Can You Beat All DARK SOULS 3 Magic Challenges On One Character?

The ULTIMATE Dark Souls 3 Magic Challenge! Sorcery only in New Game, Miracles only in New Game + and finally Pyromancy only in New Game ++!
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[@JKLeeds]

What would your snack of choice be to eat while watching this video?

[@felixbeth6340]

Salted chips and vodka e the combination tastes kinda magical

[@user-cf6ol4bs7z]

Flaming hot Cheetos because that NG++ run gonna be fire

[@ethanprince9322]

McDonald’s

[@Sortazar]

Dried Finger

[@Mr.SpookMan]

Popcorn

[@gotthia7184]

In Dark Souls 3, you can use the hawk ring to boost the range of your attack spells ;) Also, boosting the range means more damage at close to mid range

[@alexanderthelegend7988]

FUCK, now i gotta test a long range spellsniper build...again thanks for the info tho

[@ameshizen381]

Bruh I would have been done this smh

[@fenneczerda376]

I beat DS3 like 100 times and I didn't know that feature. Feels good when game still has something that will surprise you

[@m00nbutter7]

This is completely false

[@gotthia7184]

@@m00nbutter7 you ever tried ? It's not a big increase, a few meters at best but it works for spells as well as arrows and throwing consumables from what I've observed ... Don't hope for a 10m increased range, just 2 to 3

[@ErroR_FX]

"floating down like a butterfly in the moonlight" IT FLOATS DOWN?!?!

[@thatguy8711]

It floats down!😂

[@magolor3219]

… when it dies. Duh.

[@magolor3219]

…ooooor during the break it gives you to hit it.

[@NiSE_Rafter]

Everybody in the office loves that one 😂

[@BloodandlatexFX]

When you float another one down but it floats over their heads

[@suchar7175]

Crystal Sage being harder than all DLCs Bosses combined is certainly something I would never expect to witness.

[@trevordillon1921]

Somehow this doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.

[@suchar7175]

@@trevordillon1921 while I hate Sage with all my heart and soul, he only gave me troubles on sl1 with broken straight sword. What surprised me the most, that he was a wall for JK not in magic journey, but in miracles journey. Sage is resistant only to magic.

[@morjin4859]

Some miracle fun facts: -Lightning miracles, I think specifically the ranged spears and their incantation equivalents in ER, produce a second hit of damage when in melee range, for a bit extra damage (which is why they did more damage here). It’s visible as a damage proc usually right before you actually throw the spear, and as a small lightning strike separate from your cast. As far as I know, it’s not doubled damage, it’s much more mild. -Both “gnawing” miracles are dark miracles and thus deal dark damage. The reason Gael takes less damage from them, especially in his second stage, is that he gains the “hollowed” enemy modifier, which usually comes with higher dark defenses. I believe he gains this on the phase transition, and it’s testable by using something like the Hollowslayer GS, which will have its effect function. The gnawing miracles were even stronger on launch and got nerfed if I’m not mistaken, I used one to cheese dancer on my first playthrough. -The lightning bow miracle is locked behind Ringed City because Fromsoft hates fun and whimsy, this is an established fact. It’s seriously weirdly placed, yeah it was introduced with the dlc but it’d be more useful if it was available earlier on. -Words cannot describe the integrity of JK to not use ToD, and Siegward isn’t cheating, as the man is a walking miracle Edit: I actually forgot to mention that Gael has another enemy classification: abyssal! I believe he has this in both phases, and of course it also gives him higher dark defense. Though it’s harder to distinguish, since he doesn’t suddenly attain this modifier, weapons like the Wolf Knight GS will deal bonus damage to him!

[@debohancock4716]

W comment

[@joaogomes9405]

Of course Fromsoft doesn't hate fun, that's why they locked great lightning spear behind a garbage covenant grind in the last area of the game, and sunlight spear behind the literal fucking final boss. Isn't it fun to go through the entire game with the weakest miracles there are, while pyromancers get the best damage pyromancy halfway through the game and sorcerers can get great heavy soul arrow and pestilent mist as soon as they find Orbeck in the 3rd area of the game for a pittance? Thank you, Fromsoft

[@dr.jasepain5944]

That's definitely a cool fun fact

[@eliasagustinromero7929]

for the Dark Souls 2, I strongly recommend using the binoculars in the other hand, as it allows you to aim spells like a bow, it's really usefull

[@vovablood]

You can also do that in ds3, a little slower though

[@MinoriGaming]

If I had a nickel for every time i watched a dark souls 3 playthrough where they go for a sorcery build and then proceed to Pestilent Mist the Dancer of the Boreal Valley early on a whim and it actually worked, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice

[@hiroranger2156]

THE FEBREEEEZE

[@rotationalshorts9104]

RT reference

[@hiroranger2156]

@@rotationalshorts9104 FEEEEEBREEEEEEZE!

[@AbdielSaikia]

FEBREEEZE

[@brandonmitchell3267]

Friday really is the best day of the week. Thanks, I've been really enjoying your content. Came for the challenge runs stayed for the puns.

[@JKLeeds]

Glad to hear! Hope you enjoy this one also

[@cdubbs19891]

I echo this sentiment each time I thought the puns couldnt get any better, they stayed in the satisfactory to decent range of pun. Excellent

[@plz_not1482]

Pyromancy last is defo the smartest choice too, as it’s the best magic in this game imo. NG+7 as a pyromancer so it’s definitely got the damage output.

[@zaelyth9898]

Pyromancy is OP in DS3. It has carried me through numerous playthroughs & I have a pyromancy only character. I use Chaos Bed Vestiges, Great Chsos Fire Ball & Black Fire Ball.

[@malachyodonoghue3746]

How good is Sorcery? I haven't been able to find any guides on which magics are good

[@malachyodonoghue3746]

Excpet Miracles, those are THE MOST OP SPELLS IN THE GAEMMEEE, it's def not useless

[@plz_not1482]

@@malachyodonoghue3746 sorcery is at its weakest in DS3 tbh. Just over all really weak. Miracles and Pyromancy are easily stronger and it’s not even close. As for which is the better of those 2, it depends on your play style. I eventually hard focused on dark Pyromancy and found myself having more fun than I ever did with miracles, but idk if they’re stronger or just fit my play style better

[@luettexiv]

Old Moonlight is a charged spell, it does insane damage if fully charged and both projectile and blade hit, it isn’t as bad as it initially seems and can rival soul spear

[@heanderheander4915]

So here is an interesting fact about deacons. When you start the fight, the main deacon is actually stored inside Aldrich's coffin behind where his clothes drop. What that means is you can pestilent mist, toxic, or poison it through the wall to get some early damage while also fighting the red light deacons. Hopefully this helps!

[@yuhnei3177]

Fun fact, you can actually kill wolnir with pestilent mist without him even waking up, you just cast it repeatedly on his hand

[@spookwoop1295]

Sacred Flame is actually a really good Pyromancy against the Sage, as you can stunlock them so they can't teleport away

[@Felwal115]

2 things about the Pyromancy run, Boulder Heave is actually REALLY good vs the Abyss Watchers because you can with the correct timing chain it basically untill you run out of FP, hit them with Boulder Heave once then take 2 steps forward and use Boulder Heave again then repeat, you can do the same thing with Sacred Fame against the Crystal Sage

[@Thefufflylord]

Oh, really looking forward to this. I've only stumbled upon your channel recently, but I enjoy your form of challenge runs.

[@JKLeeds]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy the video 🙂

[@Mr.SpookMan]

Damn these challenge videos are actually better than most of the series from Netflix

[@windflier1684]

That's really not that high of a bar

[@SirJyrsy]

JK delivers again. Your videos are always a joy to watch. You and Doom Wolf have to do a co-op run of Elden Ring or something, that would be epic. Thank you again for the entertainment.

[@JKLeeds]

No joke, we did actually discuss this but he's PC master race and I'm a dirty console scrub 😂

[@SirJyrsy]

@@JKLeeds oh bummer, can't have it all I guess heh.

[@robertdimelow5070]

I'm getting the dark souls trilogy for ps4 from my mum for christmas, I've been watching challenge runs on the series to hype myself up and your videos are funny as hell! Giving me hope man! Bloodborne was my first souls game so I'm excited to see the difference in gameplay

[@paultapping9510]

holy moly! I'm so excited for you! Experiencing the whole thing for the first time is a trip. Good luck skeleton!

[@gazeffmhu2374]

u Will enjoy

[@robertdimelow5070]

@@paultapping9510 Hey! Returning a few days after Christmas, in undead berg at the moment, I'm not touching 2 or 3 until I beat 1 lol, I also got sekiro and Im having a blast

[@thatguy8711]

​@@robertdimelow5070Pro tip for dark souls 1: try finger but hole

[@pink-flower.]

​@@robertdimelow5070 how is dark souls for ya still?

[@JWalker444]

Soul spear and it's upgrade are good, but HSA is the most efficient sorcery projectile when it comes to fp/damage I believe

[@supremeclamitas5053]

IIRC it was GHSA, but HSA's really good too

[@JWalker444]

@@supremeclamitas5053 yeah I had thought so too but I looked it up, regardless they're both way more efficient than the soul spears, so running out of fp is a less likely outcome

[@supremeclamitas5053]

@@JWalker444 Huh, the more you know!

[@ginrodino8542]

My first run of Dark Souls 3 was a Strength/Faith build, and I fell in LOVE with the grandma that gnaws on you with teethless gums. It was such a useful spell for me and lowkey carried me through NG.

[@rigorm136]

Likes disabled?

[@ryla22]

KZbin be gettin real wild over here

[@christianstachl]

"The damage is shocking...that's not even a lightning joke, it's just bad..." 😂 Came for the challenge run, stayed for the puns! As always a really entertaining video!

[@dankcaesar4760]

best souls channel out there right now bro. much respect 🙏

[@alextalker5979]

Dunno about NG+ Midir but you can transpose father Ariandel soul to his favorite whip which gives a neat bonus to miracles for a minute or so. Last time when I went for pyro build to reach NG+2 for all achievements, that's what I did and sunlight spear inflicted like 1200+ damage to the head from afar!

[@requiemcurse]

This series has lead me to try every element in Elden Ring while changing the element every new game. Awesome job on this video. May Chaos take the world!

[@N4T4L1E_]

These videos get me through my long shiny hunts! Tysm for the bangin content

[@stanleyurey1013]

Love these challenge runs

[@futuristicbus61]

So excited to see how this plays out in DS3.

[@wesleypage7697]

Looking forward to the dark souls 2 run. Best of luck on NG+++

[@JustWatching4429]

Even 8 minutes in I can tell this video is going to be awesome. My mom laughed so damn hard when she overheard the Abyssterectomy bit

[@JKLeeds]

Wholesome comments are wholesome 🙂

[@pink-flower.]

nothing like dad jokes and plays on words

[@somepvpguy69]

W video my guy loving your channel so Imma sub rah!!!!

[@Berserker30m]

This man deserves so many more subs, one of my personal favorites and I've watched all your vids

[@matthewthomas4914]

First video I have seen of yours. Clever fun and simple thank you for the video.

[@ederys_delxyde]

You have excellent tastes in your choices for the background musics :P Nice run!

[@DarkCT]

I played often as a sorceror or a "hexxer" in this series, including in this game. never used pestilent mist. i feel like an idiot now. nice work with this run, and nice touch with the endings.

[@erisimp]

Tip for if you ever do sorcery against Friede again; she runs straight into Homing Soulmass spells when invisible and staggers herself.

[@stenly97]

It's always a good day when we have a new upload from you. Don't tell Lemon, but I like your videos as much as his. The video was so fun to watch, that I didn't realise when an hour just passed by.. also now i want to play DS3 again.. thanks..

[@Dussface]

A good video as always

[@felixbeth6340]

I sadly have go work when this video goes live but watching this is the first thing i'll do when i come home.

[@orsdekany2594]

I love how optimistic you are about the DS2 4 full runs, 4 playthrough of Frigid Outskrits I start to think that you are a masochist.

[@XpPotions]

I've loudly said "oh fuck off" in response to at least 3 puns in the first 7 minutes of this video alone. It's looking like a masterpiece

[@IAmDdie1]

I'd like to see how far you can push this. Start ng4+ with sorcery. Keep the rotation going

[@jackusmaracus]

I got stuck on the Sage on my sorcery only run on stream this week. Just came back to rewatch your fight against him, and I think you’ve just saved my run! Thanks JK!

[@dumbsterdives]

learning about pestilent mist has given me the push i need to commit to a sorcery playthrough of this game, i had no idea it was percentage based

[@toxicthorn769]

The clarification on why you're not doing Dark Souls 2 right now is so real. I'm playing through it now and it requires some perseverance.

[@paultapping9510]

I have the plats for ds1, 3, Elden Ring and got the platinum for DeS back,in the day. I've not got the DS2 plat, and it's not through want of trying. That game is exhausting!

[@SubmitToTheBiomass]

​​@@paultapping9510DS3 achievements are more tedious than DS2, easily. Vertebrae shackle farming is the worst thing ever. DS2 is also just a way more fun game IMO, doing pretty much everything besides boss fights better than 3.

[@songbird6414]

DS2 is my favorite of the series and I still shudder to think of four back to back playthroughs.

[@PMux79]

I thought I’d give the all sorcery run a go and I found a solution to the Halflight issue. If you’re playing offline, the npc Halflight doesn’t know how to deal with Great Deep Soul and just face-tanks it while having most of his attacks interrupted. It’s fast enough and has a low enough FP cost that you can spam it at him.

[@chasewrubel2853]

Man, I'd forgotten which uploader you were when this showed up in my feed; I started watching and very quickly went "Fuuuuuuuuu... it's the PUN guy" XD keep it up

[@tomix6690]

You did well, sir! I did a Fire damage "only" run earlier this year and gotta say ... That 20some minutes Midir was not exactly fun after 20some deaths 😁

[@jackusmaracus]

Nice one! I’m going to try this for myself. I’ve already done pyro only, so I’ll take that character into NG+ as sorcerer and NG++ for miracles

[@TheBlitzus]

Punny bugger ain'cha, Mr JK (light?) Rollings. Great content, fun times. Thanks for putting this out there.

[@darthzayexeet3653]

Missed opportunity to use an “Abyssmal” joke

[@jonathanhilton6501]

Damn loved this really enjoyed this

[@martijn769]

Subbed thanks to the great content but even better puns 😂

[@jade-chan9122]

Great video!! Can't wait to see what you do in ds2 and ER btw if you are curious as to why lighting spear does more damage at meele it's how hitboxes work you create the spear wich does damage and then you throw it wich does more damage it's why you see lighting stake do damage twice, same reason :D

[@t-mango2491]

I totally respect not wanting to dive into ds2 for that reason, but I so look forward to that video!

[@Drwaterboi]

I feel it is incredibly important that you know that i love your content, however my favorite part of your videos are your jokes and the way you are. You should know that you are in fact my favorite part of your videos.

[@cosmicfails2053]

Hey leeds, I know you watch the Backlogs, but surprised you were struggling with the Aldritch fights, cause Lemon actually had a full strategy for dealing with the arrow storm I can't recall which video it was but essentially he used the statues at the back of the room to block the arrow rain

[@DrMindy67]

Wow! The routing was excellent and everything seemed to be done exactly right! I guess I should have expected nothing less from a video featuring Sri Ian McKellen.

[@ShitSmirk]

I started a sorcery only run in ds3 a couple months ago but couldn't for the life of me beat the twin princes and ultimately gave up but after seeing you beat them really gave me some motivation to go back and try to finish the run

[@HeyAddieImTojo]

For me it worked with the soulstream spell since that boss doesn’t move around sideways a lot. Maybe you can try it out!

[@ShitSmirk]

@@HeyAddieImTojo I'll give it a try

[@HeyAddieImTojo]

@@ShitSmirk you could also look up the glitch u can perform where u stand in front of the throne for phase 2 so he doesn’t move at all….. if u get stuck!

[@serges.a.s1841]

Did you do it ???

[@reddragon4724]

WOOOOO LETSGOOOO JKLEEDS POSTED

[@Furiora]

Bravo sir, congrats on pulling this monster off. A little fun thing, although not allowed in this run because it uses a weapon, but the Demon's Scar can actually true combo an r1 into black flame against player-like enemies, or indeed other players in PVP.

[@jakubpuawski3875]

not sure if this was planned, but the order of runs definitely made them easier. Almost nothing is weak to sorceries (Dragonslayer Armor only?), then vs lightning most things are either weak or neutral - and then almost everything in the game is weak to either dark or fire.

[@viazzi91]

I am extremely thankful for the puns. Great video!

[@alexandermata6675]

The script writing in this video is fucking amazing, loved it this entire time

[@alfonshasel1995]

Glad you eased up on the rules for this one.

[@smallkidneyjoe4046]

your routing was awesome and you did everything right, actually.

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks 😁

[@scottt7309]

You have access to a computer and a games console!!! Trippy. Great video by the way.

[@chillerhasen3689]

The Float down joke is now everywhere thanks lenny xdd

[@jeremyshostak7552]

Just finished this challenge 10 minutes prior to writing this. It was monumental! I loved it! Honestly, the hardest part was sorcery the first run. I didn't stock up on resources or buy any from the store just like you and was able to get everything I'd need to +10 in that run. Levelling was rough, but I had pre-emptively planned ahead for the faith build that was coming. Stunted the sorcery run what with devoting 20+ levels to faith. Didn't realize crystal chime scaled off both so didn't even need to do that lol. Miracles was so easy it was a joke. Nothing stopped sunlight spear spam, not even Yhorm. Yhorm Pyromancy however... Great challenge, teaches you so much about magic combat. Also really highlights pure faith Caster viability. You're a one trick pony, sure but you have so much damage capability.

[@hellsjanitor666]

Every time you made a pun....I died a little. Keep it up.

[@glitchedout2035]

For Aldrich, I just sprinted in a circle and that seem to be extremely effective for some reason

[@T0nC0]

YEEEEAH NEW JK Leeds VIDEO

[@JWalker444]

A slurms MacKenzie reference? Hell yeah

[@madmansprinkles]

You can chain cast sacred flame on the Crystal Sage to stop it from teleporting, pretty sure it does good damage to Abyss Watchers as well, it doesn't work on a lot of bosses, but the damage is usually good (:

[@TheRealFa0lan]

I personally take chaos orb over vestiges for that extra lava pool damage afterwards with only a little less inital damage.

[@NokkOnWood]

Excited for this challenge in Elden Ring! I can’t wait for NG+ 12! ;D

[@SyfyRules]

one of the funniest but seemingly not well known tricks I know in DS3 is that the deacons hitbox is actually inside the middle of the ?coffin?altar? thing at the center of the room in phase 1. this means that certain AoE effects with sufficient range, most notably including poison/toxic mist, can reach said hitbox and do damage/status build up. this combined with the new knowledge that pestilent mist doesn't cause phase transitions for certain bosses makes me wonder if due to its similarity to the other mist spells I know work on him, if it wouldn't reach as well...and if it does would he still go into phase 2?

[@brobert7094]

A 1 hr video about a game I dont know anyhting about with a challenge I dont understand? Yes, please!!

[@seanhennessy3968]

Somehow I'm not surprised that Lightning Spear is better in melee. They REALLY want you to use Faith with melee stats. I say this having suffered through several Faith primary builds.

[@Sondrex009]

41:57 Absolutely loved this bit xD Great video

[@marystone860]

Hmm, I may try this strategy when I fight Freida eventually! This was a good one!

[@SeBa-hk4ok]

The constant puns are killing me, well done 😅😅

[@Chara_the_god]

You should've used boulder heave on abyss watchers. It's such a god tier spell. I'd also recommend black flame through the run. It's fast and strong.

[@rayhatesu]

Going to point out something very minor that could have helped this run: if you'd put the Simple infusion on a shield, you could've had some passive FP regen so long as you put the shield in your offhand. Not that it's fast regen, but it could've got you enough for some emergency soul arrows during the fights you ran out of estus during

[@IKilledTheDodo]

I’ve never heard so many dad jokes and puns in a single video. Quite an entertaining watch though. Well done!

[@thickveinysausage3062]

eagerly awaiting the 20 minute fume knight pyromancy and 30 minute blue smelter sorcery fights

[@inciaradible7144]

You definitely offered Ian McKellen Varré's bouquet for him to appear in your video.

[@imtryingalright8555]

The zero fanfare and dry puns are actually quite good.

[@waltersullivan2727]

The scholar candlestick also adds more sorcery damage even in the offhand.

[@UwntM8]

Fun fact: Way of white corona can actually do massive damage on Aldrich and other large bosses if you’re at the maximum distance it can reach and cast it, the hit box of the way of the white corona can kinda sit inside of enemy hit boxes, and hit multiple times in a single cast before returning back to you just gotta get the distancing down to where the ring sits in their hit box.

[@mjolnir1208]

gael shooting a volley of bolts and slow walking through the toxic cloud at 53:03 is kinda raw as fuck ngl

[@grimreaper8575]

Cant blame you for not wanting to play that much ds2 in one sitting. However heres a few tips for when you do attempt it: Magic and miracle catalysts can be infused which does boost their relative damage. The best sorcery based hex staff can be acquired very quickly from the merchant in huntsman copse. The only requirement is 20 int and 20 faith for him to hand it over. If you try to aquire climax for its damage, its damage caps out at 5k souls but will take up to a few million. The crown you get at the end lf the brume tower dlc occasionally restores your magic casts for free. It also restores them based on how many copies you have equipped at the time. More copies = more casts and more restored casts. One of the best miracle catalysts can be gained by killing the miracle lady in heides tower. (Cumbling oceanic ruins area at the begining of the game.) Hope any of these tips help you when the time comes. Ps: id recommend doing miracle, magic, pyromancy, then hexes. Pyromancy and hexes both scale off of faith and intelligence but pyomamcy has little to no stat requirements for its spells. Oh and whisper of the dead or whatever its called only makes the enemy weaker to physical damage.

[@slimchelmi6940]

bro the song you played for the nameless king in the pyro part fucking rules dude \m/n

[@changelingur2555]

Hopin for some bars in this vid

[@tommasocaroppo4042]

I just wanted to say that demon prince pun at 18:10 was absolutely golden i thought you'd enjoy hearing that

[@puckfigs9902]

25:20 back to liiiife, back to Boreality 😂😂

[@Mo_Mudabber]

This is coming out on my birthday yay

[@JKLeeds]

Happy birthday 🎂

[@up4discussion660]

JK Leeds me to another great video, and even worse jokes. Thanks!

[@antlanta]

haha, another banger as per usual

[@lp_zp]

haven't seen it mentioned but pestilent mist doesn't count as you doing damage so some bosses second phase cant be skipped. the ones i remember are dragonslayer, tree and wolnir if you get the spacing right