Elden Ring But I Can Only Level Up From PvP (RL 40 Is Great For Status Builds) Part 4

The 4th part of a full playthrough in which I can only increase my rune level via runes I acquired from invasions
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[@BreadNHoney]

The host at Redmane definitely got dumpstered by the Crucible Knight and Misbegotten duo.

[@randombot6203]

I bet he doesn't care about that and only cares about ganking reds lol Such miserable dude

[@Johnny13utt]

⁠somehow got the lamest blues ever too.

[@Str1king_c0bra]

He probably hit quit the second he got into the boss

[@leonardo9259]

The saddest part is he definitely won, he just spammed endure and won the fight with le bleed weapon. That's how badly designed is this game, people THAT stupid can win the game by mashing 2 buttons

[@spiraljumper74]

Somebody needs to tell that guy that’s not how you use endure against real people. Little bro was really doing it pve style and just enduring before every attack like Chase was an npc who’s gonna trade into it.

[@user__214]

10:06 Now imagine that ability on a torch!

[@jajatisarma3252]

Patches leaving behind the host is lore appropriate

[@hugo-xg9qb]

I remember passing the magic gate to raya lucaria and thinking "oh, THIS is where chase does his intros"

[@Adam-tu1qx]

"Bye coward!" Wow! We got back to back videos with a combatant worthy of a Chase insult!

[@sugipulaboule]

That's like Jesus Himself looking at you in disgust. I wouldn't want to live after that.

[@iRunKids]

that’s not an insult, just stating a fact

[@Adam-tu1qx]

@@iRunKids an insult based in facts🤝

[@jakemaxwell3810]

Is it really cowardly to realize you can't beat Chase 1v1? I'd bail too. At least he had the coolest set of builds on his world and a sweet pvp dynamic with multiple reds and blues. Seems like an awesome change of pace.

[@sugipulaboule]

@@jakemaxwell3810 ok coward...

[@randombot6203]

Man that redmane castle invasion was wild, 2 hyper-optimised blues and one host that is too coward to face a red when he doesn't have an easy win and prefers to die to the boss lol

[@slaphappy-qb3jb]

Unfortunately Elden Ring HEAVILY caters to bad players. The older games went with a "tough but fair" design. Elden Ring opted to go with holding the hand of bad players and setting them up for easy wins

[@Tameot34]

​@@slaphappy-qb3jb Least insufferable Fromsoft fan:

[@slaphappy-qb3jb]

@@Tameot34 cool story, but am I wrong?

[@btarczy5067]

⁠@@slaphappy-qb3jbThe game can still be just as hard if not harder than any of the Souls games so I don’t see the issue with that. Are there more tools to cheese it? Sure, but let’s not pretend that the other games weren’t easy if you followed a META guide or just had the appropriate level for bosses.

[@slaphappy-qb3jb]

@@btarczy5067 I'm not talking about PVE, I'm talking about PVP. Either way it is also by a longshot the easiest fromsoft game from a pve perspective, but as I stated I'm not talking about pve. In fact I'd go so far as to say Elden Ring being a bit more forgiving on the pve end is a good thing. It's still challenging but brought in new players, at least some of which will then go on to play the other titles. Pvp wise though, it is a complete shit show and has been made WAY too easy in favor of hosts. DS3 was much better in that regard. There is no reason why the game is set up the way it is in that regard. Invasions were meant to be a balance for summoning or going through in human form (I guess rune arc active would be this games equivalent). Now it's barely a challenge unless the host and his over leveled phantoms are literal drooling morons, which is often the case, which only speaks to the necessity of proper invasions. These hosts are not in any way required to actually learn the game mechanics when they can summon in 2 level 700 phantoms to just steamroll everything for them, when at most they'll have to contend with a single invader

[@reky9001]

I loved how the patches cosplayer left the host to die and appeared as soon as she died lol

[@vasheroo]

That's good but it would've been even better for him to take like 2 hits then sever out 🤣

[@poseidon3342]

Dude literally got 3 guys to help him, and he still manage to be a coward and run ALL THE CASTLE to the boss fight after feeling himself good with that bleed talons build, LOL, definitely got smoked by the crucible knight.

[@inambience]

I send these videos to a friend trying to get into pvp and he’s just dumbfounded at how effortless chase makes both the pvp and pve look.

[@Adam-tu1qx]

Especially with ER & DS3, once you start playing a lot, they feel buttery smooth for a souls game. What really impresses me is Chase keeps up good spacing & movement even through bad latency. Thats what i really struggle with

[@inambience]

Same here! More than a thousand hours in er and I still get completely thrown by latency but chase just adapts instantly.

[@Feanor1988bis]

Chase had over 5k hours just on ds3 alone, and that's something I remember him mentioning well before ER was released, his ability to adapt so fast is born of experience few can match.

[@Yobolight]

Missed a Weeping Peninsula Catacombs

[@Constellasian]

I continue to enjoy seeing Chase kill high level phantoms, especially those who underestimate him and were hyper aggressive because of the low level.

[@Cull_Obsidian]

Man that coward who foggedwalled you was war! Probably the best fight of the series so far. Ps: you forgot the Eardtree’s favour talisman!

[@spiraljumper74]

That host had clearly heard bloodflame claws with endure was broken and just built it without understanding it. Watching them endure before every attack, which Chase effortlessly counterplayed by simply backing up, was hilarious. Even with very strong set ups like that with great pressure, gamesense and spacing still has the most value.

[@sorato6804]

Also missed erdtree greatbow you get for breaking the chariot in the hero’s grave

[@aadynfinchum9437]

Elden Ring but I can only use St. Trina's Torch

[@coelhovii2716]

The fog wall is priceless. Dude had help from 3 blues while taunting and still have THE GULL to go out as soon as he is out matched… At the point is more embarrassing to do that then just dying in a duel I don’t get these ppl who only enjoy winning effortlessly

[@arawon8962]

From someone who was one in the ds1 days, I can tell you it's someone who has a fragile and under-developed ego, who externalizes their self worth into online competition. To us, it's a silly game, to them, it's much more. A little deep for a Chase video but hey I think the world is better with a little understanding of others :)

[@Adam-tu1qx]

Dude coulda had a pretty fun hosting session if it werent for the marathon & fogwall. Albeit some annoying builds, but that was a lot of phantoms. Coulda been more battle.

[@hornplayerchris]

Even more pathetic he ran across a huge chunk of the map just to protect his ego.

[@Pistolsatsean]

*gall gulls are birds :)

[@vasheroo]

And right next to a grace.

[@Luanciel]

Wizards mentioned at least 20 times: 31:36 I dodge your Wizardry 31:44 Not a fan of the Wizarding world here 47:01 That's a Wizard 47:03 One's a Wizard 47:13 I'll stay dodging your Wizardry sir 47:19 MimicWizard 47:33 You know what? I wanna parry the Wizard 48:02 Goodbye Mr. Wizard 50:14 Let's go fight the Wizard dog now 50:36 Wizard 50:44 That stun me, Wizard 52:48 Hey there Wizard 53:22 Take your own long range Wizard 53:37 I hear the Wizard behind me 53:54 My nightmare - a bunch of Wizards casting 54:21 And then we get the Wizard talisman 54:36 Shoot your Wizardries at me 54:56 Stop dodging me, Wizard 55:06 You're just a Wizard 56:18 Goodbye Wizard Since I started counting there were 3868.2 mentionings of Wizards across 331 videos. Bonus: 10:35, 11:53 14:46 31:24 31:53 34:37 51:48

[@rhirune]

Seeing a bunch of things that I either never saw on my first playthrough or that I only saw on the first. BTW, I learned recently that if we miss a beetle we can go back to the main menu and they will appear again without we having to a grace. Enemies however, only respawn when we use a grace.

[@cubeofsoup]

For anyone who is curious, you do not need to do any of Kenneth's quest for the Nepheli or Gostoc quests, you can do Fort Haight then kick Kenny off of the ruins for an extra early Golden Seed. If you kill him all you miss is extra dialogue, but no item rewards.

[@martial885]

Staying awake at 5am paying off.

[@MisterT.2962]

2am here but same!

[@kenny1916]

Can’t sleep ? Try St Trina’s torch

[@caelenhill948]

ChaseTheBro inventory management video when?

[@S4B3R117]

Most of it seems to be clearing out all the chaff from your inventory and then putting back the weapons/rings/tools/etc. you actually use, and doing so in an order that groups up your stuff so you dont have to ever navigate far to find what you need. The rest of Chase's quickness with it is just muscle memory from a decade of doing hotswaps lmao

[@jayhayhay5124]

An hour of chase just browsing his inventory while hosts trying to kill him incoming.

[@XandyEhhh]

How about a Poison/Bleed Grave Scythe? That would be pretty cool and in line with the Str/Arc build you're going for, I think

[@Crouton-]

How many years have entertained me chase, I don't even play this game anymore lol. Appreciate all the work you've done, love this series.

[@semihamf1385]

I love watching these invasions simply because you get to see such different sceneries at these levels.

[@bernfsg1395]

Im really new to the pvp parts of the souls games, you are without a doubt the most chill of all the pvp KZbinrs. Great video.

[@slaphappy-qb3jb]

For sure he is. You can really see the contrast when you look at dudes like drunksouls who spends 90% of his time bitching and moaning about everything

[@user-gq1gb2gc6y]

Chase, I want to see you use the Stone Club. I want to hear your "bonk"😂

[@S4B3R117]

Non-meta invasions are SOO much fun, these are the kind that made me love dark souls pvp not just meta tryhards. Wish you would use this as an opprutunity to try out some weird stuff. That dragonlord curved sword (?) and the zamor are both strengthy curved swords for instance. It's a shame you're not doing Str/fth with just a touch of arcane for the bleeds, there are a ton of cool holy weapons that are gonna be viable in the dlc from the looks of it. Anyway, super stoked you're doing another of these (maybe another run for dex/faith maybe for new miracles??) and am very much looking forwards to the rest, Thanks!

[@paulocarvalho6480]

That guy in the Redmane Castle must have thought of Chase as easy prey, and then the horror when he realised Chase has slaughtered the blues. I wonder how many people have been fooled by Chase with the looks of a low level invader.

[@spiraljumper74]

There’s honestly no excuse. As soon as they see the spiralhorn shield they should know they’re dealing with an experienced invader. We’re the only ones who ever use it because of how many gank squads stack status effects.

[@chaotictuc]

@@spiraljumper74 yay i'm an experienced invader now because i use what i think is the best looking small shield in the game lol

[@ETBrooD]

@@chaotictuc The shield is on his back.

[@mauro_jr1]

30:24 that phantom was about to be backstabbed, but his “hey” changed Chase’s heart

[@Lanval_de_Lai]

I think the same hahaha

[@LeHarmacist]

_*seconds later_ Get’s backstabbed anyways

[@mx151mx]

You missed the erdtree favor talisman in the hero’s grave!

[@cossey100]

Always misses that!

[@Raxerm]

Once you reach the Consecrated Snowfields, you definitely need to pick up the super OP weapon from the treasure chest in the Carriage in the south-eastern portion of Consecrated Ground in the northern lands, directly North-East from the Consecrated Snowfield site of grace. Many people sleep on this one, but I highly recommend it.

[@Bryson-mo7th]

That dude spamming Endure had a spell that heals poison. I don't know of anyone that keeps that incantation. He was waiting for you for who knows how long. Good GAWD!

[@Smalicious]

It's good for scarlet Rot areas

[@Bryson-mo7th]

@@Smalicious Ya know what? Touche

[@formatomi]

@@Smaliciousit only cures poison tho, not scarlet rot. You are thinking of Flame, Cleanse Me!

[@Smalicious]

@@formatomi oh I didn't even know there were two different spells then yes cure poison is silly

[@Feanor1988bis]

I actually use that spell fairly often bacause I never remember where the cookbook for the boluses is, and it doesn't need ingredients XD

[@spiraljumper74]

Those combo attacks you were doing with Yura against the Ravenmount Assassin were sick. Think I saw an X-cut in there. Rare moment where the NPC ally AI actually does cool stuff.

[@lllXanderlll]

I've heard that the reduvia has a special modifier if you hit with the blade and the blood blade ash. So that might've been why that first host got instant bled, I've only seen that happen in PvE so to see it happen in PvP is pretty cool

[@Squirrel159]

Loved the Freddy Krueger cosplay. Kinda fit well in the caelid area as well.

[@Rhapsodos_X]

the poison zwei has been the single most interesting thing to come out of this run LOL

[@twixdog3316]

Yo Chase, for the heroes graves, get a light weapon with Raptor of the Mists on it. It'll let you dodge the Chariots both in your world and in invasions. It could be kinda like how you keep Endure and quickstep as a quick swap.

[@SamsTopBarBees]

As a first time player of the dark souls genera to me this is wild. I'm like 100h into the game and only at lvl 100. This Chase guy is really good. I'm learning so many interesting strats. Really love the chill mood.

[@VictorkillZ]

Love this series! I hope you're enjoying filming it!

[@Nolimitsbestfriend]

chase got my souls fashion

[@emmett3344]

Nice video chase, absolutely loving this series again :)

[@FIREPENGUINDISCOPANDA]

Chase is pumping this shit out like its a reality tv show. keep em coming.

[@collislbryant4435]

Did NOT know about the illusory wall hiding the Rune arc. Totally rad. Small check list: Erdtree's Favor and Great Greatbow in Fringefolk, Lanya to progress Diallos sl, Edgar invasion to the west, and Hyetta. Also night time bosses: Nights Calvary, death death rite birds, and bell bearing hunters. Like I said SMALL check list 😅

[@CrustyCheapster]

I was waiting all day for this let’s go!

[@JOttoc360]

Man that guard break prediction was one of the most game-genius things I've ever seen. Awesome!

[@rigorm136]

Damn I was just thinking about how much I was looking forward to another episode, so when I went downstairs to fold some clothes and came back to see that you had uploaded it was very pleasing.

[@rottentothecory]

11:53 "Blooby-dooby-doo, I must kill you" 😂 not sure why that got me, but it did.

[@Yourstruly661]

These videos are super chill!

[@TheNeoHammer]

I LOVE this series! made me start another playthrogh

[@iRunKids]

Does 3 invasions, now time for PvE stuff, grabs Misericorde and infuses it, okay PvE done time for more invasions!

[@NoMaidensss]

Love ur vids chase!

[@wheezy_814]

These videos are my favorite part of the day

[@bayshore3497]

I'm inspired to make a new low level character for pvp, there are so many unique build opportunities

[@IrishSteve6997]

Chase, you absolutely can use the dectus lift and run to the next smithing bell bearing without affecting the redmane festival or Rannis quest, as long as you don't touch any graces. Also worth the detour to grab the Amber starlight and a few golden seeds 👍

[@ironcladteddy8753]

Yet again, I get on KZbin and find that ChasetheBro has made a video. Perfect timing; I just finished making dinner, and now have entertainment ❤

[@Feanor1988bis]

It doesn't really break his questline, but you can meet Alexander in a tunnel between caelid and east limgrave. I think it was called Caelid tunnel, but not sure. You can also start Hyetta's questline. For the map from Fia I think you first need to talk to Rogier in roundtable hold. If you swear service to Ranni before Rogier asks you to, he will fall asleep. I'm not sure if that way you lose his armor set. For weapons, you could get the grave scythe, a personal favourite of mine and quite suited to str/arc builds, and you could get the lance in limgrave just a little east of the warmaster shack if you to focus on str first. There is also the sacred vow ash of war nearby.

[@Drytchnath]

38:50 yes, the ulcerated and regular tree spirits all take an additional 20% damage from fire since they are just wood.

[@RaulBetancourtC]

The Lucerne is very good at dealing with dragons since it deals pierce which they're weak to; it also has a halberd moveset which reaches their head very well. You could also put gravitas on it and use it to kill birds.

[@JORDZZAY]

Love this series keep it up! Also you should do some anti-builds/meme builds, like the worst builds for PVP and see if you can still win

[@Cristian_383]

My favorite series ❤

[@briomhar5229]

Can't wait to see your pvp adventures in shadow of the erdtree

[@thazhok8059]

New Chase video .... looks like i will sleep later :)

[@michaelreeves9919]

Trevon be trying to cosplay as Freddy Kruger I see that hat and claws,plus blood flame only makes sense, probably just hunting for rest of the gear he needs

[@Lepus_Curpaeums]

Just some things Chase. Ranni won’t slumber yet if you go to Altus plateau, but it actually skips a portion of her quest line and some back and forth travel between NPCs because the Radahn festival will be active (skips a bunch of talking to Seluvis, Sellen, Blaidd, etc) so you’ll be fine there. You'll also have Fia’s and D’s quest advance too by resting at a grace in Altus. Otherwise not much changes for NPCs if I remember correctly

[@ColinScott27]

The goat is back with the goat series let’s go

[@OD91MJ]

Chase the patient. Damn you just wear down some phantoms. Your focus still amazes me.

[@joels5150]

The Fia/Rogier quests can’t progress until you’ve killed Godrick. However, Nepheli’s quest can skip Stormveil if you go to the Village of the Albinaurics first. Doing this prevents her from being summoned to help with Godrick. I think you also miss out on the base Arsenal Charm that she normally gives at the Roundtable Hold. Not like anyone would miss it, since Great Jar’s Arsenal exists 🤷‍♀️

[@RaulBetancourtC]

Keep Raptor of the Mists or Vow of the Indomitable on you. The invisibility helps when dealing with things like the Chariots.

[@melancholoid]

Awesome Vid! Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany

[@mxb3ar69]

Love this series

[@Pistolsatsean]

Chase out here being npc version of Radahn before the Radahn fight, having to fight an entire army of people

[@siropallius]

The St. Trina’s Sword was wild to see

[@jjlprint]

imagine having Chasethebro invade you on your first playthrough

[@phragmocone]

Hey Chase, I have a lvl 35 with a +10/+5 and its still pretty active, I wouldnt worry much about the weapon level, seems like youre right on track.

[@EdmundMill]

Enjoying the playthrough. I’m tempted to try PVP for the first time

[@trencehumphries645]

These long vids are great for everyone who watched your streams

[@ochannn]

I CAN WATCH THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ❤️❤️❤️

[@actualreplyguy]

That redmane fog wall was the most dishonorable one Ive seen. Long fought battle, 3 hunters, nothing to lose since the grace room was right there. Tries to fight, sees they’re matched or out matched instead of fighting (again, nothing at risk) they take the cowardly way out.

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Nice video as always, cheers from Germany

[@essexu]

love this series, elden ring dlc can't come soon enough!

[@jacklish__]

"I didn't learn about this fog wall until so late" YEAH NEITHER DID I WTH

[@tortue_]

3:22 i saw the damage and went "holy!" And indeed it is holy.

[@ironymaiden1089]

Imagine not picking up Carian Knight Armor in the graveyard, smh my helm.

[@Danenc]

black knife showcase is for greatness

[@remn8636]

48:00 the wizard is using meteoric ore blade phenomenal sword

[@michaelkelly4446]

Creature is made of flesh: you can poison/bleed Creature is made of wood: you can poison but not bleed Creature is made of anything else: probably neither

[@bigbodybrevblm4173]

Bro I cant explain the fear and shock I felt when you said Trevon.... My name is Trevin (pronounced how you said it) literally jump scared me...

[@gaiatrixgames]

When you get there don't forget the spare spear from the tip of the spare spear 😂

[@irurwurst]

the grafted dragon does ok damage, it just needs a lot of faith investment despite it having a low faith requirement. That phantom was also not overlevelled (they were lower level than the host based on the runes they dropped)and probably didn't have it upgraded very high since they seemed to be a fairly honest build that only had starter gear and stuff from limgrave. I promise that the only reason people think it's totally useless is because they either never encounter an optimized build using it or they only fight people who try to hit them with the weak long range part of it. that being said, it is a skill that almost entirely relies on trading at close range, which is never the best thing in a game with such high damage.

[@markvaldez8602]

Lol I never knew about that hidden room in Raya Lucaria!

[@nicosalgan]

9:08 so funny that chase mistook sleep for frostbite, the dream is dead

[@lilbabybeard]

you should do taunter tongue during pve that would fun to watch

[@hystericbunny76]

52:02 the ash u miss is the spectral lance, I really never saw u use that ash, but it could be useful for u in PvE.

[@ethanmorgan6498]

These videos make me so motivated to go invade more all the time. BTW, is there a reason you only upgrade to +6 here? Does it keep you in a certain bracket for invading?

[@Red_94016]

I finally got my best buddy into this game, he’s new to souls games but he is adjusting well. The invaders we have been getting have all been using meta weapons but still loose to my buddy who has like 20 hours experience LMAO

[@umbra9577]

Perfect timing for dinner 🤝

[@SCh1m3ra]

I know the thick bleeding knives are slow, but you could probably use a few in this build to help keep bleed build up or even proc it.

[@pequod4906]

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE NO YOU FORGOT THE BRICK HAMMER IT'S IN STORMVEIL YOU FORGOT IT CJASE

[@Queffty]

52:00 Chase... the Beast-Repellant Torch, Chase.......... (also it works on Basilisks so keep that in mind for later, perhaps.)

[@bruceyt6303]

There is also an Erdtree Favor talisman you missed in the dungeon where you got the Dragon Communion seal

[@tortue_]

Someone... beyond the scope of time, and the borders of space... pulled off such a parry that it echoed intergalactically between universes... ...No one truly knows what happened to this day. Rumour has it that it was a parry from the future, from the DLC.

[@tortue_]

1:37

[@snickers5056]

If you ever plan on doing this series again with a different build, maybe after the dlc releases, you should try doing it with a dexterity build.