5 Ways You Made Elden Ring More Difficult....

[@DomsRoundtable]

I can't believe you've done this

[@Tcrror]

How dare us!

[@DOC_951]

#1 reminds me of how you told us to kill the prawn man for his necklace instead of just paying him 1000 runes 😝

[@princeofcats8916]

I feel attacked. Leave my 343 Dewkissed Herbas alone. Also, what song is that you use for the credits?

[@TiberiusRex182]

I can absolutely believe weve done this

[@mdmushrush]

Look what you made me do!

[@navtektv]

The avoiding a hard fight aspect of Elden Ring is probably the best feature they have ever introduced because my mentality is to always fight a boss with zero runes. Every time I know I'm going to be facing a boss, I fast travel to a tried and true farming spot and farm for a while in order to level up or if my runes are less then I go and spend it at a merchant or the RTH. I do not like the distraction of worrying about losing runes along with the tension of fighting a boss. I nope out of every boss fight I can and make sure I have only enough runes on me that I would not miss if I died and then I go fight a boss.

[@CCMrJones]

Me too, never realized, that in Dark Souls it was different

[@navtektv]

@@CCMrJones Yeah. In Dark Souls, you hope that you have enough souls to level up before a boss fight because if you don't, chances are you're losing those souls because fast travel doesn't even get unlocked until you beat the most difficult boss in the game, the Dastardly Duo O&S.

[@Arch_Angel_Michael]

I do the same thing

[@Squidbush8563]

Three words. Twiggy Cracked Tear. It's made boss fights SO MUCH less stressful

[@hairymcnipples]

@@navtektv there's basically nowhere that you can't easily farm up the last few K of souls to level up, and though I don't bother with that, it's also pretty easy to pick up your dropped souls at the start of a boss fight each attempt. If you're regularly losing loads of souls at every boss you need to either (a) get over it as they're pretty easy to come by or (b) do something about it, which shouldn't be a big deal. The bigger issue is how often you need to fight your way to the boss room. O+S is probably the best example, although I do run past most of them.

[@spcbrass]

My big regret was not finishing areas of the map and moving through the main quest too quickly at the start. I got locked out of a few NPC quests that’s really among the best in the game. Once I learned to slow down and explore more of the map I did t have this problem anymore. I am guilty of item hoarding also. Beat the game on my first play through without using a single item. I also didn’t take enough time to figure out how to combo together all of the different buffs between spells, incantations, potions and buffs. I basically yoloed every single battle with my faith build and managed to still beat enemies that had high faith resistances. There is so much this game doesn’t tell you. But once you know how everything works and what order to tackle the areas it does get significantly easier. How many of us wandered into Caelid the first time way under leveled and got promptly smoked by the pack of zombies? Guilty as charged!

[@christopherf2189]

I actually accidentally killed patches.. Also locked myself out of Rannis quest somehow so missed 2

[@PolarBearon]

1. Investing into a weapon that deals sacred/holy damage. It's great early game but you will be harshly punished for going this direction in the late game. Because you're basically just storming the Vatican in the later half of the game, and every boss has high sacred resistance. 2. Not picking a "meta" weapon. I hate the meta. I hate following a meta. But the weapons that are actually good in this game are SO much better than most other weapons in the game. So if you don't want to nerf yourself you can pick between maybe 10 weapons. Anything else and you're making the game harder for yourself. 3. Not dumping your first 30-40 levels in vigor. Vigor is op in Elden ring. Whichever spec you are vigor is the best stat by far to start off with. If you don't you make the game harder. 4. Not exploring, A LOT, especially early. I'm a gamer who doesn't really care for exploring. It doesn't come naturally to me. So when I first played elden ring I went straight where the game TELLS me to go. Varre says it, and the golden grace said it; Go to stormweil castle and fight Margit. Well, I had leveled up maybe one time by the time I got there and I was not pleased with the result. Being a souls veteran I just tried to "git gud" and beat Margit, but I couldn't and it was miserable. So then I reluctantly went exploring and discovered that the game has a LOT of other content that feels a lot more appropriate to do, but the game literally gaslights you into thinking that you're supposed to go to stormweil first. Also as a fun little consequence of this is that when I got there I didn't have the spirit caller bell. Why would I? I was going forwards not backward. And to get the bell you literally have to go backward. I didn't know it existed until some of my friends started talking about spirit summons. So yeah, explore OR ELSE.

[@Prismabohne]

Your are right i am a horder too, and you have an abo from me. 👍 I like your voice and content you are so frindly. It is so hypnotic to Listen to your content,go on so.

[@codman4372wx]

Using up items is my biggest problem with fighting blood starved beast

[@furtalance_x]

Can u imagine im such a hoarder in this game that I refuse to use rhe golden runes I get to level up. Only rarely will i use them If I am desperate to get an item or level up but only making sure I have 5 or 10 of each level of golden runes. I need help!

[@meowsqueak]

I liked the way The Witcher 3 handles consumable potions - rather than having limited supply, it gives you limited capacity to handle multiple items simultaneously, with unlimited recharges. This actively encourages the player to experiment with potions in different situations, at no risk of wasting them in the event of premature death.

[@thedeadcannotdie]

Weird they didn't go with that approach. They already have the physic flask which kinda does that to some degree and they also had those candies in sekiro that u got from killing headless which used prosthetic tool ammo.

[@BigDSkids]

They did it the perfect way. Wish elden ring wouldve followed this

[@navtektv]

I'm don't know if I'm reluctant to ever use Rune Arcs. All I know is that every time I use a Rune arc, a boss seems to kill me quicker than usual and then I forget about the Rune Arcs and just run back to the fight. I don't think I've ever successfully beaten a boss with a Rune Arc active. I usually just die, respawn and then eventually beat them with my base stats.

[@thescottishaccent]

I'm the same. I really wish whichever Great Rune you equip would give you *some* of the quality it gives and you could then choose to further buff with Rune Arcs, as I just don't use them because (like you) I feel like the second I do, I end up dying so much quicker.

[@michaelfesinmeyer2061]

I beat the game 3x's and only used a 1 Rune Arc just to see what it did

[@viciouscross9560]

its almost like the games punishes you for using them i stopped using them for bosses an ended up using them to clear areas

[@shawmiserix404]

i use them before every demigod the great rune i use is godricks and it gives some pretty good stat boosts all things considered and resistences to all ailments

[@Tanstaafl_74]

I didn't think I was until I was in NG+ and realized I had more than 60 on me.

[@c_bass1971]

Doing anything to never lose runes! I acted like each rune was my only child and I made the game so much harder trying to avoid any risks of loaing runes.

[@Conky88]

I go into an area die a few times and then tell myself to forget the runes. As goku tells gohan in the fight against cell forget about everything and stop worrying and don’t hold back. So I do and it makes me play better. I can always get the runes back

[@Xarosai]

lol I have fun walking around with enough runes to level up 3-4 times more often than not xD

[@reflectcard6258]

Sometimes I play better with a huge ammount of runes, the will of not losing it makes me git guder a bit

[@Joyful_Traitor]

A friend of mine who let me make a character on his game to see if I liked it before buying it myself told me that at the start of the game get angry about losing runes you can always make them back later yeah that works until you are farming then do something stupid and lose enough for a few levels

[@rhondastroudmccutchen9348]

@carlos this comment made me feel seen!😂😂

[@atimm25]

In my first playthrough I accidentaly killed Boc because I clicked out of the Game and when I clicked back in the Games registered it as a click and I made an attack killing Boc who stood right in front of me. I was so mad. Also about upgrading I started out using the Lordsworns Greatsword and kept upgrading it and ervery weapon I found I thought "Is this better or not? Should I upgrade it to switch or not?" In the end I used the Lordsworns Greatsword for the entirety of Limgrave, Liurnia and Caelid only switching after beating Rykard and getting the Blasphmeous Blade.

[@Tanstaafl_74]

There are a few NPCs that, if I killed accidentally, would cause me to end that playthrough and reroll. Boc is definitely one of them

[@YYfilmsOfficial]

-One of the biggest things is not getting rid of the heal debuff you get from hugging Fia, too many times I see people just rocking the debuff and complaining when they get bodied by a boss or strong enemy that they don't have enough health. -Not using some weapon/spell/tactic because others have labeled it cheesy. If others want to do a level 1 punch only run that's fine, but general stigmas on some aspects of the game should be used how you see fit, not others. -Neglecting jump attacks. If players are coming from older titles jumping does feel like heresy, but there are some busted builds like the power stanced curved swords with frost and bleed which do crazy damage with their jump attack. Other times it allows you to jump over enemy's attacks and land a counter blow. -Unless doing pvp or killing npcs for quests, death and madness build-ups are pretty much useless on normal enemies so don't lean too hard into them. Frenzied incantations are good to use for damage but don't expect the madness proc to lead to your victory. -Don't save your seeds and tears for later, there is no bonus for not using them so help yourself and upgrade your healing and magic flasks.

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

People don't take STDs seriously anymore

[@selenagamya1612]

Fia's debuff is pretty much negligible, since it's only around -5% of your max. That's nowhere near enough to be as much of a detriment as you claim it to be. Even at high levels when 5% is a larger amount, enemies are dealing way more damage, to the point where it still makes no difference. Sure, there's no reason to NOT get rid of the debuff, but it's not the end of the world if you keep it.

[@alexalvarado2156]

I saw my health drain and getting killed easily by the third time I went for that huh smh. I was like fuck you fia you useless hoe 🤣

[@thescottishaccent]

This is my first ever Souls-like (and so first ever FS game) and my biggest mistake was trying to be 'balanced' with all my stats when levelling up. I got to a stage (and I'm only just reaching the boss gate at Farum Azula on my first playthrough, so not even completed it once yet) where I was quite highly levelled, but almost everything was at 30 (approx) because I wanted to be able to use every new weapon or spell I came across thus far. So I'm a weak jack of all trades and master of none. I'm trying to figure out a good respec for myself, but I still have a mental block about leaving any one stat low. It's a real problem!

[@MrPuddle30]

Same. Very much same

[@Reverandfatdave]

Dude, that's why I'm almost level 400. All my stats are at least 50 and it was hard to push my strength to 80 while my dex and int were only 50...

[@sarahkathryn1839]

imma be real honest. 70 vigor 70 end lets you start lvling everything 1 level at a time if you want to jack of all trades. Long fights tho.

[@TheFinagle]

based on my playing DS 1 to 3 (im only in limgrave/ that storm castle myself - I have no idea where your place is) - honestly 30 of every stat sounds like a fairly decent build. you can pull out whatever the boss/enemy is weak to for every fight and hit them where it hurts. If you keep going to 50 all you will soft cap on everything and become relatively powerful with any given tactic. The issue comes from practice and twitch reflex build up. Having one weapon and armor setup the whole play-through you get really good at judging exactly how many attacks you can get in or if you need to save stamina to dodge as you learn each bosses patterns and attacks.

[@cheefussmith9380]

This is how I’ve run my professional life in the real world.

[@Philroq7]

I’d like to add another thing (it might be related to being stubborn in some way): being too overconfident, especially during boss fight. You have the boss’ health down to a very low point and perhaps you are just a few strikes away from defeating the boss. You get too confident and die. I’m guilty of this and have then learned to be patient and wait my turn.

[@MrJoewhitaker]

Overconfidence is real. i just started NG+ and think I can't be killed. I'm a god. Then 18 wolves decide to have their way with me. Not cool...lol

[@Philroq7]

@@MrJoewhitaker same. I also started a NG+. Our ego and overconfidence will get us killed in battle lol.

[@Sloth8346]

I get overconfident and try to do a cool ending blow and die

[@davejones9469]

It's not always unjustified though, since there have been many times I very nearly beat a boss on the first go, then can't even get close to that first attempt despite rebuffing with a rune arc etc. Those are the most annoying boss fights imo.

[@nebs6888]

On upgrading weapons. Imo find a weapon you like and feel comfortable with and stick with it on a first playthrough. Saves yourself a lot of headache for most FromSoft Games.

[@Shaathurray]

Am presently doing this with a +17 claymore. Def pulling its weight.

[@sasaki999pro]

I'm definitely in the latter camp when it comes to upgrades, but not for the reasons you think I withhold my smithing stones because "OH BOY I sure am having FUN with this weapon, I better not spend any worthwhile upgrades on it incase FromSoft NERFS it into the ground next patch! >:("

[@nebs6888]

@@sasaki999pro Honestly Nerfs have never been that bad. Usually the weapons deserving of nerfs are already pretty stupidly strong. So a nerfed version of it would just be on par with other weapons. Still viable of course, just need to build it right.

[@DilanPandemic]

literally never used a rune arc my whole play through, never realized they were so good.

[@LiamJ4486]

Nor me, but it's because I'm a hoarder on games like these

[@tellarite3000]

Yup. Took me something like 145 hours to beat the game (I did a lot of exploring) and for most of that time I had Godrick's great rune equipped - but never used it. Hoarded every single one of my rune arcs "just in case I need them later".

[@Chainsnroses]

Just use them conservatively.

[@Kamishi845]

I didn't realize you needed to use them to activate a greater rune so I played up into Leyndell without activating one because I naively thought it was activated when you equipped it. And then I went, well I managed the game up to this point without it, may as well continue that way lol. So I almost have 30 arcs now at Leyndell Castle.

[@doomstadt2371]

Killed Patches by accident my first go around lol Was in the middle of a combo when he started begging, and by the time I relized what was happening he was dead lol NGL, his armor is pretty good for an early game bandit, and that spears not bad if you like spears.

[@BiggRich95]

I didn’t spare patches. I beat the shit out of him

[@undefinedvariable8085]

Some others for 1st playthroughs: 1. not leveraging consumable buff items (i.e. incoming damage reducers, attack buffs, etc.) 2. neglecting pots and aromatics 3. neglecting the Wondrous Physick, timing the consumption, and using the right mixtures for the right situations 4. neglecting great runes 5. not treating your talisman loadout contextually and rotating them situationally 6. not experimenting or exploring Ash of Wars (or not leveraging them suitably for the particular challenges at hand) 7. neglecting weapon affinities 8. neglecting to prioritise levelling vigor and stamina early game 9. speed running/rushing, neglecting to thoroughly explore (more than enough content to level organically without grinding) 10. not learning the errors of your ways and growing (i.e. reflecting on how and why you fucked up and not doing that thing again) 11. no or limited weapon type range rotation in inventory (i.e. looking for, noticing, and taking advantage of enemy weakness, e.g. always have a decently upgraded strike weapon on hand for those pesky ~spit~ stone miners)

[@Kamishi845]

Who needs a striking weapon when there's magic? Hell even for the Crystalline bosses you can use rock spells for poise break.

[@undefinedvariable8085]

@@Kamishi845 Escalate that: who needs _anything_ when there's magic? Magic is _the_ easy mode in Elden Ring.

[@Jasx_501]

Hardcore called out on hoarding items haha. Being stubborn actually managed to pay off for once: as a Souls vet, I ran into the Tree Sentinel and IMMEDIATELY had to see him dead. I started as the Astrologer and spent 2hrs sneaking, hit & running, and fleeing for my life but I actually did it! All before I leveled up even once. Super dumb but also super proud haha.

[@Assassin90Nine]

Hi, Great video series mate. I have watched them all while I have been playing. I used the bloodhound fang for ages while I collected weapons then upgraded a few to play around with. Cheers

[@KraestBurns]

Things that definitely made it harder for me: I play strictly melee in Soulsborne games. Don’t do that here. Despite feeling like it’s a wasted flask, magic is helpful and often *extremely* necessary in ways it just isn’t in Soulsborne games. Ashes of War are BETTER THAN DS3 WEAPON ARTS. USE THEM. I didn’t think spirit summons would be worth it because my wolves did nothing spectacular, so I didn’t use any until I got to Godfrey. USE SPIRIT SUMMONS, THEY ARE A GREAT DISTRACTION FOR THE BOSS. Similarly, don’t follow the line of thinking that using summons, sleep, scarlet rot, etc are cheapening the game in any way. Making it harder for yourself isn’t making the game “better” if you’re ignoring 90% of things the devs put in for you to use, it’s just making you thick-headed. The game gives you a *pile* of respec items, USE THEM. If your slow ass frost build isn’t working against a boss, respec into something that works better. Kill your babies (in this case, your babies being your builds). You can always just screenshot your build and go back to it later with one of the 300 respec items you get. This last one is also just good advice: get used to losing your runes. It will happen, again and again, and you won’t lose your mind and go hollow like the bitch in ds2 said, you’ll just go get more runes again. It’s okay. The game gives you a fairly paltry number of them anyway and if you made it that far without dying before you lost them, what’s one single level going to do for you if you do get them back? Getting upset about it won’t bring back any “progress” you made. Collecting runes isn’t a jenga tower, and dying isn’t knocking it over, so there’s no “progress” to lose. If anything, it gives you another chance to figure out the enemies that killed you, and you’ll be able to take them out swiftly and efficiently the next time, which will feel much more satisfying than adding 3 points to your stamina bar.

[@ruediger5795]

Biggest mistake in my first playthrough: following the recommendation of Varre and the game by visiting directly Stormveil!

[@Alex-tn7pv]

I think we all fell for that. I got my ass kicked so hard due to my stubbornness, that I finally said to myself "yeah... I better go explore and level up my char and gear."

[@here2there880]

Biggest I see with new players is spreading stats too much. Wanting to do it all right way.

[@billyjeffersoniv4344]

I made it to the second boss before I realized "the hug" was actually hurting me

[@daviddonaldson2807]

I beat the game before I realized

[@benmauger1441]

I always forget to use it too. Its probably on now

[@youtubevoice1050]

That's minimal though. Some of the talismans are way worse in that regard.

[@hairymcnipples]

The video massively exaggerates how bad it is. It's not good, but it's a pretty minor debuff.

[@iban4158]

Bruh I beat melenia like this and I didn’t find out till Godfrey’s slam kept somehow one shooting me even though I’m supposed to have more health than the stomp

[@TheLumpy107]

To me it became almost a mandatory thing to restart my character in a fromsoft game... every time I play for like 2-3 hours, realise that I'm not happy with the stats I took and restart.

[@youtubevoice1050]

Ohh yes, I hate it when consumables/ ingredients/ ammunition are rare. Same issue with rune arcs. I keep hoarding that stuff and then forgetting about them. Game designers really need to smart up about these mechanics. Also the smithing stones, especially the regular ones that require how many? Twelve for each rarity type? Ridiculous. At some point it becomes easier to upgrade legendary weapons rather than normal ones. Unreal.

[@SrmegaCabra]

Although I'm a little sad that the "Things You Missed" series is over (at least until the DLC) I'm keen to see what new videos you have in store, your vids are always entertaining and interesting 👍

[@itsallgood1972]

One way i made it harded......thuggin my under leveled ass through Caelid. Those dinosaur dogs pissed me off, and I was NOT leaving til I taught them to heel.

[@SuperMan-Kal-El]

First play through?! That implies there will be another. Would never play again. It's not a bad game just not replayable for me

[@jeffstewart2083]

Another for first timers is not understanding power stancing or even knowing that it exists for half my first playthrough.

[@kuku4cocopufs796]

Ok I did all these.. Biggest mistake ..never switched out my armor , was too focused on looking good rather than making my playthrough alittle easier. I didn't study the finer points of each armor in relation to specific strong points. But hey, I died many times in style....! Thanks for the video...knowing others made the same mistakes made me feel less stupid. Lol.

[@ArcNine9Angel]

To be fair, clothing is mostly fashion :p I'm running through as a twinblade user right now with prophet trousers and sorcerer manchettes only, for a martial artist/escaped prisoner look. What's the point in beating a boss for self-confidence if you also don't look good while doing it? c:

[@Ayban3]

fashion way more important

[@hairymcnipples]

The only defensive stat worth worrying about on armour 90% of the time is poise. The exception is basically only resistance to poison/rot in areas that inflict those status effects as an environmental hazard. And even with poise, it's only really something to worry about if you're using heavy, slow weapons and need to poise through attacks to deal damage at times. It probably wouldn't have made a big difference. Unless you're talking about PvP, I guess.

[@davidescobar1021]

how 'bout not using cooperators when they're available? if they are there, then they should absolutetly be used.

[@Saga.Anderson]

I would've liked this video to offer some kind of solution to this mistakes, maybe you can consider this in a possible part 2. But besides this, great work as always! Edit: I meant mistake 1 and 2 especially. My big mistake was to hug Fia and get my HP reduced, and running around not noticing until I was through Caelid.

[@gthakur17]

wasting smithing stone to upgrade the shield

[@12345.......]

Or accidentally using an ancient smithing stone on something you didn't mean to put to level 10

[@katbercar]

I started as the deprived/wretch, as I did for DS3 so I could see what I liked and spec from there. Ended-up as Faith/Str build again

[@TackleAdvisors]

How ya gonna be a idck and bring up my 99 FF elixers from 30 years ago.....c'mon man

[@ShaunRF]

I went out of my way to get the smithing stone bell bearings, just so I could upgrade and try out any weapons I could. Being my first Souls game, I wanted to try out as much as possible. I also sought out good rune farming spots, so that I could buy those smithing stones, and so I wouldn't worry so much about losing runes.

[@hairymcnipples]

Getting those bell bearings is definitely the way. It's only the ancient dragon stones that are limited, you can buy all the rest. Same with the spirit ash upgrade mats. And going from +9 to +10 or +24 to +25 is worth it, but leaving the weapon one level lower is hardly the end of the world. I finished the game without ever getting around to maxing my lance, it was fine.

[@okonkwojones]

You can’t make me use my elixir! I might need it during the ending cutscene!

[@arellajardin8188]

For 2&3. I started my original strength run hoping to upgrade hammers and axes (regular, great, and colossal) for a good variety of weapons. By Liunria, I narrowed it to hammers only. And by Calid, great hammers only. The game requires way too many Smithing Stones, and is way to stingy with them. Even after the patch to increase drop rates. As for consumables, I have farming method for mats for Fire Grease, and that’s it. Everything else, I ignore, because it’s just such a pain to farm mat. This crafting system is somehow worse than previous games, since you could just farm souls and buy items. A solution I would suggest, is that you only need to craft an item once to have access to it, then only let us set up our loadout at Grace. Say, for example, you need 10x Souldering Butterflies and Mushrooms to unlock Fire Pots, and any time you’re at Grace, you can restock on Fire Pots. Have limiters like the cracked pots for every type of item. Greases, throwing knives, and status cures. This would make setting up your loadout at Grace feel strategic, and encourage you to use your items, because they won’t be lost.

[@paulosousa6059]

Nr. 1: ☑️ Nr. 2: ☑️ Nr. 3: ☑️ Nr. 4:☑️ Nr. 5:☑️ Cool, got them all!

[@dankroothydra7974]

It's sort of related to point 5, but the biggest offender imo for this game is not leveling vigor. It may sound obvious in hindsight, but things hit so hard in Elden Ring that neglecting it can quickly become a death sentence. This also manifests in other habits such as prioritizing scaling when it's arguably less important than it was in other games (at least compared to upgrades and buffs).

[@locust7777]

It's important early game but becomes pretty much useless when everything can kill you with 2 or 3 hits regardless of your health

[@jacobslifka1358]

Dom, you've made playing this game so much fun by making your content. Keep it up.

[@Guy1189]

The skill points thing is too real. My first playthrough I wanted to use SoNaF so badly that I dumped all my points into INT and FTH, completely ignored Vigor, Mind, and Endurance. By the time I was able to use the weapon, I couldn't take a hit long enough to attack with the AoW. I will say though, the 1 way I found to make the game easier on myself? Your "Things You Missed" series. I'd get to a new area and immediately refer to your vids. Eventually, I got confident enough that I didn't need them, but I'd definitely refer to them to make sure I didn't miss something important.

[@DOC_951]

I didn’t start using rune arcs until I had like 60 of them and I was more than half way done lol. Also, easy mode = mimic tear.

[@crapsharkify]

Yeah, I've only used three or four. I kept forgetting they were a thing!

[@oneeyemonster3262]

My 1st play through was a bit rough. but I grind it ( killed thousands of guardian on that hill and dragons to lv up..The metro staff and metro Katana and just a bastard sword ( so I could break shields. Not knowing how the game's mechanics..what spells..ect I didnt build my stat the most efficient way..It was a learning process.. After having a bit of trouble collecting smithing/somber stones... I made damn sure i have 999 in inventory and 999 in chest.lmao 55 somber stones..After I went to the trouble of collecting the bearings. 20M worth of runes....NG+ are just collecting dragon stones to max my favorite weapons. I dont collect them all.. 4-5 ea p/ play through. Im at lv 425...60....60....60...70...70....70....60... 55. Im NOT restarting over from ZERO..Ive collected weapons/spells/armors..talisman ect I dont play it as much as I used to...if I do..Im NOT UNDER LEVEL. I'll also be RUSTY and forgotten a lot of the game mechanics and what not...it's OKAY I can still die EASY..The game scale up as I go...but i have access to ALL weapons/spells. All my favorite weapons are 10+ or 25+...I dont roll like a TANK no matter what I equiped or wear. I dont grind the game as much anymore..I just combat for kicks N giggles. I dont see myself at lv 715 anytime soon or in the next yr. The game is BALANCE to my liking ...The way I Play it. That's what matters most to me NOT WHAT other wants or deem How I should enjoy video games.

[@stephenjohnston2533]

Not using Rune Arcs til VERY late (Stacked 40 of them in inventory..... maybe more.. Not buffing.... relied heavily on weapon stats alone... but got levelled up by exploring to help that. I agree on the stubbornness point... LOST ALOT OF RUNES. Even being intercepted on the way to recover runes - HATEFULL! Thanks Dom! Great channel and Vids! First time FS game. Skyrim on steroids was my take on ER first time round. Just appealed to me a lot more than the Dark Souls and Bloodbourne games.... LOVE ER!

[@Dale-sj6ru]

Killing NPC's: I watched so many "helpful" youtube vids early on that said "just kill this guy and get his stuff". I had the restart the game 4 times before I worked out that you never kill ANY NPC. Consumes: I generally dont use any as they are all pretty much crap except fire and sleep pots. Runearcs: Yeah I am guilty of not using these, dont want to waste them so they never get used lol.

[@rizzystardust2404]

The biggest way I think people make Elden Ring harder on themselves is acting like you aren't "supposed" to use summons. Use the summons, use them at every opportunity. If you don't need the help get a funny or cute summon and use that (miranda sprouts, the free giant rats). Yeah hold on a second lets talk about the free rats, why aren't you using them, person reading this, they are free. Free to summon, and free to upgrade even (in runes, you still need glovewort), and you get MORE RATS the higher you level them. Use the rats

[@6PotatoesGaming]

I will say I usually am a hoarder, but I used EVERY SINGLE ARTERIA LEAF to beat friggin' Dragonlord Placidusax. Literally used my last one on the time I finally beat it.

[@Thatdeal79]

I’m using a weapon that scales with Dexterity the sword is about level 20. I’m at level 90 with only 16 dex & was wondering why my sword was barely harming certain bosses. Then my dumbass realized what I got wrong.

[@thecrocco5572]

I got a few, lol. 1. Didnt realize that the game's initial prompts to explain the controls were set to Gamepad, and not Mouse and Keyboard...so I didnt even know how to do strong attacks until some time after taking down Godrick the Grafted. 2. Ignored powerstancing and dodging, as mechanics, entirely, until about halfway through the game. 3. Completely and utterly ignored Ashes of War until, again, about halfway through the game. 4. Thought Rivers of Blood was stupid and ignored it for a depressingly long time before finally using it. 5. Killed D., Hunter of the Dead, outside of that graveyard, the second I saw him, because his back was turned and his red cape looked an awful lot like the reddish capes on some of the skeletons. 6. Despite cheesing boss after boss with the absolute beauty of scarlet rot, I attempted to fight Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, like a real hero with swords and dodges, dying about 6 times before just embracing the cheese as I'd always done and Decaying him into nothing. I know there are a lot more - ignoring greases, for instance - but those should be enough to demonstrate that Im an Elden Idiot. To further back this up, I have 303 hours in Elden Ring...on one character...and I haven't even gotten through Crumbling Farum Azula yet.

[@crimsonvoo7505]

I've got in the habit of using my runes to level up before entering an area I'm not confident about so instead of losing 57000 runes , sacrificed my left over 400 . If I'm short a couple thousand, I would just farm till I hit my cost before attempting to fight something I could lose at

[@Kevjohno]

I wasted all fire pots on the night evergale... He didn't die.. Love your guides best on KZbin great stuff 👍.. Note.. I used my rune arc because you said it buffs your stats on you guessed it the Knight Evergall 🤔

[@akaErma]

I farm the shit out of fire pot items because they're just that useful, but guilty as charged for hoarding Trina's Lily. I used sleep pots exclusively on godskins.

[@evanhowlett1370]

The way I’ve made the game more difficult for myself? Well when it first came out I bought it at release, then waited 6 months to play it after an hour of playing and frustration for all of the guides to come out 🤣 and there are SO many guides. I feel like everything I do is going to stop a different quest, so I over leveled to the point that I was level 71 before beating rennala. It was like bringing a building down on a turtle with a nerf gun.

[@szymonrozanski6938]

1. Playing melee 2. Using shields (Unless for Parry) 3. Not using summons 4. Not cheesing/abusing AI 5. Downloading mods that make the game easier

[@blackfyre8837]

Just started DS3 and I leveled up wrong stat. I was wondering why my equip load wasn't going up until I realised I was leveling up the stamina stats. Feels weird playing DS3 after ER.

[@AmeiWasHere]

Lol im stubborn as hell right now trying to beat the end bosses.... for the Frenzy flame ending/platinum trophy. But yes omg being stubborn in this game is often... the worst... ^^;;;;

[@Killerwhale317]

I stuck with leveling up vig/dex/arc and the katanas from the start but I did kill the Ronin guy, D and, Patches. Only items I use are rune arcs before boss battles as well as the golden fowl feets.

[@flipperflapper6682]

I mean...Being stubborn is what makes this game easier, because if you are not, then every lost feels even more frustrating. Eventually you just end up dropping the game altogether.

[@David-ly2zr]

Another one that might just be me doing it, is selling extra weapons that I pick up, then reading what each weapon has, then selling one that you didn't want to sell, by accident, or forgetting that I'm at a merchant's screen to try to equip it, but selling it instead. Happened twice to me.

[@crazy-acid-trip9765]

I have everything I like or maybe one day use on +9 or +24. I always save everything , Witcher 3 and Skyrim I learned to stockpile lol

[@locust7777]

I was travelling nicely with 80,000 runes and felt invincible until I got to auriza heroes grave. Attempted the double boss fight about 20 times finally realising I couldn't do it, and just gave up the runes 🥵

[@cheefussmith9380]

Probably too late, but if you quit the game after recovering your runes in a boss fight, you load back in outside the fight with your runes

[@hairymcnipples]

Another tip is if, after dying, you force quit before the loading screen, your runes will be moved to just outside the boss gate.

[@dangelnut]

i have so much weapons and items its like ive ran the game 20 times but ive only just beaten it but i nearly have every weopon and every crafting book never used anything different lol

[@David-ly2zr]

I lost 450k runes before. It sucks. Dying to a enemy, then falling off a ledge right after, just to lose all my progress.

[@SnaikHead]

how about not using weapon arts or jump R2,, basically still playing DS3. i saw a whole stream of this noob only using R1 with a long sword ROFL

[@codydoxey2497]

yea I basically never used rune arcs until mostly the last boss and every time I died quickly in the 1st phase I died inside for wasting a rune arc even though I was at the end of the game lol

[@ThisOneDude157]

80 hours in...yet to use a single of my 30+ rune arcs. I reckon Melania will eat them all, whenever I finally get there anyways lol

[@dennisjakobus807]

Loved Demon Souls and Dark Souls, Dark Souls 3 was a little too fast for me. But Elden Ring I really don't like any of the bosses so I quit.

[@StreetSoundsSwirln]

I fk patches up instantly w/o thinking about quest cause he didnt go save Greirat at lothric..............

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

I almost never used any rune arcs and ended the game with 41 rune arcs. In my new game plus, I used a rune arc for radhan fight without a great rune. Lol

[@DemonKingHiei]

Doms: you’re a hoarder cuz you’re scared of wasting items Me: I hoard items cuz I don’t like using them

[@shadowsolion7325]

I didn’t use a single rune arc until my fight against the lord of blood because I wanted to use a specific spell but was a level short.

[@alisterdyer]

Stacking debuff charms! I couldn't do mountain top until I realised this. Beyond squishy

[@Kiljoy_]

Definitely agree with stubborn I've lost like 100k runes by dying and then dying again without runes

[@mizga69]

Upgrading wrong weapon, did that so many times and it is super frustating 😖 Number 4: been there, done that 😂

[@eetfuk3571]

"you completed final fantasy with 99 elixirs and you will never use 1" literally every final fantasy players lmfao

[@TheJellyfishPirate]

my biggest mistake, not using weapons that scale well to my build ex: being a mage and not smithing my weapons to scale with magic

[@busstop1982]

Yep, definitely suffering from "too good to use" syndrome 😝 Love your videos, please keep 'em coming!!

[@mcmogg_incmogg2080]

If anybody is on PlayStation and needs items let me know . I got a bunch from all play throughs.

[@Lucy2Juicy]

5:30 funny thing I didnt hoard on purpose I legit forgot I had items, rune arcs included till some handful of fights

[@jermahevans7440]

Once i get down to 6 or 7 rune arcs, gotta farm dem rats. Get back up to 10 or 11 n im good for a while.

[@scorchfiend1597]

Ahhh called out right off the bat. I thought he would just stab me in the back if I mercied him…much regret

[@tobyseth]

I can honestly say I've crafted very little I'm the game. A few boluses and a fire pot here and there. Granted I am a hoarder but I played as a mage and used spells to heal versus materials about 97% of my 300 hours lol As for losing runes I've done that a few times. My best advice is if you're at least half way to a level, farm for runes and then use them before potentially losing them. Especially later on in the game when each level is 250,000+ per level. I don't mind losing 30,000 but I would mind losing 180,000 🤪

[@mr_peach7704]

If I didn't laugh I'd cry but so true the bit about banging your head over and over with the first Tree Sentinel. I have to say though, the first best thing about New Game Plus is you come right out of the gate and beat him to a pulp and it feels sooooo good.

[@MrPuddle30]

Definitely made most of these mistakes my first play through haha especially the leveling the wrong stats 😅 Also was so pumped about finishing the game that I went into new game plus before using any runes/remembrance of the Elden beast lol Side note: anyone remember the group password for Doms Roundtable?

[@aaronfaucett6442]

I just love your polite greeting in the traditional British accent. You have great info in your videos too

[@Conky88]

For strength/dex builds. Upgrade the bloodhound fang to +10 as soon as you can. My build is 83 dex and 70 strength 40 endurance and 60 vigor. As of today. They’ll both be 99 soon enough but the damn thing smacks hard.

[@caffeinechaos1334]

Hello. My name is Kyle and I hoard all items in games. Thank you for welcoming me here.

[@wyattconklin5097]

I accidentally killed kail or whoever the first merchant is before I could get snap

[@Niftygizmoz]

I consume everything, EXCEPT MY RETIREMENT GREASE!!!!

[@jonathandominguez2273]

I definitely had 15 vigor for a very long time. My dex was like 35 at one point lol

[@bumblebee_tuna]

Getting a hug from the thirsty bird on the bed in the round table hold.... so I'm told...

[@truthserum273]

Number 1 should be not realising how good White Shadows Lure ash of war is. 🤫

[@lukeanderson6124]

To be fair my first playthrough I used no items second playthrough I ran out a lot lol

[@gakkieNL]

I finished the game with a shit load of rune arcs. They might come in handy later… 🙄

[@marcoagostini7866]

5:50 I was literally about to write that i never used any elixirs when playing FF8 lol

[@farest1586]

"5 characters before you left limgrave" nope 32 and counting

[@bandanasteve]

Wearing the same armor for most of the game because the damage seems unsurmountable anyways lmao