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

Dark Souls has a wide variety of weapons and magics to use to get through the game's well known challenges. However, today we are taking "the best offense is a good defense" hyper-literally. Can we beat Dark Souls with the power of blunt force trauma?
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Rules:
1. Damage must be done with Shields UNLESS REQUIRED
2. No Glitches allowed
BONUS: All Bosses
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Outro Song "Feel Good" by Syn Cole: • Syn Cole - Feel Good |...
The Series: • Dark Souls CHALLENGES

[@C4lmaria]

"Are ya winning son?" "No, dad, I'm not" "Just tank it then, lol"

[@JoshuaSpeedcubing]

I’m gonna like this comment just because you subbed to my favourite KZbinr challenger Andy

[@parkermand]

@@JoshuaSpeedcubing dad?

[@tostanito9779]

Can you beat dark souls by rolling with the thorn armour

[@GamersWeekend]

This, good sir, sounds sadistic and like a challenge that will probably make me want to stick my head into a wood chipper after attempting. I LIKE IT

[@tostanito9779]

GamersWeekend and I think your ds1 challenges are very entertaining I like to see your channel grow

[@knightsilverthesoulsenjoyer]

oh no

[@CinnamorollStanfvr]

@@avoryeda7606 my good sir thank you for my most rave enducing chr ever

[@bogdanmendryshora9337]

Lobos did that I think

[@Soullessrun]

"are you winning son ?" more like "why aren't you tanking son ?"

[@kharnyx8884]

*(wheeze)*

[@austingole4861]

*( w h e e z e )*

[@TheGodQuac]

*( w h e e z e )*

[@shitfacetheclown]

*( S N E E Z E )*

[@alfiealfie35]

*( w h e ez e)*

[@Woopsire]

this was sick, love that your dad helped out too lmaoo

[@burnttoast5118]

Dad is a true gamer

[@brandito5480]

Hi woop love your videos

[@miltonmilla511]

@@burnttoast5118 ,,yo

[@Matzkxmx]

Orcams Razor

[@TheTableWithNoName]

Dad = gamer

[@cyzerraze6829]

Naofumi: "How am I supposed to fight with just a shield?" This guy:"Pathetic."

[@seg162]

Goofy: "Amateurs."

[@stevenjohnson9235]

Loved this

[@stevenjohnson9235]

Came into the comments looking to see if anyone said anything like this 🤣

[@gwyn9477]

He could just ask for an shield with an sharp thing for he use as a sword, and then he copy the shield lol, hes just dumb

[@Herr_Ryddle]

Muzka: "Amateurs*

[@dubdundub]

Ymfah needs to see this man

[@table9818]

Lol I was just watching ymahs pacifist run

[@Kayrim_Borlan]

Lobos did this 7 years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnmzeaWCiqlsjM0

[@terrenceroll3848]

Easymode: Get Leeroy to kill wheel skeletons until you get a bonewheel shield.

[@lagg1e]

Bonewheel shields are terrible. Clunky, low damage, bad resistances.

[@terrenceroll3848]

@@lagg1e But they're fun. Try the multi-hit spin attack.

[@Trap-chan750]

@@terrenceroll3848 yeah theyre fun but bad. theyre good only when you animation swap them with something like smoughs hammer

[@kylesunshine2731]

Pretty sure summoning an npc would go against his self-imposed challenge requirements. Otherwise you could just summon npcs for like 8 bosses, and just block the entire fight. Right?

[@Trap-chan750]

@@kylesunshine2731 yeah

[@SRFriso94]

"I hit about as hard as a wet noodle." "We finally manage to poolnoodle the Gargoyles to death..." "Do you want to know how many times we have to hit this spider with our edgy dinnerplate to win?" "And start pounding with our dinnerplate of death." I love the euphemisms you come up with here XD

[@kristexs7429]

One is at least from ZeroLenny.

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

Noodles & plates... Mmm, now I'm hungry... 🍝

[@Dessiekens]

I'm suprised you didn't try using the skeleton wheel, it's R2 attack does a surprising amount of damage when infused with lightning

[@starryfae]

yeah, that was my idea too

[@lugus9261]

Legit thats what I do

[@danieladamczyk4024]

i did it this way, geting it was the challange.

[@Kayrim_Borlan]

LobosJr did this 7 years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnmzeaWCiqlsjM0

[@xenasBS]

Getting one is a bitch, but yeah this is the way to go. One lightning, one fire or chaos (for gwyn and ornstein, mostly.) I'm guessing he didn't go for it because you have to grind wheel skeletons which is honestly awful using just shields.

[@necruo7724]

for that video quality you should have at least 1000x more subs

[@danielchequer5842]

I was watching him thinking he already had at least 500k subs. If you didn't say it I would probably never realise he's only 1k lol

[@Tomohran]

Unironically yes, it's a crime he doesn't have more than 6k

[@omega6749]

Hey, we have the same profile picture

[@348joey]

8:10 "A great stepping stone" Don't know if that was intentional or not. Literally walked over a giant stone bolder.

[@silentkhaos1176]

Some of the best jokes are unintentional

[@Zerum69]

When your Dad is instinctively a better Souls player than you

[@GBlockbreaker]

Tbf from what I've seen of him so far he seems fairly mediocre, not hard to do better, then again he nerfed himself by not using lighting skeleton wheel shield which has been the number 1 strat for this run for years now so maybe he'd do better if he used optimal equipment

[@ahorseofcourse7283]

Haven't you heard of Giant Dad? THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE.

[@MrBevoRules]

@@GBlockbreaker Yeah, there's the God-tier players that do no-hit runs and such. I find them fascinating, but this is more relatable. I'd definitely say he's above mediocre though. I completed a SL1 run once, and dealing puny damage makes the game quite a lot harder. SL1 isn't even that hard of challenge, but I wouldn't say an average player would succeed or even want to try it. A challenge like this, especially without the best equipment, definitely takes some skill.

[@SenseiRaisen]

@@GBlockbreaker you're forgetting this is someone who is doing it for the 1st time. As much as there is people playing it blindfolded with a toe wrapped on the head in yoga position, people work that shit out for MONTHS , even years.

[@TwilightFlower9]

​@@SenseiRaisen I considered trying this run myself before seeing this, and figured out lighting bonewheel shield by looking at the weapon dps calculator for a bit. (Spiked shield does similar damage with lighting, pierce shield does more but you can't get it for quite a while. Spiked and pierce do more total damage if you go for magic +10 and stack int, actually.)

[@OneStroke_Wonder]

I love how he didn’t feel the need to explain the grass crest shield.

[@ridermiv]

He grabbed it but didn't even equip it immediately

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

He said that it is used for stamina… But why didn’t he use it?

[@patrickmorrey8722]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 I know this response is a bit late but oh well. The grass crest shield gives you the stamina regen buff even when it's on your back. That's why it's still useful if you don't want to be blocking.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@patrickmorrey8722 Yeah I know that - idk why I wrote my comment then, as it is old and I don’t remember this video. Did he actually put it on his back? Or did he not even do that? Or maybe I wrote it because he was getting damage by not blocking with it?

[@TheBacklogs]

VERY GOOD. If you're open to suggestions, might I suggest a fist-weapons only run of DS:R? I tried it myself, and its...um...you'll be fine. Also, on an editing note, I'd be satisfied if you just showed clips of your boss fights instead of speedups - but I'm old, so maybe it's just me.

[@goreman7160]

Fancy meeting you hete

[@immortuipraebibo910]

How many fist weapons are there? I know of the caestus from Andre. What else is there?

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@immortuipraebibo910 Here you go, since you are not only lazy, but I am kind and _NOT_ lazy... *All Fist Weapons available in Dark Souls I:* • Caestus (the one you mentioned)* • Claws (sold by Shiva of the East)* • Dark Hand (obtained after joining the Darkwraith covenant, as well as a possible drop from Darkwraith Knight) *** Claws and Caestus can be ascended/upgraded to the Dragon Bone Fist weapon with the soul/Core of the Iron Golem. Just curious if you know how to use the internet besides commenting here on YT?? Lol. Because took me all of one second to find. P.S. You’re welcome.

[@annointedbytalos5673]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 this was so passive aggressive, are you a gravelord?

[@Ipsolus]

That's a bit difficult, but not bad. I did caestus - you really need to learn how to dodge & parry cause you can't block. Str/dex, vit/end secondary. Fap ring & havel ring - you're gonna want speed & solid armor. Gotta make a few diff caestus to have diff enchants.

[@imslickzz1630]

Dad is such a chad by suggesting that strategy

[@justmoody5797]

"Are you winning son?" "No Dad" "Poise boy Poise"

[@KFP_Prophet]

"3 minutes is a long time in dark souls." *Screams in armour of thorns*

[@efjay3183]

08:10 “a great stepping stone” *steps on a stone*

[@kylesunshine2731]

When are you gonna sell the “I am now in need of professional help to make up for the emotional trauma sustained by Lava Spiders” merch/t-shirts?

[@ashtoneick5063]

Dad: "Are ya winning son?" Son: "No dad I'm kind of stuck on this boss" Dad: "Try this" Son: "Alright" Strat: *Actually works* Son: "huh"

[@inaccurategameplay5766]

Possible improvements on the run, just from an early game standpoint: -Go to Catacombs straight out of asylum, roll your way to Vamos and his bonfire, bait skeleton wheels into the explosive heads until you get their shield drop, this would give you a much needed damage boost once you hit the level requirements to two-hand it

[@xWhiteRice]

siegbro’s shield is excellent because it can be used with the leo ring, and most bosses have very long active hitboxes for you to counter during

[@deathbyfrowg8924]

Whip run? Really underrated channel

[@thessop9439]

And dagger run!

[@martinmortyry7444]

Your dad is a true MVP, great video!

[@realblush]

You know the run is insane when you die to Pinwheel

[@willisverynice]

“The fight lasted barely over a minute, but eventually we won” Yeah that tracks.

[@jasonolson7966]

your music choice is SPOT ON. I have played every video game you took music from. phendrana drifts hit different

[@l4ur557]

8:10 "stepping stone" arghhhhhhh

[@M.A.R.S.]

Prediction: use the Pierce shield and Shield of Thorns. Enfuse them as well, if you can. EZ

[@clueless6763]

man's dad is the real mvp here

[@josephmay852]

Not tanking the boss in a shields only run is pretty much the definition of "missing the forest through the trees"

[@jacobh2629]

This is exactly the type of content I have been searching for! Instant subscribe bro, keep it up.

[@WeretigerX]

I always get the New Londo Fire Keeper Soul immediately at the beginning as part of the run to get all the items in Firelink. Once you get the nameless soldier souls in New Londo, just grab the Fire Keeper Soul and immediately homeward bone out. The enemies won't hit you in time and you basically start the game with a +1 Estus Flask.

[@monthc]

Damn I can't wait to be a gamer dad offering sage yet practical boss advice.

[@tizza963]

Just found your channel and I’ve been looking for this type of content! Subscribed! Thanks for all your hard work!

[@marcelaoo]

Very well made and edited video, really enjoyed it!

[@Turddles44]

Sweet baby Jesus, I never would've thought of a shield run haha. You've got yourself a sub, nice name ref too i love that show

[@GBlockbreaker]

Funny because shield only runs have been one of the most popular challenge runs in all souls games for years now

[@Valrok1870]

DUUUUDE!! That Phendrana Drifts Depths fucking KILLED it!! Haven't played Prime in years, and finding Metroid fans is WAY fewer than Souls, despite being older! Thank you for that, just put me in a mood to go rerun it just for that track!

[@derpalope789]

Love the name and i love you ive been watching all your challenge vids and love your content broski

[@amax8698]

I love your choices of music it adds a lot to the feel of the video

[@muttman12]

I paused it to say, Phendrana Drifts is my favorite music from Metroid Prime, great choice. Love the videos in general too.

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This channel is wildly underrated

[@sorvennevros6681]

I really enjoy these videos. Gives me new ideas for Speed runs, builds and other things. Also excellent choices for music. I love Castlevania curse of darkness.

[@delibalta9790]

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[@alexvandal4094]

I see you forgot about bone wheel on your way, plus you didn’t change your shield for bonus damage by making it fire/chaos or lightning

[@ErieLyre]

“Thats a tee-shirt quote right there” me: swipes up to see if you have merch

[@MagSun]

My deepest respect for all these challenges you take!

[@bassmastapr]

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[@DracheAusLachen]

Hitting like a wet noodle? Ha! ZeroLenny gottya! :D

[@fell5514]

Other Dads: Are ya winnin' son? GW's Dad: Get Gud, son.

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[@christianstachl]

I just discovered your channel today and can't stop watching your challenges. They're really interesting, entertaining and high quality. So far i watched Miracles/Sorcery/Pyromancy/Shields, next up is Thorns 😊

[@maximiliansinigr3505]

Rising of the Shield Hero: Dark Souls edition

[@antisemantics3232]

My favorite thing to do way back when was moveset swap a greatshield into a dagger moveset then go ham

[@edmond0073]

What I like most about your videos is your usage of castlevania curse of darkness soundtracks I personally never completed it but I enjoyed my time with it.

[@onetwothree2901]

You're actually a good youtuber, good vid

[@nuclear9929]

"Are ya tanking son? No? Hop to it then!"

[@Enjoy_the_climb_back_up]

For bosses that don’t bleed the bone-wheel shield would been a great choice

[@Whistler112]

Your use of video game music in your videos is sublime, great job my man.

[@bryanestevez4880]

Nice vid like always 👍

[@3rdDayfan777]

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[@xaviboy8504]

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[@kc.8330]

All banger music choices. Worth a sub alone

[@joshspinney]

Great vid. Deserves more views!

[@juand.torres7757]

The dad joke was the best xD

[@xicocacoilo]

Try beat Dark Souls without spending any soul.

[@GBlockbreaker]

Requires a bit of skill but is fairly easy Start as sorcerer with master key Collect every humanity you can find on your way forward and maybe farm some until you hit 30 total Grab the gold pine resin in undead burg Grab the morning star in firelink Maybe grab the red tears tone ring and grass crest shield, however you will walk past them later anyways but it does make the next fight easier (If you did that, kill a toxic dart guy for purple moss on your way down to blighttown so you can do rtsr strats on queelag) Kill queelag with the resin and your magic, you have a single try, don't screw it up Once you're done with her, enter the chaos covenant Give 30 humanity to queelag's sister to get Chaos firestorm Grab poison mist on your way up Grab darkmoon seance ring in the catacombs (maybe kill pinwheel while you're there) Kill taurus with sorcery Grab the key to lower undead burg Kill Capra with sorceries (take down the dogs with the morning star) Go to the depths and free the pyromancer He'll give you a promancy flame for free in firelink Equip chaos storm and soul arrow Go get the grass crest shield and the red tear stone ring if you haven't already Go kill the hydra with your morning star, no rtsr required Equip the dusk crown ring Save and quit and reload to spawn in the piss golem, kill him to free dusk Summon dusk and reload again go spawn in the dusk set Grab and equip the crown of dusk Kill gargoyles with chaos fire storm and maybe sorcery if need be Get the lighting spear in sen's funhouse Kill iron golem with chaos fire storm Use the lighting spear to kill smough first Kill ornstein with chaos fire storm Go to frampt to place the lord vessel Now you're free to either just go straight for the lord souls and beat the game asap or kill every boss in the game Done Using cleric as starting class should be possible too because you can use gravelord sword dance but it would certainly be a bit harder

[@strood6612]

@@GBlockbreaker you seem to have quite a bit of time on your hands I can see lol

[@GBlockbreaker]

@@strood6612 way too much

[@gooseman247]

This was fantastic entertainment - great to watch such skill in action.

[@Igor-KB]

Love your content bro

[@suddenlysarablog]

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Hey I know this is necroposting, but could you stop saying “Ladyboy” in reference to Gwyndolin? I’m a trans girl and that term is often used as a pejorative against people like me. Sort of distracts me from some otherwise very neat videos.

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Was looking to see if anyone mentioned this, if I heard it right. Real fucking bummer to hear from a channel that seems so cool.

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@@PlatonistAstronaut yeah. It’s not a “WOAH WOAH CANCEL CANCEL” type of thing, and i honestly don’t see much malice in it - most folks don’t understand the harm behind words like that - but it definitely tarnishes the experience for me.

[@schmoop3660]

This channel is excellent!

[@yanpaq6405]

Man you're crazy. And really good too.

[@MarketDaemon]

all of your dark souls challenge-videos are amazing. Would you try a demons souls challenge? would be cool!

[@Synchro-tq1mo]

Impressive as always

[@PACR66]

Are you winning son?

[@theburningone354]

Hillarious how on the run that you can’t use it the knights are super generous dropping swords

[@SapphireTNT]

Dude you guys are awesome good luck

[@GamersWeekend]

Thank you! (I need it...)

[@pr0to_zy431]

Your challenge runs made me wanna buy and play dsr, You earned a sub!

[@GhostGirlBlues]

Yay :D another shield only run. Good to see. I do a lot of shield only runs. Especially in DS1. Bonewheel is the best by far, but Pierce and Spiked are pretty good too if you build your stats right. Only "shield only" run I haven't managed to finish in DS1 so far is SL1 shield only. That one gets a bit too much for me with certain bosses, unfortunately.

[@The305skater]

After the fight with the spider, i liked the video. You *absolutely* deserve it lol

[@brandonhuntington6894]

Make more of these please! Subscribed

[@GamersWeekend]

I appreciate it! And there is absolutely more on the way :)

[@39trees12]

Wow I thought you had like 1 mil subs man. Youre amazing as a content creator. Like. Man I'm impressed hope you get more views and subs.

[@Dat_Destroyer23]

92 subs you deserve more good luck to you btw I subbed

[@GamersWeekend]

I appreciate it immensely!

[@chacharealsmooth4667]

Anyone else just run through dark souls and just listening. It’s great background. Keep it up

[@stealthbeastgaming]

Back in the day I did allll these Dark Souls challenges. Watching these videos has been wonderful and nostalgic. Also horrifying. Reliving some of these almost hurt from how hard they were XD

[@eyesfullofwondero3725]

You did it tou absolute madlad.

[@daniellete9049]

8:12 Great editing man

[@delmattia96]

Seems like I found another great channel to subscribe to. Love your father's help ♡

[@shaybert]

You're such a fan of good music and I love it. Baljhet Mountains got me like 🕺

[@ohweenug1341]

Rngesus really was watching over you this run, got a black knight weapon even. I shed a tear for you dawg

[@ohweenug1341]

Weapons*

[@elzar5987]

Damn spiked shield. I did a run like this too about a year ago and used bonewheel at the start using leroy to kill the skeletons. And later used the pierced shield with leo ring. I'm glad you didn't use either those two. It was fun seeing you go for a completely different method of approach

[@dennisthiha4339]

Subbed from this vid yes. You're a gig chad damn!

[@vid6233]

0:55 you just became my favorite youtuber just for this cit

[@TheBrick534]

Music choice in these videos is A1. Nostalgia + Dark Souls = YES.

[@jerrymartin2275]

Thumbs up and subbed for your pops. He is the true bearer of a lord soul

[@matcarfer]

Oh man what a great vid! When you died to Qualaag, I felt the pain.

[@Aurioksavenger]

1 word: Bonewheel shield. You can get it at the beginning of the game. using Leeroy to smash Bonewheels. 20 STR for 2 handing it. Another option late game is Onionbro's shield. But that's more of a quality weapon at 27 STR 40 DEX 2h for most optimal damage output. All in all respectable run.

[@galloviking4766]

Oh hey, I actually did that run when I first started playing because I loved the idea of dual wielding shields.

[@justblacky4489]

I tried this and struggled to conquer Sens Fortress or the Catacombs I was aiming for the Wheel Skeleton Shield I forgot Kirk existed I'll give this another go now! Thanks for the video ^^

[@eduardosantos2477]

oh man, those curse of darkness music u use on these challenges really makes me miss this game

[@GamersWeekend]

There is not a minute that passes that I don’t miss Curse of Darkness

[@UnholyWrath3277]

It was such an amazing game. Best castlevania to me