Can You Beat Dark Souls 2 By Setting Yourself on Fire? (Torch & Immolation Only)

Dark Souls 2 immolation and torch only. In other words, by setting yourself on fire and waving a torch around? The torch and the immolation pyromancy are likely the worst weapon and spell in the game, even worse than bare fists or the broken ladle. No buffs, upgrades or infusions. Main game only but I might go back for some DLC later on. A bit like the Olympic torch run but attacking with it and keeping yourself lit as well
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Sorry for the terrible video quality. I should have made a separate recording instead of using the livestream footage :( Watch the full livestreams of this run here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoK1mKOqnNh2Z80 Also check out my other Dark Souls 2 videos: How to Beat Dark Souls 2 with a Bell kzbin.info/www/bejne/gquphXd8jaijjc0 How to beat Dark Souls 2 as a Butterfly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqTCe2tno5qHZs0 Dark Souls 2 SL1 NG+7 Broken Straightsword & crossbow (all stats at 6): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKvHpImMh7qqh9E Dark Souls 2 SL1 Beginners Guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYqamYiqYqplmLc Dark Souls 2 Mimic Head / No Healing Livestreams: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoiqhIqfl7yrb9k www.patreon.com/presscontinue Become a channel member: kzbin.info/door/TXq-6py1mnaAmVadMeY_Cgjoin

[@danielpayne7194]

Now beat The Thing on hard... Yes, I know you won't, but never mind.

[@frostyelwood9898]

@@danielpayne7194i think Jerma has a video on The Thing video game if you dont know. I didnt watch all of it but it did look like a hard choice game before Telltale was a big thing

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

fyi you can hard quit out by giant if your invaded just wait like 20-30 seconds after killing the one giant then hard wuit

[@Solhurst]

Someday you should just say no, just a five-second video introducing the challenge then you say no, and it ends

[@PressContinue]

LOL, that sounds like an April fools day kind of thing

[@deliriushunter]

@@PressContinue Pebble only..

[@hoobershmoober5251]

@@deliriushunter make it a glintstone pebble and we have a deal

[@justinscatina5321]

😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@Yumao420]

@@deliriushunter sounds fitting for your profile game

[@victorhugosoarespereira1413]

Man, not even here in Brazil we have such brain damage to do something like this, you have my respect for sure!

[@PressContinue]

Never underestimate the insanity of the Dutch

[@kugerblitz7388]

@@PressContinue Dutch East Indies company is a prime example lol

[@naherathe]

kkjkkkkkkkkkkkjkkkkkkjkkkkj os cara é bravo man

[@danilodeoliveira5417]

Brasileiro é praga em todo canto kkkkkkk

[@MassimilianoCavalera]

What's up Brazilian guy! Quick question. Do you know Charles Oliveira and Max Cavalera? They're 2 of my heroes

[@Markshadow4999]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate your top notch DSP jokes? They always kill me

[@Ostr0]

What in da hell e ell!? 🌚

[@janzuun]

Each one of your videos is a little treasure, thanks for putting yourself through such torch-ure for our entertainment ^_^

[@Bilndmann]

Shut

[@DarkScythe88]

Up

[@sacherry5300]

Wait I had no idea the last giant could fall over, you learn new things every day

[@grfrjiglstan]

That's the best time to hit his left arm, in fact. If you deal it enough damage, it falls off and he can't use it in phase 2 anymore. He also has a unique defeat animation if you beat him while he's down, he doesn't just snap back to a standing position.

[@PressContinue]

at 8:41 I meant to say vigor instead of vitality of course

[@jmv333]

1:58 also says 'Flesh Sweat' which sounds like a fun euphemism for blood lol :D

[@PressContinue]

@@jmv333 Woops! And that wasn't even a typo. I really thought it was called that. I mean where else would sweat come from? But it's actually Flash sweat. Well, I'll be a son of a gun...

[@jmv333]

@@PressContinue And because of 'Iron Flesh' probably, fair enough misread tbh, I loved the vid tho and glad to be supporting you now!

[@kirramcdowell]

0:55 your fault for buying a torch from the dollar store. Should have bought the premium 😁

[@PressContinue]

@@kirramcdowell Didn't buy it at all. Found a stick and I set it on fire and called it a weapon

[@yourireijs]

as a fellow dutchman i have the upmost respect dor all your insane playtrough. and i love the intro music, its great FUEL for this run

[@duineganainm]

Watched a lot of this live for the first time, I can't wait to see how it translates into a edited video!!

[@HavocHounds1988]

Yep, same. This was the first live stream I caught. I wasn't subbed for the one previous to this one.

[@Someone89a]

“Amazing comedy and soothing tones” so glad that made it in - now every night I can fall asleep to Press remarking about how soothing his voice is

[@PressContinue]

Especially when sped up of course

[@lucavillano7575]

"as a man of culture, i'm a big fan of traps" you got me there😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tata-Jooma]

11:07 Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@JohannesBee]

Great run! Fun to watch a cut version of the livestreams.

[@ThetaWindfall]

Congratz on finishing this run, definitely a challenging one!

[@ashclaw2306]

This is so lit and warming... Thanks for the content.

[@oliverjoel5870]

So glad I caught this live! Apart from the first stream but I was there for the old iron king marathon. Your Elden ring videos are gonna be sick!

[@jjba3553]

I can feel your burning passion for us with this run

[@scapegoat2660]

Glad i could catch this live! I'm surprised at how fast you pumped this out! keep up the good work!

[@honeykrisp16]

These videos are always so fun to watch

[@m.c.i.d23]

Fun fact; those bonfire aesthetics in aldias keep let you have infinite invasions and there's a skip to get into aldias

[@PressContinue]

Ah, the new parry walk glitch I bet

[@m.c.i.d23]

@@PressContinue yep, so now I don't have to take 15 hours getting everything set up for a vanquisher seal twink build

[@SteamPaladin]

what's the point of a "challenge run" that relies on glitches and exploits and skipping 75% of the game to do successfully lmao

[@m.c.i.d23]

@@SteamPaladin my comment is 4 weeks old find something better to do

[@IsaacClodfelter]

@@m.c.i.d23 what an awful perspective. Stuff on youtube is archived and one of the best parts of the website is that a conversation that died three years ago could be revived by a stranger having something to add. You can't add a moratorium to the responses your comments get without just deleting them, nor are responses any less valid just because time has past.

[@Min_Lee_ds34life]

so this is the video ymfah watched, nice. Really looking forward to the dragonstone run vid :)

[@JaggedBird]

There's being grossly incandescent, tHEN THERE IS BEING A MINI GWYN! This run is hilarious

[@lucaspreussler3879]

Your lives are gold! But this vídeos... Priceless!!!!!! Thank you soo much!👏👏👏👏

[@classydeathclaw2101]

Immolation would be a much better pyromancy if it drastically increased your fire resistance while active, and maybe increased outgoing fire damage. Basically just a super specific slightly augmented power within

[@PressContinue]

Yeah the idea of a damaging aura in both directions was good. The execution was not.

[@classydeathclaw2101]

@@PressContinue fromsoft is great at poor execution lmao

[@williamhenderson2661]

I like your videos because you’ll say you need to go do something and how good of an idea it is… but then you forget to do it hahah love it. I do that a lot when I play. Doesn’t always go as planned

[@jaymillz8235]

Love the accent and love the commentary. Keep up the good work bro!!

[@revy2348]

sucks that i couldnt catch all of the streams but the ones i did watch were entertaining. i also couldnt dream of having this level of patience lol

[@melindaszabo6505]

Epic run, intense OPness

[@grfrjiglstan]

Great video, as always. The stream was a real fun experience, and I loved seeing some of the jokes from the stream making it into this video. Also, your sped-up voice sounds British, for some reason? Who'd have guessed.

[@PressContinue]

British? I didn't know that speeding up one's voice could affect the accent

[@stefandesic6709]

Man your ds videos are only ones i can watch till the end, its even good as a background noise just listening to all jokes

[@BallmeatSlapnut]

From your humor and manner of speech, you give off some serious Dad vibes which makes watching your videos very comforting. I’ve been watching you ever since your Ninja Gaiden video and I’ve loved every single upload. Please keep being you PC!

[@CrushCard]

I'm suprised you didn't call this the burning man playthrough. Great video, keep it up!

[@mikerussell4751]

nicely done !

[@oli-yj5xv]

Just finished doing your sl1 guide Guess I gotta do this next

[@LJAndrews1986]

Let's see if he can handle the heat, I'll see myself out 😂 love your work man, bring on Elden Ring

[@MatthewGilliard]

good job, fine work skeleton. I just wanna mention that after the snake-eater ladder, if you crunch yourself right into the corner to the left you can aggro one of the mannekins (you can hear it through the wall) so when you get into their room they are pre-separated. GGs!

[@snezor2783]

God I love the intro. I can't recall the name of the song it's been so long and oh my god the amount of distortion on it I can barely recognize it. Lmao. Thank you based Press Continue.

[@PressContinue]

It's fuel by Metallica

[@DerunglaublicheMrJ]

your puns are so good in this one :D I laughed alot

[@franciscoruiz8064]

This channel’s edit is comedy gold

[@maxmouse713]

Subscribed for the Bimmy and Jimmy Reference. Edit: Correction, subscribed because you have good taste in references in general and overall. Also, I'm glad somebody gave poor ol' Immolation some use. That spell could/should have been so cool. And very, very good work with the Giant Lord and the Time Limit! Well done. Very Well Done, indeed. (Pun Intended.)

[@realityoverdrive4059]

19:00 Did you forget to grab the Great Soul off the ground and had to go back for it later?

[@PressContinue]

I did not. I've got burned before because of that, so I made sure to pick it up

[@realityoverdrive4059]

@@PressContinue I'm glad, the run could get a little spicy if you had to go back and get it. I've done it to many times and I always get heated

[@joshmay2944]

That intro is a masterpiece of cinema

[@spookyjohn6543]

Scholar of the first flame edition

[@kai_the_floofster1862]

Before this video started i got a Firehouse Subs ad 😭 Amazing video as always, Press :)

[@DJxGameHunter]

God damn that Fuel remix was…🔥🔥

[@pumpkinhead4426]

You did the Bell challenge with Whom The Bell Tolls and now Fuel. Hope you keep incorporating Metallica song in all DS2 Videos

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

this should have 1 million views well done(and fyi defender has a self buffing sword by two handing and L2(or R2 )

[@perfectvermin6489]

22:59 we are very proud of you, you fought fire with fire!

[@Karanagi]

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”

[@Sed_Wes]

31:25 this is the best joke that I’ve heard on this channel so far

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

You. Are. Nuts. Also I love LobosJr.

[@deliriushunter]

Man you're on fire (I'm sorry), so hyped to watch it :)

[@ReidZer0]

I have never wondered this... Because I like to have fun while playing games

[@PressContinue]

Challenges are fun

[@ReidZer0]

@@PressContinue I agree... Challenges can be fun and very satisfying to do. This challenge does not seem like it would be fun to do personally.

[@valarey]

whoah that's sick

[@TheDeatharcana]

I'm more excited to see what you'll do with Elden Ring than playing the game myself.

[@cerebraltempest9810]

I used whisper of despair in my torch only run, with ROB+1, Flynn's, fire clutch which you get from the chilly DLC, AND sacred oath from Velstat's soul becomes very viable damage easily comparable to fist only:) just requires lots of casting and buffing constantly as you fight (if U wanna allow non dmging spells) nice video!

[@Bluecho4]

As the father of Dr McNinja once said, they can't catch you if you set yourself on fire.

[@TruePirateKing12]

A literal burning man.

[@foxhound3956]

26:30 love the blade runner reference 😂

[@HavocHounds1988]

Oh man, I remember during the stream when that Basilisk broke the door to try and get you. Shit was funny.

[@stuntfumbler]

the bootsy spankins, PI reference was the last thing i expected

[@PressContinue]

And it's not even the first time I did that

[@eduardosantos2477]

Lol where do u find those high pitch songs off the montages??? It aways cracks me up too much hahahahagahab

[@PressContinue]

I make those myself using Reaper

[@MrMiarne]

Something amazing to go to sleep to

[@Lightbrek]

I saw the backlog go completely insaine by doing this, kets see how you do it

[@cheeky_casual]

Anyone else feel like Baron had just a bit too much fun making all those fire jokes?

[@PressContinue]

Did you just call me Baron as in Baron's Castle? When I'm clearly that Backlogs guy from the Gamersweekend channel? Jeez....

[@cheeky_casual]

@@PressContinue Oh God I did, didn't I? Ive been watching yours and his videos too long, I'm getting you confused🤣🤣

[@josipdruzic12345]

this is the Backclogs guy

[@no1normal750]

that's it, that's the hardest run, there's nothing more difficult left

[@luisantonio8518]

dam a opening with alvin and the chipmunks

[@voidcheque7019]

Opening up with Metallica gets you an instant like and sub lol.

[@akrmanwar7029]

Bro took the age of fire thing too serious

[@eingyiofthegreatswamp]

There it is!

[@PressContinue]

Eggcelent ain't it Eddy Eggboy?

[@skullknightsfanboy8991]

yo-you p-psychopath good job i get stressed out from normal souls can't imagine how this felt

[@PressContinue]

Warm. It felt warm. Heart warming in fact

[@danielpayne7194]

This was the run that made me think you might genuinely be open to thumb screws...

[@mr.jabbywock1830]

This looks like pain

[@PressContinue]

Well you're quite literally on fire, so there's that...

[@valkyr_]

Been watching videos sped up for so long now I legitimately had to check the playback speed within the first six seconds, lol. No way I'd miss this 🔥SUPER HOTness🔥 in glorious regular speed. Just don't spontaneously combust irl, pls :3

[@Fausto_4841]

wow. metallica's guitars and drums actually sound interesting in chipmunk mode.

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Should have used the Memetallica remix for the intro song Otherwise, great stuff as always.

[@PressContinue]

In a sense, this is my version of memetallica

[@HavocHounds1988]

26:16 no, you said in a previous video that the one on the left is Horsey.

[@PressContinue]

... Josh... that's the joke...

[@HavocHounds1988]

@@PressContinue Lol, I figured as much. My comment was sort of a joke itself. Not a good one I might add.

[@MisterTTG]

what the hell? i've never seen the BDSM tree before, and i've played DS2 countless times

[@gregoryporter-gaming2559]

5:50 ??? what the hell??? Never seen the last giant do that

[@arklados3596]

I couldn’t even beat this game regularly. Damn Nashandra and her curse buildup.

[@PressContinue]

You can either outheal it, destroy the orbs by attacking them, or lure her away from them. Or the hollow skin from the iron king DLC whch negates curse completely

[@bigdaddydinglebe]

If your voice isn't soothing then dammit why do I keep falling asleep to these long videos?

[@rumbathehoova1810]

KZbin isn't showing upload notifications so I nearly missed out on another gem

[@PressContinue]

Oh really, that sucks. Hope that others won't miss the video for that reason

[@thickveinysausage3062]

if you get soaked in water (or equip the pharros mask), use immolation and exit into the main menu it'll give the self fire infinite duration only logical conclusion now is to kill NG+7 fume knight with warm hugs

[@PressContinue]

Yeah...... no. But I might go and kill Fumey with the torch at some point

[@plallscandenaro3565]

low bitrate makes the screen go funky when immolated on lower video quality settings

[@B0redom13]

I watched a bunch of these streams I’m shocked how you were able to use the torch at all…

[@PressContinue]

Or that you could 2 hand it, that it has strong attacks and even a jump attack

[@NathanTruby]

Immolation, it's a hot topic

[@thekaz5225]

Cheese Schnitzel sounds bomb right now. Also saying OPness has the same energy as that dude who started the company Pen Island and didn't realize his mistake until he looked at his company URL

[@PressContinue]

Or how about game company STD software

[@thekaz5225]

@@PressContinue XD mistakes were made.

[@Gary_a_normal_human_being]

Missed opportunity to start the video with a sped up Immolation song

[@Omar-ci2ps]

you can beat real life like this too

[@thespuditron9387]

I absolutely ducking love the intro song. James Hetfield never sounded so cool! 😃

[@khamultheeasterling4459]

dude ben je nederlands? Btw nice vid and keep up the torchture

[@PressContinue]

Ben zeker nederlands :)

[@khamultheeasterling4459]

@@PressContinue Fucking gaaf nu ben je eigenlijk een bner. Heb je eigenlijk een discord of zoiets?

[@HeavenlyHavoc]

I'm curious, when you two hand the torch can you parry with it like when you two hand most weapons?

[@PressContinue]

No that's something you cannot do with a torch.

[@kurdt_tgc]

I hear Fuel, I click like

[@DarkCT]

wait. so flynn's ring affects the freaking torch, but not the bow and crossbow?

[@MattTheParanoidKat]

So was this idea after the joke in Ymfahs video of Immolation only run?

[@matheusnicaretta]

Inferno's in shambles

[@silverking8531]

I was entertained but this was previously done by The Backlogs, immolation only anyways

[@PressContinue]

This was a year before he did it. Also why would that be relevant to begin with?

[@silverking8531]

@@PressContinue I was merely making a comment alongside the fact that I enjoyed the video. I didn't notice the post date of the upload so my bad

[@antonsimachkov6255]

Lobos jr did something like this back when the game just came out

[@PressContinue]

Nah, that was quite different. That was the Olympic torch run. That was about keeping a torch lit for the duration of the game.

[@00Knucklehead00]

even tho you're dutch you sound icelandic, your accent sounds a lot like Hafthor Bjornsson. don't get me wrong, sound reallly cool, 💪💪

[@lolbuster01]

I would have called him Burney Sanders, and if you could powerstance torches, I totally would.

[@PressContinue]

Like the name,but which character are you referring to?