Can you beat Dark Souls Remastered with only Archery? | (Dark Souls Remastered CHALLENGE)

[@frostyprime7913]

"Ranged build? What's that?" *continues to carry an 9 ft sword*

[@tntgames6204]

Same

[@caldersmith7986]

A Man of culture I see

[@tntgames6204]

With the power of ARSON you can have double the melee destruction

[@hydrokinesis251]

If it's long enough it's a ranged weapon

[@3DTyrant]

@Asvolies Harvem Anything is a ranged weapon, so long as you can throw it hard and far enough!

[@djentdavi8118]

God, this channel is CRIMINALLY small, seriously, those challenge videos you do are the best souls related content i've seen in a while

[@emalinedickinson7492]

I am hoping "djent" means what I think it does. If it just your name, I apologize. Also, I agree.

[@djentdavi8118]

@@emalinedickinson7492 yep, the Djent metal subgenre flowing through my veins

[@qsebring3930]

I was wondering the same thing, why is this channel so small?

[@jacksonyan7346]

@@qsebring3930 to be fair, dark souls is relatively old, and the channel is still quite small and I don’t think KZbin algorithms see these as worth recommending given the number of views and subscribers for the channel despite the amazing qualities of these videos.

[@II-uj5fm]

@@jacksonyan7346 I agree but the games being old wouldn’t make a difference because they are still extremely popular.

[@nagwod9126]

I've got an idea for a run: Using only equipment you get in the area. When you kill the area boss, you drop everything (weapons, shields, bows, catalysts, talismans, pyromancy flame, etc). But you can keep sorcery, miracles, pyromancies and arrows. You cannot keep equipments from prevous area to the next, except for boss drops (like the demon catalyst for the centipede demon fight). You can use the oolacile catalyst and dusk set for the guardian fight. You can purchase items that are drops from the area, like demon great machete and demon great axe from demon ruins. You can use the moonlight butterfly boss weapons for the crystal cave. You can use the darksword and dark set for the kiln of the first flame.

[@GamersWeekend]

I had an idea kind of like this, but this is WAY better than what I was thinking. This sounds like it’ll be hella fun 👀

[@kylesunshine2731]

Why a dark sword in the kiln? What do darkwraiths have to do with the kiln?

[@nagwod9126]

@@kylesunshine2731 Kaathe can warp us to there and he gives the darksword and dark set, so I associated them to there. But I forgot you can use black knights weapons there, so that's not necessary.

[@noble3696]

@@nagwod9126 Theres also the black knight weapons and armor no?

[@zer0_ta1ent24]

@@GamersWeekend why are you cool

[@twotimesj6478]

I saw the painting guardian scene and I felt that. So much.

[@jasonmccaughren6257]

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[@saintvalentine4040]

@@jasonmccaughren6257 I agree

[@Nibelheim1989]

Soon as he went up, then said he would need those souls, I knew

[@lampusmampus1929]

Almost as bad as the archers. Not as bad but almost...

[@jacksonyan7346]

PTSD triggered

[@kimhyunwoo8983]

Something about him saying “wow there’s a lot more of you now” and there being only 200 subs makes me really happy because of how wholesome that felt.

[@F8isRIPPIN]

100k+ now :)

[@falamadur]

@@F8isRIPPIN112k now :)

[@VorpalTiger]

4 kings is gunna drive him insane with the armor of thorns run. that was one fight where lobos actually stopped using armor of thorns in his own run

[@supernerb6938]

Oh god if LOBOS couldn't do it...

[@nicolapodgornik]

Was he doing it in ng+7 / lvl1?

[@trequor]

It's the homing magic attacks and AoE that make it impossible. Otherwise you could just execute perfect rolling... conceivably. But all the rolling in the world can't avoid homing and AoE attacks

[@mohakgopale4776]

congratulations, you're a prophet.

[@becktotheaction1891]

Please, we all know lobos is a casual, he couldn’t even do all Gwyn.

[@TheBacklogs]

My dude's just running around the world like he's NOT carrying tens of thousands of souls. What an absolute madman.

[@Syz_gy]

I am UTTERLY stunned at how few subscribers there are. Your production quality is through the roof compared to your popularity, and it is FAR from fair. I'm going to do my part to fix this and subscribe right now.

[@EvolvedDinosaur]

I STILL don’t know how to get people to watch your videos. I’ve been trying to make videos for 6 months, and the only people who have ever seen my videos are family that I’ve shown them to directly. Are you supposed to advertise your shit on other peoples channels? It’s always seemed lame to do, and I’ve almost never went to see people who do. But if you don’t, what’s the alternative? Wait for KZbin to bless you with putting you in someone’s recommended? It seems damn near impossible to get seen on YT, but maybe it really does just come down to luck. It’s incredibly discouraging seeing videos that take many hours to make sit at 0 views for months, but what can you do to improve? If nobody is watching, there’s no criticism to work off of. And if nobody is watching, what’s even the point? While videos are fun to make, they’re made to be seen right? Idk rant over, just wanted to vent after seeing your comment lol

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Calm down

[@nightscout9979]

It feels like focusing purely on Dexterity with a +15 Longbow might have been better for quite a few bosses, especially Seath and the DLC ones. Moonlight Arrows are terrible against said bosses too.

[@BarkerVancity]

27 strength 40 dex composite bow...highest dps with a bow.. ive done it a few times. my favorite build. you can get it right after you arrive at firelink.

[@jimjam9387]

@@BarkerVancity This guy knows what he’s talking about lol you do have to play from a closer range with the composite bow but it also shoots faster so it’s all around safer.

[@chuckled125]

question, are greatbows worthless

[@n0v3mb3r7]

@@BarkerVancity is this build actually fun? or is it just a challenge? i’m thinking of trying a bow only run

[@BarkerVancity]

@@n0v3mb3r7 i loved it.. its very op. 40dex 27str. i like light armour with the wolf ring for poise.

[@EndermTheSwordsman]

I found you by simple chance, but I gotta say. Your humor is fun, your voice is soothing, you take on some pretty damn sadistic challenges (Shield Only for instance), and your choice of added music is nice and varied! I look forward to seeing you suddenly boom forward in sub count my man! I'm marking it now, I was here before 400 subs!

[@pnoodl3s775]

Damn, it’s more than 800k now

[@EllipseKore]

Finally a bow run without god damn move swap 😭❤️

[@SapphireTNT]

Gough would be so proud

[@andrewkolbe3707]

I’m really impressed you actually covered a whole run in 20 minutes plus dlc

[@SteamPaladin]

"the seath fight took so long" >magic bow >magic arrows >SEATH wonder why

[@JoshuaSpeedcubing]

Hmm why 🤔

[@stick9109]

The quality of the content it's over the charts for a 321 subs, U deserve a million bro keep it going

[@LaxonPfc]

He is at 15k subs now!! Hard work pays off i guess...

[@cjhoops7]

82k now

[@shoken4421]

Bruhhh i felt that when you went "YOU WHAT?!" those guardians are no joke.

[@Applesmauce]

I did one, highly recommend rushing new londo to grab the composite bow. Best one to use. All around a really fun build.

[@knightstemplar9740]

I personally attempted this challenge with the black bow of pharis for range, it works quite well with the scaling, and the composite bow for closer range

[@doctorqrow3452]

My favorite thing about your channel is the blatant avoidance of cheese that you could technically get away with, but would make the challenge a joke. You keep the challenge a challenge and get by on game knowledge and skill. Great content man, keep it up! (We'll let the Manus thing slide, it fit the challenge so no complaints!)

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

You can cheese the game with bow and arrow? How?

[@myatthu7165]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 watch the Manus fight at the end of the video.He basically 360 no scope'd maus to almost death from OUTSIDE the arena.

[@cancermancer692]

some of these bosses are pretty resistant to magic damage (artorias) so normal large arrows would have been more optimal.

[@FyreLol]

whenever he gets mad he sounds like benson and I can’t get it out from my mind now

[@leonidas3885]

This guy is what you get when you remove the Shrek blood from Ymfah and it's perfect

[@ganover2756]

l done this challenge my self a long time ago and l found out than the composite bow is the best dps wise. The darkmoon bow is good but composite bow + hawk ring + feather arrow is the magic combo. (max damage even is the enemies are far from you)

[@kurtgrgelwrx8376]

the Composite is definitely the best one just due to its ridiculous base damage I'm pretty sure it says so on the wikis as well, tho, so I am kind of confused as to why he would use Darkmoon here

[@icebrorottenmushroom1817]

I used the Pharis Bow because of length

[@kurtgrgelwrx8376]

@@icebrorottenmushroom1817 I thought I was going for that one too, due to its impressive name, but when do you really ever need the range? Aside from like Kalameet, none of the boss arenas are really large enough for it to matter, and you can just regulate the distance yourself easily The Composite just has such an advantage in damage

[@EvanFarshadow]

Don't forget the rolling attacks

[@kacperernest3474]

Idk ive done this with Long bow and it wasn't even bad at all

[@thatoneguy1991able]

I know I am super, super late to the party but I truly cannot thank you enough for using music from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. That game is criminally underrated, unknown, and unplayed. I LOVE that game, it was my first Castlevania, and would literally cut a finger off for a remake.

[@brumpbotungus8425]

I cannot believe that this was made by a creator with 243 subs. Super deserved growth, and I hope it continues!

[@SoulmongerV2]

Composite bow is the way to go. I've done the challenge years ago and I've learned that short bows are far better in most cases since they can fire faster. Composite bow has the best damage output in close to mid range and is accessible early on. Black bow of Pharis is useful here and there, namely for killing Manus from outside the area (although killing him the normal way is not too hard either) or if you're having troubles with the archers in Anor Londo (a few Poison Arrows and a cup of coffee will do). Greatbow run is a whole another beast. I've tried that one as well but Four Kings are a major hurdle (granted I was in NG+).

[@colemcgrath644]

If it’s gonna be NG+ armor of thorns you could get it to +15 in NG so at least you have max defense for NG+ 4 titanite slabs guaranteed in game Siegmeyer questline = 1 titanite slab Asylum demon2 = 1 titanite Slab Crystal lizard in the great hollow in the hard to get cave = 1 titanite slab and Kalameet chest under the water fall = 1 titanite slab.

[@astro6009]

Last time I went to the Great Hollow for Siegmeyer's slab I somehow managed to get two extras from the lizards. I didn't even know what to do with them, lol

[@iceneko9170]

if the treehollow fails you the crystal caverns have some too.

[@fabi3790]

Well also you can farm them from dark wraiths But thats annoying

[@gamesdisk]

I love it when a channel with 50k subs is happy about getting their first 200

[@GamersWeekend]

I’m still in disbelief that I ever made it above 1K

[@DonkeyDongs9000]

I feel like a fun run would be to farm a bunch of dragon scales and then take then into NG+ so you can do a Dragon Form only run.

[@shilohyoung2247]

It's really cool to see him happy about two hundred subscribers, and now watching this he had tens of thousands. Good job bro

[@protopotato6549]

A Bleach reference with Fire Emblem music? I found gold here.

[@thisguynamedmatt12]

My dumbass thought it was claude

[@peterthepeopleeater5697]

It would have been better if he spelled Uryu correctly.

[@protopotato6549]

@@peterthepeopleeater5697 oh yea, I didn't realize

[@yayoifuu-ken6936]

I love the fact that every challenge features a Curse of Darkness song, which is not only my favorite Castlevania Game, but it has my Soundtrack of the series.

[@gghabes4643]

"We chased Lady moon boy down his hole..." yeah me too man, me too

[@kleann]

Gay!

[@fishy492]

"We quickly use the black orb to take out TheLegend27" *2016 flashbacks intensify*

[@daviabreu1707]

oh my god, after watching almost all your DSR videos I just realized your channel is really small! Keep the great work man! you will get A LOT of subs with a good content like this with such a good quality!

[@zombieboss5178]

Surprised he didn't go for the composite bow early as it's just a better longbow (great video btw)

[@xardasvb]

your channel is extremely underrated

[@MythlyInari]

What I did for a bow focused playthrough (granted, this was with a friend for most of it) was go into red tearstone and grab leo ring from O&S, as Leo actually buffs arrows since it's considered a thrust type. It was wild what I was able to accomplish from the back with my friend running in as a paladin type build. I think my favorite moment of that build was actually in the depths, as I had the realization I could shoot the boss from outside on the rafters as my friend fought it within, it was really cool.

[@nh8489]

"Sweet mother of Gwynevere, there's a lot more of you now" Sees you had 200 subs at the time of this upload *Sees that you now how 35,000 subs at the time of me watching this 6 months after it's upload* Jeez, you grew quickly. I'm so happy for you! I love your content and I hope you keep making great videos like these!

[@Imactuallymute]

Now only in DS1 is my favorite challenge run that I frequently come back to, it always surprises me how strong the composite bow is

[@juand.torres7757]

I was waiting another one of these

[@asdfjackal]

I love your editing style so much. The quick preview sequences between major sections are so perfectly done and the music choice is always good.

[@AngelTheHD]

Demonios hermano, eres realmente asombroso, la verdad espero que mucha mas gente conozca tu canal y reconozca tu esfuerzo, eres muy bueno, y no solamente jugando, tu manera de narrar es muy buena, y la pasión que le pones a tus videos y a jugar aun mas, se nota que lo disfrutas, mucho éxito a futuro crack

[@thelostradiant3953]

Your choices of soundtracks are top tier, Ori, Three Houses, and Curse of Darkness within the first five minutes, it's like it was ripped straight from my playlist.

[@thundersfury250]

Great video like all the rest, I have a feeling your channel is going to blow up with subs really soon

[@smashdriven1640]

Holy crap, first of all props for doing this. What it taught me is that there’s about a million bosses in this game that I didn’t even know existed.

[@dubdundub]

This guy deserves way more love

[@Fedethedangerous95]

dude, your format is a recipe for success, and just like a cake takes its own time in the oven it might take you a while to get the credit you deserve, but I can already smell the sweet scent.

[@kurtgrgelwrx8376]

seeing the damage he does with the Darkmoon Bow, it becomes clear just how much better the Composite Bow was haha even more so considering the soul investment that had to be made yeesh

[@alrightybud6862]

Evelyn is best tho can one spray bosses with right build

[@kurtgrgelwrx8376]

@@alrightybud6862 it doesn't scale tho, right? I've only quickly tried out crossbows but did not like how they left you so open after firing How do you get so much damage out of it? By the end of that bow run I had a divine +10 Avelyn for the skelly bois at Nito, cuz those sucked

[@alrightybud6862]

@@kurtgrgelwrx8376 so yeah it doesn't scale well, and you wouldn't go about a normal build it to get it's max damage. You would need to to do a redtearstone ring and power within build with lightning infused for max dmg

[@alrightybud6862]

@@kurtgrgelwrx8376 if your curious how you use power within and red tearstone without dying if you have low HP like 11vitality (deprived starting hp) and curse yourself and apply dusk crown ring to half your HP again the sanctus shields passive heal will actually negate the damage from power within then you are big damage class gannon

[@kurtgrgelwrx8376]

@@alrightybud6862 yeah lol I've heard about that combination it's pretty funny if you used the two damage buffs that does explain where you got that kind of damage from ^^ thanks

[@13JackStorm]

Soundtrack choices are already great but the Fallout-esque please stand by is absolutely brilliant.

[@Drizzlehell]

I've only just started the video but I adore that there is a Bleach reference!

[@OtrTrash]

A few things that are pretty powerful and useful for this challenge to anyone wanting to try it. If you want to be a purist then drop Power Within, but I don't consider support spells any more or less cheaty than the Red Tearstone Ring. Same flavor, different brand. •Composite bow Scales with strength and gets two-handed bonus. Soft-caps at 27 strength and 40 dex. Fastest fire rate of any bow in the game, making it safer to use at short ranges. You can get it as soon as arriving in Firelink Shrine and it is a surprisingly powerful bow. • Power Within With a fast firing bow you can easily kite attacks and punish them. Being at almost no risk Power Within is basically free. • Leo Ring You do extra damage if you punish enemies' during their attacks. Leo ring pumps that bonus damage higher. • Less Endurance, More Health With no access to shields and bow's basically being free attacks, you aren't very reliant on stamina. Best thing to do is pump Vitality to 40, Strength to 27, and Dex to 40. After that just buy lots of arrows. • Wolf Ring Poise is powerful and can trivialize a lot of troublesome enemies like the dogs in the Capra Demon fight. Being able to poise tank one or two of their hits without flinching is not something to take lightly. Red Tearstone is nice, but Power Within does not play well with it. Consider Wolf as a nice alternative early on.

[@FaZe_Dave20]

Great content, as always!

[@lily.2438]

Massive props for using Curse of Darkness music in this. Excellent game

[@ennedp6925]

This channel went up 5% of subscribers in the last 1h, nice

[@Valcross55]

Wow, lets count the number of things learned from this run. 1) Never knew that Quelaag's body was a stun point. Not to sure why that surprises me so much. 2) There is an end to Gwyndolin's boss room. Never knew that. Probably never wanted to know that. 3) I did know that you could kill Ingward to skip the hellhouse, as I have done that several times and cannot be bothered with that house anymore, I did not know that they kings do different damage based on where their sword hits. 4) Manus is already spawned in and can be cheesed. Cause of course he can. Very nice video, cheers man.

[@plshelpme78]

Amazing video, as always!

[@Ashen_Maiden]

Interesting choice on archery only going for the moonlight bow and nice run. When I ran this challenge I went with the Composite Bow with large arrows for close up and Pharis Black Bow with feather arrow for sniping. I used poison arrows a bot to make life easier in some spots and also got the dragon slayer bow for fun. I really enjoyed the archer run a lot when I did it.

[@ganover2756]

can't wait to see the kirk cosplay video !

[@lionward8634]

For a future run, keep in mind that if you stay close to Seath's right tentacle-thingy (so, on your left), you'll be invulnerable to all of his attacks except for the AoE burst thingy he does. Loved this video so far

[@disco5005]

This man has made some good videos but I can't get over how he pronounces smough lmao

[@suicidalskeleton8779]

Genuinely hit a gold mine with these challenges videos, they're genuinely engaging considering I learn something new with how you approach the restriction

[@bentaylor8299]

Mad respect for showing the names of the songs you are using at the time

[@Ruby-zl1sp]

man, this channel is PHENOMENAL. amazing souls content, insane challenges, great humor, just such good content. keep it up, man

[@knitter-th6oz]

man he was small 3 years ago

[@JaggedBird]

7:48 this is why we have the rule of thumb: You have em, you spend em!

[@OakDev]

17:32 -Has 15 estus, full health, and over 100 arrows "IN A sURpriSinGly ClOSe BatTLe"

[@oblivion1924]

I love the use of kingdom hearts music in this. It works surprisingly well

[@SapphireTNT]

Love you but why do you do this to yourself

[@banh8488]

Doing bow only with 27 str, 40 dex and composite bow is much cheaper as a large arrow is literally 1/10 of the cost of a moonlight arrow, and the dps is in a lot of cases even higher.

[@DOOM93LR]

I love how in every ds challenge I watch there is a castlevania curse of darkness ost in the background, I love that ost so good ❤

[@thesturmvogel6359]

This channel scratches the same itch that a really cold bottle of water after a hot day does Pure refreshing bliss even if it does only last 20 minutes

[@trevorx7872]

> "In a surprisingly close battle" > Full health and fifteen estus

[@tateallen9972]

TIL gwyndolin’s hallway isn’t endless. I’m glad to see your channel has grown so much! You definitely deserve it

[@Pnort]

Fun fact: during the Londo Bros fight if you kill smough first you can get Ornstein stuck in a loop of using his ranged attack while you’re behind a pillar shooting him. If you wanted his armor or something.

[@catarana6135]

So several things that you could have done to make this easier on yourself. You can stagger lock Manus by shooting him in the eye. You can stagger Artorias out of his buff state by headshotting him (apparently regardless of the strength of the bow). Kalameet can be staggered by shooting him in the eye. Also, Compound Bow is much better than Darkmoon. It has an incredibly high rate of fire and damage per hit. With Nito you can trade the skull lantern to Snuggly for the Ring of Fog and get the slumbering dragoncrest ring. This will make it so no skeletons aggro to you if you stay away from them making Nito even easier. Iron Golem can be staggered by shooting his ankles with arrows so you made that fight harder on yourself. I enjoyed the video! Keep up the good work :)

[@grfrjiglstan]

7:45 "How do you backstab in this game? Oh, that's how you do it, you attack from the front." -mideogamemunkey

[@Godfadda]

Its insane for how small you were when this published the level of production quality is present in all of the videos

[@MeUngaBungaButYouAreWorst]

Thanks for another idea for a run. I have just finished the only catalyst run for mage and the only miracles for priest. I will love this one

[@mirage4023]

The iron golem fight was literally throwing toothpicks at a giant.

[@jeremiahbennett3004]

Idea for a challenge, you must kill every npc as soon as you see them, might be a good challenge as it strips you of a lot of ways to make yourself op like upgrading pyromancies, weapons, although I think there is a blacksmith you can't kill in new londo, I would probably just say you can't use him, also some of the fights with npcs may be quite difficult.

[@Onebadterran]

All the songs in this video completely slap! You pulled out all the stops on the music on this one.

[@twistedhands]

that painting guardian jumping attack into backstab. What an absolute chad.

[@madmuffintops3577]

Making this kind of interesting and high effort content is why this channel deservedly blew up.

[@matthewshafer9545]

Easily, but I do like that you specified the remaster . It's a fun run, but it's hard to call it a challenge run .

[@scottkosman]

I've done a glitchless bow-only run much like yours but I started by immediately rushing the Composite Bow in New Londo as soon as I escaped the Asylum.

[@13JackStorm]

Being an archery fan as well as a Dark Souls fan, easy watch. Perhaps throwing weapons only for a future idea? Firebombs, throwing knives etc.

[@SKYR4NGER]

I dont know why, but the scenes you create with the kingdom hearts music just hits a different way.

[@Edgelite306]

I remember this run a year ago. Failed from accidentally landing a melee hit on the man serpent in the duke’s archives. I played it on switch, while it was affected by joy con drift. I deserve a medal. Oh and I went into the second phase against Ornstein as well. And I never utilized heavy armor.

[@ChillDragonGaming]

That aint really a fail let them kill you and do the run through the area again

[@izzitlife557]

And now you have about 10x the amount of people, good job man :)

[@dagger7568]

This is the first of your videos I’ve come across and I loved it! It’s crazy to see how small your channel was when you uploaded this video.

[@usamahafeez3368]

Majula music at the End. Oohh so soothing. So much memories.

[@olivercarter5546]

Watching this channel I've now discovered 2 things I never knew, that you can jump down under the elevator at firelink and theres a chest in front of giant blacksmith

[@jstar3382]

I'm so happy to see this channel blowing up like crazy. So good to see, and the content is so good it deserves all the praise

[@lukes.3679]

I did this challenge when the remaster came out as a laugh. It was one of the most painful things I've done. I used no armor, literally "bow only". There was only relief when I finished, no sense of accomplishment. Haven't even turned DS1 on since.

[@pebbleplays5335]

I’m loving the fast, steady, growth on this channel it’s so great

[@KilleRB_5883]

Really cool challenge video! I used bows extensively, but not exclusively, in my runs through DSR, DS3 and Demon’s Souls. I might have to go back and give this one a try.

[@GravityAP]

I mean I get why but you’re kinda a mad man for not using glitches. I would’ve soul duped the fuck out of this run

[@amberhernandez]

Wow, just wow. I've been working on a bow-only Dark Souls 3 run, and while it was fun for a while (got all the way to Dancer before giving up), I can't imagine doing it in Dark Souls 1. Mad props, and cheers to the next one!!

[@caedan7633]

In only one year you went from less that 250 subs to over 70k. Absolutely amazing and deserved