@@xxlavenderxx8298 thanks!

@@romanshorif2330 that's DS1 sorcery for ya. The DLC bosses aren't quite that weak to it, though, but I did destroy Artorias on this run and beat the rest as well, the videos are all up.

@@Drixiem surprisingly high? Surprisingly low? If the former, I'm stacking lots of INT, bellowing dragoncrest ring, tin crystallization catalyst and Dusk's crown, all of which boost magic. If the latter, it's NG+ and ol' Arty has a bigger HP pool than in NG. Though I do suppose you mean the former. Sorcery is kinda OP in DS1.

@@gmorflord i didnt expect that high of damge, congrats btw

@@Drixiem thanks!

@@CarmenQuincy-g2h say what?

@@jesusvera7941 now, first of all, this video is like 3 weeks old and I have actually beaten the boss 2 weeks ago. That said, I admit I didn't learn it near perfectly yet, let alone know when it's actually safe to do the jumping twinblade attack, which is the basis of my playstyle (on this character; I'll try other styles on other characters when I get there). Having said that, I did feel like this boss was too hard when I first faced him, but hours of training proved him doable indeed. Still really hard, mind, but ultimately doable.

@@gmorflord definitely, it is doable and very very cool, from the music, the visuals, the attacks look neat and avoiding them feels so rewarding, but i have seen some technical data, like hitboxes and frame analysis and there is some attacks that are quite cheap, the sole fact that the holy rays deal poise damage is quite a exaggeration that fall into the definition of artificial difficulty.

@@jesusvera7941 fair point. Then again, people are already no-hitting him. If I thought myself actually good at playing this game, I might be of the opinion that he is too difficult.

@@gmorflord well im not a fan of the argument: "there is a guy who played the whole the game naked and with only fists", because those are freaks... skilled, dedicated and with razor sharp reflexes, even then, no-hit-ers have agility enchanced builds, the average player depends on making mistakes and being able to recover from them, it feels better when the boss is a little forgiving, just a little, something malenia and radahn are strangers to.

@@jesusvera7941 I don't disagree with you that it's a small subset of players who can no-hit the boss, all I'm saying is it can be done. Also, I think different builds are better equipped to deal with different things. Like, I did decent damage even though I had to sacrifice at least one of my damage talismans to equip the better rolls talisman, but on the other hand that made me even more of a glass cannon. In other words, this is not a build I would recommend to people playing this for the first time.

@@AstonishingRed indeed. I spend a lot of my idle time at work watching soulsborne playthroughs and I can relate 100%.

@@bonk9614 in my estimate just finding an opening to summon the mimic was pretty difficult already. I've heard parrying and guard counters work well, though I've not tried any shield strats myself.

​@@gmorflordwhy would you need to change your style to beat a single mandatory boss? you are using double twinblades, a shield can not fit in your strategy, changing talismans is already too much.

@@jesusvera7941 I'm not saying I'm going to change my strats, I'm giving ideas to others who might be struggling. I did in fact beat the boss already two weeks ago using these exact strats (this video is like 3 weeks old at this point) but the backlog of videos I have coming up mean it won't come out until early October.

@@KishorTwist I haven't played DS2 or 3 yet, so I can't speak for them, but in DS1 it's pretty good fun, I wholly recommend it.

@@para-noxis bleed works against him very well but it's a double edged sword since he also gets a buff every time there's a bleed proc in the vicinity, including if it procs on him. It's no problem, though, if you can proc a bleed on most of your hits. I just did him the other day dual wielding blood infused twinblades and I don't think he got as far as 'unus' (and I had the purifying tear in my physick flask just in case, which I could've replaced with something else to do even more damage). It almost felt like cheating. I'll get to uploading the clip in the future.

@@gmorflord I know about the buff -.- still bleed works very well against him that is true.

@@para-noxis yep, it's also a good incentive to learn to not get hit. :P

@@IOSARBX thanks!

@@omygod8637 it's a really cool fight.

@@SifGuguk good question, though I'm afraid I don't know the answer. I've never played the original, though I do own PtDE on Steam, so I might give it a try at some point to see if there's a difference.

Likely it's related to the FPS boost remastered got.

@@MassiveKittenFire-vw1cw could be, though a cursory googling provided no relevant results. Also, apparently dex will not affect casting speed until it's 35 or more. That would be a hefty investment for a sorc run.

@@gmorflord I always heard *maximum*** of 26. Where'd you hear minimum 35?

@@MassiveKittenFire-vw1cw cursory googling led me to this, which says dex affects casting speed from 35 to 45: darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Dexterity#:~:text=Dexterity%20only%20affects%20casting%20speed,of%20Peace%20are%20not%20affected. It's fextra, mind, so take that with a grain of salt.

@@imshreksy4734 yeah, I've learned that since. But also if you're running sorcery, you can parry him once and spam about 3 dark beads from point blank range, probably fewer with RTSR setup, which I haven't tried myself yet, and there's not a whole lot he can do. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4uTeIutf9KbgtEsi=9PNK9NXnycRGKaJY

@@gmorflord lol, he couldn't even attack

@@wisdomreigns8704 thanks! I've had a lot of practice.

@@sen_pa_9265 I only know the one where you climb up the ladder and immediately shoot him 3 or 4 times until he falls down and that's not very exciting. Is there another way?

@@gmorflord actually I can't shoot him i have a short range shotgun How do i get that gun?

@@sen_pa_9265 you can buy it from the messenger shop in Hunter's Dream after you find the Saw Hunter Badge (in the sewers in Central Yharnam, where the pig is). Or you can just ignore him for now, since he can only shoot at you for the first half of the area, and come back the back way after killing Darkbeast Paarl and he'll be friendly.

Climb up a later amd spam pistol on him till he falls

@@Aaron_Walker_011 I've yet to try a high poise facetank run. Maybe some day.

@@gmorflord Good luck. It is fun too, casually drinking an estus while being attacked, since own poise is too high to be staggered out of estus animation.

@@Aaron_Walker_011 Thanks! I can imagine.

@@Aaron_Walker_011 in retrospect, I agree. I saved that for Gwyn, though.

@@jeremiahmccutcheon3234 probably not everything, but there's a lot to collect along the way and I'm far from skilled enough to get through the game at a low level.

@@PpNose-x8q cool.

@@GaryDavid-bz3om to me it seems more like rules lawyering.

Sounds like that is a kind of easy mode.

Fr, only thing he does is brag and cry but refuses to change his build or explore

But mostly, he refuses to learn

Yep. I'm not very good at these games, so I probably couldn't pull off something like that, but I do find it very fascinating how people bend these games over their knee.

Indeed. Looks like they went to the dlc early, cheesed Simon for his bowblade, boosted nothing but bloodtinge, maybe did some chalice dungeon diving for good gems and did all that while staying in summon range for bsb. I dunno if bone marrow ash works on the bowblade, but if it does, I'm pretty sure it was utilized too.

Thanks! This is old footage, I got the throne in March.

Oh, I wish. On top of that, I play on a Playstation, though I do have both the PtDE and Remastered on Steam. Maybe I'll get around to trying out mods one day. Also, thanks!

There's some going on even now, at least on PS. Certainly less than when the game was new, but I never saw that as I only started playing 2 years ago.

@@gmorflord sadly i play on xbox :(

@@Calvagh-07 dang! But if I had to venture a guess, I'd say there's probably still some active playerbase left even on xbox.

Makes it a hell of a lot easier. Optimal would be if you could have voice communication to help with signaling when you're in positions.

Thank you!

Thanks! I found out much later that there was another one of these guys in the Siofra River as well, something for the next run. The one in the Lake of Rot wasn't as cool because of the environment. Did you know that the mimic tear summon can't get back up on the platforms if during the fight it goes into the rot? Luckily, it doesn't get rotted.

Yup. Small wonder, though.

I'm not aware of the particulars, but get to Pinwheel early enough and it's less of a joke. I've died to Pinwheel a couple times, too.

Good to hear. These games are special.

I recorded this from my first playthrough, which was late 2022. At that point I had been actively at it for a few weeks or so (as a guy with a day job and hobbies, I don't have an overabundance of gaming time). Since then, I've clocked more than 300 hours in DSR.

Thanks!

Yeah. There are ways you can position yourself to not get burned instantly, some cheesier and some less cheesy, but I've not learned them yet. Instead, I went for blitzkrieg tactics, which backfired. But I've cut the Hellkite Drake's tail from under the bridge with dark bead previously. Shoot the tail while the drake is sitting on top of the building, which will make it hop down and bring the tail momentarily over the side of the bridge where you can shoot it with a well-aimed blast.

Exactly. "Do I need anything on that side? No. Did I take the master key? No. Fuck!"

Yeah, that was my first time fighting Capra back in 2022. I've since fought Capra some 20 times and platted the game.

I only have experience with DS1 so far, but the tradeoff is that you need to know what you're doing. But it's certainly op is DS1.

@@gmorflord oh trust me, 💀 it is totally broken in Elden ring and Dark souls 3. Dark souls 2 is good but still kinda balanced.

@@Mike-km9jz I believe you.

So it would seem, although I may have fucked up there by talking to him and resting at the bonfire.

I don't know. Probably not especially, just that the amount of damage I'm dealing is that good. He's not especially strong anyway, get a +10 weapon and it's something like reach him 3 times and hack away until he teleports away and he's done.

I heard Miyazaki was inspired by just that.