Beating The Hardest Mode With 0 Weapons in Vampire Survivors

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Today we go for a 0 weapon run to see if you can win against the hardest mode in Vampire Survivors, the Inverse Mode that triples the enemies HP. Halfway through the run the realization kicks in that it will be impossible to not pick up an additional weapon, simply because we don't have enough banishes to get rid off all. There are technically ways around that, but none that would be exciting, like e.g. just standing still. So I made the decision to hopefully spice it up a bit (compared to literally doing nothing) and go for 1 weapon.
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[@mathiascorlin9636]

Play how you want. It's fun to see you have fun. We don't care if you stick to a theme 100%. We are her exploring the "challenge" with you.

[@LTDAN-vi5ip]

Kinda late but W man's subbed

[@Grafii2198]

Happy Birthday, Dex! 🎉 There are 39 weapons in this game but 7 of them are from the DLC meaning there are 32 in the normal game, you can seal 10 of them meaning there are 22 left which means with Silent Old Sanctuary you can banish one clover by mistake and still get all weapons!

[@satibel]

you can do it with divano in the dlc, banishing the laurel on the 2nd or 3rd level (I don't know if you can get armor or you'd just end up with no way of dealing damage)

[@xavierc3153]

game killer halts xp gain thus making it banish all

[@zebefreod871]

With the new update this challemge is even more doable

[@KingTaltia]

"Which faction do you belong to?" Team Crimson shroud easily. You can always save the idea of "Actually banish every weapon in the game" for a later video too.

[@svahn1]

If you try this challenge again you should try getting laurel ASAP and then banishing it the next level. No one should complain about a level 1 laurel and that way you don't have to worry about running out of banishes.

[@skyesfury8511]

Then it's not a "no weapon" challenge, tho. It may not do damage, but Laurel is still a weapon.

[@heccinsianna]

Laurel is actually a weapon not a passive, similar to garlic

[@MikeOxtinks]

@@heccinsianna I think he knows...

[@azurephantom100]

​@@heccinsiannait doesn't do damage by itself by definition its not a weapon. the only reason its a "weapon" is so it won't be an item only evolution and allows other items to effect it. (The wiki says it has a damage value but it does NOT use it)

[@noah9942.]

@@azurephantom100 in weapon slot, it's a weapon. pretty simple

[@Mars_junior]

My favorite part about being subscribed is seeing you start the challenge and then go and refining it in my own ways and reading comments of others who have done the same or put the pieces of your build together to say why it was so successful. I'd never mind if you didn't stick 100% to the beginning guidelines

[@Raybro16]

I’ve been playing more Vampire survivors as of late ever since I finished Alan Wake 2, and thus not having any long form game to play. I could’ve sworn that I had beaten the game ever since I fought God(?), but finding your channel has shown me just how much more to this game that there is. Seeing you play Inverse mode without a single weapon is inconceivable to me, at this point I have no idea how that would be possible as I have yet to beat Boss Rash with even a single weapon

[@darrenarchibald5238]

Boss rash is easy with Porta and game killer, you basically don't even have to try

[@Raybro16]

@@darrenarchibald5238 you know, I considered changing the typo that I made, but it’s funnier if I just leave it as is XD

[@darrenarchibald5238]

@Raybro16 it's actually called boss rash not rush

[@Raybro16]

@@darrenarchibald5238 is it??? It’s been a hot minute since I played the game “XD Thanks for clarifying that

[@akkoXD]

Yeah this video was amazing ! I would love to see a limit break shroud with the gold arcana, that sounds Hella fun!

[@G2GameBro]

I'd also like to see this.

[@funiguy_]

happy birthday dex!! you’re my favorite vampire survivors content creator and i think i have at least 10 hours watchtime 😭😭 ,love your ideas!!

[@ussopalain7262]

The way is to do 2 video : One with laurel One without weapon Maximum content Also Happy Birthday Dex !

[@DyeSueKey]

Happy Birthday dude! Not sure if you tried it yet but with Divine Bloodline it is definitely possible to do stuff like Bone Zone Inverse Mode (no items or extra passives besides the Metaglios and Rings), No Eggs, and no Limit Break (and only pick money instead of chickens), take Wicked Season at lvl 1, and fully level up Skull and Torrona's Box for max curse. The beauty of this build is that you will one-hit ko all normal enemies that ever spawns even if you die once in the run, so no need to worry about curse getting out of control. In fact, you NEED more enemies to come at you so that the damage you do will go up way faster than the enemy's HP from curse. I haven't tried it with no weapons, but it definitely works easily with Victory Sword, Night Sword, and Crimson Shroud. Just banish the Victory Sword and Night Sword evolutions and you should be fine lol

[@shpookee]

This start with toasty was how I did the 1billion damage run. I just did this by the title before Watching yours and I did basically the same thing. Good stuff man. Happy late birthday ^_^ congrats on that 69k subs lol

[@AbsurdOod]

Happy birthday, Dex! I've got a guideline for you whether or not you should try something that doesn't 100% fit the theme you're playing: "Is it going to be fun for me to try it? If yes, then do it!"

[@spawn302]

You should try with sarabande of healing. Push enemies back, chickens are nukes, double healing. With coin arcana would be nutty too

[@Onurb2821]

Happy B-day Dex! You're the best. Wish you a year full of bones and balls jokes!

[@genkal]

I absolutely love this. A pure tank build. Bravo!

[@Thejollydodger1]

Happy birthday and Alles gute zum geburtstag! Play as you want as we are here for you and your amazing content!

[@ryanmccoy121]

First off Happy Birthday! Second, to answer the question you asked. I think starting with a goal is the best way to make a good video but don't be afraid to go off script and change the plan if you feel the plan isn't going all that great. I am also on team chaos, so going bonkers is the best way to play this game imo.

[@oliverebbing6637]

Damn Dex has survived another yeah while playing Vampire Survivors. I guess we can really call him the "Vampire Survivor" ;) Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag und alles Gute weiterhin!

[@michaelr1661]

Oh that's smart xD

[@youeataiimybeans8377]

The struggle at the start is the most interesting part of such challenge runs, later on its just the same, so just go nuts with limit break and such, makes it more interesting. Besides 28+ min there is nothing to see between like 11 min and 28 min

[@okuuuuuuuuuuuu]

I tried this myself and had to banish 8 items before buying more banishes from the merchant. Needless to say, my Devine Bloodline was delayed by a lot (about 5min i believe) and i heavily relied on chicken drops to stay alive. Considering the amount of restarts and waiting to passivly heal up just to banish one more random item, taking level 1 Laurel and banishing it afterwards would be the more sane option. Still very fun idea and very satisfieng to make it work.

[@PastorwithoutaPulpit]

Happy Birthday Dex, perfect way to celebrate it a bit. I agree there's no way that taking Shroud made any difference except that it allowed you to kill Red Death in the end. The irony is that you're another year older and the White Death ingame got you in the end just like Death will take us all in the end...LOL

[@N0ES]

I think it's enough that you proved it's a valid strategy. You should have definitely gone for whatever else you wanted to try after the 15 minute, specially with 20k hp in my opinion.

[@dimitripaev6427]

happy birthday dude love ur videos 🥳🥳

[@tim.dedopulos]

Happy birthday, Dex!

[@abalog1867]

Have an excellent birthday. :) You are silly and bring me joy. The giggles. lol. :D And also when you flip languages. ty so much.

[@highwindknight]

28:28 I think you can cancel out the auto money by picking up a passive and then the next level up will recognize there's an item to level up and it will return to a normal level up option.

[@DexTag]

No, but picking up an item AND then a chest should work, if I am not mistaken! Godlike idea, I will keep that in mind, thank you :D

[@cthanhb2634]

happy birthday!! wish you the best on your bday, one day you will blow up i promise. until then, keep up wit da good work

[@chrisbrookshire861]

Disco of gold and sarabande of healing goes together pretty good.

[@josvamidjord2791]

happy birthday! my birthday is in 1 hour and this video is a pretty good gift:')

[@dantethefan9654]

A lot more fun to see you have fun with it, once you figure out the run is won might as well go bonkers

[@yowsephh]

Happy Birthday Dex!

[@dewaldbekker883]

You proved at 12 minutes thst yku beat the challenge. You were totally justified to take more fun route

[@Hedning1390]

For surviving 30 min you don't need gold healing nor extra revives. What you want instead is boogaloo of illusions for more area. Also I don't know the update history but we have a lot more than 10 seals now. The best thing to seal though is the freeze pickup because it stops everything while active.

[@tomthecasual5337]

you can check your current hp with divine bloodline by looking at the difference between your max hp and your might stat -75 (powerups and spinach).

[@justcallmesiv]

i much prefer to see you have fun you know so much about this game that i dont even know how you know but you do so when you encounter something you dont understand me as an engineer wants to see you figure it out in real time it's much more fun to watch that process unfold lol

[@brokentoes6721]

you even kill red death in the end. epic.

[@thealceshen6602]

Happy birthday Dex! Feier schön :) 66.6k subs - nice!

[@nordicryan]

i want to see you go bonkers. you seemed excited when you said that. so of course i want to see excited Dex

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

Me looking at that gameplay when I stopped playing fairly early after the game came out due to new job: "WTF am I looking at?"

[@jonathonmoore3158]

Happy birthday! Love your content :)

[@thelordelric8424]

Surviving to 18 minutes without needing to use any revives pretty much proves you wouldn't die to anything going forward. Shroud is a lot more fun. Picking "Always" option on level up does prevent you from getting limit break, it happened to me before.

[@wrobber1]

Just do what you feel like

[@Cnsmf868]

Happy birghday Dex. Ur my favourite vampire surrvivors. Ur funny, chill, and verry nice to watch. Have a very good day

[@gingeral253]

Tyler was talking about this kind of run in today’s upload.

[@dominickmunoz4180]

Happy birthday dex have a good day bro

[@xredgambit]

Happy Birthday Dex!!! I saw you would've done it properly and was fine with the change up.

[@xxFxDx]

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Dex!

[@Etiainen]

Happy belated birthday, Dex!!!

[@yaboimattyk]

Happy Birthday, Dex!

[@kelmnon1393]

at the end of the day have fun man. It sounds like you want to go to the crazy damage boom boom (and I am ok with that lol)

[@Maryusz11]

happy birthday dex! Just go 'bonkers' lol bonkers = fun 😄

[@sonixsharkz7578]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEX!

[@MhmdDsokii]

Happy Birthday Dex

[@der_floh]

Yo, Happy Birthday Dex

[@jnolife-2ndSite]

happy birthday my guy, hope you had a great day

[@HidaMan]

Happy birthday, man!!!

[@GM_Neo]

One weapon only, limit break Gorgeous Moon. Hardest early game into the easiest endgame. I was getting about 10 levels per second for 20 minutes

[@creyosbear]

Entire run with 0 weapon is better so it respects the title imo, and maybe a bonus clip at the end of what it's like with shroud if you're really curious

[@killersaiyan2881]

always do the funny also happy birthday

[@akkoXD]

Happy Birthday Dex!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@ZeroDividesByYOU]

Hey friend, fun video! Just wanted to let you know that your audio is a bit strange. You seem to have an extreme resonance in the upper frequencies of your normal speaking voice. Check the recording back, especially at the beginning. When you transition from a higher pitch to a lower pitch you can hear the boominess quite easily. I'd recommend treating whatever room it is you record in for that particular resonance, or (if you can't do that) EQ or Dynamic EQ that region so the booming is less pronounced :)

[@temptedtaurus1]

Happy Birthday Dex!!! He (Death) is creeping lol.

[@Dr4ch3nb1ut]

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Schönes Vid

[@sefewet]

Happy birthday Dex!

[@undrkane]

i am all down for crimson shroud just to see the damage it does

[@Lucas-g5e8b]

i like how on most of his videos he acts like the math is not donne in his head beforehand and he knows exactly what he is doing, in this case, to the point of banninf the worng item "by mistake" i really dont think we need that for content, but i enjoys your videos nonetheless

[@noaishotong92]

Happy birthday Dex love your videos man❤

[@azurephantom100]

After looking in the wiki there is 38 non-evos weapons (39 if you count the candy box but that can be skipped)

[@ub6ilb975]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[@brettman1984]

Defo take the shroud! Happy birthday 🎉

[@LordRaine]

The point of a weapon is to deal damage to enemies. That's what they do. From that perspective, neither the Clockwork Lance nor the Laurel are "weapons" in the traditional sense, unless you obtain Arcana that changes that and weaponizes them. So in my personal opinion, someone trying to do a "no weapons challenge" that lacks the means to banish every single base and DLC weapon, could just take the Laurel as their sole 'weapon,' and then either stand on it or banish it at level one so it never gets stronger. That would be legit, in my opinion. Sometimes challenge runs have to compromise.

[@DexTag]

I agree with you if no alternative is given, but I disagree with the narrative of "just because it doesnt deal damage its no weapon". As in: I could make a case for it like I did it in the video, but its not fully right. Silent Old Sanctuary provides less boosts and the game considers it a weapon. And you can become invulnerable with Laurel, while Clock Lancet can perma freeze the entire screen under the right conditions. But my main issue is that these videos run a singular weapon and having 2 messes it up. But as I said: I agree with you and thats why I decided to go for Laurel (as there was no other option), and once I knew I have to take it, I only had to decide whether I banish it lvl 2 or if I decide to go Shroud, which retaliates and we could get something spicy. Sadly, no limit breaks on it made it a lot worse

[@LordRaine]

@@DexTag It's true that you could argue to the contrary, and I understand that argument: it's not a pure and true run if you compromise. But sometimes you have no choice. If more weapons get added to the game, or if another DLC is created, it may become actually impossible to avoid compromising in some way. So for that reason, I don't think obsessing over it is really productive. I get the argument, but if more stuff is added, then purity simply won't be possible. Some may argue that the Lance is a weapon, even though it does no damage, but the Laurel is entirely defensive unless you apply an arcana to modify it. It's also not very good if you don't level it. So I don't really think it should count, especially if you have no choice or are forced to take at least one weapon slot item.

[@gillius66]

happy birthday bud.. hope you have a good one

[@der_floh]

I would also say do as you like, but if I would have to make a choice i would be in the GO BONKERS Team 😅

[@chaoschris8194]

"I kind of want to die" -Dex, 2023 Also, Happy Birthday! And I am team Crimson Shroud. You've proven that this CAN be done with 0 weapons, which is good enough imo. This allows you to be more versatile! Also, I might have missed it, but did you seal a bunch of weapons too in the beginning or no?

[@couchgamingtv9593]

Cool run Gave me an idea I wonder if it's possible to beat a lv without dealing dmg Laurel and lancet would be allowed as well as the necklace powerup that makes enemies dissapear

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Happy bday Dex!

[@bondziotek5627]

> take laurel > immidately banish it

[@anoobplays386]

Listen Dex, just have fun, the more fun you are having the more enjoyable the video is. So to answer your question, just have fun.

[@ihamlett262]

Happy birthday dex!!!!

[@MiddleThinkr]

Du machst das super, das hier dient dem Entertainement ... und das passt! :)

[@Sauspreme]

happy birthday youtube man

[@cameronrobertson640]

I say play how you want its more fun that way. I like the wackier/crazier builds anyways

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the fun and happy nonbirthday now! ^^

[@CommunistJugular]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag

[@kymyk23]

Hey happy birthday! it was mine too yesterday

[@lordginger636]

Going for shroud just to see how good it is

[@Adrien13Sanctioned]

Does blood astronomia and attract orb counts as a weapon free run too?, :o

[@roxaszy984]

ah so you finally do a no weapons run, I did one myself and have a video on my channel i made for funzies even tho i am not really an active tuber, still it was a fun challenge

[@somegeezer]

We've already seen Shroud. The no weapon play would have been more interesting.

[@IDESTROYER236]

Happy Bruhday. I don't even celebrate mine anymore.

[@snorlaxsnorlaximus3118]

Happy birthday man

[@LoliShepherd]

Happy birthday Dex

[@dawes4664]

Dex play your game how you want to play it. I get that you want to do whatever the audience wants, but its also important you play the game for your own enjoyment, thats something people want to see aswell.

[@fw34xqych2]

Laurel is a weapon yes, but one stack of it is just blocking one attack, thats not going to change the build drastically, i say 1 laurel then banish it

[@CottidaeSEA]

Felt like the challenge was completed already, going crazy seems fair in this case. You could literally just sit in a corner and AFK, which is less interesting than big booms.

[@SHDWKLR]

Happy Birthday!~

[@michaelgammage4524]

Should have picked up the mask to break the auto gold bag

[@dremndishot2695]

Happy birthday!!

[@mojayz3627]

I think in the spirit of the video Laurel is fine. Generally when i think "weapon" I think of an item that "attacks" or "deals damage," and the laurel does neither lol

[@nanidafaq6261]

HBD!