Can You Beat DARK SOULS 1 With Only The Dark Hand?

[@DieSpielhoelle]

If I do a Randomizer Run in either Dark Souls 1 or 3 and I see a starting class with the Dark Hand it's an instant pick.

[@koelo_4962]

Yes it's a good weapon and a good shield no reason not to pick it and gives free humanity on npcs.

[@ericksapinho]

In DS 3 I did a faith + int build and the Dark Hand carried me all the way to Pontiff (especially because almost all Irithyl enemies are weak to dark damage)

[@twurtle12hd39]

@@ericksapinhoI’m currently doing a warhammer ork-style playthrough (brutal looking strength weapons and pyromancy) and until I found one of the weapons I wanted for the build the dark hand was the primary

[@yoanageorgieva3068]

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[@yoanageorgieva3068]

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[@DanteTorn]

I think for people who don't know, it would've been nice to have it explained that the reason you can't Dark Hand grab Andre is because he has a unique model that makes him not count as a typical human NPC in the game. All the blacksmiths have unique models except the mage guy, but he's behind bars so you can't smooch him.

[@danbrown4420]

Real reason: Andre is too badass to tolerate that shithousery.

[@MattJDylan]

You've unwillingly planted in my brain the idea of the mage guy + glory hole, and I hate you for that...

[@Laezar1]

@@MattJDylan I think you've done that to yourself...

[@4C82Gaming]

@@MattJDylanI don’t think anyone other then you is to blame for that thought. Just how did that thought come to mind?

[@AeonKnigh432]

Nah, it's because he's sitting down. As clearly established in the beginning, only people standing up count as human

[@maxparece4155]

I love how every time a run ends with this particular ending, Lemon is always like “This was a mistake”

[@chaoticdetectivepeach]

I really thought he was gonna end with "and now I am, the edge lord"

[@etonasama]

Weird, since this is definitely the better ending.

[@connortodd4538]

@@etonasama I like it for many reasons, but one of my favorites is it can't be cannon to ds2 or 3. I personally don't like to continuation of this game's story, I feel it should be stand-alone.

[@MikeHesk742]

​@@etonasama I dunno, your character doesnt extinguish the flame so all you really do is clear a pathway to the first flame and go "I'm not linking this LOL" and walk away. It's the apathy ending, you might as well have stayed in your cell in that case. Someone else is just going to walk up and link it after you, so what have you really achieved. You just made the mistake of believing Kaathe like so many before you and so many after, at worst that snake's lying and at best that snake's just guessing because nobody actually knows for a fact what would happen if the fire went out.

[@etonasama]

But isn't there always another fool who rekindles the flame even if you don't? @@connortodd4538

[@alexanderzack3720]

telling the FATHER of the abyss that he merely adopted the dark. now that´s commitment to the edge

[@SakuraTheaterProd]

I loved the part where lemon used the dark hand to kill that enemy

[@sirbill_greebi3811]

I was going to kill you if you said "I loved the part where lemon said 'it's handing time' and proceeded to hand all over those guys," but you get to live. For now.

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

Gotta hand it to him, he really had a grip on the situation. Though something about the video felt off, but I couldn't put a finger on it. Oh well, I give it a round of applause anyway.

[@heaven11212]

TRUE

[@pastalex421]

WHOA WHOA SPOILERS

[@wendigoaway6876]

Yeah that part went hard

[@Corundrom]

To further clarify the stats gained from humanity, the defense bonus from each point of humanity is the exact same as the defense bonus for each level you gain, and something he didnt mention(or i missed) is thwt humanity also increases curse resistance, up to 30 points of humanity

[@blz6895]

Yeah you missed it, he mentioned it at 4:17

[@NoBSRecoverfacts]

@@blz6895 I think he's just clarifying further

[@adamtichy8008]

so, i really was the only person who didnt know about humanity having anything to do with stats, huh?

[@mark030a]

​@@blz6895I never heard him mention that curse resistance only goes up to 30 Humanity, though.

[@kendlerkendler2667]

4:19 WAIT YOU CAN PARRY THE BOAR?!

[@user_was_lost3529]

I have never seen this before, this game never stops to surprise me

[@strawberrycollector]

I didn't even realize it was a proper parry until you mentioned it, I thought he just did a partial parry.

[@sideways5153]

That was a parry timed so that it blocked the damage, not a normal parry. Boar didn’t react to the party because it doesn’t have any riposte animations, just the backstab

[@glitchgod1128]

That’s what I’m saying wtf I had no idea

[@mr.calamity8886]

THE BOAR ABSOLUTELY REACTED TO THE PARRY. He got knocked to the side and shook his head in confusion!@@sideways5153 AND HE TOOK NO DAMAGE

[@BorfinShmorfin]

11:35 "OH, and if you want tickets to the fight, they're currently on sale. 'Cuz while you'll pay for the whole seat, you'll only need THE EDGE" That was brilliant.

[@PressContinue]

Sounds like you had your hands full with this one

[@motherloverkiller]

The legend himself

[@MonteScarf]

Oh my!

[@soulsearcher9620]

Gotta hand it to you, your humour is hands down the highlight of my day.

[@1337Atreyu]

That is the most "Press Continue" comment I could have hoped for

[@quicksilver90-g8h]

Great video lemon! I recently foud your channel and I gotta say, I'm HOOKED. Yours is the kind of channel I've been looking for the past couple of months. With a balance of chill and entertaining, your content is PERFECT.

[@alfonshasel1995]

Welcome fellow firebomb academy scholar! Once you join, you‘ll never want to leave

[@ruileite4579]

Same, I've never played any souls game, yet I'm always here for new videos

[@mr.pokerface6556]

I think that's honesty the best way to describe the backlogs

[@insanegamer5504]

Lemon is damn amazing, you found the chilling corner my friend!

[@red_menace1829]

You don't get out much do you..

[@ShurkMan413]

Fun fact on liquid humanity defenses, IIRC 99 humanity it’s equivalent to about the elite knight chestplate at +10 in terms of physical resistance. It’s no slouch, absolutely worth farming humanity sprites in the DLC for

[@LordOfTheGrave581]

Lemon, I specifically said NOT to kill me. I paid you for this!

[@TheRedMage01]

I'm disappointed you didn't have a sound clip of Shang Tsung going "You're soul is mine" at least once when you did the suck and little fact, It seem's you were going to be able to upgrade the Dark Hand at some point since there's a Dark Hand +5 in the files.

[@Heyhowsitgoin999]

Technically it gets "stronger" as you rank up in the Dark Wraith covenant, but by "stronger" I mean it just steals more Humanity with the Suck attack

[@ibragimowbekhan0987]

Cringe...

[@AeonKnigh432]

​​@@ibragimowbekhan0987 Those in glass houses...

[@klh_io]

Your*

[@UnsujetollamadoGareth]

That weapon sucks, literalmente

[@relativedepression4604]

I am always excited for a Lemon Dark Souls challenge video, they're so fun to watch and rewatch

[@legateelizabeth]

There is absolutely nothing worse than having a dedicated run and getting a rare drop from an enemy. I'd have pivoted this char into a demon greataxe build at a heartbeat, to make a new character for the dark hand thing. I cannot count the number of times I've been doing something and a BKS has caused me to pivot all my plans.

[@Nathan_Talisien]

Oh, man, I am SO with you on that one, mate! In the last year or so alone, I've had at least three STR builds that turned into Quality builds because I got a Balder Side Sword from the first trip through the church, lol. It's one of my favourite weapons to use and the drop rate is pretty low, so it's almost impossible for me to resist using it when I find one. 😋

[@VeryPeeved]

@@Nathan_Talisien Hey, at least the Side Sword you can grind for, unlike some weapons.

[@Nathan_Talisien]

@@VeryPeeved Well, technically you CAN grind everything... You just have to start your game all over again for the next chance, lol. When I did a Black Knight Halberd run years back, I must have restarted and made the run down to kill the bloke in Darkroot Basin well over forty times before I finally got a BKH.

[@wills5482]

I remember dropping a BK Great Axe on the catacombs in the pre 1.05 days, I was doing a Dex build but screw that. I demolished the game with my flipping axe monster

[@GsAw-hw7jn]

You guy are rtards. Just insert the item you want. If it was your first playthrough i get it its cheating, but if you already know how to play there is no point even in grinding like that its just a waste of time.

[@Ralloris]

Run ideas: Only Crystal weapons (see how many of each you need to beat the game) and only the chaos blade. I don't remember seeing you do either yet. They should still be viable damage wise, but their downsides will need some clever thinking and planning.

[@spac3dout320]

I think chaos blade self damage would be ok challenge wise but for crystal weapons it might be too easy. Been a while since I played but isnt there a very early source of unlimited repair powder?

[@Malkontent1003]

He's talked about the crystal weapon run before, can't remember what was said though.

[@Ralloris]

Crystal weapons can't be repaired at all, that's the challenge.@@spac3dout320

[@Ralloris]

@@Malkontent1003 Probably the fact that it's basically just a consumable only run except it's a sword?

[@lynnmorgan5897]

crystal weapons are pretty easy if you plan your upgrades accordingly, since they reset durability. A more interesting one would probably be beating the game + as many bosses as possible with only a single crystal weapon

[@pepto843]

The “dealing with wacky Dave” bit made me audibly laugh! Not even a nose exhale haha, love your humor man

[@ALCecil]

I believe you can Kill the 4 kings before getting the lord vessel, You need to kill Sif for the Abyss-Ring, and Murder the gent in New Londo to get the key to de-flood the city. Then comes pain in the form of Darkwraiths in the early game, and a Later-game boss early

[@BellXllebMusic]

I'm pretty sure there's a blocked door somewhere in new londo until you get it

[@kam1k0t0]

​@@BellXllebMusicNo, there is not. Four Kings is really the first Lord you can kill without getting a Lordvessel

[@METAL-0-4]

​@@kam1k0t0 But how do I get out of the abyss without the vessel?

[@phantasm8085]

@@METAL-0-4I didn’t know this tell I watched some other guy’s challenge video, but you can warp from the abyss without the Lord Vessel.

[@narutokiubissj2]

​@@BellXllebMusicthere is but you can kill the NPC that gives you the key to get it so you can drop the water level and fight FK early

[@nemtudom5074]

1:50 Also, for a shield that blocks 80% of the elemental damages, it only weighs 0.5 weighs or something, which is SUPER good!

[@sander8622]

it's my go-to shield

[@Beriorn]

15:09 40 isn't the soft cap on Vitality/Vigor in any of the Dark Souls games: in DS1 the soft cap is 50 with 1500 HP (1800 with the FaP ring). In DS3 it's 1300 at 50, and DS2 has the initial falloff at 20 (30HP per level) and the second at 50 (20HP per level, afterwards 5). Elden Ring does have a sharper falloff after 40 and a bigger one at 60, but the HP increase in that game is weird since you actually get MORE HP per level until 40.

[@nsgx]

Great vid man, perfect *says not having enough time to watch it fully yet*

[@enomisv9830]

Solaire: if i didn't know any better, I'd think you had feelings for me Lemon: *ready to suck solaire dry of humanity*

[@blueB0wser]

"OH CRAP I FORGOT GWENDOLYN" may be one of my favorite running jokes on your channel.

[@toastle8005]

Just like his Dad…

[@itsyaboixavier]

I don’t get it I just got here

[@jahmair862]

The first KZbinr I’ve ever heard use Cult of the Lamb music for a video, love it bro. Thank you for the content.

[@michaelw3166]

The way you do your videos has made me want to do challenge runs and what not, I’ve found your channel hilarious and a great way to relax when I watch your videos. All in all, I hope you keep up the great work to inspire more people to do these kinds of things, their a blast and once you complete it you feel a happiness that I can’t really describe, keep up the good work and make sure you don’t go insane like you almost did with dark souls 2 and burning yourself only.

[@kennymartin5976]

DS1 is wild for makeing the player chose between the "self immolation" ending and the "horid man snake fanclub" ending.

[@turner319]

This was your first stream I was able to catch and it was great, would you consider doing a spear only run? I feel like they could use a showcase. Most people tend to drop them in preference to halberds or other Dex weapons in the later game

[@swiggityswagunion1223]

I’ve been hyped for the dark hand run to come out! Also excited for the blades of mercy run too!

[@oneeyedbelgiumratboy2607]

Hi lemon, I've already rewatched this video a few times now and I just wanna say thanks for the amazing challenge runs you are truly incredible. I've got a nasty case of nausea and your videos are so soothing thank you for the amazing content 💙

[@SlipperyChicken.]

Dark hand builds are always fun so a dark hand only run is nice to see

[@jaruleofficial5250]

Shit's been pretty tough for me lately, but for whatever reason, Dark Souls challenge videos have been my remedy of choice, and this channel is my favourite. This came out at the perfect time for me. Thanks, Lemon.

[@GairlochMtn]

Aweaome run. Loved the livestream, you absolutely killed it here man. Small numbers be damned

[@JumperLuca93]

Just a correction, item discovery stops at 30 humanity, 10 is the cap if you have the gold snake ring

[@williamevans5608]

For any wondering, you CAN get the dark hand outside of covenants. You can get it from those knight guys in new londo after draining the water.

[@radmilk73]

Always love the Starship Troopers line there lemon. Glad I got to catch part of this live

[@drewbee2024]

I have a lvl 709 character with every item in the game max upgrade, and I didn’t know you could parry the fang boar. Blew my mind.

[@pras6]

what made u do all that man 😭

[@komodocello]

Just spent the day rewatching your DS1 challenge runs, and here you are uploading another one. I feel blessed

[@hopekeeperscott1399]

What a pleasant surprise hearing "confronting myself" in a lemon video, great work!

[@getoffmylawn6275]

Liquid humanity was something I ALWAYS sought out for. I have had 99 humanity during PvP and it honestly makes a big difference from what people think.

[@nezkeys79]

Heres a challenge for you...The Naked Dusk challenge. Starter class deprived. Only armour you can equip is this... Calamity ring (double damage received) Dusk Crown Ring (half hp for 50% more spell casts) Dusk Crown (lowers magic resistance for higher spell damage) Any weapons, spells are fine. One exception is you are allowed to equp orange charred ring in the demon ruins / izalith area

[@sasha1mama]

I really like the idea of the Darkwraiths from a literary pov. Silent, skull-masked death knights whose baleful touch not only drains the life out of you, but withers you into a hollow, lifeless zombie, if they don't simply kill you first. I borrowed them for a low-fantasy setting. ^^ "Kat", huh? So your wife's name is a Catherine variant. Thanks, bud. Now I can finally name that fire goddess I promised you. d(^^) Nice montage music.

[@BirchMonkey857]

I already refer to the final DLC boss as MANOS: The Hands of Fate, so I definitely appreciate your choice of name. "Every frame of this movie looks like someone's last known photograph."

[@mikimondo74]

I love this channel, seriously, there are many videos I just cant sit and watch to the end, but this channel just makes masterpieces.

[@superbrainz2357]

I like how every friendly npc is just fine with letting the player give them the DARK SUCC. Makes farming humanity pretty funny.

[@danyaljamil1677]

Did you just parry the armoured Hog?!

[@danielbob2628]

Me when my wife turns down sex

[@JackTheDead]

I live only for the EDGE *guitar riff starts*

[@Tallion_of_Gondor]

I love lemon. He is always so optimistic about most of his runs

[@madamemulticlass1858]

SO happy to see this video finally! I remember in the boss weapon only run that you liked the Dark Hand so much you said it would get its own run

[@hejenssvsg8468]

I've been waiting so long for this video! I'm glad it's out! By the way, have you ever considered doing a Bloodborne run using only A Call Beyond? That sounds really interesting. Anyways, great video, as always!

[@lordsaber5304]

Nice, 80% of the run is gonna be fist only because you get Call Beyond at UPPER CATHERDAL WARD after you kill ROM

[@kam1k0t0]

​@@lordsaber5304Well, he can find someone to drop him A Call Beyond in online (if it works in bb the same way as in ds, I dunno, never played)

[@hejenssvsg8468]

@@lordsaber5304 Oh. That's unfortunate. I didn't know where you get it. Bloodborne is the only game in the series I haven't played.

[@VivaSativaMusic]

​@@hejenssvsg8468Just recently finished an Arcane run, and A Call Beyond was what I'd been waiting for the entire time; unfortunately though it's very much a tool you'll be getting the most mileage out of in NG+ unless you save the DLC for last or really enjoy running chalice dungeons. And not gonna lie, spamming celestial nukes from across the room in a game like Bloodborne kinda felt cheap after all was said and done.

[@stevenneiman1554]

That's pretty impressive. You really gotta hand it to him.

[@hussainalkhatem299]

21:28 😂 That slapping sound... is just... 🤣

[@_Tzer]

the fact solaire doesn't aggro when you suck up his humanity truly proves he is the best character

[@michaelmanier9447]

Dark souls 1 runs never get old 😂 its awesome to see you back at it again

[@PleiadianPhoenix]

I never knew you could "riposte" the armored pig away.. seriously, you never know everything about this beauty of a game

[@professorpants4390]

Gotta say I always enjoy your vids man. Great content, and I applaud your sheer gumption to do runs like this lol.

[@daddysnake5250]

its funny to think of the npc's reactions because they are already living in a hellscape, then this decayed junkie with glowing hands walks up, kisses them repeatedly, and when he leaves they all feel empty...emptier than normal. like do they talk after he leaves just: "That...was weird even for here."

[@genesis2611]

22:02 *brings darkness to this world as an edge lord* "oh god i made a terrible mistake" part 2 also I was waiting for when you will try the Dark hand, it was worth the wait good video as always!

[@Fedethedangerous95]

Thank you for listing the music in the description. I was SHOCKED by the parry at the Parish armored pig thing

[@QuinnJustice-wh3yo]

I've only managed to parry that thing once

[@Fedethedangerous95]

@QuinnJustice-wh3yo I've never even thought about it tbh

[@QuinnJustice-wh3yo]

@Fedethedangerous95 yeah,mine was just wondering if I could pull it off

[@sosecross254]

HE FINALLY RELEASED IT!!!!!!!!

[@TheUnkindledTarnished]

16:26 “nothing to seath here” missed opportunity

[@devinshilightsdale9738]

Excellent run as always, did you know there’s bombs in baldur’s gate 3?

[@grfrjiglstan]

"Manos" is such a good name for this run, nice work. All my MSTies know what I'm talking about.

[@skeletonking2253]

Hey lemon would you ever consider doing a cult of the lamb challenge run? Maybe starting sword only or least amount of spells used?

[@arsenijeandric]

he came back when the world needed him the most

[@PugLover20102]

Love your video! I’ve wanted to see this video for so long! When are you gonna put the one shot contest in to a video?

[@geekkus5273]

The video has been out for 3 minutes you couldn't have even watched it all you animals.

[@TheBacklogs]

Soon (TM)

[@PugLover20102]

Ok thank you so much! Your one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@LordFrost1337]

Missed half of the Manus fight because the Bane quote made me roll my eyes all the way up. 10/10 run, good job

[@duckman4928]

Hey, have some idea for next challenge run. Name: "Once use it, you will lose it." In short, change durability of every weapon in game to 1. 1 swing, weapon broke, change weapons in mid fight constantly etc.

[@Jack-lo5me]

Nothing like waking up, getting to play Lies of P for the first time, and getting to watch some new Backlogs Content!

[@Not_black_imposter]

next video idea: dark souls with no weapons

[@flusterfluff]

The music choice at 18:00 couldn't have been more fitting. Absolutely love it!

[@andreworders7305]

3:29 what’s wrong?

[@AutisticAussie]

That’s what I’m wondering

[@darkness5101]

Idk I always wondered that too

[@KwameMcRaeII]

no humanity

[@thatgaydirtmonke]

he got a 1% drop from the taurus demon which is a decent weapon for early game but he cant use it

[@michaelweiske702]

He got a cool weapon drop during a restricted weapon challenge. He got something usually rare that he cannot use.

[@zaratio509]

Being a frequent watcher of this guy just elavates every video. It feels nice understanding every callback joke he's making, amazing video as always brother

[@mrteszta478]

i love the poems and long monologs at the end of all your videos, so good content

[@DanteYewToob]

“Oh the humanity!” - Solaire, probably…

[@ayonmetar2301]

So many scenes in this are pure comedy gold... "go get em, pups!" and the Gwyndolin slap figuratively killed me.

[@Tyler_904]

Watched this live, gonna watch it post production now, thank you for more amazing content Lemon!

[@LadyNightscale]

Hey lemon, i have a tip for dealing with the last Hydra head on short range weapon runs (and just sorta in general). Instead of going to the right and trying to mess with timing and placement on the rocks (which in my experience can result in falling off into the pit), head to the LEFT towards the cave. if you back off and make it come away from the wall to keep up, then get close again, it does an attack where it slams its heads straight down into the water rather than swiping across. it's much, much easier to run up and cut the head this way. It's how i did it on my Broken Straightsword run. Cheers!

[@anthonyhough5365]

Lemon your videos are amazing, something about then really brings me back to my childhood, your videos are honest and clearly come from a place of love. Keep up the good work.

[@myschnozhurts1522]

That "well what is it?~" to oswald, you KNOW he says that to kat

[@vlionheart]

I've been hesitant for a long time, but your videos are so fun they made me want to try Dark Souls for the first time.

[@primordial2776]

Wow I have well over a thousand hours in this game and have watched countless videos about it from all the topics you could think of. Today I just learned about kirks gauntlets boosting fist damage. This game is truly a masterpiece

[@kurokagethescrub9627]

After doing a run that involved using the Dark Hand a lot myself (in particular, a characterless/SL-75/all-stats-at-1 one), I learned just how weird of a relationship you get into with this weapon when use it regularly, especially with the R2s. The hitbox is for some ungodly reason even smaller than on R1s, so sometimes you miss an enemy even when you have skin contact with them, but the surprisingly decent damage those strong attacks put out when compared to the AR and the shockingly high poise damage make sure that you can't ever truly hate using it, yet it's too janky and inconsistent to be a good option when compared to other weapons, and at the same time, it's genuinely fun when those R2s hit just right and put in the work. FromSoft perfectly engineered the Dark Hand to give me conniptions, LMAO.

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

I always go grab one of these at the start of the game by farming dark wraiths... This video makes me miss the humanity system so much, I hope it comes back.

[@tazmadeath1193]

I remember suggesting this run a while back in the comments on Lemon's Greatbow challenge run, glad he finally did it.

[@Tactical_Turtwig]

Yay a lemon Video :3 the second best thing to wake up seeing after Lemon streaming.

[@camerongilbert1257]

I hear that Cult of the Lamb music in the background of your intro, sir

[@TransientWitch]

Lemon, on entrusting his flesh to Kaathe: "Ow! The edge!"

[@DanteYewToob]

11:31 Punched that bastard Skelly right in the boner, then decked him in the jaw before casually kicking his rattling bones off the cliff. That was just unnecessarily savage. What a sour Lemon we have here folks.

[@knowbody6115]

Was watching the first part of the streams, and oh lord, how good it was. Love seeing the final video now!

[@Roader72045]

I find it hilarious that at 6:58, when Lemon punches the gaping dragon’s head, it bounces around like a Looney Tunes cartoon or something.

[@spac3rang3rj4]

My mouth dropped when he parried the boar. I genuinely had no clue you could do that

[@chris29496]

Remember your training and you'll make it back alive. Love the reference 💯

[@thaddeusrussell8919]

As long as you're on the snowy parts fighting Priscilla, you can see her footprints when she goes invisible

[@darksero4433]

I only used the dark hand once and not know if it got patched out but i do remember it was possible to steal more humanity from one NPC by dying. This is how i got enough Humanity for Quelaag's sister.

[@snipeyounoobzyee2662]

I only found you channel because I just bought the dark souls series about a week ago but I hope you know these challenge series help me fill the gaps of my knowledge about the game but they have helped immensely already about to beat my first playthrough but I had the game spoiled years ago so I didn’t mind watching your vids as I play

[@zognarreg]

9:41 “Back to in Orlando …” Closed Captioning 😂

[@gameplaywithzain2409]

That you merely adopted tha Dark, i was born in it.. was lit 🔥

[@krasmega4841]

I can never get enough of your darksouls challenge runs .

[@exodus9001]

it was fun bein there for the stream, and a grand video it turned out to be! thanks lemon

[@xaviercalderon275]

If i hadn't hit the like button at the start of the video, i would have done it for the "oops i forgot Gwendolyn ! " Great vid as always !