Can You Beat Dark Souls 2 Without Using Stamina?

No stamina. Consumables only. Thanks to the Rat King for carrying this run
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[@cerberusthethird]

Dark Souls 2 teaches us something to remember when faced with many of life's great challenges: When lost and unsure of what to do, try taking off all your clothes.

[@freedomgoddess]

_dUmBeSt SoLuTiOn_ it's called *_basic game mechanics._* and he managed. all because he used his head. thank you dark souls ii: hard edition, for teaching us basic logic by pushing us to our limits harder than the original ii.

[@TohtoriP]

​@@freedomgoddessnigga whaaa

[@Yuuki74305]

​@@TohtoriPi just spilled my soda when I saw this

[@2manyprunes]

A tailor in Lordran/Drangleic/Lothric would go bankrupt.

[@thenonexistinghero]

Seems like solid advice to follow when you lose your way inside of the girl's dressing room.

[@santiagocodina9751]

The character development of you going from Rat-Hater from Rat-Lover will not go unnoticed. Godspeed, friend.

[@sebastianarmstrong6543]

This channel is criminally underrated. I found this video in my recommended, which means you'll be getting more acknowledgment. I'm glad I found this channel.

[@stitchfinger7678]

I subbed 10 minutes flat into my first video of this guy and I already agree he's underrated

[@trevorsilvernail8577]

Got him recommended as well lol

[@mertkorkmaz8726]

Dude okey. This video is good but there is only 5 other videos in 8 months. You cant call this criminally underrated

[@mythicalabigail]

Just to let you know, enemies respawn infinitely if you join the Covenant of Champions. You can join at the altar up a hill in Majula.

[@Shifsabre]

Sure, but the Rat King gives you dung pies

[@DuckReconMajor]

i was about to correct you and say they only covenant respawn in Scholar until i saw this run is in Scholar

[@patrickkilroy6512]

Oh shiiiiit, I did not know this. Very helpful

[@mightykingbean]

CoC 🥴

[@Xpwnxage]

@@DuckReconMajor I don't remember that, I thought it was vanilla too? It's been a while.

[@larrypostma5439]

The champion’s covenant in Majula makes all enemies harder but causes them to respawn infinitely, also using a great shield you can stand on the ledge left of the big circle room that has the second lever! Great video, hope to see more!

[@quitesomething3505]

Okay, that was amazing run. I did Ds2 consumables only run myself and there is a nice trick to beat Vendrick and many other hollow enemies. Blue Sentinel Targray sells holy water urns which deal an extreme amount of damage to the hollow enemies. Also firebombs scale from elemental bonuses which you get from leveling Int/Faith and throwing knives and poison build up scales from Dex.

[@bladeoflucatiel]

I did that run and I still can't believe he made past shrine of amana without running or rolling. I literally re-specced into all stamina and ADP and run past every mob after hours of attempts.

[@Bradguy123]

"Unfortunately the denizens of the Gutter were born and molded by the fudge sludge" Script writing on point lol, excellent video

[@buwumet]

14:20 About the "random ass update": There was an issue discovered in all souls games from released on pc where in online play, other players could insert items into your inventory (thus banning you), bricking your save, or even execute code on your pc (Random Code Execution or RCE). The servers for DS1-3 were shut down and from tried to fix these issues; the first update came to DS3 and DS2:SotFS was second to receive an update. While in DS2 the RCE seems to be fixed quite well, the inventory and save manipulation are still possible.

[@TheBacklogs]

Dark Souls 2 firebombs, you say? It appears I have been summoned. Welcome to the challenge run community - here's hoping the algorithm favors you and that you snowball quickly :)

[@jacobdorris2503]

We have another disciple of the firebomb Goddess!! Her reach knows no bounds

[@gottkonighorus1493]

Fun fact: the "Girls can be kings, too" was probably meant as a joke, but there actually was a female "rex" (king) in poland in 1384, as king and queen were actually primarily titles with slightly different sets of rules, so Queen Jadwiga was crowned king as to remain in a state of functional rule. So yeah. they actually can.

[@jacobpapp2148]

This is just gender is a construct: medieval edition.

[@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards]

yeah and cats can be dogs because one time there was an old lady who thought the stray cat outside at night was a dog

[@nathanjora7627]

@@jacobpapp2148No it’s « etiquette is a joke, medieval edition »

[@khiufu_666]

POLSKA GUROM

[@mickyj300x]

You chimping out with excitement at 16:57 has me cracking up, I think we've all had a gaming moment lke that. This was amazing, and you've got a new sub! Hope the psych damage was worth it

[@marcotuliolonde5158]

I got the same reaction when i pass this session, this place is really worst than hell

[@dominickalmeida5026]

I am so very happy to see more DS2 videos. And of great quality too. Also, just cause I didn’t see any comments about it, to refresh your memory: You don’t need to sue an ascetic to stop the spawn rates. There’s a covenant at the end of the cliff path besides the door to the way for Heide’s in Majula. There you will find the champion’s rock, and champion’s covenant, which is basically hardmode. Enemies are stronger, you are weaker, and respawn limits don’t exist. So you can farm without going to ng. I know it’s less effective technically, but just reminding for when you wanna do that at an area you didn’t kill the boss yet

[@The-Anathema]

Now do it again, but damageless SL1 NG+7

[@765craven4]

One other method that would work for grinding Souls without having to use Bonfire Ascetics would be to use the Company of Champions Covenant. It prevents enemies from despawning. Great run, very entertaining. You earned yourself a Sub

[@thisoneguystreams5904]

Compared to how many challenges people are pushing out to be the next best thing, this felt different. In a good way.

[@Sunny_Haven]

Man, the fact that you did this on Scholar of the First Sin is insane. A lot of those stamina draining attacks are just non-existent in the normal version of Dark Souls II (also the normal game is just easier in general). I believe the giants' souls are easier to get (the ones that aren't from the dragon anyways). Props to you for sticking to your rules even when stamina-draining attacks were introduced! I know other KZbinrs would've made an exception to those attacks so I'm glad you didn't.

[@ukujarvis193]

Wonderful video! Don't know how youtube managed to reccomend this, but keep it up, it was a fun watch!

[@MeatyJesus]

Glad you enjoyed! Always cool to see people getting these videos recommended to them

[@lilplaguedoctor5557]

I genuinely love your style my dude. The goofy poetry is honestly a big breath of fresh air from a lot of samey game channels, and your editing style is really fun. Coordinated single train of thought with plenty of silly stuff between

[@Spood6]

Found this channel in my recommended by chance. I could NOT believe you only had 1k subs with the level of editing and your amazing voice for commentary. Wow. I'm subbed now. Keep this up, you're amazing

[@colespeck3089]

16:53 bro just got so happy he let out his inner primate

[@thomaskirkwood415]

Glad to find this channel and hope it blows up. Plenty of challenge run channels out there but few who do these interesting sort of runs that make way for completely unique problems that need unorthodox or wacky strategies to get around them, and don’t get boring halfway through after getting settled into a build or method that can just be repeated for the rest of the run, making the challenge nearly obsolete. Will definitely watch every other video and will be looking out for the next one

[@EnderCorePL]

Great video! Though small, obscure correction about the enemy respawn; If you pledge to Company of Champions covenant, enemies keep respawning ad infinitum.

[@icycrusader1947]

I respect the amount of DS2 slander in the video while praising certain aspects.

[@chaoticgaming37]

okay so i've officially watched all your voiced over videos and I have to say, holy crap you're an amazing content creator!! i'm BAFFLED you don't have 100x the viewers and subs you have now. you definitely deserve it. One thing: I enjoyed EVERY video and your comedy and rage are hilarious but try not to burn yourself out on agonizing challenge runs that as you say "aren't fun". you deserve to enjoy the content you create as well and after seeing the effort you put into these videos I can say i'm here for the long haul! I wanna see everything you create from now on

[@stubenhockershr1161]

4:40 correct me if I`m wrong, but the Champions Covenant causes enemys to spawn indefinitely unless they went extinct before said covenant was activated

[@tylerserrano4979]

I’m beyond happy that I’ve found this channel. I’ve watched hours of your videos at this point. I’m ready to ride the rocket of your popularity with you. It’s very much deserved.

[@Tyler96982]

This is actually gold content, I hope that you'll soon find the popularity you deserve

[@skolrandom]

As a human being who himself spent way too much time in DS2, I commend your dedication. Great video, ending poem got me good, easy subscription :)

[@Teamtreecko1]

Hey man, great vid! Some advice for farming enemies: Joining the Company of Champions in Majula allows for infinite respawns of them while youre in the covenant. Hope it helps for future runs!

[@Skakhti]

Watching your channel explode into popularity is going to be fun. Your videos are exemplary in terms of quality. Keep it up!

[@hopperdown811]

Hell yeah, another challenge runs channel! Excited to see your next projects

[@nerovarwulfenbach]

damn, nice run! Looking forward for your next stuff, you crazy bastard.

[@Ariaa76]

I had so much fun watching this, great job dooood you kept it entertaining all the way till the end.

[@Irfan-xd1zi]

i came across your channel just yesterday,watching one shot run of ds1,24 hrs in i watched all of your dark souls content. you are already in my list of fav youtubers

[@bolson42]

16:20 “What?? Why is there two of that guy? Ohh, it’s Dark Souls 2, they have 2 of every guy-“

[@sucukyumurta8152]

Ahhh I see another challenge runner I have in my subscription list now Keep up the great work 👍🏼

[@ulfy01]

It's so refreshing to see a good old fashioned DS2 challenge run!

[@palmree]

About the attacks that take away stamina, technically you're not *using* the stamina when you get hit by one so it should be allowed imo, but that being against the rules made this challenge even more interesting

[@sandghost4054]

This video is such a gem and you're a legend for beating this challenge

[@JamienautMark2]

Just starting this video and imagining the hell of running out of items and having no souls and then finding an enemy you need to trick off a cliff to grind.

[@tomasstargamer6308]

You did an amazing job! This has been quite a sight to watch. And being honest, I really like the Aldia fight.

[@suaz652]

As many others said, this is Gold content, and you deserve much more for all the effort and quality put to this, good job m8

[@C1yde902]

I love finding the latest up-and-coming challenge runners. Looks like your videos found the algorithm, so expect a bit of a blow up

[@alilweeb7684]

holy shit that was amazing. i have over 2k hours in dark souls 2 and i genunely thought this was not possible. damn dude good job

[@kaschey6145]

Holy s-, this video was amazing! And props for the brilliant outro XD

[@insertusername9755]

You could join covenant of champions to prevent mobs from despawing on 12th death. Infinite farms, just change covenant when doing smt else. Archdrake dudes actually use greathammer but are always a pain.

[@SuchCharm]

Ok i can say i finished bench watching all of your videos and it was a blast well done 👏

[@namorsueciid]

Was out of ideas for my new ds2 run on my 800th hour of gameplay, oughta try this one. Nice vid ♥

[@Yasin-iq1mv]

Keep it up dude Im excited for your next Souls challenge !

[@0pon706]

Hah, glad to see other people take on this challenge, nicely done!

[@Catt0]

Your content is absolutely fantastic, you deserve like 100x the amount of subs you got right now.

[@relativity375]

This was genuinely the most interesting "can you beat souls game doing that" video I've seen in a long time. Gj

[@mohammedomer7435]

Found this video on accident now iam binging all your vids :) great content keep it up man!

[@r0bz0rly]

Just found you, subbed. Love your style 💙

[@oblivion1924]

The redditors were right about the dragons. You must have missed one or something because you can kill all of them

[@lukathekid6677]

Very cool dark souls run Meaty!

[@aerlieBud]

awesome vid, thank you for the sonic spinball soundtrack cameo

[@lizard1255]

A good tip for any other DS2 runs which require souls, but no easy way of killing enemies. Najka is a really easy boss fight, and once you kill her you can skip Doors and go straight to Tseldora. Once in Tseldora the enemies near all the rocks will almost always kill themselves trying to hit you with said rocks. It nets about 2k souls every time, and just requires a reload of the area to set back up. It is consistent and way easier than trying to farm souls in Heides. Another option is rushing through the enemies leading up to the Executioners chariot boss fight, jump across the gap before the red enemy, and watch as all the enemies decide to just walk off. This also nets around 3-4K souls per attempt, and is faster then the Tseldora method. It is however way harder to pull off consistently, and runs the risk of losing souls.

[@din6675]

Mobs do stop spawning after you kill them enough times, but you can always join the champions covenant which respawns everything infinitely. Since you were farming them with gravity you wouldn't have noticed the bump in stats anyway.

[@yzavf8486]

damn this is super underrated, humor is on point as well

[@lucassmith3790]

Holy fuck, what an amazing video. Supreme high quality content, perfectly paced challenge. But I dont see no fume knight dead, do I... Keep up the great videos man.

[@polyemphis]

I appreciate your use of the Sonic Spinball soundtrack from Grave of Saints to the Huntsmans Copse

[@darkodev6961]

What a fire video, liked, subbed, all the good stuff

[@stuffiestmars4494]

I like the sonic spinball music in the background during the beginning. Quality music right there.

[@daselsdis653]

Simply amazing, now I want to play ds2, and it's 3 am, nice run, it's so alien yet so close to ds1 that it made me curious about about all steps of the run, and I guess this only exposes this limited point of view, thanks for the amazing video! (English is not my 1st lang, Sorry for mistakes)

[@RyanSopp]

Please do more Dark Souls challenge runs, excellent content

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Praise the algorithm i found my new favorite channel! Big subscribe from me. This is a very tightly edited, funny video. Great job.

[@ErisEntropy]

Great video. Very entertaining and interesting! It would be interesting to see what this run would look like if you used the moon butterfly set to poison enemies. A lot quicker for some enemies, and I'm sure it wouldn't have been very different for others that you couldn't get too close to.

[@rogofos]

your challenge run is progressing at about the pace of my first casual run I too took 12 hours just to get to the lost sinner and I practically rushed her

[@eikichionizuka7119]

Thanks the recommendation for the discover of ur channel!

[@dragonpillar4021]

I like your editing style! I’ll certainly be watching more friend!

[@skeletorskittles2244]

Vendrick Lamar had me on the floor for real. Thank you for this amazing video!

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I’ve literally just loaded up yt and this came up I’m not complaining! Hope you go far bro!!!

[@theshoal12]

I put this and one other video on in a queue when I got home from work, passed out, and then while I was sleeping I heard the Nothing There "hello" 10 minutes in I woke up in a panic. Awesome video lmfao

[@saxapwn1842]

This is one of the most insane challenge runs i've ever seen. WP

[@Absurdtheistic]

I have no end of praise for you dude. Ive gave up on my all bosses consumables only run because I just wasn't having fun. I hated every minute of it so for you to do a run of consumables only without stamina is insane to me. Scholar has so fucking many enemies you go through all your consumables in 1 area. Add on how easy it is to miss your throws and good lord I didn't want to do it. Like it was no fun what so ever, so cuddos to you Jesus

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Ds3 next man! Loved this and subbed

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I thought you had more subs, you definitely deserve more

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First vid I've seen and this is some good content 👌

[@realmapled]

Love the calm persona 5 music in the background

[@nedmacgill971]

Very good, great quality and effort. More Dark Souls II please :^)

[@AquaSloth]

I didn’t even play dark souls 2 and this video still ripped. Good work dude!

[@annae.1289]

That's awesome I beet the game the first time a few weeks ago. That's an amazing video, thanks for that!

[@BluberDuckOfficial]

I wasn't expecting Sonic Spinball music, but I am certainly not complaining. Thank you for the slap of nostalgia you hit me with

[@WaraxTheThird]

Welcome to the algorithm lottery brother. Great content, glad you were chosen!

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Just got a new active sun great video! Deserves way more views 🎉

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For the first time I can say youtube's recommendations did it's job right. Watched 3 videos of yours and subbed.

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holy moly, you must be hating yourself. I love it. Keep going with such content, I already subscribed

[@CalmEnergy2125]

honestly the ending bit with the rat king was so clever i had no choice but to obey it

[@GummyGopher]

KZbin recommendations has shown me the path to your channel. I have been blessed.

[@Cochise6-6-6]

Super awesome vid!

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This is the second vid iv seen from u and u got sonic spinball music so I definitely had to subscribe my Man thank u

[@rainrope5069]

I was so anxious about Shrine of Amana for the whole leadup lol

[@RJLK0518]

How am I just now finding this amazing channel???? Great content 👌 Edit: You can actually enter the Covenant of Champions to infinitely respawn enemies that aren't minibosses!

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Enjoyed every second of this.

[@othervest5619]

absolutely loved this haha, definitely going to stick around

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Loved the Video!

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Rat King speaks truthfully, no trickery or lies The video impressed me, so I have subscribed!😂🤣

[@YsoKain]

This was awesome to watch

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"Speeding in a ladder zone" Bro how did I not find you earlier? This is so entertaining