Can I beat Dragon's Dogma 2 using ONLY my FISTS?

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thanks so much for watching! Yes, I do know there is an alternative ending, but if I wasn't able to kill a lesser drake, I'm not entirely sure I would have been able to beat the unmoored world. Also, I was really sick of playing like this so wrapping it up as fast as I could was my main objective. Maybe in another video, but thanks so much for the advice it's much appreciated!

[@sharkbaitgaming1995]

I learned the hard way that you have to re-equip your augments each time you switch a class

[@69legalweed420]

Can you try an all kick run with archer drop kicks

[@MoranPrimus]

Thanks for making the video. My friend who does this type of challenge run in every game would for sure get frustrated with the entire early game.

[@alexward1003]

I dont think at this point, unmoored unarmed is worth the time for even contents sake. The only exception would be, optimize ur build for unarmed combat through vocation lvling with no restrictions. In other words. Prepare for an unarmed fight. Hit ur stat cap, dragon forged armor, dwarven smith enhanced gear, prepare ur main pawn for the same. Makee choices in the main game to you make endgame easier(talos spoiler) Get to that point however u want, take on the unmoored world unarmed

[@the_evil_spirit]

you do know you can grab a enemy and run into a wall slamming them into the wall right?

[@mattbauer899]

3:00 And that's why Flying types beat Fighting types in Pokemon.

[@kennysilva5230]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@Graysett]

As the Awkward Zombie comic goes "You ever tried to punch a bird?!"

[@nunya5424]

Machop used karate chop Pidgey used be 30 ft in the air

[@jacobshelton5129]

Cough cough *cloudward slash*

[@Etherwinter]

The dogs dragging you around and you getting knocked around/unable to hit flying enemies just emphasizes how much at least one other party member is required

[@5hyper7form94]

Playing warrior eliminates this problem almost completely, and thus it became my main and I never looked back

[@thetoyodacar2264]

@@5hyper7form94 playing warfarer is the only way to truly replace every party member

[@justicegutierrez6847]

Dragons Dogma wolves are some of the most infuriating wolves in the history of video games.

[@thetoyodacar2264]

@@justicegutierrez6847 dark souls 1

[@Tenma295]

@@justicegutierrez6847 wait till they add hellbound to dd2 😂

[@suighrafa]

It's quite impressive how much work they put in unarmed animations... And it's just for you!

[@thatotherdan9984]

Not true, if you play trickster like I do, there's two instances you can find yourself solo and have drop your censer to box some ears in. But yeah other than that.

[@Onua118]

@@thatotherdan9984 What do you think of the Trickster? I just unlocked it and I'm tempted to give it a shot.

[@rm2569]

Makes me mad tbh. I love punching shit in rpgs, and the fact that they put all this effort into any animations just to make it basically completely unviable is really mean.

[@PaladinHD]

Dragon -"Take up Arms, Arisen" Arisen -"Already got two of em, what do I need more for?"

[@davidcarter7880]

The rumored DLC in November better get me a pugilist class with some brass knuckles.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Based

[@elnegrouno9352]

Would I throw hands with a dragon? Yes absolutely would pay money for it in fact

[@voltaicburst4279]

Ask them for it politely on every post on their twitter and instagram. that's what mhw community did and we got 99% of what we wanted.

[@sanguinetales]

Well I hope it adds the jobs from DDO because some of us never got to play that

[@bitzthe8bit668]

Pugilist could definitely work as the Thief's advanced vocation

[@Bilndmann]

You literally hit a shin shoryuken when you crit. Beautiful.

[@elnegrouno9352]

Love when capcom references capcom

[@oderflafrredy2790]

Funny enough is that the strength augment was in the thief vocation all along.😂

[@reddragon2943]

16:07 Just make sure when you kill a Dragon with the water you save log out and log back in. The Mats will spawn on the ground.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Yo what the frick. Genius

[@NerdHerdForLife]

Wish I knew this three days ago

[@Ostr0]

You literally could've told me this before and I would've thanked you from the bottom of my soul. This would've helped so much with all the Dragons I drowned and the one that drowned in Lava Brine. 🌚

[@MorganaEvelyn]

Oh my I wasn't the only one that installed a bucket under my gamer chair when this came out it seems

[@buffywasright]

Is your pawn doing OnlyFeet on the side? Shadowbae would be proud.

[@Jesus-jq5zw]

Eww😂

[@treacherousjslither6920]

Hardcore af. Respect.

[@Yggdrasill8]

[@thesaviorofsouls5210]

Morgana...you do know you have to empty the bucket...right?

[@BucketKingu]

Pro tip (I did this run inspired off your first vid), getting some points in Sorcerer for the augment that makes it harder to knock you around AND wearing at least one ring that gives you even more stability is phenomenal. IT makes pretty much every non-boss enemy's basic attacks do nothing, you can just keep slugging away.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

That would have been a really great idea

[@colorgreen8728]

At level 80 or higher, fist only is actually enjoyable, as you just slap everything to death

[@kempvaughn1827]

I just love the idea of your character pimp slapping everyone that stands in your way lol.

[@Evol134]

Lol

[@pockystyx4087]

the knockdown res augment on Sorcerer, and the knockdown rings with the Warrior's knockdown power augment pretty much means you can spam heavy attacks and get the finishers so often that you barely need to focus on the damage you'll be doing. its kinda funny, just how strong knockdown power is in this game. Also the augment from fighter for getting up faster is so good, it saved me from so many bad situations. Can also grab verve from thief, and lethality from archer if you want to really push the DPS. Even if the bonuses from that are kinda low.

[@Delmworks]

Welp, i'm writing down those notes for my own builds

[@femthingevelyn]

I was so unbelievably disappointed when I realized that Verve is a flat 30 strength bonus, like even with thief or archer which have lower stats on their weapons than other physical classes, it's like a 5% buff, less if you're using fighter, warrior, or mystic spearhand

[@pockystyx4087]

​@@femthingevelyn it's pretty much obvious that they REALLY wanted to tone back the DPS of some vocations. . . BUUUUUT; its also pretty obvious that the Thief, Warrior, Archer, etc. can still absolutely melt lifebars when kitted out. So; while I miss the augments, and actually think they should be something else (especially since they are so damn low), they at least are SOMETHING you can slap on if you have a free augment slot. Personally; I would've just cut those augments out, and maybe put in some other interesting augments in their place. That; and some more vocations, but that's neither here nor there lol

[@MadeInBmore23]

@@pockystyx4087 none of that matters if you have a Sorc in your party at higher levels. I'm around level 75, strength around 1000, swapping between thief and warrior. And two casts of Meteor from the sorc pawn kills everything, including drakes. It's honestly annoying cuz they kill everything so fast lol

[@eddyram4932]

Ambuscade from Archer is a higher damage increase than Lethality, the only caveat is that you need the monsters knocked down. You can and should run both for a 15% combined damage increase👍

[@mwilliford200]

Should’ve chose the archer vocation when doing this because you can still do all the flashy kicks without the bow

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Oh holy crap...

[@heartoffire5902]

Good mobility too if it lets you do the kickflip to retreat after making a strike.

[@femthingevelyn]

it actually doesn't, the air kicks and stuff are just part of the unarmed moveset I'm pretty sure, it uses one food where the running jump kick with the bows is a full body drop kick with both feet

[@mwilliford200]

@@femthingevelyn can’t have it all can we😂

[@barbershopbible]

Does it work like Strider, where you had I-frames from dodge roll? While it doesn't have the str gain, I-frames were invaluable.

[@Dreggy990]

For anyone that doesn’t know jump and grabbing small enemies tackles them to the ground and pins them. Grabbing an enemy and running into a wall does a wall slam.

[@amaterasutsukuyomi8545]

Would be awesome if there was a monk type vocation. A mix of theif, mage, and warrior. Just a really cool thought. Wish DD2 devs would take some request.😂

[@sanguinetales]

DDO had a Monk so just ask in the survey to include the Vocations from DDO

[@AnotherFoe]

Just imagine a vocation focused on martial arts ❤

[@StuartRobertson-y4n]

Thats commonly called a "monk"

[@Anteman]

@@StuartRobertson-y4n Or a Pugilist of some kind! I've always had a weakness for these kinds of classes.

[@ZonsoAvalune]

Here's hoping for the modding scene to take off like it has for other REngine games.

[@TheCanadianLemur]

I would kill for a Monk or Brawler vocation as a Mod (or DLC, but that's never going to happen)

[@lyka1392]

I wish they would add one but I honestly doubt it

[@TheCanadianLemur]

I literally just finished watching the Fist Only DD1 video and looked over at the recommended videos and saw that this was posted less than 30 minutes ago. Perfect timing and great vids. I'll definitely subscribe for more fun Dragons Dogma content

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Hell yeah

[@subie2609]

Always carry some meat with you. If you drop it from the inventory you can distract the wolfs❤

[@biscuitsticks3274]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW THIS JUST CHANGED MY LIFE YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ostr0]

So Discard then beat the shiz out of them?

[@ahkyron8782]

since the game came out I've been checking your channel every now and then waiting for a stupid challenge video to pop up, I love them so much

[@biscuitsticks3274]

I appreciate it thank you!

[@arifhossain9751]

>game with character customization >furry race: available >attractive NPCs >FIST only Oh yeah, it's all coming together

[@JackdotC]

Legally, I have to pretend I don't like where this is going

[@Operator256]

i need to play this again. i forgot how fun this game is. just from watching you get mauled by wolves made my day

[@ravagedDust]

Something I found out when I was messing around unarmed is that if you pick up an enemy while they are stunned and sprint at a wall you'll actually ram them into it.

[@oahsa2285]

Great video, I don't know if I could bring myself to play through the whole game unarmed. A small note though- the ring of brawn is not bugged; it just doesn't show the damage boost in the status menu. There's a damage numbers mod that you can use to test it. 2x Ring of Brawn at < 10kg carry weight was the best way for me to kill the dragons unarmed, and it's a pretty substantial damage boost. It kind of sucks for the rest of the game because you have to be at that low of a carry weight.

[@Moist_Noodles]

Fists only; proceeds to knee everything in the eye socket, lmao. Love it!

[@DriscollDigital]

I'm playing a gladiator type, which is fist and shield. You can use some fighter skills without the sword. Including vengeful slash. This helps with a defensive option.

[@SCarter02767]

I love when the enemies seppuku themselves, but not when they're like 1 hit or I needed their drops. I would never have the patience to do this fists only run. Kudos to you for this!! 👍

[@Ripcoilx]

Standing on the ogres head stomping his brains in. So awesome!

[@mukelson]

playing solo this game as a thief at first was terrible to deal with these harpies, but bro when I unlocked the rope skill I had so much fun having my revenge against those ugly birds

[@J4rring]

LOL i couldnt help but think “flying is super effective against fighting” during that first harpy encounter 😂

[@StaresAtYouInContempt]

My man didnt even do the true ending and escape the cycle. Beat him with your fists boys. Rattle em.

[@theqeffect37]

15:58 - For easy 15 WLC, kill the lesser dragon in Melve using the balista and loot the body for 10 WLC. The remaining 5 WLC can be picked up from next to the Dragonforged.

[@AltaMillia]

I would adore a brawler vocation. Unrelated, without knowing a thing, the first journey I did in this game was Magoo my way to the Volcanic Island, and unlocked Magick Archer before ever reaching the castle. I died four thousand times, but it was worth it.

[@ural0304]

I haven’t beat DD2 yet but I LOVED your original video on fists only. I’ll be back when I beat the game for myself!

[@MLGRACCOON]

Love challenge runs for these kind of games, first one I’ve seen for dragons dogma 2 so far. Great work!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

More to come!

[@voltzfgc9114]

"That one sure did hurt" 😂 I subscribed to your channel because of that line.

[@PsnMedeiros33]

I wasn't sure about how I felt about throwing being added to the run until I watched you clobber a goblin with a boulder the size of a washing machine then I was convinced

[@User4k6jsskh]

This crazy, just yesterday I watched your DD1 runs and now I get to watch this, Cheers!

[@Blessed.By.Ambition]

I amend you, sir, for this journey was not for the faint of heart. Yet you prevailed. Good Job Cos!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thank you kindly

[@darwinsapin3407]

The knockdown resistance and weakness from vocation changing is because the augments leave after vocation changing. You could have put the augments back on and leveled it nevertheless. Love the vid yo

[@omniaesthetic1256]

I was definitely feeling your pain in some of these clips. I play Trickster a lot, who cannot even use their fists if they are trying to control aggro with their smoke clone (unequipping your censer makes it rapidly disappear). But you can still throw enemies/rocks and help knock over bosses, which I think a lot of people forget about when considering playing a "no damage" class. That said, I did once have to unequip my censer when fighting a golem, because my pawns just couldn't quite get the last medal. Although I was level 81 at the time, so my fists did huge damage against it, lol. I think we were all really hoping against all hope that we'd get a "monk" or "pugilist" style of vocation in DD2. Maybe we'll be lucky with new vocations in a DLC, but I'm not betting on it. Would absolutely love to see an expansion of the grappling mechanics a lot of the melee vocations have, especially Thief's "pinning" move. It would be so awesome if we got a "parry" move that leads into a throw or grapple somehow! I also like how the Archer seems to use the default unarmed kick attacks and expands on them a little. Maybe a "Using Only My Feet" playthrough with Archer is an idea? lol!

[@sanguinetales]

Another thing with Trickster is you can save those books to cast Frigor, Salamander and Levin

[@omniaesthetic1256]

@@sanguinetales That's such a good point. Hadn't even thought of that! Got tons of those things just sitting in storage.

[@DankDoozlton]

That’s such a good point about the beastrin increase unarmed damage. They should also add in the passive wolves have. Increase cold resistance . But they take more fire damage.

[@marusero25]

I love how you can take a ride on the dragon in the last battle and you get a couple extra dialogue from him, game as so many hidden lil things that a lot of people wont notice on their first playthough

[@Zaane1291]

If you get bitten by wolves you gotta spam the attack buttons and it gets you free faster, or at least it seems to might be different for tall characters.

[@paytoncollins1533]

That wolf segment was comedy gold

[@Sock66]

The clinging knee strong attack is pretty badass lool

[@purplefanta7142]

Fist only is fun in NG+ when you can just have tons of STR from levels to make up for lack of weapon. In DD1, my first playthrough was normal, then me + pawn, then me as an orc with full str buffing gear and fists. One shot the first few monsters that run.

[@Sveinbj0rn]

Your patience for this run is somesthing. GG!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thanks!

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

_"I get knocked down, but I get up again!～"_ as his lifeless body's being torn apart by rabid wolves 💀

[@DixieNormus899]

23:47 plankton sounding ass when he got the krabby patty secret formula, great vid

[@TheSnorlax7]

I did this once! Lvl 37 mind, with fighter/warrior background so high strength. Main pawn was a mage for healing. No support pawns. Just took off all my clothes, no weapons... Went full Beowulf on a cyclops. Great video!

[@DarlingOfMine]

I would never have played DD2 had it not been for the videos y’all made on them. And I’m having a blast. My second play through is me trying to recreate the Pawn is the Main Character challenge you guys did! It sucks lol.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

In this game there are more buff options, so once you get to the late game you'll really start to see a pay off! I may do a video on this as well. We shall see!!! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

One thing I noticed regarding the savagery and stoutness extracts in this game is that they are more just a very minor boost compared to the anime level power up you get from the periapts in the first game. Also, the extracts seem to override each other, so I'm not sure the intended use case for them. In DD2, the best temporary boost I've seen is from just cooking aged meat while camping. The boost is phenomenal and lasts for about an in-game day/night.

[@HakujooX]

"Can you? Yes. Should you. NO!" Haha, earned a sub today! Great work!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@James-kv3ll]

This sun is unfortunately the closest thing we’ll get to a “Brawler” class in this game.

[@AzureRoxe]

It's honestly insane how easily one can get stunlocked in this game.

[@wei8280]

This is so cool. So many of the things werent seen when playing normally. Thank you! Btw ring of brawn works. It's just 10% more dmg if you are very light and 5% dmg if you are light. Doesnt change strength though.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thanks for the info!

[@cleemckinnis]

“That one sure did hurt!” Worth a sub😂😂

[@xshangheighx]

Seeing you stare down a pack of wolves barehanded as they circle insighted fear in me. Then the fucking rock flying at you with the "want a break from the ads?" Sent me😂😂

[@TheBandoBandito]

As soon as the algorithm recommended me the first one, you made a sequel.

[@paladin1164]

The Chumbawumba reference is insane

[@SirrisFox]

Yeah, it's awesome, id never have the patience to go through with it

[@MrHulthen]

Your voice reminds me of MrBeast but when he's actually just chillin' & not screaming at the top of his lungs all the time. Congratulations on the run btw! I wanted to rip my hair out just from not using my pawn

[@KodaiRa06]

from "Can I beat Dragons Dogma using ONLY my Fists?" to "Can I beat Dragon's Dogma 2 using ONLY my FISTS?"

[@ReeceRacc]

i think a pawn would have been fine if you just had them using fists too lol

[@MadeInBmore23]

If you pause the game right after death but before the wakestone screen, you can heal yourself with curatives and not waste wakestones.

[@fadingghost9723]

Unless it's a fall that killed you, it greys out the "use" option if you died from fall damage.

[@femthingevelyn]

you don't even need to pause, just use the item shortcut, found that out when I got overconfident with Formless Feint and realized it does not protect you from Spoiler Goop

[@Bubkywubky]

The "that griffin just committed sudoku" got me way more than it should've

[@jexusprimexx3690]

I love your videos man! Keep up the great work!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

I appreciate it thank you!

[@NerdHerdForLife]

Kind of a good sign that your first cyclops went down a hell of a lot easier than your first cyclops in the first game.

[@JNahr]

Much love bro! Checking out the first game before i buy DD2 and this vid deff helps! 🤙🏾

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Glad I could help

[@magnificify]

I died laughing when the wolves got you

[@CerberusLives]

I only wish I'd realised sooner that you can spend all day shoryukenning guards and townsfolk with basically no repercussions whatsoever.

[@mekudu-man3804]

You can also buy crystals from a traveling merchant.

[@ICDedPeplArisen]

This video was amazing, I was so hoping you would do this run!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Glad you liked it!!

[@darkdude9248]

I think the scariest part of this playthrough is that you actually stayed at the $9999 inn

[@BloodKitten_]

isent beastren get normal price? or they hate all arisen?

[@keztannis6848]

Not as expensive as buying all the morbillion microtransactions 😂😂😂

[@darkdude9248]

@@keztannis6848 don't look at Devil May Cry 5's microtransactions

[@infernx193]

I don't know why just the idea of you curb stomping the dragon on his head just makes me chuckle.

[@CaptJABRONIE]

Ah yes. The sequel to what brought me to this channel. Rad

[@synthesis5613]

You can heal after dying before it asks you for a wakestone revive by the way. I hope this helps people. Sometimes if you fall from a height it won't let you, but even eating an apple gets you back up.

[@reaper4life66]

I can't imagine how frustrating this playthrough was to do. Only time I used fists was when I switched vocations and got jumped by a side encounter in batahl near the pub. By then I was mid 50s and every enemy scales to you to an extent

[@redrum1190]

The next challenge should be beating dragons dogma 2 only using the trickster vocation and no pawns

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Editing that right now!

[@superbad8008]

Missed opportunity for DD2 to add hand-to-hand animations. If anything, this video taught me how to properly knock down various big enemies.

[@devinhardin765]

I'm sorry this was painful for you but this was SO much fun to watch WELL DONE!! im super impressed!!!!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thank you so much! Knowing people enjoyed it makes it all worth it!

[@aquamanzx]

They actually need to made a monk style class for dogma 3 That kneeing and shoryuken animation is so cool and i didnt even know it exist til this vid

[@dielog2211]

how funny it is...im lvl 30 by now first playthrough and still on vermound quest for magistrate still struggling while this guy beating the game directly with knowledge...

[@ChrizJenson]

Ok this looks fun! I'm in NG+. I already took off my armor Im pretty much a shirtless barbarian. I'm level 80 and one shot almost everything so I was trying to figure out a way to even the playing field. I'll try this, dismiss the other pawns execpt main. I'll keep her with me just as my support/healer. This should help make it challenging until they release Hard Mode or DLC.

[@Lucious_0]

Amazing video! Love your jokes and humour!

[@Mystogan50501]

"Tell me Arisen, why does thou fight?"

[@OBeast617]

Fisting your way through the game, beautiful

[@lebalsie362]

this video is gonna blow up man it’s awesome!

[@biscuitsticks3274]

I really appreciate it

[@luckybear20]

You're a freaking beast dude. After watching this I tried doing unnarmed as a rogue....and that shit was unbearable, you can't even dodge w/o daggers....which I thought would make it easier to do unnarmed....but no, you can't dodge and it's rough as hell. So kuddos to you.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thanks king

[@punch5ive]

damn if that’s not the background music you put in the video when you’re fighting that last dragon this game has really a good soundtrack

[@brothgurlegion4229]

I think you have a delightful personality

[@biscuitsticks3274]

Thank you so much you are too kind

[@unnamedmuffin]

Thank you very much for this video! It allows me to experience Dragon's Dogma 2 without having a next-gen gaming setup! 😅

[@hraefn1821]

I'm gonna call this the "Brock Sampson" playthrough XD Hilarious and legendary.

[@colorgreen8728]

I tried this after telling you about it, it’s so tough at the start, but the extra strength rings did help

[@Arkaniet]

the "I get knocked down" montage had me rolling holy shit.

[@kingbaby210]

You gotta spam buttons and the joystick to get outta grabs and wolves. Idk the exact method but it works for me. Oh and shake the remote. Should work almost immediately.

[@biscuitsticks3274]

I was shaking it really hard against my desk and floor and wall and it wasn't working...

[@skyewolffoxtail7785]

The thing with the harpies that I do is wait till they come to me and just before they get to me I just stay in place and start swinging

[@bionic1matt]

I respect you so much. This is something I'd never be able to do lol. Just seeing you get staggered to hell is making me irritated and I'm not even the one playing haha

[@asham868]

I would have allowed kicks too, take archer and punch and kick your way thru the game

[@5-Volt]

He basically did kick anyway. With the stomps & grapple knees.