Oh wow, I've actually been playing DS3 for nearly two months now. Still at it, too. I got as far as the Consumed King's Garden on my first character (mostly a knight type, quality build, greatsword, shield, etc), then was like 'ehhhh' and started again with a Pyromancer, which seems to be going a lot more smoothly - in part because I know the levels now, in part because I know more about the enemies. Currently just got Pontiff, I yolo'd him with three NPC summons helping me,
. He still took a while to kill though!
I also got the DLC, I'll probably get started on Ashes soonish (the guide says that one's doable at around lvl 60 or so, which I am now). There should be a good pyromancer weapon in there (scales with int / faith), right now I'm still using the Deep Axe, which is another one of those things that you can get veeery early on, but you sorta have to know how / why (it involves either being fast and avoiding a dragon's fire completely, or being slow and just rolling / yolo-ing through the fire, and killing a Mimic. Speaking of, why is every chest in this game a mimic? It's supposed to be a surprise! HECK!)