Can You Beat All The DARK SOULS Archery Challenges On One Character?

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The ULTIMATE Dark Souls 1 Archery Challenge! Bows only in New Game, Crossbows only in New Game + and finally Greatbows only in New Game ++!
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[@JKLeeds]

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[@sirbill_greebi3811]

Crossbows second? I'm sure you have your reasons. I just thought they would go first because they have no scaling. I suppose regular bows suck even with scaling (or you can't get pass Asylum Demon any other way, which I guess makes sense).

[@JKLeeds]

​@sirbill_greebi3811 yeah mainly bows first because it's the only one of the 3 you can start with and also this route makes it harder 😈

[@Whatthesimga123]

Grumbus

[@FourZ4]

you should do a triple run with spears, halberds, then whips. i love watching whip runs

[@GriziDaWiz]

gay pin dragon

[@naiteiruakuma2261]

Wow! The character looks exactly like Orlando Bloom from Lord of the Elden Ring! So cool you managed to make him look identical

[@JKLeeds]

I know right?!? Thank you for noticing 🥰🥰🥰

[@naiteiruakuma2261]

@@JKLeeds i think Dark Souls sliders Reddit would appreciate it also! Oh btw if you continu to make such beautiful characters, ill be forced to make a fanart of them

[@JKLeeds]

That is all the incentive I need!

[@Domin0Head]

Duuude, I would totally enjoy seeing some fanart of him! I could imagine posters, I’m fact.

[@pierrelindgren5727]

Lord of the Elden Ring The Two Bells Of Awakening Return of the Nameless King The Furtive Pygmy: An Unexpected Journey

[@Super_Gman_Guy]

Absolutely iconic that you were able to make a perfect likeness of Orlanderp Blooming from Elden Lord of the Ring! You even got his signature green skin down! 🤩🙏 My favorite part of the movie was when he said “And you have my Dragonslayer Greatbow” to Brodo. I got chills!

[@kachingy123]

So much talent to replicate his likeness!

[@RobertBrownieJr]

Spitting image

[@cuddlequeen3225]

I was floored when he said "It's Legoing time" and legolased all over the place

[@prof_renzo]

Composite Bow + Stone armor? It floats down!

[@goo9019]

If floats😂

[@ESPmrBrough]

fokin hel youv creased me lad

[@skiek5518]

Everyone round the office really loved that one 🤠

[@baklapjr]

Ol' slabhead

[@99brickstudios]

😂

[@deimostricky5315]

The Dark Moon Bow is actually a pretty good bow. If you level up faith and not only to the minimum requirement

[@exantiuse497]

Indeed. It has a 50% scaling on Faith, 30% Dexterity and 16 Strength. Comp bow has 60% on both Dex and Str. He was mainly Str and Dex based, no wonder Darkmoon bow did bad damage XD

[@alexvolkymore4676]

Agree but it's an endgame bow and there was no point in wasting levels on faith since he wouldn't use it ever again. He used it for just for entertainment I believe.

[@followeroftheprince]

@@alexvolkymore4676 I mean, at the very least he didn't need to drill in the idea that it was bad. Dude brought the weapon up and out like 4 or 5 times just to say it's still trash (even though he left the main stat for the weapon at bare minimum required to use it)

[@PressContinue]

The thought of using only arrows makes me feel a quiver on my back...

[@Kostadin_Arolski]

It's pun pops 😵❤️

[@Izzyandmore123]

I’m one drawstring away from doing it.

[@scottt7309]

👏👏👏👏

[@axel2632]

I wonder what's next, do you think of a daggers --> long swords --> Great swords run?

[@khadesru]

Or opposite

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Claws, fists, bare handed

[@tropicturtle9021]

He usually goes easiest to hardest, so hed probably start with greatswords and end with daggers.

[@YuriYoshiosan]

Longswords, Greatswords, Ultra Greatswords

[@emmittmartin4610]

I'm amazed that the ds1 character creation was so advanced that JK managed to make Orlando Bloom from those movies

[@arara7713]

05:03 "to buy the Andre of Artorias from Crest" idk what is it about this crest of artorias jokes but they never fail to make me laugh very loudly

[@akuma7425]

11:24 Fighting the archers on the rampart with a bow remind me of my first playthrough where I couldn't get pass them for the life of me so I blindly snipe them through some bullshit angle with poison arrows and waited for like ten minutes that they die from it. Fun times.

[@edicor1]

Another legendary run from a legendary creator. What else could someone ask for

[@YOURteacher_100]

Feet

[@edicor1]

@@YOURteacher_100 no.

[@YOURteacher_100]

@@edicor1 fake souls fan

[@edicor1]

@@YOURteacher_100 bad cat. No feet for you

[@frostyelwood9898]

@@YOURteacher_100such a horrible cat

[@Notashi0]

Darkmoon Bow can be good if you have good Faith investment since its damage scales with Str, Dex, AND Faith. If you don't intend to have high Faith, you'll probably be better off just sticking with the regular bows. Moonlight arrows though can be used by any bow, they're not exclusive with the Darkmoon Bow, that's just their primary MO from the lore text.

[@ArtistoftheMoon]

Fun fact, you can kill Kalameet with a greatbow without needing to get Gough to shoot him out of the sky. All it takes is perfect timing and patience. Maybe a little fire resist. But you basically stand in the waterfall near the back of the arena, near the chest, and shoot at the valley opening as he flies by. It can take like an hour, I would know lmao. Great video, thanks for doing the challenge!

[@Snuset]

Oh god. 😂

[@Kerpanator]

A perfect Orlando Bloom run, my favorite part was when you said “It’s Bloomin time” and then bloomed all over Priscilla.

[@Dylpicklethe1]

😏

[@Spectrik]

​@@Dylpicklethe1do not bloom on Priscilla

[@KlausRJBR]

All over Priscilla's feet*

[@-grey]

Enchanted Composite bow with Moonlight Arrows at 50 INT is the strongest bow in the game.

[@NokkOnWood]

This episode has some especially bomb puns. Most puns get a nasal air push out of me, but “Ingward’s fate has been sealed” got me laughing out loud

[@gegixogegixo674]

certanly I wasn't expecting a Zucchero reference in the middle of a DS run 😂 A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!

[@Kavukamari]

the way orlanderp bloom was side eyeing in nervousness as you were talking about deleting him convinced me, he looks identical

[@colonelquesadilla5080]

Doing a bow only run of this game was already bad enough, but after seeing this I don’t think I’ll ever use a crossbow in this game. We thank you for once again doing what the rest of us are too cowardly to do

[@Da_Sire]

it can be good up to NG+7 with an extremely dedicated build that requires TONS of grinding. But its still possible.@toangreenlow2229

[@Jaquan018]

I mean it makes perfect sense because the Crossbow is at best meant to be a side weapon due to being held in one hand and having little to no stat requirements. If not for the lack of free aiming it would be perfect if you need someone sniped for a less stressful run

[@theeast7005]

The avelyn is legit the only good/decent crossbow in the game and that's only cause it's a 3 shot repeating crossbow and can be somewhat decent and outpace bow damage when all three shots land.

[@emanuelstornello8009]

I never saw that zucchero reference coming, it's a wonderful wonderful life

[@DoomWolfOfficial]

the four kings pain, I could feel it through the screen lol great video! :)

[@steel58836]

"Do you want this guy to be deleted imto a world of 1's and 0's?" Yes, yes i do

[@big_red01027]

It's the humane thing to do.

[@OdinOnFire]

Wow, crazy how you managed to completely capture the likeness of Orlando Bloom. They could be twins!

[@afinoxi]

The composite bow and stone armor strat is actually in the IGN guide for Dark Souls 1, apparently its a very good strat lmao.

[@razArolli]

I shall bow down to you for doing this sir

[@razArolli]

Infact do you like to wear bows?

[@jlinonis]

Never not gonna call the undead merchant "Cranky the Tosser" from now on

[@tridale]

As an archery main in Dark Souls I've more or less done all three of these challenges as well, but crossbows and bows as NG and greatbows as NG+. The Darkmoon Bow is certainly a trap to archery challenge runners, the composite bow outclasses it in every way, it even outpaces the Darkmoon Bow in its job as a Divine Composite Bow +10. The Black Bow of Pharis is nice due to its range, but even then, it's outclassed by the Composite Bow in damage and the Hawk Ring more than makes up for the Composite Bow's shorter range. I would recommend an archery only run to people, just keep in mind you want to rush the Composite Bow and make that your weapon of choice. Again, I did crossbows in NG, not NG+, but I recall it being not too bad, I went full tank with Vitality, Endurance and enough STR to use the Greatshield of Artorias. The biggest mistake I saw you make was sticking with the light crossbow as long as you did. The Heavy Crossbow does far more damage and is between Avelyn and Light Crossbow in fire rate. It also does roughly as much damage as the Avelyn if only 2 bolts land, so against enemies that tend to avoid one or two shots from the Avelyn's volley the Heavy Crossbow is the more effective option. Greatbows are... interesting. Due to their fire rate and stamina drain they are not that great against bosses, but they are fun to use in most situations due to the feel of power behind them and when hitting many common enemies, in particular hollows, it sends them flying which is just fun and satisfying. Unfortunately I never finished my greatbow run as my interest just waned as the novelty wore off and the bosses got faster and hit harder. Overall, great video, as said I mainly do archery in the Souls games so another video on them is fun to see. Thank you for the video.

[@Ironica82]

I did archery only in DS2 and that was, for me, the best way to learn the game and the bosses.

[@pocketinfinity6733]

36:27 Greatbow: *deals 286 damage* JK's son: "YEAAAA BABY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!"

[@iancoots4394]

I am so desensitized to Souls content that seeing challenge runs like this in 2023 is super refreshing

[@kingjohn8980]

We gotta keep this type of challenge going for all the souls games

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Since you didn't know about the Taurus down in the lava, you may be surprised to know you don't even need to lower the lava. You can just roll across, any% speedrunners do it.

[@EmarzurM]

The Zuchero reference was so nice!

[@giulianodc4062]

Bro i swear you are the first person outside of apulia i hear talking about zucchero i love you man

[@emperorkraglint9792]

These types of three set challenges are really interesting. I'd love to see more like this. Whether in the other from soft games or continuing dark souls with other weapons types like daggers or curved swords, etc. Great job mate

[@zerogiantsquid]

It's incredible how you were able to get Orlando Bloom modeled so accurately in a character creator in a game from 2011. It looks just like him!

[@KF0QAD]

Bill Gywnton has me ROLLING sir!

[@krorcweini7776]

These puns: "Because of his high health killing him takes a fire's age" "Centipede Demon gets defeeted" 💀 Love them

[@docmercy3660]

I love it to see other challenge runners comment on each other's videos. Makes me feel like a big, happy family :) Also I'm positively surprised no one said anything about shooting in her face as well at 12:30. We've really matured as a community

[@giteausuperstar]

What is the intended use of the darkmoon bow then? Why would the devs create a boss weapon which is very expensive to upgrade but also miles worse than other bows? Very strange. I was quite excited to see it in action because I’ve never used it. Safe to say that isn’t going to change.

[@silvercandra4275]

17:50 this is how I took out Manus in my first DS1 run. The guy who bought me the game was so pissed, but I thought it was hilarious. I had a +15 black bow and hawk ring anyways, so when I saw Manus' eyes from above, I just decided to try and shoot that, and discovered it was a boss, so kept at it... Good times.

[@MattJDylan]

I'm glad to inform you that there is actually a kalameeth bow cheese, but it's a tedious one. It's a goughless strat, so you messed it by going to talk to him first: it's basically activating the fight and run back to up the stairs. He'll try to burn you up there, but his fire doesn't reach back near the fogwall. He'll poke his head up constantly and you just... shoot him. EDIT: also iirc if you hide under the waterfall, he just pokes his head under from time to time to fireblast you, which should make the fight easier overall. EDIT2: lemon deserves all the shotouts all the time, although the ring strat for nito is something way older (also, it doesn't always work because nito can get stuck on the skeletons... if you try it again and fail, now you know why!) Anyway, you don't have to be a fan to know baila morena, just alive during that time and somehow related to Italy in any way... which to me raises more questions about how you're related to Italy, but that's another topic...

[@Forzazzurrinter]

28:03 Zucchero? WHAT? I certainly did not expect this quote in a dark souls video, especially on a not italian video!

[@kylehart8829]

This helps for any run not just a ranged one, but you're not standing anywhere near close enough to the 4 kings. You need to literally be touching them to make their attacks favor pure melee AND make those same melee attacks deal much less damage (because the handle hits you not the blade). Still there is an extremely rare case where they'll use the grab or explosion but you can just stand next to them and heal as they attack.

[@ShaddySoldier]

What mod did you use to get such a realistic orlando bloom model for your caracter? Too realistic for a DS character

[@Randomness662]

I did an archery only playthrough a while back, and it was my only character I was ever able to win PvP battles on. tranquil walk of peace + bow is a cruel way to win a battle lol

[@Obi-hl1ym]

These are some of my new favourite vids from you, would love to see it with some of the other games

[@dylankilby6785]

My favorite genre of humor is "eye roll accompanied by sharp exhale as one tacitly admits that it was, indeed, pretty funny" - and "I Ron Hubbard" definitely got the best of that reaction out of me.

[@mymic208]

Magic damage weapons scale with int, and divine weapons scale with faith, scale really really well infact. So you would of had a better time with the divine xbow if you had like 40 faith.

[@josejuancerdabarraza3544]

This run reminds me that the easiest way to kill Gwyndolin (in my opinion) is with the hawk ring and greatbow, you can snipe him the moment you enter the room and he won't move at all

[@harizotoh7]

23:34 the binoculars only work by positioning your camera. You can just free aim but it is tricky. The character will fire st the center of the screen where you are looking at and directly in front of them. It is tricky for o setup but have the character face the center of the screen and look at what you want to hit.

[@sorde6882]

“To but the Andre of Artorias from Crest…” 😂 I didn’t know Andre belonged to Artorias like that 😳

[@13JackStorm]

Not only did the Magic builds video give me plenty of ideas, as an archery enthusiast, this one speaks to me. Silver Knights + Pharis Bow + Poison Arrows = Slow but Safe Anor Londo Only Takes 2 Arrows to Poison a Silver Knight

[@KaoruMzk]

Bruh! Seeing you neglet the heavy crossbow on the second cycle was painful. You made it harder for you on purpose, the light crossbow is so much worse in comparison.

[@Whyisthisathing825]

Missed opportunity to make the ng++ run the crossbow one, and only restrict yourself to the sniper crossbow /s (love your vids, they're the perfect mixture between gameplay and humour)

[@thorn6070]

15:12 I've never seen that death animation for the Black Knights before. Is it a headshot kill animation?

[@canrex7540]

I love the idea of these trilogy runs! Most challenge runs don't proceed to a NG. I'll definitely check out more

[@cog_in_the_machine4303]

Your wordplay is the main reason I watch your vids man... 😏 Not to say all the effort and hard work isnt being appreciated but the cherry on top really sells the cake for me. Anyway thank you for spoiling us with another Dark Souls vid king

[@Ashtrid-i5f]

What mod did you use to put Orlando Bloom from the certified hood classic “Lord of the Elden Ring” into the game? It looks so realistic

[@MythlyInari]

Absolutely random tip for the gaping dragon that's very specific; if you're using a ranged build, you can get yourself summoned and use the battlements outside to freely snipe the boss. Bonus points for putting yourself in red tearstone range and just pincushion the dragon for the host from complete safety.

[@Lollo3394]

As italian, the Zucchero reference was really on point!

[@lazerninga]

Wow, Anor Londo Bloom has never looked better. I loved his iconic line in Elden Lord of the Rings: The Divine Towers.

[@talonalexander2849]

This is a very impressive trio of runs. Thank you for the entertainment and great work.

[@XenoPon2]

19:58 Xenoblade music, Nice 👌

[@XenoPon2]

23:15 🎵

[@AbyssExplorer]

19:24 at this point with that damage, dying over and over to get avelyn seems more fun 😂

[@naneraf3433]

34:20 that caught of guard lmao

[@attilaulics5015]

So refreshing seeing these dark souls 1 challenge videos again

[@faustusdrake]

Alright all good so far, wonder how bad NG+ will be. 'This was, I think, the last time I enjoyed myself on this run' Oh god...😬🍿

I'm Italian and I burst out laughing when I heard the Zucchero joke. Didn't expect it 😂

[@davidpaliska189]

Orlando Bloom more like "Orlando's Doom" "But this time is to buy the Andre of Artorias from a Crest" Damn im loving this video hahaha

[@NoForksGiven]

bows are my favourite ranged playstyle in DS1 and I'm so glad someome knew how to properly abuse them to cheese bosses and Ingward 😂 The amount of times I've seen bow only challenges where they don't get the Composite bow is worrying. The best bow in the game is like 10 minutes away. A shame From has been slowly nerfing bows into the ground over the course of future titles. Bows in Elden Ring still give me nightmares

[@saibhorg1166]

You actually held your own creation hostage for comments. I respect that so much. Im a lil surprised though, i thought you were on the straight and n-arrow

[@donderix]

man i bet everyone from italy watching got weak at the zucchero reference like wtf😭

[@pabloarammasmanian5391]

This channel has become the best source of DS.... new sub JK

[@OlivierGrasakaolo]

I am genuinely shocked at how incredibly like orlando bloom your character ended ! what a masterful demonstration of the power of the character editor and your amazing skills !!!!

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks man, that really means a lot

[@bison8745]

I remember trying a bow run years ago then having stuff like this 7:44 happen. Then going "nope,not dealing with this bs" and gave up.

[@nukeboy8959]

for the future you could farm the baby skeletons for 99 humanity to have more resistance if you want

[@SwolbiWanKenobi]

Yeah, some of the bosses tried to avoid it, but in the end they got the point.

[@totallyaveragedude]

Just found this channel. Amazing content and dad jokes. Goodjob.

[@alternator7893]

Here’s a tip if you try to do this in Dark Souls 2: A raw enchanted crossbow does more damage than a +15 crossbow. And a mundane enchanted crossbow which scales with your lowest stat starts dealing more damage than a raw enchanted crossbow at a low stat of 18. If you try this in Dark Souls 2, start your first run with the crossbow, get it mundane enchanted as quickly as possible and get your lowest stat up to 20 (it will continue getting more powerful as you increase your lowest stat). It will make your life a million times easier

[@LightningWolf17]

Listening to this guy before knowing his humor is nuts, I swear I felt like I was having a stroke several times XD until I realized he was doing it on purpose lol love it

[@johnnyd.1004]

Congrats on getting Orlando Bloom to film himself going on a very enthusiastic walk!

[@dillydragonthetroll4119]

I'll be honest the moment i saw crossbows in the NG+ slot, i knew it was going to go poorly

[@krauepicseven6615]

That Legolas is amazing. Orlando Bloom never been so beautiful!

[@Silvioooooo]

Dude, your son's whistle gave me shivers, i was almost sleeping and that woke me up real fast. Great content tho

[@EthanDarke]

"Orlando bloom was in that movie with lots of bows and arrows" Me: oh yeah, 'Kingdom of Heaven'

[@Mr.SpookMan]

Amazing content you deserve more subs Edit: I always have so much respect for Dark Souls challengers they suffer through alot and never give up

[@liamearl753]

"Dark Souks" I don't think this was intentional.

[@Mr.SpookMan]

@@liamearl753 Thank you good sir

[@albertosara416]

These runs are really amazing, it's such a fun concept. I suscribed recently and been binge watching your runs since!

[@Greg-sc1dm]

As an italian i didnt expect that zucchero reference lol

[@RobertBrownieJr]

Been subscribed for a while now, your dad jokes are class. Thanks mate

[@Jiyu567]

...So surfshark will kill me after 100 seconds of use?

[@dragskcinnay3184]

Crossbows in Dark Souls : reloads in like, less than half a second, and fires a relatively slow bolt that does garbage damage (and somehow isn't affected by gravity). Crossbows in real life : flies extremely fast, and therefore does excellent damage, but ooooh boy, you ain't reloading that shit in 0.2 seconds. _Especially_ if it's what you might call a heavy crossbow.

[@filiptrajkovski2198]

Crossbows in elden ring - one of if not the best weapon for early and mid game for range Crossbows jn ds1 - 💀

[@akoicarp]

"We pin him down with our aerwheel assault of arrows" absolutely you should be in jail for that. sharing a bunk with that perfect likeness of Orlando Bloom from Elden Ring

[@suspiciousowl4269]

When an arrow hits a wall if you stop aiming it sometimes bypasses the barrier(comes in handy for the depths and anor)

[@nathalos1205]

Was re-watching this and only now just caught the sack ganandorf shrine… dunno how I missed it first time but that’s priceless 😂✌️

[@justie04]

What is the music he uses at 41:18 during his bad joke time? I've heard it so much before and I can't place it.

[@topichu970]

melty molten galaxy from super mario galaxy!

[@sasuke8811]

Man you have actually quoted Zucchero 🤣 love from Italy

[@H2_BABBOTTS]

When I saw him walk into Qualags arena, my brain instantly went "you forgot to equip the FaP ring"

[@crodo___]

28:02 as an italian, the Zucchero reference killed me

[@sergamaralinevods]

21:09 I feel like it’s really funny to use the non scaling weapons on the second playthrough