keyboard prompts. I thought the developers were idiots when it turned out to just be me. The settings and info are life-saving. Thank you, my man.

Seriously, this changed my entire approach to souls games in general. They always felt clunky and awkward and I never could exactly figure out why - but with your settings it finally feels like a proper PC game. Thank you very much!

Dude!!!! Thanks so much for this. I had switched a few things around, since it felt soooooo clunky, and my friends kept telling me I needed to use controller. But making all of these changes has caught me up in "skill" level with them, and I can move around so much better! Feels like how it truly should! You gained a new sub!

A major problem for PC souls players is to unlearn the controller layout when switching to m and kb. I think you have just made a lot of lives easier with this guide. Bless you big man!

I was already using a pretty similar kbm config (side buttons 4 & 5 assigned to heavy attack & skill though). But turning off auto lock-on and auto target is a real game changer, thank you very much for that piece of advice! 🙏🥇

Dude, thanks so much, I have been following you since New World, and am so happy to see you're playing Elden ring. This guide is great. I appreciate you taking the time so make PC users game experience better.

Thanks for the tips. I haven't gotten the game quite yet (the frame rate drop issue still has me a bit worried), so I have been gathering tips and tricks to help prepare me in advance. Your video has the best explanation of keys and why you selected them I have found.

This is great, I just started playing and was frustrated with the keyboard controls to the point i didn´t want to continue until I got my hands on a controller. This layout did the trick, back at it again :D Thank you very much!

this is one of the very few times i find a youtube video extremely helpful and relateable, thanks for posting this

Exactly the video I was looking for. Thanks!

I changed crouch from "ecstasy" Good tips - made a couple more adjustments based on your recommendations and it does feel more natural for me. Thanks.

Thanks, man! The "Device for On-Screen Prompts" alone is huge... REALLY appreciate that. I'm going with all of your suggestions. We'll see how it goes.

Awesome vid! I was hesitating to get the game at all because people said the controls were so bad, but your guide made me go for it. Very seamless to use this control scheme when coming from other similar games. Champion!

Also I found that changing the switch armaments to all mouse controls was very helpful as I change stuff mid combat often and hitting 1-4 is kind o odd for me. My switch items (potions) is mouse wheel down, my switch sorcery/incantations is mouse wheel up, switch primary weapon is mouse button 4 or 5, and switch secondary weapons is mouse button 4 or 5, which ever is more comfortable.

everyone playing on pc needs to see this. ive played souls games before but this ones a bit different. theres more menu options im unfamiliar with. showing keyboard options alone was a life saver. thank you!

I use this setup: (you will need a mouse with two extra buttons on the side, which most mice have nowadays anyway) Switch Sorcery/Incantation: Scroll wheel Up Switch Item: Scroll Wheel Down Switch Right Hand Armament: E Switch Left Hand Armament: Q Attack (RH and 2H): Left Mouse button Strong Attack (RH and 2H): Mouse 5 (Forward mouse button) Guard (LH Armament): Right Mouse button Skill: Mouse 4 (Back mouse button) Use Item: R Even Action (Examine etc): F (if you keep this pressed you will bring up your pouch which i put health potion in the top/scroll-up slot and mana potion at bottom/scroll-down and call horsey on Left/Q slot) I changed everything else like he did for the most part.. once you get used to this you will find the scroll wheel is your new favorite friend..

Thank you so much for this. I used your settings straight away. Everything works fantastic!

trying out a Souls game for the first time with Elden Ring, I can't thank you enough for this video, I'm just so used to using a keyboard and mouse I think a controller would only frustrate my experience, I super appreciate you!

This is what I needed, thank you! 🙏

For me it feels more comfortable to use my up and down scroll-wheel to switch sorcery or items respectively and to use Z for left handed armaments and X for right handed armaments since I don't change my weapons that much, and having quick access to my items and spells is more vital for me.

Thank you so much! Some of these settings I've been playing with for several days (I only got the game a short while ago). I have my own settings for all these games but you helped me figure out where it all goes together. :)

I had some of these settings, but the camera speed and target settings helped the most. Thanks.

Personally I like binding the 4 the switch armament buttons to the scroll wheel using scroll wheel forward, backward, left, and right. Does a good job simulating the dpad since all the directions line up.

The binds that have worked for me is Alt to sprint/dodge, F to interact, E to use item, M2 for heavy attack, M4 for guard and M5 for skill. Works perfectly and intuitively for me.

Can’t thank you enough for this bro. I literally just got the game on pc and I was just lost as hell trying figure out all the buttons with the whole console buttons on display and such. Definitely gonna try out your set up now. Thanks brotha

Thank you so much! I worked on figuring out fitting settings for over two hours and didn't get it to feel right. You saved my day and my wallet. Keep up what you're doing it's great!

Hey D - Great video man I appreciate it! Movement & combat is much more intuitive now. I am still trying to figure out how best to add/change/use things like the horse whistle and the summons. As a pc player I would think I should be able to just bind it to a key but I am struggling on how to make it work in-game. Even just selecting arrows is a no-go for me with KB/M. Any chance you can do a quick run-through on how you have these things configured?

There's (at least) one killer tip in this video: assign BOTH a key (e.g., Shift) and a mouse button (e.g., a mouse side button) to the same function of "Backstep, Dodge Roll, Dash". The trick is that when you want to roll (and keep rolling in various directions), you can use a W/S/A/D key together with a mouse button (since it's infuriatingly hard to quickly hit a W/S/A/D key together with the Shift key). However, when you want to sprint (e.g., charge-attack), it is actually easy to keep holding the W key together with the Shift key. *** Also, I prefer the left Alt key for "Skill", since it can be easily engaged with a thumb without taking your fingers off W/S/A/D to keep moving.

Just wanted to thank you so much for this guide. I always loved your New World stuff as well!

Dude these controls are amazing. Genius work, thanks! I did tab for targeting and middle mouse button for heavy as someone else in the comments suggested and it feels pretty fluid

As someone that played dark souls 3 half game on kb+mouse and the other half on controller, I must admit that controller is the way to go since the pc port of this games is not to good. However with this game I would like to turn back on using kb+mouse if I can come up with some decent setup. I do feel though that dodge is far more important than jump and I would keep it on space, but then I would need a good key for jump since to land a running jump attack with space(hold)+F+shift+left click is kind of crazy.

With 300+ hours in Lost Ark, I'm still finding myself mashing the "G" button on my keyboard on npc dialogues. 🤣

Thanks for this! Very helpful, Demone.

It was very confusing at first because i couldn't figure out how to parry and counterattack anymore. After trying some keys i found out it changed to rightmousebutton for holding the shield up and press F when the enemy attacked to counterattack. Thanks alot for these settings. This is indeed a improvement and makes the game a little easier.

Just some advice: move heavy attack to middle mouse button. This way you can do sprint charged attack with wasd directional input. This is important if you want to use spears and poke enemies at distance utilizing spears' range advantage.

Thx...made a couple of adjustments - worked wonders...the only annoying thing now - the dodge is soooooooo slow. I guess just have to readjust from other games where there is instant roll to this where roll is happening half an hour after U push the button XD

Just what I was looking for. Will give this a try.

Just started ER yesterday, was tinkering with the settings, heard the same sentiments of "it's made for controller" but back on track thx to you!

1:04 life changer thx

Pro tip: your left and right pocket slots are bound to shift+e+scroll up or down. With this you can mount and dismount quick or anything really.

Thanks for this. I was struggling to decide how I wanted to set up the keyboard/mouse controls for this game (I'm coming from playing this originally on Xbox) and I was able to get this set up to be 100% more comfortable thanks to your personal settings. It's appreciated!

Thank you so much. When I first started playing this game, I was confused with how the controls were set up. However, this video really helped, because now I can comfortably play this game with a keyboard and mouse with no problems at all. Thanks!

Hey, thanks it's great. I just can't find a way to bind the horse ring and it's rly frustrating same for spirits do you know how to do that ? Opening the menu everytime is such a pain.

In regards to the G502, I've found a few ways to optimize mouse and keyboard setup allowing both fluid and sensible gameplay. One of the things that bothers me the most is the innate mounted combat setup, where you are hitting right side with a left click and left side with a right click and trying to add in the heavies from there just becomes a nightmare. Along with the quick slot functionality that the "Event Action" key tries to provide. The thought is there, but the execution for keyboard and mouse setups is atrocious at best, especially on default. However, it is manageable especially more so with better than standard mice. If you have a back and forward side button mouse, this can still prove to be a nightmare. Though, the wired 502 is inexpensive enough in comparison to it's competition that it is rather accessible. Realistically, though, I don't feel this should even be necessary for the game to have better functionality than it does. Until FromSoftware does anything about these problems and rather extensively changes their lack of support, there are very few things we can do about it, but I've found a few semi-optimal setups: *Move* _Setup 1 - Setup 2_ Movement Control: Ctrl - Alt/V Backstep, Dodge Roll, Dash: Shift - Space Jump: Space - Shift Crouch/Stand Up: Alt/V - Ctrl There are two ways to go about this, with the alternative and my preferred layout, mostly due to my time playing kb&m exclusively on DS3, following the dashes. This leaves your most likely combinations easily accessible together regardless of the layout you choose. Walking (movement control) seems to be laregly replaced by crouching so an assignment on Alt or V allows accessibility with the same finger used for it's least likely partner - dodge - and easy access with crouch. Sprinting while crouching which can become tedious to utilize often if they share the same finger. Jump being on Shift may feel odd at first, but it's not utilized so often that it's difficult to press, and you will rarely if never use it together with crouching and even if you do likely won't require pinpoint timing. V could also be replaced with Alt in both scenarios and function well. Changing consistency of keystrokes with Space is far easier, and dodging tends to feel a lot more natural with it once you've broken old habits, but holding to sprint for long periods feels more natural with the pinky. However, and probably the biggest argument against this is that when you sprint on horseback you will be spamming the button significantly more, which you will spend plenty of time doing so Space for dodge and dash is more viable than it was in DS3. This also allows you to dismount while sprinting without stopping first. An improvement here would be being able to bind two keyboard keys, or maybe two for both, on each action so for things like Backstep/Dodge/Dash you could have two different keybinds for different situations, just as you have here. This would also be useful for the Event Action, but they would need to code in allowing removal of its bindings unless it's the last binding, or it would be annoying to navigate especially when working on an efficient setup for yourself. *Camera Controls* Reset Camera, Lock-On/Remove Target: Alt/V and Middle Mouse With setup 1 on the Move controls, placing Alt or V (and make crouch Alt) here allows a movement-hindering free way of locking on/off. This is mostly preference, but you don't want it to remove fingers from W, A, or D. Really, this is where most of the difficulty comes into binding. *Switch Armament* Switch Sorcery/Incantation: R and Mouse Wheel Up Switch Item: F and Mouse Wheel Down Switch Right-Hand Armament: 3 Switch Left-Hand Armament: 1 I have spells and items double bound so that you can hold F or R in a pinch to reset the cycle, but honestly using the wheel has always proven effective and you keep free range of motion. On the other hand, switching armaments can be more difficult. With the 502, you can also bind 1 and 3 to the side wheel buttons, giving you more freedom in that department. *Attack* Attack (RH Light): Left Click Strong Attack (RH Heavy): Right Click Guard (LH Light): MB5 (Forward) Skill (LH Heavy): MB4 (Back) Use Item: Z With the e502, I have the "Event Action" keybind also bound to the "DPI Shift" side button. So, E. You could essentially exclusively use this action on the mouse, but it will feel very odd in contrast to other games. Mostly, the reason for having it on the side mouse button is to maintain movement while switching weapon stances but I do personally like it for snatching items on the run. On that note, however, it may be difficult for people to hit the DPI Shift button and the Forward button at the same time (which 2-hands your left slot). For me personally, this is a non-issue. Having the attacks setup in this fashion essentially creates an arc on the left side of your mouse, and it spreads as such from left to right - Skill/LH Heavy - Guard/LH Light - Attack/RH Light - Strong Attack/RH Heavy. For standard combat this can be a bit odd to get used to but it is fully functional and still makes complete sense while on horseback. Innately, the keybind setup is lackluster as fuck on horseback, and this solves that problem while remaining relevant in grounded combat. I've spent just as much time in game playing with different keybind setups and on different mice as I have actually playing (about 70 hours now), and this is probably the most comfortable I've been able to make the 502 for myself. If we had hotkeys, an MMO mouse would likely feel good here. I would assume hotkeys would be limited. Say, the 4 quickslots you get with the "Event Action" and maybe quickslots for Gestures (would be nice to at least have a couple). Even a 6 button mouse would work great with that, but the lack of quickslots is one of the biggest things being held back in our keybind department. As well as the option for other binds on stance swapping. I believe, though, that the option should remain to keep the "Event Action" key the way it functions now for anyone who does like it. However, I do not. I would be fine without the quickslots, but from the beginning I hated having to hold E while trying to stay on the move just to swap stance. I've tried a controller, but I absolutely hate it as well. I'm more okay with not having a map or menu bind than I am some of the combat and movement hiccups and the need to combo buttons that can interfere with movement really hold the potential back for how smoothly we could be playing. The old "Two-Hand Weapon" keybind from DS3 would be an improvement here.

Thanks for this! was going crazy trying to learn the controller. Came from PC games like the Elder Scrolls where I played keyboard and mouse. Can't wait to program settings. Now to learn to exit and save game. Love your settings! So much like ESO

That "device for on screen promps" setting SAVED MY LIFE. God i was so frustrated. This video is a gem. Im not going out and buying a controller for a single pc game lmao. Ty so much!!

But you forgot how to control and setup your "hold e" hotkeys which let you use specific items/summons without having to go through the item list and hit "r" For example, if I "hold e + mouse wheel down" i summon my dogs but "hold e + wheel up" and i summon Torrent.

From Software should paypal you a few thousand dollars for doing their work for them

Great guide ty Demone !!

Love it that is exactly what I was looking for

Thank you so much for this! Appreciated :)

Thank you very much for this video, I'm an ESDF enjoyer, and you really helped me figure some stuff out.

Thank you!! This was killer info

Thank you man, this was very helpful to me!

Amazing guide. Thank you so much!

many thanks for this. this has helped me a ton.

Yes, this makes much more sense. You did every change same as I was hoping to... very nice!

Dude, very very helpful, ty!

Thanks alot man really helped me out

Really helpful thanks bro

huge help. Thank you so much!!! Cheers!

Seriously thank you! I'm starting to get arthritis in my thumbs and need to play with mouse and keyboard. This is a HUGE help. I'm at level 55 now and feel like I'm getting pretty good without the controller.

SO helpful and entertaining too. Thank you!

Thank you for this - much appreciated!

So essential video ! Thank you so much

These look really intuitive for an exclusively mouse and keyboard person like me, thank you! I've been kinda on the fence about getting Elden Ring because I always thought it would be a nightmare to play without a controller (and I really, really don't like controllers for most games :D ), but now I'm pretty much decided to give it a try :)

This immediately improved my experienced by so much. Thanks for the video!

blessed me with this video! tyvm!

Good info man, really appreciate it

Really helped you're the man keep up the fire tutorials 🔥

Oh my god THANK YOU! I've been on pc for about two years now and this is my first time trying a fighter. I was soooo frustrated with the keybinds when I hopped in. This is a real life saver.

Thank you sir, just got the game for Christmas and was setting up my key bindings and this makes sense. One thing that drives me nuts is when a game switches keys to do things you're not use to it really screws with your muscle memory, like X to Crouch or F to Jump. THANKS AGAIN!

This was so helpful! Thanks

I just watched this 9 months later and it was the perfect video to get started on elden ring because I was really struggling with the controls as a noob to game

This was a life saver thank you so much

Thanks OG! This helped alot

I'm so glad I found this! Thank you!

This helped me so much, keep up the good work :)

Been watching on and off since summoners war gb10 guides man crazy to see you now great vid thanks it helped me a lot

Thanks alot!!! It really helped me find a good base and some ideas on how to bind everything, i switched my ability to x and crouch to CTRL as it got freed up by your settings ❤

Thank you, this helped me so much!!

Thanks for the tips!

Thank you man. This is great.

subbed for this video. thank you mate

Thank you so much man you have made everything easier

I REALLY appreciate you doing this!

This is a really helpful video. TY thumbs up

Awesome vid. Well explained and great settings

Now that was *really* helpful. Thanks for investing the time to make this.

Always the best content from Demone !! Thank you

Game changer. I was so lost with the combo button and mouse stuff. Thanks for the vid brother!

Dude. this video was a godsend.Thanks a ton

One of the best game tips videos ive watched

A Big Thank You! I play everything with a keyboard and mouse. I have a controller but haven't used one since having a PS1 gaming console. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to play with a keyboard and mouse in this game and would have to not only get used to playing a Souls game but also have to learn how to use a controller. I am so glad that you showed me it could be done.

This was a life saver dude THANKS

Very helpful, thank you!

This is very helpful. Thank you

You changed my entire experience with this game and with souls in general. Never expected that when I was looking for help playing this game with keyboard and mouse, lol. My dodge ability is a lot wider now.