Can you beat DARK SOULS with only Rapiers?

This is a really hard challenge I promise
Thanks for watching, music suggestions and awful run ideas are very welcome in the comments section. Please no critical reviews as I am very petite and frail.
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Music List:
Risk of Rain: Chanson d'Automne
MGR: It Has To Be This Way
ULTRAKILL: Take Care
MGR: A Stranger I Remain
MGR: I'm My Own Master Now
Risk of Rain: Hailstorm
Risk of Rain 2: Once in a Lullaby
Deadbolt: The Proverbial Dustbiters
Persona 5: Daredevil
Persona 3: Iwatodai Dorm
Persona 5: Camping Trip
I obviously didn't create any of thse, I can barely make a KZbin video.
#darksouls #darksouls2 #darksouls3 #bloodborne #sekiro #soulslike #eldenring #darksoulsremastered

[@molkwi9077]

Dark Souls 2 players be like:

[@SpecShadow]

sorta

[@JellyJman]

Can I! Can you? Can I! Can you? Can I!

[@michasick]

DS1 players, when someone tries to beat DS3 which Black Knight Halbert

[@TasTheWatcher]

rapier in hands gold pine resin time to farm the rotten

[@totallynotkavak7128]

@@TasTheWatcherWhy farm The Rotten when Giant Lord is more efficient?

[@KlockoArt]

So fun fact about sif: if you do the DLC before fighting sif, there is actually an alternate cutscene where they recognize you but still choses to fight you. It's incredibly bittersweet

[@devcrom3]

What? No way! That's such a hidden secret no one knows! That's crazy! What other secrets do you know? Next you'll say Gwyn is the final boss or something!

[@limerumpus3589]

@@devcrom3 i will explode you with mind

[@sy7h]

@@limerumpus3589can I assist

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Yeah but you still have to fight her :(

[@dvd2677]

@@devcrom3 chill dude

[@vitterling]

I fell hard for Velka's in my first playthrough of this game, too. It's so fun. And I love how the fight against Artorias was a battle of flips. Amazing.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I wish Velkas actually carried on throughout the games, I wish especially that it made it to ds3 because it probably would've gotten a custom weapon art :')

[@765craven4]

​@@sariuswasstolenalreadyI was super ready to "um, actually" you but I looked it up and you're absolutely right, it ain't in DS3. I've played so much of the Cinders mod that I completely forgot that Velka's Rapier is in fact not the item next to the Statue of Velka in Undead Settlement in normal DS3. Shame, really.

[@FG-ww8rc]

I miss the ds1 running attack with rapiers so much. Double hit on a super fast attack was absurdly strong when you had a magic buff on top of it

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I KNOW RIGHT!!! It carried me this entire run

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I can understand why they got rid of it though, the two hit running attack would've been atrociously good in elden ring pvp

[@grassblock7668]

8:53 I love how Ornstein lands on beat to the song lmao. These videos are great and deserve way more recognition

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I TRY SO HARD TO GET IT ON BEAT it took so long to get ornsteins dumbass to land at the right time

[@molkwi9077]

Your vids are so good and well made they deserve to be put up on the fridge

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:)

[@procow2274]

Mine never go on the fridge 😭

[@AceAviations2]

Velka's Rapier is an underrated gem for Intelligence builds. First of all it's a Magic weapon that upgrades with Twinkling Titanite, given how stupidly difficult Blue Titanite Slabs are to get outside of the two guaranteed ones this is a good thing (even then one of those is a bitch to obtain). Plus it allows you to max it out once you reach the Giant Blacksmith in Annor Londo if you don't go out of your way to get a +15 Standard weapon, so you can have a pretty potent weapon as well. It's also actually a pretty good choice for an Occult weapon only behind Daggers. If you're confused by what I mean, what do these 4 enemies/bosses have in common aside from taking more damage from Occult weapons? 1. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder 2. Silver Knights 3. Black Knights 4. Paladin Leroy If you said that they could be parried and reposted then you'd be correct, combine that with it being a Rapier, a weapon class with a higher innate critical modifier that's only second to Daggers, and you have a solid weapon for Annor Londo after making a quick pit stop in the Painted World for the weapon, which can easily be done before you encounter a single Silver Knight and only a few Black Knights. This also applies to the other Thrusting Swords as well for a Faith build, an Occult Estoc or Raiper will be a pretty good choice to use over Divine.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Exactly, poor Gwyn never stood a chance

[@austinclements8010]

fun factoid about bonewheels: you can cheese them by having high poise, so havels or the stone armor or the wolf ring does wonders

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Where were you a month and a half ago :(

[@Ixbalanquemoon]

To help you with chunks farming: in the great hollow there are 2 titanite chunks and 9 crystal lizards (probability to get additional chunks and slabs). Also in Sens fortress you can kill the 3 giants for 3 extra titanite chunks. Awesome run keep it up!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I FORGOT ABOUT THE LIZARDS IN THE HOLLOW

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

That's so annoying

[@peterclairwidmer1156]

@@sariuswasstolenalready It also appears you forgot about the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring

[@Mustacheoro]

DS2 went on sale on steam, and I'm trying to play through it casually with covenant of champs enabled and deprived. It's not easy, and I think my second playthrough will be this video.

[@ElementEvilTeam]

rapier is the best weapon in ds2 lol

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

The ice rapier was effective a Souls glock

[@dtseldenring]

as soon as the music started playing i knew this was gonna be good. i would like to say that your choice in the music for the intro was amazing, not only is it a banger, but its the theme song for Mistral from mgrr, and her name comes from the strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France. Rapiers are famously seen as Spanish, Italian, or FRENCH weapons. so props to the appropriate music choice! also is this run a jojo reference?

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Have to be honest I completely forgot that the bosses in MGR were all named after different weather events but that is such a cool coincidence

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I definitely planned this 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@HangryLuna]

Everything is a jojo reference

[@crazyakira1222]

Porunarefu is everywhere

[@Mel-Night]

Your music taste is great man, loved the artorias x Im My Own Master montage. And the audio mixing is incredible too, I hope you keep creaing content cuz i'm here to watch it!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

MGR soundtrack is just too good not to use

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Also I'm My Own Master Now is very thematically appropriate for poor artorias :')

[@isaac-xm6kf]

I’m loving this channel so much ❤ I’m so glad I came across it :) Definitely looking forward to future uploads

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@TheMrGeero]

I love how you used risk of rain OST for music in this video, brings back so many memories from times long gone by.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Risk of rain OST is so good, especially the first one, was not prepared for how somber the final levels theme would be in 1

[@anwd8646]

@@sariuswasstolenalreadyOh such a good game. I’ve been playing RoR1 recently and wow. Chris Christodolou, the composer for the RoR series is a legend.

[@highluffy4329]

You make really good videos bro! Pure quality! Keep it up!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@UpliftThrone76]

The Estoc might just be my favorite sword in DS1 straight up

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Estoc is bestoc but velkas was my first love 🥹

[@frankiethetiger5748]

I still remember way back in the day thinking "what if linking the flame isn't the right option? What if following Gwyn's idea isn't correct? I mean look at him, he's only getting weaker" and for that to actually be where the series went is insanely cool to me. Excellent video btw, new here and I'm subbing to a fellow Aussie

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

I agree, I really like how it's setup throughout the game that frampt is the right way to go, but with enough game knowledge and experience you might realize the four kings aren't blocked by a gold fogwall, and then kaathe actually tells you the Truth. It's really cool to me when games have faith in their players to try and understand the game instead of just finish it

[@spuddragon6552]

Oh my god Finally A youtuber that doesn't call Gwyndolin a slur

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Twinkdolin doesn't deserve the hate, not his fault that his bow is terrible 😔

[@Catgirl_Captain]

That knocking joke scared the crap out of me.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

>:)

[@LoverofTragedy]

I'm actually curious if you're planning to do any Ds2 runs, as the joke about the game's unique weaponry is very much true. I'd love to see some challenge runs based on weapons like the Disc Chime, or on the different classes of spells.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

disc chime is honestly such a cool weapon, I wish it carried over to elden ring and whatnot. Probably at some point I'll end up doing some sort of new game to new game 7 run with the nil blade and see how fast I can go, or maybe the puzzled stone sword

[@danielchequer5842]

Man, thumbs up for the intro! Reminds me of the eqrly days of youtube were channels used to have great personality

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Appreciate it :)

[@HaronYoungerBro]

You do some great editing and deserve way more subs, but damn, try to mix the audio a bit more thoroughly, I've had to adjust my volume so many times between voiced sections and music sections

[@KreatorKid6622]

Ahh, rapiers, disgusting to my strength main heart, you're a good man for using them But I will admit they are cool as hell

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

My heart is the shape of the guts greatsword but dex is nice every now and again

[@berrybee9242]

I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers. this is a very well put together video and unlike other souls KZbinrs, you're actually mad funny

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@Awoken0]

Your editing is so good!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Appreciate it :)

[@procow2274]

Maybe it should say beating the game with what the game classifies as thrusting swords because epee and estoc and the mail breaker are absolutely not rapiers.

[@beybenmici6268]

not only is this man hella entertaining , he's provifing us with good music , may you never go hollow from playing challenge runs !

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@TrickyThe0ne]

My old way of playing. Ricards Rapier +15 poison pine resin. PvP slaughter fest

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Exact same but in ds2, poison was so so good with the different rings and armour that buffed it

[@choirsoftheeye]

bro, I absolutely love your commentary ❤ we need more videos, please 🙏🏻

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

appreciate it :))

[@BaronofSouls]

Great video I'm glad this run was a more low key one that didn't make you suffer all too much

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

It's more of a warm up before I attempt All Manus and have my psyche obliterated

[@DARK-dw2gm]

1st comment, suggestion for a future run: gargoyle tail only

[@DARK-dw2gm]

axe

[@DARK-dw2gm]

axe

[@DARK-dw2gm]

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[@DARK-dw2gm]

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[@DARK-dw2gm]

axe

[@calcognito]

Intro hooked me. Now for an epic 30 min video. Nice :)

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:))

[@barneybetsington7501]

woag bro i though this chalenge was inpoasible

[@mightbemolin8153]

This was such a great video, I loved it!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:)

[@thematt6705]

Underrated?? I think I did this like my second playthrough. Being able to poke while your shield is up is unironically good. Counter damage is OP too. Scythes though, yeah, people sleep on the scythes.

[@EstebanGuzman]

Holy shit, that Knocking sound sent me on flight or fight mode. I was wearing headphones and my house door is very close to my PC on my right side. That one got me good. Very nice video bth

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

No that was just me knocking on the door got pretty sad you didn't open it :')

[@nija-o-yama9028]

I'm very happy to see another challenge run! thank you for sacrificing your sanity

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

It's already gone I'm not sacrificing anything don't worry

[@quagmire111100]

Dude, you have no idea how long I've waited to hear someone use Deabolts music, its so underappreciated.

[@hairymcnipples]

"can i beat the game with one of the strongest weapon classes"

[@collinr4911]

4:01 horseplay being cut off is pretty funny

[@phantomex2063]

17:30 omg that ost you are man of culture

[@ji_mothy]

incredible video my dude. Keep this up. You'll be huge.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:')

[@bigbenhgy]

1 thing with fast weapons is the magic weapon etc. buffs are really good, because the bonus they give is not percentage but a flat dmg bonus.

[@Tomte_Bloss]

Awesome video dude👍🏻

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:)

[@joaohenriqueneuhaus2023]

20:18 What the actual f*ck! I thought it was my door 🤣

[@PastaMaster115]

When you were farming the Darkwraiths I was like "why don't you just get the Gold Serpent ring?" But I remembered it's in Sen's Fortress and you didn't beat Quelaag yet. lol

[@SmellenBellen]

See I wanted to do a run with rapiers because they seemed fun and only got to send fortis before I got the lightning spear and realized this one weapon was basically better than anything I’d gotten before it so just had to switch to spears as they had a similar feel but actually good damage

[@WeretigerX]

I did a similar run a few weeks back. For me, I grabbed the estoc as soon as possible till I got the regular rapier from the merchant. Then leveled it to +5 to beat Gargoyles, Capra, Pinwheel and Gaping, grabbing a catalyst and magic weapon in the meantime. Got power within and then killed Quelaag and Ceaseless. Then for me I get the two easy Titanite Chunks from New Londo, the very large ember and then buy as many large shards as needed from the merchant in Sen's. Upgrade to +12/13 (depending on RNG with crystal lizards) and then take on Golem and O&S with Power Within and Great Magic Weapon. Then focus on getting the last chunks needed and get the slab from Stray Demon. After that, get Crystal Magic Weapon from Logan and the build is complete to melt most bosses, even do good damage to DLC bosses. The best part is no farming involved. The only real challenge is Quelaag, but with the two buffs you can still deal enough damage to survive, especially if you have 20 estus for the fight. Can also do the same thing but with faith instead of int with Sunlight Blade. Just means you have to rely more on resin for damage than magic/great magic weapon.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Yeah I considered going that whole route, the estoc with sunlight blade is stupidly good, but honestly I just wanted to rush velkas because it looks and feels really cool

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

It's a shame you can't buff velkas with DMB, I feel like with the lore it should be allowed to :(

[@WeretigerX]

@@sariuswasstolenalready I feel that, I love Velka's Rapier. Definitely under utilized (like rapiers in general) in DS1 conversations but a great weapon and really cool. I respect the commitment to style.

[@DarkCT]

A solid run.. but it's hard for me to define this class as ever underrated, simply because of how much i saw them in DS2. a game with counter damage, and THAT swing rate?! HAH! Im more of a Ricards... that guard!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

The ice rapier in ds2 will forever have a soft spot for me, it was basically a Glock it was so good

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

It's newer version in elden ring is also pretty cool especially in pvp

[@DarkCT]

@@sariuswasstolenalready thats pretty neat! when it comes to DS/BB/ER, my focus is ranged weapons, but... since the Rapier is dex, it's always been taunting me to use it, with it's superior swing rate and often times better damage.

[@nhojcad7452]

Great vid bro🐐🐐

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:)

[@flysnap983]

Yk it's gonna be a good challenge run when the mgrr music is the intro

[@codystegemueller9428]

You can spare solaire from his dark fate by giving quaelaags sister enough humanity to open up a shortcut so you can kill the parasite that turns him hollow and have them fight with you against gwyn

[@Fr1skyMC]

Not done watching yet as of writing this, but man, you make some clean edits!!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Appreciate it :)

[@ceytin]

rapiers have always been my favorite class of weapons irl and games, im more of an estoc bestoc enjoyer myself.

[@lefteron6804]

My favourite weapon in DS1 along with moonlight greatsword is Velka's rapier.

[@the-phatinthehat3843]

20:28 ULTRAKILL DETECTED Shattered Illusion 1-1 //Heart of Sunrise//

[@y2qh]

holy shit that intro is fucking awesome my friend would love this

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:)

[@afrojoetheologbro9142]

Bro the knock jump scare sounded so genuine in my head phones I near pissed myself. Dear GOD. Also someone GET THIS MAN A BALLER SWAG SWORD

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

>:)

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Balder sword isn't a rapier 🥹🥹😞

[@piketheknight2581]

1:20 what's that theme. Jesus I love it

[@Mustacheoro]

There is another skip in new londo. Requires some health, but right from where you open the seal, you can drop down to be literally right next to the four kings entrance.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Actually yeah I found that the other day!! I didn't realize you could just drop to the little outcropping it's such a good speed run tactic honestly

[@user-jp1bp3vk3j]

Been telling people this for years, mag+DeX with velka's and 2nd hand crystal blast. Game is toast.

[@thelordz33]

I've seen so many challenge runs that at this point if I see one use a weapon that has state scaling and can be upgraded, I think it'll probably fairly easy

[@gabrielk2295]

Thanks for that video, it was fun and exciting! How many time did you died during this run? At what level did you arrived?

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Appreciate it :) I only died a handful of times, mainly to reset the darkwraith farming, and I think I ended at level 80?? Something like that

[@gabrielk2295]

@@sariuswasstolenalready ok! Nice run!! Congrats. In your spirit I began an estoc run yesterday ah ah!!

[@queenofastora]

27:48 i didnt expect to see an apex legends reference in a souls video PS respawn please bring the bocek back to the floor 😢

[@luisfilipe2747]

Loved the jokes and the inside jokes of the souls community Gonna be looking up for next vids

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@riotpolizei3522]

Great video, but do you think you can cut down on the earrape/extreme bass boost audio on future submissions?

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Did you mean the dialogue or the music?

[@riotpolizei3522]

@@sariuswasstolenalready You're good on your dialogue mix, and the music mix is also fine (maybe a hair loud, but that's inconsequential). Specifically, I'm referring to the sfx found at 10:46, 12:49, 16:08. In my opinion, the mix was too loud and grating, especially on the first and third listed timestamps. In hindsight, the second timestamp is probably fine, but it shook the crap out of my desk 😂though, the timestamps I pointed out are nowhere near as egregious of a garbage mix I made in a few videos years ago. But anyhow, great video! Great cuts and edits that highlight a weapon class I considered trash for the longest time.

[@procow2274]

Calling rapiers little swords D: To be fair a lot of people dont even know what a rapier is and jist call every pointy sword that.

[@yandyspec9016]

A fellow persona 5 enjoyer, subscribed

[@PastaMaster115]

I'm going to have to look up Mr. Not-On-PC. When I did the DLC I saw him and just wondered what his purpose is. His outfit is cool, but all he does is sell some items at hugely inflated prices.

[@blockwearingman]

27:57 i am glad you muted the game calameets laser sound always hurts my ears and every other dark souls youtuber leaves it in

[@big-loss_9043]

5:49 Ahhhh....i see you got a keen eyes for duel Rapiers.......Hehehehehehe....

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

>:)

[@TimothyGod]

They do call it "Bestoc" for a reason. Pssst i vote whips next 👀

[@sadsloth4142]

my soul left my body after that knock.

[@depotheose7890]

there are actually 11 dark wraiths in new londo ruins. its likely that, seeing that you didnt defeat the large soul mass, you missed the two dark wraiths in the wooden rooms

[@Kenneth_Haight]

10:35 nice avatar reference

[@aliceroberts5928]

Just to save time later, you can get free chunks around new londo. At least 3 I think. Just as items laying around. Plus 2 from the black knights in the parish, and 2 from the giants in sens. You aint gotta farm quite this much.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:(

[@aliceroberts5928]

@@sariuswasstolenalready I'm so sorry to not have been able to tell you this before the pain

[@TimothyGod]

​@@sariuswasstolenalreadythe giant at sens also has 1 if you didn't grab that one

[@blockwearingman]

you should start using the dragoncrest shield for queelag

[@Salemcannibal]

Did you ever acquire the gold spent ring from send fortress? It boosts item discovery 100% on top of the humanity bonus.

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Nope, couldn't be bothered to do the boulder puzzle it was too boring and I'm too impatient

[@Arma-S]

heeey, i just found you and i think like your videos!

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@commandblockgal7396]

8:46 it floats down

[@ritachikorita6916]

Seath is actually weaker to fire than lightning, it’s dragon scales that are weak to lighting after all.

[@blockwearingman]

12:23 it also would be cool it there was a artorias covenant and you get the ring when you join but need to offer something to join

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Honestly I feel like it would make sense story wise too, like to free sif you literally have to go into the abyss and fight off a swarm of pure humanity, something artorias couldn't do with manus. I hope it becomes a possibility when DS finally gets remade 🥹

[@blockwearingman]

@@sariuswasstolenalreadyfrrr

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

worried about thrusting swords parry frames -->👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@alieskandari5894]

Keep going bro

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

[@oulolelelejo4786]

16:08 : Awesome gaming moment

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Poor Priscilla the sheer amount of times she's had her tail cut off

[@ugaBeluga]

Hey yo, when did you get the pecurial doll?

[@RamzaBeo]

I beat ds1 with thief, no leveling up, the rapier is your best friend

[@aliceroberts5928]

Do these challenge runs really need rules? I feel like they're almost always exactly the same. If someone can't figure them out by now, skill issue

[@m36z]

Ok i like ds1 video i will watch this before i go sleep and Be right back

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

eepy

[@user-nn5vg5ct5n]

the knocking scared me shitless

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

:)

[@simplyhuman479]

I think I watch too much Avatar (the blue aliens) cuz I immediately recognised the audio at 10:34 is from when the huge tree is getting burnt down

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

HAHA YES SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT

[@simplyhuman479]

​​@@sariuswasstolenalreadyso you were editing this video and thought 'yknow what'd be perfect for this shot? The audio from Avatar when the capitalistic pigs are committing genocide on the natives because they want some shinny rock'?? I see... You're a man of culture👀.

[@pipervonauger]

I don’t know, can you beat dark souls with a weapon? Yes, you fucking can. This isn’t really a challenge at all.

[@burstflame9945]

I just want to say while watching this video I got the rapier drop from the guy first try...

[@ZodiarkIron]

Hey Bro! Loving the content, audio's balanced well, music choice is great and your editing is kickass. If I could offer the smallest bit of criticism, I think your intro *Before the actual talking* is a touch too long. I'll concede if I'm the minority in this, but just a touch! Perfect otherwise.

[@ZodiarkIron]

Also uh, wait a minute What's the music @ 20:20?

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

A shattered illusion from ULTRAKILL :)

[@ZodiarkIron]

@@sariuswasstolenalready THATS WHY I RECOGNIZE IT THANK YOU

[@robertrichards6964]

Going with the Griffith build, I see

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Broken straight sword hilt and missing one arm for the guts build next run 🥳🥳

[@robertrichards6964]

@@sariuswasstolenalready haha hell yeah

[@dogevoadoriii]

Im going for a rapier build in my first ever playthrough the game

[@l-zs1ju]

i like the estoc 😢

[@ivaneleazar5130]

Came for the rapiers, stayed for the persona 3 ost

[@lordravenblade]

This sounds like less of a "can you beat" and more of a "how hard is it to beat"

[@sariuswasstolenalready]

Yeah the only real challenge in this was me because I'm challenged