The unbalanced advantage of game controllers and how to make keyboard play better.

[Shurrikhan]

Wait, what? You have 10 bars to bind as you see fit...
For me:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, cZ, cX, cC, cV, csZ, csX - bar 1
s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, sR, sF, sC, sV, sB, sT, sY, sG - bar 2
c1, c2, c3, c4, aS, aD, aF, aG, aX, aC, aV, aB - bar 3

1. Figure out how many bars you need (hint: 3 + optional mouse bar?)
2. Stack and scale them for comfortable visual presence
3. Bind them
4. Slot abilities
...Takes all of 3-5 minutes?

I usually feel disadvantaged when using the controller, not the other way around. Feels about the same as pure KB to me. I usually don't find that controller has any advantage, even in steering during movement, if you have comfortable binds for lock-on and/or legacy/character-based control swap.

That said, I certainly wouldn't mind the options you've mentioned.