Elden Ring Needs Easy Mode

Elden Ring has successfully pissed me off. I think this game has potential to be great. But currently, I hate it
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[@duskyer]

Thing about this is that it's open world. You don't HAVE to fight him right now. You can leave and then come back later when you're stronger.

[@ArachnidGaming]

Took me about 8 to 15 deaths too remember that as well 😅

[@DardellX]

Yeah, I'm sorry, but people can be so stupid sometimes, you can go ANYWHERE you want on the map, get so much better spells, weapons and like oneshot him later, you can't really do that in Dark Souls. It's like if you can't solve hard math equation and don't have the skill then maybe you have to learn some thing or two and the game lets you do exactly that, get some xp and skill by solving a little bit easier enemies and bosses and then try again. You have two options: git gud or skip the boss, explore huge map, have fun and lvl up, I just don't understand what are you so salty about. You can even beat the boss at the very start of the game you suppose die to if you want the challenge. It's just stupid: saying I don't want to level up and have the challenge and at the same time saying: oh no, this challenge is too hard, I want to cry...

[@watoyatoauto8526]

I guess everything is just easier in ER when you beat dark souls 3 100 times in New Game+ so many times

[@TheBigKaiju]

@@DardellX You're calling people stupid for playing a new game by the same developer similar to said developer's previous games. It's gonna take a while to break that habit for people

[@romerobritto9094]

🤫let there be entertainment🤫

[@Ninjasoulz]

Btw Afro, that "Sweet spot" you were talking about is bleed. Your weapon applies bleed on hit and once his bar fills, then it'll do a chunk of damage. And if you haven't yet I also recommend upgrading your weapon. The round table has a blacksmith you can upgrade it at. But there's also an anvil at the church you can upgrade to +3 by yourself. But anything further than that you need the blacksmith.

[@solar_cpg8833]

He also could get the jellyfish by going back to the broken down house on the hill and talking to the lady

[@sammy_1178]

is it worth upgrading my starting weapon? or should I wait to find other better weapons

[@solar_cpg8833]

@@sammy_1178 find other weapons for sure, don’t waste smithing stones Bc they aren’t easy to find imo

[@Ninjasoulz]

@@sammy_1178 depends... If you're going samurai, katana is always nice. Bleed is really good in the game, so I'd say upgrade. If you're going great swords, I recommend getting the bloodhound curved greatsword first, then upgrade that, but a really good weapon if you're using strength is the halberd you get from tree sentinel. Super good damage. Highly recommend it.

[@tronoankirayoshikage7331]

THANKS!!!!!!!

[@kevinferdian746]

"Dark Souls pro plays Elden Ring" "Elden Ring needs an easy mode" I'm laughing my ass off here.

[@LulutheJester]

Half of the fun is knowing the titles are gonna be hilarious

[@amrasculnamo7784]

dont lose your butt laughing it off... you'll need it for sitting down

[@1isdonovinduck118]

3:[0

[@1isdonovinduck118]

3:00

[@1isdonovinduck118]

6:00

[@f25mart]

Afro calling Margit, “Margaret” the whole fight had me rolling

[@krytzzz]

pun intended?

[@heavenlywithhishands]

You must be a very simple creature

[@TensaiV]

@@heavenlywithhishandsmy thoughts exactly

[@showregular111]

@@heavenlywithhishands aren't we all ?

[@invadernik]

9:40 always makes me 💀 every time

[@longsteinpufferbatch4949]

Your elden ring play through is probably the most entertaining one out of them all

[@MaxAndCheese0917]

Definitely

[@devinvarnum6086]

Without a shadow of a doubt I've been crying from laughing for the last hour

[@jb121391]

Rdc playthru funny too they do coop

[@Odshoorn]

The ending killed me 😂

[@sh4wtzy796]

fr

[@lnheritance]

The chunk of damage is bleed stacks (its a passive on your weapon). It takes 7 or 8 hits to proc if memory serves...

[@sometigfunny7155]

lmao nah he sit the sweet spot.

[@wilsonson_of_will2041]

Lmfao it amazes me how afro manages not to know most/any of fromsofts' 101 mechanics😂😭

[@smugkid1588]

Eh I'd say it is different for every scenario like for example if you fight a boss it will take more hits than like a small enemy where you only need like 3 hits. And some weapons give different amount of bleeding. Some have 50 others 55 and so on.

[@jadekaiser5823]

@@wilsonson_of_will2041 for real tho like hes played almost all the games an the mechanics arnt that different so it just blows my mind how bad he is

[@archer8433]

I just power stance daggers boy did I ruin some invaders with bleed

[@sunkanmifafowora9402]

"There's blood in my urine" "I'm pregnant" I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leeveney7773]

Haaaaa

[@donovan2723]

It doesn't sound good, but trust me, he's good for tonight!

[@Stryfe52]

“This gotta be one of my least powered-up Black History Months.”

[@Afrocypher9590]

*LMFAO*

[@revanknightjedi172]

17:20

[@luismatosjr.6880]

Afro I know you can do this. But remember Elden is open world explore, find magic, and gear. Also when you guard if you tap R2 at the right time you can get a guard counter which can stagger the enemy. It's like Seikiros posture meter but it's invisible. Also go to the church it's North of where you fought the knight get a crafting kit. Just some tips to help.

[@jasons3270]

elden ring is a boss fighting game in my eyes

[@withoutthejuice7193]

@@jasons3270 Cool? You still need to level up.

[@rotonek2887]

@@jasons3270 and? Theres still a lot of bosses in open world

[@Skype93]

@@withoutthejuice7193 rude

[@dannydesperado9211]

@@Skype93 that’s just facts tho. If you don’t level yourself and increase your build viability (unless you’re a cracked souls vet), prepare to die. A lot

[@jhightower]

I needed this so badly. It's so nice to see someone else get so worked up. So many videos out there all, "this boss is easy, watch." AfroSenju with the tidal wave of emmotions- "I got this!" "I don't got this" "YEAAA BOIII!" "NO NO NO NO NONONONO!" I feel validated as a human. Thank you. Plus this shit hysterical.

[@CliffordChaosGames]

You are literally me. Like wtf. Just if I was recording this would have been the game. I kept commenting and talking out loud by myself. Getting mad and talking shit on enemies. Getting cornered. Dying by trying really stupid shit. Loved it all. When a game brings out emotions. It's a good game. Also you're funny as shit. Best elden ring playthrough I've seen. I'm actually entertained by watching you.

[@JT-fz9wj]

Just to let you know your health is slightly decreased because of the embrace you gave the lady at the round table. To reverse it consume the item she gave you that increases poise at the expense of FP. Great vid man, you’re actually handling this boss comparatively well to many

[@thesamuraiman]

Wait, seriously? My hp has been decreased this entire time? 😂

[@darknessxlight1348]

@@thesamuraiman its just like 5 %

[@derrickdenby5139]

I never noticed that

[@thesamuraiman]

@@darknessxlight1348 Got'cha. Haha.

[@matthewmoseman8962]

Don't call me out like that.

[@ksa34300ify]

9:14 your katana does bleed damage, it’s like a hidden bar on enemies that when complete they bleed a chunk of health, there is no sweet spot you juts gotta keep attacking non stop

[@getikiakusomai2566]

Or he go get the blood art on his weapon. Plus there's a better Katana somewhere else.

[@LulutheJester]

@Getikia Kusomai the Samurai weapon comes with bleed already plus he hadn't played enough/explored to find that i don't think

[@zghostly_]

Nahh he definitely hit a sweet spot

[@HunchoxPlays]

The main reason why I love videos like this in these kinda games isn't because I like laughing at Afros pain (although it is HILARIOUS content lmao) it's mainly because it lets me know that I'm really not THAT dog water and the game really is just THAT hard 🤣

[@chriserrickson3412]

Ehhhhhh, prolly still dog water if you are having a playthrough like him💀💀💀

[@fatboyinc.5771]

It took me 4 try’s on margit 3 on godrick just use brain

[@HunchoxPlays]

@@chriserrickson3412 lol i never said mine was going like his, just that dying to bosses isn’t as demoralizing when I see other people are struggling too

[@HunchoxPlays]

@TheFallenRuler true but tbf at this point we all know Afro doesn’t ready the tips in game lol completely trial by error and yea that’s hilarious to me 😂

[@WhatIfMessmerHadAChargeBlade]

for anyone who wants to know, press L1 while holding triangle/Y and youll 2 hand whats in your left hand. this small change makes a world of a difference mid combat

[@Kaodusanya]

god that ending im dead. BTW you can summon a companion and a soul that helps alot. Im surprised he even got that close to killing margit alone.

[@Art_Vandalay97]

After about 60 tries I gave in and summoned help. I feel like it’s cheating to not solo every boss battle but I just couldn’t handle it. I spent like 4 hours leveling up to go back and fight Margit and he still beat my ass. This game is evil.

[@terichix8494]

@@Art_Vandalay97 dont grind for runes trust me its not worth it. Go around and gather things like weapons and gear, along the way youll get runes. Theres also a speedrunner path thats super easy to do and gets you an amazing talisman and easy 80k runes in like 5-10 min

[@hoang2312]

@@Art_Vandalay97 hey a win is a win, it's a souls game. "A shinobi should know the difference between honor and victory" - Geniboi

[@DungEnjoyerr]

@@Art_Vandalay97 Oh my god you want to survive such a cheater

[@Kmaitland89]

This aged poorly. Shit ain't even that hard.

[@I_Just_Like_Neat_Stuff]

--->List of advise if you want it 1: There's a tutorial area I think you missed at the start of the map. In the cave where you started out in. One with the giant stone elevator. 2: The "sweet spot" was the Bleed effect on your Uchikatana from multiple hits in a row. 3: R2 L2 and other strong attacks build of the enemies secret Posture Bar for a critical hit. Mixing it up is the way to go, try not to R1 spam too much. 4: Don't be afraid to block. Even with your Uchikatana. A successful block followed by R2 will initiate a guard counter. Good for dealing posture damage. 5: Y or Triangle while pressing either LB or RB will switch hands or two hand weapons.

[@juansnowgaming]

The only playthrough that matters. Been waiting for you to play this. You’re a huge inspiration to me and my gaming channel

[@joarpu2]

Right, I'm refusing to watch anyone else play for him

[@Akilla02]

@@joarpu2 it hard for me I basically have to turn off everything so I don't see anyone else video on this game

[@spenddollarzent]

Gaming channel for 5 years and stuck at 1K you need to re evaluate what you doing

[@yooonylaK]

@@spenddollarzent and you come on here to hate on someone’s channel re-evaluate what you’re doing lmao

[@sulisuli35]

@@spenddollarzent I’m wondering why you even felt the need to point that out

[@theassassin8397]

Afro: *Rages at game for being hard* Also Afro: *Hasn't leveled up Lol still love the vids!

[@getikiakusomai2566]

Lol ikr. I watch these vids. So I know where not to get fucked up at lol

[@LulutheJester]

It's Afro would we love him if he didn't do silly things

[@rokmare]

Actually he did pretty well without the sorcerer's help or summons if he had those he probably beat it already.

[@supasulu1699]

17:50- that long pause and then “oh no” sentence took me out💀💀💀

[@Chico4k]

Shoutout to the lowercase scream at 9:42 I love this man’s content 💀

[@menmauzumaki007]

Yo the first 5 seconds already got me weak lmao. Excited to keep watching you play Afro!

[@wherethewatermeetstheshade]

All this talk from afro about I played sekiro now that shows lol

[@menmauzumaki007]

@@wherethewatermeetstheshade 😂😂

[@slurpingmario8006]

Afro not knowing that the weapon he has does bleeding is killing me

[@certifedcupcake]

also not knowing that he can go literally anywhere, and just fast travel out of roundtable lmfaooooo

[@LulutheJester]

@@certifedcupcake yeah he hasn't wrapped his head around the open world aspect like others. They keep thinking they're playing DS. Growing pains

[@unxpatedshot7537]

Nether did I now time to upgrade it

[@slurpingmario8006]

@@unxpatedshot7537 well ya learn something new everyday

[@lilluna868]

@@LulutheJester hey it took me a while to incorporate the jump into my attack and dodge game because I'm so used to not having one in these games.

[@braxalus]

1. You should go back to the Church and get your summoning bell. The 3 wolves that you can summon help tremendously. 2. Before you go into the fight, there should be a golden summon which summons a NPC 3. Use the jump heavy attacks. 3-4 heavy attacks or guard counters staggers Margit. When he staggers, it's a free crit(from the front, not his back).

[@charliebaker1427]

he should be punishing with the unsheathe heavy from the uchigatana as that eats like everyones ass if you time it right, 26 hours in It was my signature move with a +7 keen one with a dex vigour build lol

[@Amb252]

Yeah the summoning bell was my best friend 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonathanaase934]

17:04 his throat getting obligarated

[@captainmimix6320]

17:25 "I'm bout to give birth"

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

The feeling you get from beating a boss you've been stuck on for a while is unmatched

[@nimz8521]

That's like saying that after beating your head against a wall, it feels good to stop. You're not wrong.

[@Trilogy-]

it’s the most cathartic feeling

[@farianandadiratama]

@@nimz8521 dude it's not really like that, holy crap you make it worst

[@nimz8521]

@@farianandadiratama That's the thing. Some people play games like this and feel like they've accomplished something by beating a difficult boss. Other people play it and feel relieved that they don't have to play that portion again. To me the "souls-likes" remind me of Too Human in the absolute worst way. The gameplay is so terrible that I don't want to actually play the game but the visuals and lore are interesting enough to watch someone else play it. The funny part is that Jedi Fallen Order has scalable difficulty and loses absolutely nothing from the experience. Fallen Order makes From Software's games worse simply by existing. Respawn makes From look downright lazy by comparison.

[@yungbreezy9033]

@@nimz8521 bro if this game is too hard for you just say that LMAO no need to try and tear down the game simply because you can’t seem to figure out how to win. The appeal of these games is that it’s supposed to be hard. If you can’t see that then it’s just not for you

[@erikmejia223]

i know he said no judgement but man it’s tough lol I’m not even fighting Margaret yet I’m just exploring the world and leveling up, getting my weapons up and everything’s getting my flasks up, doing everything and anything I can to be strong before I even move forward with the story It’s open world for a reason, explore, level up, practice, it doesn’t need to be hard, it’s obviously gonna be hard if you just go straight from the beginning to Margaret

[@yelsgup3541]

i agree, there shouldnt be any pressure to grind through the main story right off the bat. some people like exploring more first and others like fighting bosses first. im doing a mixture of both; i killed margit, but im still exploring limgrave and caelid at my own pace. this game is amazing and it makes me happy that everyone else loves it too

[@Aurorien]

Margaret 💀💀💀

[@erikmejia223]

@@Aurorien lmaoo autocorrect man what can I say

[@Aurorien]

@@erikmejia223 don't edit it, it's funny

[@chadb1866]

This^...gotta explore and build up your shit. I tried Margit early in game a few times and got rekt, but after upgrading my flasks, weapons, and stats, I took that mofo down...it wasnt super easy, but got it on the 3rd time after I was all leveled up and shit.

[@PapaBerto]

This upload caught me with no SNACKS.

[@cheshuges8420]

😮‍💨😮‍💨 tuff times😂

[@nipponji]

Peak KZbinrs interacting with each other, love your videos, Berto!

[@GamersOTlive]

That feeling of being 1 hit away from victory...then dying...I felt your pain in that moment.

[@lucasd1646]

Tip for the tree sentry, keep to his shield side, it makes this fight much easier.

[@toxiczebra5920]

You slowly loosing your sanity is keeping mine intact. Thanks for these videos Afro.💯 Fromsoft's feeling after beating a boss is still not beaten

[@sodjthethird7349]

You haven't leveled up and you missed the tutorial cave so you're not using all the attacks you can use. Go back to the cave you was in to find out the controls. The Uchigatana also has bleed so be aggressive when you can to apply bleed damage

[@donemu9096]

He also missed the merchant lmao

[@deadbymeme2311]

@@donemu9096 he missed everything

[@sul3069]

At least he's having fun tho

[@rattyattata]

Wait there’s a tutorial cave? I have over 75 hours and i didnt know about this

[@sodjthethird7349]

@@rattyattata lol yh it's easy to miss, it's to the right of the cave you start in

[@tonystartk8793]

Everyone needs to remember it’s open world, you NEED to go explore. Explored before i fought anyone and my minimum deaths was like 6 times per fight. And I’m pretty far ahead rn never played any of the souls. The stronger you are the easier the fights

[@getikiakusomai2566]

I think it goes for any game. Always level up. U would think he would know that by now. Especially with these type of games

[@swagman2001]

That’s what I am trying to do getting weapons and levling up

[@ragingnep]

Where's the fun in that? I'm not playing a from soft game to give up and go level up just because a boss is challenging.

[@ItsJusReese]

“So your a liar” had me dying😂 7:56

[@thisblackguylol9004]

6:50 that Sifu training really coming thru when you don't need it!

[@81stCommander]

The problem is you're trying to fight like its Dark Souls, by only using lights. You need to utilise heavy attacks and the jumping attack for the stun.

[@mavvynne444]

True

[@BudgetBully504]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@KalvinKoolAidKool]

It’s not necessary to use jump in bosses haven’t encountered a boss where their attacks required a jump lol plus he’s using a dex weapon I doubt heavy attacks is even necessary for a dex weapon that does bleed build up damage he can just spam light and get that bleed build

[@81stCommander]

@@KalvinKoolAidKool you're not "required" to do anything. But fromsoft have better balanced the combat in elden ring, so heavy attacks are worth using now.

[@a.garcha199]

@@KalvinKoolAidKool ? Godrick literally has an attack you jump over to avoid lol

[@AikijinX]

This gonna be Afro’s next big Sekiro-like (failure to triumph) mega era game!! So hype to keep watching episodes!!! And watching him slowly improve like he did in Sekiro

[@es2cs]

The scythe wielding npc “invader” was actually easy if you keep distance, use unsheathe with right trigger, then instantly roll away to keep distance and repeat. Using katana for me has been about keeping distance, getting a fast slash or two in, then rolling away. Has worked against countless mini bosses around the entire map, dragons, and two main bosses.

[@sujiakuma5198]

Very pussy play style but a wins a win I suppose.

[@yuch4eve]

He rolled into me then i caught him with katana r1 spam and he died immediately lmao

[@bofi1280]

@@sujiakuma5198 It's smart, not pussy. Pussy play style would be using hacks or somethin like that.

[@FecalMatador]

@@sujiakuma5198 so dodging is pussy with melee? So what’s the alpha move? Cast spells and rolls away?

[@sujiakuma5198]

@@bofi1280 Nah buddy I didn't need to do all that to beat it 😂

[@lsb0119]

14:25 that's the purest despair i have ever watched in any video on youtube ever

[@jacklelee4940]

4:50 The funny part is the fact that Mad Albert only does frost damage, so you can't block him, to make it worse I fought him as a low lvl faith pyromancer and had use my runes without leveling up... 6:11 Went into a bedroom with a dead person, got syphilis, then got got by mad tounge Alberich.

[@hegatinekul8196]

14:37 now I wish I could cuss musical notes XD

[@barkolysage9176]

I laughed so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Orain88]

Margit doesn't have a weak spot, you're weapon has a bleed effect. Once enemies build up enough bleed status from quick consecutive hits it does a big chunk of damage.

[@soysaucesquared906]

I bet that 2 episodes from now the titles gonna be called "Elden Ring is too easy . . ."

[@soumyadipghosh3440]

"Elden ring needs a hard mode"

[@brianc6884]

5:15 I unknowingly plunged into the deep holding 5,000 runes with this boss and I spent way more time than I wanted to dying to this b**** over and over cause I didn’t want to lose my runes and the only way out with them was victory.

[@SoFarFromCrust]

I did knowing thanks to spoilers, but was not ready for how hard that fight was. I was playing prisoner, so the estoc was not ideal in that fight. I then tried a short sword I got from killing the guards at the gate, better results but still no dice. THEN I remembered I had the zweihander. Two handing that PLUS jump attacks made it so much easier. Enemy has no poise, and if you time jump attacks on him constantly with the occasional quick swipe, staggering him becomes common and makes it easy. Only took me 2 hrs to figure it out because I was too stubborn to try different weapons

[@sammy_1178]

fyi you can go into a boss arena pick up your runes and quickly save quit the game, when you go back into the game you'll be at the last site of grace with all your runes

[@ElcoolMo]

The same exact thing happened to be I beat him after literally trying all day

[@indicaorsativa2436]

What I did was i let him kill me on the door to the right where he spawns and went down the stairs where the blacksmith is at and picked it up from the other side of the door

[@kalisevakikkeli3567]

Ive only played darksouls 1 and 3 both of them once and idk why people struggle with margrit or that dude you’re talking about literally did margrit on 1st try and that dude in like 3

[@kuro9183]

i've watched tons of elden ring play throughs and this is probably the most entertaining one ive watched yet

[@zaryaka3661]

“Elden ring is too hard” next video, ALSO ITS A SERIES LETS GOOO!

[@tinktink360]

I seen him tweet “F*ck Elden Ring” and I knew this video was gonna be gas lol.

[@whitefangoftheleaf3978]

I used wolf spirits for Margit, and tried to bait out his jump attack and running sweep attack for a big punish. Also you cant really dodge(in my experience) some of his attacks when you're close to him, so I think its a good strategy to keep your shield up at all times. I didn't use the shield and I died like 30 times, but I mainly kept a distance and made him whiff his attacks. Its an open world game, so try and get you're weapon's armament up before fighting him again. You can plus 5 you're katana by just exploring the map.

[@fearthislyricist5259]

That's the easiest way I've found how to beat him.. Bait him to throw his daggers, Jump up and slam down with his hammer.. Then punish him for it lol

[@trumps_toupee]

Now, I'm still in the process of fighting him because I'm G I G A B A D, but one thing that has worked for me is dodge rolling forward, unless he he does the hammer swing, and keeping him on the incline in front of the entrance. Those low attacks can miss there, since it puts your character below his weapon. Another thing he did, that I noticed with that method of pressuring him, is that he leaves himself open when you roll forward to get his side. You can get 3 attacks in with a short sword/ scimitar, and then dodge roll back to avoid the tail swipe. Pressure him too hard and he'll actually try to create distance himself with one light dagger swing, and jump-back throw. I've managed to get him to half life that way, taking maybe only one hit from the light dagger. What's keeping that strategy from working for me past 50% of his health, however, is the dodge delay and action queue. Have to get used to that or find a workaround. If he gets one lucky hit with his staff before a dodge gets off, it usually-immediately-forces me into a roll afterward (without my input), due to the queue, then I get hit again, and it rolls again. Then I end up dead lol.

[@doctorbrydin7294]

I used the jellyfish cause its tanky as fuck

[@leaner5675]

I found a merchant in murkwater cave and he sells margits shakle. That plus jellyfish makes him very easy.

[@s.p4270]

I defeated him with no shields, dual wielding swords and was able to dodge all his attacks. Just learn the mechanics.

[@JUVANTE75]

14:30 is when you been winning the fight the whole time. Then the game hits you with the, you gotta be quicker than that 😂😂

[@Zmane2X]

The absolute sound of pain and defeat in your voice at 14:25 and 17:03 is hilarious 😂

[@marcocloutier4387]

14:25 holy crap i felt that :')

[@TheRammext09]

This was entertaining af!!! Thank you so much!!! I tried staying away from Elden Ring videos..... but I was stuck just like you. You gave me confidence to go for the Horse boss dude. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻 Here goes nothing.....

[@vialenae]

This has Sekiro energy and I’m here for it. Hope this will be an entire series as well, I’ve missed this from you.

[@tatsforlife8418]

You failing makes me feel better 😂 Loving the game so far! Your commentary has me dying 😂

[@KingOfIdiots]

18:01 Bro popped a nerve in his brain

[@evanpotts9544]

I like that every boss is different too they all have a learning curve for there patterns and timings so even being leveled it takes me a few tries to understand the boss

[@yotogapa]

Some of the bosses in the side caves are copy and pasted you'll find that out

[@ashb8205]

3:15 I literally couldn't breath for two minutes. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@grizinator1235]

AfroSenju: dies AfroSenju: "MARGARET"

[@BaconNDCheese]

You got my respect for trying to kill the first boss that early. I was exploring all over the place and when I finally killed him on my 2nd attemp, I was level 50 I think lol. I didn't kill the first sentinel till I was 60 but thats just because I forgot about him

[@8Trails50]

This is my first souls game ever. In my opinion- this is definitely the most accessible in the series given by the fact it is open world and has a significant number of customization options and mechanics to make the game a bit easier such as group kills restoring flasks, as well as some pretty powerful weapons + incantations. The biggest mistake i see people doing is challenging bosses or people in the area without leveling up. Fighting a boss with a +1 weapon is a recipe for disaster and frustration. If you arent doing 300-400 damage on the enemy in the area - you are basically under leveled

[@Cres99]

Id still say DS3 is easier tbh, but mechanically this game is better polished for sure.

[@kpj2224]

@@Cres99 accessible doesn’t mean easy

[@Cres99]

​@@kpj2224 He says in the same paragraph that the accessibility makes it the easier.

[@kpj2224]

@@Cres99 the degree of the game being easier is relative. Just because it’s not easier to you doesn’t negate his point. Literally his own experience of the game.

[@JohnDoeWasntTaken]

@@kpj2224 Okay? And ER being harder than DS3 is Cres' experience of the game. His point is just as valid as Bobby's. You just picking a hill to die on since you didn't want to delete your comment after he corrected you lol.

[@JDWalker495]

Afro’s neighbor: Guess he got the new Souls game

[@viewwithice4500]

😭😂😂😂

[@4jeremyb]

This video had me in tears 😭. I got stuck at the round table too and didn’t figure out I could teleport out until after I killed the invader. 😦

[@StrawHatGamingg]

14:15 yo I thought Afro hit em. I got angry for him 😂🤣

[@jermainegrays]

17:50 my boy got hit with that Soul Caliber ring out 💀💀💀

[@tonywalker1954]

😂😂😂😂he good for tonight

[@jbournigal6668]

The tree sentinel, when he died when he had like 10 health left, i felt stressed for Afro! 😂

[@andycastillo1202]

My man Your using an effect called bleeding on the boss, You deal enough strikes you build up his meter and you take a chunk of his health

[@AV-xm5ln]

my man!!!

[@Screamo_RC]

"Just finished Sifu, Elden Ring needs a easy mode" lol i swear i can relate to every emotion felt here

[@JoeWillz82]

Afro, you should start using the 3 Ghost Wolves spirits (or another spirit) against bosses and strong enemies

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

i got those and dunno how to summon em

[@iwapje]

@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged go to the church in the first area during night-time (where the first vendor you meet is), there is a witch there that you can talk to that gives you the vell you need to use your summons… Also you can’t summon everywhere, you will see a gate symbol on bottom left side of your screen when you can

[@StryifeTheVillain]

@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged bring up the option where you see your inventory etc on the right side of the screen you see your things set to the d pad above the emotes go to one of the empty spaces press triangle and set a summon. Afterwards like the above comment says when you see a gate press where you set the summon and boom helpers

[@WrathofSnackPack]

Rewatching Afro’s Elden Ring playlist just in time for the DLC just feels right

[@fireblast133]

There are some very useful incantations that only really require 15 faith, like one that heals 5hp a second for 2 minutes, only costing 10fp. Very useful when roaming for sustain

[@troyvanleeuwen3296]

Can swap that out for Blessed Dew Talisman later on. Really useful for exploring caves.

[@JPantano]

Bro u got me laughing for the entire bossfight. Funniest thing ive ever seen in a long damn time

[@CheffyDXP]

It's weird how Margit is actually the one that's been frustrating and challenging for me too but other bosses after him I can kinda tolerate.

[@Trilogy-]

You can tolerate Goldrick??

[@richshrimp7680]

Godricks movement is easier to recognize. Margs movements go from super fast to super slow to super fast. its incredibly frustrating. I think they're about the same difficulty but margit is a frustrating fucking boss cause he's actually the "first" required boss

[@barbarrox]

@@richshrimp7680 I destroyed margit with a fuckin mage second try. Literally without leveling before. Goldrick beat the hsit out of me. And how is goldrick not faster ??? lmfao. Poeple who complain about margit never palyed a sousl game before or literally ignoring the whole open world. Cant explain it overthise

[@richshrimp7680]

Godricks movements are definitely way more telegraphed way easier to dodge

[@LulutheJester]

@Barbarrox 1. Take a second to look over your response you have a lot of errors 2. He explained it quite well and I agree as well, Margit's attacks aren't as telegraphed. It's not that Godrick is slow, but Margit mixes the speed of his attacks in a way many find more difficult to recognize. Same with grafted scion imo one swing is actually like 4 attacks it seems

[@O.H306]

As a first time souls player I have to say that I love this game, the game is hard but not unfair and there’s multiple ways to beat a boss you don’t just have to brute force. I also love the feeling I get when I come back to a boss after exploring the world. Makes me truly feel like my character got stronger and it immerses me in the game. This games good bruh

[@CaptainSynd]

6:50, was literally me with every boss. Dude is so funny. I think I need to get back to work and come back to video later.

[@starwarsexpert38]

“The devil is a lie. Oh, the devil is a lie.” lmfao afro is so funny

[@mortalunknown8304]

This is the most anger my guy has had in a long time. Feel sorry for my guy because he is very stressed out and mad from playing this game. I can't imagine how frustrating it will be for Senju in the future for the upcoming bosses that are even more difficult than Margit.

[@GuffGaffWithShikshya]

Afro, if you go to a site of grace and go into allocate flasks, you can make the mana flask turn into a extra hp flask for future fights.

[@hirenpathirage9655]

Try using spirits to help with the boss battle, it'll make it a lot easier cuz the boss is gonna fight your spirits. You can buy spirits and a bell to use them from the old lady at the round table. Hope this helps

[@heck5491]

There’s literally a spirit summon sign to the right of the fog gate for margit right before entering, it summons a mage to help with the fight. And the mages damage is pretty substantial.

[@theconcern7508]

Idk how I’ve never come across this channel. I’m SCREAMING this guys commentary is so relatable !

[@tofy3938]

17:53 thats the same feeling when someone your arguing with says “thats what i thought” after walking away

[@omega1445]

Tip: enemies have poster damage in this game, you can build it up easily using charged heavy attacks and heavy jump attacks.

[@jsemicolona]

Yo at 10:54 that "En Garde you fuck nigga" had me rolling lmaoo

[@charliebaker1427]

homie needed to use the unsheathe heavy attack on aldritch its so punishing

[@UponDemise666]

Love how he calls dude *Margaret* the ENTIRE fight! Love it! You got this AfroSamurai, you go this by the ass!!!!

[@ricbulow]

Just find you, thanks to an Elden Ring search and I started binging the playlist. You're hella entertaining and hilarious, man! You got an instant sub!! Also, I can not stop chuckling at the fact, that you've yet to use the strongest move in the Samurais arsenal yet, the Ash of war on your katana.

[@nimz8521]

One thing I've kind of harped about in the Souls series is that you need skill OR patience. So for anyone new to these games I'll explain the latter part. In most Fromsoft games you need patience to watch the enemies attacks and figure out where the openings are and when to (sigh) roll away. However, you can make the entire game easier by using the "Make Love not Warcraft" method of "grinding boars" if you want to. Every time you rest at a bonfire/site of grace/whatever it respawns all enemies so you can kill everything in the area and wash/rinse/repeat as long as you want for unlimited experience. Then when you're sufficiently leveled up you can tackle the next area. It's a boring way to play the game but it can make the experience easier.

[@dangelnut]

ill take boring over me wanting to jump headfirst into trafic alecto is a POS

[@devonasher7857]

Love the South Park reference

[@knightofthedarksign4706]

Hey afro, you're definitely not supposed to be fighting Margit that early 😅 also, there's an item that is very important to help with that fight.... An easy mode some might call it

[@raason4854]

WHAT?

[@raason4854]

As we speak I'm squaring up with him fuck am I missing?

[@sinlordpink8147]

@@raason4854 you can get an item from Patches called Margit's shackle. It let's you negate one of his attacks and freeze him in place for a few seconds, letting you freely damage him.

[@llckme747]

@@raason4854 bro just go for it i dont know this said “item” but boss was pretty easy as long as you know what you know and master those what you know

[@raason4854]

@@sinlordpink8147 WHO TF IS PATCHES?

[@randomperson2540]

This is giving dark souls a rage vibes let me get my blanket

[@potatoe_gamerr8593]

Watching somebody mess up on everything that I messed up on is actually making my day and fixing the series I've ever seen in my life

[@sirronmiller7629]

I love how the sweet spot is really just bleed damage

[@slaphead7490]

watch 14:58 with ur eyes closed

[@BDeerhead]

14:37 I laughed so damn hard from his reaction, I had to take a Tylenol and lie down.

[@jackmeriustacktheritrix]

You really need to get used to using the new mechanics in Elden Ring i.e. the guard counter and the jumping attacks and then the charged power attacks when they give you a punishable attack they deal big posture damage and let you stagger enemies, even bosses so you can follow up with a critical

[@Tyndaal604]

The pain earned you a sub 😂 I'm currently playing through Elden Ring myself and I've never played any other souls game, I feel ya brotha.

[@itzmurds840]

This is like my 4th time watching this series 😂😂 gets better every time

[@ShadowCeltic]

9:08 when you inside them guts but you feel yourself about to come... Lmao 🤣

[@alexlzh]

17:10 That's some nice shit quote there

[@ivboneheadvi]

Over 7 hours played I'm at lvl 40 and still can't beat the first boss... kill me

[@azfarzahid6898]

You use summons or nah

[@Cosmo6677]

You need to use heavy attacks to stagger the boss so you can get a special hit in. Try charging your r2s when he gives you time

[@TMind109]

im 6 ours in, almost lvl 30 but i didn't do the 1st main story boss because since i am trying to prepare by doing mini bosses getting spirit summons and upgrading my weapons investing in vigor until at a soft cap and ect.

[@Hedge_the_Hog]

Did you find that trusty NPC? You can go back to him and buy item that holds this boss for a little.

[@ivboneheadvi]

@@azfarzahid6898 I don't know how to exactly

[@turntapeover5749]

What's the funniest about Margrit is that you're basically supposed to explore as much as Limgrave as possible before you go to him. xD You should be around lvl 25-30 when you go there and then the fight is kind of a cakewalk because you leveled and upgraded your gear. xD It's still doable, but you're gonna make your life so much easier if you beef up before fighting him. xD

[@DanielHearn]

Nah the edit for gne cursing against the horse boss was too funny 😂😂😂