The combat of many Souslikes / Soulsborne aren't better or worse just different!
I see people throwing around claims like "Nioh 2 has better combat then "x" or "Khazan has the best combat of any soulslike," such claims I feel detract from the genre.
Rather I feel like many of the greatest soulslikes have vastly different combat with different emphasis on speed and flow. Example Soulsborne titles like Elden Ring are quite different from the more action-y fast pace of Nioh or Khazan, neither is objectively better as a whole just fit different people.
TLDR; Combat often times is neither better or worse, just different, it is hard to objectively say which is the best since they fit so many different people.