I probably won't be playing any soulslikes this weekend, but my partner and I are deep in the trenches of Warframe, having traded one free2play addiction for another :D we're currently still clearing the star chart and doing all the main missions.
I've recently built Volt and Wukong and am currently getting Volt to 30 (might use him as a base once I can subsume Warframes). After that, I'll switch to Wukong for some leveling. That's the Warframe I've been saving up materials for for a while, so I'm looking forward to dipping my toes in there. Also earned my first platinum yesterday, so we might end up doing more Void Fissures for some more easy platinum. My partner apparently got a super rare mod on one of our missions that's only got like a 1% drop chance and sells for around 100 plat on the market which is crazy.
So for me, it took several attempts to get into soulslikes. Bloodborne was my first and my first attempt went ok I think. I got to Papa G and then called it a day because I thought I knew where I had to go - a corridor were I'd get ambushed by enemies jumpscare style, which was more or less fabricated lol - but then just stopped playing lol. Same goes for Sekiro which I ended up sticking with after three separate new playthroughs as well as several years between each. Bloodborne got quite hard by the end, but I managed somehow, and yet, Sekiro was a whole different beast. It challenged me in ways I could not have imagined prior. Hence, I'd say that Sekiro definitely was the one game that pushed me to my limits and had me "git gud" somewhat and prepared me for soulslikes to come. Not so much in terms of level design, finding my way around a complicated map, or using a specific build, since all of these are either nonexistent or not huge focuses of the game, but definitely in terms of hard mechanics and micro.
Which one was it for you? How did it make you a better player?
My best teacher in all Souls games was still Central Yharnam, the first level in my first Souls game Bloodborne. Best teacher for environments -- dealing with groups of enemies, unlocking shortcuts, the whole nine yards. Also the two bosses Cleric Beast teaches you how to deal with giant enemies and Papa G humanoid ones.
(Is this truly "git gud?" Well, still the Central Yharnam prepared me for my journey through Souls games.)
Another thing that could fall in the category of me "getting gud": my first Rune Level 1 of Elden Ring. This was the first challenge run I did in a Souls game. I did at one point seriously plan to do a BL4 run of Bloodborne, but still to this day haven't done that. I think what my first RL1 really taught me was build making and looking for creative solutions. I did now RL1 Elden Ring multiple times and also SL1 DS3. Challenge runs in Souls games are really fun, it turns out. I even beat Elden Ring Randomizer at RL1 (that was so much fun).
I did not have time to play any Souls games this weekend. I did play a bit of DS3 during the week but didn't have time this weekend and probably won't have time in the near future due to irl stuff.