Ah I see. The game pad camera controls are a little sluggish compared to the mouse with the same sensitivity and I haven't yet figured out how to split them, so you need to tweak the sensitivity a bit for it to feel good.
As for telegraphing, the attacks themselves are intentionally a little fast to react to (although I think with sound cues it'll be much more doable). I think it works okay if you treat the enemies' approaching to attack range as part of the windup.