Elden Ring But I'm ONLY LEVELING ARCANE!

What Stat do we do next? Strength Only? Intelligence Only? Let me know in the comments!
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Challenge run list: pastebin.com/bqriz3Nx
Boss & Enemy Resistances: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
0:00 Intro
1:00 Grafted Scion
1:56 Set Up
3:03 Margit
3:48 A little more Set Up
4:41 Lion & Scion
5:50 Godrick
6:55 Dragon Communion
12:24 Makar
13:13 Red Wolf of Radagon
13:46 Rennala
15:00 Ghost Loretta
15:52 Smithing Stones
16:47 Draconic Tree Sentinel
21:25 Goldfrey
22:38 Morgott
24:14 Sanguine Noble
25:07 Glintstone Dragon Smarag
27:39 Radahn
30:50 Fire Giant
33:37 Godskin Duo
35:30 Maliketh
36:55 Eleonora's Poleblade
39:02 Gideon
39:46 Hoarah Loux
41:10 Radagon & Elden Beast

[@ChrisColmenter]

If you level up only intelligence and nothing else, you unlock Stephen Hawking's wheelchair as a horse skin.

[@TheArchangell666]

Ffs laugh my ass out thanks ! 😂😂

[@econ347]

whats next? jesus skin if you max faith?

[@specter38]

max strength and unlock arnold skin

[@TheArchangell666]

@@specter38 but what skin ?! Conan or Terminator !?

[@specter38]

@@TheArchangell666 his Conan physique won him a mr. Olympia, also it is fitting for a midevil game

[@2abstract]

him fighting the drac tree sentinel is the most human ive ever seen this man look

[@Pribe13]

and is only because he always cheese him and didn't remember how to kill it properly XD

[@SVN_ETR]

The Drac Tree Sentinel Arcane only and the Gideon fist only are the few times I go wait Gino is a human after all

[@morbid_muppet3388]

Drac Tree Monster is way tougher than most bosses in the game.

[@johnfrankster3244]

@Morbid_Muppet no lol, but when youve got a +3 weapon that is basically useless against him & zero vigor he becomes a monster. Their are many bosses significantly harder with underlevelled weapons & no vigor, The Nightriders(specially glaive varients), Malenia, Radagon+elden, Dual crucible knights heros grave/crucible knights in general, Mohg(palace varient), literally every Revenant in the game, the very bottom of the haligtree is infested, even the variants of the very first boss you encounter in the game are much more challenging. Draconian hits hard, but his attacks are slow & predictable.

[@jooot_6850]

@@johnfrankster3244Night’s Cavalry can be bit of a shitshow, yeah.

[@Bunger321]

Now imagine, leveling arcane in Fort Haight

[@Meri637]

it’s funny how this uploaded right before a tulok video

[@Mercah_koondial]

Lmfaoooooo

[@GlorytotheImperium]

​@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 hi

[@Mercah_koondial]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 oh that’s a good idea I think I’ll do that

[@amirluffy6708]

Next week arcane only?

[@juandelynch7208]

The spell dodge at 27:04 is insane and goes unmentioned

[@Man_of_Tears]

Yeah we didn't even hear him comment on how insane on timing it was 😂

[@trickyblackjack25]

absolutely worth watching at 0.25X speed

[@ghengisdong6714]

The no sell was real.

[@ScummyRollin]

Bro right between his legs and torret lmao

[@lekoe961]

Really love how your vids have popups of why you picked up different items, saves people from having to google everything for how it fits into the build

[@bobbywalker2980]

When you have watched him for so long that when he gets hit you forget this isnt a no hit run and you start freaking out 😂.

[@morbid_muppet3388]

Wow, I guess you reach 100k subs and the scammers come crawlin.

[@bobbywalker2980]

@@morbid_muppet3388 that's how they do it . Indian gino is after my money.

[@underthependulum3484]

​@@morbid_muppet3388Where exactly is the scammer here?

[@morbid_muppet3388]

@@underthependulum3484 their comment was removed, it was a ps5 giveaway scam.

[@Alwaleed_alqarni]

​@@bobbywalker2980💀💀

[@celtlen]

4:55 "How is this guy not a boss fight?" Convergence mod: Hold my beer

[@SRFriso94]

Reminds me of of of my favorite runs that I ever did: all 165 bosses, region locked, new weapon after every Remembrance. It's how I discovered that Bolt of Gransax in Mountaintops is incredible against pretty much everything there, except the Night Cavalry. That bastard is just hard to hit.

[@mw3653]

Who asked?

[@dr.fiction7]

​@@mw3653I did, and damn am I glad I did. I couldn't imagine doing most of these crazy challenge runs, closest I ever came was my spells only run of DS3. (Fuck you Demon Prince)

[@jorisusuwusus5545]

@@mw3653 it's a comment section

[@Frosty_Th3_Snowman]

​@mw3653 Sad your parents failed to raise you. Now you have to go through life being disliked by everyone lol

[@thomasdwalker9696]

@@mw3653Maidenless comment

[@dinomon1018]

I think Dex Only next would be cool to see. Or for more challenge Endurance only

[@Eleechee]

Dex only but can only use spells 😊

[@joelhodoborgas]

lmao the stam bar gonna be huge, yes pls

[@filippocannizzaro7065]

Dex Only would be too easy

[@dinomon1018]

@@filippocannizzaro7065 I know but Dex weapons are cool, plus the arcane run got to use blood loss

[@dinomon1018]

@@Eleechee that’d be cool, I wonder how fast spells would cast

[@eddiem5175]

Picking up an octopus head truly makes it a blessed playthrough

[@iangould3167]

Sadly, no bloodflame incantations scale with arc. He neutured his blood loss value for half of his run because he used it instead of greases. They should scale at least a bit instead of nothing imo.

[@dragonviper7925]

Bloodflame blade at least doesnt need to scale with arc, its actually better that way. The incant works by applying a flat 40 bleed (over time) every single hit, which stacks additively regardless of how fast its applied. This means its ridiculously broken on fast weapons like claws, and more dissapointing on slower weapons.

[@fabianschultz]

@@dragonviper7925 also allows strong bleed buildup on weapons that have innate bleed while still allowing you to go for better upfront damage infusions such as heavy or keen. Essentially allowing you to go for a bleed setup without locking yourself into it

[@dragonviper7925]

@@fabianschultz yup thats worth mentioning too, also since it doesnt scale off arc it can be used on any build, which is why bloodflame claws are so strong since you can just pump damage while getting ridiculous bleed on top

[@jazzman7842]

@@dragonviper7925 to my understanding the over time doesn't increase per hit, but resets to the full value (2 seconds of affect) per hit.

[@dragonviper7925]

@@jazzman7842 ye thats what i meant to say but its hard to explain. its not like black flame blade, where the DOT resets each hit

[@0ptimusLime]

The first Gargoyle door I ever opened was the one with the Turtle talisman. I was thrown off when I opened it and seen a room full of turtles and a bunch of messages from players that all just said "dog!" Lol.

[@evanmcdonald9134]

The weapon art on bloody helice is probably my favorite in the game. Absolutely obliterates malenia without much effort

[@AcesSuited]

I mean, if it was going to be any run where you would get the octopus helmet I guess it would be the one where you're pumping item discovery.

[@Manigeitora]

This is honestly one of the things that bothers me the most about Elden Ring, that item discovery is tied to a stat that's actually specifically useful for certain builds. It basically just puts a farming stat tax on anyone who's not doing an arcane build, and anyone with an arcane build is going to have a much much easier time farming items than anybody who's not. I don't understand what was so wrong with having it tied to a stat like luck, where it was basically the same amount of useful regardless of your class, and you pretty much only ever put points into it if you needed to boost your item discovery. Also fuck them for putting the item discovery talisman so late in the game, it's absolutely insane. It almost seems like fromsoft is trying to force you into not item farming until NG+ (unless you have an arcane build.)

[@ZenoX8662]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Manigeitora Luck also increased bleed and poison build up. And anyways, I don’t really think most people need to farm for weapons on a first playthrough (even more so if your doing it blind). And if you really want a specific weapon, you can always just head to nokron to get a bunch of larval tears and briefly respec to arc

[@thehoodhipster6018]

@@naiiimalmao that would’ve worked if he was directly talking to you 😂

[@Frosty_Th3_Snowman]

​@naiiima only people you're pissing off is your parents for being such a failure

[@purplehaze2358]

The way this man pronounced "seppuku" killed me.

[@aimanimran3010]

ok weeb kid

[@purplehaze2358]

@@aimanimran3010 Not a weeb, nor a kid. Thanks though.

[@alwaysfknsleepy]

You got me to enjoy the game PvE again. I dropped this game after 6 different characters, but your variety builds made me interested in giving it a shot without being too serious about it. Thanks, Gino! You just earned another sub.

[@nathanovide6924]

I honestly love this new concept! Hope to see more vids covering every stat :)

[@a-a-ron9027]

thank you for the tooltips with each pick up, makes watching the video that much smoother

[@hluccaskywalker8329]

Eleonora’s Poleblade is just two Rivers of Blood stuck together.

[@2Eil]

Good to see someone did an arcane only. It's my favorite thing to do. Doesn't do great damage but there are some weird weapons/playstyles you can do with it besides bleed. Like the Albunauric's Staff, Ripple Crescent, etc. Can also just use the Occult infuse on any normal weapon as well

[@chuckmastacheese]

Gino, I'd love to see some PvP. You have a lot of the skills that make a very good player. You have great spacing, no panic rolls, great situational awareness, can free aim throwables, etc... I'd tune in for that on a regular basis.

[@dragonviper7925]

He was in the twitch rivals pvp event recently and actually did really well, im sure you can find videos or vods of it if you want, was an entertaining event for sure and gino has a lot of pvp experience from ds3, which is pretty transferrable to er

[@mierkov5204]

The editing on the strikes at 16:10 is a work of perfection. *chefs kiss*

[@Manigeitora]

I wasn't actually looking at the screen the first time it played, and I thought there was some crazy multi-hit combo attack with the claws with a specific ash of war that I just didn't know about... Nope, just some fast editing

[@danh5094]

Dude since I was little I’ve only watched others play a souls game never played one until now just watched and still never learned anything from watching just found em entertaining. Never mind that just including you amongst those I’ve watched you make it look so easy 😂I’m amazed how fast you took care of all them bosses

[@Izzy_the_moderator]

Gino something to note about the ripple blade and ripple crescent halberd, both work better with blood grease rather than bloodflame blade, I dont know exactly why that is but yeah (dunno if you get greases in this video and I just sound dumb rn but whatever) Edit: I just sound dumb lmao, dont pay attention to anything I said

[@avizinder616]

It's because blood grease bleed build up scales with arcane when used on a weapon with arcane scaling and bfb bleed build up doesn't scale.

[@Gensolink]

@@avizinder616 bfb is also bugged specifically on albinauric weapons so it becomes even worse than it should

[@natalironaldo]

That was really entertaining to watch, man. Subscribed.

[@louyoniko9713]

That's an instant like and follow for the description you show when you grab items👌🏽

[@theFreddyFighter]

From this i have begun to question why we are given like four fights with black knife assassins, 8 fights with godskins, 3 with gargoyles hell even reverents and sangrine nobles get one fight each but we get zero with the lions or banished knights

[@justarandomskull]

Maybe because the lions and banished knights are much easier than a godskin or a gargoyle

[@nekrazero8331]

2 banished knight are included with niall... does that count?

[@Warcrafter4]

@@nekrazero8331 Not overly as you can hijack them using the Bewitching branches to trivialize the fight. So they are less bosses and more "inconvenient" spirit ashes.

[@nekrazero8331]

@@justarandomskull godskins can be slept 😴 makes them extremely easy

[@timjansson3286]

@@nekrazero8331 exactly??? you dont need to fucking cheese the lions for the fight to be bearable XDDD

[@guitar1able]

I used Reduvias blade for Draconic Tree Setinal and the weapon art really shined. The bleed proc made the fight trivial compared to the attempt even fully buffed. Just sit back and ride the range attacks while dodging once and countering with the weapon art

[@moringlasses7655]

first time watching this man's videos. super impressed by the skills, but had my knees down at the outro.

[@2fajesus866]

your combat skills are insane, great video

[@seedyProfessor]

Hey, I am a souls vet who only got around to getting Elden Ring in the last month or so because of life situations. I am loving this content - this channel is legit and your runs are no joke. It's great to see. Thanks

[@1ZZT223]

Had to subscribe. Outstanding video, and great channel. Keep em coming, partner

[@user-vp6dn3vq9s]

Been waiting 8 days for a new video. I sit watching your channel for a video upload lol. Keep up the good work.

[@Imperial-631]

I love how every time Gino dies he still has a smile on his face😂 when I die I throw my fricking controller😂😂

[@pim_chan]

I love your content. I play your videos while eating or before going to bed and peacefully fall asleep on them. Thank you very much 🙇🏽‍♀️

[@Kanijz]

No problem no need to thank me👍

[@someinternetguyiguess5068]

Ripple Blade shares a moveset with Warped Axe. I love those things. Especially a Bloody Warped Axe. With Spinning Slash. Usually bleeds people in one full use of the Ash of War.

[@nichmcintosh2699]

The ripple blade can take any grease and make it crazyyyy, it's a really good procing tool alongside the crescent halberd thing

[@skateyadidamean]

Great run start to finish, subbed 😎

[@lucassse]

I'm excited to see more pure stat builds!

[@connoriannelli6547]

Happy I found Gino thanks to Domo’s Bingo Brawlers, great content 👍

[@kaiser9598]

I really like your chill vibes. Streams are always comfy

[@denizen3869]

Hey Gino - love your channel. Next time you're considering requests for a run, I'd be delighted to see you play through with the Longsword to showcase what a beast of a weapon it can be!

[@dkcrew3415]

Which longsword might I ask?

[@denizen3869]

@@dkcrew3415 I guess any of the ones with Square Off, but probably the Lordsworn's or just the basic Longsword will be the best choice

[@dumptrucktorch7901]

As an Arcane enjoyer, this whole vid makes me smile. :)

[@Vorael]

lowkey i think 20:26 is one of the main reasons gino's so much better at this game than me. getting that close on that long of a fight and then dying would have me yeeting my computer out the nearest window, not laughing

[@Naathaanaael]

Yo congrats on 100k Gino, huge accomplishment. 🥳🥳🥳

[@emmiegirl17]

I love this guy absolute demon on the sticks a such a powerful smile

[@jasonmariani1258]

You’re a real decent player, good videos you post up, thanks for sharing

[@cameranwall]

Became such a big fan with the no hit runs. Your charisma is what’s kept me coming back. Congrats on 100k

[@playboieric]

It’s you, you will be the guy I idolize to get me thru the horror known as Elden ring

[@TacoT-uy9zu]

Man this guy makes the game look well… still hard but still SO easy.

[@joejoe6411]

After watching this video. I realize how horrible I am at this game

[@zero28ism]

Gino hitting us with the AvoidingthePuddle run

[@daltonmoser8790]

Love the region lock/weapon switching ❤

[@mrrd4444]

Your runs are my faaaaves thank you

[@M3rkKill3r]

Love the hookclaws I did a play through with just them

[@Duesi09]

Congrats on 100K🎉🎉🎉🎉 You defenetely deserve it

[@swift7842]

I don’t know know how, but every time I watch one of these videos I always find a new way to fight some of these bosses Since when could you jump over red dog’s sword attacks?

[@Destructocorps]

Clifford the big red dog?

[@dabbzgaming3971]

2 months ago you were at 100k, holy shit i love it

[@Cleanrotknight456]

Oh my god... These reposts are so perfect! Your gameplay too, but parrying is the first thing that catched my attention.

[@mrjukeboxparty4563]

Ohh what a joyous day when we get a Gino video

[@thesharkster1718]

I would love to see this for vigor, max out that healthbar

[@CrustaceanJames1]

I really wanna see a no hit level str only with the Heavy Greatsword since it can be acquired before killing and bosses

[@Null0ne-or8il]

Your hellos make me feel so happy

[@Beanyotson]

You know i was just thinking about this exact thing. Neat.

[@Maliross]

The edits on the quick hits was a nice touch

[@DBrackz313]

Man I love the poleblade.

[@WBF_III]

Wow, what a cool run!

[@Istillexist.]

I want to see a playthrough of just pure health becoming a indestructible tank like no locks or anything just reach the absolute limit of health

[@sirfrushafelix9436]

I watch your videos to sleep too lol very enjoyable guy

[@Sky22.]

you’re insane wth bro

[@jaaybee89]

You can get legenderys from the armory in the fire station and the other hub. By rerolling the stock multiple times ive had the shock pistol appear twice.

[@jasonhagan3562]

Probably should have started as the class with the highest dex and/or str because all you can level is arc. That way you might be able to squeak by with less talismans or tears for either of those stats and use ones to only buff arcane dmgs

[@karllama386]

I had "coop" run with my friend, starfist (or fistweapons only) with only the ocult scaling an leveling arcane to the max. The update made fistweapons kinda op xD

[@dragonviper7925]

Star fists are quite literally the best pve weapon in the game. Iron ball is preferred in no hit only because its available in liurnia rather than leyndell

[@heisman987]

This is what I’ve needed

[@danielmeyer6994]

I would like to see (and do myself) a run focussing on an Ash of War. Up to now I only did hack n slash with different weapons and sorcery/incantations and shield poke. Is there an early access weapon that has / can get a good ash to make it through the game? Maybe early Nagakiba and Bloody Slash or so? :s

[@W___G]

7:58 OK when I saw the bit pots there I have thought it could fall and crash it but I didn't find out how. Now I see it with my own eyes. Thanks. BTW if you focus on Claws you should definitely try Quicksteps run, that's insanely good against all kinds of humanoids, or better to say, any enemy.

[@trequor]

Love seeing a pro dodging; i never think to jump instead of rolling

[@stainmaster2630]

Ty for content gino

[@voynich7825]

GinoMachino, the absolute god of Elden Ring, still dying to those dungeon goblins is a suprise to be sure, but a welcome one hahaha

[@Manigeitora]

I swear to god those imps are entirely too strong, and their weapons have some of the craziest fucking bleed buildup in any enemy you encounter, especially ones that early in the game. Their moves have a really weird timing that makes you always dodge too early or too late, because the delay is like a half a second longer than you expect it to be, every time. I've probably died more to those things than I've died to most bosses at this point. Except for Godskin duo...

[@AkiRa22084]

Congrats on the 100k!!!

[@funkchild75]

Cool! Congratulations on the hundo, Gino!

[@turtle_jones]

Is it weird that I’ve watched so many of your hitless runs that it has been refreshing to see you get hit in bingo and this vid? Am I a terrible person? Thank you for teaching me a huge chunk of strats that I now use in every run.

[@AzureO.O]

wow dude real well done video bro 👏

[@Zesha_275]

For a bleed build up of 140 use the weapon godskin peeler +25 with bloody slash ash of war also make sure arcane is around lvl 65

[@maurusschedler1747]

You deserve all the support my mans, love to see the numbers going up

[@EldenBRO]

I feel like the Draconic Sentinel is such a FUN boss to fight

[@squiddyhs]

Intelligence, please! Damn, I need that. I have a great Intelligence-only run of my own going right now, and I'd love for more eyes on builds like that.

[@chrisholly4817]

Got a run idea for you if you need one: Pick wretch, only level health and stamina, and don't use anything that would change the other stats at all at any time (knot tears, special armor, great runes, etc.) keeping them all at the starting level of 10. You're otherwise allowed to use anything that can be used by your level 10 everything (2-handing for 15 strength is up to the user) and pretty much all damage increases outside of buffs will mostly depend on just upgrading weapons. Hope this at least sounds interesting :) P.S. - I'll save you some time: The only spell that works at 10 or less INT is glintstone pebble.

[@helmut7365]

Try the blood curved sword together with the shimshir in power stance and you get so so many bleed buildups in a row

[@lolboredome5430]

The reduvia was actually my favorite weapon in the game for a long time and I in fact killed placidusax with nothing other than the reduvia, no status effects or Incantations for damage boosts or talismans for buffs just me my physic and the reduvia.

[@tehmastawow]

The poleblade is pretty badass, giving some major Maul vibes.

[@mikoro88]

Some really stylish finishes there! Also, the "wake-up" when Elden Beast does the rings of light, is that just a 180-degree turn, and a pre--determined spawn? Or is it something more complex?

[@lajnuuus6050]

no it's like you said, look at him when he does the ring turn 180 and just outside of the ring is where he will pop up

[@minidanielx5208]

maybe a run where you use all of the same weapons as the boss your against for example against malenia you would use the hand of malenia you would just have to do it in new game plus or just use cheat engine dosent matter, maybe against bosses like margit where you cant weild his wepon you just use the previous boss weapon or something. just and idea i think it would be quite fun

[@jankogo]

Cool run, man!

[@unsubme2157]

Godlike hitboxes he says, as a putrid tree spirit rolls and flails against me for a good 7 seconds doing no damage at all

[@mtbutis734]

I just started elden ring so watching this was very entertaining

[@RealKuro]

Great Knife with a poison ash of war together with reduvia is quite a lot of fun

[@AstralElite]

Can someone tell me why Gino doesn't have more subscribers? Like the proportion of not subbed and subbed is just crazy to me. His content is so freakin entertaining it is unreal...

[@huginnandmuninn4865]

Ive just beaten the game for the first time like 1h ago! I feel so proud

[@nghthawk-ri8zj]

Gino is such a patient man. 😂 It's insane.