Can You Beat Dark Souls 2 With Claws Only?

[@JKLeeds]

This is a pinned comment. Write the word Claw underneath it if you saw a claw in this video

[@DarkCT]

CLAWWW!!!!

[@AhRisla]

Claw

[@paracosm_3963]

Claw

[@theliquifire]

Claws

[@VyniVynis]

Claw

[@jaynajuly2140]

I believe you can lock on to the Lost Sinner in the dark, you just have to be REALLY close

[@xThunderxWolfx]

You can you just gotta be close enough to smell her.

[@SatirerXIII]

yes you can but you lose the lock on really fast as soon it moves

[@solarpellets]

You don't even need to be very close, you just lose it if she moves away too far or jumps. You can just lock back on

[@127mfan]

1:26 I had to look it up, but I think this "Estus" item you're given at the start of the game is for roleplay purposes. After all, everyone gets thirsty. The estus allows you rp drinking.

[@joshuab.tweedie9688]

That's why the animation is so slow in ds2, immersive roleplay

[@frazzlol]

can't wait to see you claw your way out of this run.

[@JKLeeds]

It wasn't clawful, that's for sure

[@frazzlol]

@@JKLeeds i suppose that's all down to claws and effect.

[@luciusdebeers6176]

The absolute clawdassity of these puns...

[@puppyboykilla]

instinctively read ur comment in Dutch accent

[@ayoungartistakajack6799]

Same 😭😭​@@puppyboykilla

[@Astarica]

If you do a DS3 version of this, use the crow talons for fun and style.

[@JKLeeds]

I might just do that

[@the_guiding_qui]

10:06 Claws and some other weapons actually have it hard coded to really prefer specific infusions. Claws being really good for applying both status effects is their gimmick thanks to this. Also, I wonder how different you'd have felt about bleed if you farmed the Shadow Guantlets off of the Suspicious Shadows in Wharf, it would have added about 30% to your bleed build-up (they have a hidden effect that boosts it a lot more than the menu would imply). Good video :3

[@wdwd8352]

This should be a very clawing experience

[@JKLeeds]

Claw or less...

[@sirbill_greebi3811]

@@JKLeeds Nice to see another claw comrade. I also used claws.

[@perrinaguilar5021]

​@@sirbill_greebi3811yo me too

[@SaganTheKhajiit]

I got the Gaia The Dragon Champion reference, and that makes me feel old.

[@28_Spokes]

You truly are the king of games!

[@UncleBlazer510]

Loved seeing you Claim the throne and declare Marshall Claw.

[@quantumshenanigans]

I'm never not delighted by your interpretation of boss names. Ian the Guard Dragon is a new favorite.

[@Magicsatyr246]

Gaia the dragon champion is a yugioh monster made by the polymerisation between Gaia The Fierce Knight and Cursed Dragon and is show on the 5th episode against Weevil, the previous champion of Japan.

[@Magicsatyr246]

and I personally use Gaia TFK, Cursed Dragon, and Gaia TDC in one of my decks in Yugioh master duel.

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

I’m surprised the Dragonrider really took your word for it, I should talk to the bosses more

[@JKLeeds]

He is like way gullible

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

@@JKLeeds he should know better

[@Tosshh]

After clawing at JK for more ds2 we finally got this masterpiece, I’m on clawd nine

[@tomasstargamer6308]

Good job! This was quite the Sharp run, I'd just mention that Stone Ring probably could have wrecked, with light fast weapons you stunlock all, and get staggers on bosses quite often, and the Sanctum Soldier Gauntlets also boost Poison and stack with Rat Crest, so a short early Shulva trip could've made things even faster. For wacky DS2 builds, how about Staff only? A lot of things to smack, and Black Witch is triple elemental.

[@negansmith5637]

Criminally underrated channel! Good work keep it up!

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks my dude!

[@studyguy.7660]

These Dark Souls 2 episodes are honestly brilliant, I am curious as to how well the poison claws could do again the dreaded Darklurker?

[@dunefox8]

Gaia the Dragon Champion One of my fave Yu-Gi-Oh cards

[@KittensLeftFoot]

I so appreciate this channel. It seems you're the only one that makes these right nowadays. Good challenges that doesnt try to sell bullshit. No obvious "Can I beat DS2 with a rapier" shit, a real unique idea that Ive actually enjoyed watching through the end.

[@aroundthefur1210]

I actually legit love DSII and I always enjoy watching people do challenge runs. I've never been good enough to beat the game under any kind of handicap, but this video makes me actually want to try this build out. I've never tried power stancing in DS2 so this would be a good excuse to try now. Awesome job as always JK!

[@PJSmith-ty8wm]

Syncing up the music to so many of the attack/action animations in the Ivory King fight was very impressive. Thank you for taking the extra time to give us an even greater video

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

I don't know how youtube just didn't tell me about this video a week ago. I'm subscribed and claws are hands down(pun intended) my favorite weapon type in the entire franchise. There's just something about standing 3 inches away from the enemy's face and being fast enough that they can't touch you that's so satisfying.

[@JKLeeds]

Yes! I really enjoyed this run a lot 🙂

[@GameBuff2305]

This is the first Premiere video I have ever watched 😀 So far enjoying it very much, as all other videos! I subbed only recently and have binged all videos already 🤣🤣🤣

[@JKLeeds]

Welcome to the channel 🙂

[@andreysukhorukov4569]

21:40 Always enjoy a good Yu-Gi-Oh reference

[@JKLeeds]

Hell yes

[@PlusTiger]

It should be illegal to make us wait like that plus you're playing DS2 which makes me more excited

[@JKLeeds]

Hopefully it will be worth the wait 🙂

[@zackmash851]

gaia the dragon champion had the coolest background of any card, the blue sunburst thing looks so sweet

[@icookchildrenandeatthem9085]

Cant wait for the claw puns

[@JKLeeds]

There's a couple in there 😉

[@enomisv9830]

7:05 JK: "Which was an absolute piece of *DRAKE*" Me: *PTSD flashback of trap weapon video drinking challenge*

[@docmercy3660]

Did you know that you can lock yourself out of killing Freja for one try in vanilla ds2 (never played sotfs)? You can knock each head off (about 75% of her max hp per head iirc) and heal her with warmth. Once both heads are off you can't harm her anymore and need to re enter the fight. It was a great way to troll people as a summon.

[@JKLeeds]

I actually did have this happen to me on one of my first ever DS2 playthroughs! She was really low on health and I was pissed!

[@ryla22]

I love that! I found this 2 hours into it being uploaded just by looking up dark souls

[@banananose3867]

Great video! I'd also love to see more DSII, there's such a big variety of weapons to choose from in it. Also glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoys Blue Smelter!

[@gamingdragon276]

God I haven't played yugioh in ages, Gia was pretty cool back in the day

[@unnusannus6193]

I wish I could make a time-traveling joke, but I can't do that without the c-law of clawsuality

[@JKLeeds]

Beautiful comment

[@Shmethan]

​@@JKLeeds clawment

[@runecowman]

Great Burnt Ivory King fight. One of my all time favorite bosses

[@grfrjiglstan]

I think the reason you have to beat Mytha to ascetic that first Harvest Valley bonfire is that burning the windmill actually drains the poison from directly outside the bonfire. I don't know if they hoped this would obscure that bit of trivia or show it of better, but that's the only link I can think of.

[@benjaminlocks]

I would love to see more DS2 runs, it's my personal favorite of the series and it doesn't get enough love! Drangleic for LOIF!

[@bofaybaykweh]

Poison claws was my legit build in ds2, love this video :)

[@idkaname7558]

The burnt ivory king fight was dope! Good job on the editing!

[@lucasthehumanity8240]

Wasnt expecting a yugioh reference at the dragon aerie

[@JKLeeds]

No one expects it but it's always welcomed

[@GreigShelob]

I loved this. I'm one of the very few who prefer this over DS3.

[@alephnole7009]

This build reminds me of my Pre SOTFS 360 build. Dual DrakeKeeper swords NOT power stanced, with bleed and poison. Alternating left and right swings with maxed out stamina capacity let you get a 10 hit stunlock combo in pvp. Guaranteed bleed and poison with decent sword damage as well. Build also had max HP and carry capacity to mid roll in full Havel's and face tank glass canon builds to death.

[@Eric6761]

I did this challenge inspired by you, man it was tougher than I expected but I had fun and anger in some parts and btw this is one of my favorite videos

[@urazoe8240]

You can accually lock on to Sinner, the distance is just reduced, because of the darkness

[@foxlinejester245]

I find it unbelievably wholesome that your son helped you out in this challenge.

[@HollandTHG]

HOW YOU GONNA MAKE ME HAVE FEELING DURING THE IVORY KING!? Incredible song selection, I was moved to tears.

[@ConcernedGenius]

Yugioh Gaia the Dragon Champion reference! 🎉

[@MrMuschiato]

Man I love DS2, the build variety, the different paths you can do, bonfire ascetics...

[@cursedcat6467]

30:26 bro is a trigonometric function

[@mikehawk8984]

1:28 Saying you have no idea what an estus flask is has the same vibe as "Pot of greed? Yeah I don't know what that shit does" 😂

[@RolandWinler]

I reallly love you're dark souls challenges

[@grimreaper6658]

21:37 Gaia the dragon champion is a yugioh monster 😂😊

[@MufasaSama]

21:40 Gaia the dragon champion, a very dark soulish Yu-Gi-Oh! card haha

[@adampezo4637]

Claws are amazing in pvp combined with stone ring and infused with bleed plus blood ring. I never had so much fun in pvp before

[@TheCain91]

If you like claws, try daggers on DS3: - Dagger for critical hits - Twin Daggers for twice hit raw damage. - Bandits Dagger for bleed. First Dexterity for damage (just sharp Twin dagger, sharp gems are rare). Then reinvest points on Luck after Hollow and Bleed infusion (Hollow Dagger, Hollow Twin Dagger and Bleed Bandit Dagger). Rings: - Boost damage for consecutive hits - Healing for consecutive hits - Extra critical damage - Healing with critical damage. It's my favourite melee build. It's funnier than a just dex build. Piromamcy it's my favourite magic build and actually I'm seeing right now.

[@Insanefella]

The things I would do to play any dark souls game with this absolute legend of a man

[@abdalln8554]

If you want a fun run try a Grand Lance heavy attack playthrough. You're gonna stagger most humanoids with it if not knock them down (and completely bully Forlorn its fun). But if you miss you're completely vulnerable as you stumble.

[@hybrid5860]

8:29, I think the game specifically wants Mytha because she's the final boss of that area. Jabba- I man covetous demon is just a servant to Mytha, so calling him "lord of this region" is a little weird. Every time you put music in your videos, I always get so excited. Your choice of song and editing style always get me hyped!

[@Leeeejun]

Yoo was that gaia the dragon champion a yu gi oh reference?! That takes me back

[@redhel]

You can light your torch at the bonfire for lost sinner, you don't even need to sit down to do it so you can run back after clearing out the area and light the thingies

[@JKLeeds]

That's true but that would have been a long run back and I'd rather just kill Lost Sinner without

[@dididi3368]

i use polymerization to fuse gia the fierce knight and curse of dragon to make gia the dragon champion

[@no1normal750]

ooo more ds2 runs, I'm always excited to see those ... *now do it with a ladle*

[@watson4233]

Great video, you should try a “Everything in the Kitchen Drawer” Challenge (Ladle,Mankin Knife, pitchfork)

[@JKLeeds]

... you keep a pitchfork in your kitchen drawer?!? HOW BIG IS YOUR KITCHEN?!

[@watson4233]

@@JKLeeds a pitchfork is a normal fork for last giants…all about perspective my friend

[@Aerowarrier]

You should do a fist only run in DS2 if you haven’t already. Vanquisher’s ring goes crazy, and you with the covenant you can farm then of invader in front of royal rat vanguard to get it while offline.

[@TheKuno]

this is clawrly your best video yet

[@HeavenlyHavoc]

Loving your ds2 content. Run I did that was surprisingly fun recently is pyromancy only, you gotta get creative with the routing for that one. Might be fun for you to try

[@tinminator8905]

I know you are gonna hate this, but the shadow gauntlets dropped by the shadows you were fighting at the very start increase your bleed buildup. Could have been useful down the line :)

[@JKLeeds]

Haha I did know that to be fair but couldn't bring myself to farm more

[@melancholoid]

Awesome Vid! Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany

[@pabloarammasmanian5391]

Power Stance is one of the best thing added on DS2 by far

[@J-i8d]

Such a claw-inspiring video

[@colonelquesadilla5080]

“What are claws, but knives attached to my hands” -Son Tzu, probably

[@JKLeeds]

Shhhh, I'm telling people I made that up 😂

[@zilmorzilmor4777]

Awesome video as always!! Great build! Gorgeous fashion! And fun jokes!

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks!

[@Devlington87]

The dance of 1000 fists just matured to a new level of mastery, absolutely clawsome!

[@bloodysaint]

There's probably an explanation for this in the video and I've probably missed it, but I'll try to ask. Why not going full-phys dmg with Flynn's ring - which is actually good in DS2, especially with fast hitting weapons - and engraved gauntlets? The latter do encrease durability loss from hits, but you could've easily offset it, since repair powder is pretty common in DS2. Years ago I've done a pretty similar run, but with powerstance caestuses and it was a beast that pretty much melted everything in the game. And due to a very unique backstab animation that is shared with bare hands and fist weapons, I thought it would bea great idea to call him Proctologist In any case, great video, great run, found your drake sword run a couple of days ago, instantly subscribed, cuz I need my dose of Souls challenge runs on a daily basis :D

[@emoller333]

missed a good opportunity around 12:09 you could have said "to show you the clawrt of war!"

[@bluxx8072]

Thanks for this Video. i really enjoy DS2 as a game (maybe my Favorite game) might also think about to start a new run again with the Claws. Maybe as a Video Idea make a full run with the Maidens Ladle ^^

[@emanuelstornello8009]

"gaia the dragon Champion" got a laugh out of me, a shame this one doesn't use two greatlances

[@AhRisla]

My hair stiffened up when you mentioned Gaia

[@JKLeeds]

For me, it was something else that stiffe....I mean er thanks for the comment 😄

[@AhRisla]

@@JKLeeds *insert that turtle from over the hedge* YOU WHAT?! Hope you're enjoying your evening mate

[@panamera0607]

I love your humor, great video! 🤌🏼

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks 😄

[@Talking_Ed]

Lovely DS2 run mate!

[@JKLeeds]

Thank you!

[@elemental-zweihander]

6:46 Officially, his first game is DS2

[@greenhowie]

You know, for all the weapons and fashion souls potential that DS2 has, I'm shocked to find out there's no Bonewheel shield. Big fan of claws though, could never be bothered grinding to powerstance Malformed Claws either. edit: the Estus slander is appreciated.

[@sunnicune3396]

Fun video as always! Love your content.

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks!

[@lord5582]

you can lock on to lost sinner when its dark its just i she gets too far away it'll break

[@Aerowarrier]

The answer on when to heal against Sir Alonne is: don’t. Lol but seriously, learning that fight enough to beat him without getting hit was a lot of fun, especially when I was using my own katana for it. A duel between two masters

[@candyashes999]

"Mom, can we have Bashful Ray?" "We already have Bashful Ray at home" Bashful Ray at home: (this video)

[@teedeepk]

Watching this with my cats. They think you did fine!

[@emcoulter4459]

Gaia the Dragon Champion is a Yu-Gi-Oh reference btw

[@LordMegatherium]

This video healed my clawding disorder.

[@JKLeeds]

The claw is the law

[@skillsVaried]

The dude gives you a container to hold Dr. Pepper. 1:27

[@dididi3368]

ancient dragon: 4 star 1400 atk/ 1300/def. when it inflicts direct dmg on the opponent it can add 500 damage and one lvl

[@rollingbaguette]

Yeah, that bonfire ascetic with clawvetous demon and mytha was confusing.

[@The24thWight]

Yes. I want more dark two souls. Do it.

[@maebarlow8572]

there’s flame butterflies on a body next to the stairs before the sinner fight

[@KainaX122]

You didn’t name the character Logan/Wolverine?!? Unacceptable! Absolutely clawful!

[@quiethere45]

yay Yu-gi-oh reference at 21:37

[@grfrjiglstan]

14:21 Cool effect with the breath, innit?

[@DoomWolfOfficial]

What are swords but long knives attached to sticks ;) great video!

[@JKLeeds]

Thanks DW! 😄

[@GreenDayFanMT]

'My grandfathers deck does not contain any weak cards' 21:53

[@thedeathwatchers8682]

Love your vids keep up the good work 🔥

[@TheAshenedPhoenix]

That intro made me laugh so much 🤣 GG for setting the tone straight off

[@JKLeeds]

Glad you liked it 😁

[@maxbaird4830]

lightning infused dragon tooth +5 is like vrooom brrr