Can you beat Dark Souls 2 SOTFS with only Pyromancy? | (Dark Souls 2 CHALLENGE)

Dark Souls 2 has the most diverse magic system in the entire series, and Pyromancy may have recieved some of the most interesting changes. Can we beat Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin with only Pyromancy?
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RULES
1. Damage must be done with Pyromancy
2. Other non-damaging equipment is fair game
3. ALL BOSSES (41 in total)
4. No Major Glitches
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The Series: • Dark Souls CHALLENGES

[@Haru-spicy]

you could say the fact that the rotten can be poisoned is a Flagrant Breach of Lore

[@bigchungus6827]

Take my thumbs up and leave.

[@lan5979]

Fragrant breach of yore

[@patricklund2961]

you’re not gonna be happy when you find out about the fire sage demon

[@jooot_6850]

@@patricklund2961 😂😂😂

[@jojo-ln7zd]

the most ds2 sentence ever

[@grfrjiglstan]

Headcanon for why empty suits of armor can be posioned: They can't, but when you cast poison mist on them, it makes the armor start to stink. Eventually, they stink so much they realize nobody will ever want to hang out with them, and they go Hollow.

[@youreverydaynergigante1001]

So you kill them with depression basically

[@grfrjiglstan]

@@youreverydaynergigante1001 That's essentially what Hollowing is, yeah.

[@youreverydaynergigante1001]

@@grfrjiglstan true

[@ceyboard4296]

Or maybe it rusts the armor

[@walter1383]

@@ceyboard4296 Legit would be pretty cool if the spell Acid Surge could damage all the haunted suits of armor type enemies, Ruin Sentinels and Dragonslayer Armor from DS3 for example.

[@PressContinue]

Kyle: Most important are the penal handcuffs Me: He he he... penal... Kyle 2 seconds later: He he he... penal Nice :)

[@Martoth0]

same

[@joonapukarinen1153]

Clown to clown communication

[@petachad8463]

@@joonapukarinen1153 lmao hahahahahahhaha lol Xd pablo.

[@dragonslayerornstein2361]

Ds2 whips only when??

[@gabrielox5110]

Im going to propose the same as last time: DS1 in NG+, only dragon stones

[@aydannnnoffsinger4442]

This is pain

[@MamaTrixxieAsmr]

Getting the damn stones is a pain in itself I kinda want to though, not gonna lie, sounds like the perfect way to shoot myself in the foot

[@neurotypicalkirby]

You could always just farm the stones in NG from a friend, wouldn’t even have to leave the burg.

[@EddieB-ready]

@@neurotypicalkirby 3 of the bosses are immune to fire, half the bosses deal extra damage against the dragon form weaknesses and the attack you get is horrible. Even at max strength and dex you'd get about the damage of a +5 longsword swinging once, maybe twice if you use torso stone

[@neurotypicalkirby]

@@EddieB-ready the Breath isn’t the only option, you have the completely new move set that the torso stone gives you, as well as the buff to make sure damage isn’t too lacking. Besides, GW has already done a shields only, so I don’t think low damage would be a problem.

[@Bagel920]

A funny thing I thought about yesterday is how often you mention specific bosses being weak to the exact thing they are made of, and just earlier I learned Mohg, Lord of Blood happens to have a lower Bleed resist than any other resist stat, which is even more irony. Can’t wait to see Elden Ring challenge runs

[@themenace48]

“What if we buff bleed…” - Miyazaki

[@denfender]

He loves to bleed that’s the lore reason

[@_H0X]

@@denfender and he also gets stronger when you make him bleed

[@denfender]

@@_H0X mmmmm yes B L O O D

[@howarddewing6617]

This is why i hate non-souls jrpg fans. They're poisoned by the nonsensical weakness systems of jrps and assume they somehow make sense because it's the standard. If blood and bleeding is this guy's whole thing, throwing his flaming blood is magic, and being an animal with blood, why the fuck would that make him immune to bleed? Like, the whole trope of some enemy being immune to their whole deal is so stupid, and it falls apart completely if you actually think for two seconds in a case like mohg.

[@HERO-eh7so]

A good challenge run for elden ring I recommend is art of war only. I think it’s be fun because you can put many arts of war on many weapons for any situation.

[@colewarburton3832]

Absolutely, the new ashes of war system adds so much more possibilities, it may be less of a challenge and instead would just be a fun run though as ashes of war are very good right now

[@codman4372wx]

I think it would also be good for dark souls 3

[@HowlingDoom]

He could just resort to bleed for most of the run I feel like

[@HERO-eh7so]

@@HowlingDoom bleed takes a lot more self damage after update so that really won’t work

[@HowlingDoom]

@@HERO-eh7so The self damage you take from bleed based AoW are negligible for the damage they deal and buff they give. Even then if he wants an Ash of War that doesn't deal self damage he has Reduvia. Doing an Ash of War only challenge would just be him spamming bleed for most of the run.

[@ayragon5417]

Hi Kyle ! I propose a DSR challenge : fat rolling, damage with fist weapons Should be fun to sumo the game

[@spidso]

are you a masochist *wink *wink

[@studiooftheoldwind137]

And when you can, wear smoughs armor He's the guy with the hammer I'm pretty sure

[@mediocremason]

But... But punching isn't allowed in sumo?

[@basictouhounerd]

@@mediocremason The fuck is he gonna do, push kalameet ?

[@kevinlopezobrien5366]

Can you beat Dark Souls as E. Honda?

[@DarthTitanGaming]

These things are so much fun to watch, I am always just so amused with how creative people get during these challenges.

[@lachlanmiller8886]

I feel like a consumables only run of Elden Ring could be a good one. The crafting makes it not that far fetched either.

[@BIGSTANK12349]

No horse or fast travel "long journey" run

[@gigachadsam]

I’m sorry to say but someone did that already but still would be entertaining

[@A_328FL]

@@gigachadsam lilaggy is a g

[@mordur2739]

Finally he starts with DS2 only runs!

[@mordur2739]

@Garret Wilson Oh right sry.

[@ParrotMan01276]

Elden Ring Karate Run, Fists only. :)

[@Miro_Aakkonen]

Honestly one of the most entertaining Dark Souls videos I've ever watched, nice job dudemanbro

[@darthplagueis13]

Elden Ring: Second Hand only. Rules: 1: All gear you use needs to come from slain enemies or be gifted to you by NPCs, that means no buying and no picking up gear from the ground or chests. Additionally, the gear must have been used by the enemy, so using the Bloodhound fang from Darriwil would be fine but using the grafted Greatsword from Leonine Misbegotten wouldn't 2: No modifying or upgrading gear. You have to use it in the state it was dropped in 3: No crafting. Using consumables is fine but you'll need to have ripped them from someone's cold dead hands, same thing goes for ammo. The key to this challenge would likely consist of strategically murdering NPCs to gain access to upgraded armaments (such as Patches +7 Spear) Addendum: Boss remembrances are fine but only when you don't have to spend runes on them. So Godricks Axe would be allowed but his dragon arm wouldn't. Addendum 2: Talismans are also fine, as long as they are obtained within the rules of the challenge

[@Treen1205]

That seems like a really fun, interesting and unique run, I'd actually like to watch a run of that. You're a genius 😂 Small nitpick, but Leonine Misbegotten actually uses the Grafted Blade Greatsword in his Boss fight

[@LowIntSpecimen]

@@Treen1205 Leonine Misbegotten uses a the normal greatsword that the other ones use, not Grafted. You may be thinking of the Misbegotten Crusader, who does use the Golden Order Greatsword

[@TheActualMrLink]

@@LowIntSpecimenkinda sucks that he (?) doesn’t visually use the GBGS.

[@truezeldamaster847]

you are honestly one of my favorite challenge runners and I constantly find myself coming back to binge your videos whenever I have the time.

[@GamersWeekend]

I really appreciate it :)

[@zman9931]

Hello just wanted say, weather you see this or not, this video is great the editing, the jokes, the music they all go together really well you deserve more subs than you got and as this is the first video im seeing im sure you've got a ton of amazing content just wanted to say you're doing a great job and whatever you're doing keep doing it. Thanks for the amazing content - A kind stranger and dark souls fan

[@Jonaegh]

You're quickly rising the ranks on my list of favorite challenge youtubers! Appreciate the video, very fun idea

[@MrJdog421]

Love your content! Challenge runs are always so interesting to watch and your routs are great to watch. Can't wait to see more!

[@simplyhuman479]

I always rewatch the whole challenge run videos when I make progress in the game cuz I don't wanna spoil myself anything and it's entertaining to see you suffe- I mean, play a very fair and easy and lovely game

[@bakaslayer]

Your videos are so fun to watch I swear. I’m always looking forward to these challenge videos

[@ohyes54]

Interesting that with a pyro run you didn't rekindle the flame and left the world to die :D. As DS2 is my favorite in the series, I can't wait for the next challage run. (Maybe sorceri??? :D :D )

[@tylerrittenhouse1651]

Ds2 js slept on, personally I enjoy the other games more, but I still think it's an amazing game

[@justinphillips8282]

@@tylerrittenhouse1651 I like ds1, but I hated everything about ds3. I played through one and was so bored I never went back.

[@zamany7596]

@@justinphillips8282 i have played ds1 3 times, ds2 2 times elden ring twice sekiro once and Ds3 18 I found it a lot better than the others where in ds3 the best things are a bosses ds1 only better thing is a lvl design but most of the enemies are straight cancer

[@justinphillips8282]

@@zamany7596 ds3 is way too linear for me.

[@OGweener13]

imagine summing up 41 bosses and days worth of footage in a 27 minute video. whoever edits your videos is a legend, too

[@nozzlepie]

Your synonym game is on point. Love these videos.

[@PROscout117]

This video is exactly what I needed tonight :) I am 1 second in and genuinely excited, your videos are awesome! Thank you.

[@ThetaWindfall]

Very nicely planned run, awesome to it see all bosses as well! GG!

[@scapegoat2660]

Man seeing your stuff show up in my subscriptions always makes me smile, keep up the great work! (If your looking for run ideas, try a casting build with the worst chime/ staff for the build.)

[@04SlhS]

easy, even base staff/chime will come out op

[@abdoaboueid8151]

These videos are always fun to watch. Great job as always!

[@RulerX.]

It’s always great seeing your challenges

[@solar_dark3718]

Thanks For this Amazing video !! You really put big Amounts of effort into these!

[@amgdeg4897]

These challenge videos are always a delight to watch

[@mrcaptaingato2196]

The video and commentary is amazing, but the music? Absolutely top tier.

[@sildurai8287]

I really liked your editing and use of music!

[@soccerdude12793]

Your videos are a breath of fresh air. The comedy is perfectly balanced and I learn a lot about these games every time. Hopefully you aren’t tired of these souls challenges yet bc if you did the same for DS3, Bloodborne, and Demon Souls that would be amazing 😊 keep up the good work

[@fulopmeszaros5330]

Amazing new challenge vid! Your editing is getting better every video!

[@rosemarythedrow]

new Kyle video made my day as always thank you mate

[@ThePrestoGuitar]

Your runs are great! DS2 is totally the best game for this kind of thing because of how flexible the areas are, and the insane build variety :D

[@camileonico]

Keep up the work! I love your challenge videos 🙌🙌

[@michaelpietarila3145]

great job man and i cant wait to see what you do next

[@Qo7_is]

I would love to see an elden ring dagger only playthrough and I'm sure others would too, keep up the great content!

[@Lasor4]

Great video as always! Nicely job 👍

[@AbdriMoon]

Love the music choice for the beginning, that is all.

[@TOThijs]

First video I’ve seen from you, decided to listen to what you asked in the beginning about subscribing and I’ll do it since you’re really entertaining!! Good Luck to 100k!!

[@Singapore-Aviation72]

Ayeeee nice to see you doing a new challenge Kyle!

[@ulmovalar3076]

If I could subscribe 21 and a half thousand times just so you can hit that 100k subs mark I would!!! You so deserve this man. You are one the best content creators I've seen in a long time in youtube! Entertaining, funny consistent and most of all faithful to your original content. It's really hard to find a youtuber that doesn't do a little of everything nowadays! Keep up the good work man!!! I wish the best for you and your channel!

[@nikeos1650]

Great Video homie, What a run! Keep going like this and I will Need to say Even More often how underated Ur Channel is! An interesting challange would be Weapons Arts only (ds3/elden ring) ;)

[@KFCArbiter]

Love these videos to hear new and exciting ways to say "Fragrant Branch of Yore"

[@paulcastaneda4340]

i’ve binged these videos and haven’t enjoyed youtube like this in a while

[@evynsantibanez9138]

This is the first video I seen of you and I love your humor

[@no.3_194]

I remember the first time I watched you, it was DS1 pyromancy only about a year ago. How crazy it’s come full circle back to pyromancy

[@Jackdaniels-bi4hg]

Love the video just found your channel today and I have really enjoyed your contact keep up the good work

[@SirVampyr]

Love Dark Souls Challenge Runs and I especially love Dark Souls 2! If you're still looking for ideas: Try the Olympian Torch Run. You need to always carry a torch, you can't put it away and it can't run out. It's a fun run, where you have to plan your route from one torch item spot to the next :D

[@dceasedbrickfan74]

Hey! Just found your channel. DS2 is still one of my favorite games of all time. Subbed.

[@dontgivemetwitch]

YES NEW ONE, finally. Love you

[@miuchiweighsaton7059]

Was wondering why the Elden Ring streams stopped. Thanks for keeping the vids coming, man. Starting with Metroid Prime music puts me in a good mood (I am dying for MP4). As far as the joke about the "crazy stalker ex-boyfriend" Pursuer, too bad there isn't a "file a restraining order" pyromancy. Great video.

[@lotus6158]

Man I just cannot get over how criminally underrated you are Kyle. You put in just as much, if not more effort into your work as people like Markiplier and Pewdiepie, yet they get more appreciation than you do. I just isn’t fair bro. Keep up the grind I pray you get the respect and attention you deserve.

[@goldenborngaming]

Just wanna say good job on your videos these are not easy and you made it look easy great content!

[@Hahvayz]

That was an awesome run man, currently doing a fire damage only run and it is hell sometimes lol, I've always been interested in how you handle an sl1 run in dark souls 2!

[@owloko1349]

Great video!!

[@Synchro-tq1mo]

So many new spells and item drops i didnt know of , mind blowing

[@slithery8896]

Another AMAZING video

[@XPRforJustice]

your videos are so addictive ; can take my eyes off ; im not even a big dark souls 2 fan

[@bananaman4799]

Kyle it was a stream I can watch I loved it keep up the good work

[@coombaplays]

This is crazy impressive to me. I did pyromancy only runs on my channel for DS1 and DS3 but with my skill set, or lack thereof, I can't even imagine pulling this off. Well done sir... well done.

[@Agudname]

Was it good in ds 3? I'm doing a dex pyromancer build in that game

[@coombaplays]

@Agudname pyromancy in DS3 is awesome. Honestly by the end I felt overpowered. Pyro/dex is my go to in souls games.

[@Agudname]

@@coombaplays nice

[@drakebloodknight7981]

Hey, look at that. Good content, good editing. Voice isn’t annoying. Video wasn’t clickbait. Thumbnail didn’t have 😱😱😱 emojis. *subscribes*

[@darkside3910]

eyy nice disturbed reference there at 14:49, subbed.

[@hand_of_sithis2575]

Great video! looking forward to the other challenges. I'm currently doing a Hexer build rn, and would love to see if you could potentially beat DS2 with all hexes (dunno if this has been suggested yet (probably)) Especially cuz they scale a lot slower and a lot of the upgrade materials are found towards the late game. (Although the scaling is similar to pyromancies, so I can't imagine it's too much different than this in terms of stat allotment)

[@ElOlafMarin]

How was I not subscribed? Damn you, KZbin! But great run as always man

[@thesnagglewolf]

Maybe some challenges based around mods might shake things up if you're feeling some burnout, like the random item mod for DS1. Love the videos.

[@happytree8387]

The pyromancer npcs in all three dark souls games are always so cheerful and nice and that’s why I end up playing one almost all the time

[@shadowmoasic3524]

Yess my favourite Dark Souls person ever time to watch it over 5 times

[@gglanouille3060]

Montage and dynamic of the video ♥️

[@Birdthefeatheredone]

I know this is out of order and all, but I can’t wait for you to do an item only Elden Ring. So many interesting tools, consumable and reusable.

[@ADeliberateTypo]

I drank every time you said "Fragrant Branch of Yore" which was like once. Bravo

[@colorgreen8728]

You grabbing Cale’s helm for later, me immediately: forbidden sun spell, or as I like calling it cruel sun

[@The13Void]

OH SHIT 2ND DS2 CHALLENGE YE

[@electrofrost9271]

damm bro u got the first comment gg

[@theexcalibur4626]

Man I just like anything in this channel do any challenge you like

[@LAGxPinkPanther]

Man i love this shit, whenever i get a notification: gamersweekend uploaded a new video my adrenaline goes sky high

[@Pusto24]

They aren't the most creative challenge suggestions, but I'd like to see the two remaining magic classes in Dark Souls 2. I'm especially interested in hexes, mostly because I like them so much.

[@DonYagamoth]

This was quite neat, well done :) Hm... Challenge?.. I don't know how well that would work, but maybe Dark Souls 3, weapon arts only? Maybe a new type of weapon every so often?

[@tea_baggins7329]

Love this channel :)

[@eikichionizuka7119]

i love ur channel dude, your style is perfect just perfect ! i'm french btw u'r mister worldwide now XD

[@Enigma-gm4yr]

Just beat dark souls 1, then I see you beating dark souls 1 like with all these super hard challenges like its nothing. you my friend are not human

[@_INVADER_098]

Bro your effort is priceless

[@ryan_j7985]

Yooo new challenge run ??? Let’s fuckinnnn goooo!!

[@salmelo16]

I can't watch this yet because I haven't finished the game myself, and I'm waiting for the servers to come back before I continue (what's even the point if I can't sun bro) so who knows when I'll get that done. But I wanted to at least say thanks for doing this run, it's one I've been looking forward to seeing almost since I found your channel.

[@i.k.2693]

Recent sub here, absolutely love your content man, cannot wait to see your future stuff

[@lifeonthebed5916]

You finally did it you crazy man...

[@MattJDylan]

To be fair to the guardian dragon, he might be spitting fire precisely because he can't handle it, so he has no choice other than vomit it out...

[@ReadyAimFire_]

And now i have a desire to play pyromancy build. Thanks.

[@lazerbeamer9]

It doesn't matter where I hear it, I hear the OG Prime soundtrack, I like and subscribe.

[@hugomorenocantalejo9595]

1:28 Man, I love that reference to ATLA, genious

[@lordreptilestormblade1749]

I do love using pyromancy in all 3 games, but 1 thing to point out: while pyromancy still has spell uses like in DS1/DSR rather than a manna system like FP in DS3, and still has no stat requirements to cast most spells, it does actually scale with both faith and intelligence like in DS3, granted thats fire damage dealt in general rather than purely pyromancy. Since it scales with both faith and intelligence, both the cleric and sorcerer starting classes are good picks for a pyromancy build since Clerics start with a decent faith stat while sorcerers start with a decent intelligence stat. Both classes are also good picks for hex builds since dark, the damage dealt by most hexes, is also boosted by both faith and intelligence.

[@tearfullarc2089]

I want to say thank you for telling me to play dark souls 2. If it wasnt for you and the chat during the fire giant livestream on elden ring, i would not have played ds2 otherwise. I platinumed it and now love this game. Its easily in 2nd place, i think sekiro is still number one possibly elden ring.

[@soully9568]

How about no Torrent challenge in Elden Ring? Kind of random, but only thing I can come up with. Great vid, was waiting for this!

[@Galaxa3396]

Weird challenge idea: Ds2 as Simon Belmont. Whips, Holy water urn, throwing knives (as a parallel to Simon throwing axe) and fist melee as your only weapons.

[@thelostgamer7968]

Can't believe I missed the premiere, but congrats anyways!

[@owloko1349]

I wish you would do more dark souls 2, I love your videos and enjoy it very much

[@thegoodstuffyt8234]

Might lowkey give you a kiss for the sonic colors water zone theme

[@near2899]

I LOOOOOOOOVE YOUR CHALLENGES 😍

[@dreamwanderer5791]

2:40 ah shoot, here we go again.

[@thesarcasticfantasticman1488]

Hey Kyle I thought of a fun challenge for you. Can you beat dark souls 2 sotfs as Lothian the Shieldless? Rules are kinda simple. - No shields can be equipped at any time - The Faraam Armor set is the only armor that can be equipped - Damage can only be dealt by the Dragonslayers Crescent Axe. The Axe can be found on the left path after the Ruined Fork Road bonfire. You can theoretically get past Rosabeth with the Fragrant branch of yore found in the Gutter, by performing the jump in the forest of Giants or by finding it in a chest in No Man's Warf. I found that using a bonfire ascetic at the Ruined Fork Bonfire to get two Dragonslayers Axes and powerstancing them massively increases DPS. Also really fits with the whole no shield theme.