You know what they should have done for the Tomb Raider games in regards to combat.
They should have made the combat customizable like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
{In the latest Star Wars game with Cal Kestis, you can change between using one saber or using double-sided like the first game but it doesn't stop there.
The dual wield is better. It's not temporary like the first game which only has 2 stances (single and double-sided) and the dual wield is temporarily separating the double-sided saber to use as two before putting it back to be one.
The dual wield here, you can wield both sabers separate from each other for as long as you want as a stance of it's own separate from the double-sided stance that still exists there.
You can also wield one lightsaber in a cross guard stance holding it with two hands to fight differently than when holding with one.
The last of the five stances is the blaster stance which is blaster in one hand for long range and lightsaber in the other hand for deflection, parry and close range fights.
And you can use two stances together, just have to select which combinations go well like cross guard and double-sided stances, or blaster and dual wield etc.}
Now imagine, with that idea, apply it to Tomb Raider games.
She's famous for her dual wield guns, and lately, she's also famous for her climbing axes that have several uses (trip people, slide down ziplines, climb ice and rocky surfaces, break stuff, stab people etc.).
She also has bow and arrows that she uses almost as frequently as her climbing axes in the new games.
She has other weapons like knives and even uses shotguns and other types of firearms (even though they are probably weapons she picked from enemies as she killed them with either her climbing axes or her bow and arrows or 2 guns).
If the makers can do it like Jedi Survivor. She has multiple stances from all the weapons in her possession.
Dual wield gun stance, dual wield climbing axes stance, gun and climbing axe stance, knife and gun stance, knife and axe stance etc. with each stance changing the move set and strengths and weaknesses then the combat will be significantly improved in my opinion.