Can I Beat Elden Ring When I Always Have Scarlet Rot? (and I can't use red flasks)

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[@Bushy]

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[@nateofc]

Pog

[@avo2986]

Good ad read Glad you’re consistently getting sponsors

[@invincibledrank460]

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

[@selcouthmesonoxian3143]

i was like wait he's black??

[@liyifenn]

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

[@faded_joshua2995]

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?

[@faded_joshua2995]

@@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)

[@bobertastic6541]

@@faded_joshua2995 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

[@darthdaddy3071]

I liked the part of the stream where you paused gameplay entirely to do a math formula to prove a commenter wrong about how the scarlet rot percentage damage worked, and then the commenter turned out to be right lmfao

[@ncpolley]

I don't like how Bushy can be vindictive on stream, but this feels vindictive too and I don't like it either.

[@darthdaddy3071]

@@ncpolley Then don't watch

[@ncpolley]

@@darthdaddy3071 ???? Non sequitur much?

[@ABurntMuffin]

@@ncpolley dafuq you talking about >hears claim >disagrees with claim >actually spends his time to investigate claim >learns something how is that vindictive and not a normal interaction between humans? People really do be forgetting that we are in fact monkeys with language and an extra shoulder muscle.

[@ncpolley]

@@ABurntMuffin That's not what happened. He scolded the person who said that's not how it works, tried to use his experience as evidence he couldn't be wrong, and then eventually realized he was wrong and didn't even apologize or admit that he was being an ass. I've since unsubscribed, since the dude seems to genuinely hate his chat.

[@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?”

[@Theforgor]

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

[@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

[@twistedpear18]

The Godskin Trio jumpscare was majestic.

[@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

[@user-zc7ol7fq4v]

​@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]

@@user-zc7ol7fq4v ok thanks

[@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

[@Kagezava]

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

[@punchyface1249]

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

[@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"

[@jojo_girly]

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

[@spinosauruspro567]

"bullying"

[@scythe2870]

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

[@scythe2870]

lovely 69 likes

[@mailowmailow5207]

@@scythe2870 now its 169 what a time to be alive

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@turkN9NE]

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

[@plentyguitarplantyfood7062]

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

[@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!

[@TheFreakyVader]

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

[@eliaspanayi3465]

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

[@taterskins1033]

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

[@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

[@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

[@futuristicbus61]

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

[@darkz4260]

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

[@majikk7099]

4:32 I gotchu homie 🫡

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@Lukman52]

The final boss was easier than the first lmao.

[@patfenis6995]

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

[@jarhead7834]

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

[@Gensolink]

@@jarhead7834 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.

[@DarylStreete]

Carpenter Brut music in the first 5 seconds? Splendid

[@vigo8896]

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

[@serpent4752]

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

[@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.

[@rober6207]

I find it funny that you have to reduce your max health to be able to live longer XD

[@tyler7314]

Next challenge: I beat elden ring with the black blade burn effect💀

[@Axalachi]

That’s hell💀

[@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.

[@pirga19]

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

[@Coltbot]

I wouldn’t be able to do this even without rot

[@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

[@aldohorn1704]

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

[@mrrd4444]

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

[@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

[@seanylewl]

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

[@jupiter0103]

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

[@TheChaos791]

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

[@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)

[@admittingstar0502]

Bro is cursed with Scarlet Rot but didn't said "I am Bushy, The Hand of Miquella" once or ate a random guy.

[@randomshortsguy4108]

24:02 ds2 music 😢 beautiful

[@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

[@thexenocide6013]

past reaching aeonia this just becomes the canon, lore-accurate tarnished run once the tarnished inevitably catches rot from the cancer aids swamp and now has to live with it forever

[@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

[@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

[@morganlucchi]

A death counter would be especially funny in this run😂

[@ratman505]

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

[@bakakubi]

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

[@Nakna_ankaN]

Just curious, maybe it was covered during the run, but was there any particular reason why Bushy didn't switch from Crimsonburst tear to blessings boon or blessing of the erdtree once they were available? By switching to blessings boon, he could have equipped another tear like the spiked cracked tear for more damage and if he had switched to blessing of the erdtree, he could also have ditched both the icon shield and the blessed dew talisman and possibly light roll, while still replenish the same amount of HP. Not that he needed it though. LOL

[@mauz791]

The music your editor uses is flawless

[@edenfollower2704]

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

[@whanowa]

Today I learned that you can follow up wild strikes with an R2...after 600+ hours in this game.

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Great video and challenge run as always. Cheers from Germany

[@jediyeti4470]

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

[@scurrathetrickster6879]

cleric and confessor start both with healing spells

[@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

[@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

[@ranchsauce3232]

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

[@SoulbreakerNB]

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

[@glorytoukraine5524]

Was pissed when the last rot video got age restricted. Glad to see it reimagined

[@Ruanabdey]

Why did it get age restricted

[@glorytoukraine5524]

@@Ruanabdey to hell if I know. KZbin had a fit about half a year ago, where a bunch of creators' content was age restricted out of nowhere. Bushy was no exception.

[@private481]

the malenia fight was out of this world. Dude.

[@micahwhitley2968]

its crazy the lengths you need to go to to make the game challenging for you at this point

[@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 :)

[@Harrysackss]

I remember watching the whole stream man those first few hours were painful

[@twistedturnip8487]

Radahn really has bad luck for getting into fights with people infested with scarlet rot

[@Unders]

Gotta be mad thirsty for the DLC at this point.

[@alihilalalmily6589]

Love ur vids buddy , keep up the great work!!

[@YoshiYoko69]

This video should have been called: “I beat Elden ring as a vampire, that is allergic to moonlight”

[@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

[@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!

[@kcmt5020]

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

[@abdelrhmanmustafa5162]

Yeah that's walter white run right there

[@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

[@ephremcortvrint2376]

The use of carpenter brut is an instant like from me

[@KarizmaXD_YT]

Bushy, you could have just went to the groveside cave grace to skip all the extra work with the rune arcs and stuff!

[@Gogetabluenotfutile]

Radahn taking notes: *writing*

[@thetriplesevens]

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

[@alastor8091]

That Maliketh was clean.

[@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

[@magneto9210]

Only Bushy would torture himself this way.

[@danmorgan712]

You deserve more views and subscribers. And this is technically "engagement."

[@comrad_cat]

this was such a cool challenge, there were also more things you could have used, like goskin swadeling cloth and beastial vitality

[@screenplay06]

This past year my time has been spent trying to figure out if you're a genius, a masochist, need therapy, or just might want a hug.

[@Fertro]

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

[@matiasluukkanen7718]

This is Malenia level of determination.