There is rshittydadreflexes but that ' s specific to children in predicaments <| sep |> 1 You can upgrade weapons after you find the blacksmith , in my experience just upgrade as soon as possible as it gets easier to acquire the upgrade materials later in the game . 2 Parrying is useful for 12 bosses , but mostly used for Black Knights stronger standard enemies in late game and PvP . 3 Aiming gets easier , otherwise there is a lock on option , which if I recall is Q by default on keyboard , but it might just have be what I changed it to . 4 Humanity can be easily farmed in the midlate game , but hoard it a bit , in order to use coop if you get stuck . 5 You can leave a covenant using the priest of s Velka that you unlock after the 1 st boss fight the s GargoylesAs for useful covenants while hollow , there is only one that I can think of and thats the s Chaos Servant one you unlock after the boss in the swamp area .