@SlendyRaizex tools are there in game for a reason, and if your goal is just to complete the game, then there is absolutely no reason not to use the tools you're given.
I play 80% for the story, 20% for the gameplay. And I tried Ornstein and Smough in Dark Souls exactly once before saying "nope" and getting a killteam of my friends together to cheese them.
Because in dark souls, there's not actually any such thing as cheese - any way you want to succeed is fine.
You don't grow as a person by memorising one boss's moves and hitboxes over the course of two weeks of gameplay until you can beat it naked with a broken sword. That learning doesn't benefit you anywhere except in that game.
Life is short. Shortcuts are only bad if you rely on them to the point where you can't do without them. And the time saved with shortcuts can help immensely in doing the things you actually like.