Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
They absolutely do...

Just like pro players in fighting games spend an insane amount of time in training mode looking at frame data and learning what can be crushed/throw punished/strike punished.
Not to mention people who play for example: The Soul's Series, who dump hour after hour into understanding and mastering weapons to analyze there strengths and weaknesses. So if a weapon is way undertuned (Ultra Greatswords in Elden Ring) they can be pointed out and be fixed for their's and other's benefit.