Can You Beat Dark Souls 2 With Poison Only?

Dark Souls 2 is one of the games ever made. Or so they say. But can you beat Dark Souls 2 with poison only? I'm sure you can, the real question here is: can I, given I have the skill level of a discarded shoe. Only one way to find out...
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[@BaronsCastle]

Appropriately, mother nature poisoned me with a cold when I was making this so my voice is extra a e s t h e t i c . Enjoy!

[@LoverLikeNoOther]

Very thick and creamy

[@ChuuNebyou]

become najka and gain 2 million poison resistance

[@jarrod475]

mate that's just insane dedication to the run

[@n484251]

Manikins can be toxiced tho.

[@banann_ducc]

Your throat ok?

[@dk_74]

8:01 Forlorn invaded me to remind me just what the FUCK I was playing 9:17 Forlorn invaded me again to remind me just what the FUCK I was playing 12:12 Forlorn invaded me again to remind me just what the FUCK I was playing 14:03 Got invaded by Forlorn to remind me just what the FUCK I was playing 18:01 Forlorn invaded me again to remind me just what the FUCK I was playing

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It does always make me say, oh this is scholar.

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edge

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@@dom9928 What an empty comment. As empty as my will to live. /s

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Haha

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@@katacutie Thanks 4 that :) i needed to read this

[@darkslayer1161]

He's dark souls version of Senza

[@senseweaver01]

I can't believe you managed to go through the whole game without Forlorn invading, that's some luck you have there

[@FrableRock]

For real, he likes to invade me every other area

[@guesty924]

But...Forlorn invaded him in Hundtmans Copse and Shaded Woods

[@csquared4538]

I can't believe he no hit a poison only run. Crazy lucky.

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8:01

[@rodundertaker]

You guys really must be fun at parties. The joke went over your heads

[@darc22005]

always liked how many bosses can be poisoned in this game. I used poison builds alot tbh. channelers trident poison infused was such a useful weapon in this game

[@silent_stalker3687]

I used a poison build and would drive ganks insane. Summary would hide until 2 people were there- and just in 1-3 hits the whip would poison a person and while they were away I’d finish them off with the 3 shot crossbow- or test everyone’s poison resist and drive 2 away, and because I used toxic it was really effective- especially after you poison them using a bleed weapon. Ganks pretty much we’re stuck on a timer unless they defeated me or my buddy- which I would just run off

[@TheTexasDice]

The dumbest build I ever used, was the Poison Whip and Poison Katana. Lots of fun.

[@peachypet808]

@@ramrodbldm9876 Talking about poison, we found a toxically elitist Souls player.

Yes! More Baron content :D

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French people? Here?

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Oui! I can’t remember how to spell friend in French. Sorry. :/

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14:17 definitely deserves a short clip of its own on the channel. Your musical montages/interludes are absolutely brilliant.

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yeah that was fucking hilarious

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Never knew the exploders were so fresh in omission mode Makes me wonder what other enemies can do

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Find it? No, people been doing it for years.

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You know, I've never heard of that Gutter Denizen invader. Crazy how much these games hide.

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[@BowlingBallPete]

Surprisingly the fact that rotten can be poisoned is an interesting lore piece, It’s a theory that the rotten is trying to fight off the growing poison of the black gulch so that is why it can be poisoned. Just figured I would share for people who like the lore

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TIL, thanks!

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😕

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kinda makes sense that it doesnt like the goop thats corrupting the statues it seems to care a lot about. Also could be why his room is on fire, to burn it away

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Bushy does Elden Ring challenges but they’re basically stream clips that he’s put all the relevant information on to help people who don’t know all the items and stuff by heart. Another good one is The Backlogs, he does scripts a lot like Baron does and makes good stuff too

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I have a challenge to suggest: Lord of the rings - you start as a deprived, you may only ever equip rings, never a weapon or armor, leveling up and respecing is fine

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Flynn's ring. Look up ds2 ymfah unbeatable no weapons

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[@TheVolhan]

It is a usual thing to hate this game among all trilogy, but for me ds2 was the first dark souls game I could finish completely an it has a special place in my heart. It has got much more variety to offer and it is my second favorite From Software game after Bloodborne. Thank you for this video. It was a pleasure.

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I enjoyed DS2 as much as DS1 and DS3...

[@JcHellspawn]

Haters will tell you are objectively wrong and that DS2 is a shit game. I honestly don't get all the hate since the game was very well received by most when it came out, including jornalists (well critics rated this higher than dark souls 1). This is just an example of how haters are cancer.

[@repaleonhalo9754]

At least poison is good in this game. I like at the effect armor and weapons too. There are plenty of good and bad for Dark Souls 2 but thats for most games

[@BigGuy1989]

@@JcHellspawn you arent wrong for liking the game buts its still a shit game. also critics liking the game really doesnt say a lot about it and them even rating it higher that DS1 shows how just how much credible their opinions are.

[@JcHellspawn]

@@BigGuy1989 I said the game was very well received by most including critics. You are just confirming what i said. You may think its a shit game but that is not what the vast majority of people think, including people that review games for a living. You have every right not to like the game, but saying it's shit like you are objectively right is just arrogant. You can still not like the game but recognize what it did right and why people like it, which is not what most people seem to do.

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If anyone asks ballista is poison damage

[@sfish6]

I'm glad people are still playing through this game after 7 years, deserves more love in my opinion

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I love Baron's videos and honestly happy we found another excuse to return to Dark Souls 2

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Was just thinking about how nice it would be to have a new vid from u and here it is! Thx!!!

[@mayoniez4308]

For those of you looking for the OST that plays from 31:09 , it's called Shall Defend from Ace Combat Assault Horizon

[@JaniHorvat1]

Thanks! Was actually looking for it. Sounded familiar, figured it was from Ace Combat, but didn't know the name.

[@JP-pn2lv]

Manikens can totally be poisoned by the way, just takes a long time because their resistance is super high and they love to move out of the cloud

[@BaronsCastle]

interesting, everything i found online said they couldn't be poisoned and i tried for a while with no luck just to be sure, I obviously wasn't persistent enough

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@@BaronsCastle player testing can only go so far.

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[@Fwufikins]

Excellent run! It's always fun to see how challenge runs that rely on something bosses are immune to go. My only wonder is, could you burn ascetics at the Rat Covenant Gank fight to farm the boss soul for more casts of Toxic Mist? If so you could maybe have more bosses be inflicted with both Toxic and Poison simultaneously. Or if you wanted to go Pure Toxic, it would save from needing to level INT/FTH.

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As someone who quite enjoys dark souls challenge runs... Good job!

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Year later, still love your content

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The Mummy Breakdancing troupe had me DYING...please tell me they do birthdays? Jokes aside, fantastic video as always my guy. This is definitely up there as one of my new favorite DS2 videos. Keep it up!

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