Asmongold Reacts to "Elden Ring (dunkview)" | by videogamedunkey

[@atomicfatman5000]

I can't believe asmongold finally acknowledged the record holder of the critically aclaimed Bowser's Big Bean Burrito level

[@astarothkrueger4412]

He reacted to other vids by him earlier

[@canoflop]

previous record holder

[@michaelbread5906]

Lilkirbs???

[@YoungsterJoey151]

he's watched dunkey multiple times over the years

[@blipblop1112]

Can't believe i missed this part, was this the recent stream or yesterday?

[@newfish4796]

This game really makes you FEEL like the Elden Ring.

[@BANANA42k]

What?

[@artorias1008]

Shattered?

[@RG32822]

Elden Ring is the best strand like game.

[@PlumpyNut]

@@richardjones8846 lmao

[@napalminthemorning1677]

@@artorias1008 By someone? Or something?

[@jayb7775]

Dunkey nailed two things: "It's like stepping into a painting" and it isn't the difficulty, it's the balance. hard/easy should be gradual, with moments of surprise...

[@jgkitarel]

Welcome to a From Software game.

[@Thateus19]

Elden ring is full of surprises

[@Exel3nce]

@@jgkitarel welcome to elden ring*

[@jg9830]

@@jgkitarel souls games were pretty balanced

[@MichaelJohnson-uo3ef]

Tell me you’re bad at games without telling me you’re bad at games

[@MGDavid14]

When dunkey says game it’s unbalanced: “game it’s not unbalanced, Difficulty it’s optional in this game 🤓” When dunkey cheese the bosses: “BUT HE IS CHEATING! 😦”

[@aboutblank2270]

you understand that he's not being serious right?

[@LagunaKramer]

jesus christ watching asmongold's chat is like receiving the torture of Alex DeLarge in Clockwork Orange, sometimes I'm afraid of becoming an idiot myself by watching it

[@Pokémon-b8c]

That’s just every big Twitch streamer chat. The actual dudes with human being thoughts get filtered out by dudes who want to suck off the streamer.

[@김정훈-i6h1y]

lol true

[@CPNTT]

These dumbasses who spam "git gud" when there’s actual valid complaints to be made about scaling in the endgame is unbearable lmao

[@LagunaKramer]

@@CPNTT and the funny thing is that they actually think to be true from software fans when they are just some form of followers of some kind of cult that not exist

[@postnuclearmorgan]

If you think that's bad then you should see Cr1tikal's chat

[@cajuncandy5632]

How can you argue with someone who literally has 0 disliked videos?

[@MikeBike360TM]

hes just hating and bragging and draggin others down, not to mention he acted like the ball killing dude just made the most PATHETIC thing in the world, he's just a god, saying he will kill those bosses one shot whiule he got titlted for hours at certain bosses

[@austingoyne3039]

Let this meme never die until KZbin brings back dislikes.

[@randomboiyo6254]

@@MikeBike360TM it’s a joke

[@jacquegusto4038]

@@MikeBike360TM sounds like youre the hater watching asmon and not understanding simple humor. Why you even here lmao

[@theskywalker8416]

@@MikeBike360TM bro, you absolutely have no sense of humor ...

[@albertrhodes2640]

"All difficulty is optional! Things aren't unbalanced. You're SUPPOSED to take that much damage." Then KZbin immediately recommends the video of you fighting the death rite bird to me. Hahahaha

[@cloudshifter]

Yeah Asmon usually has bravado and then gets flat on his ass by bosses he claims he could easily beat.

[@chaunceyloveshack9530]

lol i can't tell if he's joking when he talks about never getting hit by the same thing twice

[@evmarekaj]

Balance is definitely wack, but difficulty is optional

[@joshuasorenson6053]

@@chaunceyloveshack9530 It's a trolling tactic; he does it because he knows it pisses certain people off.

[@d3ath166]

Very easy with holy weapons: I use Malikeths sword which uses holy fire and it deals great damage

[@BH-zo4nq]

I’m not sure how far asmon is, but I feel like it’s the end game zones where the damage numbers seem to skyrocket

[@bampersand905]

Especially once you're at/past the capital, everything hits so hard.

[@schmushschroom3873]

it is and its insane. Once i respec my stat and went all into vigor to try out if its worth it and i still got 1 shotted anyway (That deathbird aoe attack in snow area 40 vigor vs 99 vigor). Elden ring is fun but holy shit, it is by far the worst balancing wise souls game to date imo

[@pepperonigawd]

After Morgott is when enemy damage skyrockets

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

overlevel so it becomes fair. thats what i did and the end game zones are some of my favorite so far

[@warlordjr.jr.]

@@PenguinsAreColdish overleveling to not get one shotted doesn't even work with full vigor a endgame areas. No other souls or souls-like operates with max level still generally handicapped compared to what enemies can do. At best we're playing Bloodborne mechanics, but the enemies are from Sekiro plus input reads and combo cancels, shit that was never in Souls.

[@MatthewJones-pz9nx]

Elden ring community can be nearly impossible to reason with sometimes. I understand the point dunkey is making towards lowering damage output of certain enemies, some of them are not oaky at all. I've beaten the game on three playthroughs and my str / faith build is currently new game plus 3, does that make me the best? Hell no but I believe the argument of "get gud" is invalid for this game in certain situations.

[@JimBob-mm6np]

You can't be the best. Dunkey is a forever goated gamer that has beaten Bowser's Big Green Burrito. Also he has beaten it 4 times on different saves/builds.

[@wangyat5759]

Let’s look at this in a different perspective, actually difficulty is subjective. I wonder those people who heard people complaining about “bad design” or “unfair oneshot moves” in certain boss. If that individual thinks the boss is actually easy compared to others. What they can mostly say is “you gotta get better at the game and learn their moves because I have no problem with it honestly” the thing is, they probably why you are struggling in this boss when they themselves are not Also, those who said git gud isn’t really the same group of people usually. As I said, difficulty is subjective so each person has different opinion on different boss Sometimes I see people complain about command Neil, but me myself thought what’s the problem with him, just lure out two knights and kill them one by one that’s it

[@Devin7Eleven]

Git gud. The game isn't that hard, you just aren't tackling new situations right.

[@wangyat5759]

@@20eyesmisfit I am level 85 fighting with dual wielding great spear I stay where I am after walking through fog. The double sword guy is more aggressive than other one, I do jump attack on him. Back off when others are close, took like 3-4 hits to kill each one of them. U can even do a backstab the dual wielding enemy if u dodge his special attack correctly. Usually after backstab, I move my camera behind me to see whether the other 2 enemies are close, and I go for one more attack depending on how close they are U can always use summon to distract them, or there’s even a consumable you can use to charm them and fight alongside you

[@wangyat5759]

@@20eyesmisfit these duo bosses, it’s all about being patient technically. Duo cat statue boss, I used lightning spear until one of them is dead. Duo crucible knight, I only get 1 or 2 hit when one of them is more aggressive and other one is behind. The one in redmane castle, I just play very aggressive myself before crucible knight can even spawn

[@sanserof7]

My main issue with the difficulty is that it's all over the place. One moment you're in a zone where you are struggling with every mob and the next moment you are breezing through it. This is kind of expected with an open world game but there are situations where it could have easily been avoided. The best example I have is going from Caelid to Nokron. Since you need to have killed Radahn to access Nokron, most players will probably have done most of Caelid before they enter Nokron, and Caelid is like twice as difficult as Nokron is.

[@gumsterify]

I think From expected that people would go to the city right away after giving up on the eastern half of Caelid, lol, at least I did.

[@sanserof7]

@@gumsterify I think the majority of people made who were having trouble in Caelid assumed Redmane Castle was also going to be too difficult for them.

[@Cynsham]

If i've found out anything from playing Elden Ring, it's that difficulty is pretty much entirely relative. For example, I am pretty much a noob to souls games and struggled on Rykard for like 2.5 hours straight before I finally had to cheese him to kill him, but I literally killed Malenia in 4 attempts. My brother is a souls veteran, he's played every single game in the series, he 1 shot Rykard and most other bosses and spent like 4 hours straight on Malenia, dying so many times he lost count.

[@cenach8145]

I think the issue is that people are looking at this as a linear game. You're looking at it as "I'm in Caelid now, I must do all of Caelid then go to Nokron" when there's nothing telling you to play like that. Caelid itself has varying difficulty even within that 1 region. There's no reason why you can't just bounce back between "regions" and go back to the harder stuff later. I didn't even explore all of Caelid/Dragonbarrow until late in the game, well after I did Nokron. Redmane castle and the Radhan fight are even muuuuch easier than trying to kill the enemies in the cave that's only accessible after beating Radhan, yet that's still in Caelid. This can confuse people who look at the game linearily and figure "Well I beat Radhan, the main area boss, so therefore the rest of the area should be doable." I think a lot of people just have to unlearn how we previously played "Open world games." Ubisoft open world games and even good titles like the Witcher to an extent pretend to be "open world" yet it's really just linear in that you are REQUIRED to do certain zones before advancing to the next. Elden Ring isn't like that. The only thing that limits you is how good you are at the game. From the very start, you can easily just run to Leyndell, given that you're good enough at beating the Magma Wyrm. You don't even need to kill Godrick, Rennala, or Radhan. You can skip all of Caelid, Liurnia, and Limgrave if you really wanted. It's just that type of flexibility that people aren't used to in games.

[@shika.nomura]

That's weird because I did the opposite, the game in no way was telling me I had to go there yet. The natural flow of the game said otherwise atleast in my playthrough but then again I didn't do extensive exploration until I had a solid build made or needed additional exp. The game is meant to catch you when your guard is down or when you feel as if the game is getting "easier" finally lol

[@Ollet_ck]

The upgrade stones are a bit tedious but the main problem is the amount of weapons that become obsolete especially in late game bosses who just become too unenjoyable. What I would like to see FromSoftware do is buff weaker weapons and especially the other elements. Fire/sleep/poison/scarlet rot is incredibly underpowered compared to ice and blood.

[@dobiusla8281]

Yeah sure meanwhile ppl doing thousands of dmg with fire. You can get night and flame 1 handed above 1k dps. Godskin duo sleeps like instantly which got nerfed since they didn't woke up at all. Frost is super strong and considering that fire removes the frost debuff it's kinda stackable and very cheesy. Rot is literally one of the best debuff in the game. Apply rot and just run until boss dead. Poison may be a bit underwhelming tho.

[@theobell2002]

Yeah, they need to increase scaling across the board. There is literally only 2 S strength scaling weapons in the entire game and aren't even justified for it as they are literally just boring rocks on a stick.

[@jacksonmanitoulinisland]

Greatswords are in a bad place in this game which is a shame because they were god tier in ds3

[@Ollet_ck]

@@jacksonmanitoulinisland The noble greatsword is really good

[@m.dave2141]

i think fire/sleep/poison/scarlet rot are pretty good but ice and blood are super op, imo they should nerf those two

[@sourceeee]

Royal Revenant is a perfect example of an OP non-boss that gives shit runes in this game. Long undodgable instakill combo (even at 60 vigor), virtually 0 opening to attack unless caught off guard, teleports and messes up your camera, and throws poison at you. Harder than some of the story bosses.

[@TheIndyRex]

Healing spells completely cripple Revies.

[@SuperhotdogZz]

The poison that would hurt you even by just standing on too of it. I put a lot of points into faith to get great heal just to deal with it.

[@Tyrbris]

@@TheIndyRex just be a faith user 4Head

[@austingoyne3039]

Often no worthwhile item drops either.

[@greenbrickbox3392]

@@Tyrbris unironically just get enough faith for great heal and they will never kill you with that bs flurry pounce again.

[@WileyGuy]

As a first time watcher I gather two things from this video: 1. This is some solid content 2. His eyebrow movement is insane

[@callsignfatbeard2637]

You know what elden ring has that makes me not get angry at all when I die? Lots of checkpoints, and stakes of my beloved marika. At least when you blow it and get stomped there isn’t a 10 minute run through a miserable area back to a boss. I’ll die 50 times to one “unfair” enemy so long as I get to fight her again a minute later. No big deal

[@gryphon4150]

Yeah the longest runback I had was just in a tunnel where the boss was extremely easy too. I died to it once then killed it the second time.

[@bowley4]

Exception being dragonlord placidusax! Elevator, 4 dudes with lightning shit and a whole parkour section and a cutscene just to get to run the 200 yards over to the bastard! Hahaha for real, worst part of the whole fight was just having to run back each time you made a tiny mistake.

[@mongrel3392]

@@bowley4 yeah, i lost like 400k souls because i got clipped by lightning when running past those demihumans

[@wudly9195]

I am 80 hours in and I didnt once use sight of merika untill recently. I just ignored it and always clicked spawn at last grace. I didnt know it spawned you right in front of the boss entrance with full estas and hp. mind blown..

[@FecalMatador]

@@wudly9195 you’ve been playing on hard mode xD

[@shinkinshin001119]

I love some of the chat say "just get better armor/vigor", means they've clearly not played the game and just like to backseat, gotten far enough or are sarcastic. You realize at some points with the later bosses you will not survive these bosses' hits. One fix XQC mentioned I feel is reasonable is that you should feel more rewarded using better armor, which would in turn help with the difficulty towards late game. Look at all of the cool armor that exists, but is ultimately pointless when fighting against some bosses. You don't really get to highlight them when fighting against them, more like a glorified punching bag.

[@DarthAssViolater]

so your supposed to survive failing to dodge a bosses an entire combo? then heal afterwards? is that how you want the combat to be?

[@colinhendry6116]

@@DarthAssViolater who said “failing to dodge an *entire* combo” you are creating a circumstance that will align with your pre-determined bias. The OP simply said armor should feel more rewarding than it currently is. Is that such a wrong opinion?

[@cucumberjoe6824]

@@DarthAssViolater more like i would rather survive failing to dodge more than 1 hit

[@shinkinshin001119]

@@DarthAssViolater Well it's either that or decrease damage like Dunkey said, which I personally feel like it's so artificial. Similarly I feel the same for stats increase better. If I've taken my time to fight a boss or farm, getting a cool set of armor I personally think shouldn't feel like you're a stick. The armor system right now I think is "fine", especially with the accompanying gameplay with dodging and multiple attacks, combined with armor resistances, set buffs, etc - it's definitely worthwhile to equip armor. I'm just saying it could be refined or improved in a way that could be less frustrating, similar to how FromSoftwarr did with the quote on quote "difficulty scaling" people have been talking about.

[@DTPandemonium]

If you die in 1 hit you don't have enough vigor, if you die in 2 hits you don't have damage reduction talismans and are fully naked. Ritual shield talisman and any of the physical damage reduction talismans are extremely strong in PvE and if you are faith you can even use black flame protection/all the elemental defense buffs. You aren't expected to find all these on your first playthrough but that's to be expected from RPGs. But even if you have the bare minimum with some armor and 40+ vigor you still can't die in 1 hit. And the armor already makes a big difference. 15% reduction from light armor vs 35-38% from heavy armors on top of the poise is insane and like I said these are without using any of the talismans and whatnot. If you are still dying in 1 hit you have ransomware in your gaming device and it is about to encrypt all your files. Or you know... you reject reality and substitute it with your own.

[@MrFurmos]

Difficulty isnt optional. Its optional until you set the tree on fire. Every boss after that is overtuned. Instead of having complex, insane mechanics they just do shit ton of damage and thats not fun. Being forced into 50+ vigor because Godfrey launches you into the air like Marduk in Tekken and slams you for 1300damage is not a good mechanic.

[@AndrewB23]

Don't get hit

[@Bobicici]

Nah, because rune farming is always an option. Difficulty is 100% optional in Elden Ring, otherwise a total noob allergic to hard games like myself wouldn't have beaten it. Having a hard time figuring out how to balance the necessary vigor with maxing out damage? Go farm more runes until you can have both. ez pz.

[@oats2949]

That’s why you don’t waste 25+ points by leveling up strength past the soft cap instead of leveling up vigor like Baldman does.

[@TheTabaK23]

@@Bobicici A well balanced game shouldn’t require farming. Exploring should handle that

[@elijahbajecdickinson8271]

Maybe you just need to get better lol. Godfrey, and most of the endgame bosses are balanced just fine; there is nothing wrong with a boss having some strong attacks. For Godfrey's grab moves, you can literally just sprint around him in the 5 whole seconds he takes to charge at you and dodge the attack.

[@nathangarcia2356]

I think dunkey has a pretty good point. A lot of the endgame bosses are fun and brutally challenging in their mechanics. What feels bad is you juggle all these mechanics, time dodges, get the boss low, then can die due to a single mistake. Is Malenia one of the best boss fights I’ve ever played? Yes. Was it bullshit that I could be having an excellent attempt and then slip attention for 1 second and die from a variety of different moves? Also yes. The full whirl should kill, but only like 1/3 of the whirl needs to connect for you to die at full. 1 shots aren’t inherently bad, but when bosses have more than 1 move that can effectively 1 shot you It funnels people into using spirits just so they can avoid constant 1 shot blows. You want to put on the heaviest armor, slow roll, and tank everything? Even regular enemies in the endgame will kill you in 2-3 hits. The damage just being cut by like 20% would do wonders for allowing people to run different builds. I think people go into high damage melt boss builds because they do the same to us. I’d be fine with us getting the same damage nerf they give the bosses. Would make the combat much more fun

[@ISesseriI]

What are people doing that they are getting one shot in new games? I had 59 vigor, like 1950 hp and even eating the first full attack of waterfowl didn't kill me. I had radagons seal on so I took more damage, I didn't use heavy armor.

[@TheEbonyWarrior]

Lol? Maybe try having more than 20 vigor

[@Devin7Eleven]

Is it or is it too easy? So far, Elden Ring is piss easy. Margit might be the only challenge but even then, you have so many resources to tackle him.

[@Kitsunary]

Balancing everything is this game's biggest flaw. The amount of runes given as a reward aren't a good gauge of enemy difficulty when higher level areas make basic enemies super difficult to deal with unless you have a broken build and barely give anything even when you kill them. Even with stats, a lot of them don't do enough to make them worth what they say they are for. None of the fall damage items are worth using (including putting points in dex if that's why you're doing it since it only changes damage and not height), it's always better to upgrade a weapon than to put more points in a stat it scales with, and different armors are barely noticeable as long as you are wearing something. I think that's why Dunkey was complaining about build variety since end game builds have clear winners and losers when everything is maxed out, despite the variety of gear to choose from. The worst part about the whole stat thing is is that even if you get a lot of vigor, late game bosses will just turn their one-shot kills into two-shot kills. This means that any boss that puts you in a position for a follow-up will still kill you as if it were a one-shot kill anyway. It almost feels like they made vigor a required stat because they made you out of wet tissue paper instead of using it as a buffer to stay in the fight longer like in previous games. You get to the boss quicker to make up for the fact that you die much quicker.

[@Swageralt]

@@ISesseriI try getting out of Limgrave. I had around 2500 HP with Morgott's rune and got two or three shot in the endgame with 25% res to all dmg. Absolute dog shit balance. I finished DS3 on ng+4(including DLCs) and 35 vigor is all I ever needed. Didn't even need +30% hp from ember. In this game 40 vigor is absolute bare minimum to not eat shit. I tried NG+ in ER and end game bosses two shot me with 2500 HP. Worst Souls game besides DS2. Zero fun in the end game. Only hard bosses are Radagon/Beast and Malenia. And Malenia is just a trash fucking boss lol.

[@SpoopyChicken]

Yeah, I love Elden Ring but I have the same issue with endgame. Enemies just do too much damage in the endgame, attacks that feels like it should only do 15-25% of your health per hit actually does 40-50% Some of the lategame setups feels super bullshit (Like the poison Erdtree avatar in Malenia's area surrounded by 2 balistas, 5 knights, and 2 super knights.) and endgame enemies feels like they deal 90% of your health per hit when they should only be doing 40-60%. Being oneshot in Elden Ring or insta-combo'd feels really cheap because you couldn't really counter them in any other way other than just dodging the attack altogether.

[@aureateseigneur5317]

You're not supposed to fight that Erdtree Avatar. There is a window above him to skip the entire fight. Don't fight them lol.

[@SpoopyChicken]

@@aureateseigneur5317 Yeah I know, but my completionist brain nags me to get it. Don't tell me you've never played DS3 and went into the Demon Ruins despite not planning on using anything you find there.

[@partobakhtiary7954]

@@SpoopyChicken whenever i see bullshit, i cheese it with maidens mist spell

[@austingoyne3039]

@@SpoopyChicken Overall I agree with your point, but for that avatar you can run to the bonfire behind him, rest, and then lure him inside. A couple knights might follow, but the ballistas won't be an issue at all. IMO the haligtree is worse. Forget exploring that hellzone, unless you enjoy pain and warming stones.

[@SpoopyChicken]

@@austingoyne3039 Yeah, honestly I did that too, but still... Damn that was a pain because it basically became orenstein and orenstein and smough, but this time smough can twoshot you, and smough can spread scarlet rot in a large radius. I appreciate the tips though, even if I already did them. But honestly the balancing in the later half of Elden Ring goes from Dark souls 3 to Dark Souls 2 really damn quick.

[@lordofsucc4467]

not cheating when the game gives you these tools to beat it with. Everyone has their own playstyle

[@Art-vc3ne]

AGREE. Imagine every build has a critic... Str = braindead Int, fai, dex bleed = pussy Arc = meta hoe Like bruh wtf. let the players play whatever the fuck they want. I finisehd the game with katana weapons uchi > to MV > to RB and this is pre patch arc. Now these elitist "souls vet" ruin the game experience for everybody. This is the problem with this community.

[@Grumpypu]

@@Art-vc3ne its so fucking stupid lmao, like it even matters how you beat the game... in PvP I can understand it, but disregarding someone because they play the game how they want is just degeneracy. Literally nobody cares, the game isnt hard and every playstyle has a broken build, you arent special by playing a build you think is not OP.

[@Art-vc3ne]

@@Grumpypu IKR?! These "veterans" aka elitist are more egoistic than escanor from Deadly sins. Like no build or playstyle is safe in this game for them to "critique". And I agree on the PvP thing tho idgaf on PvP.

[@Grumpypu]

@@Art-vc3ne its an RPG, let people have fun and play the builds they want to play. They made the game playable in all playstyles, its dumb to gatekeep everyone to just playing the most basic shit like strength. Ive seen so many cool builds I want to play, I dont care if someone considers it OP, its a fucking singleplayer RPG, go have fun and stop gatekeeping people from enjoying the game lmao. Some of the people in this community are so weird.

[@Art-vc3ne]

@@Grumpypu Preach my G. faxx they be gatekeeping af

[@cameronharvey4746]

The laugh after The Fire Giant fell was so genuine Asmons face was hilarious.

[@Mr.Duck64]

Using two weapons in this game that both require Smithing Stone is the hardest thing in the game. I think it’s kinda backwards that it’s much easier to powerstance 2 weapons that require Somber over Smithing

[@devindameron]

Yeah. I found it much easier to powerstance a weapon with normal stones and one with somber stones. But that kinda limits you to one specific build for a long time lol.

[@Mr.Duck64]

@@devindameron if you know what you’re doing, you can get a +9 somber weapon before Margit and a +10 after you beat Godrick. It’s insane how easy it is to level up Somber in this game as opposed to regular Smithing

[@devindameron]

@@Mr.Duck64 thats kinda fucked up lol

[@Mr.Duck64]

@@MyPronounsHeWhore my point is how easy it is to do. You can run past everything, kill a couple scarab beetles, loot a corpse or two, and boom, you’re done. The fact each level of Somber only requires 1 stone just makes it so easy With regular smithing on the other hand, you have to dungeon dive and grind out entire areas for the upgrade materials necessary and God forbid you’re upgrading two weapons that require regular Smithing. You’ll be grinding forever if that’s the case

[@NovaSixx]

Yeah they really screwed up the upgrading in this game. Normal weapons need so many stones but those stones are hard to find. While unique weapons only need 1 stone per upgrade. It's no wonder why I've never seen anyone use the fire paper or whatever it's called in elden ring.

[@taigaaisaka6305]

Honestly, I feel like Asmon is in a lot of copium about Dunkey's issues. "Enemies rewards are all over the place, easy mobs that die in 1-2 hits give more than mini bosses" Asmon: FROM did that on purpose to give people a place to farm. "There's too many different items to upgrade now" Asmon: You can upgrade more weapons now, back in DS you only got enough for like 2-3 (that wasn't even Dunkey's point in the first place lol). "Damage scaling is fked up" Amon: Just don't get hit by those attacks. When a character with 2000k HP, Heavy Armor and Shield, can get two shotted, you know the damage scaling is broken. Literally no other entry in the whole series forced people to pump point into Vigor to not get one shotted. Even worse, no entry in the whole series had people who maxed Vigor die in 1-2 hits. Like, Asmon saw that video of the guy showing what the max amount of HP was die in two hits from a crab. A crab. Neither Demon Souls, DS1, DS2, DS3, Bloodborne nor Sekiro has damage scaling that fkd up. Every single person I've seen, finishes the Capital without issues with 30 or less Vigor, reaches the snow area and then suddenly every enemy is one shotting them, forcing them to, for the next 30 or so levels to just put point into Vigor to stop playing on Dante Must Die difficulty, even tho everything was fine just 5 minute before, as that's how long the walk from the Capital to the snow area takes. (to anyone who hasn't play DMC, in that difficulty you die in one hit).

[@SuperRamos619]

Well, in nearly every RPG game, the enemies you defeat give more experience than the start of the game. They don't have to be harder than early game bosses to give more exp. It's the same philosophy applied here. Elden Ring still adheres to RPG 'scaling'.

[@bartoszbartosiewicz1123]

@@SuperRamos619 Expect there are clear cases of enemies being in the same zone, sometimes meters apart having wildly different exp rewards completely unrelated to their difficulty, those giant bears have an hp bar of a boss and exp reward of an enemy that dies in 2 hits, it's just bad design.

[@KamiShinigamiSama]

If any other studio released this game it would have been ripped apart.

[@SuperRamos619]

@@KamiShinigamiSama I disagree. While it's true many gamers are quick to defend their favorite company, they are even quicker to rip apart a bad game. You have to look no further than CP2077. CDPR was heralded as the second coming of Jesus to the industry after Witcher 3 success. Buy when CP2077 came out, everyone was quick to blast them. Even with Issues people have with Elden Ring, it has resounded well with so many people both old and new. While review are (probably skewed) due to the people reviewing the game as people that are capable of going through the entire game and familiar with Fromsoft games, what about all the casual gamers that are picking it up and loving it?

[@KamiShinigamiSama]

@@SuperRamos619 Depends on the fandom, From Software is boardline a cult at times. And cyberpunk had plenty of defenders and still does.

[@brobafett9151]

I think the dude who beat it 4 times knows more about posture break and being stunned than you, sqwizgar

[@Mushimiya]

Obviously he doesn't if he complains about it the way he did.

[@DarknessAmongUs]

Dunkey: "the enemy balance is ridiculous, they deal too much damage" Dunkey's vigor: [----]

[@loakuma8116]

Have you finished the game ?

[@lucjeb9254]

Ah yes. Gatekeeping Magic as a whole. Asmon in Souls is like a 2 year old that is still Going through the Full Cycle

[@EldenLord.]

Anything that does big damage in Elden Ring makes elitists cry and be like "yOu hAvE nO sKiLl" only because they wont accept that other people are smarter than them. Everyone can play the game how they want to as long as they are having fun.

[@fettel1988]

You and I both know this trashbase would petition From to add asterisks to trophies won "wrong"

[@Arialdas]

That's one of the most important points. You can play the game in whatever way YOU wanna play it, just like you said. Still a mystery to me why so many people try to dictate how other people are supposed to play a certain game. What's wrong with using magic for example? The developers gave us all these different tools, so why not use them?

[@tsavage4337]

@@EldenLord. I mean for me personally and probably other fans have loved souls games because of the way they were and the simple melee weapons play style, and don’t want to be hard stopped because we’re not using other mechanics to make easier. I’m definitely gonna try other play through using magic and stuff but I still want to be able to use a strength build and not feel like I’m doing it wrong or underpowered. I noticed in Pvp too that people just use some massive aoe or wave attack and I got big swing

[@thesighingdutchman1827]

@@tsavage4337 I mean, there are plenty of spells and incantations that aren't auto-homing bs, in fact many spells are so weak that you're kneecapping yourself by using them. Sure you can keep spamming rock sling from a distance if you want to, but no-one is forcing you to use it. Fromsoft has added so many cool spells and abilities in this game that anyone who refuses to use spells/incantations out of principle alone is really missing out on a lot of what this game has to offer. I've personally been having a lot of fun using lightning spells and the crucible tail. Is it good? No, the lightning spells miss 50% of the time against anything that moves and the crucible tail locks you in a stationary positino for two seconds - but it looks super cool and I'm having a lot of fun using it. I find it especially funny that Asmon is so against ash summons and sorcery/faith because it makes the game 'too easy' when he's literally using one of the most broken melee weapons in the game, and doesn't see half the boss's attacks because he gets them in a stun-loop. Then when he finally finds something that counters his build, like gargoyles, he claims the fight is bs because he refuses to adapt.

[@spaghettisploitation1029]

They pissed on Str/Knight builds because we are the Git Gud community and they want us gone because we are "toxic and cringe"... If you're a filthy casual/Mage, you get your dick sucked in this game.

[@mrcrowe1848]

1:28 dont even start, mr 2000 damage and a stagger on a single jumping L1

[@Terkiaz]

I run double collosal weapons, got them to +25, still deal max 1800 and it takes a ton of stamina. I can't imagine how little thought went into balancing the golden halbard

[@offender0]

@@Terkiaz is it literally that broken? Like, more broken than bleed is right now?

[@Terkiaz]

@@offender0 pve, I'd say that's worse. Bleed can't be applied to every enemy, raw damage can. On top of it, bleed still needs multiple hits, and some bosses dodge a ton, so it's easier to get just one hit of a jump attack, plus it staggers more

[@offender0]

@@Terkiaz absolute filth! Im about halfway through Journey 2 because some of my Boss achievements bugged. I might have to try this next time I play. Currently I've just been bitch slapping bosses/invaders with Rivers of Blood katana.

[@h4zrd-rs252]

I do agree with dunky a bit on difficulty. Endgame balancing and content has never been FromSoft's forte, except for Bloodborne but it's because that game is shorter, and it shows in this more than any other game. Also boss AI in this game can be very janky with canceling animations/recoveries and very blatant input reading where it doesn't feel like the back and forth fight in previous games and rather you just trying to outsmart a computer. Like dunky said though, a phenomenal game that just needs some adjustments to truly be was it should be.

[@nuja3245]

Bloodborne is the only soulsborne game that has made me want to constantly keep replaying it, I wish there was a pc port but kinda don't at the same time since FromSoft sucks at Pc ports lol

[@DeutscherDummer]

I kinda disagree when it comes to past games, the more linear level design usually resulted in balanced lategames bosses and normal mobs. Of course, after the release of the DLCs for each game, the original final bosses had often become fairly easy on a full playthrough, but the base games had good progression and the DLCs themselves were well adjusted. In DS1, Gwyn is fairly easy, but he is supposed to be a shadow of his former self. All the DLC bosses are really fitting to the players end game level though. In DS2, it is similar, with all the DLC bosses (the ones that are not gank squad or twin pets, lul) being fun and fair late game challenges. For DS3, Soul of Cinder is again more of a symbolic boss, but not a pushover in the basegame. Sure, after the DLCs it has become easy, but we got great new bosses instead. I guess one could say the DLCs are the endgame, and they were usually really well balanced. Generally, when they were not, it was because it was too easy, so things being too strong is actually something new with Elden Ring. My complaint regarding that is mostly inconstency, with a few specific things feeling way harder or damaging than others in the same zone. Also, a lack of interactivity in some fights, like Malekith the Parkour Blade or Malenia's second phase. I don't enjoy watching a boss do their stuff for 8 seconds and then I'm allowed to maybe get 1 or 2 hits in.

[@yoloparrot42]

the game is utter horseshit. we need Sekiro or Bloodborne 2, not this crap.

[@lenny4039]

@@yoloparrot42 overexagerating now

[@nous2025]

the bloodborne endgame isnt very good either tbh

[@Freki_The_Bold]

Dunkey was my hero well before i even knew who asmongold was

[@MicrocosmicExperience]

I feel like the problem with the damage in end game is that you can't even really wear armor to prevent any of it. Even with the full Bull Goat set on, Melania will still oneshot you with her grab at 50 vigor.

[@farianandadiratama]

i can confirm you that, i fight her at 47 vigor, and those grab attack isn't really one shot me

[@SuperhotdogZz]

40 vigor, would have about 200 hp or something left if she use grab on me. But most of the time she use grab on me when I don’t have full health. So it’s practically one shot.

[@yugen3613]

learn to roll

[@freyavaleria21]

was fighting Radagon with regular gear, most attacks did around 60% of my health (60 Vigor + Margott Rune 2.6k HP) Armor does help a lot with reducing damage, I went in with the highest Holy damage negation gear I had and changed my tower shield to Holy and most of his attacks reduced from 60% to like 15 - 20%. idk about Malenia tho I fought her with Black Knife Tiche and that took me like 10 tries

[@phealixosrs1831]

there's more to it than vigor. Your level in general boosts resistances, strength in particular boosting physical defenses. I'm new to Souls games so Im not sure if this was always the design, but even on NG+ with 40 vigor I don't get one hit almost anywhere anymore

[@donaldxavier2056]

"This game's big" is an understatement. I have been playing for about 35 hours and I found out that I am only in the early mid game. WHAT!??!

[@Wroughts014]

“Not that bad” wasn’t asmon just shitting on people who say “not that bad” when he was talking about pheons in lost ark

[@Face6099]

First time here?

[@Wroughts014]

@@Face6099 how could it be my first time if I knew what hes said in previous streams? Dumdummy

[@bungodunko4123]

@@Wroughts014 he was saying it was obvious that asmond does what your saying not being literal.....

[@realkrubertimes8367]

Fun fact, you can farm regular titanite slabs in Dark Souls 1, they are an EXCEPTIONALLY rare drop from the darkwraiths in New Londo Ruins

[@apenasdann]

I had more trouble with random mobs than bosses, a Crucible Knight enrages me more than Malenia, Radagon and the Elden Beast on top of each other.

[@kishibenoa3346]

try range

[@0ptimuscrime]

There’s one crucible knight on a walkway on the way to the double gargoyle fight. I was like “finally, a chance to use gravity well and yank this idiot down into hell.” Didn’t move an inch. What is the point of this spell?????

[@kishibenoa3346]

@@0ptimuscrime pvp

[@justinjacobson7495]

@@0ptimuscrime That's the one that gives me the most trouble out of all the crucible knights I can think of. The one in the evergaol? ezpz plenty of space to fight in. Siluria? you can summon, you can ride your horse, and there's also a ton of space, plus she doesn't have a shield, which is the main thing that makes the one in the aqueduct so frustrating, other than of course the limited space. So far in both playthroughs that have gotten to the aqueduct, I cheesed the one that has the shield, and actually fought the one with the spear

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

crucible knight is just designed to literally fck your ass when you're trying to space away and heal

[@_Sage967_]

if we're being honest some mobs are objectively harder than the majority of bosses and then you realize that late-game will have like several of these op shits crammed in a small room with an item you dont know if you even want. also, i believe that dark souls had a greater emphasis on armor early on

[@SnailSnail-lo4pm]

Ulcerated tree spirits and runebears:

[@yoda8569]

Rune bears.

[@Muftaay]

6:38 that stun is so long because he got knocked off the horse. That's the risk you take when fighting something on torrent

[@andrewpaul8732]

You're right. Happens in Radahn all the time

[@u-mos8820]

I agree with Dunky on this one against my will. This is the best game fromsoft has put out, so only now does it really have a graceful window to point out a flaw. I love the difficulty because of the weird community it creates. but it does hold it back in a way. Elden Ring is a work of art on many layers. Still the best game I've played in years.

[@yoloparrot42]

I fucking hate it lmao, worst fromsoft game in years.

[@CheesusCrusts]

@@yoloparrot42 Bruh I fking love it man. Best fromsoft game of all time period.

[@Buggolious]

@@yoloparrot42 why do you hate it?

[@RabidCupcake2010]

@@CheesusCrusts I'm a huge Fromsoft fan, been playing soulsborne games for years and loving them, but if you think this is the best fromsoft game you are delusional. Souls combat was feeling stale by DS3, and then Sekiro fixed everything by introducing the deflect/posture system. Then elden ring brought back all the old stale problems, but with extra reskin bosses, littered across a bland, empty, 'open' world. Fromsoft is better than this.

[@kaein2973]

@@RabidCupcake2010 the combat is really different from the souls series and the open world is packed and colourful lol what are you talking about lol Sekiro is the repetitive one where you can only parry while elden ring actually gives options lol. The only reason you will find elden ring stale is when you choose the previous way you play the game

[@KenoxProductions]

100% agree with Dunkey about balancing. I'm fine with the early and mid-game. But late game bosses felt more frustrating than fun. It's my only complaint about the game. The endgame was not fun. Gael, Midir, Isshin were hard as shit the first time, but fun nonetheless. Malenia, Godfrey, Elden Beast etc., while great, spectacular fights, often felt straight unfair and I stopped having fun fighting them after a while.

[@TheCornerBro]

I agree malenia was obnoxious but imo Godfrey was a great fight the moves are all really well telegraphed (with the exception of a single attack that only comes out if you're directly in front of his right side) they're all really intuitive on how to play around there are plenty of opportunities to get hits in after, or during any combo and you can pretty easily control which moves he'll use (if you stay on his left he'll always 2swing and pause on knee, 3swing then pause, jump and stomp with left foot then overhand turn overhand, etc.etc.) and his cutscenes are badass I still died to godfrey a ton of times but at no point was I really frustrated with it mohg is another boss I think was really well done (except for nihil, which was the worst boss mechanic in the game imo)

[@KenoxProductions]

@@TheRedRaven_ You're only 50 hours in. I'm also a Soul fan, been playing since DS1 came out in 2011. First playthrough took me roughly 130 hours, but I tried to do everything before ending, now I'm playing some challenge runs. If I had continued to play on my first character, I would have easily been on ng+5. The main story is really not that long, plus it's literally Dunkeys job to play games, basically. The game's been out for a month now, I'm surprised he's only beaten it 4 times.

[@TyroPirate]

@@TheRedRaven_ just like how sone people in Steam reviews for some games have 100s of hours on record still might give it a Not Recommended, writing out paragraphs on what's wrong with the game. You can like something a LOT and still heavily criticize it.

[@andrewmeyer3599]

@@TheRedRaven_ It's Dunkey's job to play games and review them, Asmon's job is to stream whatever he wants. It's not that hard to tell the difference between the two of em, why else do you think Asmon said "damn, maybe I should be a KZbinr then" remarking on Dunkey's free time. Don't talk about things you don't know, buddy

[@Grumpypu]

@@TheRedRaven_ what is it that you cant understand ? him being on his fourth playthrough only gives him more credibility to talk about the topic, since he obviously knows more than you with 50 hours or someone like Asmon that didnt even beat it once yet argues with him. The game is not hard, thats not his point at all, the point is that there is areas/bosses where ratios are just fucked and unfun. Having end game mobs/bosses that take 3 years to kill and one shot you with every attack and give you 3k souls while some early game mobs give you more for less work isnt fun, it just makes you less motivated to kill mobs and you just run past them. The bosses are mechanically just fine, its just the damage or health on some of them is just stupid and broken. None of that is hard, it has nothing to do with difficulty, the game simply just has flawed balance and bad game design in some parts, and if you deny that you just didnt play the game enough to understand.

[@Saitamasensei51]

Asmon was so happy and positive about elden ring 2 years ago lol. Shadow of the Erdtree really broke him

[@AymenDZA]

I think where Asmon and Dunkey disagree is that Asmon "reviews" the game based mostly on other FromSoft titles which leads him to favor changes that improved stuff from DS2 for example while Dunkey seems to be reviewing the game as a standalone where certain stuff (while an improvement in regards to other Souls games) feel not-so-good when talking about game design/gaming in general.

[@Devin7Eleven]

Because Dunkey is more casual.

[@Grumpypu]

@@Devin7Eleven thats why he beat the game 4 times already when Asmon didnt even beat it once, yeah okay. Asmon disagreeing with Dunkey is just plain stupid, every time he is fighting a boss he keeps screaming how hard and stupid it is and here hes acting tough like the numbers arent busted and the game is easy when he didnt even beat it yet, how dumb.

[@asftyeedyy4576]

@@Grumpypu You can see that dunky used mimic tear and hoarfrost stomp which both later got nerfed his flasks are barely upgraded aswell he rushed through the game while asmon uses no summons with strength I watch both their content dunky panders to a more casual audience while asmon appreciates the difficulty both are valid perspectives

[@huckmart2017]

Asmon doesn't know 😂 i think he'll change his mind once he beats the game. It becomes impossible to deny that the game is unbalanced as hell by that point.

[@Terkiaz]

As dunkey said, just mess with damage sliders a bit and this game becomes significantly more enjoyable and rewarding

[@kamrhd]

Exactly, shit ruined my 10/10 impression from Mountaintop all the way to Haligtree

[@Terkiaz]

@@kamrhd Maliketh is also awful to fight. All those 10/10 reviews that came when the game released definitely didn't make it past the capital

[@Terkiaz]

@@lalilola3770 I mean it's still a great game, but the balance is way off. Personally I love Godfrey fight and I think Radagon could be great too if they just gave him more hp and less damage. If they don't change anything, then the best fight in the game will remain Morgott's, a mid game boss

[@Danny-ig3ts]

@@Terkiaz one boss or even 3 or 10 doesn’t take away the 10/10 review from the game. Like that’s such a small percentage of your entire experience of the game. On top of that my own personal opinion on maliketh is that he isn’t THAT hard. He’s a difficult boss but that’s what’s good about him, it makes it more interesting to learn his moves. All of his moves are dodge-able to my knowledge. Plus you have summons to create some space for you.

[@25xxfrostxx]

Dunkey is totally right about being discouraged from trying builds. There are only 10 of the respec item in the game.

[@Pompadourius]

There's 15.

[@remotepinecone]

Its a game with hundreds of possibilities for class building and a built-in respect mechanic, how could anyone think differently? Many games do not allow us to respect at all but it's a part of this game! Usually games that offer this much freedom in builds don't have such restrictions like this.

[@rhapzodyk541]

There's more than 10 larval tears per playthrough. And if you're gonna respec more than 10+ times in a playthrough, at that point you should either be in NG+ already or just make a new character.

[@chloe5886]

some enemies drop the tears tho

[@25xxfrostxx]

@@chloe5886 Only once, there is a limited number in the game per run.

[@nanonyme5944]

4:18 "just don't get hit" is probably the most dark souls thing to say, besides "fingers but hole"

[@ETBrooD]

The great variety in difficulty is precisely one of the big reasons why Elden Ring is such a phenomenal game. You think you're strong? WRONG! Here's an enemy that two-shots you! You think you've got the combat system figured out? WRONG! Here's an enemy who runs circles around you! Every time you face and overcome one of these obstacles that initially leave you stumped, you go through a new survivor journey, and every time it's a fresh thrill. I hope Fromsoft never listens to people like Dunkey. He doesn't even realize why he loves Elden Ring so much. For his own good, they should never change their formula.

[@otsdarvafoxxfyre]

"You can never be too slow in a game if you know what happens" As a Dark Souls vet, the first time around almost every boss baits me into panic rolling before either murdering me or making me crap my pants in fear if it had connected.

[@generic-screen-name]

"ER has a fluid combat system, but DS2 didn't." They're the same damn thing, stop lying to yourself. The mental gymnastics those Souls community jumps through on a moment to moment basis is fucking exhausting.

[@slimfastsubaru2043]

i love dks2 but tbh i played it a few days ago it does feel kinda slow clunky and unresponsive after playing 3 and er.

[@bartoszbartosiewicz1123]

On the same vein, enemies in DS2 move like in glue while ER ones are as fast as in Bloodborne which made your character like twice as fast. It's just poor expirience and the game feels bullshit very often.

[@DebasedAnon]

Ok you're actually just braindead if you believe this shit... If you said DS3 you would have had an argument but DS2? LMFAO did you even play the game? It's basically turn based rather than typical Dark Souls. The Entire gameplay in DS2 revolves around you hitting then stepping back and waiting for the enemies attack to finish.

[@generic-screen-name]

@@DebasedAnon Oh someone is salty from hearing an opinion. Only the Souls fans can act so shitty and petty with ad hominems over a comment on KZbin. You all will say and do anything for lordgod senpai Miyazaki's approval. No matter the criticism, it's pathetic.

[@Vin50000]

@@generic-screen-name because you were perfectly respectful

[@thesighingdutchman1827]

I find it funny that Asmon is so against ash summons and sorcery/faith because it makes the game 'too easy' when he's literally using one of the most broken melee weapons in the game. He usually doesn't see half the enemy's attacks because he gets them in a stun-loop and chunks a shit tonne of their health in single hits. He shit-talks ash summons but then has no problem cheesing a boss using map geometry. Then, when he finally finds something that counters his build, like deathbird, he claims the fight is bs because he refuses to adapt. In my opinion, refusing to use whole gameplay systems out of principle means you're missing out on so much that the game has to offer. Does the souls community realise that it's possible to play as a mage and choose to not use the auto-homing stuff? That it's possible to temporarily switch up your build when you're getting hard-countered? There's nothing wrong with adapting your strategy and choosing not beat your head against a brick wall by doing the same thing over and over because that's what 'the real gamers' do. I honestly feel like a lot of the game, especially the late-game is balanced around actually using your ash summons. 1v1s I'll always do solo, but I don't have any patience for group bosses. The amount of group boss encounters in this game far exceeds that of any previous fromsoft game, and if the boss is going to summon a teammate you can bet your ass I'm uncaging my jellyfish.

[@Tyrbris]

He won't ever find out he doesn't know what he's talking about because he hasn't done it himself, only seen clips of late-game shit you can pull off.

[@Qarth56]

Totally agree. The playstyle I've always used and enjoyed most in FromSoft games is dodging attacks and attacking during openings with a straight sword. I also generally put all my points into vigor and endurance but don't upgrade my weapon until I feel the damage it's dealing is becoming a joke. Elden Ring is the first FS game I've played where it feels like this playstyle is almost unworkable. Duo bosses like Valiant Gargoyles and Godskin Duo are an absolute chore playing melee in this way and I eventually ended up using summons to beat them. And while most of the late game enemies/bosses are "fair" the fact that even at 60+ vigor they can still kill you in about 2 hits max makes them ridiculously frustrating to fight. It does my head in seeing people like Asmon saying that playing melee is fine in this game while running a weapon that deals about 1/5 of a boss' health per hit. I've no problem with people playing the game using any playstyle they want but I find it crazy so many people seem to think just because they've put together an overpowered build they're somehow more skilled than someone who summons mimic tear but doesn't carve through bosses like butter.

[@GingiiPhoenix]

I feel like they could just introduce armor upgrading, and that would eliminate all the problems, and still allow the freedom of what you wanna equip

[@dire2293]

snowfield deathrite bird is the best example of what dunkeys talking about

[@thatokperson]

Imo people talking mad shit about "end-game balance" with early mid-game vigor. Like blud you asked for it when you sacrificed the ability to not get one-shot for 2 extra damage per swing. The rest of us figured out health/vigor may well be an important stat what made your ass forget about it?

[@D00000T]

Dunkey has a point with the damage output of some enemies. Recent souls games play more like shump level of difficulty where you'll die to anything rather than dark souls 1 or demons souls level of difficulty. Bosses now have insane combo attacks that require precise dodge times and movement if you don't want to get hit. The problem is that elden ring is not a shump game and isn't designed around saying "fuck you restart from the very beginning" if you mess up even once but still decides to build its damage output around that.

[@natereynolds2783]

It's like the megaman zero games, where you have a tiny ass healthbar and feel like a god for winning, but unlike the zero games, you don't respawn before the boss.

[@George-tx1wu]

There are still only 6 or 7 slabs in Elden Ring as well. You can only get max weapon level on a few weapons.

[@lvx969]

Not to mention early material rarity.

[@KenoxProductions]

Yeah, I hoped they would make slabs purchasable, even if it cost a ton of runes.

[@lvx969]

@@KenoxProductions They'll probably put it on a super annoying enemy as a 0.2% chance drop like in DS1 with the Dark Wraiths in New Londo Ruins.

[@tyrusdalet]

Currently known ingame: 13 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones 9 Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones 6 Great Grave Glovewort 6 Great Ghost Glovewort

[@Jediahgames]

I find the Wyrm (big salamander) to be quite fair He telegraphs quite clearly where he's gonna throw the lava, and you just have to manage your space around that It feels like Queelag's fight, wich I love

[@sammyboi5559]

“You can never be too slow if you know what’s gonna happen” tell that to reverse flash lmaooo

[@t-virusterrance4734]

Hello, Humans A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born. TERRANCE OUT

[@gabbywilliams6460]

Thank you sir

[@jimjam9387]

9:00 This is actually an unbelievably good take from him this game gives you like 10 mines filled with upgrade stones and like 4 of each for maxing out a weapon. The older games were much stingier in this regard.

[@rhiethreal]

You're clueless. You could literally farm infinite slabs in DS1. There was something like 3 guaranteed ones in the game. There was another one in the DLC. Then you could farm an infinite amount of them from Dark Wraiths in New Londo (it was just a rare drop).

[@istivanp8747]

You're giving me 'nam flashbacks of farming the darkwraiths

[@rhiethreal]

@@istivanp8747 LOL, I still have those in regards to the Pure Blade Stone in the original Demon's Souls.

[@Jpow5734]

Watch asmongold post a video in a few days complaining about how hard the godskin duo is

[@Tyrbris]

I can't get over the fact that there's an Asmon video about a Death Rite Bird.

[@thecoach3577]

I have to agree with Dunkey on most points here. I played through this game, I beat it, and I loved it. But I don’t think I’ll ever play it again, because by the time I got to around Godskin Duo/Malekith area of the game’s runtime, I was so sick of it. I hated that I worked so hard to upgrade my weapons, get better armor, learn new skills and ways to play, and got increasingly better at the game itself, only to be punished by the next boss’s difficulty and damage output. It was like I wasn’t making any progress at all. I wanted that feeling of accomplishment that comes with conquering a game and being skilled and powerful enough to take on any challenge the game could present. But I never got it. Because no matter how good or powerful I became, the game was always ten steps ahead and ramped up the difficulty accordingly, so that I always felt like an ant compared to my enemies. I beat it, and felt nothing, cuz any pride or satisfaction had been beaten out of me 10 hours earlier. 10/10 perfect game

[@mikeoakeshart3823]

"You never too slow if you know what's coming." Cripple person in the middle of the road is nodding furisouly right now.

[@Harry94074]

Watching Asmon judge others on how they beat the game after abusing that greataxe is like watching OJ Simpson sell marriage counselling Also him talking like he knows how much u can upgrade when he isn't even in late game at the time of this recording, it is a fact that there is a hard limit on the amount of weapons you can get to +10 (special weapons that is), and that number is 8. Bearing in mind there are easily over a hundred special weapons it is not much.

[@lvx969]

You can find items in the mid game that lets you get items up to +12 I believe. You can also get special weapons to +4 too. I agree that Asmongold hasn't really thought through his argument though. The upgrade system is very stingy and expensive.

[@manuelcorvobelda1831]

Nah upgrades are fine, even if you can´t reach +10 with every special weapons, +9 is not that bad. In fact, it is worse for normal weapons, you need 12 from each level to reach +24 instead of 1.

[@justinjacobson7495]

Asmon has a bad take for the sake of having an immediate opinion? *surprised pikachu face* Love his content, but "I don't know" is barely in his vocabulary, at least on the main channel. I imagine on his other channel since he's not playing a character, he might admit no knowing things more often, but I've never watched it

[@Harry94074]

@@lvx969 Going above +10 is for non special weapons only, and even then for those types of weapons you can only get 8 to +25 (which is the equivalent max)

[@lvx969]

@@Harry94074 I understand that. Dunkey's argument isn't necessarily about the last upgrade. It's about the early and mid game accessibility of +1-+24 (and Somber) upgrade materials. It makes it very hard to experiment with a variety of weapons when you can't reasonably upgrade them without rushing mid game content.

[@savangray]

I think it would be good to move the weapon upgrade system to be similar to the gold seeds for the flask. You collect your first 'weapon skill' item and all weapons are now at +1 and them you can move from their. This would encourage you to switch weapons more often and it is still fairly easy for the developers to cap weapon progression in the same way they cap it at the moment with the smithing stones.

[@remotepinecone]

Here's something I hate: When they work so hard to make beautiful views but you can't look all the way up or down or zoom in or zoom out to make the camera do what you want so you can actually see what you're doing.

[@VirtuaSavage]

Never had the problem of not seeing... Git gud.

[@elbakaepsnU]

The most ridiculous damage in a Soulsborne game I’ve seen might be Crossbreed Priscilla and her bleed damage.

[@Ethalgam]

I love that all the viewership spikes are when the Dunkey vid starts playing again

[@wvutrip3931]

It does feel like you can’t out level damage in elden ring. Makes it harder but feels like you can’t be tanky

[@TarnishedEldenKing]

Dragon greatshield talisman, and any heavy armor will get you to a passive 40% phys reduction, you won't get one shotted EVER (i'm on NG++) and the only attacks that will two shot you are attacks like Malenia grab, and other normal quick attacks will 4-5 shot you, tested on NG++ with 60 vigor. if you're still getting hit hard, use morgott rune for more HP.

[@lukkkasz323]

@@TarnishedEldenKing Eaiting crabs helps a lot with phys red. I had around 50% phys on 11 END.

[@cloudshifter]

You can be very tanky but you gotta invest a ton of time into it. Grab max poise armor, flask that grants def buff, aromatics that can block 95% of all damage 10 times over and eat the boiled crab for extra dmg defence.

[@p4ttl344]

Mcconnell killing those two gargoyles, I've just done them with the starting weapon Uchikatana upgraded to level 17...

[@freyavaleria21]

I'm trying to kill them with Lightning only. Gravel Stone Seal +13 50 Faith but I have no defence.

[@superomegagigamega3106]

I killed them with redivah lvl6 and no they don’t bleed

[@Kyrious]

I do agree with Dunky. The difficult scaling is pretty good for a long time and then you beat the capital and then from that point on you get to enjoy being two shot by most enemies. And if you’re below 30 vigor then you’re definitely getting one shot a few times

[@Devin7Eleven]

Then don't have below 30 vigor? There is only so much balancing they can do before the game gets piss easy. Some of us want that "bs" because we been playing these games so long theyre too easy sometimes now.

[@Kyrious]

One of those types of people. I’m stating facts, I’m not saying I’m at 30 vigor.

[@Tartiv]

that hoodie looks so nice and clean

[@leadstomach9397]

Just a reminder you haven’t beaten any Elden Ring boss until you’ve killed them with a big open mouth kiss.

[@TheTabaK23]

Dunkey is right that it doesn’t feel good to get 1 shot by something late game, especially if you’re wearing heavy armor and are at the vigor soft cap. Make the bosses more mechanically difficult rather than just boosting their damage.

[@elijahbajecdickinson8271]

Throughtout all of the endgame areas and bosses, I have only been one shot by a small handful of attacks with a vigor stat of around 45. Also, I'm not sure how people don't know about this, but there are talismans that raise your absorption for different damage types, and they can really make a big difference.

[@DebasedAnon]

How are you getting 1 shot with heavy armor and vigor soft cap? Are you just straight up lying or do you not have a concept of either of those? Soft cap is 60 for the record and my first playthrough where I had 60 vIgor and heavy armor (Radahn's) literally NOTHING came even REMOTELY close to "1 shotting" me.

[@Karl_Drogo55]

@@elijahbajecdickinson8271 everyone uses radagojs sorseal and marikas even combo or atleast one by then too I bet so theyre taking twice the dmg on top of it

[@DebasedAnon]

@@elijahbajecdickinson8271 Yup, you werent even at soft cap (60) and you were avoiding these mythical "1 shots" i keep hearing about. People probably half ass everything and don't read what half the talismans do, they don't actually explore, they think Vigor is a "shit stat" and go in with as low as 30 etc etc. The damage balance is entirely fine.

[@TheTabaK23]

@@DebasedAnon any late game grab

[@chuckyb_]

I've already seen this but does anyone else find it super funny to see how deranged and insane Asmon looks in older vids? I mean, it's just a year ago and dude actually went from looking absolutely insane to balanced and calm anno end of 2023 XD Anywhooo love your shit bro, honestly, my first goto on YT period.

[@badams2190]

there isn't a titanite demon that's way higher level. The titanite demons get strong the more of them you kill. You're 2nd titanite demon you fight is stronger than the first, so on and so forth. It also comes down to how many of them you find and fight. Some you may miss as they are hidden, or you might fight them in a different order making a different one seem much stronger on another playthrough.

[@SadPoize]

If you’re talking about dark souls 1, then you’re wrong. The lost izalith demon is actually stronger than all the other ones. I don’t know about elden ring though.

[@jamesohearn2364]

This is just flat out wrong. And you can test it for yourself pretty quick, so it’s weird that it’s wrong.

[@nyxcloud1150]

Drama Mondays is gonna be crazy

[@ryandunnlives]

Asmond enjoying a dunkey video is the exact content I love to see.

[@briquesbts]

The upgrade system is a tough one. You can buy infinite materials but when it reaches that point I'm on a tougher part of the game and I need to stick to my strongest weapon. Unless it uses somber smithing stones, that is actually a lot easier to upgrade

[@cloudshifter]

Problem is the later smithing and smober stones are locked behind the endgame where every quest becomes impossible to complete as like 50% of the characters die.

[@colem209]

I feel like they should reduce enemy damage and reduce the amount of flasks. That way you can stay engaged in a fight for longer without having to roll away to heal just so you don’t get one shot by their next attack. I feel like I’d have even more fun with the game if I only had to disengage from a boss after getting hit 2 or 3 times instead of just one.

[@darrenm4708]

just level up vigor makes it so you can take more hits

[@MrPatrickbuit]

@@darrenm4708 Even with softcapped vigor (50/60) the enemies still do too much damage. There's no way around it, that's how the game was designed intentionally.

[@MrPatrickbuit]

@@MeldinX2 To an average player, it's not easy at all. I had a fuckton of DS1 and DS3 experience prior to Elden Ring and this game still buttfucked me hard without summons. With summons it is too easy, though. You're completely right.

[@strawhelm1821]

I complete agree on the difficulty. Being someone who wanted to be a dark souls player, and literally could not do it, Ive had a great time with elden rings. finding a different path, training on some weaker guys, hell I got my 3ed level by selling berries i just picked on horse back. The game has way more options and play styles that cover a range of difficulties and I think its From Softs biggest step forward with this game.

[@kilitankeilts]

Before this video, I thought these commentaries on others' work were "phoning it in," but now I see it is the best of both worlds (and opinions) in one video and at the same time introducing viewers to content creators they may never have heard of. So, that's pretty cool and thanks.

[@multipass23]

it's optional if you play by the internets talking. if you play the game without looking that. this game is back to playing the game how it was made... for you, play it how you want to play it.

[@KDoodleNoodle99]

The torch that reveals the invisible enemies is specifically the sentry torch not just any

[@Svoorhout85]

The game drops hints that you need this torch to spot invisible assassins too. Same with the beast repelling torch wich practically exists just to get past the runebear in the dragonbarrow cave.

[@river7874]

I'm okay with the bullshit from Elden Ring because of how frequent you find Sites of Grace and Stakes of Marika. The run backs to a boss fight aren't nearly as much of a slog as they used to be because of that. So I'm willing to put up with the higher damage output from enemies, and then insane combos.

[@stavik96]

For item upgrades they are stingy in the sense that you usually have the stuff needed to get 1 weapon a few levels above what you can do with the rest, making it kind of feel like you're forced to use this one weapon. But late game as you get all the bells you can literally get all weapons to 24/25 and 9/10 with like 6 or so of each to max by finishing npc questlines and such. But then again I don't feel the game needs to allow you to upgrade all 100 weapons or however many there are to at once, you can experiment with the base weapons to find out which you like and try out the ones that match your build while you keep the rest in mind for ng+ or a new character where you want to try a different build. We really don't need yet another game to go down the path of handicap access for even the most mentally challenged people out there. What they need to balance is honestly the damage from bleed and frostbite procs, those things are just not right man... Oh and make them not build up in pvp when you the enemy's attack, what's even the point of rolling if you just bleed to death anyway because it chunks you for like 70% of your max health for who knows what reason. I'd honestly prefer if bleed was another dot but the dot scaled with how much the bar was filled up, kinda like you're actually bleeding heavily from all the cuts you've received.

[@arthurw1604]

4:30 XD that didnt age well when he said the dlc is too hard to be fun

[@fadedcolors]

Lololol, bro that was so funny especially bcoz he acts so condescending to everyone else and always singing about his overleveled broken build.

[@VladTheBreaker]

I legit one shotted the duo! I agree with you! Their attacks are telegraphed and slow

[@tobwhy168]

I like this guy, he seems nice. But holy hell I hate his twitch chat.

[@travisoutlaw9511]

It took me about 150 hours to explore everything I wanted to and beat the game with Ranni the Witch. I'm a hopeless romantic so trying to end up with her was my goal 😂. You can have your Elden Ring, I want me a Blue Witch Maiden! On to NG+ to try again lol. Much love to my fellow Tarnished, this game is a painful masterpiece. I cannot wait for some DLC!

[@alexandergannon7058]

My least favorite part of the game is the rune distribution from enemies. I think they were afraid of players getting too overleveled too easily but sometimes I'll slog through whole dungeons for like an hour and end up with like 1/10 of a level of progress. Sometimes I literally have to leave a sprawling dungeon full of difficult enemies that are at my exact level to go hit some bullshit rune farm area because I'm literally making 0 level progress by just playing the game. When I need 15k runes for a level and enemies are literally dropping runes 15 at a time... that's just a waste of time

[@christopherschneider2968]

I feel you! Around lvl 60 everything is fine but afterwards it feels like pulling teeth. For all the deserved shit Mountaintops of the giants get, at least the rune drop finally picks back up. Halligtree kicks your teeth in but at least you get fat stacks of Runes for your troubles. Its a shame that the mid game turns to a slog.

[@chrislloyd2589]

The thing is once you’ve beaten the game and got all the miners bells you can buy up to +24 or +9 on all your weapons. Farm the runes, and just buy the stones you can buy smithing stone 8 as many times as you want. So I think it’s the most accessible game in terms of build variety; I’ve never used so many different weapon types in a fromsoft game

[@chrislloyd2589]

@@20eyesmisfit I was still able to switch my build 4 seperate times in my first playthrough. Started with pure str and ended with a str faith. My first playthrough ended with 5 different fully upgraded weapons, and a few other +9

[@tipperdipper1149]

Responding to his comment on Titanite slabs in DS1, they let you farm them off dark wraiths tho the drop chance is low. You usually get chunks instead. You also get one from Siegmeyer's quest, if you ever do it. Also DS1 has twinkling titanite for separately upgraded weapons

[@PeoplePleaser578]

Let’s be real - Dunky was harsh but fair in his view. Half of the normal enemies hit harder than the bosses that normally running through a random cave is more annoying than a boss. Random enemies one shot you ad nauseum I even when you are over levelled to the point it’s not even funny. At level 140… I get oneshot by random enemies in the sewer. Armor is just a cosmetic choice with most Armor being irrelevant - In Dark souls you could at least itemise for areas to improve immunisation, etc but in Elden ring it doesn’t matter, Armor is literally just a weight. Most enemies do so much damage that Armor has no value apart from looking cool. I love the game and the lore but I’m like wtf unless you build rivers of blood, Moonveil, go full faith build with Blasphemous or mage every other build feels soooo weak in comparison. Like using the Moonlight Greatsword at 80 intelligence and 40 strength… I do no damage to late game enemy’s it takes 3 to 4 hits to kill anything. But I build blasphemous I can oneshot almost every boss with LT and regain all my health doing it. I love this game but man is there some issues.

[@yungkenwud6397]

80 int 40 str lvl 140 "why are things one shotting me?" lmao

[@PeoplePleaser578]

@@yungkenwud6397 Yeah because a random enemy oneshotting you is valid even at 55 vigor people are getting one - 2shot by bosses so please explain how this is a unique problem to me 🤣. I had 1200hp dude and I was getting oneshot by enemies on the way to haligtree 🤣 and getting oneshot by Sewer enemies that was my first play through. That was before even made it to Malenia or Mohg respectively. The damage in the game needs to be slightly tuned down. Part of the reason thats an issue is because Armor is worthless - Its just aesthetic to look cool.

[@yungkenwud6397]

@@PeoplePleaser578 idk have you tried holding up a shield?

[@PeoplePleaser578]

@@yungkenwud6397 Yes because that helps doesnt it xD. I have completed the game 3 times... I am well aware shields exist - Stop talking to me like I am a 2 year old. The point is unless you play a specific way half of the game is way harder than it should be because of Enemy damage being stupidly high for no real reason

[@yungkenwud6397]

@@PeoplePleaser578 maybe try 2 shields then get back to me or the other option, the attacks don't do dmg if they don't hit you (not sure if you knew that one)

[@MrElKabano]

Asmongold: "Enemies killing you with 1 hit is not an issue, just don't get hit". Also Asmongold: "I don't like bosses that drop things on the ground, I find it a frustrating form of difficulty". Souls "git gud" community at it's finest.

[@jungkinoid8706]

God you're tone deaf lmao

[@Devin7Eleven]

Git gud. The first area is piss easy enough as is. Go play something else if it's too challenging for you.

[@drewh1170]

There is definitely truth being told. I tried switching over to a build that I thought was just really cool looking and might be fun to use. A Dragon Cult Incantation build (Red lightning attacks) with the Cragblade and that red lightning spear weapon. Had what I though I needed as far as the upgrades and talismans only to find out I’m getting horribly wrecked by most late game bosses and enemies. Basically had me respec right back to what I was doing before because as cool as the build looks it just wasn’t viable which sucked.

[@Frog_Cat_]

Yeah I don't get why if you've used katanas for the first 20 hours of gameplay but you find a sweet spear, you can't just.. equip it and go from there. You have to go back and farm 50+ stones to match the damage, otherwise you're doing like 1/4 of the damage you were before. And you need to know where to farm those stones as well. This has been the case in all the souls games and I think they rely on it to encourage multiple playthroughs- but the problem is that if the original run is VERY long, you can easily get burnt out. And it's not like you don't want to play a game again just because you were able to use both swords and hammers.

[@sax7760]

I agree with the endgame. The mobs do more overall damage than a boss. Most of my death and a lot of youtubers/streamers I watched comes from mobs/minibosses.

[@Cabenoxx]

As a southerner I see so many people calling the crawfish/crayfish lobsters and it saddens me.

[@gabbywilliams6460]

As a southerner, i appreciate this message.

[@ApenBaard]

Lol we dont even have a different word for em in dutch and they make use of that fact by scamming people xD. You pay just as much for crawfish here as youd pay for real ass lobster and most people dont know the difference. My local fishstore sells em marinated with some garlic butter at 12 euros for half a crawfish xD..... so insane haha

[@shadebinder3599]

There are actually 4 titanite slabs in DS1. However two of them are in hidden optional areas, one of them is at the end of a npc questline where the npc can easily die before you finish it, and the fourth is after the hardest DLC boss. In other words they're all easily missable or only available in the post game

[@trundenthebad]

Man, I love asmongold, but the way he talks about his play through vs literally everyone else’s as if his is valid and everyone else is a bitch annoys me. It has been my number 1 complaint about my first fromsoftware game, the fan base are a bunch of maidenless gamers with a god complex who need to touch grace.

[@Pyrrhonian]

Lol I think it's just memey, I know I suck for using magic and summons compared to a melee only build but my own fun is my priority and people who do like level 1 runs can totally tell me I suck in comparison

[@trundenthebad]

@@Pyrrhonian but it’s not that they say they’re better than you, they make you feel like you’re entire souls experience is invalid cause you didn’t play vigor and strength. I have beaten elden ring 3 times, as a mage + summons first, as a dex bleed + occasional summon second, and finally as a strength build no summon last. And in my opinion strength is almost easier because of how much damage you can do in 1 jump attack. It’s different types of difficult but still 100% a fromsoftware game. I just can’t stand these “holier than thou” attitude of some of these clowns. I get asmon is memeing but I still find it annoying cause it’s been in every online discussion of elden ring and I’m tired of hearing it. LET PEOPLE HAVE FUN GOD DAMNIT

[@Pyrrhonian]

@@trundenthebad yeah it does get pretty ridiculous, though when I see people like that they mostly get slammed by others telling them to just let people enjoy it, so I think they're being rightfully called out, with his hugely popular Elden Ring is the majority of players are certainly not going to be that hardcore

[@Grumpypu]

@@trundenthebad people saying strength takes ultra skill compared to magic are just delusional. I had a way harder time on my mage than on my strength build, because everyone automatically assumes that when you play a mage, you just use the one shot builds and summons, but I didnt, and I played a pure mage with no summons and no cheesy builds, and it was fucking hard, especially end game bosses. You dont get the health and armour as any other build, and you also dont pump out as much as damage as some other dex or strength builds, leaving you with being squishy and having mediocre damage with 0 HP flasks because all have to go to FP. Compare that to my strength character that is immortal forever when I raise my shield and I almost one shot everything, yeah... super skilful.

[@jake89g]

Btw, he did one shot the Godskin Duo.

[@Cetra29]

No, he didn't. He first tried them. One shot means one shot. You one shot random enemies. If he thinks one shot means first try and not one hit kill he does not know what it means. You shoot your shot and the target is dead. Hence you need one shot.

[@kle1134]

Bro the 1960s vans analogy couldn't be worse man those vans were badass

[@ZeProblematicz]

I feel like most people who play casually don't know you can get the bells to buy infinite number of upgrade materials. If you never figure that out then yea it's pretty rough to change weapons/builds.