Grinding to the Max Level in the Tutorial of Dark Souls II

Alternative Title: The Definition of Insanity
Inspired by GrindGod: ‪@grindgod847‬
Apologies about the delay on this one. I could have had it done about a week ago, but I had to move house which slowed things down quite a bit. But, it's here! This one turned out to be more involved than I was anticipating. Initially I thought it would just be a matter of grinding straight from the beginning to the end, but there were a few curveballs thrown my way. As a result of those curveballs, it was also a good bit longer than the first video. In any case, I hope you enjoy! What's next...?
00:00 - Introduction and Character Creation
02:48 - Initial Item Gathering
03:13 - DS2 Stink
05:11 - Return to Things Betwixt
08:35 - The Grind
10:33 - The Math

[@kyrridas1573]

its hilarious that he's explaining this like its a walkthrough. ya know, for all those people out there, looking to farm 400 million souls in dark souls 2's starting area.

[@GasperV0]

I mean I'm working on killing every enemy in dark souls until their spawn limit is reached, including the paindeer, so it's sorta similar though not really. I'm not even close and I'm already past level 200 on new game though I've already spent souls since it's technically just a regular play through with lots of grinding

[@bottlebeard]

@@GasperV0 why man

[@darkwhispersstories47]

@@GasperV0 ...you are mad

[@joshuapeters3998]

@@GasperV0 you fucking legend, godspeed

[@katsboi8920]

@Gasper0 why would you do that to yourself

[@FlamingMediocrity]

This is interesting but the real question is what is the length of all dark souls ladders combined

[@FenoTheFox]

5 minutes, 16 seconds.

[@FlamingMediocrity]

@@FenoTheFox that wasn't exactly what I meant, but ok

[@FenoTheFox]

@@FlamingMediocrity That's okay I made the number up

[@travelershu4963]

......... I feel a snake is lurking..... What a thrill.....

[@joaovc2002]

@@travelershu4963 Wiithh darkness and silence through the nightt.....

[@thicctony4655]

“407 million souls, that’s not that bad!” Me: You’re insane

[@micklane7306]

I mean I've lost upwards of 5 mil souls multiple times on ds3

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

What, it's basically just a stack of Gwyn's souls...

[@kheran1912]

This is how much time it will take to be lvl max in Dark Souls lll in the Cemetery of ashes SL 1 to 802=2.634.163.943 souls required Class used: Assassin (SL 10) SL 10 to 802=2.634.163.943-811 =2.634.163.132 (you need 811 souls to be SL 10 when SL 9) Covetous Silver Serpent Ring acrease the number of souls per 10% Without Covetous Silver Serpent Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4k souls Iudex Gundyr=3k souls Sword Master=2k souls (*23) Hollows=20 souls (24 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) (drop 1 Fading soul=50 souls) 1 Starved Hound=10 souls With Covetous Silver Serpent Ring Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls Sword Master=2.2k souls (*23) Hollows=22 souls (26 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) 1 Starved Hound=11 souls Souls to pick up : 2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls} 1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800 1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift) Time : 4min 02sec73 12800 In the soul counter (by Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls Sword Master=2.2k souls Iudex Gundyr=3k souls 2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls} 1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800 1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift)) 13563 (Dead meanwhile) when every hollows and the starved hound were killed 8 hollow killed before the death = 8*26 =208 13563-12800=763-208=555 4,03×15=60,45 555*15=8325/h 2.634.163.132÷8325=316.415 hours = 36,09 years approximately BUT if we considers that the person plays 8 hours a day 33.33% of his day so 66.66% he does not play this will give: 36,09÷,33=109,36 years approximately

[@moister3727]

@@kheran1912 8 hours a day, still 100+ years? that is insane...for some people not

[@kheran1912]

When I do that I was thinking its gonna take 22 years but I found 36 year (I was shocked) and 109 years if we played 8 hours per day (It was easy to find that but not for the hour its gonna take)

[@janterri3539]

Imagine the last giant’s face when you first leave things betwixt and he sees you.

[@nobody5093]

It's the same as always complete terror

[@janterri3539]

@@bigwinz Have you ever looked deeper into the hole? Where do you think his voice comes from. A face

[@JagEterCoola]

"This motherfucker time travelled to come kill me again and he's FUCKING JACKED!?"

[@ArtoriasGaming0516]

@@janterri3539 :0

[@ngotemna8875]

@@janterri3539 If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you

[@meirg7847]

Knowing the dark souls community, with creators like ymfah and zerolenny, I can guarantee that someone out there is legitimately doing this challenge right now

[@matthewthomas8407]

Like the man who beat the ENTIRE franchise in order no hit. Truly gods among Us mortal gamers lmao

[@Guitar-Dog]

there's a guy that made every enemy gywn with a randomizer and has completed DaS1, he is doing it with all A rtorias just now. Challenger Andy I think was his channel

[@specialnewb9821]

@@matthewthomas8407 don't forget the girl that does SL1 runs on a dance pad.

[@Random__Dude.]

Better not. I mean DS2 is better leveling to max in starting area but that are still 2.5 years. I wouldn't want that somebody throws his time away. But in the end its everyones own decision what he or she will do with their time.

[@zeralmahib2549]

@@matthewthomas8407 Isn't it Oroboro ?

[@ozowoz]

When I clicked this video I thought he was going to be killing only the pigs at the starting area

[@GargantuanD]

Even if someone was mad enough to hit max level by doing it this way, the PTSD would push them over the edge

[@Fourfingerssixtoes]

When that edge finally lures them in, think they'd go for the cliff or the well?

[@thatguy1056]

If you kill them enough times a mini boss pig will spawn

[@thatguy1056]

@@amurderofcrows3713 yes it takes a lot, there’s small pigs, medium pigs, then big boss pig

[@seife41]

@@amurderofcrows3713 10 times to get the middle pigs

[@nathan5765]

I actually knew about that 20 fps jumping trick when I first played the game, but not because I was clever and figured it out or because I googled it, but because my computer was such a piece of garbage it ran the game poorly enough for me to discover it without giving it a second thought.

[@candybetta4061]

Getting max level in this game without any limits is surprisingly easy, just ~25 hours of killing the Giant Lord

[@BretLebo]

Thats how I did it on the 360 days lol Dark spells wrecked him so fast

[@ricardoconsort2260]

Yeah just do him around 400 times

[@Shifsabre]

​@BretLebo have you noticed that your avatar looks uncannily like the Vanguard Demon from a distance?

[@cacarot6020]

He started farming when the game was released, he just finished

[@Nonessentialsquid]

Lmao

[@dragonator1012]

Dark souls 2 is castlevania 2 simons quest all over again. Everyone seems to hate these games except me

[@robertellis6853]

I actually quite enjoyed it too. It had some quirks, but what could be more enjoyable than running around armorless powerstancing dual lightning zweihanders

[@Lt.Trouble]

@@robertellis6853 powerstance was fun. was always running around with 2 greatswords armorless

[@4skintim962]

Dark souls 2 was overhyped imo. It a a great jrpg but all the marketing depicted a much better looking game

[@alexanderstilianov]

I really like DS2 even though I acknowledge it has a lot of questionable and outright dumb shit it in. Castlevania 2 used to intrigue me but I don't see myself replaying it any more.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@4skintim962 It was overhyped because originally it was going to be a much better (looking) game. Apparently it was actually intended as next-gen title, but then they suddenly decided to still release it on PS3 and with 2 years less development time. They had to cut whole areas and gameplay mechanics to make it in time. Considering all that I gotta say it's impressive it's not a total trainwreck. But still, so much wasted potential. And am I the only one who finds the original DS2 better than Scholar of the First Sin? I wish we could still buy the original version on the newer platforms.

[@maximusstorm1215]

Doctor: "You only have just under a year left to live." Me:

[@ebbkea]

I would not waste my final year on the worst fromsoft game

[@theeliteterrarian1888]

@@ebbkea neither would i, so id definitely play this game

[@Friday_Monday]

Your vid hit my recommended feed, congrats

[@FenoTheFox]

That's awesome!

[@danielAKAvulture]

I wonder how long it would take to completely remove all life from the game. Go through every area, killing every enemy enough times so that they stop spawning.

[@danielAKAvulture]

@@monsters_are_human you are a being of true conviction, and quite frankly you scare me.

[@yoshinpixels9924]

@@monsters_are_human I am impressed yet concerned

[@acewmd.]

takes about 300 hours one guy has a video up on it.

[@FenoTheFox]

Accidentally scheduled this for 5AM... congrats to the people who saw it during that mistake, haha. Assuming this video does well like the Dark Souls 1 video did, I'll make videos about the remaining games too. Not sure if there's enough content to dedicate one video for each game, but maybe I'll round them all off into one video, or something... not sure. We'll see.

[@SM-zg8mi]

Do dark souls 3 please

[@freshboy3968]

DO IT

[@jashirei7581]

Ready to do it for elden ring?

[@mr.nazareth4501]

ofc it'll do well, you hit the "dks2 is bad" circlejerk

[@skybolt6515]

I don't know how, but someday this knowledge will save my life.

[@urtoryu_dy_althraidn]

Honestly, I like the limited enemy spawns. Gives you a way to trivialize Boss runbacks if you have enough patience.

[@classicallycommie6266]

I really like that enemies dissappear after so many kills because there are areas in the game that would've been impossible for me to get past without it, namely the lava area with the smelter demon and the ancient dragon area

[@matthewdowns9822]

As someone who loves grinding and dose it a lot without even thinking about it It can be annoying But they put in several ways to get around it And it makes getting to the boss easier So overall it's not for me but I think it's s good feature

[@Fwgiorno69]

you are right fuck that area

[@FightYourCouch]

I'd day it was a bad feature in any other souls game, but sotfs was so bloated with enemies, it needed perma death after so many times. DS2 was so damn unbalanced lol

[@frankgrimes7388]

@@FightYourCouchNo it wasn’t, lollercoaster.

[@Walamonga1313]

I've never ever cleared an enemy out of any area. Played this game probably 20+ times

[@brandtmiles2373]

Legend has it he's still standing behind that tree to this day...

[@FenoTheFox]

Hello everyone! I'm curious, how are you finding this video? It seems to have gotten a big boost recently (from around 2.7k views up to nearly 8k now in a couple of weeks) and the analytics aren't telling me much. I'm wondering if it got posted anywhere in particular or if the algorithm decided to push me a bit.

[@dragonborn0295]

appeared on my homepage,Thanks for the Vid,Will you makes a ds3 One?

[@FenoTheFox]

@@dragonborn0295 Unlikely. I had planned on it, but when researching it I found that it would make for a pretty dull video. It is essentially just a straight-up grind with very little setup. The only interesting part was the number of souls, which off the top of my head was 2.6 billion or so.

[@dragonborn0295]

@@FenoTheFox dammmm

[@Olgam_]

Homepage recommendation

[@EmeralBookwise]

Found this video off of the other two, the first of which just randomly showed up in my recommendations, presumably because I watch other Dark Souls related videos.

[@purple4395]

I think this respawn stop mechanic is one of the best parts of dark souls 2. In my opinion this should have been refined and used for all later souls games as well

[@wite_bord5598]

This is very well made, your Limit breakers if he uploaded more than once ever decade, thank you!

[@FenoTheFox]

You're right, I should upload less

[@alexborodin9159]

Without crabs tho

[@charleslarson5983]

@@FenoTheFox yup, buzz off.

[@M3h3ndr3]

Imagine doing the same 1,5min activity for 3 years, every day all day thats insane xD

[@Torque_Mk1]

Every person that ever worked at the assembly line till retirement would consider this a walk in the park. Can't imagine myself doing that. Every day, for 30-40 years straight, turn off your brain for 8 hours. Jesus fuck, that's a scary thought.

[@bastion9429]

Fantastically underrated. I would love to see more of these types of videos in the future :)

[@stainmaster2630]

Finally the content I've been waiting for. So happy this video was suggested. Subbed instantly

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

This game is so beautiful. I wish more people would give it an earnest try, there is so much art in this game.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

All you care about is looks in a game? Sounds boring

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

@@MGrey-qb5xz what in the absolute heck are you talking about

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@EmissaryOfSmeagol that actually playing the game is made worse?

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

@@MGrey-qb5xz when I talk about the art of the game, I'm talking about playing it. I actually think the visuals of this game are one of its weaker aspects.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@EmissaryOfSmeagol L

[@letskissnow987]

love your voice also this is insanity

[@mimic_ssb]

I am interacting with content I enjoy :)

[@NavyW0lfYeetusDeletus]

So, if we included leveling into the equation, it changes quite a lot for this. First of all, the main door this opens is that the cleric's weapon has a B scaling in strength, and once you get a high enough level you should be able to 2 shot every enemy in the run. This means that: 1. You no longer have to use the tree strat to kill the enemies 2. You will be able to include the 2nd Falconer into the run, increasing the amount of souls substantially 3. Since you don't have to wait for the enemies to essentially kill themselves you will be able to kill them much closer to the bonfire, as well as kill them faster in general, decreasing the amount of time per run by quite a bit 4. Since you're able to kill them properly you'll be able to pick up any of the potential gear they drop, which you should be able to sell to the cat for more souls And, most importantly: 5. It's going to be much less boring then just standing there behind a stupid tree. For the best and most consistent result I would recommend getting your strength to 20(which would require getting to lvl 23) before attempting this, which will should allow you to kill both the Falconers and Dark Spirits in two swings. Keep in mind that this will cost you 11032 souls. Just doing some rough calculations and using the exact same rate as shown in the video, this would net you 1911 souls per run and 76,440 souls per hour. The total time this would take just based off of that would be ~5329 hours, or 222 days. This would be around 7.4 months or ~62% of one year. Dividing this by .33 would end up being around 1.87 years. A total difference of .43 to the original value factoring nothing else in is huge, and brings this from almost no chance of happening to potentially occurring. Especially once you consider that doing incredibly long runs/speedruns already happens and I can see this being legitimately attempted by someone.

[@ErosXCaos]

You can’t sell items to the cat. Gavlan wheel, Gavlan arrest for DUI

[@kheran1912]

This is how much time it will take to be lvl max in Dark Souls lll in the Cemetery of ashes SL 1 to 802=2.634.163.943 souls required Class used: Assassin (SL 10) SL 10 to 802=2.634.163.943-811 =2.634.163.132 (you need 811 souls to be SL 10 when SL 9) Covetous Silver Serpent Ring acrease the number of souls per 10% Without Covetous Silver Serpent Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4k souls Iudex Gundyr=3k souls Sword Master=2k souls (*23) Hollows=20 souls (24 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) (drop 1 Fading soul=50 souls) 1 Starved Hound=10 souls With Covetous Silver Serpent Ring Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls Sword Master=2.2k souls (*23) Hollows=22 souls (26 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) 1 Starved Hound=11 souls Souls to pick up : 2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls} 1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800 1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift) Time : 4min 02sec73 12800 In the soul counter (by Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls Sword Master=2.2k souls Iudex Gundyr=3k souls 2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls} 1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800 1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift)) 13563 (Dead meanwhile) when every hollows and the starved hound were killed 8 hollow killed before the death = 8*26 =208 13563-12800=763-208=555 4,03×15=60,45 555*15=8325/h 2.634.163.132÷8325=316.415 hours = 36,09 years approximately BUT if we considers that the person plays 8 hours a day 33.33% of his day so 66.66% he does not play this will give: 36,09÷,33=109,36 years approximately

[@FenoTheFox]

This is awesome, I'm glad someone else took it upon themselves to do it, because I'm not going to. Thank you!

[@kheran1912]

@@FenoTheFox Thanks it took a little time but cool to do and it's thanks to you that I decided to do it

[@slatt6977]

Wow that is insane very very nice job

[@kheran1912]

@@slatt6977 Thank you

[@finmat95]

First area is intended BEFORE Iundex Gundyr. You cannot kill him.

[@JG-pp8cc]

Seeing the DS2 hate makes me sad. I love DS2.

[@pal1890]

subbed, absolutely love the videos, please don't stop making them

[@sir-londo5537]

Loved the video considering this is my favorite dark souls game !

[@Rabarberium]

Couldn't you level up with the souls (since that's the point) and get strong enough to kill them in way less than 1:30 eventually though?

[@FenoTheFox]

This sort of built off the original video. The idea is what it would take to level up to max as though you had never left. We had to go to Majula just because that's the only way the challenge can work in this game.

[@iliketurtles1096]

@@FenoTheFox but if thats the case then why allow yourself access to the majula merchant?

[@FenoTheFox]

@@iliketurtles1096 Since we had to go to Majula to allow the challenge to be possible at all, I considered everything in Majula fair game. Otherwise it would be totally arbitrary what was and wasn't allowed. Which, I suppose you could argue it is anyway if you wanted. So I guess the eventuality of the argument becomes: that's how I wanted the video to go.

[@iliketurtles1096]

@@FenoTheFox aye thats whats i mean though, either you accept majula is off limits except to activate the convenant of champions, or majula isnt off limits in which case surely leveling is allowed. Like you said though it is ultimately a challenge youve made up, so i guess i am nit picking at this point. Love the vids anyway!

[@EmeralBookwise]

@@iliketurtles1096: Pardon my intrusion, but to venture a guess the answer is simplicity. If the player keeps going back to Majula to level up that would make the math segment of this video more complicated, since the duration of each cycle would keep changing.

[@depresseddandy438]

Didn't know I needed this but I sure did, hope we'll see one for DS3!

[@kheran1912]

This is how much time it will take to be lvl max in Dark Souls lll in the Cemetery of ashes SL 1 to 802=2.634.163.943 souls required Class used: Assassin (SL 10) SL 10 to 802=2.634.163.943-811 =2.634.163.132 (you need 811 souls to be SL 10 when SL 9) Covetous Silver Serpent Ring acrease the number of souls per 10% Without Covetous Silver Serpent Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4k souls Iudex Gundyr=3k souls Sword Master=2k souls (*23) Hollows=20 souls (24 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) (drop 1 Fading soul=50 souls) 1 Starved Hound=10 souls With Covetous Silver Serpent Ring Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls Sword Master=2.2k souls (*23) Hollows=22 souls (26 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) 1 Starved Hound=11 souls Souls to pick up : 2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls} 1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800 1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift) Time : 4min 02sec73 12800 In the soul counter (by Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls Sword Master=2.2k souls Iudex Gundyr=3k souls 2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls} 1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800 1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift)) 13563 (Dead meanwhile) when every hollows and the starved hound were killed 8 hollow killed before the death = 8*26 =208 13563-12800=763-208=555 4,03×15=60,45 555*15=8325/h 2.634.163.132÷8325=316.415 hours = 36,09 years approximately BUT if we considers that the person plays 8 hours a day 33.33% of his day so 66.66% he does not play this will give: 36,09÷,33=109,36 years approximately

[@aaronchadwick2682]

Very well put together. Good job

[@eziobb-6175]

The despawning thing is actually a very useful mechanic when fighting against invaders. I don’t know why people hate that mechanic cuz it helps out a lot and it’s not like they permanently despawn you can just join that covenant and still farm so you have options here. The more you play dark souls 2 the better you understand how good the game is. The small white soapstone is probably the best thing dark souls has ever made and it’s only in 2 which is a shame. I’ve helped so many people get items and neat secrets after they’ve killed the boss in the area.

[@s4ty-s4t]

i still dont know the difference between the normal white soapstone and the small one what is the difference

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

@@s4ty-s4t The smaller one has a small time limit before you get booted from the hosts game. I think its like 40mins for the big one and 20 for the small one. Most interactions only last 5 minutes anyway if you are doing a boss or 10 if you are doing an area and a boss so you never even know this time limit exists

[@matheusnicaretta]

Best souls 2 forever

[@smuckleschmuckler2486]

This is quality content

[@Flameball-on1dl]

Really cool video and video concept. Liked and subscribed

[@williamburns7668]

Yo dude this is sick great videos keep it up

[@lilflax0396]

I can't with myself. I deadass farmed desert sorceresses for their clothes and spell reusing orbs but I became a warrior of sunlight before I started farming so they despawned and I used a bonfire ascetic.

[@theodorehunter4765]

You could have just re-joined the Covenant of Champions. Unless it's a special enemy, they will respawn, even if you killed them all 14 times.

[@lilflax0396]

@@theodorehunter4765 I didn't actually know what the covenant of champions did. It said it would make my journey harder but it never specified how.

[@bradmace6144]

@@theodorehunter4765 I swear its7 times?

[@NOAHDELANEY-cy3pg]

@@bradmace6144 15*****

[@FirestormDDash]

This is some runescape level grinding

[@Huck_Fexis]

Some high quality vidz dude 👌 👏

[@FenoTheFox]

Thanks cookie monster

[@rockstar-made]

I've always wanted a video like this

[@zedoniusrulerofflame4675]

Darn it, I remember watching your Ninja Gaiden videos and when I saw that your latest dark souls video was getting views, I thought it would blow up. It kind of did, but not on the scale I was hoping. Always happy to see new content from you!

[@alonneknight7710]

Guess its too much to ask for a DS2 video that does not do the 6 year old "DS2 bad" joke. Still, interesting video. I've always loved useles datas like this. Its the reason i love Limit Breakers videos so much. :)

[@lightingthief4482]

Well the game DEFINITELY have it issues and god awful DLC so....

[@alonneknight7710]

@@lightingthief4482 All three games have issues, none of them are perfect by any means. And... DS2 DLCs bad? Wtf. Almost anyone, even people who hated the game would agree that the DLCs were the best part of the game. lol

[@lightingthief4482]

@@alonneknight7710 you have to be kidding me with that. Almost everyone I know says the DLC is the worst. Awful enemy placements, cheap enemies, most bosses are subpar(if you say all DLC bosses are good, you're full of shit), awful bonfire placements, awful level design, etc. That frozen wasteland with the bs reindeer and the crappy cheap 'One is good but what about two?' boss at the end of it is a good example.

[@alonneknight7710]

@@lightingthief4482 @Lighting Thief You should get out of your bubble of friends and ask other people then. The DLCs have the best level design of the game, they are the most well crafted pieces of map of the entire game. Shulva is a fantastic puzzle map, Brume Tower is an amazing vertical level design, and Eleum Loyce has like a million shortcuts. The bosses are all the best of the game. Aside the optional bosses like Blue Smelter Demon and the two tigres (because yes, they ARE lame), the rest are amazing bosses (Elana, Sinh, Sir Alonne, Fume Knight, Ivory King). Also, what the fuck do you mean by bad bonfire placement? By far the Souls game with the worst bonfires is DS3, that has one like every 2 minutes (Undead Setlement, the way to the Cathedral has like 3 bonfires, Dragonslayer Armour ~ Grand Archives... These are just a FEW examples). Also, please elaborate on what you mean by "cheap enemies", in a series with the Jailers From DS3 and the Winter Lanterns from Bloodborne. What cheap and UNFAIR enemy is on any of the DLCs? Again, you can shit on DS2 all you want, i respect your opinion, but if you're gonna call the DLCs bad, you'll have to try harder than that.

[@lexkek5625]

@@lightingthief4482 WTF you on lol. Sir Alonne was extremely memorable as a dlc boss and Ivory King was badass af when you consider all the lore and fight him with HIS OWN KNIGHTS for a brawl. The dlcs were the best part. I think you hate for the game is a bit too strong if you even disregard the dlcs.

[@Browsley]

Cool video! :) Love the Souls games!

[@spookbuster4862]

This is very enjoyable Lunacy

[@mt2r-music]

I've never seen those farming enemies in the game

[@FenoTheFox]

Thank you for 200K views, everyone!

[@painkiller9860]

This what Miyazaki spected from the players to do after they realeased the game, i thinks this is the correct way to play the game, keep it up champ :D

[@dreamchild7378]

This is the content I want

[@Nevict]

If only Soul Memory never existed...

[@bophadesknutz7798]

If only there wasnt so many ways to get around it

[@dracopo8862]

if only it wasn't the only way to be able to do pvp with a high level character since you don't have to worry about leveling too much

[@nikolasferreira3247]

@@bophadesknutz7798 if only we didn't need to fight a stupid mechanic

[@Tacticaviator7]

@@nikolasferreira3247 You don't fight it, you accept it and adapt there's a ring you can get fairly early on that negates any souls you can get, fair trade if you ask me. I personally like this mechanic because all of those twinking try-hard invaders actually need to try to get their things work, rather than just watching one video, copying it then procceding to deal 10x more damage having way more consumables like estus and using dlc weapons against players that are just doing a normal playthrough, oh and don't forget that point down after he one shots you with his Ringed Knight straight sword.

[@nikolasferreira3247]

@@Tacticaviator7 soul memory was stupid, it punishes players for making mistakes. My friend tried to play the game for first time and he died so many times that he couldn't see any of my coop signs anymore. And the fact that you have to get a fucking ring in other "fix" the mechanic makes it even worse, its not even a fix its a workaround.

[@justinphillips8282]

Ds2 is still my personal favorite. It has by far the most replay value.

[@justinphillips8282]

@@bigwinz everything you just said was wrong and makes me doubt that you ever played ds2. Ds3 has way more ambushes than ds2 and the variety of builds isn't even comparable. Ds2 blows it out of the water.

[@justinphillips8282]

@@bigwinz I have hundreds of playthroughs of both ds1 and ds2. I have 1 for ds3. There is literally nothing in that game that gives it replay value. I can't even finish the dlc's because of how boring it is. "Oh great I get all the same old stories from 10 year old dark souls that I've beat a million time, but let's make the combat more like the less beloved blood borne." Ds3 is a slap in the face to everyone that trusted Miyazaki.

[@Trophiol]

@@bigwinz ds3 had the least build variety wdym

[@hypernova4954]

Ds2 isn’t memorable

[@JXZX1]

It also has an amazing amount of content, attention to detail, and build viability.

[@ehhehehehewhegehe]

Dude you're awesome for this thank you so much lol

[@Yora21]

We now need max level in the Caves of Learning and Remembering in Elden Ring.

[@alexvandres3357]

New video idea: How long would this video be if it was nothing but you gasping for air after every sentence?

[@chrissesock4245]

This is amazing.

[@FenoTheFox]

Thank you!

[@andryuu_2000]

This game is just on an another level.

[@manputty933]

Completely fucking unhinged. Subscrubbed, liked, and causing me severe intracranial hemorrhaging. Can't wait for the ds3 vid.

[@purple4395]

Tbh, once you got a few levels you can probably kill the enemies instead of blocking them into the abyss. This would improve the timing per run significantly

[@skookathing]

best souls II

[@ViralHijack]

This gave me flashbacks of farming Falconers in the vanilla version of DS2 try to get Sunlight Medals for the platinum trophy.

[@beerBuzzing097]

Your video was on my recommended 👍🏽

[@LargeMetallicFellow]

2 is still my favorite, honestly

[@chabaloo8855]

Me too buddy

[@starflarethewizard1490]

The hate for this game isn’t confusing, it’s just dumb. This was the better of the three.

[@bradmace6144]

@@starflarethewizard1490 It is amazing but there's a lot of bs. Like ADP is crap. The wah dodging is etc.

[@starflarethewizard1490]

@@bradmace6144 Well it’s a different game. To me, it’s new mechanics to learn and it’s possible to master. It’s not just a roll fest like Dark Souls 3. I appreciate it because then I don’t have to deal with invaders being annoying and doing nothing but dodge roll.

[@bradmace6144]

@@starflarethewizard1490 Nah I can't disagree there. DS3 is a roll fest. And DS1 is a shield fest (offline) then u win🤣

[@giveluminacat10nobles21]

The delivery of the "your wrong" at 5:29 is fucking impeccable.

[@Dewm02]

So, if someone decided to take on this challenge the moment this video came out we'd be near halfway there, kinda... Keep going personwhodecidedtobeatthis!

[@twitteraccount9006]

Underrated channel

[@RegalPixelKing]

Even if this is possible, spending eight hours a day, every day, for over two years of your life doing this grind, it feels more insane than getting to level 99 in FF7 or Kingdom Hearts beginning areas.

[@colonelnasty3600]

6:22 Classic DS2 hit box

[@descuddlebat]

This is art

[@carrotstix455]

I am begining the journey today. In two years time, I will be a legend

[@bikergamersoldierspy533]

First comment, first time ever! LOL Cool video, shows exactly what to avoid even trying to do 🤣

[@DeadRatStew]

I started off with ds2 sotfs and I love the game, it’s what made me play bloodborne and boy did I LOVE that game, now I want to buy ds3, sekiero and demon souls I made a knight class and dual wield 2 broadswords, each upgraded 10 times/max and currently at level 142

[@khalidpapa6299]

Very interesting Great video

[@MiaTyrnfae]

You could probably shave off quite a bit of time if you killed Emerald Herald for the Aged Feather, the time saved from having an infinite homeward bone would definitely make up for the 2500 extra souls needed to revive her assuming you were to save up all of the souls to use all at once.

[@Quijin]

Still less than some grinds on RuneScape

[@yellowokapi7817]

Actually was an interesting video my guy. Whyd you stop uploading? I think you could get even bigger in subs

[@FenoTheFox]

I haven't! I recently started a new job, so I've been somewhat focused on that but I've started a few video projects that haven't panned out. I have pretty severe ADHD which can make sticking to something kind of difficult, but I'll definitely be making more videos!

[@yellowokapi7817]

@@FenoTheFox I'll be sure to be looking out for them! I really do think you'll blow up in popularity one day man, just keep pushing.

[@PierreLucSex]

The company of champions was a brilliant idea.

[@Scorchlette]

Can't wait for the "Can you reach max level in the Cemetary of Ash in Dark Souls 3" video. It's actually quite a large area as long as you don't go directly inside Firelink Shrine, with plenty of hollows and even a dog.

[@cacarot6020]

Oh good, I thought you meant Nillions with a N

[@A-G-F-]

I here before ymfah does this as a challenge

[@TrickyBixnatch1213]

I like the idea of seeing how many souls you can get in every area of the game, kinda like a 100% souls farm.

[@luttrellcaleb]

nice vid

[@normalguycap]

Dark souls 2 was secretly the best souls all along. I'm sorry you got snippy because souls 2 cared more about player progress than infinite enemies for your silly 'challenge'. Hell it actually enables the option thru the covenant. I actually didn't know what was a feature.

[@callmemalik5469]

You need to accept the fact the dark souls II is the worse in the trilogy.

[@shamustucker5282]

@@callmemalik5469 I liked DS2

[@ltcolrayquaza]

Nice but theoretically this could go faster depending on the device's load times after pushing the red phantoms and falconeer off you could jump off the ledge run back redo the pushing set up and reclaim your souls before jumpinh off again saving you runing back to the bonfire.

[@xxhutzelxx2120]

One thing came to my mind while watching this. by farming souls and leveling up wouldn´t the time to get the farming route get smaller by having more stamina for running?

[@TheRedRaven_]

I don’t know if anyone has suggested it, but you should consider making your channel dedicated to these type of videos. I haven’t seen anything like this on KZbin and honestly this is really interesting to watch.

[@GroovyGiraffes6996]

I know ds2 is the “worst” game by the fans but it’s the one I’ve spent the most time on, I see why people dislike it but idk it’s my favorite.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

Kinda same, most people call me a heretic but DS3 is my least favorite while DS1 and DS2 are roughly tied, with DS1 pulling ahead just by a bit.

[@YcleptCrazy]

@@ThatGuyOrby DS3 may be the best mechanically, but it feels soulless and lacks a lot of what makes DS1/2 enjoyable even if they're less perfect games.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

@@YcleptCrazy Also, y'know the fact most people like armor that matters.

[@davidmazula8637]

@@YcleptCrazy I think that's very well put ds3 feels very polished and has excellent presentation but it just feels lifeless it's like the difference between the original Spiderman trilogy and the MCU

[@osvaldoprado9906]

DS3 Is also the most linear of all and I find this one of the things that gives the game that "souless" impression. Even DeS and BB has better level design. Yesterday o was discussing in reddit how I found DS3 the most boring because of the linear progression of the game, specially the beginning, while in other games you have multiple choices from the very beginning.

[@sheppik4252]

You have bent the rules way too much, I think the only thing you're allowed to do in majula is join the covenant of champions and thats all, everything else should be done in things betwixt

[@snipeuoutjsl]

Ok so let’s assume everything goes according to plan. Eventually you’ll level up high enough to just flat out kill them. Lowering your time to less than half of pushing them off. Or adding the other falconers. That would significantly cut your time down, correct?

[@alvaromendoza8943]

I got so confused when you said Namco Bandai instead of Bandai Namco. But I'm with you on the Namco Bandai team!

[@zanemob1429]

I joined the Covenant of Champions on three different characters and the enemies still despawn... Why?

[@FenoTheFox]

These specific enemies, or enemies in general?

[@commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881]

This is clearly clickbate Dark souls 2 is obviously the best

[@littlemoth4956]

Cringe

[@commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881]

@@littlemoth4956 saying from a kid with legos in your videos😆

[@josephhanicak7922]

Would it potentially be faster to burn the ascetic at Majula and get the giant pig to spawn by killing the mini pigs a bunch of times? I don't remember whether or not he respawns, but if so, it could be faster. You have to kill the mini pigs a bunch and then the medium one and then the big one spawns.

[@atomicnugget8109]

FenoTheFox solving problems nobody has

[@enviosinterdimencionales8612]

i just use cheat engine.

[@AtreyusNinja]

"Ds2 is bad cuz mobs stop to respawn, yeah there is a fix but i dont Like that" (???)

[@HowlingDoom]

DS2 has problems but overall is a really fun action rpg and way more replayavle than ds3

[@jarodspence2297]

This is your brain on "ds2-is-bad-because-everyone-else-says-it's-bad" mode

[@user-lp5zy9lw6b]

Now this is math I can understand

[@ananthdev2388]

bro and here i thought me grinding giant lord with tseldora set and silver serpent +2 ring for 480k souls per boss fight was insane 😭