I'm kinda the same as Wolf Canoe.

I could basically pull off all of King's chain throws consistently (yes, I know they're largely useless), but doing it on the control pad was really tough and took a lot of practice. I eventually just said screw it and mapped a lot of button inputs into the shoulder buttons.

If it were on an arcade stick, I'd say pre-programmed buttons are pretty lame over all. I'm sure there's exceptions, but as a general rule of thumb.