Elden Ring: Difficulty Made Easy - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman

Shadow of the Erdtree is vanquishing negative user reviews the same way we learn to beat tough bosses. (panicking and mashing circle)
Subtitles by Screaming Argonaut
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[@frallan521]

nice touch cosplaying as a scadutree blessing kyle

[@jwconglomerate332]

Oh Kyle. You'll only find the shiny shirt that impresses us once you find the shiny shirt that impresses you.

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

scadutree

[@DuranmanX]

Prologue: you can ignore any visuals Immediately shows up a graph

[@darthrahul]

"Allow me to show you the boss of this week's episode." - You're the boss, Bosman.

[@LuveenWadhwani]

Finding a Shiny - one of the rare occasions where it's okay to touch your friend's hair. Easily one of the Top 3 Brandon Plays Pokémon moments. What a special time it was.

[@VinceTrousers4]

Love the way Bosman plasters his hands on Jones' face after he sees the shiny

[@spencerbotine9802]

I learned this week that scadu is actually an Old English way of spelling "shadow", much like gaol is Old English spelling for "jail". So they're actually just "shadowtree" blessings, not "ska-doo".

[@Draffut2003]

No, they're Ska-doo.

[@timogul]

If there aren't exactly 23 Skadoo blessings, I riot.

[@user__214]

Is that actually true tho? Or is it something that a random person claimed on Reddit while linking to a Wiktionary page that doesn't corroborate the claim?

[@LuckeeStrikee]

@@user__214 Not sure, but it makes perfect sense in context. I'll always call them skadoo though, cause it's funnier.

[@thorneto2742]

Fun fact: Scadu is actually pronounced with an Sh sound, not an Sc sound, making the word essentially “Shadow” tree with a slight accent.

[@ChichiNaka]

Kyles playthroughs are so god damn fun to watch

[@MasDouc]

Hass is an icon.

[@VinceTrousers4]

@@ChichiNaka He's the only streamer I watch

[@gustavocastro706]

Right before you commented about the shinny shirt, I thought to myself: that's a cool ass shirt, it reminds me of the matrix. U got it this time.

[@user-kg2ql5sh8u]

"this has an anti-dragon effect" "You want to know what else has an anti-dragon effect? My fists against their cranium"

[@fathercashew]

Read this in Wolv-I mean Hass' voice.

[@sleepyros]

Hear me out. The souls games were actually the first strand type games.

[@MasDouc]

I mean... yeah totally.

[@Kango234]

That's not even a hot take.

[@AfterlifeGames]

Old, OLD news. Hideous Kojackass doesn't play video games or else he'd know that.

[@knavenformed9436]

Never played Stranding Need some context or is this just a meme

[@Kango234]

@@knavenformed9436 The idea of other players indirectly helping you by leaving stuff behind and hints and building things together. So like the message system in Souls, but the entire game is built around it.

[@neojd]

Brandon Plays Pokemon. Good times. ❤

[@ChichiNaka]

Silver Squad was the best of times

[@stronzzoii]

To this day, I still watch it once or twice a year and was the thing that got me into them. What an amazing piece of youtube art

[@vistas5823]

Miss the old EZA

[@Jaynna09]

Kyle looks like he's a dancer in a Mardi Gras parade.

[@Calmhurricane]

Very nice of Kyle to exit the Matrix to give us a video!

[@HealingPowerOfHoney]

Someone: *tries to hand me an apple fritter* Me: “I don’t give a shit dude, I’m a bear claw man”

[@jabbawabs]

Kyle grabbing Jones' head in excitement is a clip I will NEVER get tired of.

[@morbid1.]

Ironically, majority of negative reviews are about PC performance and other technical issues

[@Yakita60]

Don’t be silly Kyle. EVERY shiny shirt impresses us.

[@Aragorn7884]

Kyle showing up with the disco ball shirts again!

[@EJaDav]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="246">4:06</a> Actually it’s not, it’s like Bladd(Blythe) or Geol(Jail). it’s the old spelling for Shadow

[@whencuriositystrikes880]

Knowing Kyle, he looked that up early on but wants to tease us anyway ;P

[@ethanraiden]

correction to the correction, blaidd is not old English, it's Welsh, and translates to wolf

[@wesleylang172]

That Pokemon red clip was so good.

[@LimeyOtoko]

It was Pokémon Silver (but yes it was so good haha)

[@8rb1]

Kyle's shirt greatly improves stamina

[@DietMtnDew]

Well thought out video without all the bells and whistles. You earned a sub thanks for the video

[@samhears]

Kinda bummed Kyle mentioned he was wearing a shiny shirt. I thought I was finally able to see the matrix

[@Keitarooou]

"people will complain about but wont be take seriously" That one got me

[@mattlandry]

The head grab when Jones gets a shiny makes me laugh every time 😂 Those were the days

[@carlosflores-gaytan1589]

I feel confident Kyle knows about the Scadu Tree = Shadow Tree thing. Like the shiny shirts, saying Scadu Tree over and over is a personal choice.

[@TotemoGaijin]

"Scadutree" sounds like something Kyle would come up with.

[@mipe3844]

I'm 99% sure they actually wanted to call it "Skadoosh" tree blessing, but legal department made them change it to avoid being sued by Dreamworks ... 🐼

[@morbid1.]

Kyle, you will always be my main monitor talking guy

[@jordandallford]

The juxtaposition between Kyle freaking out about a shiny pokemon and Jones having no clue what’s happening is hilarious

[@ansurarks]

It was found out that a lot of the negative reviews are mainland Chinese complaining about Easy-Anti Cheat. There's still people with EN reviews complaining about the difficulty sure, but not as much as initially reported.

[@MonsterMJ]

kyle is so good with these

[@Omnicloudx13]

Sekiro did the same thing with attack and posture increases after you beat a boss, seems like they chose that method so people don't just run through the dlc with their overpowered characters without exploring the new area.

[@DarshUK1]

I got a bunch of skibidi fragments and I still suck

[@WhyYouWahYoo]

Genuinely, thank for explaining a Elden Ring mechanics I would have been SO lost without the explanation

[@VicRattler]

Don't close your eyes for this episode, you'll miss the head grab.

[@user__214]

The whole time I thought this video was going to be about input delay in Elden Ring, and at the end I realize that's the name of the show 😅

[@TML82]

Less than a minute in, Kyle drops in a visual gag in this audio-only show. Good thing I was watching.

[@mikebrushing1851]

Oh you MADE this video because that Bandai tweet started with "this is" xD

[@tikazombie37]

they used the wording calibration for armored core 4th and 5th gens' balance patches, so it brought a smile to my face to see it used again

[@AlkisGD]

Loved the video's ending! Back before I'd gotten into the series, it was my bestie who urged me to finally get with the program and pick up Bloodborne and later the rest of the games. What he said to me at the time has been my guiding principle ever since: "The difficulty is overstated. These are still RPGs. Play whatever character archetype you like. Just be cautious and don't do stupid shit and you'll be alright." _All_ my characters are roleplay builds and I've _never_ altered anyone for the sake of _anything_ in the game. To respec for a boss is to kill my character's soul for victory, and I could never do that to them. If I want to experience a fight with a different build, I'll roll another character! My first char in Elden Ring was my go-to NG char in these games: dagger rogue. In NG+ I switched him to a full Ravenmount Assassin cosplay, and I look forward to adding throwing knives and poison perfume to that build, but I'll first experience the lands of shadow with my second character, Jubei, the frenzied samurai, and whoo boy do I look forward to finding that katana! _(Also looking forward to trying those new Monster Hunter Word-sized katanas I've been hearing about...)_

[@carsonroach-howell6945]

He's understating just how angry he was at the BOSS SPOILERS Sunflower boss.

[@axxa5000]

That clip with Jones was so wholesome

[@ShowerSkeleton]

Really excellent Delayed Input, making the -hotfix- calibration update scadutree blessing scaling chart a boss that the audience isn't ready to face until they have what they need is so funny and smart. Glad I experienced that four and a half hours of Hass fighting the sunflower monster, made the point about builds being personal really hit. I went into the DLC at level 94 and I'm pretty confident saying massively under-leveled characters are not on the same level as over-leveled or even appropriately-leveled ones in the dlc. Most things absolutely destroyed me in 1 or 2 hits when I went in, getting a bit better now that I'm in the 130s. The blessing buff is percentage based so it's actually way more of a boost if a character is high enough level to have stats at their hard caps.

[@nathanwolf5066]

That shiny pokemon clip was hype af. Love you kyle

[@jinpalermo]

what i like about the messages from other players are the funny things like '"nice view" about a monster's butt or "dog but whole" lol

[@BunnyChannel918]

Never seen your channel before, I thought you were gonna talk about the delayed attack animations of the bosses

[@karugu]

Now it’s a party 🎉

[@animeproblem1070]

Scadu is just the old form of the word Shadow

[@UGotSerbed]

With the recent outfits, Kyle is possibly preparing to join Commander Steph Sterling as ringside manager

[@vas729]

You are such a diamond in the rough. I could listen to you for hours Kyle. Keep on keeping on.

[@cambienvenu]

The shiny clip is the best vibes ✨

[@BasementMinions]

Don't worry about finding the shiny shirt that will impress us, everyone has impressed us so far. Each additional shirt is simply another variance of success.

[@ssslawz]

i effin' love this dude.

[@Bobio]

Bandai Namco US "This is...!" got me real good. Well played Bosman

[@poedono9640]

“I’m a bear claw man” had me laughing more then it should have, thanks Kyle!

[@Melonsauce91]

I refuse to believe that the phrase scadutree wasnt inspired by skibidi toilet

[@knavenformed9436]

You just have terminal brainrot

[@ulteriormotive]

In case it hasn't been pointed out, this levelling structure is similar to Sekiro's structure with Prayer Beads. Those items would (in teirs) level up posture and vitality. In truth, you had to defeat bosses for the majority of the prayer beads, but others would just be found in exploration (or would be dropped by mini bosses that were optional). So, in that respsect, this is a revisiting of that old structure.

[@zedhead90]

Du, scadu-tree-du-tree-du, scadu-tree-du-tree-du-du-duuuuu!

[@theologamer]

i'm glad im not the only one.

[@zedhead90]

@@theologamerif I don’t sing it out loud every time I find a fragment, I am definitely singing it in my head.

[@corwynprichard6274]

started watching this video fully believing kyle made up the word "scadutree" to circumvent spoilers

[@matthewvandeleest8095]

Jones!!! Old school clip of a younger Kyle and Brandon Jones. Hell yeah. Should put the link in the description.

[@TheGamePiece]

What's funny is after the Pokemon bit you mentioned Skiddo, which is the name of a Pokemon lmao.

[@KillerSquidHugs]

Shout out to the Silver Squad throwback

[@sh00ner]

I dont think theres a single thing I miss more than Brandon/Kyle Play Pokemon.

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

This dude one of the funniest people ive ever watched 😂

[@TagardMC]

I do close my eyes and listen to Kyle. Drift back into subconscious and let Kyle enter my dreams with Elden Ring bits.

[@celfhelp]

that rebirth callback, holy smokes

[@roynobody]

whats the song/theme that would play whenever that chart appears?

[@n3r0n3]

interesting as always and well one of the main components of Souls games is Rogue and Rogue games are the opposite of most other games in terms of their difficulty spike - going from hard to easy and not from easy to hard. So this is a way for FROM to ease in the difficulty curve without compromising on one of the pillars of their formula. I found it quite a brilliant solution to the problem even tho being niche and selling 5 million copies of a dlc is a little paradoxical and I don't think anyone can really nail it.

[@krishsarkar6570]

Right now the DLC is Mostly Positive (71% +) with: 49.12% of the reviews are in English with an 87% + 29.44% of the reviews are in Simplified Chinese at 39% + Players from China, Korea and Japan have been the main source of why Elden Ring received a mixed review initially.

[@ManifestingRed]

Scadu is an old word for Shadow. Shadow Tree Fragments.

[@CitrusArchitect]

I haven't played the DLC -- the base game is already too difficult to me :p I wish there was at least an in-game guide explaining how to best make a build, because I don't like the experience of looking up broken builds online. Or at least make it so you can try a new weapon you find without it being completely useless unless you respec

[@alecwoyke9152]

I'm finally impressed by your shiny shirt, thank you.

[@frumiousgaming]

I wish there could be new delayed input every hour on the hour

[@Dazen101]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="360">6:00</a> I just laughed so hard seeing you get flame speared off.

[@Dosnmeda]

When the music hits, I click the Like button. Always.

[@thiagovidal6137]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="280">4:40</a> The most important stat in any Soul game is endurance.

[@hododod246]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="965">16:05</a> Stop stop stop stop. Stop right there! Did you really take Messmer in first try.

[@milesdyson7429]

You could wear that shirt to the club Kyle

[@wooordwooord4712]

I'm gonna need a count of how many times Kyle said "Scadutree "

[@davelewis8270]

Is it really getting good if you level up your character in game though?

[@crazeeruler]

Diamond Joey!

[@FelixWalton]

fun fact ☝️🤓 “scadu” appears to be derived from sceadu which is middle-English for “shadow” pronounced with a “sch” sound

[@nateg3998]

Oh Diamond Joey, I miss you

[@297fihsy]

Sure, they tweaked the scaling a bit but I think the Scadutree Blessings are a great way to incentivise exploration of these new areas. Most people are probably pretty set in their builds (like they were in late game of the base game) so new weapons/ spells, while great, don’t have as big a pull

[@carloalbino]

Where was the honk? Did i miss it or eas it not there?

[@Kara_Pabuc]

People: This DLC is too hard. Michael Zaki: There, +5% dmg People: Thanks, now everything is a OK.

[@Z06Wingnut]

Me, with my trusty golden halberd and 1k attack power in the base game: gimme those skadooooos, must bonk EVEN HARDER.

[@thephilvz]

I have not bought the expansion yet, but playing the main game I thought the general fun level of the bosses was a big step down from Sekiro, while most early bosses were generally weak and too easy, most endgame bosses were just not that fun to learn, too many one shots that felt unavoidable and other BS, there is a general feeling of progression that comes with great bosses that was just kinda broken with Elden ring endgame. I wonder how the expansion bosses feel in that regard, but for the first time since DS I don't feel much motivation to get into it from day one, and the general "Too hard this time" vibe has me worried I won't enjoy it.

[@Vislow]

I haven't felt this desperation to find the blessings even though it is hard

[@Legion640]

Way I see it you already found the best shirt a few weeks back. But like Scadu Blessings the impressiveness is now only increasing a gradual amount.

[@IAm.Messmer.Brother.Of.Malenia]

*i'm the captain now* 👀

[@76_SPZL]

I'd put Bosman more of an Eclair man than a Bear Claw man.

[@OGR-4394]

yall aren't cheesing enough

[@AnimeGIFfy]

lol. so miyazaki said "we wont be lowering the difficulty" and then they lowered the difficulty.

[@crackajackcw]

Elden Ring - I appreciate you Also shoutout to Diamond Joey

[@BlackCanvasAudio]

Finally someone brought up those fucking scooby snacks. I adore From Soft games but my god, I hate the seperate scaling for the Shadow DLC.

[@Lontokka]

Kyle is literally in the Matrix.