Can you beat Elden Ring as a Brainlet Mage?

[@MarcoYolo]

After way too long, here's the dumbest playthrough in Elden RIng. If you're looking for good food without the prep, and want to support my channel, check out strms.net/factor75_marcoyolo and use the code FACTORSE33265 for 50% off your first box!

[@randompotato5761]

I did this to I became the retarded mage

[@redmist6630]

14:26 "useful Items"

[@handwerkergermany8587]

Cool idea , RESPEKT

[@SucculentSpaz]

The intro tricked me into thinking this was actually a good video, untill the loud background music and noises ruined it, shame.

[@handwerkergermany8587]

where is the elden ring whit low faith video , from you?

[@ColonelKebabShop]

Technically this is a faith run You need to have faith in yourself to even attempt this monstrosity

[@MarcoYolo]

oh boy just wait till you hear the plan for my next run...

[@HumzablowbrainMK2]

@@MarcoYolo god will not forgive you for this one

[@Mr.Skeleton-El]

@@MarcoYolo incantation build with low faith? Wonderful

[@RozemyneLittleShumil216]

Dark moon grestsword would work here if you had enough int from buffs and would rock

[@SlumpChilly]

@@Mr.Skeleton-El faithless priest build?

[@takeachance5881]

I was wondering "Does he not know you don't need to do the rogier quest to gain access to ranni?" Then I realized he's literally doing a brainlet run.

[@hugothelegume2994]

You don’t have to do rogier quest to get to ranni. I got the ranni ending without even knowing rogier existed

[@StarmenRock]

You're right. Brainlets always find a way to simp

[@1dayago843]

​@Bill Clinton Enjoyer *Invaded by Hugo The Brainlet!*

[@Beans714]

@Bill Clinton Enjoyer cause he can

[@calebwhiteman7395]

​@HugoTheLegume my first play through I didn't even find ranni

[@themanwithoutaplan9389]

Even a Bluntstone can cut when applied with enough force.

[@ethan1441]

The dragon slayer from bezerk in a nutshell.

[@littleblock2639]

With the new Elden Lord as sharp as a marble and as strong as a 0% beer, the Lands Between then went into crisis

[@Ironbattlemace]

Age of perfect order would have been such a shot of salt in the wound that Jesus, think about the most retarded magic man being the Elden Lord of perfect order. I wouldn't be surprised if Miyazaki would have added somekind of a surprise flame of frenzy moment because of the absolute mindless idiot sharted in the throne.

[@bullish3584]

Elden lord Biden.

[@robertharris6092]

Fun fact: the earth is actually more smooth in comparison to its size than a pool ball.

[@TheWoodWraith]

"I Ooga, therefore I booga." -The Brainlet mage, probably.

[@V_______]

“I unga for the holy. I bunga for the divine.” -a fellow DS friend of mine.

[@feloniuspunk7078]

😂😂

[@kelp-ist3469]

"He became the greatest sorcerer to ever live" "cause he was the smartest?" "nah bro was dumber than a strength user, he just had enchanted swag that allowed him to cast spells"

[@Dudedragon69]

Loser

[@Vodkadude]

Beating elden ring as marco yolo

[@imperialspy63]

Ayo what you doing here? 👀

[@Vodkadude]

@@imperialspy63 god told me to watch this

[@imperialspy63]

@@Vodkadude yeah that checks out

[@Shagaru_Bleed]

@@Vodkadude yeah that seems about right

[@idkidc1885]

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ that challenge would be to hard for us humans

[@thatlittlemonstrosity]

refusing to use a staff that could bring more damage without breaking the rules in favour of a staff that literally was made for creatures that are below human intelligence is probably the most in character role play of this challenge run

[@SympatheticStrawmanVA]

I made a DND character like this once. He was destined to be a barbarian but ended up a wizard instead. The only spells he knew were magic missile and Mage Hand. No matter how many levels he gained I asked the DM if I could refuse to learn any new spells on principle.

[@itsashane1552]

Based

[@vyor8837]

That poor d4 hp die...

[@OldSaltBaby]

Had a buddy who made a similar build, barbarian who thought his hands had healing powers honestly the comedic relief it provided was the best I ever had.

[@ninjajin8788]

Lmao good job

[@ninjajin8788]

Did u do well? I guess not hehe

[@EvilMyself]

I love how this is actually 2 torturous runs in a single video just because of 1 smurf quest

[@PoyoDesuka]

If im not mistaken, you can still get Selivus' Magic talisman if you give the potion to someone other than Nephilli, such as a certain fecal fellow.

[@drbeeant]

I think Gideon will also dump it out for you if you tell him about Selivus

[@randorookie8587]

“Fecal Fellow” is something I find unreasonably funny

[@wontol]

"I'd lose one of them but I gain three magic shards" Praying for Marco's balls🙏

[@grahamrevare]

28 minute Elden Ring video? We’re eating good

[@on_the_inverse_5193]

if you read the lore, this is basically a Demi-Human Queen run

[@dddripz]

"I had to choose the stupidest class which was a tie between the barbarian and the religious man" That "accurate tbh" was unhinged. You earned a subscriber!

[@devilvocano420]

I love theist jokes

[@ArchonKain]

No one tell him that you can equip another staff in the off hand and get it's benefits

[@MarcoYolo]

I did that for my 2nd run with the meteorite staff lmao figured it out eventually

[@demonblade700]

you WHAT? does it just give u insane sorcery scaling

[@raptorxrise5386]

@@demonblade700 Nope. Depending on which staff it gives 15-30% increased damage on certain schools of magic. Still would have been amazing to buff carian slicer

[@demonblade700]

@@raptorxrise5386 ye im stuck on elden beast rn offhanding meteorite staff w rock sling almost got it

[@hluccaskywalker8329]

The fact that your first full run was a challenge run is insane

[@mrendothermic5169]

Great video! I did this challenge a long while back and now am half tempted to retry it. Mine differed as I used Wretch as my starting class and also allowed myself to use Faith when needed (which was like, exactly twice lol). It's interesting to see how you did a similar challenge and see someone elses thought process on a similar challenge!

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

Yay! My favorite Colossal Weapon gets some love! Watchdoog's Staff is pretty underrated. It gives you free magic damage as a Strength build!

[@KaleidoX2]

I love the "hello" at 15:47

[@WaterLockser]

The Spyro Theme halfway through the video hit me right in the nostalgia

[@StanleyG23]

This was a nice run. You could've gotten an extra +5 Int (and +5 to every other stat for 1 minute) by using Oath of Vengeance, the Ash of War from the Grafted Blade Greatsword.

[@p1ngerss]

you need 27 strength to be able to use it though

[@StanleyG23]

​@@p1ngerss Yeah, but he doesn't even need to upgrade Strength at all if he uses Radagon's Soreseal, the Strength-knot Crystal Tear and has Godrick's Great Rune activated for +20 extra Strength.

[@dianheart2243]

​@@p1ngerss| he needed more than that for the watchdogs staff.

[@BrainOfStone]

I love how different Seluvis voice is after his questline, he goes from pompous sorcerer to wisened wizard.

[@Katsuhi50]

just as a small note, if you ever did want to use faith to cast spells the catalyst you want is staff of the guilty which is normally used for thorn sorceries but scales exclusively off of faith.

[@tysonjdevereaux]

Very fun and interesting run. Neat video. It actually inspired me to do a similar run, but with incantations ( Prisoner-Class, lowest base-faith, never allowed to level said faith while only allowed to use incants , stat-boosting gear allowed ). Very interesting how Elden Ring has all these possibilities to boost stats without having to level them.

[@tex_lysium7912]

When you said you recorded this video like a year ago I was like man, he really sat on this one for a long ass time. Now I get it. This video is pure comedic gold, and so fucking enjoyable. I haven’t felt this much pure joy from watching a video in so long. Wonderful. It just needed time to cook.

[@theman6422]

Bro learned how to do the ultrakill shotgun parry in Elden Ring I can’t believe it

[@innerhaku6784]

I remember watching you for your for honour crusader montages but this, this does put a smile to my face, so please big please, do more of these they're so good

[@letsplayFan666]

At least you got a bunch of seals that make being a faithless cleric easier for that Run

[@stevenboelke6661]

I wanted to try a run in DS3 as a mage too stupid for the magic teacher to be willing to talk to. Farron dart has an int req of like 6, but the minimum int to proficiently use a staff was 10. DS3's only int boosting item is late game and you can eventually get a simple infused item for passive fp regen (which you can't do in Elden ring)

[@cameronmckillop6448]

DS3 felt so restrictive when trying to do fun builds. The freedon elden ring brings is a breath of fresh air.

[@ferro9926]

Fun fact! Those "input reads" aren't actually input reads, but they might as well be since they read that you are firing out a ranged attack, but you can abuse this with dragon breath (big cloud) and stars if ruin (delay and very fast bullets) and a barrage bow can be used to almost dogelock enemies

[@ferro9926]

It's not an input read if it looks for an animation, then it would be an animation read. The godskin duo are a good example, they don't heal punish and aggro switch if you use any item, but they do if you use a flask. Just like how a shortfin mako is not a longfin mako but they are still both extremely fast sharks

[@gryzziarth8288]

I love sorcery. I did my first run on release as a mage only. The only weapons I used were the moonlight GS. I was a honest all round multi class mage. The only run I haven't done was this one and now I don't have to. Thank you for doing this one for us King. Loved the video also can't wait to see you do the Faith video at lowest faith. Btw now that you know Rock sling is the best Sorcery spell for anything and everything (mostly bosses), I can't wait for you to use Black Flame and see it's true potential :D

[@joaogomes9405]

Honestly, this run isn't even that hard, Marco Yolo made it much harder on himself. If you use the albinauric staff you can get incredible damage with no int. Same thing with the prince of death's staff and rancorcall, which I'm guessing he didn't use because he forgot that spell exists. But it would trivialized a lot of fights, especially Radahn, Radagon and Elden Beast, since it has perfect tracking and very long range. Radahn can't dodge it, Radagon can't parry it and the Elden Beast can't outrun it. Hourah Loux would have also been easy with oracle bubbles since he's too stupid to not walk into them.

[@treasurewuji8740]

@@joaogomes9405 he was more concerned with swag

[@kampfh7150]

Finna need some more of these kinda vids. Your style of humour mixed with a Elden Ring challenge run is 👌👌

[@Waltarwhiet]

Commander Nial is the only bossfight in a videogame that made me rage. No other boss in no other game did that! Mostly, because of the stupid ass knights and the fact that sometimes, the knight outside could also join the fight! So I'm with you, I HATE this fight!

[@AceAviations2]

I actually like that fight, the summons are annoying, but manageable, Waves of Darkness is able to interrupt the Dual Sword guy's attacks. Also if you use the shortcut and sneak you won't ever have any enemies join in. Also a Bewitching Branch can turn one of the summons on him, so there's that as well. First time around though, not so much, hated the prick.

[@yugijak]

Something I thought of. Since you're using the 'staff' to deal magic damage couldn't that be buffed with Scholar's Armament to make the damage way better?

[@yugijak]

Reply note: This is implying the staff follows the same behavior as Clayman's Harpoon

[@yugijak]

@@Floramaxy Yeah was thinking that might be a thing. Hoped not since at least the harpoon can but... Ah well

[@raptorxrise5386]

@@yugijak Even if it could be buffed i dont think it would work. Weapon buffs, as far as i know, only apply to skills where you actually hit the enemy wiht the weapon (like spinning weapon) , not projectiles like the corzier

[@yugijak]

@@raptorxrise5386 Ash of Wars are different as it affects specific damage types. Could be wrong but the way I understood it is that it's based on type of damage dealt. So physical damage would be only physical boosting. Whereas if you use say glintstone pebble on the harpoon the magic attack would be affected by magic boosts

[@raptorxrise5386]

@@yugijak Scholars armament doesnt boost magic damage. It applies magic damage to the weapon that is than dealt to any enemy when they are hit by the weapon in addition to the weapons already existing damage. And im fairly certain that this extra damage isnt applied by projectiles created from an AoW

[@DaSharkCraftMC]

ah yes, cent very quietly saying "lmao get bodied" at 9:46. Nice vid, I might have to take some notes from this if I want to do a total order ending without using a respec.

[@joshtompkins1538]

Now we need to one where you are an atheist cleric: lowest starting faith using only incantations.

[@torinsmith9867]

For anyone doing a sorcery run, Night Comet does loads of damage, can't be input read since it's invisible, and is efficient enough to be a main attack. Don't forget to off-hand the night staff for the massive damage bonus.

[@enlongjones2394]

You… you don’t need to give Nepheli the potion. You can give it to Gideon to dispose of it, and Selivus’s quest continues as normal. You just need to find his puppet basement and buy both of his summons.

[@user-rc9jf8ng2k]

Microwave dinners, what a great concept, nice invention FACTOR_ , thanks!

[@-RAYVEY-]

Bro, just discovered the channel and...my god the jokes, the storytelling, the vidéo idea...everything is perfect And when i heard you never finished the game before, i couldn't believe it 💀

[@solid2713]

beat the game as marco polo coop blind folded

[@Pillen_Paul]

I almost cried tears when the Elden Brainlet said, its brainlettin time

[@amberhernandez]

That was quite possibly the most deserved teabag on Elden Beast in existence!

[@xtanagaming1017]

"With the combination of the spells No you, magic sword, and internet explorer" Name a more iconic trio

[@SgtRamen]

14:54 Never thought I'd hear the menu music for Spyro 3 in an Elden Ring challenge run but here we are

[@joaogomes9405]

You could have had a much easier time if you had used the albinauric staff, as arcane increases your resistance to holy damage, which Radagon and the Elden Beast both deal in spades. Plus is has a better scaling off of arcane than the prince of death's staff has off of faith. The prince of death's staff would have been better if you had used rancorcall, which would have also trivialized a lot of the fights since it has perfect tracking, near infinite range, deals good magic damage and can be gotten pretty early. So all in all, you made things a lot harder for yourself than it was necessary

[@kaden-sd6vb]

Mayo% speedrun comes to elden ring Oh my God you can projectile boost the watchdog magic balls

[@goldengaming5675]

Ad was well integrated, had funny jokes, and was short. 10/10, most creators can't figure that out

[@scorchercast8366]

I was half expecting you to go full ooga booga and just only use staffs as clubs

[@scurrathetrickster6879]

1. start with lowest int character 2. do not level int 3. only deal magic dmg... my man, have you tried staff of the guilty (magic stick that scale with faith)? or glintstone breath(incantation that deal magic dmg)? they both only require faith / arcane also for your incantation only run i recommend dragon communion seal, good luck, ill keep faith

[@hedgehatchet3578]

Now time to do “Can I beat Elden Ring as an atheist priest?”

[@lronjack]

Love the video. You can get a crappy staff in Limgrave from a wandering noble mage behind one of the ruins near Sellen. I just mention that because it seems not many folk know that, because its useless information

[@Haru-spicy]

there's a lot of fun things you could do with this format. Minimum dex with only dex scaling weapons, Minimum str with only str scaling weapons etc.

[@NutsfromBerk14]

Or faith

[@christophersanguino8135]

I have never seen your content but I love it man! Keep up the great stuff, I’m pretty new to ER but I loved ds1.

[@tacoman10]

My first time beating the Elden Beast was pre 1.07. Before that patch rock sling, when cast in the left hand, had infinite range for one of its rocks. That bug really helped.

[@shnubertooo]

The duality of souls. An idiot character, And a less stupid player attempting to make their brain dead build work. Perfection.

[@terrifictortoise5602]

1:41 That is the greatest ”No skill” joke I have ever seen. Actually brilliant stuff.

[@mellowshooter]

Beating Elden Ring as a game journalist

[@godrickthegolden9504]

“I unga, therefore I bunga.” - Cavefucius as he equipped his intelligence scaling club, ready to one shot Rennala.

[@GOD..966]

GOD LOVES THE VIDEO THIS ELEGANTLY VOICED MAN MADE XOXO

[@mikovanderheijden3730]

nice video, also nice editing :). One quick tip for the commander nial fight in fort sol. Try using a bewitching branch. you can take control of his 2 knights and they completely go to town on the boss even if you do nothing and just wait until nial deals with the summons he will be left with a quarter HP or so.

[@GranatappleLPT]

gotta really apreciate that, in the spirit of the run, he din't just go for alternative scaling staves, like the albinauric, serpent or prince of death's staff

[@Liquid278]

"Some builds can be described as a glass cannon, mine however can be described as a glass noodle"

[@nebulittle5697]

"Now, nothing stood between me and the games final bosses. Except me." **Dramatic dark screen** Dominos ad

[@CrustaceanJames1]

Great memes, solid editing, no attempt at shitty humor to keep the video going, and low sub count. I love you D Listers so much man keep it up!

[@codyconnor6981]

Ah, the Elden Ring version of beating Fallout 1 with one intelligence.

[@quint3ssent1a]

Remember when in ds2 you could lower stat requirements for a spell, and use raw blue flame with magic grease to shoot soulspears like a maniac while being so dumb the one magic teacher refused to teach you...

[@PlatypusAfro]

The syncing of the music to the clips in the intro is really cool :o

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

God that dog jingle collar freaked me out because I thought my dog was in my room when I knew she wasn’t.

[@JoeyCentral]

Welcome to Elden Ring brother. I remember your vids back during the For Honor days.

[@ivanemax]

Before the dlc adds a pure magic damage weapon that has an S strength scaling

[@tartarussauce1983]

21:34 Me during every fight in the game. It never ends well though

[@khyllbotz]

Yoooo the edits were top notch!!! This was my first video of yours and you got a new follower!

[@williamblack2904]

As someone who played a mage my first play through, can confirm rocks are very good.

[@martintyrmer5484]

the twinsage hat with 7int is the embodiement of the "last two braincells" meme

[@Thaylien]

You get points for using the Spyro music from the Sparx levels, because there's no greater brainlet than that dragonfly...

[@yaboikiba4302]

Next time I play through NG, I'm gonna make an atheist faith build

[@dathousanddragon4439]

Playing as the brainlet magician gives you bigger brain in the end! Mad respect!

[@why-so-toxic_1413]

He’s are homie with a extra Cromie

[@attilathechilla.1383]

6:30 love how you have the Age of Empires theme here. XD

[@scocooper1]

I've been doing a playthru with the Watchdog Staff and that thing is seriously underrated. Lot of fun. Not sure of it'll get me to the endgame, but it's been great so far. I highly recommend giving a shot. Same thing with the Beastclaw Warhammer. I used that on my last playthru and was surprised at how amazing it was. Both are great, fun weapons to use

[@johnmcgraw1475]

“Eldumb Ring”

[@MeldenLing]

Damn this is a good video idea and appreciate the hard work put into this i see so much quality editing in this video!

[@billyb6818]

The Mario sunshine music at 13:15 is hilarious for some reason

[@oashen5475]

Man, playing as a brainlet and doing accurate moves as one. That's impressive how far you're willing to go for great acting! (Definitely acting)

[@shybardspeakeasy5008]

Where has this channel been hiding? Great video!

[@aidan_ish2447]

this genuinely made me laugh, your edits are really funny. please keep it up ❤️

[@AceAviations2]

21:10, jokes on you, Rock Blaster is actually is pretty powerful spell in the right circumstances, BigDigi showed how INSANE that spell can be.

[@raptorxrise5386]

Its as far as i know the highest dps of the four Ultra combo spells. (Comet azure, crytal torrent, Meteorite of astel and rock blaster) But its just so fucking difficult to use in most situation

[@ethanfield5647]

11:00 for honor reference?! A video would be nice… :)

[@fullcrustrocket]

You not just leveling up to use the watchdog staff and instead using items to boost strength is so funny LMAO

[@summit881]

Renaming Magic Glintblade to Internet Explorer killed me. XD Great vid!

[@jonathanclarkson7379]

Now I want to beat Elden Ring, Faith only as a godless heathen.

[@raptorxrise5386]

What would "faith only" be? Incantations only would be a cakewalk but holy damage only would be absolute hell

[@jonathanclarkson7379]

@@raptorxrise5386 the lowest Faith stat I believe is Astrologer at 7 so it would basically be this video with Faith instead of Intelligence. Adding holy damage only Incants sounds like a rough ride.

[@TheTolnoc]

The appropriate term is 'Bluntstone'.

[@jyotshak]

Loved the age of empires music mixed, really fit right in

[@mastermarkus5307]

I also hate the Commander Niall fight. I think it's because all his attacks have a HUGE area of effect. Or if they don't it sure as hell looks like they do and I always try over-compensating with dodges because NOWHERE FEELS SAFE.

[@СергейДерябин-о9у]

Introduse you the first mage with brain working with radio tubes.

[@connorshaw7649]

17:15 Yeah, that's just how commander dipshit fights if you backpedal. Makes him super predictable. Still hits like a truck if you mess up, but way easier than his close range moveset. If you're doing a casual run like I prefer you can also try Crystalian or Putrid Corpse summons to tank the knights at the start. Corpses are absurdly tanky and their moan has aggro drawing properties (no joke), and Crystalian laughs at anything that isn't blunt damage until she gets staggered, letting you pick off at least one knight while she's up and dishing out a small amount of damage while she's at it.

[@adamminecraft6970]

Um, Acshtually at 8:57 when You were hitting that crab, Your character BOUNCED off of it which is a CLEAR sign of a STAFF hit, therefore it's PHYSICAL damage. I acknowledge this video as invalid.