Elden Ring, But I Always Have Scarlet Rot

[@Bushy]

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[@nateofc]

Pog

[@avo2986]

Good ad read Glad you’re consistently getting sponsors

[@inviinviinvi]

Thanks for the good content, i appreciate the efforts you put in

[@selcouthmesonoxian3143]

i was like wait he's black??

[@anactualfennecfox1]

Why do you wait for Radahn to kill Alexander? He drops his talisman when you kill him in Limgrave iirc

[@Theforgor]

25:47 Apostle: "I didn't hear no bell." Plus that scream was gold.

[@Smh_Joshua]

Showing Radahn how it’s Radone

[@adi47vash80]

Lmaoo

[@StrangerE0ns]

Pff, imagine dying to a flower, what an idiot

[@mikeoxsmal69]

Well if he went for help the stars would fall no?

[@Smh_Joshua]

@@mikeoxsmal69there is no cure for scarlet rot, it’s just beating every boss with scarlet rot is kind of just a little jab at Radahn who was infected with it but lost himself to it(Although he was actually still so strong even with scarlet rot because he’s just a gigachad like that)

[@Dietbutcher]

@@Smh_Joshua mf didn’t know boluses exist

[@liamwilson2573]

Basically a no hit run with a time limit per grace-rest. Mad respect

[@zbou23]

Well at some point pretty early neutral healing outpaced neutral damage

[@slvtcrvsher5928]

@@zbou23 yeah but he had to use shield and some talismans to not die which in a nothit u couldve use those for more dmg so it was harder than a nohit id say

[@cicik57]

it is not no- hit but well, it makes some troubles then in vanilla

[@liamwilson2573]

What I meant by no-hit was that getting hit essentially ruined his chance of making progress that specific attempt. He still technically lived but like

[@BasmatiRice96]

@@slvtcrvsher5928 not harder since you have to reset the second you get hit in a no-hit run, not even close to a no-hit run really, but the boss fights were probably harder in this run cuz of the time-limit

[@noahpenman3493]

You have heard “Why wear armor if you never plan to get hit?” Well now it’s “Why have health if everything dies first?”

[@shevolatte8812]

25:47 I'd assume that happened because Noble tried to summon another Apostle 25:20 (although Apostle was already there) which caused the game to spawn him once he got killed.

[@amirmehr151]

if someone figures out a way to do that glitch whenever you want, there are some interesting things that can be done cause it seemed like the boss fog wasn't there anymore and if its possible to get the apostle to follow you out of the boss room, maybe you can get invaded and make other players face a boss (something like the pontiff glitch from ds3)

[@jajasking9652]

​@@amirmehr151i don't think soo, It doesn't drop runes either if killed ( when distortion2 did his huge birthday marathon and did elden ring, the same but hapened, but summoning noble in that case, he kill him but no runes were droped ) And It disapears uppon resting on a Grace or by dying

[@orangenostril]

​@@amirmehr151 Bosses/enemies don't aggro invaders anyways so that part probably wouldn't work

[@Kagezawa]

​@@orangenostrilIn Elden Ring there is nothing like the seed of a giant tree feom DS3 that makes NPCs react to invaders?

[@Iamnamedthemuffin]

@@orangenostrilin a patch, field bosses now target and can damage invaders

[@Ghostly3011]

Runs like this make me think Malenia’s Great Rune would be great for them. Then I remember what you have to do to get Malenia’s Great Rune.

[@robertharris6092]

Gotta love unlocking something only to have 10% of the game to use it. Esp when its a holy weapon when all enmies from that point on are super resistant to holy.

[@MozeKaliber]

​@@robertharris6092this reminds me of the gold pendant in Bloodborne it's and item that gives you Extra damage against beast enemies... However there's no more beast bosses after vicar Amelia (where you get the gold pendant) turning something from cool to absolutely useless not to mention it gets out scaled by other blood gems pretty hard

[@valeriomastroeni8454]

@@MozeKaliberit works also against beast enemies, and there’s a few of those in the forbidden woods

[@Atmos_Glitch]

​@@robertharris6092 Something about that never felt right with me yknow? Like holy damage isn't that bad by itself, it's just tht so many late game enemies and bosses are immune to it that it's ass unless the weapon does a crap ton of damage, or gets influenced by ur stats like Malikeths black blade to do physical damage instead of holy. Like I understand lore wise holy damage is supposed to be the best so that's why all the strong bosses are immune to it since they also use holy themselves but that makes me wonder that when they release the dlc, would they have bossses that are inherently immune to holy or nah? Because then I'd maybe understand the reason why they allowed it to get so bad in the base game because they'd then allow it to shine against dlc enemies.

[@austinestep8461]

@@Atmos_Glitch the question is when are we meant to access the DLC. Like are we meant to go in after Morgott or after Maliketh if that makes sense

[@bilalahmed-bu7bi]

This was one of my fav streams to watch. We know bushy can easily kill bosses so it was much more fun to see him deploy never before seen strats which noone will ever use.

[@Ruanabdey]

I've never watched one of his stream does he do the thing in two streams or more or is it done all in one stream

[@a23-t6g]

​@ruanabdey3516 I watched the start of this stream, and it seems like this is not his first attempt. He said that just getting to Melina took him 3 hours at first.

[@Ruanabdey]

@@a23-t6g ok thanks

[@twistedpear18]

The Godskin Trio jumpscare was majestic.

[@collinrogers4742]

25:53 this happened to me on my first playthrough, me and 2 friends just beat the godskins, and while playing with the seamless co-op mod we had to disconnect, my character woke up at the grace except in my case both godskins spawned, i screamed so loud my microphone peaked, one of the fondest memories i have of my first playthrough of a fromsoft game.

[@twyx6928]

16:28 "Are you playing in a museum?" That's why I love when vods have the stream chat included :D

[@iantank1033]

I remember watching the vod of this and yelling "THERE'S ANOTHER RUNE ARC BETWEEN SELIA AND THE CRYSTAL TUNNEL PLEASE GO GET IT"

[@taterskins1033]

26:31 Dude that is some PERFECT use of Nosk OST, incredible how immediately it sets you on edge

[@Monke0]

i edge to nosk 🤤

[@ThatGuyOrby]

I'm curious about something...so by conservative estimates the Shattering War happened 2000-3000 years ago...Scarlet Rot does damage every second...Radahn has been infected with it since the end of the Shattering War...so how much HP do we think Radahn had before he got rot if his current HP is give or take 9,800? Obviously this is not a lore thing, just a silly thought experiment XD

[@rageprod]

Unfortunately he wouldn't be able to survive all this time with scarlet rot. As scarlet rot would deal 2% of the max health he had every second, Radahn would be dead after 50 seconds no matter what amount of health he had.

[@Checkyourmail]

Who says it happened 2 to 3 thousand years ago? Can you cite a source?

[@baguetto563]

​@Checkyourmail they're probably referring to that Martin (game of thrones writer) interview where he said he was hired to write the lore on what happened a few thousand years ago (which still could mean he was writing alot of pre-shattering such as ancient dragon lore and therefore pre-malenia&radahn fight)

[@monhi64]

@@rageprodthat’s the amount of damage strong scarlet rot does to the player right? But we can assume bosses/enemies can be affected differently and with different levels/types of rot. Yeah if it was percentage based there’s no real way out besides constant healing. I’m sure there’s some lore explanation that makes some level of sense

[@FaptaA]

@@monhi64 There is, he used his great rune to burn himself and hold some of the rot. It prevented him from dying, but scarlet rot is still strong enough to defeat a greatrune, as seen in Malenia's greatrune and ended up zombified. Radahn got the malenia's scarlet rot, the strongest and most deadly scarlet rot of all.

[@fireshared]

One thing I wish about Maliketh's fight is that he would still throw out the occasional boulder or something, Dog just doing backflips and shit with his bigass sword and boom, out comes a boulder

[@scythethecat]

I have been waiting for this video because I genuinely don’t understand how this could ever be possible, thanks once again bushy for answering questions none of us will ask lol

[@scythethecat]

lovely 69 likes

[@mailowmailow5207]

@@scythethecat now its 169 what a time to be alive

[@yle-mw6pi]

The most entertaining part of challenge runs like this is the beginning, where you get to see how the person playing overcomes the challenge. But after that initial bit of getting set up it's sort of just a regular run from then on. This is a good example of that

[@gb9884]

The scarlet rot effect from cleanrot knights does less damage over time as opposed to the proc from swamps. I'm not sure how powerful other weapons are but technically you could make a run like this harder/easier.

[@grimreefer213]

Yea there’s different forms of scarlet rot. I believe getting rotted in the lake of rot does the most damage, it’s 2% x max hp +30 /second, needless to say it’s very deadly. So if you have 800 hp that’s 46 damage per second if my math serves me well which would be very tough to deal with until you can get some regen and healing stuff

[@gb9884]

@@grimreefer213 when I farm the cleanrot knights in the swamp I try to get the scarlet rot proc from their puke attack so that my trek through the swamp is less painful to farm their gear.

[@Razsac]

Yess, and for crossing the lake of rot I purposefully roll around in the lake and then get the rot while standing outside water. It also gives the weak version

[@Marx_D._Soul]

@@grimreefer213 incorrect. Malenia's Rot does the most.

[@bradencosier80]

I saw a similar thing to that Godskin glitch happen in a Bloodborne playthrough with the Living Failures. Sometimes on these combined healthbar bosses if they are defeated as a new one is spawning, it avoids the kill command and will continue to fight

[@ChknNuggie]

I had that happen with Rom After I killed her and started the queen cutscene Roms little spiders spawned and tried killing me

[@Myder_Dragon]

18:16 you know that's the first time that crossbow dude has every killed someone in elden ring. Thank you for making his dream come true.

[@Actiondanny]

I would like to propose an Iron Boots challenge run. Can you beat the game without ever picking up both feet from the ground? That means no jumping, running, rolling, mounting Torrent, using ladders, or falling. Elevators are fine, because your feet stay on the floor of the elevator, but it locks off a surprising amount of areas, and it might actually be difficult for you.

[@Caleb-kf9wp]

Don't you have to climb a ladder to even get to Morgott

[@ActionAbe1]

​@@Caleb-kf9wp all remembrances is probably not possible but you should potentially still be able to beat the game

[@barmacidic2257]

@@ActionAbe1Morgott is required to beat the game…

[@jabbathehutt2774]

That's actually impossible, the glitch needed to skip to Faram Azula is both impossible to perform without lifting your feet of the ground, and there is a ladder you must climb to get to morgott. Ymfah did a no walking challenge and hit a similar wall, but he was still aloud to jump. Plus wrongwarping was patched out so he'd need to go back in updates.

[@asdergold1]

Impossible. You need to climb a ladder to get to Morgott.

[@cinicalmisfit]

Skumnut, doing all effects 100% of the time and bumping up the death buildup using rolls is gonna always be the one for me

[@vulpesinculta3478]

Skumnut, my beloved

[@plentyguitarplantyfood7062]

And also, the one-hit kill on the first one of Niall's knights was SO satisfying !😀😁 34:43

[@amirmehr151]

I specially love challenge runs like this that aren't just about skill, but using the appropriate tricks and glitches to do a seemingly impossible task.

[@KibaKitsune]

If you were grabbing Faith, surprised you didn't go for Bestial Vitality. Would have helped a bunch with regen problems as well! But I love how the hardest part of this challenge wasn't Malenia, but actually just getting Torrent at the start!

[@monhi64]

But unrelated but you clubbing that fire giant right in the friggen eyeball reminded me about how that really should blind him at a certain point. Would be super cool if in the future games started incorporating consequences for the body parts you choose to attack. Maybe aim for the arms and that slowly reduces a boss attack damage, aim for the head and attacks get less accurate, legs reduce speed etc. The only game I can recall that incorporated this at least somewhat was fallout but wasn’t very satisfying

[@enricobaschenis4257]

go play monster hunter

[@TheChaos791]

25:48 Skinny isn't aware that the fight is over ! Phase 3 Godskin duo confirmed !

[@Chris_94298]

Im so impressed every video how you are still able to make content from elden ring even tho its been out for a while now. really blows me away how many ideas you've been able to come up with. well done

[@Lana_the_Lesbian]

This is the embodiment of “hurting others to make you feel better”

[@spinosauruspro567]

"bullying"

[@Lukman52]

26:00 yeah I had that glitch happen to me too, me and my buddy (we were playing seamless co-op) just killed him, but it was hilarious.

[@darkz4260]

It was really fun to watch this run live. Keep up the good work Bushy.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

That opening segment with the rune arc was MADNESS. I cant imagine how you thought of that

[@jamesthomas6984]

The Rennala fight is cathartic as fuck. lmao, watching her eat dirt every hit is crazy funny.

[@turkN9NE]

"and now we make a pretty long trek" sounded like "now we make a pretty lautrec" and I imagined Bob Ross painting lautrec

[@zanemahaydik1511]

14:56 what tf is this chat conversation🤣

[@TheFoolOnTheHil1]

The BEST part of this video is the music paired with you trying to be sneaking around the snake people! LMAO Very Gewd! recommend! @29:00min on the video. good stuff Bushy & Editor :)

[@vigo8896]

Lol that one guy in the chat “are you playing in a museum?”

[@TJKingYT]

Around 23:20 you were wpndering what the godskin noble did, he did the animation that looked like summonim but what he was doing was probably waking the apostle up, because they were actually able and MEANT to do thst to prevent the sleep pot strat waking each other looks like a white and black (like black) shockwave pulsing and if it hits the sleeping duo partner it wakes them up

[@CheesyXan]

Bushy’s next run: “I’m gonna beat Elden Ring, but I can’t level up, I’m region locked, every enemy’s a random boss, I have all status effects permanently, I’m blindfolded, I can’t use any weapons or armor, I’m playing on a Wiimote , and every single attack is a one shot, and just to make this a bit more challenging I can’t use my flasks or the horse.”

[@courygaffney4408]

Was it ever mentioned in this vid that he can’t use healing incantations either? If not I think it’s funny how everyone just understood lol

[@monhi64]

Nope I don’t believe he ever directly said that. Honestly did not cross my mind but like you said I think there’s a baseline assumption that it doesn’t count. Makes me wonder if he ever thought that through cuz if he did you’d think he’d bring it up

[@darantyne703]

I see no one commenting on the majestic playlist Bushy put in the video and I shake my head in disapproval. Cuphead, Hollow Knight, Even Dark Souls 2 makes it a bit. Banger :D

[@futuristicbus61]

Once again, this run seems like hell, massive props for being able to do it.

[@pirga19]

God damn that Maliketh fight, thats one of the best moments I ever saw in gaming. And then that snake with a whip🤣.

[@majikk7099]

4:32 I gotchu homie 🫡

[@Anmodeky345]

30:27 I had just sneezed while watching this video and a second later “Excuse You” 😂😂😂

[@TheFreakyVader]

I’ve had that godskin glitch happen to me once. Scared the shit outta me

[@Zerixzero]

I love that you're playing You're Mine - Carpenter Brut in the background, I genuinely had to pause to check if my spotify was on xD

[@maxf.7112]

ty!!! I was searching my spotify for the song, cause I knew I had it somewhere but didn't know it's name

[@Goldenkitten1]

26:30 is some of the funniest shit I've seen in a Bushy video, great timing with an also extremely appropriate song

[@Fertro]

18:55 - Something about Rennala getting flattened is absolutely hilarious.

[@gamingamalgam1197]

I looked at your chat at the wrong moment cause the first comment I saw was “put ranni in it and fill it with your tarnished seed?” Wtf💀

[@RyanAlghamdi]

46:04 the tomato bushy

[@mrrd4444]

I love this!!! Even when i can't think of new challenges you show some fantastic ones

[@ashsattva]

It's pretty easy to tell who's videos are tailored for KZbin, and who's are just edited streams. Thanks for making quality content for this platform Bushy!

[@driptoohardjimtropf6759]

Top Moments befor disaster... 4:32 12:06 ( *R.I.P Alexander :(* ) 17:41 18:09 25:47 26:41 30:46 33:18 36:20 37:20 40:36 43:33

[@curo.]

This is kinda cool for me because you were using stuff that was very similar to my build in my first playthrough. I had Great Stars with prayerful strike, and I used buffs like flame grant me strength and golden vow. I also used the regen and health-on-crit talismans as well as an incantation for regen (so I wasn't fully reliant on the physic). Funny how my noob build actually ended up having a use XD

[@Boneheaded0]

Should’ve just leveled resistance to 99

[@toazzy9336]

that doesnt make any sense

[@grumpytoad862]

​@@toazzy9336Dark souls reference I believe

[@toazzy9336]

@@grumpytoad862 oh I'm dumb

[@Boneheaded0]

@@toazzy9336resistance is a stat in ds1 that helps with poison and damage type defenses It’s a running meme how useless it is but it would be helpful in this situation lol

[@MrMeanKing]

It floats down!

[@eddyfade5956]

I’ve been waiting years to hear someone use a Toxic Avenger track in a vid like this….top notch content as always bud! Keep them coming!

[@thetriplesevens]

"Are you playing in a museum?" - My fav chat quote

[@ratman505]

29:38 - "My body is slowly falling apart as the flesh is rotting of my bones, but taste my sickness-drenched balls"

[@kcmt5020]

I applauded you for coming up with new ways to make the game harder for yourself. Love your work

[@ryanbolton1044]

The only challenge that I haven’t seen him do that I think that would be up his alley would be a invasion run where every boss phase is accompanied by a real person trying to kill him as well. Allow him to use any Stats/equipment he wants. Not sure if there is a mod for this; but I would love to watch that :)

[@orangenostril]

[Elden Ring] Manhunt

[@dragonking184]

Bushy is one of the few people who do challenge runs of Elden Ring that aren’t just reskins of a no hit run. Don’t know which one i like better, No dodging or this one

[@HZRDousLucifer]

Wild Strikes with the Great Star is what i ran for most of my first playthrough. That and i had Lifesteal Fist Stars. Was a good time

[@charley2714]

“Finally, a Bushy challenge run video where he isn’t using Death’s Poker or Starfists! This is gunna be great” Bushy: 33:51

[@bakakubi]

Dude, this is a new level of torture, you're either insane or a masochist at this point. Good shit.

[@Yoshiezzz]

24:02 ds2 music 😢 beautiful

[@MindlessVocalists]

Bro 23:25 hearing the Majula theme in Roundtable Hold got me messed up lmao

[@centurosproductions8827]

"Equipment can solve most of your problems." Sure, but it still turned into a no-hit run even after you got all that equipment.

[@natvanrooyen]

Bushy just btw you can get two great stars in one play through since the update to varres quest and being able to fight the Npc for it and get the carriage one

[@ranchsauce3232]

Best video yet, had me cracking up so many times, keep up the good work homie so good

[@DarylStreete]

Carpenter Brut music in the first 5 seconds? Splendid

[@seanylewl]

I feel for that chatter that said "lets go, my favourite boss" right before bushy killed mohg in 14 seconds.

[@patfenis6995]

You should do a challenge where every 30 seconds a random status effects applies. (death, sleep and madness included!)

[@freakexecutiveofficer]

death would make no sense seeing as you would just die instantaneously

[@Gensolink]

@@freakexecutiveofficer yeah agree, random sleep and madness would be be possible but very rough tho

[@patfenis6995]

cmon its funny besides it can have lower probability i guess or then not exist i guess but thats lame. guess i said i guess alot i guess

[@mmueje8081]

​@@patfenis6995WHAT IS BLUD SAYING 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@taggamer335]

Skumnut has done a run like this, though all the status effects are constantly building up instead of randomly triggering, so he has to worry about all status effects. Death is built up everytime he does a roll though.

[@Azercharty]

Love the carpenters brut in the background bushy

[@HeyHeySpinay]

Bro I love your content so much, thanks for using Carpenter Brut as music one of my favs

[@p1ls726]

Bushy is such a degen and I love him. This is one of the craziest ER feats to date. 10 months after the video.

[@EgorKlenov]

You entered The Ringed City: 32:10

[@Nghthawkk]

I don’t know if you know this Bushy, but if you use assassin’s gambit in the Scarlett pool before Malenia it allows you to run through at normal speed. (Also works with lava pools)

[@zynosgd9982]

"and that's how I took an hour to get to the Physicks Flask" this week, on my 3rd ever playthrough, (though I have watched runners and bingo brawlers for over a year), I have gone through Margit, Godrick, Rennala and some random bosses before remembering that the physicks existed lol.

[@lukasspielmann108]

God, the Furi music is such a banger, and we get treated to it right at the start 👌🏻 Also, I like that you had to do a lot in caelid early in the run for torrent and to get the build going, quite fitting 👍🏻

[@jupiter0103]

This is one of the most entertaining and skilled challenges I've ever seen. Great job!

[@elkugelblitz]

Man, freaking good music here - we goin retrowave :D Especially loved the opening with Carpenter Brut!

[@jediyeti4470]

Maliketh is still by far one of the flashiest boss I have ever seen. Love it so much

[@JubioHDX]

facts, i love watching other people fight him. but at the same time i HATE fighting him cause he's just so mobile and feels like he's always running away so its hard asf for me💀. But i can still appreciate him cause while he's difficult he doesnt feel cheap like the gang fights along the lines of valiant gargoyles and godskin duo do, when i lose to gurranq/maliketh 10 times in a row it feels more like a skill issue rather than me just getting shafted by the game

[@mauz791]

The music your editor uses is flawless

[@thetky_clan666]

Y'know what I think this challenge represents? No Hit run but you're on a timer. Because most bosses would only need to hit you once to kill him with how low his HP gets after a few seconds in battle.

[@aldohorn1704]

Nosk theme playing while you run from the bird. Truly captures the horror of the moment.

[@Waltezer]

25:49 lmfao 🤣🤣

[@matthewanderson1916]

I love the cs molly lineups for the sleep pots on gsd

[@Darri3n]

25:48 "Yeah I had one more thing I wanted to say actually..."

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Great video and challenge run as always. Cheers from Germany

[@kaden-sd6vb]

when the vid starts with Carpenter Brut, you know it's gonna be good.

[@grantzu]

18:16 oh my god LMFAO

[@theGazzer]

Bushy. The video is great, but where do you come up with ideas like this? From which circle of hell do you pull challenge run ideas like this from?

[@edenfollower2704]

You never fail to impress and entertain with these challenge videos, bravo

[@serpent4752]

Should've named his character Batman for all the prep time he needed to do

[@WomanSlayer69420]

that whip snake killing you more times than most of the bosses is relatable

[@ninjadog252]

25:47 Ah yes, the Godskin Trio.

[@Tapps9977]

The noble was really trying to make it godskin trio. Also just gotta say I love the Ghost of Tsushima music in the background. Such an under appreciated game.

[@frosty7724]

Colossal weapons probably would've given you a little bit of help, considering their repostes activate the health regen twice

[@toazzy9336]

so do daggers

[@benwhite7317]

Isn’t Great Sars a colossal?

[@toazzy9336]

@@benwhite7317 great hammer

[@SoulbreakerNB]

Because of these videos, I appreciate my normal Elden Ring runs even more.