Can you beat Elden Ring with ONLY Crucible Knight Spells?

The Crucible Knights in Elden Ring are pretty cool... their spells are kinda weird tho.
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A really cool Elden Ring challenge run i came up with, i though it was going to be a much bigger disaster but it turned into one of the most fun challenges!
And thanks to everyone that watches these videos, really appreciate it and its a huge honor to me :)
🕘Timestamps:
00:00 - Cool Intro!
00:10 - The Meat.
The style of this video is similar to Iron Pineapple and LilAggy in parts. A large influence on this channel are those guys and of course InfernoPlus .I give my thanks to these guys that inspire my content :D
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[@mr.n7620]

"He's breaking my frame rate but im breaking his spine" Best quote ever

[@tototriceps]

I think i thought of Arnold when i said that haha

[@abigbutterstick1780]

Ah I read that before hand, now I'm excited to hear it😂

[@Flames9926]

@@abigbutterstick1780 o pugilist L

[@jxrizzle111]

The second this dude started zipping before margitt is when I zipped right tf out of here

[@okimura690]

I'm so surprised that the crucible shoulder-check isn't a more popular incantation. I've never seen an attack that cancels enemy animations that much.

[@tototriceps]

Yeah that surprised me aswell, it completely trivialized the draconic tree sentinel

[@Bubinni]

It's super fun and I use it on my Str/Faith build that I'm running currently. You can charge through multiple people, knock them up, cancel animations, it's pretty gnarly.

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Well, it isn’t particularly easy to find.

[@frostyelwood9898]

I used it against Rennala and introduced her to the *[TRUCK]*

[@mulhollanddrivehobo6910]

For PvP it has AWFUL HORRIBLE tracking and a weird hitbox that never hits even if you "visually" hits the enemy, thats why no one uses the spell is fvcking trash in pvp and in pve too if your opponent is not big.

[@mantidream8179]

Ah yes, the crucial first step of every run. Completely master the art of instant transmission

[@tototriceps]

Instant transimission OP

[@thojmuas5744]

Would be hilarious if they patch it so if you use it you get instant transmission to Malenia

[@alimostafa8563]

@@thojmuas5744 imagine if a Speedrunner does that and defeats Melania while being level one 💀

[@bottomtext5130]

This started out as a challenge run, then after he got the buffs it just became a showcase of how good faith is in elden ring

[@Xero-rr2ol]

haha ancient dragon spells… even the worst ones still do tons of damage

[@fearlessCABBIE]

@@Xero-rr2ol May you explain what you’re trying to say? My small brain can’t comprehend, are u saying the ancient dragon spells are bad?

[@danibrent3068]

He's saying that all the ancient dragon spells are so good, that even the least great ones are still very useful or powerful

[@tototriceps]

Kinda yes, although Godfrey, Placi and Radagon where still really challenging at the end

[@emilianoortiz8795]

Which are the ancient dragon spells?

[@empoleonjr]

More power to you Toto, I tried this run, gave up and just started using Crucible Knight weapons 😂

[@tototriceps]

Honestly its more fun that way, leave this hard stupidity to us creators haha

[@roccogough254]

I'm not a creator, but I have done this run glitchless (Used fists against the evergaol knight) and only using Crucible Knight items, meaning only the crucible talismans, armour and spells, but not the weapons. Currently stuck on my least favourite boss, the final one.

[@garymcjerry]

@@roccogough254 are crucible incants holy dmg? I can’t remember but if they are no wonder your having a shit time against Beastagon

[@KillaMurda1871]

@@garymcjerry iirc they're pure physical

[@roccogough254]

@@garymcjerry I'm pretty sure they do physical damage, but it's more the fact that it's impossible to tank Radagon's attack because of the crucible feather talisman which increases damage taken by 30%, and the fact that Radagon has only one opening for any of the spells and that's his massive attack which he only does in third phase. You can't even get a fully charged attack in there. Every other time you don't get hit is just RNG based.

[@lycanyte5898]

I love that little smile at 5:45 when you dodged all the spellcasters!

[@tototriceps]

That is always so satisfying to do haha

[@jrmungandr_4404]

One buff for physical damage you can get at the very start of the game in the blue dancer charm. The only downside in that you have to be very naked for it to work well

[@tototriceps]

Thats the main problem, cause we do want the crucible set later

[@renegade6578]

Imagine if Crucible Knights were an available summon.

[@tototriceps]

That would be dope!

[@akiraigarashi2874]

Might've been even more op than Mimic/Tiche

[@renegade6578]

@@akiraigarashi2874 with their insane poise and aggression, individually they would be top 10 easily. If they were a DUO summon, absolutely the best one lmfao

[@soggywheatthins7506]

Hold my mods.

[@chip8293]

Maybe in dlc

[@PaperTigerLive]

Kinda sucks that you didn’t get the third incantation. Wanted to see it in action

[@tototriceps]

Its really bad haha

[@McCondom]

How do you manage to be so good at the game while being so handsome?

[@weirdorangedude6773]

I agree

[@majingut2109]

Exactly dude

[@erenshaw]

ARCAAAAAAAAAA

[@okamii5443]

for real, this guy is beautiful

[@connor8148]

He leveled resistance

[@DiviNazuphus]

You absolutely could have defeated rykard with the incantations, you just needed to increase your base fp pool, your flask is probably healing like 2x what your max fp currently is. It means each flask would nearly double your casts.

[@tototriceps]

Okay yes, but leveling to 250 to use a garbage incantation doesnt really seem like a good idea my man :)

[@JosephSmith-lm4ri]

@TotoTriceps I mean, you call them "garbage" but I've gotten plenty of usage out of all 3 crucible spells (granted, horn is the most useful one followed by tail).

[@tarantula_7u863]

@@JosephSmith-lm4ri Breath I've found works well against some knights and guards. Never used wings though

[@GreyChimera]

@@tototricepsyou wouldn’t need to go up to 250, you were a pure caster, so you have lots of levels to put into mind to kill rykard

[@connor7296]

@@tototriceps you'd only have to go to like 150 max and you'd get there anyways from doing the remembrance bosses that you skipped

[@beefgod2370]

bro just casually hit the single most precise input in the fucking game

[@theorangeman9147]

What's odd is how the Horn and Tail incantations deal physical damage, and not holy damage, so theoretically, if you got the openings down on a boss, you could forego your armor for the Blue Dancer, and get between 10% to probably 25% more damage at low equip loads. Reason I say 25% instead of the maximum 15% is because the Blue dancer talisman is pretty quirky, it's visual AR boon will always by 15% or lower, but the actual damage dealt can be as high as 50%. For example, at 10 units of equip load, bestial sling can deal 40% more damage, excluding the passive bonuses if the Cinquedea and Clawmark Seal. Same applies to the Stone of Gurranq, 16.6% more damage under the exact same conditions.

[@cashriney369]

Why is this man so underrated he’s doing all of these runs on newgame and is much cooler than other creators imo

[@tototriceps]

Thanks man, really appreciate it :D

[@recodegamesstudio]

Love when rennala uses my face like a chair and tells me my fate lies under her moon

[@Slibber]

Just an fyi for auriza hero's grave, if you use margit's shackle right before the slope after the basilisk area it makes the chariots crash into each other. I don't know why it works but it does.

[@fishnutz5196]

The reason it works is even though it does no damage its got a huuuuge hitbox to guarentee it shackles Mohg or Morgott and it hits the pillars that activates the light

[@abigbutterstick1780]

So me personally, if there's a fight like Rykard that is designed to use a mechanic to make the fight manageable I'd be ok with you using it if it's part of the core run. I would rather you use his weapon to beat him and let us see the final incantation than just skip it entirely.

[@connor7296]

He could've beat him with the incantations he's just lazy

[@SadBamboo]

The tail spell benefits from winged sword insignia and thorny cracked tear. You can do even more damage with the ridiculous buffs from those.

[@tickingdeath105]

"Time to finish this fight in epic fas... Godrick why are you still alive?!" perfectly encapsulates every new players reaction to Fromsoft games ever.

[@sleepy-fc6rf]

i think it’s interesting how powerful the crucible incantations actually are, considering the lore of the crucible knights kind of implies they weren’t subdued by strength alone and might have been demoralized into obeying the golden order

[@Temarigirl1992]

Lol the dancing back and forth to dodge all that magic was great.

[@LordZeroTheNightmare]

This is the 1 cosplay set I keep on hand cuz I love the crucible knights so much. (I love the banished knights too, but I dont carry thier greatsword or leg armor or any of thier wind/ice AoW) I just hope we get access to that flying incantation, that move is dope, and fighting crucible knights is always so much fun.... except that one time I was in leyndal with 16 vigor and trying to fight the duo boss lol.

[@reubenthacker3719]

Great video mate! What i would have been happy seeing was a ‘content clause’ where you kill Serpent Rykard with the cheese weapon so you could get the final crucible incantation. Maybe don’t use the runes you get from him as a compromise? It would have been cool to see you use all of them! But aside from that loved the video!

[@tototriceps]

Thanks man :D. I dont know, i just kinda like sticking to the rules, he could be eventually beat with these spells but i would just take way to much time...

[@junkbin6796]

13:48 For those who want to beat those guys if you enter and immediately throw a pot at the far corner of the room the sword knight wanders off like the Drac. Sentinel and you can fight the captain in peace as long as you stay in the first 25% of the area

[@markrobison5199]

I recently did a run where the goal was to collect all the "unique" incantations from enemies and bosses, like the crucible aspects or Malenia's Scarlett Aeonia The crucible spells were all really fun to use, *especially* Horns. Nothing more satisfying that shoulder charging ANY Humanoid enemy so hard they go airborne

[@akito6572]

There is a crucible knight in stormveil castle? WHAT? I've played for 444.4h (yeap, thats my actual playtime as of right now), unlocked every single achievement and I still didn't know about it. :D

[@ThatGuyOrby]

I personally would've heavily recommend picking up Morgott's Great Rune after you had all the stats you needed for your gear and spells for the massive +25% HP buff

[@tototriceps]

Godricks is better in my opinion cause i needed pretty much every stat

[@ThatGuyOrby]

@@tototriceps that's fair enough, I just like having the hefty buffer of a massive HP bar to compensate for my tendency to misread attacks XD

[@excaligaming2435]

@@ThatGuyOrby sadly, the balance is quite whack. nothing even remotely beats +5 all stats (that includes vig for your max hp).

[@ThatGuyOrby]

@@excaligaming2435 once you get past the soft caps Godrick's Great Rune is simply the worst one. Morgott's and Radahn's are the only ones with practical application post 60 in Vig, Mind, and Stamina. +15% or +25% is objectively better than a measly +5 to all stats especially if you don't use stats like Arcane, Faith, or Intelligence or conversely if they're past their soft caps.

[@excaligaming2435]

@@ThatGuyOrby there is only a very small slice of people playing with stats that high. What I was going at, is, that godricks is simply the best rune for the majority of the game for most people. for low level runs, there isn't even a choice. I get what you mean, though.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

that glitch is insanity lol how do people even discover this

[@tototriceps]

I just discovered where to perform the glitch for this, the glitch itself was probably discovered by accident

[@ChurchOfKenny]

Just found your channel through my recommended and these are great! Glad youtubes recommendations actually showed me a great channel for a change 😄

[@tototriceps]

Awesome! Thank you! :D

[@juliantaylor5956]

Lower the graphics to dark souls 1 levels was really interesting

[@reynoldchristopher2858]

20:48 where the Crucible Knight and Hoarah Loux are about to charge each other goes hard

[@tototriceps]

That should honestly be in the lore haha

[@Chris_Chrass]

this video reminds me of smth…. though i can’t quite put my finger on it….. either way, good job m8! (wish u did malenia though)

[@tototriceps]

Yeah i wonder what it could be haha, thanks mate :D

[@MB-km3br]

technical the run starts with the preperation

[@ThatGuyOrby]

I find it a bit strange how rarely you were staggering enemies throughout the run. Both incantations (when fully charged) do rather heavy stance damage. Charged Horns do 30 while charged tail does 52 split across the two swipes of the tail (13 first hit, 39 second hit). The most stance/poise most of the bigger bosses have are in the range of 80-120 with only Placidusax having more at 160. Which means at the absolute most it should take 5-6 fully charged horn attacks and less than 4 fully charged tail attacks and more likely 3-4 fully charged horns and usually only 2-3 fully charged tails.

[@Ghorda9]

poise recovers over time so he must of been taking a while to get hits in.

[@tototriceps]

Thats the only things that comes to my mind aswell...

[@itsthelepto]

Man, all that prep is crazy. Respect for all of that.

[@tototriceps]

Thanks man :D

[@bearieroblox6451]

The tail move was really cool with my morgott built

[@raul9442]

Keep the great work man , i love this vids!!!

[@tototriceps]

Thanks man :D

[@runarsk8]

“If you’re standing up then you should probably sit down” Me, already shitting: dude I’m nailing this

[@The-Eye866]

I love this guy’s accent

[@danield.1605]

Holy molly. It is not only that the Horn staggers the enemy but provides super-armor too. It cover way more distance that I remember too. I've changed my mind. The encantation looks useful now.

[@dragonboy0854]

Gosh these are really good

[@cqnzr-clipsgameplay5706]

Just gotta say, love the powerpoint type presentation in the beginning to you transitioning into saying "I'm going to shove my horns up Margit's Arse"

[@tototriceps]

Yeah i liked that cut alot haha

[@biglion4631]

“Godrick, why are you alive?” Said everyone ever…

[@Sultent]

Love kanishiros palace music you added in the background

[@ekibyodrakmord1209]

Watched some of this live very entertaining

[@cck6591]

those videos always blow my mind

[@TurboStrawberryKat]

Damn this was incredibly fun! I've already done a playthrough of Elden Ring as a Dragon Priest. This makes me wanna make a crucible knight character....

[@-JohnM-]

On my first playthrough i didnt know about how great runes worked till i beat the fire giant

[@B-Vulpone]

gotta respect how u dont just mod and give urself things for the challenge. it cool concept to see if u can do it without cheating. great video

[@tototriceps]

To be fair, zips are basiclly cheating haha. But they requiere alot of effort atleast.

[@jibbily27]

0:40 why was that the most perfect on que Jojo theme 😆

[@tototriceps]

Because that was intentional haha

[@TheWaffleGod4]

1 year later and 4 months in my future and we finally get wings

[@tototriceps]

Oh yeah the DLC is gonna be fire!

[@georgesenpai451]

I love Jotaro's theme playing in the background

[@wileycorgi4138]

Very cool run! I did a Crucible Knight run with the spells but I mainly used the great spear, Siluria's Tree. My favorite run so far I love the Crucible Knight's look too, I kind of wish the Great Shield was a bit better. I wish they gave us some kind of Crucible Knight spirit ashe though.

[@ollieplayz9284]

The zip had some perfect timing with the song

[@tototriceps]

That was intentional haha

[@atomicbetrayal1]

I hate fighting crucible knights but I have to say: Their incantations and armor are some of my favourite in the game. I did a crucible knight cosplay run once and I loved it. I didn't know about the glitch so I had to beat Margit with other means, but I stayed true to the crucible knights afterwards. (I used their weapons as well though so it wasn't nearly as hard as yours)

[@tototriceps]

They definetly are some of the cooler sets in the game :D

[@monkeyflowey4056]

5sec in and my ears are already blessed with jojo ost... Thank You Toto !

[@hendersonstevec]

Brilliant idea and execution

[@tototriceps]

Thanks man :D

[@thedemonpit]

If you kill the snake with the incantations I don’t think anyone would have had an issue with you using the spear to doink rykard, as most would have loved to see you use toad breath.

[@tototriceps]

It just not my style

[@the_drunken_hunter6952]

@@tototriceps forgive me if I am wrong but isn't the flame breath crucible incantation from the imbued sword key waygate at the four belfries? from the crucible knight in Nokron?

[@pubfriendthegreat1259]

​@@the_drunken_hunter6952 I think you get it from killing Taniths Cruicible knight bodyguard. After you kill Tanith ofcourse, thats how I got it.

[@bingbong-et6nz]

Average Elden ring experience - “he’s breaking my framerate but I’m breaking his spine” lmfao

[@ESloytan]

Crucible Rhino + Ordovis’s great sword was my main strat against Malenia. It’s too good

[@tototriceps]

It tried that out once, and yeah its really good!

[@ryanaiken9304]

This is awesome

[@taktycznyroman8572]

"let's just avoid an earthquake" is such a souls player to say 😅😂😂

[@DevonLv]

You know the video is gonna be good when the background music is from Persona

[@lirolo8343]

Goin to test this build!

[@TMPDRX]

im impressed good job man

[@adangarciapastor1980]

at low res and graphics this game looks like it came from a ps2, love it.

[@lordbuttlington9523]

What the actual flip flop?! I didnt even know there was an area like that in Stormveil Castle xD

[@patrickst.pierre3452]

waaa, new crucible knight cheese. SHOULDER CHECK!

[@tyronerequif4653]

Another crucible knight fan, yes sirrrr

[@AlexHyena-dv4mb]

as the crucible incantations dont have a seal to boost them in the off-hand, I’m surprised to not see Azure’s Glintstone Staff for better casting speed

[@tototriceps]

Would do much really. It helps but not that much

[@Wadusher]

Or the jellyfish shield for that matter

[@nathanielsood1059]

I subbed when you flipped the second crucible knight 😂😂 I didn't even know that was possible

[@tototriceps]

Very fun incantations to use haha

[@johnlachman5121]

Thats it, I'm hooked on this channel

[@tototriceps]

Glad you enjoy it :D

[@therealludwigtheholyblade]

These incantations are great. They’re what helped me kill Malenia for the first time. The amount of poise damage they do is obscene and I’m glad you got to see just how fun they are.

[@ishankumar6230]

I wasn’t expecting the Karelin reference XD, love your vids btw, keeps getting me back to Elden Ring!!

[@tototriceps]

Glad you enjoy them :D

[@yoitstidus3359]

My first playthrough of elden ring i was almost towards the end of the game before i even realised you could activate great runes. Cause i was like was are the rune arcs for lol

[@chiefbawor_thegr8966]

Now to have beating Elden Ring using only Poison Incantation or maybe just poison damage in general

[@tototriceps]

Impossible cause Elden Beast is immune to all status effects

[@obi-wankenobi592]

You should do a part 2! Get the 3rd crucible incant and use the 2 AOW from the crucible knight weapons. Do ng+ and try Milania

[@spiritboxyxbox]

Awesome video! New subscriber here for sure haha

[@tototriceps]

Awesome thank you! :D

[@frozen_potato6957]

Its my first time watching you and i really like your humour

[@tototriceps]

Thanks man :D

[@jackthomas1066]

Ya know. Most of these challenges just... give yout the items at the start. Mad respect for doing it as legit as possible.

[@tototriceps]

Its more fun this way, being able to cheat everything in just feels lame to me haha

[@Crackfeen]

Their is a crucible seal and it scales with int and faith. Really good for ng+ builds

[@thecommentguy9380]

"This is going wel-" **Kills Milicent* "This is unacceptable"

[@kadian299]

I’ll save you all 24 minutes, yes.

[@tommasobagni1919]

please do a frenzied flame only run that would be awesome. and even very cool to Watch like all the others

[@tototriceps]

Will do eventually :D

[@dante_sigma56]

Love the stardust Crusaders theme

[@howneybadger1751]

I live in Australia so it’s hard to always watch the streams cuz it’s like 1 I in the morning so these vids are a treasure 🙏

[@tototriceps]

Watching the videos is better anyways my brother, the vods for this run should be up in a couple of day aswell on the second channel :D

[@Silly_Illidan]

Man u gave me a way to finally complete atleast one playthrough with my limited free time and skill... Thanks to the shielder

[@bakazac1952]

Dope run, and I'll always appreciate P5 music

[@tot116]

omg, my name is toto!! i love finding other totos

[@lex7089]

Another amazing video 🤘

[@tototriceps]

🤙

[@snakeking5009]

Great video but I wish that you had taken the time to get Tanith's knights ability even if it meant using something else to kill him because it would've given a bit more variety and shown off a cool ability which felt like the more important aspect of this challenge. Still great video though!

[@general_metal1155]

"the single most broken glitch to ever exist in any video game ever" *laughs in elder scrolls

[@tototriceps]

ES is jsut a big glitch haha

[@greggmcfarlane4267]

09:30 song of storms you legend 😁🙌🏻🪗

[@weffal7348]

really good video!

[@destiny49]

"GODRICK WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE" i think i heard a little brick come out of him

[@mizutsune535th4]

this is so much respect

[@tototriceps]

but a disrespect to the crucible knights with how easy they where haha

[@Paul_Herrera]

I respect the use of Jotaro’s theme

[@eragoncranel]

I'm playing as one since a week, it's quite fun... walking and acting like a Crucible knight 🤣 I use the 3 incantations plus heal and fire buff (I can't remember the name rn)

[@toby7712]

Can't wait for the remaster of this game

[@tototriceps]

Wait what haha

[@terrestrialtoker]

Bro what?! I didn't even know that first cruicible knight existed. I only thought they're were 2 incantations. Omg