Beating Dark Souls 2 by Broken Stupid Means

[@tank19768]

The fact that Patches had such an impact on the playthrough such that Dan can never be sure a random object isn't him is absolutely hilarious. It's like mimics on another level.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

Hearing Patches makes me nostalgic because there was a dog at the doggy daycare I work at named Patches who was a sweet boy!

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

It reminds me of Prop Hunt!

[@terragames9046]

Dan:Is this Patches?

[@trainershade1937]

"You drink it so slowly", "I totally dodged that attack" Sounds like the words of someone who hasn't leveled ADP enough!

[@dodojesus4529]

Also someone who hast discovered lifegem meta

[@leithaziz2716]

Doesn't leveling ADP legitimately speed up the animation of drinking estus, even if a small amount? I know there being something simillar to how leveling Dexterity made casting spells quicker in these games.

[@dippycord1678]

​@Leith aziz it basically doubled it at max adp and it gives more invincibility frames

[@lolkingkivario6174]

​@@leithaziz2716 more roll I frames, faster estus, faster lifegems, basically just quality of life

[@je-mange-du-chien]

Jadore manger le chein

[@PriestOfTheHelix]

The fact that the looking glass knight, a dude with a big mirror, summoned Negative Becket is something I find very funny. It’s like you have to fight your evil self but your evil self is kinda just chill and wants to mess with you.

[@selensewar]

I only wish RT wasn't this op at this point and actually had some time to interact with me there :D

[@benjackson7690]

With all the npc's Dan's killed, negative Becket is the good one. Two negatives make a positive

[@userofusername4981]

Sounds like a plot twist where you’re the more evil version of your opposite

[@joeblogg2957]

Scott Pilgrim vs Nega-Scott from the movie (2010) in a nutshell

[@CiromBreeze]

Literally the plot of Kid Icarus Uprising

[@k1rbyguy]

When I was playing Dark Souls 2 for the first time a year or two ago, I was invaded by Dark Spirit Punt_Cussy. He was wearing nothing but butterfly wings. He waved at me and then started dropping items on the floor. I picked them up and found that he had given me about 90 of every "Soul of a Great Warrior" or whatever, a bunch of fully upgraded armor, and multiple fully upgraded weapons and rings. Then he bowed to me. I bowed back, and he took one step backward - off of a ledge and into lava. I'll never forget you, Punt_Cussy.

[@nobodycares5050]

A true hero

[@donpollo3154]

Truly a man for the ages

[@sumi_luu]

What a KZbin

[@CreepySmileAndWave]

🦋

[@Shatter149]

the community of ds2 is far different than ds3 were everyone just invades and kills.

[@grfrjiglstan]

I love that all the friendly invaders shielded him from the consequences of pulling that lever in Aldia's Keep.

[@happyplum2822]

So, what was supposed to happen?

[@kh-freack]

Interested aswell

[@s_t_r_a_y_e_d]

@@happyplum2822 it frees Sorcerer Navlaan, the red NPC invader Dan VAPORIZED with 2 swings because he spec'd all into strength lmfao

[@Lelmao33]

​@@happyplum2822 Fucked with a questline and cause multiple invasion

[@sirnutaku7716]

He really pulled a "So I did some offline grinding"

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

Visions of Pat

[@cptKamina]

@@TheTrueRandomGamer Pat?

[@NickPotatoes]

​@@cptKamina Super Best Friends Play... It still hurts...

[@arcana8899]

"It's time for HUGE QUEST!"

[@thuggishcone1392]

The HUUGEST

[@StickMaster500]

Well you know what they say: Can't Dark the Souls without losing a few dozen invaders, even if it means losing Senator Armstrong

[@samwisefamgee]

Making the mother of all Becketts here RT..... can't fret over every lost summon.

[@maninhu9837]

​@@samwisefamgee what about patches?

[@pugaleto9578]

That was horrible! ...your build is horrible... YOU'RE HORRIBLE! [Intense pointing goes here] you're an irredeemable hollow!

[@samwisefamgee]

@@maninhu9837 Trusty Patches Will Return

[@testhekid]

i will not forgive the souls for what they've done to senator armstrong!!

[@paleongames]

I love that patches is literally just a guy. He's a random viewer who thought it'd be fun to do a random bit. And instead caused Dan psychological damage making him second guess every object in the game.

[@iamcool544]

I love how an NPC will be standing totally still weapon lowered and he is like "HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THEY WERE FRIENDLY"

[@JubioHDX]

eh, alot of enemies look like theyre just chilling until you walk in the room. having a weapon out in general makes you a target lol

[@1MaxVader1]

Dude, you don’t understand… I’m one of the people that have killed the entire population of Pottsville in Elden Ring…when you’ve only encountered enemy’s, it’s hard to really tell that they are friendly. And the fact that you can lock onto them does not help…

[@jingleding9002]

@@1MaxVader1 every pot that’s not either alexander or living in the pot village is hostile, that’s why I’m on guard at every single encounter with a large jarrior since there were times when I started that I turned my back on one and it helicoptered its fists right into my ass

[@JacobTheCroc]

My favourite joke of the stream was when chat would tell Dan that his own computer would drop big sword so he needs to break it.

[@brawler8839]

That's fucking hilarious

[@Yougotcaged102]

"Dan, your newborn son drops big sword"

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@Yougotcaged102 thats vile, dont say that

[@Yougotcaged102]

@@ps1hagridoufofcharacter Too late

[@dodojesus4529]

@@Yougotcaged102 kick the baby

[@shadowsrose4720]

Here is a small funfact with Raime! If you enter the Bossfight with Velstadt's helmet, he will instantly enter his second phase thanks to the lore conflict between the two knights!

[@owlrecluse2234]

What’s the lore conflict?

[@shadowsrose4720]

@Owl Recluse essentially Raime saw through the Queen's ploy and attempted to eliminate her infront of the king and Velstadt. Velstadt and Raime got into a rather intense brawl where the end result was Raim being banished. He would cast aside his Black Hand Greatshield [or regular shield, my knowledge is a bit rusty] and go to the Iron Tower where he chose to follow a queen who granted him power and was somewhat similar to the final boss [before the scholar].

[@randomguy3849]

​@@owlrecluse2234 What the other guy said, but Vaati also has a pretty good "Prepare to Cry" video on it

[@maxenfelter]

@@owlrecluse2234 Raime and Velstadt used to be Vendrick's right and left hand men, but at some point Raime developed an idea that was deemed traitorous and Velstadt fought, defeated, and banished him for it. What exactly he was deemed a traitor _for_ is never specified but evidently Raime is still sure he was in the right

[@doctorsnakeeater1997]

I forgot, but does the opposite also work? Wearing Raime's gear when facing Velstadt?

[@moka8601]

Fun fact! : If you manage to kill Sir Alonne Without getting hit he has a special death animation where He'll commit Seppuku ( IE he'll stab himself in the stomach)

[@benjackson7690]

This sounds like the most bs thing, but yeah, if you kill him with no hits in under 5 minutes, he has a special death animation

[@moka8601]

It's also the special of his weapon , which adds 20% Extra damage

[@petrwarthursty2011]

True

[@SaintSoba]

technically, its if you get him to 10% health, he'll basically concede and sudoku

[@ElysetheEevee]

​@@SaintSoba Lol "sudoku".

[@TheCronq]

We're making the mother of all builds, Jack! Can't fret over every soul!

[@leithaziz2716]

"Not when you're farming for meta builds, right? What do you know about builds? You've never tried a SL1 run. You don't know what it's like to invade people for Souls, just to survive!"

[@egbertmilton4003]

This is even funnier when you consider this guy looks like Jack Horner

[@nightwalker9875]

@@leithaziz2716 “But you did survive. Through sheer force of skill, following your own rules, you forged your own build”

[@vthegreatest6352]

Powerstancing son!

[@snes90]

Invading here I realize You are just like me Trying to build ADP

[@oliver_twisted6838]

"He's one away," bold words for a man also one away

[@AcelJean]

To be fair, he's almost always one away...

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

You're never not one away from fume knight

[@lynx4082]

I love how many Invaders have managed to mentally destroy dan without even doing much, it's so funny watching him go up to random objects with "Are you patches?" ooc he sounds insane

[@tommydoez]

1 second in and apparently Dan has accidentally explored all of the DLC? He is on that grindset

[@Bec-Son]

you can see the anti-roll training that Daniel is being put through by raime, instead of just rolling in any direction you HAVE to roll into his swings/opening spots i really bet that he went through A LOT more pain than shown

[@fumeknightofshovelry3901]

He did, the vod is on his other channel

[@colinmartin9797]

The secret to the hardest bosses in souls games: they're all left handed. Roll to the left on a left handed boss, not to the right. Fume knight, soul of cinder, so much easier when you roll left instead of right.

[@Greenst4rX]

Been seeing it. They always hit by the right with a right roll.

[@reagansido5823]

I'm really happy he got to see the looking glass knight summon a player. that is a pretty cool boss feature. also that it was one of the fans.

[@benjackson7690]

When I fought the mirror knight, I killed him before he got to do any cool moves. Only one I saw was his lightning sword

[@natsusekai6190]

Terry TheCameraMan is probably one of the funniest invaders this playthrough's had

[@CiromBreeze]

I dunno Senator Armstrong just dropkicking everyone is also pretty funny

[@natsusekai6190]

​@@CiromBreeze also an extremely good bit honestly, souls streamers playing w/ community members is always such a fun watch really showcases how creative some community members are

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

them and patches are easily my favorite. theyre both so funny without being nuisances and that my favorite kind of troll

[@D1EHARDTOO]

Nega Beckett with the clutch Looking Glass Knight summon tho, reminded me of when you fight the Silver Tear enemies in Elden Ring and they're you but better (or worse)

[@twitchyb9950]

I was one of the many summons that RT enlisted in his journey, and I just wanted to say how much fun it was revisiting Dark Souls 2! I am very glad RT enjoyed it as much as he did!

[@selensewar]

🙏 it was nice having you in on the fun!

[@uselesschannel51]

Who were you doe

[@D1EHARDTOO]

Patches?!

[@gonzy_estavez]

16:40 here;s a timestamp for the only part we're here to come back for: when Dan installs firefox

[@spun1930]

Oh thank god, I was on a pilgrimage for the knowledge. Thanks for this glorious ray of light.

[@BonePapi]

Imagine if RT knew about these magical, god-tier, man-breaking, god-fear-inducing items called "Bow and Arrow" 13:46

[@floppydisksareop]

Or anything that can shoot stuff, really

[@BlahoMark15]

Thats a standard issue for STR players. They just wanna cook with their big fuck weapons not considering the utility or aid in scenarios like that.

[@digidrveKJ]

@@BlahoMark15 well yeah they like just bullying enemies to death it’s fun

[@miyako-r31]

​@@BlahoMark15 tbf hitting someone with big sword is way cooler then shooting someone

[@randomguy3849]

​@@BlahoMark15 If I'm strong enough I can chuck the huge ol' slab of metal I'm swinging right at someone

[@Eris-Akato]

13:49 BIKEWAY NAROS HOLY SHIT The grayfruit shows its face in all kinds of places

[@alanahschmitz5552]

The fruit man is omnipresent

[@meeman7896]

Is that *the* one and only gray fruit? Or just a fan? Either honestly wouldn't surprise me

[@uhhhh_hi]

what gets me is that it's not just a character named bikeway naros but they also made him look like lark

[@cristobaldiaz9696]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT, HELL YEAH

[@vinniepowell7438]

Funny fruit man is my favourite

[@fourdayz1414]

Dan’s brain has only one thought and it’s “big sword”

[@iceneko9170]

"patches?"

[@notakirakarakaza2118]

"Bikeway Naros".... Now where have i heard that name before? A hero from another world, perhaps? A foreign traveler, singing the song of the lark and bearing the sign of the gray fruit... No matter, I suppose. The world is full of coincidences, after all.

[@sir.moisttoes]

Ah yes, Grayfruit a true legend among men

[@kinghoovy8576]

May his Pasty Tomato Skin carry many across their journeys

[@MasterofLaziness]

Seeing Bikeway Naros in an RT video is a KZbin overlap I was not expecting.

[@Bec-Son]

just dan casually killing npcs and everyone wanting to drag him to the pit again is just yeah

[@xxslomegaxx9574]

13:50 Bikeway Narrow… carrier of the Lark Soul

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

Dan: He's one away Raime: *SO ARE YOU BUDDY*

[@Typical_Explorer]

THE IRISH DAD IS BACK Could've put better myself honestly, A RT upload on a spring night is a good kind of night in my weathered eyes.

[@dsalucas]

Fun fact! On release, the casters in shrine of Amana had a significantly larger aggro range, making it that much more difficult to navigate.

[@benjackson7690]

They had a lot of stuff. I believe their missiles were also faster and had better tracking

[@randomguy3849]

Shrine of Amana was hell on Drangleic on release. You NEEDED the anti-spell damage ring to survive or to cheese with a poison bow

[@leithaziz2716]

Their projectiles tracked much better and did a lot more damage. Somehow it sounds worse on release than it already is now.

[@TehCakeIzALie1]

Maybe the only SotFS change everybody can agree was for the better

[@benjackson7690]

@@TehCakeIzALie1 Feel like there was a lot of good ones. One of the ones I personally like is what they did with the dragon shrine

[@yuhhhmannn8223]

Grayfruit reference 13:49 funny fruitman lookout over and out

[@ЛеонардБолотов]

RTG beating fume knight while powerstancing two ultra great swords is very respectable

[@--Cat--]

Btw for anyone who's curious: Sir Alonne fights because you *are* the king. That section is the memory of the iron king and his fight against his once greatest friend after the iron king has been corrupted by power. You are the villain in that fight.

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

uh oh

[@donpollo3154]

Goddammit not again dark souls

[@thanotosomega]

Every other memory is time travel so I assume this one is too, He fights you because you are some random intruder in one of his lord/maybe boyfriend's strong holds, you kill him, this drives iron king insane, all his power and the only person he cared about was slain in the heart of it, by some cursed monster, this is why he tortured undead hoping he'd get you, he covered up Alone's death and put his armor in a place of reverence,

[@ApofisRaxionNecros]

Dan fighting Alonne so many times that he hit the respawn cap for the mobs outside got me sent.

[@kittyface3505]

Happy we got a larksouls reference with BikewayNaros

[@drakkon2zshadowsz909]

Half of my wanting for more fromsoft games at this point is just to see this one Irish guy play through them

[@theKungFuFerret]

The cast of invaders and summons helping out RT when he asks for it when trekking through the less enjoyable parts make this series so enjoyable

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

That brown door in shrine of Amana opens after you kill the king Pulling the lever released naavlan Specifically his evil side, normally, naavlan only talks to you if you're hollow, and makes you do a few assassination missions(just has you collect items from npcs, they do drop if you kill the npc, but they can be bought/found/given without killing any of em, then he is a merchant, more useful for mages, but also good if you like greatbows, or want more bonfire aescetics, as he sells both. Also, agdaynes sword is obtainable, it's a NG+ item tho, the four main bosses drop a second soul, of another boss from ds1 The rotten drops the old dead one's soul, which can be given to bird lady for the [Crypt blacksword], a Hex/Str weapon that is actually really good. Freja Drops the Old Paledrake soul, which can be given to Ornifex for the Real MLGS, or to Straid for Crystal Soul Spear. Old iron king drops old king soul, which gets you that greatbow the silver knights have in ds1 from Ornifex, or a really good buffing miracle from Straid And lost sinner gives Old witch soul, chaos blade(good katana) from Ornifex, or flame weapon from Straid.

[@duperlink]

Out of all the characters in the stream, I was not expecting Bikeway to make an appearance.

[@tricksterzyro3230]

The depiction of Guts being very willing to die is very accurate to some of the earlier, and much later chapters of the manga.

[@funx24X7]

Fume knight once held the accolade of least beaten souls boss by ratio of attempts vs kills, not sure if it holds up when taking elden ring into account but he's still a right bastard

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

Fume vs. Melania, who would win?

[@holysol]

@@TheGirlInFandomWorld melania would definitely win, she's like 8x faster - both in movement and attack speed - and she's a combo machine with teleports, leeching self-heals, and clone summons.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@holysol You're right, I should never have doubted Malenia.

[@memeweirdguyn.0019]

Dark Souls 2 veterans are on par with those in Elden Ring: they pity the low levels that are going through a tough area, drop useful items and then proceed to disappear and never be seen again OR they laugh maniatically as they beat the *KZbin* out of them

[@TheRedRobin96]

If you manage to kill Sir Alonne without taking damage he does a special animation where he performs Sepukku on himself out of shame of his one sided defeat. I think he should have done that animation out of shame for allowing himself to be defeated by such an absurd build.

[@Alexj-kd7ew]

I love the reoccurring character invaders it makes it even more fun than it already is

[@TheHutchy01]

I love the concept of like every author in Irish history just turning up at RT's door with a bag and sledgehammer making it clear, they want an apology.

[@IP1kachuI]

Your community and the invasions are the best thing about this, I absolutely lost it at Terry the CameraMan

[@deathunicorn8279]

rt dark souls is peak media

[@LordDezro]

For real though

[@borgyborg9399]

I did not expect the bikeway narrows cameo but it made me smile :)

[@timhess8249]

No way, a grayfruit/Lark Souls reference in an RT Video??? It's everything I could've wished for. Thank you Bikeway Naros

[@TuckyBlue]

13:52 HOLY SHIT ITS BIKEWAY NAROS OF LARK SOULS FAME

[@williamdunbar2802]

Doing the DLC before Drangleic Castle is really something

[@benjackson7690]

It's normal for new players. Since you basically get all the stuff you need before Drangleic castle, and the teleports are after important bosses

[@bendawson511]

17:50 Biggus I'm stuck. BIGGUS PLEASE! I BEG YOU!

[@Llominous3495]

As soon as I saw the notification that RT posed a new vid, the most stupid looking smile came upon my face

[@SaltSpirits]

For those unaware, being a reoccurring character in Dark Souls 2 is much more difficult than either of the previous series. In Dark Souls 1 & 3, Bloodborne and Elden Ring, you simply need to be a similar total level to the person you’re trying to connect with. In Dark Souls 2, however, it utilizes a feature called “Soul Memory” This is the total number of souls you have acquired throughout your entire journey, and in regards to multiplayer, you’re only able to connect with people in your tier. This means that it’s very easy, simply by killing a handful too many enemies, using consumables etc you will change your soul memory tier, effectively causing you to be unable to connect until RT also reaches that tier.

[@vampireopossum]

i heard “thank you mr bikeway” and instantly knew there was a cameo from the gray fruit

[@TW-qw5zr]

Fun Fact: Prior to the release of Elden Ring, Fume Knight was From Soft's deadliest boss.

[@darlescharwin5346]

So nice of Bikeway Naros from the hit KZbin series, Lark Souls, to come help

[@RelativelyBest]

This challenge run is insane! I've never seen anyone get this far with that little ADP.

[@zymosan99]

13:48 holy fuck is that Bikeway Naros!?!?

[@bill-wo2ny]

NO WAY GRAYFRUIT BIKEWAY NARROWS 13:49

[@blitzy9408]

I'm so glad I got to watch most of the streams of DS2, thank you for the content, Dan

[@TheValiantBob]

Never forget that on release, Shrine of Amana was Even Worse. This is the toned down version of the zone x_X

[@ryanwhitford4249]

Is that THE Bikeway Narrows? Wasn't expecting a Grayfruit reference in my RT video

[@SoloGamer42]

Hey RT, just wanted to say I've been thoroughly enjoying watching you play through my favorite Souls game. It's also amazing to see the community come together to help you when you need it. Back when I played it my community experience was jarring not bad but not good. I played so much of this game it was ridiculous, all while not leveling adaptability at all. Aside from Elden ring this is the only Souls game I 100% multiple occasions. Just wanted to say it means a lot to me and I bet a lot of other Souls players to watch their favorite content creator play this so I thank you RT. Happy dying.

[@BonnieBoestar]

13:50 YOOOO was that the REAL Bikeway Naros? Idk if that's how his name was spelled, wonder if it was Grayfruit or Lark playing it

[@scarlettscented]

Of all the things I didn't expect, this was truly the most blessed

[@minixmousy]

"patches i know it's you" the giant egg, sliding away: "nooooooooooooooo, no patches here!"

[@whybndsu]

Heya Dan. Just want you to know that I appreciate you and your content. Its always such a nice time whenever you upload. I hope you and The Irish Lads can stream together soon. Always a blast whenever that happens.

[@philipsheehan3754]

My favorite part was when he installed Firefox. It was a true gamer moment.

[@shrottbott7200]

Sir Alonne polished the floor and wears socks so he can perform his sick sliding attacks.

[@serv3384]

13:57 THE LARK SOULS 2 LEGEND, TRANS ICON AND BIG SWORD ENJOYER. BIKEWAY NAROS, EVERYONE.

[@funx24X7]

The summon references have been 10/10 this whole adventure. Was that THE Bikeway Naros?

[@cadepeppley9430]

These videos are basically the Miitopia sequels, so many iconic characters

[@Shala_Boi]

I really wish Fromsoft would do that "exploding rest spot" again. I think it's an amazing bit to catch people off guard

[@mckaygoodman6514]

I'm glad you liked Sihn, most people think he's annoying, but he's my personal favorite souls boss across all the games (including elden ring and ds3, I like him that much)

[@jacobbenson8722]

NO WAY BIKEWAY NAROS GRAYFRUIT IS HERE

[@FlappoTheSilentScientist]

Didn't expect Lark Souls representation in this playthrough

[@EnycmaPie]

Patches gaslighting RT into thinking everything is Patches in hiding.

[@buttermanaws4693]

Dan going saying this boss doesn't seem that hard to probably one of the hardest fights in the series is so funny to me

[@cyber_xiii3786]

I'm like 90% sure that when you summon phantoms, the enemies keep their buffed health even after the phantoms leave if you don't reset the area, so he kept making bosses harder than they needed to be

[@neromastic4512]

I love these Long Videos of gameplay from RT as its very enjoyable to watch in the evening/morning With some Nice coffee and cookies and watching like 10 min a Morning/Evening. Cant wait for more games he play like this.

[@earll_johansson]

Its nice to see even someone who doesn't know what the toe strat is almost came up with it

[@reagansido5823]

My favorite part was when the fume knight was like "it's fumein' time!" and then he fumed all over the place. Truly one of the most boss fights of all time.

[@Bralvis]

Early RT Gang. So happy you are posting the highlights of these streams!

[@theregularterrarian3933]

my favourite part of this video has to be when RT installed a new internet browser

[@someguyontheinternet8769]

ill be real a grayfruit reference in the summons was not expected in the slightest but appreciated non the less

[@Sad_Elf]

my favorite part is seeing rt constantly have breaking equipment because they never fixed the bug that increases durability loss the higher your framerate is when making scholar

[@annihilatedOne]

Is that Bikeway Naros? From Lark Souls 2? Splendid

[@rileyevans3286]

14:00 ah, bikeway naros, it seems theres a lark souls fan here, possibly even Mr. Fruit himself!

[@aikoveletna2664]

Bikeway Naros, from hit series "Lark Souls 2"?!?!?!??!?!?!?!/1/1 This is a real Grayfruit(tm) moment!

[@tomix6690]

I'm loving the series. This is especially fun to watch, because I've just finished my re-visit after 5 years challenge run last month where I only used fire damage to beat the gam and DLCs. It's so much fun seeing how much different it could've looked for me if I went for a normal playthrough, like you're doing :D

[@thepartyrockpolice1975]

I didn't expect to see the legendary Bikeway Naros during this playthrough

[@yaddabluh8726]

"The estus is so slow" Also dan: We have enough ADP/AGL Brilliant

[@boopboop7868]

17:20 RT: sorry this is happening on stream RT: *puts it in the video*

[@destroidhak2556]

Thanks Terry for bringing this stream to life

[@DamnDaimen]

My favourite dark souls 2 mechanic is the limited enemy respawns. It's a nice consolation prize when you are having a hard time in an area.

[@nyanbinary87]

"i accidentally explored the entire tower" has the same energy as "i did a little off-camera mining,"

[@junkszy912]

Welcome to the latest episode of Dan vs Level ADP.

[@seamusfinnerty5897]

5:02 HE SAID IT!!!!!! HE SAID THE FUNNY!!!!!!